Imps gone wild, First Knight wraps and Catwoman’s on her last life in BatChat

The heroes of the DC Universe are falling before enemies empowered by their 5th Dimensional Mite counterparts while Batman and Superman are trapped in the 2nd Dimension. While Bat-Mite helps Batman and Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk goes to the one man who might be able to save the world: Jimmy Olsen. Batman/Superman: Worldā€™s Finest #27 is…

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Boy Wonder sets a high bar for this week’s BatChat (Also: Batman, BatScoob)

Batman has escaped the prison set up by Zur, who now inhabits Failsafeā€™s robot body. He must prepare to finally confront his robot double. But various other factions are circling Zur, including Gothamā€™s new police commissioner, Vandal Savage, and Amanda Waller, whose agenda is only helped by a rogue metahuman. ā€œDark Prisonsā€ begins in Batman…

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It was Joker all along in this week’s BatChat (Plus: ’89, BatScoob)

Batman receives startling revelations about how long Joker has known about Zur-En-Arrh and who has been manipulating the rivalry between Batman and Joker for years. With this knowledge, Batman is more committed than ever to escaping Zurā€™s prison and stopping the rogue robot before it can further destroy his reputation and his family. ā€œDark Prisonsā€…

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Batman teams up with Robin, an Italian comics icon and the 1930s in BatChat

Damianā€™s maybe/sorta girlfriend, Flatline the apprentice to Lord Death Man, is in Gotham, and sheā€™s looking for some missing family with Robinā€™s help. Meanwhile, Batman continues to look into the mystery of Man-Bat and Shush. Batman & Robin #7 is written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Simone Di Meo, colored by Giovanna Niro and lettered…

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Joker’s origin, Grundy as cryptid and Bruce in spaaaaaaace in BatChat

Surfacing from the river near Ace Chemicals, the Joker stumbles through Gotham, not yet the monster he will become. And in the future, the world has become that very monster. ā€œJoker: Year Oneā€ begins in Batman #142, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Sorrentino, inked by Stefano Nesi and Sorrentino, colored…

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