Bobby Drake’s visiting Kitty Pryde in Chicago — but is it really him? Teen mutant Trista Marshall’s trying out for the high school musical — but is it right for her? Kitty and Emma keep training their new team — but can they keep it up? Find out in the bundle of transitions that is…
A strategic stop in Madripoor turns into an international incident as Mystique prepares her endgame against SHIELD. But what is the mother of mutant terrorism after in Lowtown? And what have her enemies sent to deal with her? Mystique #3 is written and illustrated by Declan Shalvey, colored by Matt Hollingsworth and lettered by Clayton…
Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the release of the movie Mad Max: Fury Road, in which groups of cars traverse a futuristic-but-also-steampunk wasteland and do fights while we root for bisexual icons Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. While that movie is but one link in a franchise dating to 1979 and extending to…
With blood on her hands, Psylocke’s new life is already crumbling. Can she still be the hero the world needs her to be? And how will Shinobi Shaw help her with that? Psylocke #2 is written by Alyssa Wong, drawn by Vincenzo Carratu, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Ariana Maher. If there is…
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. Dan’s pick: Metamorpho the Element Man #1: To know him is…
Sigh. We never did get that break from Xavier, did we? After being taken into custody at the end of the Krakoan age/beginning of From the Ashes last summer and being locked up in his old house, aka Graymalkin Prison, one couldn’t be blamed for thinking we might get a nice respite from the would-be…
The year of our lord 2025 brings DOOM. Not just in the sense that the incoming presidential administration keeps threatening to undo many of the systems keeping this increasingly fragile country together, but in the sense that Marvel is pushing a big Doctor Doom-centric crossover to start the year. So yeah, lots of doom, just…
In this week’s Sentinels #3 by Alex Paknadel and Justin Mason (which we previewed last week), the team goes to Madripoor on a mission to apprehend Fabian Cortez, who – SPOILERS – is actually using his powers to heal the people of Lowtown, because apparently some people did learn lessons from their time on Krakoa….
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. Dan’s pick: New Gods #1: An old god has died, and…
According to Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman’s X-Men, Magneto is in a wheelchair suffering from “resurrection-linked degenerative sickness,” a new disease that so far seems to affect only him. How, then, does he appear in this issue of Sentinels, seemingly at full strength, menacing both the team AND former traitorous hanger-on Fabian Cortez? Is it…
The Raid on Graymalkin continues as two conflicting teams of X-Men come to a crossroads at the former Xavier Institute. As if the Perimeter protocols and the prison’s mutant Trustees weren’t enough, team leaders Rogue and Cyclops find themselves at war over the uncertain legacy of Charles Xavier. Uncanny X-Men #7 is written by Gail…
The X-Men shows you DON’T mess with them, in X-Men #8, written by Jed MacKay; drawn by Ryan Stegman; inked by JP Mayer, John Livesay and Stegman; colored by Marte Gracia, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Laura Kinney FINALLY gets her own book again in Laura Kinney: Wolverine #1, written by Erica Schultz, art by…
The Dazzler tour returns for one last big show in the Big Apple in Dazzler #4, written by Jason Loo, drawn by Rafael Loureiro and Alan Robinson, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Ariana Maher. Previously in Loo and Loureiro’s Dazzler, Lila Cheney and Alison Blaire had a fun night out in Tokyo, only…
The cost of Doctor Voodoo’s medical treatment is the loss of Storm’s powers for seven days. Ororo seeks refuge with her former teammates, the Uncanny X-Men, but it doesn’t turn out to be the relaxing holiday she thought it would be. A secret that aches the heart is born, and it sends Storm into the…
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. Rasmus’ pick: Ultimate Universe: One Year In #1: The heroes of…