Welcome to a special fifth week BatChat. For those not deeply entrenched in comics distribution, when there are five Wednesdays in a month, shipping can get … weird. So this week there are no comics with Batman as a lead! What are we to do? Well, to start, we’ll look at last week’s digital release…
In a scramble for metahuman supremacy, the self-styled Legion of Justice is the first to make an alliance, and they’ve got the would-be members of the Crime Syndicate in their sights. Are they truly ready to go up against their world’s most powerful supervillains, though? Given how quickly their first mission unravels…it’s safe to say…
Press Release New York, NY—September 19, 2017—Following on the heels of the recently announced PHOENIX RESURRECTION, Marvel’s new epic featuring the return of adult Jean Grey, Marvel is excited to officially announce it will continue the celebration of Jean Grey’s reappearance in the Marvel Universe with a variant cover program. Featuring acclaimed artists such as…
Want more tales of Kate (back then, Kitty) Pryde’s time at the University of Chicago? Hoping for more interstitial comics in which Chris Claremont himself tells stories that fill in the gaps in one of the Claremont runs? You’re in luck with X-Treme X-Men (volume three) #1, written by Claremont, art by Salvador Larroca, colors…
Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world turned upside down after discovering her comic book creations were real and she was one of them. As she and the Unteens reunite and put the pieces together, they take on the forces that disbanded them for one final fight. In reality, Unbelievable Unteens #4…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #3: Even in the face of…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 348: Brian DeCubellis talks Image Comics' Dark Honor Writer/director Brian DeCubellis joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics/Syzygy Publishing series Dark Honor. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move…
Jim Gordon prepares to hunt down the Joker, as forces align against the Clown Prince of Crime, in The Joker #2, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano. And in a much less somber corner of DC’s publishing line, Batman…
Miles Morales is Spider-Man, not Kid Arachnid, not Spin, certainly not Spy-D. He is Spider-Man. The best superhero movie of all time said so. But even there, he couldn’t just be a dime-store Peter Parker ripoff. He had to get his own identity in the form of a costume that reflects who he is. He’s…
Name: Logan, James Howlett Code Names: Wolverine, Weapon X First Appearance: Incredible Hulk #181 (Nov ’74) Powers: Enhanced senses, healing factor, claws Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers, Alpha Flight, X-Force, Defenders, Fantastic Four, Weapon X About It’s almost a parody how much little boys want to be a cowboy. It isn’t founded in any sort of reality, it…
Happy holidays to all! As is our tradition, and as we aren’t going to run out any time soon, the week of Christmas we read three stories of the holidays in Gotham. One is a little holiday kinda-noir from Bat legends Denny O’Neil and Frank Miller, one is a perplexing animated series style Brave and…
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…
It’s November 8th, 2016. My wife and I are at my father-in-law’s house picking up our ten month old son after seeing the film Doctor Strange. The anxiety of the last few weeks is washed away by an enjoyable, but ultimately empty, 115 minutes of popcorn and CGI. I’ve intentionally avoided checking my phone this…
I’m gonna be honest: I’m not loving this Talon-inside-Synch’s-body subplot in X-Men. It’s another example of the woman having to suffer to further the male hero’s arc, and it came during a week when Gerry Duggan was writing a lot of women — Laura, Emma Frost, Riri Williams, Jean Grey — as props for their…
Earth’s mightiest heroes have disappeared – in fact, they appear to never have been, and that seems to have changed everything. No longer the world you know, this new Earth belongs to a dark version of comics’ most iconic superheroes. Written by Jason Aaron, penciled by Ed McGuinness, inked by Mark Morales, colored by Matthew…