X-Force - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:40:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 X-Force - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Our Son Pete 36: X-Force #102 with Jake Murray https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/10/our-son-pete-36-x-force-102-with-jake-murray/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56207 Jake Murray joins Dan to unpack X-Force #102, the dawn of the Counter X era, in which Warren Ellis returns to his OC and everyone gets new costumes.

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]]> 56207 Battle Of The Atom #420: Baked In https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/12/battle-of-the-atom-420-baked-in/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55540 Battle of the Atom blazes it up for its 420th episode with three X-Men stories you may have to be stoned to read.

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]]> 55540 Our Son Pete Ep. 35: The one where Pete finds a new team (X-Force #94-95 with Sara Century) https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/07/our-son-pete-35-xforce-94-95/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54373 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 35: X-Force #94-95 with Sara Century Sara Century (Best Issue Ever podcast) returns to help Dan discuss X-Force #94-95, the dawn of a bold, new era in which Pete latches on to a new X-team while on a mission in Genosha. You can listen to The...

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]]> 54373 Our Son Pete Episode 39: Ian Edginton talks X-Force https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/03/our-son-pete-39-ian-edginton/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52902 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 39: Ian Edginton talks X-Force On a very special episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast, writer Ian Edginton joins the show to talk about his run on the Counter X era of X-Force, his memories of Pete Wisdom and writing a Marvel comic in the...

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]]> 52902 A double dose of Deniz Camp at the top of this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/23/staff-picks-april23/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52309 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: Absolute Martian Manhunter #2: The other-dimensional alien consciousness calling...

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]]> 52309 1993 guest stars in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s X-Force #10/300 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/20/xforce-10-preview/ Sun, 20 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52265 Once upon a time, two righteous dudes named Fabian Nicieza and Greg Capullo wrote and drew a book called X-Force, about a bunch of extreme young adults finding their way in the world with the help of their large, swollen gun dad. Sometimes, their large, swollen gun dad, whom they called Cable, would disappear for...

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]]> 52265 ON THE X-MANHUNT: X-Force #9 lays a giant egg https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/23/xforce-9/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52007 Sage and Professor X go way back, to another war and another time. But now, in his hour of need, will Sage use her talents to aid the professor’s quest, or put a stop to his manic mission? X-Force #9, the penultimate chapter of “X-Manhunt,” was written by Geoffrey Thorne, pencilled by Marcus To, colored...

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]]> 52007 ComicsXF’s official ranking of the From the Ashes X-Men books https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/02/comicsxfs-official-ranking-of-the-x-men-from-the-ashes-comics-so-far/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51029 As of this writing, there are 13(!) monthly X-books on the shelves, two of which — X-Men and Uncanny X-Men — ship on an 18-issue-a-year schedule. That’s a lot, and there’s more coming, including Laura Kinney: Wolverine (who is already starring in NYX); a Timeslide one-shot co-starring Cable and Bishop; Magik (who is already starring...

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]]> 51029 Avengers vs. Aliens vs. Frankenstein vs. Archie in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/28/staff-picks-aug28/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49947 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. Austin’s pick: Aliens vs. Avengers #1: Xenomorphs reach Earth! The perfect...

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]]> 49947 The team visits Wakanda in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Force #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/22/xforce-2-preview/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49922 Y’ever notice when they convene a meeting of all of the Marvel super-geniuses, Forge isn’t there? No one asked Forge to join the Illuminati when the Skrulls were invading, or when the incursions started. You never see Forge on a Zoom call with Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man and Hank Pym and Beast and Shuri...

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]]> 49922 Battle Of The Atom: The Most Conflicted Roster https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/19/battle-of-the-atom-the-most-conflicted-roster/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49857 Everyone loves conflict. Especially interpersonal conflict. Surely you will also enjoy it in this episode. Ranked this episode:

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]]> 49857 X-Force’s new strike team misses the mark https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/31/xforce-1-2024/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49742 The world is fractured. Forge uses his powers of invention to devise the only fix: an all-new, all-different X-Force — Askani, Captain Britain, Sage, Surge and newcomer Tank — in off-the-books missions so dire, so integral to the fate of the Marvel Universe, there’s no time to stop for permission. X-Force #1 is written by...

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]]> 49742 Forge leads a new X-Force and the Super-Pets assemble in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/31/staff-picks-july31/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49736 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Adam’s pick: X-Force #1: The world is fractured. Forge uses his powers of invention to devise the only fix: an all-new, all-different X-Force. Forge leads a custom-made, handpicked team of mutants...

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]]> 49736 New series, fill-in artists and ‘Psychic Rescue’ revisited: Marvel’s X-Men books in October https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/22/xmen-october/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:19:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49662 There are 13 X-books coming out in October. Two of them are issues of the same book. That’s a lot. We’ve only gotten two published From the Ashes comics so far: X-Men #1 and Phoenix #1, so it’s way too early for predictions, but we can make plenty of observations based on the covers and...

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]]> 49662 The ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the X-Men: From the Ashes era https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/26/xmen-from-ashes-series/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49419 Welcome to the ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the new era of X-Men comics. The last few years saw a new dawn for the House of X: Mutants reigned (for a while) but were always destined to fall. And From the Ashes of the mutant island nation of Krakoa, this is what comes next. What do...

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]]> 49419 Holy crap, the Upstarts are back in Marvel’s September X-Men solicits https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/20/xmen-september-solicits/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 01:30:46 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49379 In September, the X-Men and their friends are going to fight: Wow. Just wow. I don’t how to feel about that last one. Take a scroll through Marvel’s September X-Men solicits and see what you think. NYX #3 Written by COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZINGArt by FRANCESCO MORTARINOSTAND TOGETHER OR DIE ALONE! To Anole –...

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]]> 49379 X-Chat #15: The end is nigh — and a hot mess. https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/01/x-chat-15-the-end-if-nigh-and-a-hot-mess/ Wed, 01 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48778 It’s all coming to an end in X-Chat #15! In X-Men #33, the series continues to go out with a whimper from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. X-Force #50 comes to some kind of a conclusion from Ben Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. And Wolverine #47-48 features a fight...

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]]> 48778 Forge invents a new iteration of X-Force by Thorne and To https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/09/xforce-thorne-to/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:22:19 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48505 Marvel on Tuesday announced a new volume of X-Force, written by Geoffrey Thorne (Green Lantern) and drawn by Marcus To (Excalibur). The latest iteration of the team is centered on Forge, so hot right now after the adaptation of “Lifedeath” on X-Men ’97, and includes mutant “it” couple Betsy Braddock and Rachel Summers (no codenames...

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]]> 48505 Batman gets Dark, Six Fingers, RoPoX and more in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/27/staff-picks-march27/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48381 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Bonus pick: Batman: Dark Age #1: Meet Bruce Wayne, Gotham’s favorite delinquent son. Witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches toward its prophesied doom. By...

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]]> 48381 Corporate synergy takes its toll in X-Chat #14! https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/27/corporate-synergy-takes-its-toll-in-x-chat-14/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48063 The Fall of X continues, and gets bloody in X-Chat #14! In X-Men #31, the X-Men and Spidey face Nimrod from Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #49, no one’s favorite bromance is reignited from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And lastly Wolverine #43 sees the Sabretooth War take...

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]]> 48063 Beast didn’t start the fire in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Force #49 https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/15/xforce-49-preview/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47959 Last time, in X-Force #48, the team awakened a clone of Beast whose memories date to when he was a member of the New Defenders, meaning he’s missed out on about three “We Didn’t Start the Fire”s’ worth of events. Don’t worry, Hank, we’ll catch you up. Defenders split, X-FactorThen the Mutant MassacreWarren gets some...

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]]> 47959 Magneto is back up in yo’ ass with the Resurrection in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/24/staff-picks-jan-24/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47763 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Resurrection of Magneto #1: On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit. But Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are...

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]]> 47763 X-Men, X-Force & Wolverine rush to tie up their plot threads in X-Chat #13 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/03/xchat-13-xmen-xforce-wolverine/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47570 The Fall of X continues, and mostly ends, in X-Chat #13! In X-Men #29, Doom invites the X-Men to dinner, by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. In X-Force #47, Colossus finally breaks free of his brother Mikhail, by Benjamin Percy, Daniel Picciotto, Guru-eFx and Joe Caramagna. And Logan’s world tour ends...

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]]> 47570 Skybound drops a Duke on us during the holiday limbo week, and more Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/27/staff-picks-dec-27/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47519 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Duke #1: When Conrad S. Hauser investigates the mysteries behind the Transformers, the answers will lead to the birth of forces for good and evil the world never imagined. Duke will be the...

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]]> 47519 The battle for Arakko, and X-Men Red, end in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/13/staff-picks-dec-13/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47401 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: X-Men Red #18: Their armies have clashed and torn a world apart. Now, finally, the two war leaders meet. Storm versus Genesis for the fate of the Red Planet — as the planet...

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