WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast ¡ WMQ&A Episode 272: Swords, sandals and symbiotes with Torunn Grønbekk Writer Torunn Grønbekk joins the show to talk about Realm of X, Red Sonja, what she has in store for Venom and Carnage, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…
Everyone loves Amanda Sefton; it’s hard not to, despite the many terrible comics she has been in. We also love her and find, perhaps, a good gem that she has done. Ranked This Episode:
When I read Sebastian Shaw, I hear Matt Berry from What We Do in the Shadows. When I read Selene, I hear Connor Goldsmith from Cerebro. When I read the two of them in a scene together. Delicious. Check out our exclusive preview of Immortal X-Men #15, out next week, and get the basic deets…
Pakistani. American. Muslim. Inhuman. Mutant. Superhero. Outlaw. Avenger. Champion. Exile. X-man. There are a lot of labels on Kamala Khan, and the latest one has upended her world entirely, and given her an all-new mission statement. But underneath all the labels, when you take away the societies who believe they have a claim on her…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaanâs pick: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1: Fresh from being killed off in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man and having her identity rewritten to make her a mutant in line with what could have…
Click here to read Part One! Welcome back to our three-part look back at the Grant Morrison â and Frank Quitely and John Paul Leon and Phil Jimenez and others â run of New X-Men! From the first arcs â âE Is for Extinctionâ and its successors, dealing with Cassandra Nova â weâve seen how…
Y’ever see two people on a motorcycle in traffic and wonder how come you never see Ghost Rider with a passenger on his hell-cycle or whatever it’s called? Wonder no longer, as this week’s preview of Wolverine #36 – part of the ongoing “Weapons of Vengeance” story – shows what it’s like for Logan to…
After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Jean’s life is in shambles. Literally. But thatâs nothing new for a woman who was into resurrection before it was cool. A life rife with retcons invites plentiful possibilities for different pasts and futuresâwhich path(s) will Jean take? Jean Grey #1 written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tonyâs pick: Realm of X #1: After the Hellfire Gala, Magik, Mirage, Marrow, Dust and Typhoid Mary find themselves stranded in Vanaheim. Yâknow, the Thor place? The locals seem to believe they hold the key…
Madelyne Pryor has a lot to worry about. As Queen of Limbo, she has to quell constant demonic uprisings against her home. Sheâs also in charge of the Limbo-New York Embassy, managing mutant refugees from the fall of Krakoa, and generally dealing with a city that does not want her there â and now Orchis…
Ever wonder if Marvel Comics would acknowledge the fundamental, consistent, flaming queerness of so many X-comics and X-Men, or whether the company would rather talk, in broad terms, about the mutant metaphor? Find out, or not, in the anthology comic Marvel’s Voices: X-Men, with writing by Vita Ayala, Raphael Draccon, Carolina Munhoz, Sarah Kuhn, Al…
Krakoa has fallen. Mutants throughout the world are being hunted, shipped off planet or forced to have their powers inhibited. Charles Xavier may have given up the dream of human and mutant co-existence, but Captain America still believes the two can stand together. See the return of the Unity Squad in Uncanny Avengers #1, written…
Recent news that Tom Brevoort, Marvel Comics’ longest serving editor, would be taking over stewardship of the X-Men sparked discussion among X-fandom regarding the relative merits of two different approaches to the characters: one that strives to push the X-Men forward, making them more than typical superheroes, and another that strives to present a more…
Civil war rages on Arakko as news of the new Mutant Massacre reaches the red planet in X-Men Red #14, written by Al Ewing, drawn by Yildiray Ăinar, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Ariana Maher. A year ago, under circumstances best left for another story, I played my first game of chess. I…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Uncanny Avengers #1: Innocent people and world leaders are dead after simultaneous attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments, and that means one thing: It’s time for a new iteration of Steve Rogersâ…