My records are spotty â and my memory spottier â but Iâve interviewed AHOY Comicsâ Grand Poobah-in-Chief Tom Peyer at least seven times counting this here piece. Why so often? Like the publisherâs line, heâs a balm for a cantankerous soul, a decidedly unique character in the world of the funny pages. This particular episode…
Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,043, Mayor Nakano comes under fire in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Meanwhile, Deb Donovan and Red Hoodâs investigation reaches its end in the backup written by Matthew Rosenberg, drawn by Darick Robertson, colored…
FROM THE DESK OF WILLIAM C. NEVIN Sept. 27, 1948 THUD. He bolted awake and looked at the wall clock to his immediate left. 11:48 a.m. Clifton was early. He cursed the mailman and shifted slightly in the white wingback chair, waiting for all his faculties to arrive before heâd attempt the chore of standing…
BatChat is back for episode 2, and it’s the final episode! OK, no it’s not, but it is focusing on three tales of Batman’s possible final days. The Dark Knight Returns (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4) Some of These Days (Batman Annual V.3 #2) The Last Batman Story-? (Batman V.1 #300) If youâd like,…
Agent Cole Turner is going home, but the world â and the agency he knew â is gone in Department of Truth #12, written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Martin Simmonds, lettered by Aditya Bidikar, designed by Dylan Todd and edited by Steve Foxe. Will Nevin: Jumpinâ Jesus alive, weâve got so much to…
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The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Sounding â at least outside of the purely diagnostic medical procedure â is the sexual practice of inserting objects (usually…
Batman and Ghost-Maker enter the mind of the Bat for a journey into his subconscious as more about Scarecrowâs plot to instigate a Fear State are revealed in Batman #113, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. And in the…
Did you ever listen to ComicsXF Editor-In-Chief Zack Jenkins and his co-host Adam Reck’s podcast, Battle of the Atom, and think, “This is great, but you know what it needs? Batman.” Well, our primary DC Editor Matt Lazorwitz did, and he grabbed his regular writing partner on the site’s weekly Bat-title round-up, Will Nevin, and…
The forces hunting Joker circle closer in The Joker #7 as the Court of Owls makes itself known, an old ally reappears in Santa Prisca and Jim Gordon has a meal with a new ally in a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Arif Prianto and lettered by…
âFear Stateâ has begun, and the Bat family is caught on the back foot. As is Simon Saint and his Magistrate. Itâs looking pretty good for Scarecrow in Batman #112, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. And in the…
Itâs all been leading to this. DCâs new Batman event starts in Batman: Fear State Alpha. Numerous threads from across the Batman line start to come together, with many villains making their move and the heroes caught on the back foot. The issue is written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by…
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum where the creepy, crawly things will slither over your bones as you decay into the dry dust of timelessness. But before that, before youâre just a line in a review or on a tombstone, youâve got to hit the ground in the overstuffed anniversary Ice Cream Man…
In Detective Comics #1,042, Batman and Huntress conclude their battle with The Jury in the feature, while in the backup, Deb Donovan and Red Hood continue their investigation into missing supervillain corpses as the oddest couple in Gotham. The feature was written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic,…
Charlie Davis: Hey so. Some magic happened last night. I donât know what’s gonna happen at SummerSlam. But itâs gonna have nothing on The First Dance. Forrest Hollingsworth: Look in my eyes, what do you see? An uneven week of wrestl-ing. Will Nevin: Looks like I picked a good week to start with the wrestling…