Our heroes have barely escaped Count Nefaria’s villain-team tryouts; their covers are thoroughly blown, but they’ve got the suitcase with the Weird Engine, and the Count would like it back. Will he catch them? Will they escape him for good? Will the story conclude? Don’t count on any of those events in the pulse-pounding, sparklingly…
Genesis is here as White Sword sends an emissary to Arakko in X-Men Red #12 written by Al Ewing, art by Jacopo Camagni, colors by Federico Blee and letters by Arianna Maher. “It’s all connected” Whether or not you believe The Wire was the best show in television history (spoiler: it was, is, and will…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Night Fever: In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can’t sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer,…
Piotr Rasputin may seem like a simple man, but with the Sinister Four having lost voting privileges, he’s the most powerful one-man voting bloc on the Krakoan council. Too bad he’s an unwilling Russian operative. Immortal X-Men #11 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Note: Banner photo is a variant cover to Fantastic Four #8 by Scott Koblish. Listen to Koblish talk about that cover on WMQ&A. Zack’s pick: Loki #1: They may be the “benevolent” God of Stories…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Presents OUR SON PETE Episode 15: The One with the Big, Round Number In a beyond-the-paywall episode of WMQ&A’s monthly Patreon bonus podcast, Chris Hassan of AIPT’s X-Men Monday column joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #100, the Xavier Protocols, the Wisdom-Lockheed feud and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on…
X-Chat returns with three big issues! The war between Logan and Beast escalates in Wolverine #33 by Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp, Frank Martin, Orchis wages war on Krakoa in X-Men #22 from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. Kid Omega returns in X-Force #40 from Percy, Robert Hack, Paul Davidson, Guru-eFx,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 259: Southpaw Sound-off with Jorge Molina Artist Jorge Molina joins the show to talk about Zurdo, an art book looking back at his career in the industry, now crowdfunding on Zoop. PLUS, a sneak peek at the latest episode of our Patreon bonus podcast, Our Son Pete. You can listen…
It’s always nice to see an Avenger and an X-man hang out and there NOT be a misunderstanding-based fight. Here, Tony Stark, a guy good for about a Civil War a decade, helps Betsy Braddock hatch a plan to take care of her The-Fury-It-Kills-Superheroes problem. Meanwhile, her girlfriend, Askani, is hanging out in the library….
Escapade, Scout and Cerebella are trapped in a bad guy’s mansion! Morgan and Rahne may or may not be trapped in the Morlock tunnels under New York City! Dani, Galura and Xuân may or may not be trapped in someone else’s story! Find out who escapes in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #3, written by Charlie…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Avengers #1: Jason Aaron’s Avengers run was bad. Jed MacKay’s Moon Knight has been very good. Can MacKay make Earth’s Mightiest Heroes worth reading again? Fingers crossed, friends. Drawn by C.F. Villa (X-Men)….
In one comic, a young woman is reminded of how far she’s come the past few years while living with bipolar disorder. She finds creative ways to take out supervillains and uses her power — and her Ph.D. — to handle a melting-down nuclear core. In another comic, a giant monster emerges from the ocean…
In the wake of the Sins of Sinister timeline being reset, Storm returns to Krakoa to clean up Xavier’s massive fuckup in Immortal X-Men #11, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Hey, Austin! Sins of Sinister has ended, and we’re back in…
It’s been 1,000 years, and Sinister’s best laid schemes have gone astray. Now, he has one final chance to reset the timeline, form a Dominion and save the world. Sins of Sinister Dominion #1 written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Paco Medina and Lucas Werneck, colors by Bryan Valenza, letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 252: Tiny Transgressions with John Allison Cartoonist John Allison returns to talk about his new Dark Horse series, The Great British Bump-Off, his Patreon X-Men comic and the subtle differences between Bruce Springsteen and Brick Springstern. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible…