Batman Beyond - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:38:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Batman Beyond - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: Beyond Batman https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/13/batchat-with-matt-will-beyond-batman/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54828 While in comics circles the most well known alternate future for Batman is The Dark Knight Returns, in the public consciousness, that title has to be held by Batman Beyond. Three seasons of young Terry McGinnis and crotchety old Bruce Wayne in the DCAU, plus appearances on Justice League Unlimited, left a mark for this...

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]]> 54828 BatChat With Matt & Will: BatChat: The Movie https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/16/batchat-with-matt-will-batchat-the-movie/ Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48950 For those of you out there who back the BatChat Patreon, you have heard Matt & will talk about all manner of Batman media: movies, episodes of animated series and live action TV, narrative podcasts. And this week, we’re taking that energy, but swapping it around so we can talk about the comic adaptations of...

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]]> 48950 BatChat With Matt & Will: All Rhyming! (Not Really) https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/26/batchat-with-matt-will-all-rhyming-not-really/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46978 It’s spooky season, and so this week we’re covering three stories where Batman teams up with his most diabolical frenemy, the Demon Etrigan. There’s lots of rhyming, most of it not very good. Be grateful I didn’t try to do it in this introduction; I am many things, but a poet is not one of...

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]]> 46978 Gordon’s Nightmare, Gotham’s Future and Audio’s End in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/28/gordons-nightmare-gothams-future-and-audios-end-in-batchat/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46126 Jim Gordon is in for a weird night. A group calling itself the Good People of Gotham have summoned beings from the 5th Dimension and unleashed a horror on Gotham on top of whatever madness Insomnia is wreaking. And one of these cultists is now using the armor Gordon wore during his brief tenure as...

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]]> 46126 WMQ&A Episode 227: Lanzing, Kelly and the Art of Finishing Each Other’s Sandwiches https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/27/wmqa-episode-227-lanzing-kelly-and-the-art-of-finishing-each-others-sandwiches/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:36:30 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43167 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 227: Lanzing, Kelly and the Art of Finishing Each Other’s Sandwiches Writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly join the show to talk about Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty, Batman Beyond: Neo-Year, Star Trek and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and...

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]]> 43167 Flash Back to the Tower of Babel and Wrap Up Neo-Year in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/09/flash-back-to-the-tower-of-babel-and-wrap-up-neo-year-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42812 It’s the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh vs. Failsafe in Batman #127, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Catwoman’s story ends with a trip to Metropolis and a meeting with a familiar florist in a story written by Zdarsky, drawn by Belen Ortega,...

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]]> 42812 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.47: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow! https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/11/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-47-welcome-to-the-world-of-tomorrow/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42403 Friend of the show and Patreon backer Dan Grote came at us hard with his new request this week: the out of print and utterly bonkers computer generated graphic novel, Batman: Digital Justice. So this week we dig into three schway stories of Batman of the future. Batman: Digital Justice OGN Grounded (Batman Beyond V.2...

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]]> 42403 Zdarsky Channels Morrison and a Not-Terrible White Knight Comic in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/05/zdarsky-channels-morrison-and-a-not-terrible-white-knight-comic-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42378 Failsafe makes its first move against Batman, and the whole Bat family might not be enough to stop it in Batman #126, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Catwoman’s hunt for the Cobblepot heir reaches a … dead end in a...

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]]> 42378 A Titanic Team-Up of Tinseltown Titans (Plus I Am, Beyond) in BatChat T.E. https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/15/a-titanic-team-up-of-tinseltown-titans-plus-i-am-beyond-in-batchat-t-e/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42063 Jace gets a new headquarters, Chubb faces the fallout of the arrest of Manray and Montoya comes to New York in I Am Batman #11, written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce & Tom Derenick, colored by Rex Locus and lettered by Troy Peteri.  Batman: Urban Legends #17 is an in-between-arcs cooling off issue,...

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]]> 42063 Joshua Williamson Rides off into the Sunset (to Dark Crisis) in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/10/joshua-williamson-rides-off-into-the-sunset-to-dark-crisis-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41404 Joshua Williamson’s caretaker stint on Batman ends as the Dark Knight returns to Badhnisia in Batman #124, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Howard Porter and Jorge Fornes, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Poison Ivy deals with the fallout of “Fear State” in a story that leads into...

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]]> 41404 Shadow War, Neo Year and Task Force Z in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/06/shadow-war-neo-year-and-task-force-z-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 06 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40558 Batman and Robin are on the hunt for the real killer of Ra’s al Ghul as Batman Inc. tries to protect the Secret Society from the Demon’s Shadow and Deathstroke and family are on the run in Batman #123, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Howard Porter, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton...

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]]> 40558 Batman’s Killing Time with a Shadow War in the Neo-Year in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/08/batmans-killing-time-with-a-shadow-war-in-the-neo-year-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39991 As the Demon’s Shadow makes its move against the Secret Society, and Robin seeks Ravager’s help in his hunt for Deathstroke, Batman investigates Ra’s al Ghul’s murder and reunites with Talia in Batman #122, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Howard Porter, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, witness...

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]]> 39991 WMQ&A Chills Out With An Animated Discussion Of Mr. Freeze (w/ Dan McMahon) https://comicsxf.com/2020/06/30/wmqa-chills-out-with-an-animated-discussion-of-mr-freeze-w-dan-mcmahon/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6663 Crank up the AC and fill the bathtub with ice cubes. We're chilling out this week on WMQ&A with a look at three cool cartoons (and one comic) featuring seminal Batman villain Mr. Freeze, featuring guest Dan McMahon from the SuperSons podcast.

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