How did Captain Krakoa come to be? The answer may not surprise, but it will terrify longtime fans, from Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Cori: It doesn’t seem like it’s been long enough for there to be another issue of X-Men, but here we are, Tony. Tony: Yeah, after a larger…
Sad Apocalypse is sad. His ship, Ship, is gone, he’s down two Horsemen and he’s worried the Celestials will take one look at X-Factor and give the world a big thumb’s down. Ever the goodest boy, even in service of evil, Caliban wants to make Apocalypse happy again, by plumbing the Morlock tunnels looking for…
Witness Moira X on the run and a strange clawed individual covered in techno organics in X Deaths of Wolverine #1 by Benjamin Percy, Federico Vincentini, Frank Martin, Dijjo Lima, and Cory Petit. Chris Eddleman: Liz, while House of X and Powers of X made sense to me as far as which one was “ecks”…
The next chapter in the Krakoa Era begins in X-Lives of Wolverine #1 by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, Frank Martin, and Cory Petit! Welcome to Comics XF’s X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine coverage! Given the story is being released weekly over the next ten weeks, we’re doing things a little differently than usual,…
Unfortunately, the eviction notice for vigilante superheroics comes to Seneca Park as the X-Men come face to face with Kingpin’s Thunderbolts in Devil’s Reign: X-Men #1 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Phil Noto and lettered by Cory Petit. Christi Eddleman: Unfortunately for everyone, and especially me, I can only sing some Staind as I…
Stephen Strange is dead. Without the Sorcerer Supreme out of commissions, mystical monsters are loose. Following up from his Black Knight series last year, Si Spurrier teams up with his Way Of X partner Bob Quinn for a one-shot adventure in Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight #1. The X-Men are possessed by demons or…
Charles Xavier. Beast. Amanda Mueller. Moira MacTaggert. Magneto. Some of the greatest minds and experts on mutantkind are assembled by Mister Sinister to discuss the evolution of Homo superior … but to what devious end? Rest assured, there’ll be at least one dead body before dessert at this meeting of the Eighth Circle. Dan “Never…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1: Remember when Marvel did the New Fantastic Four with Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Hulk and Ghost Rider and it ruled? Now imagine that with four Doctors Octopus from across…
With the candidates announced and polls open for the 2022 X-Men Election, we here at ComicsXF want to ensure an informed electorate. After all, democracy dies in darkness. Our crack team of investigators has found some truly shocking things about this round of candidates. Penance: Identity Theft Monet St. Croix touts herself as a near-perfect…
X-Men Group Editor Jordan D White joins us to answers questions the brightest minds have been asking since before the Dawn of X. Want to know the truth about what changed in Hickman’s plan, the writer’s departure or Baby Havok? You must listen to this one.
Meet Captain Krakoa! He might be exactly who you think he is, but the “why” is the more exciting part of X-Men #6 from Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Cori McCreery: Happy New Year! I hope the holidays were good for you all and that if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Mutant…
If you have made it this far, you know the deal. Inferno #4 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Stefano Caselli, David Curiel and Joe Sabino. Chris Eddleman: And with today’s issue, Jonathan Hickman’s time on the X-Men is coming to an end. Obviously, he’s not the only architect of this era of X-Men comics but,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s pick: Monkey Meat #1: Cartoonist Juni Ba (Djeliya) works his magic on a new Image anthology series about a meat manufacturing company operating in an absurd capitalist hellscape. ($3.99) Listen to Ba on WMQ&A….
It’s a little bit Moby Dick, a little bit Jaws and a whole lot of Logan in Wolverine #19.
When you walk up to Charles Soule’s table in artists alley of C2E2 and ask for an interview, he leans over to his assistant. All preliminary questions in this interaction are dealt with through the assistant. It’s a thing he and Rob Leifeld do, but to be fair to Charles, it seems like he’s tired…