Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Immortal Legend Batman #1: Humanity broke the barrier between…
The origin of Absolute Bane is revealed, as Alfred recalls the character’s past and fears for Batman’s future. Absolute Batman #11 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Clay Mann, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Will Nevin: Whatcha more excited for: new Lego Batman or new Peacemaker? Matt Lazorwitz: Those are…
It’s a very special week on BatChat. We have now recorded 200 episodes. 600 stories. It’s a whole lot. And to celebrate, Matt and Will are together in one room, face to face, along with our first fan, our first Patreon backer, Matt’s bestest pal in the whole world, Dan Grote, to read a milestone…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Detective Comics #1,100: Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin join…
“Pareidolia,” the third arc of the series, wraps up with Batman shot and tied up at the mercy of the man behind the discovery of the body that led Batman to Gotham’s Rookery neighborhood. Can Batman figure out all the secrets and convince his captors to free him before he is killed? Batman: Dark Patterns…
Next week, the second season of the HBO Max series Peacemaker drops. The first season featured some seriously obscure DC characters, and this week, to tie in with the release of the new season, we’re reading three stories featuring three of those characters: Peacemaker, Vigilante and Judomaster. Now, we’re stretching the definition of featured here,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Rasmus’ pick: Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1: Four new Kryptonites have…
The Teen Titans have always been linked to the Bat Family. There are very few iterations of the Titans that don’t include a former or current Robin in their ranks. So most Titans stories fit within the remit of this podcast. Patreon backer and friend of the show Matt McThorn specifically wanted to talk about…
Batman is not just popular here in the USA. As our listeners know, as you are from many countries, people outside America love Batman too. And sometimes we get stories reprinted here in the States that feature Batman that were created in other countries. We’re reading three of those today, one from France, one from…
It goes without saying, but superheroes need to fight stuff, and more often than not when they’re in ocean waters, they encounter sharks. Now, according to the 20th anniversary edition of the Worst Case Scenario Handbook, there are a few things you can do to fend off a shark attack, but most of them boil…
Batman faces down Hush and his cronies with Robin and an odd ally: Bane. Nightwing and Red Hood deal with Joker. And Batgirl goes to talk to her dad, which leads to a confrontation with Batman. Batman #161 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair…
Somehow, as we near 200 episodes, we still stumble across holes in our coverage. He’s appeared in a lot of stories we’ve covered, but we have never done an episode purely focused on Penguin stories. So this week, we remedy that. We’re reading Penguin’s first appearance, the story that changed him from supervillain to mobster…
Imprisoned inside Ark M, Batman will not give in. He will not give in to the experiments. He will not give in to the privations. He will not give in to Bane. He will escape. Absolute Batman #10 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Nick Dragotta, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Clayton…
Superman was pretty great, huh? We wanted to keep the good times rolling this week with an episode featuring characters other than the big guy who appeared in the movie. I really wanted to do a Batman/Mr. Terrific team up, but outside team settings, there aren’t really any, so we instead went with a classic…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Penn’s pick: Warriors and a Wee Wonder #1: What happens when…