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Chrises On Infinite Earths: My Yorrick (X-Necrosha Pt 1)

Christi Eddleman and Chris Eddleman4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

It’s zombie time as Christi and Chris get (re)animated in their discussion of the first half of X-Necrosha. Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott Holmes is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial License. “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By…

Beast’s Dark Descent from the Silver Age to Benjamin Percy’s X-Force

David Bowen4 years ago4 years ago037 mins

A. Why This Matters X-Force #18 by Benjamin Percy, Garry Brown and Joshua Cassara saw the bizarre, wholly unexpected death of Dr. Hank McCoy—the Beast; he was neither the focus of the story nor on that issue’s cover. But he’ll be back by X-Force #20, working security for the Hellfire Gala event this June. What…

WMQ&A Episode 153: X Trivia with Chris Hassan

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 153: X Trivia with Chris Hassan Chris Hassan returns to the podcast to celebrate his 100th X-Men Monday column at AIPT, play a little X Trivia and ponder the direction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where…

Beta Ray Bill, Katana, I Breathed a Body and More Staff Picks for 3/31

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Beta Ray Bill #1: Three words: Daniel Warren Johnson. Three more words: Beta Ray Bill. Three more words: Fin Fang Foom. Three more words: I am wet. Colored by Mike Spicer and featuring…

Did I Break It? Trying To Transform the Ultimate X-Spanse

Adam Reck4 years ago4 years ago010 mins

I keep telling myself “I’m not a Toy Guy.” And yet despite this mantra, a variety of things you would definitely call toys keep entering my online shopping cart. Be they LEGO sets, the occasional X-Men Funko Pop or Marvel Legends action figures, I inevitably keep getting suckered into purchasing these things that serve mainly…

DC Enters the Infinite Frontier, and Some Indie #1s Fill out Our 3/3 Staff Picks

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago07 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong…

Magneto Is Not Malcolm X: The Limitations of Analogies & Good Intentions

Jude Jones4 years ago4 years ago015 mins

I revere Malcolm X. His autobiography changed my life. I emulate his pose and prose when I portend power projection – especially when I find myself in places where I’m assumed powerless. I don’t always succeed, but I always try. Magneto represents unapologetic authenticity. He experienced the worst of man; he knows how sordid humans…

Chrises on Infinite Earths: Malicious Compliance (Inferno Pt 3)

Christi Eddleman, Chris Eddleman and Nola Pfau4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Christi and Chris are joined by guest, Nola Pfau, for the less-than-feather-filled finale of Inferno covering Uncanny #242-243 and X-Factor #38-39 . It’s time to rip your clothes and turn evil for this “Sinister” episode. Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott…

The Secrets Of The Vault Revealed In X-Men #18

Chris Eddleman and Rob Secundus4 years ago4 years ago022 mins

At long last, we enter…the Vault in X-Men #18 written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Mahmud Asrar, colors by Sunny Gho, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Chris Eddleman: Well, it seems like it’s been awhile since we’ve talked but, frankly I don’t think we missed anything of value. Anyhow, it’s time to check in with…

Future State Winds Down, Some X-Men Flee the Vault in Our Staff Picks for 2/24

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Future State: Superman: House of El #1: Journey into the far future and meet the descendants of Kal-El, including twins Rowan and Ronan Kent, the new Superman of Earth and a Blue Lantern,…

Chrises on Infinite Earths: Maybe It’s Goblin Queen (Inferno Part 2)

Christi Eddleman and Chris Eddleman4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Christi and Chris cover the first half of the Goblin Queen’s story in the second of their three Inferno episodes. Why do the women have all the emotions? Is sexy always evil? Why is the Inferno storyline so beloved? All this and more in this episode! Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under…

Chrises On Infinite Earths: The Krakoan Kindergarten Class (Inferno Pt.1)

Christi Eddleman and Chris Eddleman4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

The Krakoan Kindergarten Class (Inferno Pt.1): In part one of three of the Chris’s coverage of Inferno, we discuss the New Mutants portion of the event, supplemented by The X-Tremists. The punching is good, the teens are uncomfortably sexy, and Colossus is bad, maybe. Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:…

Wolverine Turns 350, Vengeance Returns and More Staff Picks to End 2020

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Men #16: When the mutant nation of Krakoa was formed, the X-Men were disbanded as a concept both to keep power on the island balanced among the Quiet Council and to move…

WMQ&A Episode 138: We Caught Ed Brisson for 80 Minutes and Then Released Him

Dan Grote, Matthew Lazorwitz and Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 138: We Caught Ed Brisson for 80 Minutes and Then Released Him Writer Ed Brisson joins the show to talk about his newest crime comic, “Catch & Release: A Murder Book Story,” now on Kickstarter, teen Cable, Glob Herman and his many pets. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A…

It’s -[A]- vs. His Ex as ‘X of Swords’ Draws to a Close, and More Staff Picks for 11/25

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zach’s Pick X-Men #15: Pretty sure Apocalypse fights his wife in this one. But also, nothing’s really gone as predicted in “X of Swords. I mean, Magik arm wrestled a croco-monster that turned out…