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Friend of the show and Patreon backer Matt McThorn is back this week, and he wanted to return to one of his earlier themes, with three more stories featuring Thomas Blake, the Bat rogue known as Catman. We get a ’90s story featuring Catman and Ratcatcher from before Catman turned super cool under the pen of Gail Simone. Then we see Blake meet Huntress and try to come off as suave in a Birds of Prey vs. the Secret Six story. And we wrap up with Catman and Bane in Gotham during “Battle for the Cowl,” trying really hard to honor the memory of Batman. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
- The Secret of the Universe (Batman: Shadow of the Bat #43-44, Catwoman V.2 #26)
- Whitewater (Birds of Prey V.1 #104-108)
- A Debt of Significant Blood (Secret Six V.3 #9)
This week’s BatChat column focuses on Absolute Batman Annual 2025.
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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.
