2 things can be true: 1) Guns are bad. 2) Giant pew-pew guns are cool.

We're still not sure exactly how it went down, but the Graymalkin Prison arc is over, and that's not nothing. Me and @adamreck.bsky.social review Uncanny X-Men #29! #XMen #XSpoilers #UncannyXMen

Okay - I like to give credit where it's due, so I wanted to go back and see how Simone led up to the reveal of Inmate X and what was going on with Perimeter in this most recent arc.

What If...? Uncanny X-Men #1 explores a world where Cyclops returns to Madelyne Pryor after the events of "Inferno." It doesn't go well.

Oh snap @ohnola.bsky.social in the house dropping truth bombs 🔥

Me when Nola showed up in the DMs to DEMAND to cover this comic:

@austingorton.bsky.social & @adamreck.bsky.social wrap up their coverage of the latest arc of Uncanny X-Men, a big hero moment for one Monet St. Croix.

My pick this week is Cyclops #5, the conclusion to the thus far excellent miniseries from Alex Paknadel & Rogê Antônio! Check out the rest of the staff's picks!

Check out this week's top picks, ft. comics by @martinmorazzo.bsky.social @planetx.bsky.social @paultobin.bsky.social @alexpaknadel.bsky.social @ericafails.bsky.social @ryannorth.ca @tatebrombal.bsky.social @jorgejimenezart.bsky.social @lucianovecchio.bsky.social @ashcanpress.com and more!

Feat. a cameo by me sharing a personal anecdote from the history of the Quebec separatism movement - i.e. exactly what you're looking for in an X-Men podcast!

Writer Mark Waid joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a deluxe hardcover edition of his classic series Empire, plus his current work at DC Comics.

With great power there must also come great odor control. That’s what my Uncle Ben said right before he was murdered.

Stephanie Burt pays tribute to Gerry Conway with an examination of his DC hero Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, one of her earliest superhero memories.

Some weeks, I ask myself why I’m still doing this. And some weeks, I talk to Mark Waid.

Great piece by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social - How Gerry Conway's Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, chronicled anxiety about the nuclear family comicsxf.com/2026/06/01/h...

Very happy today that @comicsxf.com let me write about the Fury of Firestorm, the nuclear man who cross-examined the nuclear family comicsxf.com/2026/06/01/h...

What's your favorite Arcade story?

READ THIS. IT IS GOOD. Also I miss Victor Garber on Legends of Tomorrow.

ICYMI, me and @adamreck.bsky.social run down all the Easter eggs in the X-Men '97 Season 2 trailer! #XMen #XMen97 #XMen97Season2

This week - SFLANG! Arcade is taking us to weird places including two classic issues of Excalibur, a Marvel Knights book by the artist behind Dawn, and a little read Northstar mini, which mean we're talking sex farces, bad girl comics and Quebecois separatism - don't miss it!

Couldn’t sleep last night. Instead I just had the words “Car centaurs; centaurs that are cars” play over and over in my head to the old Transformers theme.

Can I brag about this one? I’m gonna brag about this one. We booked Mark f***ing Waid.

MONDAY we’re going to Murderworld!

Kinda crazy that the biggest publisher of independent comics has an entire load-bearing wing that’s mostly licensed IP, right?

A thing I love about season 5 of Community is TV showrunners showing up and doing weird bits. #Koogler #PileofBullets

@admanmyles.bsky.social reviews Did You Hear About Mimi Green #1, "a thrilling romp into the mind of a canceled celebrity trying to rebuild her mental health while confronting the underlying demons at the heart of her character": comicsxf.com/2026/05/27/p...

Out next week from @gerryduggan.bsky.social and Jan Bazaldua!

If you want to prepare for next weeks release, Stefano and I teamed up to talk with @comicsxf.com about the making of and the process behind @darkhorse.com ONLY THE SAVAGE ARE LEFT. Out June 3 — next week!!!!

With the Bat family turned against him, Batman must work with other allies to make his stand against Hush in Batman #163.

Got me thinking about that time Scott ate a cheesesteak.

ICYMI: What was your favorite part of the X-Men '97 trailer? What did we miss?

What's your favorite Easter Egg in the new X-Men '97 Season 2 trailer? Me and @adamreck.bsky.social break 'em all down for @comicsxf.com! #XMen #XMen97 #XMen97Season2 comicsxf.com/2026/05/27/x...

Polaris fans, your time has come. Well I guess come again, after The Gifted. Remember The Gifted? Then nevermind.

Now that it’s Wednesday I can share this panel that made my heart swell with joy from X-Men #30. Just two platonic work spouses absolutely HOUSING oversized sandwiches. This is pure and good comics. Thank you @nethodiaz.bsky.social for this image.

This week I’m repping @darkhorse.com’s Did You Hear About Mimi Green? #1 by Connor Goldsmith and @joshcornillon.bsky.social. See what else is worth a read.

I think it's kind of remarkable that there is, by all accounts, a genuine comics boom happening around DC, Image and various other publishers, and Marvel specifically is missing it due to putting out an incredibly lackluster, conservative slate of books. It has become, ironically enough, Brand Echh

ICYMI yesterday!

Baker has such an unironic love of classic adventure stories. Plus him and Matt go OFF on some old-time radio. Give it a lissy-loo.

You can show me all the charts you want saying the economy is fine but if Serpentor is selling his throne because it won't fit into his new studio apartment, shit is not fine

Tune in as Zack and I talk three wacky What Ifs including a tribute to Mike Wieringo, Bishop travels to the Silver Age, and a Guthrie has a Sentinel?!

Can he swing, from a web? No he can’t, but he’s got a sick ATV Here comes the Spider-Man #MemorialDay

WORDPLAY!

@mattlaz1013.bsky.social & @willnevin.bsky.social continue their coverage of Batwoman with issue #3, guest starring Renee Montoya, aka The Question comicsxf.com/2026/05/22/b...

In this episode: ✅The Phantom 2040 cartoon and its peers ✅Oni collecting weird little guys (complimentary) ✅Old-time radio shows ✅The wrong kind of Star Trek/X-Men fan ✅Where is Dave Baker Way? ✅A meditation on “selling out” ✅The phrase “That’s comics, baby.”

A look at ComicsXF’s webmaster (me).

@notquitehydepark.bsky.social gives X-Men United a third chance and finds things to like comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/x...

This book is going to be special

My pick? SEVEN WIVES by @zoewithasword.bsky.social & V Gagnon - What a great pitch for a murder mystery!

@armaanautomatic.itch.io dives into the mystery of IDW's Seven Wives #1 comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/w...