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…
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…
Marvel teased next year’s big Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X event miniseries this week with covers of each’s issue #3, on sale in March. While the Fall #3 cover shows Logan about to pop a claw right in Dr. Stasis’ forehead clover, the cover to Rise #3…
In 1968, Rankin-Bass, the same animation company that gave the world Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Year without a Santa Claus, released The Little Drummer Boy, a stop-motion special about a little boy who gets to play the drums at the birth of the baby Jesus (after a whole bunch of really messed up…
Orchis is closing in on Ms. Marvel, with a plan to use her to get to the X-Men. All she has to do is embrace her new mutant identity. But with so many other labels already hanging on her shoulders, Kamala Khan has to wrestle with just what it means to fully accept another one…
The Krakoan era draws closer to the end with a massive retcon in X-Men Blue: Origins by Si Spurrier, Marcus To, Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Ceci De La Cruz, and Joe Caramagna! Tony Thornley: Oh my goodness, I don’t think any of us quite knew what to expect with this. I think we can probably…
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant wrapped this week with Kamala Khan destroying Orchis’ lab at Empire State University, tackling her very own Amazing Spider-Man: Crisis on Campus-style story and owning the intersectionality of the many aspects of her identity. Oh, and she got her bangle back! A great time was had by all. But Kamala’s…
Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War: First Strike #1: The super-crime landscape of New York has been on edge. This issue, they jump over that edge. What incites the war?! Who hired Shotgun and took out Tombstone? What, if anything, can Spider-Man do about it? Has there been a good or engaging Spider-man crossover since “Maximum Carnage”?…
Professor Xavier realizes what he does in the shadows, while the implications of Krakoa Atlantic’s new home are explored in Immortal X-Men #17, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Juan José Ryp, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Happy American Thanksgiving, Austin! Are you thankful for anything this year? Austin…
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…
Man, remember how much fun The Marvels was earlier this month? How refreshing it was for a Marvel movie to just be a fun romp and not be obsessed with moving some overarching plot along? Just gals bein’ pals. And the Khans! How great were they? That [redacted] cameo at the end sure was a…
Every issue of Immortal X-Men is narrated by one character. Issue #17, out today, is no different, except that in this case, the narrator is Jean Grey/the Phoenix, who is, well, currently not in the best shape. Is she dead? Is she comatose? Is she reliving all of her past trauma at once? Whatever the…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Secret Wars: Battleworld #1: Forty years ago, Jim Shooter focus-grouped a bunch of kids and found out they loved the words “secret” and “wars.” He used that to create a story intended to…
Who is ready for Zack and Adam to argue about She-Hulk, a show one of them has not watched, for longer than we talk about some comics? Also, lots of love for John Proudstar, the star of The Gifted, a show we both did watch but forgot about until Zack was writing the episode notes. …
It’s a white hot cavalcade of Jeans Grey in the fiery final issue of our title character’s time-spanning reckoning with her tumultuous past(s). With the future of mutantkind on the line, will Jean douse the flames, or fan them? Jean Grey #4 is written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by Marcelo Maiolo…