Not all that long ago, Mister Sinister implanted his genetic code into Emma Frost and three other members of the Krakoan Quiet Council, creating a series of alternate futures in which Sinister and the three other aspects of the original Nathaniel Essex fought to become a Dominion, not realizing they existed solely to feed data…
Let’s face it: The Shi’ar are pretty stupid. You heard me, you frickin’ birdos! I’m talking about you, you dumb Silverhawks-lookin’ space pigeons. You can’t decide who belongs on the throne, you can’t even get a bunch of your own people to defend yourselves so you have to manufacture a bootleg Legion of Super-Heroes. Heck…
What do you think Scott and Jean’s psychic dates are like these days? With Jean the Phoenix again and journeying through space, and Scott in Alaska still doing X-Men stuff, catching each other up must be weird at times. Jean: How’s Logan? Scott: We don’t talk much. He’s down in Louisiana with Rogue’s team, but…
Eternity has grown desperate. He abducts a powerful cosmic entity and hides them in the Storm Sanctuary. What is the identity of this entity? How will this act complicate the FBI’s investigation into Storm? And why is Maggott hosting a Royal Rumble at Ororo’s place? Storm #9 is written by Murewa Ayodele, drawn by Lucas…
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…
This week sees the release of a new Giant-Size X-Men #1, which will set Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, on a time-travel adventure through key points in X-Men history, starting with the dawn of the All-New, All-Different X-Men of 1975. Time travel is a Tuesday for some X-Men. And so we consulted Battle of the Atom’s…
In the current arc of Laura Kinney: Wolverine, our heroine is in some kind of altered quasi-sitcom reality where she and her sister Gabby (Hooray!) live with their father, Logan, and Laura is experiencing a trauma response regarding the death of her mother in which she writes fantasies about a violent character called the Wolverine….
Ever since she discovered she was a mutant, Kamala Khan has been balancing her previous life as Ms. Marvel with her role as a leader in the new community, but her conflicted identity has come at a deep personal cost. Now, pulled into the distant past by an unhinged villain with deep ties to mutant…
With one young mutant taken hostage in the underworld of the Dark Artery, it’s left to the remaining Outliers to lead the Louisiana X-Men to try to steal them back, but the ultimate terror blocks the way. The Voice of Darkness seeks a new home, and violence and fear will follow whoever takes that mantle….
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. Giant-Size X-Men #1: Ever since she discovered she was a mutant,…
It’s been two years since the last official Hellfire Gala, but the minds of X-fans are still hot with inspiration! The latest season of the hit video game Marvel Rivals has been a love letter to the First Krakoan Age. Emma Frost, with a brand-new costume, haircut and thunder thighs, invited us all to the…
Who can take some genes and make a dodgy clone? Who can trap a mutant when he’s all alone? Who can throw a comic off its slice-of-life tone? Mr. Sinister can, and does, in Exceptional X-Men #9, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. Now…
Do you think Dani Moonstar ever gets tired of being the sensible, level-headed New Mutant? Like, remember when she yelled at Professor Xavier about her belt? That was her first appearance, and it’s the only act of teenage rebellion of hers that I can immediately recall. Cyclops has rebelled more than her. And why is…
First, the silly bit: This preview contains a panel in which two shirtless men put a blanket on a fully clothed woman. Granted, that woman was attacked by an ice dragon in the previous issue, but still, there’s an irony there. Now that that’s out of the way, if you like the panel on the…
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…