Catwoman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:15:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Catwoman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: Shadow of the Cat (w/ Sam Hopper) https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/26/batchat-with-matt-will-shadow-of-the-cat-w-sam-hopper/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56126 Catwoman has been around for over 80 years, and like all good Bat villains, she has changed with the times. But it’s amazing how much of the character has been there through the ages. Patreon backer and friend of the show Sam Hopper joins us to look at the evolution of Catwoman, what has stayed...

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]]> 56126 Imps gone wild, First Knight wraps and Catwoman’s on her last life in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/24/batchat-worldsfinest-firstknight-catwoman/ Fri, 24 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49041 The heroes of the DC Universe are falling before enemies empowered by their 5th Dimensional Mite counterparts while Batman and Superman are trapped in the 2nd Dimension. While Bat-Mite helps Batman and Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk goes to the one man who might be able to save the world: Jimmy Olsen. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #27 is...

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]]> 49041 BatChat plays catch-up with First Knight, Dylan Dog and Catwoman https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/03/batchat-firstknight-dylandog-catwoman/ Fri, 03 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48809 Gotham is getting stranger. Not only is there a Bat-Man, but now seeming undead Monster Men are rampaging and killing political movers and shakers. Bruce Wayne is in a strange new world, and he has some hard decisions to make if he wants to save his city. The Bat-Man: First Knight #2 is written by...

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]]> 48809 Gordon goes Joker hunting, Darkseid is, but so is Amanda Waller in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/26/batchat-batman-worldsfinest-catwoman/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48032 Jim Gordon is trapped in Gotham Central as the Red Hood Gang makes an audacious play. But also in Central is a factor no one expected: the Joker, who has decided to show his old gang, and its new boss, exactly what he can do. “Joker: Year One” concludes in Batman #144, written by Chip...

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]]> 48032 BatChat With Matt & Will: On the Trail of Darwyn Cooke https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/08/batchat-with-matt-will-on-the-trail-of-darwyn-cooke/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47877 There are those creators you just come back to, whose work never ceases to amaze. Darwyn Cooke is one of those creators. Passing on too young, Cooke still left an impressive body of work, a lot of which was Batman or Batman adjacent. We’re returning to his work this week with two intertwined tales of...

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]]> 47877 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Wedding That Didn’t Happen (w/Abigale Heartbalm) https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/01/batchat-with-matt-will-the-wedding-that-didnt-happen-w-abigale-heartbalm/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47818 At 120 episodes, we’ve covered a lot of Batman comics. A lot. But I think few have been more contentious, both in the fandom and on this podcast, as the ones this week. Because this week we’re talking about the Tom King run, the creator with possibly the biggest gaps in his work on The...

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]]> 47818 Magog, Catwoman and Godzilla in this week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/19/batchat-worldsfinest-catwoman-godzillakong/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:39:48 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47743 Two sets of the World’s Finest heroes must confront Gog and Magog to stop the ancient god and his servant from leading the heroes of Earth-22 into a war on Apokolips they cannot win in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #22, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve...

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]]> 47743 World’s Finest, Off-World and Catwoman in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/22/batchat-worldsfinest-offworld-catwoman/ Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47502 Trapped on a parallel Earth, surrounded by heroes who believe they are imposters, Batman and Superman are confronted by Gog and his chief disciple, Thunderman. But they are about to learn the secret of Gog and what his plan is, and it is darker than they could have expected in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #22, written...

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]]> 47502 Return to Kingdom Come, Gotham War and Nightwing’s butt jokes in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/20/batchat-worlds-finest-20/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46959 The quest for the lost Kid Thunder has brought Superman and Batman to Earth-22, the world of Kingdom Come. But a glimpse into that world’s future has the heroes on their back feet and wondering what they can do in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #20, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra...

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]]> 46959 BatChat With Matt & Will: Is Penguin a Good Trump Analogue? (w/ John Wickham) https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/28/batchat-with-matt-will-is-penguin-a-good-trump-analogue-w-jon-wickham/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46684 Batman is a creature of shadow who usually eschews the light. But even the Dark Knight can be touched by that darkest of human endeavors that lives in the brightest of spotlights: politics. Dick Grayson Tier Patreon backer John Wickham joins us to talk about a very of its moment story of Catwoman getting involved...

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]]> 46684 Batman and Catwoman go to war (plus Gordon’s Knight Terrors, Riddler) in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/01/batchat-gotham-war-battle-lines/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46444 After months of exhaustion, Batman collapses and awakens weeks later to find Gotham changed. Crime is down, and the city is quiet. But the reason is not what he would like it to be: Catwoman has organized the city’s small-time crooks and is enforcing rules. As he and the family meet with Selina, lines are...

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]]> 46444 Ms. Marvel returns to lead this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/30/ms-marvel-returns-to-lead-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46415 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1: Fresh from being killed off in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man and having her identity rewritten to make her a mutant in line with what could have...

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]]> 46415 When Bruce met Clark, and two more Knight Terrors end, in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/18/when-bruce-met-clark-and-two-more-knight-terrors-end-in-batchat/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46318 What happened when the heroes who would some day be the World’s Finest met for the first time? Find out in this new version of the first meeting of Batman and Superman in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #18, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Travis Moore, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands. Trapped in...

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]]> 46318 Nightwing and Catwoman Enter the Nightmare Realm in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/21/nightwing-and-catwoman-enter-the-nightmare-realm-in-batchat/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46039 It’s the final stand against Newmazo. But how can Batman, Superman and the combined might of the heroes of Earth stand against an android both with all their powers and a brilliant mind? Find out in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #17, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by...

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]]> 46039 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 Rogue Robots, a Day with Dick and Cat vs. Mask in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/23/rogue-robots-a-day-with-dick-and-cat-vs-mask-in-batchat/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45811 The robot rebellion is here, and Batman and Superman are its prisoners. But as other heroes leap into the fray, can the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel figure out how to stop the AI revolt in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #16, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and...

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]]> 45811 Tom King Wrote a Batman Story? The Devil You Say! (BatChat) https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/19/tom-king-wrote-a-batman-story-the-devil-you-say-batchat/ Fri, 19 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45514 A new anthology series debuts in this first issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold:  The robots are revolting! And they’re killing all humans, too … but seriously. As Batman and Superman face Ultra-Morpho, all the robotic heroes and villains of the DCU begin to attack. And by issue’s end the true mastermind is...

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]]> 45514 A Solid Art Week and a Tom Taylor Tearjerker in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/27/a-solid-art-week-and-a-tom-taylor-tearjerker-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44612 Harvey Dent and Two-Face duel once more, and this time what is hanging in the balance is only the life or death of Batman. The lead story is written by Ram V, drawn by Ivan Reis and Rafael Albuquerque, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup,...

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]]> 44612 Harley Quinn Turns 30 in a Big Not-So-BatChat Roundup https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/03/harley-quinn-turns-30-in-a-big-not-so-batchat-roundup/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43260 It’s a busy time for the Gotham crew — whether or not they’re in the city itself. First up, the Batgirls continue to investigate a serial killer in their midst — and they’re going full Library Mode in Batgirls #10, written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, drawn by Neil Googe, colored by Rico...

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]]> 43260 Bruce Learns Magic and the Fam Runs into Their Almost Stepmom in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/22/bruce-learns-magic-and-the-fam-runs-into-their-almost-stepmom-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42180 Bruce Wayne’s journey to become Batman brings him closer to home as he stops in New York to learn escapology from one of the greats: Giovanni Zatara. But what else can the Batman-to-be learn during his first encounter with the supernatural alongside Zatara and his daughter, Zatanna? Batman: The Knight #7, is written by Chip...

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]]> 42180 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep. 34: 100 Stories Down… https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/12/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-34-100-stories-down/ Thu, 12 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40664 Hey look at that! They said it couldn’t be done, but we have actually gotten up to 100 stories on the big board! To celebrate, Matt & Will just… picked stuff they wanted to talk about. So this week we finish the Vampire Batman trilogy, we go back to the world of The Long Halloween...

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]]> 40664 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 33: The Feline Fatale https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/05/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-33-the-feline-fatale-catwoman/ Thu, 05 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40494 Batman’s most significant female nemesis. His true love on many Earths. The best thief in Gotham. A star of screens, both small and big, with numerous famous actors having portrayed her. An icon. All of these describe one character: Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman. This week, we’re looking at three stories starring Catwoman. Your Face is...

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]]> 40494 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 21: Love, Gotham Style (w/ Abigale Heartbalm) https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/10/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-21-love-gotham-style-w-abigale-heartbalm/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37875 We’re less than a week from Valentine’s Day, and what says love more than a guy in a Bat costume pursuing a woman in cat themed leather or a beautiful assassin? Or a disastrously dysfunctional relationship between two clowns? Talking about those things with thee ones we love, of course. That’s why this week, Matt...

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]]> 37875 Spidey Reads the Darkhold, Old Woman Selina and More Staff Picks for Dec. 22 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/20/spidey-reads-the-darkhold-old-woman-selina-and-more-staff-picks-for-dec-22/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36191 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zach’s Pick: Darkhold: Spider-Man #1: Y’all know the Darkhold, right? It’s that spooky book that shows up in Marvel comics sometimes. Well, what if Spider-Man read it? What then, huh? He’s not a Midnight Son,...

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]]> 36191 Brubaker & Phillips, Nubia, Wanda’s Back and More Staff Picks for Oct. 20 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/18/brubaker-phillips-nubia-wandas-back-and-more-staff-picks-for-oct-20/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34679 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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