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…
In an all-too-plausible future, the nation is split. The old country is dead. This is New America #1, written by Curt Pires, drawn by Luca Casalanguida, colored by Mark Dale, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and published by Comixology Originals. It’s a ballad of love, murder, sketchy flyboys and at least one creepy robot in Barnstormers…
The year is 1776, and the Orgham family is planning to unleash a mystical artifact that will make the Gathome settlement theirs forever. But there is a fly in the ointment. Or should I say a Bat. Detective Comics Annual 2022 is written by Ram V, drawn by Christopher Mitten and Rafael Albuquerque with Hayden…
Welcome to teen hero comics of the 90s. It’s a very very mixed bag. For all the charm that some have, some… don’t. Friend of the show and Patreon backer Josh Weil really wanted to talk about Impulse #50, so we found some other stories of teen heroes in the 90s and Batman, specifically the…
In Detective Comics #1,066, Bruce Wayne meets the Orghams for the first time, Harvey Dent solidifies his place in the Gotham underworld and another classic Bat rogue makes the scene. 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….
It’s Thanksgiving, and we here at BatChat are the giving types. So we want to give you something you can share with your whole family to drown out the talk of politics and sportsball of various sorts this American turkey day. So we are once again digging into all ages Batman stories. This episode we…
Kid Thunder’s dark secret comes to light as the Joker and the Key make their move in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #9, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands. Is there redemption to be found for the supervillains of Gotham? Batman and Robin, early in their…
By Ian Gregory and Will Nevin Wren learns more about her past … and what she might have to do in the future … in Blink #3, written by Christopher Sebela, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Nick Filardi, lettered by Frank Cvetkovic and published by Oni Press. Just when you think your job of…