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Swamp Thing meets Jesus in this week’s CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

As Swamp Thing is cast back through time, he will meet a carpenter who will change the trajectory of his life. Swamp Thing 1989 #1 leads our Staff Picks.

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  • Batman

Detective Comics #1,108 finds new raindrops to dance between

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 month ago1 month ago07 mins

Batman, Black Canary and Green Arrow do their best to protect the last whistleblower testifying against KlepCorp from dying in Detective Comics #1,108.

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  • BatChat

BatChat With Matt & Will: The State of the Future(w/ Matt McThorn)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 month ago1 month ago02 mins

Event comics are a weird thing. And those events that slip in and take over the monthly slots of other comics are even weirder. Could you imagine if Law & Order was cancelled for two weeks to be replaced by Anarchy & Chaos? People wouldn’t know what to do with it. But we comics fans…

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  • Staff Picks

Spider-Man/Superman, In Your Skin and more CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote1 month ago1 month ago05 mins

Marvel takes its turn teaming up its friendly neighborhood wall-crawler with the Man of Steel in Spider-Man/Superman #1. Click for more Staff Picks!

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  • BatChat

BatChat With Matt & Will: How Are We At Story 700?

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

When I, Matt, came to Will in the waning days of pandemic lockdown with the idea to this podcast, legally completely unrelated to Battle of the Atom, a podcast I may or may not have mainlined 300-ish episodes of during the pandemic, I figured we’d goof around for a bit, and maybe get in about…

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  • Staff Picks

The X-Men team up with Captain America and more Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

Mutantdom’s newest school has barely welcomed its first students, and things are already going down in flames. Check out X-Men United #2 and more Staff Picks.

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  • BatChat

BatChat With Matt & Will: From the 5th Dimension

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Bat-Mite is a silly character. He is this hopeless fanboy who just doesn’t get what a pain in the tuchus he is. But he’s not the only mite in the DC Universe, and the others aren’t quite as benevolent, if hopelessly backwards. The most notable imp (sorry, Bat-Mite) is Mr. Mxyzptlk, Superman’s nemesis who is…

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  • Staff Picks

An Uncanny X-Men Annual, the Fury of Firestorm and more Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

Who are the Regulators, the turn-of-the-century mutants who once called Haven House their home? Find out in Uncanny X-Men Annual #1.

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  • News

Absolute Batman #20 introduces the Robins

Dan Grote2 months ago2 months ago01 mins

As the dust settles in Gotham after the loss of [redacted], Robins enter the scene ready to hunt in DC’s Absolute Batman #20.

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  • Batman

Batman #8 shows us three sides of Gotham City

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 months ago2 months ago09 mins

Batman talks to Alan Scott about Vandal Savage. Savage talks to Mayor Ivy about stopping Batman. And Jack Dean shares insights with Huston Gray in Batman #8.

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  • DC

Superman/Spider-Man #1 mostly understands the assignment

Tony Thornley and Scott Redmond2 months ago2 months ago012 mins

DC and Marvel’s renewed friendly rivalry continues with Superman/Spider-Man #1, as the Man of Steel and the Web-Slinger meet and save the day.

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  • BatChat

BatChat With Matt & Will: Return to Will’s Bookshelf

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

BatChat returns to Will’s bookshelf for three randos, one of which is an oddly well-timed tribute to Sam Kieth, and another is more Batman ’66.

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  • Staff Picks

Daredevil returns as DC goes MAD in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

A new Daredevil #1 means a new status quo for Matt Murdock, and DC lets Chip Zdarsky run MAD in this week’s CXF Staff Picks.

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Detective Comics #1,107 brings Arrow and Canary to town

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 months ago2 months ago08 mins

Batman is on a case involving a crooked company attempting to kill the witnesses to its misdeeds, in Detective Comics #1,107.

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  • BatChat

BatChat With Matt & Will: A Mother & Daughter Reunion (w/ Abigale Heartbalm)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Abigale Heartbalm joins BatChat to talk about three stories featuring Cassandra Cain and her mother, Lady Shiva.

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