Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: The Thing #1: Ben Grimm may be the strongest…
The character of Frank Reynolds, immortalized by Danny DeVito on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, once implored his fellow barmates Mac and Dennis, “Do not go on a manhunt.” Naturally, they didn’t listen. But what if it’s an X-Manhunt? Eh, the rule probably still applies. But who among us wouldn’t like to see Charles Xavier…
Fight club with your favorite superhuman brawlers, hiding your superhero friends in your tiny office, and trying to figure out what’s going on with your newly resurrected friend’s radiation powers — a day in the life of Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk #4, written by Rainbow Rowell, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Rico Renzi and…
Death has had terrible tastes in men. Thanos? Deadpool? At last, it seems like she’s chosen a worthy lover in Ben Grimm. As the Thing is, though, he doesn’t like it when cosmic entities manipulate his life and take his girlfriend out of the picture just to win his affections. That’s right, it’s clobberin’ time,…
Things aren’t just getting weird; they’re getting cosmically so. Ben Grimm’s starting to miss his teammates, but with the Fantastic Four out of town, it’s up to the Thing and his new companions to continue unraveling this mystery—and that trail leads them all the way up to the Blue Area of the Moon. The Thing…
Fresh from their latest adventure, Ben Grimm and his companions Amaryllis and Bobby take an evening to themselves. The sudden arrival of the Champion, however, leads to an all-out brawl through (and under) the streets of New York…and raises more questions than are close to being answered. The Thing #3 Written by Walter Mosely, drawn…
We love Ben Grimm. He might be the best Marvel character out there. And here’s the thing about The Thing, he pulls. That’s what acclaimed author Walter Mosley and rising star Tom Rilley show us in this preview of The Thing #3. Ben might be hated and feared by some, but he’s loved and adored…
With one hell of a hook, we saw something new. You read, I reviewed The Thing #1, now I review: The Thing #2. Written by Walter Mosley, drawn by Tom Reilly, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Joe Sabino. I was at a play sometime last week. It was, unfortunately, in Hindi, a language…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: What’s the Furthest Place from Here? #1: In a world where some kind of apocalypse has wiped out the adult population, roving collectives of teens form connections where they can, and get deep…
There’s never been an era so full of stories that we can’t make room for more. The Thing #1 takes us back to a more classic era of the Fantastic Four, with a focus on everyone’s favorite ever-lovin’ blued eyed, cosmically empowered rock monster. Ben Grimm’s life is falling apart – but his personal problems…
Walter Mosley shouldn’t need any introduction. The acclaimed author of more than 50 books, including his famed series of Easy Rawlins mysteries, Mosley’s work has been adapted into film and television, and earned him a series of honors ranging from the O. Henry Award to the National Book Foundation Medal. What comic readers might not…
The First Family’s title finally remembers it’s about families in Fantastic Four #31. Written by Dan Slott, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by Jesus Arburtov, and lettered by Joe Caramagna, Fantastic Four #31 finds the Richards Family attempting to ground themselves in the wake of Knull. Reed has a boys trip planned with Ben while…
Heavy comes the Griever at the End of All Things in Fantastic Four #28. Written by Dan Slott, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Joe Caramagna, Fantastic Four #28 finds the First Family defending the Forever Gate, a high-tech entryway into every point across all realities and times. But can…