A sinister laugh over the airwaves. A threat. And death with a rictus grin. Those are aspects that each version of Batman’s first encounter with his greatest foe, the Joker, have in common. But as with many tales from the Golden Age of comics, this is a story that he been told and retold numerous…
In a house by the shore, there’s something secret going on. Something unholy. Something for … the Stuff of Nightmares #1, written by R.L. Stine, drawn by A.L. Kaplan, colored by Roman Titov, lettered by Jim Campbell and published by BOOM Studios. Roy Livingston has never been important. Until now. And all he has to…
Kid Thunder has been freed from the Joker and the Key, but the torture has caused him to begin to lose his grip on his rage. Now Superman must make a fateful decision in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #11, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands….
Ghosts and a medium lead to robberies. Not exactly unusual for a Scooby-Doo story. But there’s some more to this issue than meets the eye in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #4, written by Amanda Deibert, drawn by Scott Jeralds, colored by Carrie Strachan and lettered by Saida Temofonte. The truth about Jace’s mother has…
After being blasted by Failsafe, Batman wakes up in a world very different from the Gotham he knows. Batman #131 is written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Tim Drake is sure that Batman is alive and…
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….
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,…
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…
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,…
By Ian Gregory and Will Nevin No one can hear you scream about labor rights in space. Fear of a Red Planet #1 is written by Mark Sable, drawn and colored by Andrea Olimpieri, lettered by Dave Sharpe and published by AfterShock. Ted Walsh wants one more run on top. And he’ll get it by…
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…