I was going to try to come up with something funny and misleading to make it seem like we were talking about the Marvel character Venom for this intro, but my brain isn’t coming up with anything. This week’s episode is about Bane, the man who broke the Bat, and does indeed spend a lot of time interrogating his relationship with the drug that powered him at the beginning of his life: Venom. We read the follow-up to his first appearance, the story where he joins the Secret Six and some Tom King, so you know Will has feelings.
Thanks to the History of the Batman Facebook group for the graphic accompanying this episode. Remember, May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and your mental health is just as important as your physical health.
- Batman: The Vengeance of Bane II
- Unhinged (Secret Six V.3 #1-7)
- I Am Suicide (Batman V.3 #9-13)
In this week’s BatChat column, we read Batman /Superman: World’s Finest #27, The Bat-Man: First Knight #3 and Catwoman #65.
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Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo.
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Matt Lazorwitz read his first comic at the age of 5. It was Who's Who in the DC Universe #2, featuring characters whose names begin with B, which explains so much about his Batman obsession. He writes about comics he loves, and co-hosts the podcasts BatChat with Matt & Will and The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
Will Nevin loves bourbon and AP style and gets paid to teach one of those things. He is on Twitter far too often.
