Sinister vs. empathy and a wholesome shower scene in Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #8

That entrepreneur who wanted gene data on everyone? The one who gave teen mutant Axo an internship? Pretty Sinister, as it turns out. Now, our favorite diamond-headed, DNA-obsessed, silver-skinned supervillain’s captured Axo and sent a fake teen to take his place. Find out what’s next in Exceptional X-Men #8, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by…

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It’s a brand new day for Peter Parker as Amazing Spider-Man relaunches to top off our Staff Picks

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. Tony’s pick: Amazing Spider-Man #1: Peter Parker is, shockingly, without a…

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Sometimes you gotta time loop in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Cable: Love & Chrome #4

Sometimes, you gotta Live, Die, Repeat on the Edge of Tomorrow. Sometimes, you gotta Groundhog Day. Sometimes, you gotta Happy Death Day. Sometimes, you gotta Happy Death Day 2U. Sometimes, you gotta Palm Springs. Sometimes, you gotta Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas starring Huey, Dewey and Louie. Sometimes, you gotta that episode of What If?…

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In honor of her 50th anniversary, CXF writers talk about what makes the X-Men’s Storm great

This year — and this week’s Storm #7 by Murewa Ayodele and Luciano Vecchio — marks the 50th anniversary of Ororo Munroe’s first appearance in Marvel’s Giant-Size X-Men #1. To celebrate the character’s cultural impact, CXF contributors Latonya “Penn” Pennington and Jude Jones held a roundtable discussion on the iconic Windrider. ComicsXF: As a character,…

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Marvel divas (and Forearm) unite for a Concert of Champions

It’s the first ever Concert of Champions, a festival bringing together the Marvel Universe’s biggest and brightest musical stars! Headliners include Dazzler, K-pop sensation Luna Snow, interdimensional rockstar Lila Cheney and Spider-Gwen. But who – or what? – is the mysterious new metal band Deep Void, and what are their sinister intentions? Concert of Champions…

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X-Manhunt ends! H2SH begins! New Image titles with long names! A super-stacked CXF Staff Picks

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. The big ticket items X-Manhunt Omega #1: The “X-Manhunt” concludes as…

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