Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market! BATMAN #119 Written…
TRADE WAITING #15: Week of December 15, 2021
Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic…
TRADE WAITING #14: Week of December 8, 2021
Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic…
Jonathan Hickman’s X-MEN, and the House that Metaphor Built
The X-Men’s new storyline House of X/Powers of X, which promised to introduce a new era of X-Men stories, has passed its midpoint. While reading this storyline, I’ve been thinking about what drew me to the X-Men years ago and what it means to be a fan of a meaningful story that’s been published by…
Hated and Feared: HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X Examined
Taking on the voluntary mission of being the latest — in a long line of authors — to reintroduce a famous superhero team like the X-Men, in my humble opinion, is akin to reinventing the wheel or building a better mousetrap. No matter how good your concept, and no matter how unique your perspective, there…
The Comics Classroom: Abstract Horror, NEW MUTANTS, and the Demon Bear
What is it about the term “horror” that so entrances us? By all rights, such a term should revolt us and it certainly should not make us want to peer deeper and deeper into the eyes of what we find abhorrent, yet there is a whole genre of material built around the idea of being…
Preview: EXTERMINATION #5
EXTERMINATION #5 Written by Ed Brisson Art by Pepe Larraz Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: December 19, 2018 It all ends here!!! The original five X-Men have taken the fight back to Ahab…but at what cost? Who lives? Who dies? The X-Men will never be the same again.
Preview: ICEMAN #4
ICEMAN #4 Written by Sina Grace Art by Nate Stockman Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: December 19, 2018 New York is finally throwing its first Mutant Pride Parade! But it may also be the last, as Mr. Sinister escalates his attacks on Iceman!
H5*: HOT FIVE (ish): Week Of December 12, 2018
Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five(ish), a.k.a. The Flagship Of H5*. Hot Five(ish) is a short(ish) list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the…
Preview: X-MEN: THE EXTERMINATED #1
X-MEN: THE EXTERMINATED #1 Written by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson, Chris Claremont Art by Neil Edward, Ramon Rosanas Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: December 5, 2018 A Death in the Family! In the aftermath of Extermination, the X-Men mourn for their fallen brother, Cable. But no one is taking it harder than his adopted…