Crank up the AC and fill the bathtub with ice cubes. We’re chilling out this week on WMQ&A with a look at three cool cartoons (and one comic) featuring seminal Batman villain Mr. Freeze, featuring guest Dan McMahon from the SuperSons podcast.
Let’s chug some Mountain Dew, hit a sick kick flip, and talk about how our parents just don’t understand us. We got Dan McMahon here with us to talk about Adam-X the X-Treme. Ranked this Episode: X-Force Annual #2 Captain Marvel #2-#3 X-Men #39 (Adam-X the X-Treme Goes Camping) Check out Dan’s podcast Super Sons Here’s…
Charlie Davis: Well Rob…we’ve got ourselves something a little bit different this week. Our plan was to continue on with comparing great comics stories with great wrestling stories, but then X-Factor #3 happened. Which, to be clear, is not a bad thing. The beginning of September seemed to collaborate with the forces that be, to…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. “Joy, it was nice to be reminded, is infectious.” Joy. That’s the only word to describe the feeling that rippled through…
Finally, this issue answers the important question: What happened to Chip Zdarsky when the superheroes crossed over into our world? Zdarsky, artist Phil Hester and inker Ande Parks kick Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw off their own book to get weird with it, alongside colorist Dee Cunniffe and letterer John J. Hill, in Image’s Crossover…
We doubted — honestly, we were very mean about this in the past — but look at that, Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill delivered on the promise of the book. For all our complaining, all our criticism, the team delivered an action-packed finale to the first arc in Crossover #6….
She who was shattered shall now be made whole. Psylocke battles for the soul of Captain Britain in Excalibur #19 by Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega and Ariana Maher. Charlie Davis: Well, Dan. As the great band STAIND once said…it’s been awhile. I feel like everyone’s gotten so wrapped up in what’s down the…
Fresh from Infinite Frontier #0, a whole new chapter begins for Wonder Woman, scion of the Greek Gods, in… Asgard? See a meeting of the myths in Wonder Woman #770, written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, art by Travis Moore, colors by Tamra Bonvillain and letters by Pat Brousseau. Cat Purcell: I’ve been…
Dan McMahon: The High Republic has been the Star Wars fix that I need every month. It’s odd after having Mando every week and a movie ever year that I still constantly want more. But this is scratching that itch. Sspecifically my new favorite Jedi Sskeer. Jake, you ready to get into this action packed…
Heavy on format changes and spies and assassins this week. Let’s get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Spawn #1-2. Story, pencils and inks: Todd McFarlane; Colorists: Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude and Olyoptics; Letterer: Tom Orzechowski; Publisher: Image With the news of Todd McFarlane starting a shared “Spawn’s Universe,” I thought it would…
Journey to the strange, magical land of Colorado as our intrepid team of heroes searches for a way to shatter the dome and expose the truth behind The Event. It’s Image’s Crossover #4 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill. Zachary Jenkins: Once more into the fray, Dano? Dan McMahon: Let’s…
In his concurring opinion in 1989’s Texas v. Johnson, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “And so great is our commitment to the process that, except in the rare case, we do not pause to express distaste for the result, perhaps for fear of undermining a valued principle that dictates the decision. This is one…
[camcorder beeps before Mikey sits down in front of it in the bathroom] Mikey Zee: New week, new WandaVision. You know, someone once said “life is like a box of chocolates.” And sometimes in life you get the yummy chocolates with peanut butter inside, and sometimes you get the awful weird ones with the gross…
Betsy Braddock has returned to that last house, but is that all that came with her? Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, and Ariana Maher deliver Excalibur #18. Charlie Davis: Dan! Dan! It’s another new issue of Excalibur and even though it feels like we’ve just had one of these bad boys, it seems like…
Keeve has become a Jedi Knight but is that enough to survive the dangers of the Galaxy at large? Her former Master Sskeer is no shoulder to lean on as he struggles with his own problems in The High Republic #2 written by Cavan Scott, art by Ario Anindito, inks Mark Morales, colors by Annalisa…