A Batman ranking podcast, hosted by Matt Lazorwitz and Will Nevin.
Starting out as one of the main writers on Batman: The Animated Series, the platonic ideal of Batman, Paul Dini has gone on to write Batman in nearly every medium: TV, movies, video games, and, of course, comics. And since we’re a podcast that focuses on Batman comics, well, we’re going to look at some…
DThey’re darkness and light. One is the champion of the city of tomorrow, one is the hero a corrupt and fallen city needs. They have been rivals, allies and sometimes friends. They are Batman and Superman. This week, a new volume of World’s Finest, the classic Batman/Superman team-up book, launches so Matt and Will are…
Did you know, if you back us on Patreon, you can come on the show? Yes indeed, if you are a Dick Grayson tier backer you can. And our first Grayson backer is here with us today! Josh Weil, podcaster at X is for Podcast, stops by to talk about a couple stories he picked,…
We’ve talked about them before on multiple episodes, but few writers cast a longer shadow over the canon of Batman than Grant Morrison. Big ideas, dark stories and characters that are polarizing are central to Morrison’s opus on Batman. This week, Matt & Will read three Batman stories by Morrison, one from before their long…
Look, anyone with any knowledge of comics history knows that comics creators in mainstream American comics are, well, pretty darn white. And Batman is no exception; there are no truly long runs by creators of color on any of the flagship Batman titles. But there are some good stories by Black writers on Batman, and…
We’ve already had one episode dedicated entirely to the origin of Dick Grayson, the first Robin. Now it’s time to move on to stories featuring the early days of three of the next Robins (no, we’re not taking part in Stephanie Brown erasure; she’ll just get a focus in a Batgirls episode, we promise). See…
We’re less than a week from Valentine’s Day, and what says love more than a guy in a Bat costume pursuing a woman in cat themed leather or a beautiful assassin? Or a disastrously dysfunctional relationship between two clowns? Talking about those things with thee ones we love, of course. That’s why this week, Matt…
Wow, we’ve made it to 20 episodes! To celebrate, Matt and Will are looking at three stories from three volumes of one of their self-confessed favorite series, the legendary (see what I did there) anthology, Legends of the Dark Knight. Will they gush about the original volume? Will they complain about DC not giving the…
It only took us 19 episodes to swing back to ground we’ve already tread; it’s not like there are 80 years of completely unrelated Batman stories to talk about. But this is our podcast, and we’ll do what we like (unless you back us on Patreon, and then we’ll do what you want). Anyway, this…
Continuity is a cruel mistress. DC’s ever rebooting universe has meant most characters have at least two completely distinct histories. And amongst the Batfamily, no character’s two histories are more different than the Huntress. Introduced as the daughter of the Batman and Catwoman of Earth-2, Crisis on Infinite Earths wiped out the alternate Earths and…
If there’s one thing you need to know about Batman, it’s that Batman works alone. Except for Robin And Alfred And Jim Gordon And the rest of the Bat family And the Justice League OK, it’s pretty obvious that Batman is not the lone avenger of the night after all. And since, this week, Matt…
It is a mad house. It is the home to terror, both supernatural and all too irrational. Arkham Asylum is one of the most recognizable locales in Gotham City, if not the entire DC Universe. This week, as “Shadows of the Bat,” the tale of the new Arkham Tower, begins in Detective Comics, Matt &…
2021 is winding down, and as we look forward to 2022, we’re dipping back into the well of alternate reality Batmans (the proper plural), to look at three new takes on the character for the new year: one is a 60s more swinging but far more real (and bleaker) than the one from the classic…
It’s the week of Christmas, and even the Dark Knight has taken time out to celebrate the holidays, but not your friendly podcast hosts. This week, Matt & Will are looking at three Christmas stories in Gotham. Happy holidays to one and all, and we hope your Christmas doesn’t involve the Joker. Trust us in…
Sometimes it’s hard to judge a story. Sometimes you might need to… flip a coin. Yes, that is a labored wordplay to get to something to tie into this week’s subject, Batman’s (possibly) second greatest foe, former district attorney Harvey Dent, best known as Two-Face. Fortunately, these stories didn’t require any coin tosses for their…