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Forge invents a new iteration of X-Force by Thorne and To

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

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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  • Staff Picks

Batman gets Dark, Six Fingers, RoPoX and more in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

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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X-Chat #14
  • X-Men

Corporate synergy takes its toll in X-Chat #14!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago012 mins

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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  • Previews

Beast didn’t start the fire in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Force #49

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

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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  • Staff Picks

Magneto is back up in yo’ ass with the Resurrection in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

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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  • X-Men

X-Men, X-Force & Wolverine rush to tie up their plot threads in X-Chat #13

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago09 mins

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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  • Staff Picks

Skybound drops a Duke on us during the holiday limbo week, and more Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

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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  • Staff Picks

The battle for Arakko, and X-Men Red, end in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

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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  • News

Two series that are one and a butt-ton of minis: Behold the X-Men titles in March

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Remember how in 2019 Marvel released House of X and Powers of X and that was it for X-Men titles for a couple months, and it was the big event everyone was focused on? Nearly five years later, the Hickman’s away and the mice are all over the place, as the two linchpin series of…

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X-Chat #12
  • X-Men

Big fights and big reveals heat up the Fall of X in X-Chat #12!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago011 mins

The Fall of X is here in X-Chat #12! In X-Men #28, Firestar takes center stage as embraces her role as an X-Spy from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #46, Colossus finally breaks free of Mikhail from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And in Uncanny Avengers…

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The X continues to fall in February’s X-Men titles

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

This January, two interconnected series will close out the X-Men’s Krakoa era: Gerry Duggan and Lucas Werneck’s Fall of the House of X and Kieron Gillen and R.B. Silva’s Rise of the Powers of X. These five-issue limited series will present the final battle of Krakoa and see the fate of mutantkind decided in a…

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  • Staff Picks

Star Wars: The High Republic rises to the top of this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Tony’s pick: Star Wars: The High Republic #1: A year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, Marchion Ro and the Nihil stand victorious. The once mighty Jedi are outclassed, and the Republic is on its knees. On the edges of the galactic frontier, Jedi Master Keeve Trennis leads a desperate assault against an invading force….

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  • Previews

Whose story is it anyway in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Force #45

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

For years of publishing time now, Colossus has been puppeted by the Chronicler at the behest of his brother, Mikhail Rasputin. But now that Krakoa has fallen, it looks like Colossus has neared the end of his usefulness, and Mikhail has set his sights on a new organization to infiltrate … Orchis. Cool. Kill ’em…

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  • Staff Picks

Batman and Robin ride to the top of this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Batman and Robin #1: Father and son. Bruce and Damian. Batman and Robin. A lot has happened to the Dynamic Duo recently, but now they’re back together and ready to fight crime in…

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  • Previews

From Russia with fun in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Force #44

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

Jean left the team. Beast turned out to be a war criminal. Logan was always sidetracked by solo adventures. Colossus turned out to be his brother’s thrall. Deadpool is working for Steve Rogers again. Guess it’s just us girls. Sage and Domino have got enough mad in them for Orchis, for Mikhail Rasputin, for pretty…

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