What if Roy Thomas, who had recently stepped down from being editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics in the mid-1970s, was like, âWell, I want to keep writing, but I donât want to deal with continuity?â Marvel has answered that question a bunch of different ways over the years, from Thomasâ own Invaders series, written during the…
What if Miles Morales became Thor? What if Gwen Stacy became Wolverine? What if Captain America became a Nazi? What if Spider-Man became beloved character actor Margo Martindale? What if Doctor Strange became Columbo? What if Batman became v. Superman: Dawn of Justice? What if Spawn became your mom? This preview answers one of those…
With the looming release of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness serving as the latest entry in pop cultureâs recent obsession with multiverses and realities alternate, parallel and multiple, we asked our ComicsXF writers to share their thoughts about their favorite alternate reality from across the wide multiverse of stories! Earth-1610: The Ultimate Universe…
A lot of people will tell you that Miles Morales has a branding problem. Depending on who you ask â or, more likely, whoâs offering you their unsolicited opinion â there are two trains of thought thatâll lead to that conclusion. The first, typically loudest, is that Miles is held back by being a legacy…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mattâs Pick: Batman: Fear State Alpha: Shine the event signal! The Scarecrow plot cooking in Batman culminates in this new big-deal story written by James âSubstackâ Tynion IV and drawn by Riccardo Federici. ($4.99) Previously,…
Marvel Comicsâ What IfâŚ?, appropriately enough, was born from a moment of pivotal decision. After two years as the top editor at the House of Ideas, preceded by the better part of a decade as the right hand man to Stan Lee, Roy Thomas had stepped down from his position at the helm of the…