Will takes the reins this week, with a little ill advised help from Matt’s knowledge of 90s Batman stories. Will picked three stories that he figured would have art he’d love and, well, two out of three ain’t bad. Six Fingers (Legends of the Dark Knight V.1 #85-88 [Digital]) Chasing Clay (Batman V.1 #550) Batman:…
He was a drunk, a misogynist, a bully and an all-around, all-time asshole — the asshole’s asshole. But someone killed that bastard Trigger Keaton, and in the final issue of The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, we finally find out who done it. But does that even matter? Wasn’t it really the door fucking we…
The truth of The Network and their deep connections to Gotham and the Joker begin to be revealed, as Jim Gordon once again comes face to face with Joker in The Joker #9, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. Some new ghost…
Batman may be the world’s greatest detective and martial artist, but he isn’t infallible, as much as some sections of fandom want you to believe. And this week, we look at three stories where Batman loses in very different ways. Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia Superheavy (Batman V.2 #41-50) Cold Days (Batman V.3 #51-53) If you…
Jimmy Leighton is a small-time second-floor hood in Boston until he breaks into the wrong Cambridge basement, fiddles with most definitely the wrong quantum computer and wakes up in Chicago with a brand new life and a swollen bank account. But then that pain flares in his head, and he’s taken to Afghanistan. Or a…
All the threads are coming together. Gotham is in danger from Scarecrow, the Magistrate and Queen Ivy, and it’s up to Batman and his allies to save the city in Batman #116, featuring a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. And…
He’s Batman’s greatest nemesis. He is as mutable as his foe, appearing sometimes as a whacky criminal clown, sometimes as a terrifying homicidal maniac, and sometimes as an urban terrorist. He is the Joker. And this week, Matt and Will look at three single issue Joker stories in their first villain spotlight episode. The Joker’s…
Are you brave enough to climb down the twisting, gnarled trunk of your family tree? And honest enough to accept whatever you find? Discover those internal truths and more in Ice Cream Man #26, written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Martin Morazzo, colored by Chris O’Halloran and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin:…
Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,044, Batman must save Mayor Nakano from the children of Vile while another Bat family member steps in to fight (the seized) City Hall in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup, a…
Just in time for Halloween, BatChat takes on three tales of Batman mixing it up with the supernatural. We have vampires, we have immortals, we have werewolves, and we have the scariest thing of all: a new worst story on the list! Listen in to hear what story it is, and hear Matt get so…
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The clock is winding down, and it’s time for Agent Cole Turner to call the play. But does he even know who’s playing for which team in Department of Truth #13, written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Martin Simmonds, lettered by Aditya Bidikar, designed by Dylan Todd and edited by Steve Foxe. Will Nevin:…
Miracle Molly helps Batman discover another facet of Scarecrow’s master plan, Peacekeeper-01 is taken by Scarecrow to set up his endgame and Simon Saint picks a new target in Batman #115, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Bengal and Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles….
Writer, editor and podcaster Dan Grote, who just happens to be Matt’s co-host on the other podcast he does, WMQ&A, and has been his best friend for nigh-on 30 years, stops by as the first guest on BatChat with Matt & Will. This week, we discuss four stories over three issues, and they’re all stories…
Vengeance takes the spotlight as we learn the story of the new Bane and why she needs Jim Gordon in The Joker #8, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Arif Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano. Two-Face is born and Batman and Catwoman share a rooftop as Gotham begins to…