Commissioner James Gordon has existed literally as long as Batman has, having appeared in Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman. Over the years, he has changed and evolved as many comic characters have. Originally mostly a deskbound civil servant who was just here to turn on the Bat Signal, Gordon has become an important…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 267: Box Brown has the POWEEEEEEEEER Cartoonist Box Brown joins the show to talk about his new First Second graphic novel The He-Man Effect. PLUS: An important announcement about changes to our Patreon. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
Jim Gordon is in for a weird night. A group calling itself the Good People of Gotham have summoned beings from the 5th Dimension and unleashed a horror on Gotham on top of whatever madness Insomnia is wreaking. And one of these cultists is now using the armor Gordon wore during his brief tenure as…
Welcome to the first episode of our new Oppenheimer podcast. This first episode investigates how director Christopher Nolan’s film deals with the Trinity Nuclear Test. What? It’s still a Batman podcast? It’s about Batman meeting Superman and Wonder Woman, the other members of DC’s trinity? OK, I guess that’s cool too. Be sure to check…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 266: A Tall, Refreshing Glass of Nick Cagnetti Writer/artist Nick Cagnetti joins the show to talk about his graphic novel Pink Lemonade, his story in Oni Press’ Xino and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at…
It’s the final stand against Newmazo. But how can Batman, Superman and the combined might of the heroes of Earth stand against an android both with all their powers and a brilliant mind? Find out in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #17, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by…
It’s taken three episodes, but we’ve finally covered every story in the original Batman #1. That means this week, we’re covering the first appearance of Catwoman, and so we’re also covering a couple other Catwoman stories, one a story that’s place in continuity is weird even by DC Comics standards, and one that started off…
The build up to Fall of X continues in X-Chat #10! Too much happens in X-Men #24 from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. Wolverine and Beast’s war continues to escalate in Wolverine #34 by Ben Percy, Juan Jose Ryp, Fran D’Armata, and Cory Petit The war across time continues in X-Force…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 265: Bryan Edward Hill's Axel Alonso Impression Writer Bryan Edward Hill joins the show to talk about his new Blade series at Marvel, the writers’ strike, his work on Titans and to reveal he is shockingly good at impressions. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts,…
The S.S. Silver St. Cloud is setting out for its maiden voyage to test a new navigational system developed by WayneTech. Bruce Wayne has invited Mystery Inc. to join him on the cruise and to help solve the mysteries he has set up. But when real pirates show up, it’s up to Batman, Scooby-Doo and…
There are plenty of superheroes you could talk about where the issues of copaganda in 2023 don’t come up. I’m sure there are. But Batman isn’t one of them. We’ve had episodes talking about Jim Gordon and the main detectives of the GCPD before and had to look at those questions, and this week, we’re…
We had a lot of fun the first go-round, so we’re back with the Dawn of DC Report Card Part 2! Regular CXF DC columnists Tony Thornley, Armaan Babu and Matt Lazorwitz return to take a look at and grade the Dawn of DC’s month two releases! Noting again, we are grading the new series launches….
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 264: Philly Special 2023 with Joe Quesada and Friends Matt went to Fan Expo Philadelphia and recorded interviews with artist Marguerite Sauvage, writer Louis Southard (Midnight Western Theatre), FairSquare Comics Publisher Fabrice Sapolsky, writer Jeremy Adams (Flash, Green Lantern) and former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada. You can listen to…
DC’s big summer event has kicked off. The new villain Insomnia has put the heroes of the DC Universe into deep sleeps, and he is traveling through their nightmares. What are Batman’s greatest nightmares? Find out in Knight Terrors: Batman #1, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered…
I was going to do some parody of that God awful Nicole Kidman commercial that airs in front of every movie at AMC Theatres (why are you advertising the movie chain to people already in their seats?!?!?!?), but you’re listening to this episode, so I love you and wouldn’t subject you to that. This week,…