Current Ranking of Batman Stories Every week Matt and Will read, discuss, and rank new Batman stories. Their list is assembled here. 1 Year One 1986 Batman V.1 #404-407 In his first year on the job, Batman feels his way around a Gotham City far darker than the one he left. His solemn vow to extinguish…
Dick Grayson has just announced his plans to âsaveâ BlĂźdhaven, but his home in Gotham City needs him more right now. The Scarecrow has put Gotham into the Fear State, and Simon Saintâs militant occupation of Gotham isnât making things any better. Itâs no longer a Gotham that Nightwing recognizes – but can he save…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zackâs Pick: Ka-Zar #1: The lord of the Savage Land is back from the dead, with some new powers, some family drama and a creeping sense of unease in a five-issue series by writer Zac…
After signing at a comic book convention, Unbelievable Unteens artist Jane Ito finds herself visited by one of the characters from her own creation â but was it her own creation? Were the Unteens an actual school of teenaged misfit superheroes who battled supervillains under the lead of the mysterious Dr. Miles Moniker? And if…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisâ Pick: Defenders #1: Remember a couple years ago when Al Ewing tried to make the Masked Raider happen? Well, heâs back, along with Doctor Strange (Hey, isnât he about to die?), the Silver Surfer…
Amazoâs existential crisis is now one thatâs on multiple Earths! As Superman trades places with a Nazi version of himself, the Justice League tries to figure out just whatâs going on. Answers lie far across their universe, however – and as Amazoâs mind unravels, the very fabric of reality threatens to do the same! Justice…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ariâs Pick: The Me You Love in the Dark #1: The team behind Imageâs Middlewest, writer Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona, spin a new tale about an artist who moves to an old house…
The Doomed Planet Go to the town of Kovno, Lithuania today, and you will find a world of ghosts. In another age, 40,000 Jews lived among the crowded streets of this one-time capital. They worshipped at more than 40 different (and often squabbling) synagogues, educated their children in Hebrew schools, and kept open a hospital to…
The future keeps coming back when youâre a member of the Summers family, and thereâs always a weird reason why. Old Man Cable is back, brought back to help Young Cable defeat Stryfe and safe the kidnapped mutant babies. Itâs time to prepare one last assault on Stryfe and his army – and everyoneâs invited….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishalâs Pick: Greek Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular: Celebrate eight decades of the Emerald Archer with this all-star anthology featuring stories by Mariko Tamaki, Tom Taylor, Stephanie Phillips, Benjamin Percy, Otto Schmidt, Javier Rodriguez,…
SuperChat is back everybody, and joining Tony Thornley is Armaan Babu to look at the new issue of the Superman anthology Superman: Red & Blue #4 featuring: âNamrepusâ written by Mark Waid, drawn by Audrey Mok, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Dave Sharpe. âProspect of tomorrowâ written and drawn by Francis Manapul and…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tonyâs Pick (but honestly, arenât we all hype?): Planet-Sized X-Men #1: Itâs a red issue, drawn by Pepe Larraz (and written by âUncleâ Gerry Duggan). THE X-MEN ARE GOING TO MARS, BABY! I mean, no,…
Explore the history of Marvelâs mischievous trickster god in honor of his Disney+ debut! From stalwart super-villain of the Silver Age to one of Marvelâs first gender-fluid characters (depending on whom you ask, and when), Loki has amassed a large & complex history in both comics and via his appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,…
We get a taste of Disney’s newest park with an alternate universe of our beloved wall-crawler in WEB of Spider-Man #1, written by Kevin Shinick, art by Alberto Alburquerque, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, and letters by Travis Lanham. WEB of Spider-Man is an odd story. When Disney Parks announced Avengers Campus, everyone knew this was…
Eisner-nominated writer Kelly Thompson and her collaborators on Hawkeye, artist Leonardo Romero and colorist Jordie Bellaire, team up once again for an action-packed Black Hammer one-shot that pits the Spiral City vigilante Skulldigger against a new and cunning thief who is sure to leave him with scars. Lettered by Nate Piekos for Dark Horse Comics….