Marvel’s Ultimate Wolverine #4 channels the original ‘Weapon X’ story to great effect

THE WINTER SOLDIER THAWS? Wolverine’s confrontation with Kitty Pryde and Gambit leaves him disoriented, violent and questioning his Maker’s Council overlords. Who is “Logan”? Ultimate Wolverine #4 was written by Chris Condon, drawn by Alessandro Cappuccio, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. Survivor. Soldier. Hunter. Specimen. Animal. Relentless. Sputnik. No, that’s not…

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It’s a brand new day for Peter Parker as Amazing Spider-Man relaunches to top off our Staff Picks

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. Tony’s pick: Amazing Spider-Man #1: Peter Parker is, shockingly, without a…

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Sometimes you gotta time loop in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Cable: Love & Chrome #4

Sometimes, you gotta Live, Die, Repeat on the Edge of Tomorrow. Sometimes, you gotta Groundhog Day. Sometimes, you gotta Happy Death Day. Sometimes, you gotta Happy Death Day 2U. Sometimes, you gotta Palm Springs. Sometimes, you gotta Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas starring Huey, Dewey and Louie. Sometimes, you gotta that episode of What If?…

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In honor of her 50th anniversary, CXF writers talk about what makes the X-Men’s Storm great

This year — and this week’s Storm #7 by Murewa Ayodele and Luciano Vecchio — marks the 50th anniversary of Ororo Munroe’s first appearance in Marvel’s Giant-Size X-Men #1. To celebrate the character’s cultural impact, CXF contributors Latonya “Penn” Pennington and Jude Jones held a roundtable discussion on the iconic Windrider. ComicsXF: As a character,…

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