X-Men steps up in an issue that’s jam packed with plot and action from Gerry Duggan, CF Villa, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Adam! Welcome! Glad to have you onboard to take a look at what’s probably the meatiest issue of the series to date. Adam Reck: What an issue to help out…
The thing about Havok, and I love this, is that he’s actually pretty dumb and CONSTATLY get’s captured by a man dresser like an extra in a music video for The Bangles. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #97 (My Brother, My Enemy) Marvel Team-Up #69-70 (Havok, Thor) Marvel Comics Presents #24-31 (Pharaoh’s Legacy)
The larger Marvel Universe is starting to come knocking as the team faces star of stage and screen MODOK from Gerry Duggan, Javier Pina, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: For some reason I feel like MODOK should have some sort of catchphrase that we could banter about in our opening this week. But…
Moira’s chase continues as Omega Wolverine enters the story proper in X Deaths of Wolverine #2 by Benjamin Percy, Federico Vincentini, Dijjo Lima, and Cory Petit. Cassie Tongue: Wolverine has finally shown up in the series bearing his name – or has he? That’s one of the questions we’re facing in X Deaths of Wolverine…
For breaking the laws of Krakoa, Sabretooth was dragged into the Pit, sentenced to an eternity of torment. But no prison can hold him – or can it? A sentient island staffed by mutants has many kinds of walls. Sabretooth #1 is a gory journey into the carceral state of Krakoa written by Victor LaValle,…
Just in time to celebrate 40 years of the original New Mutants, catch up with some old friends — like Sunspot, Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Boom-Boom, Dani Moonster and Rictor — as Caliban leads Famine and War, the remaining Horsemen of Apocalypse, in a hunt for new blood. Witness a never-before-seen link between the New Mutants and…
They were loved by their adoring fans. They were reviled by the harsh press. They lived, they loved, they fought and they died…a lot – all for the sake of fame. They were the X-Statix, a team of mutant celebrities fighting for a brighter world and an even brighter spotlight! But they’re old news now…
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…