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…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,034, Bruce Wayne meets the neighbors while Batman hunts the remnants of Joker’s gangs, while something more sinister starts beneath the streets of Gotham in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya…
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight was a title like no other at the time, with its rotating creative teams of big name creators. As the series progressed, some of the creative teams featured less well known creators, but the series always tried to do something different, even if some themes came up over and…
From the company that brought you Roxxon Body Gel™, and the immersive Roxxspexx™, comes a brand new adventure starring their very own mascot, the Mighty Thor! Watch as he fights Loki and his lies of global pollution and the idea that corporations are not to be trusted! But is there something more sinister going on…
Saturday is Batman Day, the corporately concocted day when we gather ’round the table and give thanks that a billionaire dresses like a bat and stalks the streets at night, striking fear into the hearts of criminals. And we don’t talk about why he doesn’t just give all his money away to solve all crime….
He’s a billionaire who fights crime with nothing but his wits and his training. He has a family of sidekicks. He is known for having all sorts of emotional baggage and issues. He is… Green Arrow. This week, we sit down with Patreon backer Josh Weil to talk about three stories where Batman meets an…
The pieces Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli, Lucas Werneck, and Fredrico Blee have been setting up are finally coming into play in Marauder #5. While the Hellfire Trading Company is facing butting heads with each other, their dominance on the high seas is challenged by an allegiance between the nations who find Krakoa distasteful, and human…
Art by Billy Tan, Danny Miki, Roy Allan Martinez, and Frank D’Armata Name: Gabriel Summers Code Names: Kid Vulcan, Vulcan First Appearance: X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 (Jan 2006) Powers: Energy Manipulation Teams Affiliation: X-Men About The Summers’ family tree is a mess. Centered around poor Cyclops, we have a long lost brother, a space pirate father, an…
Sad Apocalypse is sad. His ship, Ship, is gone, he’s down two Horsemen and he’s worried the Celestials will take one look at X-Factor and give the world a big thumb’s down. Ever the goodest boy, even in service of evil, Caliban wants to make Apocalypse happy again, by plumbing the Morlock tunnels looking for…
New Jersey’s biggest comics convention is moving. Again! Super Jersey Comic Expo announced Monday that its 2026 show will be held at Iron Peak Sports & Events in Hillsborough. Organizer Nuff Sed Events LLC signed the contract for the new venue Friday. The dates remain the same: April 18 and 19, 2026. The move happened…
We had a lot of fun the first go-round, so we’re back with the Dawn of DC Report Card Part 2! Regular CXF DC columnists Tony Thornley, Armaan Babu and Matt Lazorwitz return to take a look at and grade the Dawn of DC’s month two releases! Noting again, we are grading the new series launches….
Art by Salvador Larroca and Frank D’Armata Name: Scott Summer Code Names: Cyclops First Appearance: X-Men #1 (September ’63) Powers: Optic Force Beams Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Factor About In his one-man show My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Mike Birbiglia describes his mania after being wrongfully found at fault in a car accident. After alienating his friends and family, Mike was left with just…
Comics have a long history of taking traditional tales and giving them new takes, whether it’s Stan Lee and Jack Kirby recasting the Norse gods as superheroic archetypes in “The Mighty Thor” or Alan Moore cramming an entire 19th-century lit class’ worth of characters into one story in “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” Writer David Pepose…
Live your life with the stupid confidence of Michael Larson. But be less stupid. Ten comics — including a familiar one in the pole position — and a little game show history coming your way in this week’s X Spot. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Black Cotton #1. Story: Patrick Foreman and Brian Hawkins,…
Press Release New York, NY—May 22, 2018—The Hunt for Wolverine is over – but the mystery of Logan’s return continues with new questions and new secrets! And the answers that Tony Stark, Kitty Pryde, Sabretooth and Daredevil have found in their search for the adamantium mutant may not be the ones they were expecting. This August,…