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The ComicsXF Zine is real, it’s spectacular and it’s available on our Patreon
Have you ever thought, “Man, I sure do love ComicsXF, but I wish there was a physical version of the website I could hold in my hand and take with me to the beach so I don’t get sand in my phone or tablet.” Well, everybody look under your seats … SIKE! There’s nothing down there. But up here, back on your phone or tablet, there is something, and that something is …
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The ComicsXF zine features 80 pages of some of the best articles from the history of this website, plus activity pages, goofs, bits and more.
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Let's see...
Offense:
C - Juggernaut
OLM - Frenzy
Colossus
Gentle
Strong Guy
QB - Cyclops
RB - Wolverine
WR - Archangel
Cannonball
TE - Longshot
FB - Cable
Defense:
S - Phoenix
Storm
CB - Magik
Psylocke
MLB - Rogue
OLB - Northstar
Askani
DLM - Warpath
Thunderbird
Rockslide
Namor
Offense:
C - Juggernaut
OLM - Frenzy
Colossus
Gentle
Strong Guy
QB - Cyclops
RB - Wolverine
WR - Archangel
Cannonball
TE - Longshot
FB - Cable
Defense:
S - Phoenix
Storm
CB - Magik
Psylocke
MLB - Rogue
OLB - Northstar
Askani
DLM - Warpath
Thunderbird
Rockslide
Namor
Here's a question for your Super Bowl Sunday: If the X-Men were a football team, what positions would everyone play? comicsxf.com/2020/09/10/i...
a football player with the number 15 on their jersey
ALT: a football player with the number 15 on their jersey
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Let's see...
Offense:
C - Juggernaut
OLM - Frenzy
Colossus
Gentle
Strong Guy
QB - Cyclops
RB - Wolverine
WR - Archangel
Cannonball
TE - Longshot
FB - Cable
Defense:
S - Phoenix
Storm
CB - Magik
Psylocke
MLB - Rogue
OLB - Northstar
Askani
DLM - Warpath
Thunderbird
Rockslide
Namor
Offense:
C - Juggernaut
OLM - Frenzy
Colossus
Gentle
Strong Guy
QB - Cyclops
RB - Wolverine
WR - Archangel
Cannonball
TE - Longshot
FB - Cable
Defense:
S - Phoenix
Storm
CB - Magik
Psylocke
MLB - Rogue
OLB - Northstar
Askani
DLM - Warpath
Thunderbird
Rockslide
Namor
Here's a question for your Super Bowl Sunday: If the X-Men were a football team, what positions would everyone play? comicsxf.com/2020/09/10/i...
a football player with the number 15 on their jersey
ALT: a football player with the number 15 on their jersey
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Here's a question for your Super Bowl Sunday: If the X-Men were a football team, what positions would everyone play? comicsxf.com/2020/09/10/i...
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In which I get to carry on about my love of Westerns AND Universal Monsters!
@adamreck.bsky.social & @austingorton.bsky.social covered Uncanny X-Men #23, in which the kids read a Western bedtime story and the adults hold an intervention for Gambit comicsxf.com/2026/02/04/u...
February 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
In which I get to carry on about my love of Westerns AND Universal Monsters!
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Did you know Rogue is, effectively, Wonder Man's sister?
@austingorton.bsky.social does The One-Above-All's work and explains Wonder Man's complicated family tree for folks coming in off the TV show comicsxf.com/2026/02/03/w...
two men are walking down a hallway with wonder man written on the wall behind them
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media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Did you know Rogue is, effectively, Wonder Man's sister?
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We sure did - we even liked it!
@adamreck.bsky.social & @austingorton.bsky.social covered Uncanny X-Men #23, in which the kids read a Western bedtime story and the adults hold an intervention for Gambit comicsxf.com/2026/02/04/u...
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We sure did - we even liked it!
Sunday morning means it's time to recap the week's top articles at CXF, starting with this exclusive preview of next week's Black Cat #7 by @gwillow.me & @biggleb.bsky.social, guest starring the All-New Venom comicsxf.com/2026/02/05/v...
February 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Sunday morning means it's time to recap the week's top articles at CXF, starting with this exclusive preview of next week's Black Cat #7 by @gwillow.me & @biggleb.bsky.social, guest starring the All-New Venom comicsxf.com/2026/02/05/v...
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It’s a great time for new Muppets content, between Roger’s new Muppets comic and the new Muppet Show on D+.
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
It’s a great time for new Muppets content, between Roger’s new Muppets comic and the new Muppet Show on D+.
This week's CXF Interview Podcast with guest @hotelfred.bsky.social is LIVE for Patreon backers. www.patreon.com/posts/150238... Listen to us talk about his new @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social series The Muppets Noir before everyone else, and get those backer benefits!
kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain on a stage .
ALT: kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain on a stage .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This week's CXF Interview Podcast with guest @hotelfred.bsky.social is LIVE for Patreon backers. www.patreon.com/posts/150238... Listen to us talk about his new @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social series The Muppets Noir before everyone else, and get those backer benefits!
Did you know if you support ComicsXF on Patreon at a high enough tier, we'll build you a reading guide based on the character, creator or concept of your choice? Here's one we made for Kate Pryde comicsxf.com/2021/05/28/k...
a cartoon of a woman with a ponytail and the name shadowcat on the bottom
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media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Did you know if you support ComicsXF on Patreon at a high enough tier, we'll build you a reading guide based on the character, creator or concept of your choice? Here's one we made for Kate Pryde comicsxf.com/2021/05/28/k...
Who doesn't love a good Hugo Strange and his Monster Men rampage?
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Who doesn't love a good Hugo Strange and his Monster Men rampage?
The threads that have slowly been appearing start to tighten in Batman #6. Dr. Zeller’s secret is revealed. And a member of the Bat family says goodbye.
Batman #6 has a lot going on at the moment
The threads that have slowly been appearing start to tighten in Batman #6. Dr. Zeller’s secret is revealed. And a member of the Bat family says goodbye.
comicsxf.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The threads that have slowly been appearing start to tighten in Batman #6. Dr. Zeller’s secret is revealed. And a member of the Bat family says goodbye.
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This Adam Hughes cover is doing so much.
Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
Venom stars in an EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Black Cat #7
Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This Adam Hughes cover is doing so much.
Out next week from @gwillow.me & @biggleb.bsky.social!
Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
Venom stars in an EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Black Cat #7
Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Out next week from @gwillow.me & @biggleb.bsky.social!
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I have had a lot to say about acting for many, many years. Wonder Man, of all things, allows me to get it all out.
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
Marvel’s Wonder Man surprises as actor’s tale, rom-com
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I have had a lot to say about acting for many, many years. Wonder Man, of all things, allows me to get it all out.
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I have always enjoyed @armaanautomatic.itch.io writing at Comics XF and this essay is no exception
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
Marvel’s Wonder Man surprises as actor’s tale, rom-com
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I have always enjoyed @armaanautomatic.itch.io writing at Comics XF and this essay is no exception
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Still have two eps to go, but loving this show and can't wait to read Armaan's thoughts here
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
Marvel’s Wonder Man surprises as actor’s tale, rom-com
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Still have two eps to go, but loving this show and can't wait to read Armaan's thoughts here
Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
Venom stars in an EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Black Cat #7
Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
The latest from @armaanautomatic.itch.io. What did you think of the Wonder Man TV show?
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
Marvel’s Wonder Man surprises as actor’s tale, rom-com
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The latest from @armaanautomatic.itch.io. What did you think of the Wonder Man TV show?
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ICYMI yesterday Austin & I had fun with the latest issue of Uncanny - check out our review!
A forgotten vow from one of the team comes back to haunt them all. Can the Uncanny X-Men stop their friend from being taken to where monsters dwell?
Uncanny X-Men #23 sees Gambit try to eat [redacted]
A forgotten vow from one of the team comes back to haunt them all. Can the Uncanny X-Men stop their friend from being taken to where monsters dwell?
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
ICYMI yesterday Austin & I had fun with the latest issue of Uncanny - check out our review!
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
Marvel’s Wonder Man surprises as actor’s tale, rom-com
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Batmanga!
Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We've done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we're focusing specifically on…
Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We've done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we're focusing specifically on…
BatChat With Matt & Will: Batmanga!
Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We've done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we're focusing specifically on Batman stories from Japan. We're reading the first collection of stories that spun out of the 60s…
comicsxf.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
BatChat With Matt & Will: Batmanga!
Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We've done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we're focusing specifically on…
Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We've done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we're focusing specifically on…
Gambit tried to eat a what now?
February 4, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Gambit tried to eat a what now?
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: I am forever grateful that I can publish 1000 word, intimately expansive exposés of incredibly niche and close to my heart passions.
(Talking about comics writ large, not the issue. The issue was just cool.)
(Talking about comics writ large, not the issue. The issue was just cool.)
@saintjudejones.bsky.social weighs in on the new Storm series, continuing Murewa Ayodele's run.
The War Above All thunders louder and closer. As the cosmos braces, Ororo Munroe turns her gaze to her home in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1.
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
: I am forever grateful that I can publish 1000 word, intimately expansive exposés of incredibly niche and close to my heart passions.
(Talking about comics writ large, not the issue. The issue was just cool.)
(Talking about comics writ large, not the issue. The issue was just cool.)
@saintjudejones.bsky.social weighs in on the new Storm series, continuing Murewa Ayodele's run.
The War Above All thunders louder and closer. As the cosmos braces, Ororo Munroe turns her gaze to her home in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1.
Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant #1 gets back to the action
The War Above All thunders louder and closer. As the cosmos braces, Ororo Munroe turns her gaze to her home in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1.
comicsxf.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
@saintjudejones.bsky.social weighs in on the new Storm series, continuing Murewa Ayodele's run.