The guys get spicy. And by spicy we mean that Zack tries to explain ACOTAR to Adam even though he is only vaguely aware of it and Adam tries to stop us from getting the explicit tag. This episode is about Chris Bachalo, we promise. Ranked This Episode:
In May, housing rental behemoth Airbnb announced a new promotion called Icons, a series of âextraordinary experiencesâ including overnights in museums, mingling with celebrities, and recreations of fictional locations like Carlâs house from Pixarâs Up. If you are a fan of the X-Men, one of these locations might have activated your portable Cerebro unit. The…
Is there a worse couple in comics than Havok and Polaris? Let’s go through some of the other offenders. Joker and Harley Quinn: Toxic, violent, abusive, but Harley eventually had the sense to leave her man and find love and acceptance with Poison Ivy. Storm and Black Panther: Shoved together on the thinnest of continuity…
From the Ashes has been about a lot of X-Men characters reverting to type, possibly as a coping mechanism after the fall of Krakoa. But many of them have gotten new uniforms in the relaunch, as new artists come aboard and seek to put their stamp on characters. And then there’s Illyana Rasputin, Magik, who…
From the ashes emerge new mutants, new monsters, new conflicts â and a new backstory for Charles Xavier? Weâve got all that and Jubilee too in this monthâs installment of the uncanny adventures of Team Rogue. Uncanny X-Men #2 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by David Marquez, colored by Matthew Wilson and lettered by…
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. Jakeâs pick: Wolverine #1: There’s a killer in the woods, and…
Last fall, the inaugural Uncanny Experience, an immersive convention for fans of the X-Men, was held at the historic Minneapolis Club in Minnesota. This year, the show is returning for year 2 on the final weekend of September, featuring more Chris Claremont, more animated X-Men voice actors and more twists on the traditional convention experience….
Once upon a time, Cyclops and Jean Grey got married at a Marvel holiday party and made it everyone else’s problem. Ranked This Episode:
The formerly teenage genius formerly known as Shadowkat is back in Chicago, back behind the bar with a dishrag for a paycheck, done with rescuing teenage mutants for good. See how long that one lasts in Exceptional X-Men #1, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Joe…
If youâre an X-Men fan of a certain age, you may have read the past two monthsâ worth of From the Ashes comics and wondered, âWhere did all the New Mutants and Generation X kids go? I mean I know Magik is in X-Men, but itâs like the rest of them just disappeared into the…
Hello, everyone! Welcome to a new thing here at ComicsXF. Iâm Tony Thornley, the curator for our new Spider-column. Rather than a standard discussion piece like our BatChat and X-Chat columns, this is going to be more of a roundup as our team covers the world wide web of Spider-Man. So strap in as we…
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. Stephanieâs pick: Exceptional X-Men #1: After the fall of Krakoa, Kate…
In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. This feature doesn’t have a name yet; turns out a lot of online comics people like naming their blogs The Spinner Rack. But if we keep doing this and anyone…
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Every day, mutants are being stolen off the streets of Manhattan â unprotected and forgotten by the human world. Now, a war-worn Wolverine will descend into New Yorkâs criminal underworld to bring them back into the light. Who is the mysterious mutant fixer known only as Local? Can Laura Kinney stand alone against the dangerous…