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A Big Reveal in ‘Tec and a Return to Bat/Cat in BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago023 mins

There are a lot of stories and a TON of creators in this week’s BatChat. In Detective Comics #1,050, some major questions are answered in the conclusion of the first act of “Shadows of the Bat” in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Brad Anderson…

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Brubaker & Phillips, Nubia, Wanda’s Back and More Staff Picks for Oct. 20

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago07 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s Pick: Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book: My Grishams! Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips roll out the third volume in their series of Image Graphic Novels for Dads as PI Ethan Reckless…

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We’re Done with Bat/Cat and Unlock an Untold Tale in This Week’s Bat Chat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

It’s an off week for all the main Bat titles, so we’re digging into the DC Vault for this week’s BatChat, specifically the digital issue #3 of Let Them Live!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault, a tale entitled “Flesh Made Word” written by Scott Bryan Wilson, drawn by John Paul Leon, colored by Dave…

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Beta Ray Bill, Katana, I Breathed a Body and More Staff Picks for 3/31

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Beta Ray Bill #1: Three words: Daniel Warren Johnson. Three more words: Beta Ray Bill. Three more words: Fin Fang Foom. Three more words: I am wet. Colored by Mike Spicer and featuring…

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Batgirls Is Great, Everything Else Is a Slog in This Week’s Bat Chat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago024 mins

We’re back in the future Gotham, where the Next Batman must race the Magistrate to save people who tried to kill him, Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown save a lost ally from the Magistrate, and Catwoman and Poison Ivy have one last girl’s weekend in Future State: The Next Batman #4 with: “The Next Batman,”…

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It’s a Buffet Where the Food Touches: We Review Next Batman #2 & Batman/Catwoman #2

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago026 mins

It’s a big week here at Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). We’re back in the future Gotham with the new Batman doing some detecting, Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown are in the Magistrate’s jail, while Catwoman and Ivy make a new friend and have a night on the town in Future State: The Next…

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