The Third Law of Krakoa. “Respect this sacred land.” It should be known to all, but they still had to make it a law. Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartagila and Clayton Cowles examine it in Way Of X #5. Jude: I do not like this comic, not because it’s a bad comic, because objectively…
There are snakes in the garden of Eden, a monster manipulating Krakoa. Nightcrawler continues to explore the mystery of the island in Way of X #4 by Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia and Clayton Cowles. Jude: The last issue of Way of X …happened. It was a lot, a lot that both Anna and…
The Hellfire Gala continues as some titles thrive and others stumble hard. This week we have SWORD #6 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia and Ariana Maher, Wolverine #13 by Benjamin Percy, Scot Eaton, Oren Junior, Matthew Wilson and Coret Petit, and Way Of X #3 by Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia and…
He is many, but not The Patchwork Man. Legion guides our crew as Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia, and Clayton Cowles chart a new path in The Way of X #2. Jude Jones: This? This is good. This is very good. This is “let me dispense with the pleasantries and introduce some real meat…
Back in X-Men #7, Nightcrawler watched the ritualistic death/resurrection of Melody Guthrie and said he wanted to start a mutant religion. Wonder what he’s been up to since? Probably not experiencing any doubt or angst whatsoever… Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia, and Clayton Cowles chart a new path in The Way of X #1. …
If there is one thing we love here at ComicsXF, it is Nightcrawler. If there are two things we love it is Nightcrawler and esoteric musings on religion. Marvel is giving up both with the upcoming Way Of X by Si Spurrier and Bob Quinn because Nightcrawler is building a religion, he is building it…
It’s the view from the White Hot Room as Xavier’s plans come to fruition(?) and the mutants trapped on another plane of existence make their move as the deck-clearing exercise that is “Fall of X” continues in X-Men Forever #2, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by…
It wasn’t that long ago that Mystique yelled “I want my wife back!” in 2020’s X-Men #6, making text what students of Chris Claremont knew to be true for far longer, that Raven Darkholme and Irene Adler were a queer couple whose love dated back decades. (Around that same time, they also kissed on panel…
Orchis is closing in on Ms. Marvel, with a plan to use her to get to the X-Men. All she has to do is embrace her new mutant identity. But with so many other labels already hanging on her shoulders, Kamala Khan has to wrestle with just what it means to fully accept another one…
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! As is our custom here at BatChat (and this is the third time we’ve done it, so that qualifies as a custom now), the Thanksgiving episode features three all ages Batman stories, and as I have pointed out in the past, for a character who is so often associated with grim stories,…
For years of publishing time now, Colossus has been puppeted by the Chronicler at the behest of his brother, Mikhail Rasputin. But now that Krakoa has fallen, it looks like Colossus has neared the end of his usefulness, and Mikhail has set his sights on a new organization to infiltrate … Orchis. Cool. Kill ’em…
Two of Birnin T’Chaka’s most powerful crime families are about to become one in a wedding that is the talk of Wakanda. Neither Black Panther nor Beisa are on the guest list, but that won’t stop them from making an appearance at this who’s-who of Wakanda’s rich, powerful and dangerous, especially with the assassin Deathlok…
Captain Pike is away helping Number One, leaving Spock to deal with “The Broken Circle” of the ship’s crew. Witness the very first time Spock steals the Enterprise to avert a war with the Klingons in Strange New Worlds SE2 EP1! Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman, directed by Chris Fisher. Mark Turetsky:…
While there are plenty of stories with Bruce Wayne in them, how many are really about Bruce Wayne? Not Batman, the Dark Knight, but captain of industry, philanthropist and playboy Bruce Wayne? At least three, as this week we look at the story of Bruce’s problematic return to health after Knightfall, a 150 year old…
After being blasted by Failsafe, Batman wakes up in a world very different from the Gotham he knows. Batman #131 is written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Tim Drake is sure that Batman is alive and…