Bill Finger - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:43:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Bill Finger - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: Catman, Catman, Burning Bright (w/ Matt McThorn) https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/21/batchat-with-matt-will-catman-catman-burning-bright-w-matt-mcthorn/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50877 Batman rogues have some seriously strange evolutions. Some, like the Joker, have a path you can easily follow. Others, like Mr. Freeze, have just become completely different over the years. Another like that is Catman, created in the mid-Silver Age as yet another anti-Bat before becoming a joke character, and then evolving into a morally...

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]]> 50877 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Darkest Episode of ’66 Ever https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/20/batchat-with-matt-will-the-darkest-episode-of-66-ever/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46014 It’s taken three episodes, but we’ve finally covered every story in the original Batman #1. That means this week, we’re covering the first appearance of Catwoman, and so we’re also covering a couple other Catwoman stories, one a story that’s place in continuity is weird even by DC Comics standards, and one that started off...

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]]> 46014 BatChat With Matt & Will: My Scottish Accent Broke Will https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/17/batchat-with-matt-will-my-scottish-accent-broke-will/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43885 He’s muddy. He’s powerful. He’s… a lot of different people, actually. Because there have been many villains named Clayface, and this episode we look at three stories featuring different permutations of that particular rogue. Also, a brief tribute to the mate, great Kevin Conroy. The Mud Pack (Detective Comics V.1 #604-607) The Great Joker/Clayface Feud...

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]]> 43885 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 46: BatDad with Matt & Will https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/14/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-46-batdad-with-matt-will/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42025 Doctor. Philanthropist. Vigilante? Killer? For a character who was introduced to be killed and be the motivation to drive his son into a life of crime fighting, Thomas Wayne has worn a lot of hats (and cowls, for that matter). This week, we’re reading three stories that are about Thomas Wayne and his legacy. The...

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]]> 42025 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.12: The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/09/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-12-the-daring-young-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35618 With DC continuity a mess of Crises, reboots, Rebirths and New 52s, some stories get rewritten and some stories get retold. Batman’s first year has been rewritten numerous times. But his first meeting with Dick Grayson, the first Robin? That one gets retold, and each time it’s tinkered with just a little. This week, Matt...

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]]> 35618 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.1: Beginnings https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/23/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-1-beginnings/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33956 Did you ever listen to ComicsXF Editor-In-Chief Zack Jenkins and his co-host Adam Reck’s podcast, Battle of the Atom, and think, “This is great, but you know what it needs? Batman.” Well, our primary DC Editor Matt Lazorwitz did, and he grabbed his regular writing partner on the site’s weekly Bat-title round-up, Will Nevin, and...

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