There are very few characters in comics that I, Matt, truly dislike. One of them is, sadly, a character with significant ties to the Bat family: Deathstroke the Terminator. A villain turned anti-hero who I don’t feel like ever should have been, I decided it was time to bit the bullet and cover three stories…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 346: Paul Brown talks Super Jersey Comic Expo Paul Brown joins the show to talk about Super Jersey Comic Expo, coming April 26 and 27 to The Dome at Adventure Crossing in Jackson, NJ. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon…
Jake Murray: Let me start off with the coldest take since Dr. Victor Fries took up his nom de guerre: The first wave of titles in DC’s Absolute line have been pretty damn successful (that’s Absolute Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman for the dozen or so uninitiated). Let me stun you with another ice-cold blast…
The Bat family has grown considerably over the years. What started out as Batman and Robin now contains what seems to be a dozen or more characters. And recent years have seen many attempts to add characters who would be big hits and draw massive popularity. And while this has created some good characters, none…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 345: Aubrey Sitterson & Jed Dougherty talk Free Planet Aubrey Sitterson and Jed Dougherty join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics series Free Planet. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
Hush is back, and he has a new scheme to take out Batman. The sequel to the classic tale “Hush” begins here. Batman #158 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Richard Starkings. Will Nevin: You excited to hear that Jeff Lemire…
Mainstream superhero comics have been a boys’ club since their invention, and while things have gotten better in recent years, it is telling how few Batman comics have women writers, outside the works of Devin Grayson and Mariko Tamaki. For the last week of March, of Women’s History Month, we’re reading three stories by other…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 344: Tyler Boss talks You'll Do Bad Things Tyler Boss joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics series, You’ll Do Bad Things. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move…
The case of the Wound Man comes to a close. Batman follows his trail to his secret past, as the Wound Man runs afoul of a family noted for its bad intentions. Batman: Dark Patterns #3 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will…
As Batman lays siege to Black Mask’s yacht to try to stop the chaos he has started in Gotham, his friends reckon with the knowledge that he is Batman, Alfred has a conversation with his daughter, and Jim Gordon and Martha Wayne face Gothamites turned Party Animals in the final issue of the inaugural arc…
Gotham villains seem to spend so much time fighting each other, it’s a wonder they have any time to fight Batman. Friend of the show and Patreon backer John Wickham returns for three instances of villain on villain violence, with Blackgate Vs. Arkham during the Forever Evil crossover, Hush Vs. Talia in the run up…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 343: Josh Weil talks comics and running for Congress Recurring BatChat with Matt & Will guest Josh Weil joins the CXF Interview Pod to talk about the intersection of politics and comics, as well as running for the House of Representatives in Florida’s 6th District….
A new arc begins as Batman must make his way through an apartment complex to save a captured police officer. The apartment complex, though, has something more sinister hiding beneath the surface. Batman: Dark Patterns #4 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will…
Friend of the show and Patreon backer Josh Weil is a busy guy these days. Josh is running in a special election as the Democratic nominee to be the new Representative for Florida’s 6th District. But Josh is such a dedicated fan that he took some time off from his busy schedule to join us…
The X-Manhunt pits X-man against X-man in X-Men #13, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Netho Diaz, inked by Sean Parsons, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: You know I didn’t expect a soft sequel to this volume’s psychic rescue story so soon, and in the middle of a crossover….