Comic Books
Vox’s coverage of all things comics, from comic books themselves to movies based on them.


Netflix saved Locke & Key from endless development limbo — but sanitized it into bland mediocrity.


Harley Quinn gets her groove back in Birds of Prey.


The Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Loki all get teases in Marvel’s first Disney+ trailer.


One Piece manga creator Oda Eiichiro will oversee the adaptation of his beloved series. Ganbatte, Oda-sama!


Jared Leto stars as the vampiric anti-hero.


Lynda Barry’s new book Making Comics is an empathetic read for anyone afraid to draw.


Ms. Marvel’s superpower is changing the way Marvel thought about its readers.


After years of production delays, the teen mutant horror fest is finally alive and screaming.


The heart and soul of the Marvel machine has been the friendship between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers.


Adrian Veidt explains why he isn’t happy in “heaven.”


Zack Snyder’s fabled cut of Justice League and the corporate conspiracy theory behind it.


The show uncovers the history of one mysterious superhero in an episode that explores American racism.


DC is probably getting more “edgy” origin stories from Phillips.


Watchmen has always been political. In HBO’s adaptation, it’s just impossible to ignore.


Why we keep coming back to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen.


The two-time Oscar nominee turned the scratch material from his award-winning animations into a tale of a weird apocalypse.


Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is the subject of a furious debate. The movie hasn’t even been released yet.


Marvel’s House of X works because it doesn’t take the X-Men for granted.


It’s time to send in the clowns.


Sony and Marvel both benefit greatly from keeping Spider-Man in the MCU. Both studios know this.


The Pulitzer-winning author says an editorial policy prevented him from calling Donald Trump an “Orange Skull.”


House of X is so good.


House of X restores an air of myth and mystique to Marvel’s Merry Mutants ahead of their arrival in the MCU.


In the comic books, Portman’s Jane Foster has already wielded the Mjolnir.


Thor 4! Black Widow! Doctor Strange 2! And so, so much more.


Spider-Man: Far From Home raises questions about Nick Fury.


Peter Parker has become Tony Stark’s heir apparent, in ways both intriguing and kinda gross.


Spider-Man: Far From Home has two scenes that appear during the credits. (Spoiler alert.)


The new scenes will appear on June 28.


How Captain America’s beard became an honorary Avenger.


Fox never really cared about telling the story of how the X-Men and Jean Grey are a family.


X-Men: Dark Phoenix forgets what makes the X-Men compelling.


Endgame didn’t have a traditional post-credits scene. But airing the trailer after the movie does make sense.


How much should we trust Mysterio?


We examine 9 unresolved questions from Marvel’s biggest movie yet. Spoiler alert!


A Hawkeye and Kate Bishop limited television series is reportedly in the works.


Hellboy is 6 minutes of gorgeous fight sequences surrounded by 114 minutes of awful movie.


The hit superhero movie and comic reaches back to ancient Christian theology to create its real villains.


Captain Marvel joins the likes of Black Panther, The Avengers, and Captain America: Civil War in Marvel’s billion-dollar box office club.

