Christian Duce - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:55:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Christian Duce - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat catches up with the latest issues of Batman, & Robin, and Detective Comics https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/23/batchat-batman-robin-tec/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49931 Amanda Waller’s war on superheroes is in full swing, and Batman has asked Catwoman to help him steal something that will help put Waller on the backfoot. This should be easy with the world’s greatest thief, right? No, because he didn’t expect to find Waller’s newest Suicide Squad in a secret U.S. military base. Batman...

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]]> 49931 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 Jace Fox’s Run Ends While The Adventures Continue in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/20/jace-foxs-run-ends-while-the-adventures-continue-in-batchat/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44813 A motorcycle gang called the Ratpack made up of rat men is terrorizing the home of Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman. The Scooby Gang teams up with her niece, the original Bat-Girl, and the new Batwoman to find out what happened to her and who is behind the Ratpack in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries...

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]]> 44813 A Day at the Beach as Urban Legends Ends in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/13/a-day-at-the-beach-as-urban-legends-ends-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 13 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44497 Ghosts and a medium lead to robberies. Not exactly unusual for a Scooby-Doo story. But there’s some more to this issue than meets the eye in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #4, written by Amanda Deibert, drawn by Scott Jeralds, colored by Carrie Strachan and lettered by Saida Temofonte. The truth about Jace’s mother has...

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]]> 44497 Hoo! Hoo! Hoo Was Actually Entertained by Batman/Spawn? (and More BatChat) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/16/hoo-hoo-hoo-was-actually-entertained-by-batman-spawn-and-more-batchat/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44227 It’s party night in the Owl Court Hotel, as the Scooby Gang and Bruce Wayne wind up attending a birthday soiree and running from a Talon in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3, written by Matthew Cody, drawn and colored by Erich Owen, and lettered by Saida Temofonte. Lucius Fox comes to New York as...

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]]> 44227 Holy Resurrections, Batman! [Redacted] Is Back in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/16/holy-resurrections-batman-redacted-is-back-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42939 The tension has been boiling for years, and now it has exploded. Damian Wayne has come to kill his father, and he’s brought some friends along. And Batman has his own ally at hand … the seemingly resurrected Alfred Pennyworth. Batman vs. Robin #1 is written by Mark Waid, drawn by Mahmud Asrar, colored by...

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]]> 42939 Jace Fox, the Signal and Azrael Star in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/12/jace-fox-the-signal-and-azrael-star-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42448 Jace Fox teams up with the Question to find out who killed Anarky while Tiff Fox tries to find her place in her new life in I Am Batman #12, written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce, colored by Rex Locus and lettered by Troy Peteri.  Batman: Urban Legends #18 starts its next serials,...

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]]> 42448 Jace Keeps It Simple, Alfred Returns (Kinda) and Tim Drake Comes Out in BatChat (Text) https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/17/jace-keeps-it-simple-alfred-returns-kinda-and-tim-drake-comes-out-in-batchat-text/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41520 The hunt for the serial killer (artist?) Manray comes to a close as Jace Fox faces his first costumed foe in a final battle for the life of the mayor in I Am Batman #10, written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce, colored by Rex Locus and lettered by Troy Peteri.  The second major...

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]]> 41520 BatChat (Text) Gets into the Groove with I Am Batman, Urban Legends and Get Joker https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/13/batchat-text-gets-into-the-groove-with-i-am-batman-urban-legends-and-get-joker/ Fri, 13 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40747 Jace Fox is still hunting the mysterious and brutal killer in New York, and it’s starting to weigh on him. Will he be able to stop the killer with the help of friends and family? I Am Batman #9 is written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce and Stephen Segovia, colored by Rex Locus...

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]]> 40747 BatChat Catches up with Batman ’89, I Am Batman and Urban Legends https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/15/batchat-catches-up-with-batman-89-i-am-batman-and-urban-legends/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40104 Two-Face’s plans begin to come to fruition as he takes on Gotham, and the Gordons are caught in the crossfire in Batman ’89 #5, written by Sam Hamm, drawn by Joe Quinones, colored by Leonardo Ito and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Bruce Wayne is dead, the computer systems that run the Gotham of the future...

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]]> 40104 Flash #774 is a Father/Daughter Dance… of Fear! https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/27/flash-774-is-father-daughter-dance-of-fear/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34067 Another scorned scientist uses his amoral inventions to begin a life of villainy, introducing Central City to the nefarious Doctor Nightmare! His evil schemes interrupt Wally and his daughter Iris’ father-daughter dance day, leaving them no choice but to do a father-daughter superhero team-up to save the day! The Flash #774 is written by Jeremy...

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]]> 34067 Two Hits and a Big Miss in This Week’s Super-Sized SuperChat https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/28/two-hits-and-a-big-miss-in-this-weeks-super-sized-superchat/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33118 A triple offering of Super-comics this week, looking to the Man of Steel’s past, present, and future. Over in Action Comics#1,034, the members of the House of El are doing all they can to stop Warworld from spreading its influence on Earth, stopping both all-out war and ending a home invasion – but are these...

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]]> 33118 Batman vs. Peacekeeper-01, Duke Thomas and More in Bat Chat https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/09/batman-vs-peacekeeper-01-duke-thomas-and-more-in-bat-chat/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30708 Welcome back to Bat Chat! This week, Batman faces off with Peacekeeper-01 while the Unsanity Collective prepares for war and the true extent of how far Simons Saint will go to ensure order in Gotham is revealed in Batman #110 with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by...

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