Swamp Thing meets Jesus in this week’s CXF Staff Picks
As Swamp Thing is cast back through time, he will meet a carpenter who will change the trajectory of his life. Swamp Thing 1989 #1 leads our Staff Picks.
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We interviewed Gerry Conway at this 2019 Camden, NJ, panel
In 2019, Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz interviewed Gerry Conway for a panel at Camden Comic Con. Conway died this week at 73.
TCXFIP 397: John Bush talks buying Dewey’s Comic City
Friend of the show John Bush returns to talk about buying Dewey’s Comic City in Madison, New Jersey, in time for Free Comic Book Day. Also, Rob Lynch is back!
Battle Of The Atom: Nude Tane
Here’s an episode about Wolverine with a lot of good art and also a nude Tane.
It’s She-Hulk vs her alarm clock in Planet She-Hulk #6! (Preview)
The Marvel Universe is famously meant to be “the world outside your window,” in which the spectacular is balanced with the relatable. So Spider-Man does whatever a spider can, but also, struggles to make ends meet. Or, in the case of She-Hulk, she’s an interplanetary super-strong jade giantess who also hates waking up early in…
Detective Comics #1,108 finds new raindrops to dance between
Batman, Black Canary and Green Arrow do their best to protect the last whistleblower testifying against KlepCorp from dying in Detective Comics #1,108.
Uncanny X-Men #27 guest stars the New Mutants (PREVIEW)
Gambit’s curse takes a terrifying turn, as legendary guests come to Haven House, and a sudden DEATH throws the mutant world into chaos, in Uncanny X-Men #27.
BatChat With Matt & Will: The State of the Future(w/ Matt McThorn)
Event comics are a weird thing. And those events that slip in and take over the monthly slots of other comics are even weirder. Could you imagine if Law & Order was cancelled for two weeks to be replaced by Anarchy & Chaos? People wouldn’t know what to do with it. But we comics fans…
Spider-Man/Superman, In Your Skin and more CXF Staff Picks
Marvel takes its turn teaming up its friendly neighborhood wall-crawler with the Man of Steel in Spider-Man/Superman #1. Click for more Staff Picks!
TCXFIP 396: Matthew Rosenberg talks If Destruction Be Our Lot and Spawn
Writer Matthew Rosenberg joins the show to talk about his new Image series If Destruction Be Our Lot, and taking over Todd McFarlane’s Spawn.
Battle Of The Atom: The Wedding Special
Adam & Dr. Anna Peppard got married. Well they got married a year ago but anyway we’re celebrating it how. Say happy wedding to them. Ranked This Episode:
One big, happy family in Michele Bandini’s cover to What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1 (EXCLUSIVE)
Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno. What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul?
Absolute Batman #19 brings the Scarecrow to Gotham
The Scarecrow appears, and one of Batman’s staunchest allies will not survive the encounter, in DC’s Absolute Batman #19.
Mei makes valid points in an EXCLUSIVE preview of Cyclops #3
Will the newest Reaver, Tearjerker, finally have the power to best Cyclops? Check out our exclusive preview of Cyclops #3.
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…