One of the earliest foes that Batman ever faced was the vampire known as The Monk who, at the end of his first storyline, Batman killed. With a gun. It was the Golden Age. But death has never kept a comic book character down, and with alternate Earths and reboot, The Monk has returned in…
In Detective Comics #1,067, the Orghams’ moves turn more violent, Batman and Mr. Freeze talk and a new friend approaches Bruce Wayne. The lead story is written by Ram V, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup, Two-Face and Harvey Dent come…
It’s time to say goodbye to the old year and ring in the new one with three new takes on Batman in this year’s Elseworlds episode! Now granted, one of these Batmans is pretty familiar and one is an old Batman, but one is certainly very different. And hey, it’s tradition, so there we go….
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 238: Google Krasue for Nightmares with Pornsak Pichetshote Writer Pornsak Pichetshote joins the show to talk about DC’s Dead Boy Detectives, Image’s The Good Asian and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You…
It all comes down to this: Father fights son while the Devil Nezha and Mother Soul look on. Batman vs. Robin #4 is written by Mark Waid, drawn by Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Steve Wands. While our three rookies face the effects of their actions or inactions,…
Welcome to Inferno! As our friends at Jay & Miles Xplain the X-Men like to say, Inferno never ends! And with that, we’re in the thick of “Dark Web”, AKA Inferno II: Electric Boogaloo! In Dark Web: #1, Christmas in New York gets interrupted by a familiar demon problem from Zeb Wells, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin,…
OK, so if you’ve listened to this podcast, you know that your intrepid hosts love a good tangent. This week, well, the tangents take over for a while. You get your standard moments of Star Trek (what are the actually good episodes of TOS), but you also get ten minutes on the oeuvre of a…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 237: Lemme Axe You a Question with Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden join the show to talk about their plans for the next year of Vault Comics’ Barbaric. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com,…
It’s party night in the Owl Court Hotel, as the Scooby Gang and Bruce Wayne wind up attending a birthday soiree and running from a Talon in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3, written by Matthew Cody, drawn and colored by Erich Owen, and lettered by Saida Temofonte. Lucius Fox comes to New York as…
Damian Wayne remains a character who is controversial around these parts; Will can’t stand him, and Matt, well, Damian’s the kid who beat up Tim Drake, so there remains some beef there. But there are all sorts of stories of Damian, and many of them are stories of Damian in possible futures or alternate worlds,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 236: We Love One (1) Sheriff with Chris Condon Writer Chris Condon joins the show to look back at the first 20 issues of his Image series That Texas Blood. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes…
It’s the final showdown between Batman and Failsafe in Batman #130, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Batman must confront the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh for the life of the Joker in a story written by Zdarsky, drawn by Leonardo Romero, colored…
Fellow ComicsXF writer Tony Thornley joins us this week just in time for the new Batman/Spawn crossover to talk about other times that Batman has met characters from across the comic book omniverse. Batman meets alien hunters, an arachnid themed hero and the hellspawn he’ll be meeting again. Intercompany crossovers are a weird and wild…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 235: Dropping a Solemn Cowabunga with Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas join the show to talk about their new BOOM Studios series, Know Your Station. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes…
The year is 1776, and the Orgham family is planning to unleash a mystical artifact that will make the Gathome settlement theirs forever. But there is a fly in the ointment. Or should I say a Bat. Detective Comics Annual 2022 is written by Ram V, drawn by Christopher Mitten and Rafael Albuquerque with Hayden…