Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays.
Andrea’s Pick
Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: We can all agree the X-Men’s resident goddess has been underwritten since the dawn of dawn of X the Hickman era began the Disassembled stuff Blue and Gold … OK, it’s been a minute. Hopefully this special by Head of X Jonathan Hickman, artist Russell Dauterman and colorist Matt Wilson will begin to turn that around. ($4.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM ANDREA
Chris’ Pick
Marvels Snapshots: X-Men #1: For the past few years, Jay Edidin has been X-Plaining the X-Men in a popular weekly podcast. Now, he’s telling the story of a teenage Scott Summers, still living in a Nebraska orphanage at the dawn of the Marvel Age. Drawn by Tom Reilly and colored by Chris O’Halloran. ($4.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM CHRIS
Matt’s Pick
Detective Comics #1,027: From the publisher that brought you Detective Comics #1,000 comes the next, next giant-size, $9.99 anthology anniversary comic, because once you’ve hit on something that sells, you gotta hold onto it and never let it go. Featuring stories and art by Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky (Is … is Batman gonna brimp someone?), James Tynion IV, Riley Rossmo, Kelly Sue DeConnick, John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, Marv Wolfman, Emanuela Lupacchino, Bill Sienkiewicz, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Walter Simonson, Scott Snyder, Ivan Reis, Dan Jurgens, Kevin Nowlan, Mariko Tamaki, Dan Mora, José Luis García-López, Jamal Campbell, Jim Cheung, Lee Bermejo, Olivier Coipel and more. ($9.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM MATT
Vishal’s Pick
Stillwater #1: Two bros are summoned to a small, mysterious town with a big secret in a new Image series by writer Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) and artist Ramon K. Perez (Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto). ($3.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM VISHAL
Zack’s Pick
Slaughterhouse-Five OGN: Unbeatable Squirrel Girl writer Ryan Q. North and artist Albert Monteys tackle a Kurt Vonnegut classic for BOOM Studios. ($24.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM ZACK
Dan’s Pick
Tenacious D in Post Apocalypto: The Greatest Band in the World adapts its YouTube movie and album — in which J.B. and K.G. survive a nuclear blast in an old-timey fridge and then set about saving the world — into a graphic novel for Fantagraphics. ($29.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM DAN
Ari’s Pick
Finger Guns #5: Get the tissues out for the last issue of Justin Richards and Val Halvorson’s sneaky-good Vaultseries about two teens who discover they can manipulate people’s emotions via various forms of pointing. ($3.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM ARI
Zoe’s Pick
G.I. Joe #8: The Joes travel to Eastern Europe to sabotage a key component of Cobra’s industrial war machine. To do so, moral lines will have to be crossed, and complicated relationships will have to be destroyed. Written by Paul Allor and drawn by Niko Walter for IDW. ($3.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM ZOE
Cori’s Pick
Catwoman #25: New series writer Ram V (These Savage Shores) and artist Fernando Blanco bring Selina back to Gotham for a “Joker War” tie-in in this oversized issue with backup stories. ($6.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM CORI
Zach’s Pick
Immortal Hulk #37: When Bruce Banner first came to Shadow Base, he was cut up into pieces and stored in jars. Now, Shadow Base is under his control. But Bruce Banner was only the second test subject. Now … the first is free. Written by Al Ewing and drawn by Joe Bennett. ($3.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM ZACH
Will’s Pick
James Bond: Reflections of Death HC: A cadre of creators bring their takes on 007 to this Dynamite anthology, including Greg Pak, Andy Diggle, Benjamin Percy, Gail Simone, Mark Russell, Vita Ayala, Danny Lore, Dean Kotz, Eion Marron, Jordi Perez and more. ($24.99) CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM WILL
Dan Grote is the editor-in-chief of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Winston Wisdom.
