Absolute Batman #19 brings the Scarecrow to Gotham
The Scarecrow appears, and one of Batman’s staunchest allies will not survive the encounter, in DC’s Absolute Batman #19.

The Scarecrow appears, and one of Batman’s staunchest allies will not survive the encounter, in DC’s Absolute Batman #19.
When I, Matt, came to Will in the waning days of pandemic lockdown with the idea to this podcast, legally completely unrelated to Battle of the Atom, a podcast I may or may not have mainlined 300-ish episodes of during the pandemic, I figured we’d goof around for a bit, and maybe get in about…
Mutantdom’s newest school has barely welcomed its first students, and things are already going down in flames. Check out X-Men United #2 and more Staff Picks.
Bat-Mite is a silly character. He is this hopeless fanboy who just doesn’t get what a pain in the tuchus he is. But he’s not the only mite in the DC Universe, and the others aren’t quite as benevolent, if hopelessly backwards. The most notable imp (sorry, Bat-Mite) is Mr. Mxyzptlk, Superman’s nemesis who is…
As the dust settles in Gotham after the loss of [redacted], Robins enter the scene ready to hunt in DC’s Absolute Batman #20.
Batman talks to Alan Scott about Vandal Savage. Savage talks to Mayor Ivy about stopping Batman. And Jack Dean shares insights with Huston Gray in Batman #8.
BatChat returns to Will’s bookshelf for three randos, one of which is an oddly well-timed tribute to Sam Kieth, and another is more Batman ’66.
A new Daredevil #1 means a new status quo for Matt Murdock, and DC lets Chip Zdarsky run MAD in this week’s CXF Staff Picks.
Batman is on a case involving a crooked company attempting to kill the witnesses to its misdeeds, in Detective Comics #1,107.
Abigale Heartbalm joins BatChat to talk about three stories featuring Cassandra Cain and her mother, Lady Shiva.
When she was created for Batman: The Animated Series, I can’t imagine the series creators realized what a life Renee Montoya would have in the comics. Technically appearing in comics before B:TAS premiered because of the much longer lead time for animation, Montoya has gone from beat cop to detective to vigilante to police commissioner…
Poison Ivy tries to win Batman over to her way of thinking, and Martha Wayne has a fateful meeting with the Court of Owls, in Absolute Batman #18.
The DC Universe has a lot of strange looking characters. King Shark is a bipedal shark man. G’Nort is a walking, talking dog alien. Animal-Vegetable Mineral Man is… well, look him up. Dude looks weird as all hell. But amongst the more macabre looking characters is super villain turned superhero turned super spy Mr. Bones,…
Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants can come together to teach one another the skills needed for their survival, in X-Men United #1.
There is a man in Room Ten in Arkham Tower. He floats in a tank. And he has reached out to talk to an old friend. Batman confronts the Joker again in Batman #7.