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@archiecomics.bsky.social today announced JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON, reteaming @tomking.bsky.social & @danparent.bsky.social after 2024's ARCHIE: THE DECISION. Read @danielpgrote.bsky.social & @annapeppard.bsky.social's review of that now-classic comic comicsxf.com/2024/08/28/a...

I love this cover. This should be the A. Just the direction everyone is looking in and the way they’re posed. I almost want a Renew Your Vows-style book in this universe, sight unseen.

I wish What If... was still a monthly anthology series but I am glad it's still around, generally. I am a bit of a sucker for these kinds of shenanigans

@mattlaz1013.bsky.social & @willnevin.bsky.social cover the arrival of Scarecrow in Absolute Batman #19
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From the archives: Why Beast is the perfect X-Men villain, by @adamreck.bsky.social comicsxf.com/2026/01/25/x...

We've got the first look at Michele Bandini's variant cover for WHAT IF...? UNCANNY X-MEN #1, which asks: What if Cyclops stayed with Madelyne Pryor?
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@mattlaz1013.bsky.social & @willnevin.bsky.social cover the arrival of Scarecrow in Absolute Batman #19
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CYCLOPS #3 preview courtesy of the wonderful @comicsxf.com, chums. Click the link and enjoi!
OUT NEXT WEEK!
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We've got an EXCLUSIVE preview of next week's Cyclops #3 by @alexpaknadel.bsky.social & Roge Antonio:
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@notquitehydepark.bsky.social checks in on the school like

BatChat With Matt & Will: How Are We At Story 700? When I, Matt, came to Will in the waning days of pandemic lockdown with the idea to this podcast, legally completely unrelated to Battle of the Atom, a podcast I may or may not have mainlined 300-ish episodes of during the pandemic, I figured we'd goof around for a bit, and maybe get in about 50 episodes. That's a decent run, right?

BatChat With Matt & Will: How Are We At Story 700?

When I, Matt, came to Will in the waning days of pandemic lockdown with the idea to this podcast, legally completely unrelated to Battle of the Atom, a podcast I may or may not have mainlined 300-ish episodes of during the pandemic, I figured we'd…

My pick this week is X-Men United #2. Will it be better than the first issue? I sure hope so!

X-Men United #2 drops a Truth bomb on the school What’s Captain America doing in the teacher’s lounge, other than trying to sell a few more comics? Find out in X-Men United #2.

What’s Captain America doing in the teacher’s lounge, other than trying to sell a few more comics? Find out in X-Men United #2.

As Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant keeps throwing cosmic spaghetti at the walls, @saintjudejones.bsky.social sounds off on what heretofore has been a key missing ingredient: Storm's voice.

So a few weeks ago I was fairly brutal in my review of X-Men United #1, while my colleague @notquitehydepark.bsky.social was much more optimistic. Issue #2 has arrived and it seems our opinions have aligned.

Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant #3 lets us hear from Ororo To save Storm from the War Above All, a mysterious entity abducts Ororo from the multiverse completely, in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #3.

To save Storm from the War Above All, a mysterious entity abducts Ororo from the multiverse completely, in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #3.

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The X-Men have started speedrunning the school to island nation to fugitives cycle.

X-Men United #2 drops a Truth bomb on the school What’s Captain America doing in the teacher’s lounge, other than trying to sell a few more comics? Find out in X-Men United #2.

What’s Captain America doing in the teacher’s lounge, other than trying to sell a few more comics? Find out in X-Men United #2.

Check out this week's top comics, ft. stories by @eveewing.bsky.social @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social @thekylestarks.bsky.social @jamesthefourth.bsky.social @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social @ssnyder1835.bsky.social @christophcondon.bsky.social @ryanottley.bsky.social @gregrucka.com and more!

The X-Men team up with Captain America and more Staff Picks Mutantdom's newest school has barely welcomed its first students, and things are already going down in flames. Check out X-Men United #2 and more Staff Picks.

Mutantdom's newest school has barely welcomed its first students, and things are already going down in flames. Check out X-Men United #2 and more Staff Picks.

BatChat With Matt & Will: From the 5th Dimension Bat-Mite is a silly character. He is this hopeless fanboy who just doesn't get what a pain in the tuchus he is. But he's not the only mite in the DC Universe, and the others aren't quite as benevolent, if hopelessly backwards. The most notable imp (sorry, Bat-Mite) is Mr. Mxyzptlk, Superman's nemesis who is just kind of an asshole who trolls Superman for LOLZ (The kids still say that, right?).

BatChat With Matt & Will: From the 5th Dimension

Bat-Mite is a silly character. He is this hopeless fanboy who just doesn't get what a pain in the tuchus he is. But he's not the only mite in the DC Universe, and the others aren't quite as benevolent, if hopelessly backwards. The most notable imp…

NEW TCXFIP: We talk with @adityab.net & Som about their new @imagecomics.com series In Your Skin!

TCXFIP 395: Aditya Bidikar and Som talk In Your Skin Writer Aditya Bidikar and artist Som join The CXF Interview Podcast to talk about their new Image Comics series In Your Skin.

Writer Aditya Bidikar and artist Som join The CXF Interview Podcast to talk about their new Image Comics series In Your Skin.

Why it’s time for Magneto to be the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s father again Adam Garvey explores how the 2014 retcon of Magneto not being the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch has rendered certain past stories moot.

Adam Garvey explores how the 2014 retcon of Magneto not being the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch has rendered certain past stories moot.

Battle of the Atom is taking a well-deserved week off, but that means you have more time to catch up with last week's episode, featuring tales of Hope Summers and The Five comicsxf.com/2026/04/06/b...

ICYMI: The next big X-Men event is coming.