āFear Stateā has begun, and the Bat family is caught on the back foot. As is Simon Saint and his Magistrate. Itās looking pretty good for Scarecrow in Batman #112, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. And in the…
Itās all been leading to this. DCās new Batman event starts in Batman: Fear State Alpha. Numerous threads from across the Batman line start to come together, with many villains making their move and the heroes caught on the back foot. The issue is written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mattās Pick: Batman: Fear State Alpha: Shine the event signal! The Scarecrow plot cooking in Batman culminates in this new big-deal story written by James āSubstackā Tynion IV and drawn by Riccardo Federici. ($4.99) Previously,…
In Detective Comics #1,042, Batman and Huntress conclude their battle with The Jury in the feature, while in the backup, Deb Donovan and Red Hood continue their investigation into missing supervillain corpses as the oddest couple in Gotham. The feature was written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic,…
Christi and Chris celebrate their 100th episode by taking it easy, talking about the first meeting of Superman and Batman, answering listener questions, and trying not to work too hard. Support The Chrises Patreon Kofii Contact The Chrises Twitter: @ChrisesPod Facebook: @ChrisesPod chrisesoninfiniteearths@gmail.com Music Credits “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By…
In Batman Secret Files: Clownhunter #1, Clownhunter continues his quest to, well, hunt clowns, only to find he isnāt as prepared as he thinks in a story written by Ed Brisson, drawn by Rosi Kampi, colored by Andrew Dalhouse and lettered by Simon Bowland. A bidding war at an auction house between Bruce Wayne and…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 173: Tim Drake, Disaster Boy with Meghan Fitzmartin Writer Meghan Fitzmartin tells us all about her “disaster boy” Tim Drake and the DC animated feature “Justice Society: World War II.” NOTE: This episode was recorded BEFORE last week’s big Tim Drake reveal. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts,…
You canāt keep Batman down. Everywhere you look, there he is! In Detective Comics #1,041, Batman deals with the repercussions of his war with Mr. Worth as The Jury makes its moves against Batman and Bruce Wayne. And in the backup, reporter Deb Donovan gets a tip that leads her down a morbid trail. The…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 172: Mask of the Phantasm We dip into the WMQ&A vault and unearth this discussion of the 1993 animated classic Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, recorded in July 2020 and only now being released. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
Itās the Magistrate vs. the Unsanity Collective, and the Scarecrow makes his play in Batman #111, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Two-Face faces the GCPD in interrogation and his story includes some new twists and new characters. The…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ariās Pick: The Me You Love in the Dark #1: The team behind Imageās Middlewest, writer Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona, spin a new tale about an artist who moves to an old house…
Welcome back to Bat Chat! In Detective Comics #1,040, Bruce Wayne turns himself in to the GCPD after the events of the previous arc while Mr. Worth and Penguin plot their revenge as written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup to the…
Itās catch-up week here at Bat Chat. With none of the main-continuity Bat titles dropping, weāll be discussing three out-of-continuity digital first tales: two released physically in the past couple weeks, and one that is still digital for a couple more months. The inaugural arc of the new volume of Legends of the Dark Knight…
Itās another busy Bat week, with a full slate of titles! In Detective Comics #1,039, many answers about Hue Vile come to light in both the main and backup stories, with the feature written by Mariko Tamaki; penciled by Viktor Bogdanovic; inked by Daniel Henriques, Norm Rapmund and Bogdanovic; colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justinās Pick: Sinister War #1: You know those Sinister Sixes that are, like, double Sinister Sixes? Also, yāever think about how certain Spider-villains, like Doctor Octopus and Kraven, have gotten these redemptive arcs that made…