Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In the police state of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne is dead. Or so the Magistrate thinks. With nothing but the tattered costume on his back, Batman must fight to save his city. Elsewhere, Grifter plays some cards and breaks some heads. We see these two new…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Itās a new year and a whole new Gotham City ā¦ of the future. Gotham is now a fascist police state controlled by private security called The Magistrate. Masks are illegal. Batman, whoever he may be, is as much an outlaw as the villains he once…
Batman and Robin (?) swing in to save the rest of the Bat family from Hush, a new mayor of Gotham is elected and Bruce says goodbye to Wayne Manor in Detective Comics #1,033 from Peter J. Tomasi, Brad Walker, Andrew Hennesy, Dave McCaig and Rob Leigh. Meanwhile, Harley, Duke Thomas and FBI profiler Hector…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). This week weāre back to just one book with the conclusion of the Ghost-Maker story, as Batman faces off with his foe and Harley has a heart-to-heart with Clownhunter in Batman #105 by James Tynion IV, Carlo Pagulayan & Danny Miki, Alvaro Martinez & Christian Duce…
Will Nevin: One week, I think weāll hit on a book that we both like, that we can both praise and feel good about. This aināt that week. Matt Lazorwitz: This is a very ā¦ meh week. āDetectiveā was inoffensive water treading, and āBlack and Whiteā was hit or miss, as most anthologies are. Detective…
Will Nevin: This is a heckuva week, but for mostly the wrong reasons ā because while Bat/Cat #1 (I canāt believe Tom King resisted his urge to go there again) was overwhelmingly fine, Batman #104 is ā and I say this with as little hyperbole as possible ā an embarrassing look at when a comic…
Detective Comics #1,031 Welcome to a special holiday week Bat Chat! The Mirror inserts himself into Gothamās mayoral race as he continues his anti-vigilante crusade, Damian makes a move to prove heās smarter than Batman, and a Bat rogue makes his return in āDetective Comicsā #1,031 from Peter J. Tomasi, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes and…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). As Batman and his new rival, Ghost-Maker, fight it out, we learn more about the past between the two, and Harley confronts Clownhunter. Itās āBatmanā #103 from James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki and David Baron. Matt Lazorwitz: So ā¦ yeah. I have…
Spinning out of āJoker War,ā Punchline, Jokerās newest sidekick/associate/disciple, gets the spotlight in this one-shot, where the forgotten member of the Bat family, Harper Row, her brother, Cullen, and Leslie Thompkins each find something about Batmanās newest rogue to fear or aspire to. Itās āPunchlineā #1 from James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Mirka Andolfo, Romulo…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Batman has gone back to basics, and is hunting down leftover Joker thugs when a mysterious new foe with a connection to Batmanās past appears. Itās āBatmanā #102 from James Tynion IV, Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki, Carlos DāAnda and David Baron. Matt Lazorwitz: This issue is…
It ends where it began. Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood hunt down the Jokers to stop their plan from coming to fruition and creating a new third Joker, hearts are broken and secrets are revealed in Batman: Three Jokers #3 from Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson. Robert Secundus: Some say Three Jokers will…
A new era dawns on Gotham City, as Batman has to face some harsh truths and figure out what to do now that the Joker War is over in āBatmanā #101 from James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles Matt Lazorwitz: So, I have to say, with one big caveat weāll get…
Welcome to the first of our new review feature: āBat Chat with Matt (and Will!).ā Weāre starting off with a big one, folks (Or is it? Weāll get to that), the end of the āJoker Warā story. As Gotham burns and the Bat-family tries to hold it together, Batman and Joker face down in a…
One Joker down, two to go. Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood are on a collision course with each other and the remaining two Jokers, and fresh wounds will be laid over their scars in Batman: Three Jokers #2 from Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson.