Batwoman #5 builds to a showdown between sisters
In the Grecian Convent of the Daughters of Lilith, the two Kane sisters, Kate and Beth, finally confront each other in Batwoman #5.
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BatChat With Matt & Will: The House of al Ghul (w/ Matt McThorn
Ra’s al Ghul and the members of his family are important figures in the Bat mythos, whether they are related just to Ra’s or to Batman himself. This week, Matt McThorn is back to talk about some stories involving the House of al Ghul. We start with Greg Rucka’s tale of a post No Man’s…
Absolute Batman #22 tweaks Harley Quinn’s origin
Harley Quinn tries to get Batman to listen to her warnings, and in so doing, tells him about her past in Absolute Batman #22.
BatChat With Matt & Will: The Mean Streets of Gotham
Welcome to the streets of Gotham. While Batman is a “street level” character, he still is usually fighting with killer clowns, obnoxious geniuses and crocodile men. So who handles all the day to day crime? Well, the Gotham City Police Department of course. And while it is a legendarily corrupt force, there are still cops…
Batman #11 makes spinning plates look easy
Events in Gotham continue to spiral out of control, the truth behind Lady Ojo is revealed and a new ally(?) arrives at Wayne Manor in Batman #11.
BatChat With Matt & Will: A No Man’s Land EC Comic
We’re back to the runs that we’re covering in order, with a twist. We’ve reached the next chapter of “Knightquest: The Crusade,” where AzBats fights a super assassin with psychological conditioning, and “No Man’s Land,” where we see what the Justice League is doing to help Gotham. But with the Morrison run done, we’re filling…
Batwoman #4 puts the puzzle pieces together
Both our heroes and the Religion of Crime come to the conclusion that there is something different about the Batwoman stalking Greece in Batwoman #4.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Supergirl Comes to Gotham
So, as I (Matt) work my way through my 365 movies in 365 days project, last week I watched the Supergirl movie from the 80s. What a weird, wild movie. I bet some of you didn’t even know that this week’s Supergirl movie isn’t even the first one. Well, it’s not, and as good as…
Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose
Batman fights the Robins. Bruce’s friends have a talk. All this, and the first meeting of Absolute Batman and Joker in Absolute Batman #21.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Remembering Gerry Conway
A few weeks ago, comics lost one of the legends of the late Silver and Bronze Age. While Gerry Conway is probably best known for his work on Spider-Man at Marvel, where he killed Gwen Stacy and creating the Punisher, and to a somewhat lesser extent creating Firestorm at DC, Conway had a solid run…
Batman #10 brings the light of hope back to Gotham
Batman reminds Gotham that, regardless of what Vandal Savage might say, it is still his city in Batman #10 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez.
BatChat With Matt & Will: The Love of a Faceless Man
Matt and Will cover three arcs tied to the New 52 “Death of the Family” crossover in Batman, Batman & Robin, and Detective Comics.
BatChat With Matt & Will: BatChat Pride 2026
It’s our annual Pride episode of BatChat. It’s nice to see that we have plenty of stories we can cover about queer, out Bat characters, you know? We’re covering the first of DC’s big Pride anthologies, which features stories including Batwoman, The Question (Renee Montoya), Harley and Ivy and Alan Scott Green Lantern, who might…
Batman #163 wraps H2SH … for now?
With the Bat family turned against him, Batman must work with other allies to make his stand against Hush in Batman #163.
BatChat With Matt & Will: That Story Is a Stretch
Of all of DC’s obscure characters outside the Bat family, two of Matt’s absolute favorites are the Elongated Man, Ralph Dibny, and his wife, Sue. Inspired by Nick and Nora Charles from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Thin Man, Ralph and Sue are a bantering, loving couple who solve mysteries. They are, as the kids at…