Wolverine and Sabretooth observe a longtime tradition in their rivalry as āSabretooth Warā begins in Wolverine #41, written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle, drawn by Cory Smith and Geoff Shaw, inked in part by Oren Junior, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Cory Petit. Tony Thornley: Well, the climax of the Krakoan era…
The end of the Krakoan age continues! Ten years in the future, man and machine are on the verge of total victory, but mutants aren’t going down without a fight, while an enigmatic new player emerges in Rise of the Powers of X #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by David…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adamās pick: Rise of the Powers of X #1: Ten years ago, the mutants returned from their exile to try and reclaim the Earth from the forces of Orchis. They failed. Now, Nimrod and Omega…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast Ā· Our Son Pete Episode 10: The one with Nate Grey (Excalibur #95) In a beyond-the-paywall episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast,Ā Battle of the Atom co-host and ComicsXF Publisher Emeritus Zack Jenkins joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #95, aka the one with Nate Grey, with detours into Marvel…
As the series comes to a close, Mother Righteous reaches for the stars, Xavier and Sinister reach for futures past, and a new power of X rises in Immortal X-Men #18, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Juan JosĆ© Ryp, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. [Meanwhile, in X0] Mark Turetsky: Itās…
Orchis has had mutantkind up against the ropes for months now. All they need to destroy the Krakoan dream is to win one last battle. The Trial of Cyclops is meant to be the death knell for mutantkind on Earth, but the X-Men arenāt likely to go down without a fight. The battle begins in…
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 Loganās world tour ends…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Rasmusā pick: Fall of the House of X #1: Mutantkind has never had a greater fall. Outlawed, hunted, killed, most of their kind missing or dead, and now, one of their greatest leaders, Cyclops, is…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast Ā· Our Son Pete Episode 17: Pryde & Wisdom #1 with Brad and Lisa Gullickson In a beyond-the-paywall episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast, Brad and Lisa Gullickson from Comic Book Couples Counseling help Dan break down Pryde & Wisdom #1 … and end up getting distracted by Bob….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Danās 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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I found myself struggling for a cohesive theme to some kind of end-of-the-year article, something that would capture the state of an industry whose health has been the status of much Mark Millar-fueled discourse lately. Then I read a comic that was so bad it has me dreading what 2024 will bring. On Wednesday, Marvel…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Austinās pick: Original X-Men #1: Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman and Angel ā the first heroes to bear the X-Men name ā once traveled into their own futures and reset the course of history. Now,…
The previous issue of Uncanny Avengers ended with Captain Krakoa being revealed as the evil Captain America from everyone’s favorite Trump-era Marvel crossover, Secret Empire. (We did Nazi that coming!) This issue – the final one of this volume – appears to open with another reveal: Evil Steve prefers to be called Grant now. “The…
How would you describe a perfect day? Perfect ā like “good,” like “ok,” like “no good,” like “very bad” ā is subjective: an appreciation based on a range of experiences. Perfect, reasonably, might look vastly different among different peoples. And yet, so many different people hold on to the idea of objective perfection ā the…