The boys in blue are back in town in Gotham Central #1
Crime never stops in Gotham, not even as Poison Ivy’s ancient plants begin to overtake the city. We review Batman: Bad Seeds – Gotham Central #1.
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BatChat With Matt & Will: Roll Tide!
Gotham City is in New Jersey, so most of the stories that we cover take place in Matt’s beloved home state. Not many stories take place in Will’s home state of Alabama. As a matter of fact, we could really only find one. So we’re doing that story, as well as two stories from creators…
Bad Seeds continues in Batman and Batgirl
Bruce fights his way through Gotham Central precinct to get to Commissioner Vandal Savage in Batman #13
BatChat With Matt & Will: Across the Multiverse (w/ Tony Thornley)
Fellow ComicsXF staffer Tony Thornley joins us again to talk about some Batman intercompany crossovers with Deadpool, Spawn and the TMNT.
Bad Seeds take root this week in Poison Ivy, Batman one-shot
Team BatChat begins its coverage of the Batman: Bad Seeds event with Poison Ivy and the Sunset one-shot. What do YOU think about the story so far?
Batwoman #6 fills in some of the gaps
What happened after Kate and Beth Kane fell off a cliff in Gotham? This question and more is answered in DC’s Batwoman #6.
BatChat With Matt & Will: In Blackest Knight
The release of new DC media properties makes for some easy episode theme selection! This week, we’re tying in to the new HBO Max series from BatChat favorite Tom King, Lanterns, with three stories of Batman teaming up with Green Lanterns. It’s surprising how , with all these GLs, there aren’t more of them who…
A new Alfred in Batman #12, a dead Robin in Absolute Batman #23
Team BatChat catches up with both Gothams, regular and extra crispy, in Batman #12 and Absolute Batman #23. And find out which character death upset Matt!
BatChat With Matt & Will: A Woman Righteously Scorned (w/ Sam Hopper)
Sam Hopper returns as Matt and Will rank three stories showing the evolution of Harley Quinn as separate from the Joker.
BatChat With Matt & Will: The Many Murders of Bruce Wayne
These milestone episode numbers are getting surreal. 250 episodes. Yikes. For this anniversary, we’re looking at stories where Bruce Wayne was suspected of murder. Now, if this was the real world, a lazy billionaire would be prime suspect #1 and I wouldn’t be surprised. But we are looking at a fictional world that actually has…
World’s Finest Annual 2026 teams up Pa Kent, Alfred
When Justice League business calls Batman and Superman away, it’s up to Alfred Pennyworth and Pa Kent to save their super sons in World’s Finest Annual 2026.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Oh, Joy. It’s Lobo (w/ John Wickham)
If you’ve listened to this show for any amount of time, you have probably heard Matt talk about his least favorite major DC characters: Deathstroke and Lobo. Deathstroke has a lot of cross over with Batman over the years, being he is one of Nightwing’s most significant rogues, and various creators have drawn parallels between…
BatChat With Matt & Will: Robin Redeemed (w/ Josh Weil)
Some writers just get a lot of work. Joshua Williamson is one of those guys who has written in a lot of corners of the DC Universe. He had a long run on Flash, wrote the Dark Crisis event, is the current writer on Superman, and is soon taking over Legion of Super-Heroes. He also…
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.
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…