Bruce Wayne has escaped prison, and is preparing to take down Derek Powers and find Harley’s missing daughter, while Powers sends Terry McGinnis to take him out in Batman: Beyond the White Knight #3, written and drawn by Sean Murphy, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by AndWorld Design. The murderer of Ra’s al Ghul…
There are some creators who left us too soon, and left us at the height of their creative output. One of those creators was Darwyn Cooke, whose work balanced on a tightrope of nostalgia and modernity, who could tell a story with the best of them. Cooke’s output included many Batman stories, and thanks to…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 212: Keep on Truckin' with Benjamin Percy and Brent Schoonover Benjamin Percy and Brent Schoonover chat with Dan and Matt about their AWA series Devil’s Highway, trucks, snakes, crime and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
Multiple farewells, none of them friendly, and the cost of magic are in the spotlight in the penultimate chapter of the return arc of Saga in Saga #59, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: You know, you can only be around so many disastrous relationships before…
Batman continues to investigate the citizen criminals, Riddler continues to broadcast and Deb Donovan remains the best new addition to the Bat cast in years in Detective Comics #1,060, written by Mariko Tamaki and Nadia Shammas, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the…
They are the World’s Finest Team, but when things go wrong? Batman and Superman make a deadly pair of enemies. This week, we’re reading three stories of Batman Vs. Superman Injustice: Gods Among Us V.1 (Injustice: Gods Among Us #1-6 [Digital #1-18]) Execution 2001 (Superman V.2 Annual #3) Superman’s Secret Kingdom (World’s Finest Comics #111)…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 211: Nadia Shammas and the Curious Case of the Riddler's Facial Hair Writer Nadia Shammas joins the show to talk about her graphic novel Squire, Talia al Ghul, the Riddler, Ms. Marvel and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and…
Bruce, along with Anton, heads to Moscow to find a new mentor, a master of espionage and disguise, to take the next step toward becoming Batman in Batman: The Knight #5, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. Batman and Superman race to help…
Jason Todd is probably the unluckiest Robin (with apologies to Stephanie Brown): seemingly orphaned, lived on the streets, taken in by Batman only to be killed by the Joker only to be resurrected as a homicidal vigilante. But for decades, it was Jason’s death, not his life, that defined him as a character and added…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 210: Are You a Good Tech or a Bad Tech with Zack Kaplan & John J. Pearson Dan and Matt talk with the creative team behind Vault Comics’ Mindset, Zack Kaplan and John J. Pearson. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and…
Jace Fox is still hunting the mysterious and brutal killer in New York, and it’s starting to weigh on him. Will he be able to stop the killer with the help of friends and family? I Am Batman #9 is written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce and Stephen Segovia, colored by Rex Locus…
Hey look at that! They said it couldn’t be done, but we have actually gotten up to 100 stories on the big board! To celebrate, Matt & Will just… picked stuff they wanted to talk about. So this week we finish the Vampire Batman trilogy, we go back to the world of The Long Halloween…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 209: Jeffrey Brown on Loved and Lost, Batman and more Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown joins Dan and Matt to talk about the 20th anniversary collection of Loved and Lost: A Relationship Trilogy, Batman and Robin and Howard, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher,…
Batman and Robin are on the hunt for the real killer of Ra’s al Ghul as Batman Inc. tries to protect the Secret Society from the Demon’s Shadow and Deathstroke and family are on the run in Batman #123, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Howard Porter, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton…
With the looming release of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness serving as the latest entry in pop culture’s recent obsession with multiverses and realities alternate, parallel and multiple, we asked our ComicsXF writers to share their thoughts about their favorite alternate reality from across the wide multiverse of stories! Earth-1610: The Ultimate Universe…