Christopher Chance’s clue chasing has led him to a meeting with the Martian Manhunter, the League’s resident telepath. What does it take to keep your secrets from a world-class psychic … and what secrets does one give up to get to the truth? Human Target #5 is written by Tom King, drawn by Greg Smallwood…
Act two of “Shadows of the Bat” wraps up as we finally reach Day 24 and all hell breaks loose in Detective Comics #1,054, in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Max Raynor, colored by Luis Guerrero and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the next chapter of “House of Gotham,” The Boy attempts…
For those just joining us, last week we debuted Part I of our exclusive interview with John Allison, where we discussed the origins of his ongoing Giant Days/All-Star Batman crossover, currently being published at badmachinery.com. I didn’t want to spoil the reveal of the new villain, 147, so I held back this portion of the…
A cat burglar, a serial killer and a familiar manhunter all enter Bruce Wayne’s life as his journey to become Batman takes him to Paris in Batman: The Knight #2, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. In Detective Comics #1,053, we’re three days…
Christi and Chris finish off the second half of the DC event, Sins of Youth (Sins of Youth: Kid Flash and Impulse #1, Sins of Youth: Starwoman and the JSA #1, Young Justice: Superman, Jr. and Superboy, Sr. #1, Sins of Youth: Wonder Girls #1, Sins of Youth: Secret and Deadboy #1, Young Justice: Sins…
The attacks begin without warning. Brutal, sudden…cannibalistic. A metahuman with all the power of Superman but none of his humanity. An unstoppable being ruled only by hunger and instinct, striking at random across the world. To stop this threat, Harley Quinn, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang and King Shark have been assigned to corral, nursemaid, and if…
Early Monday morning (Sunday evening for us in the Americas), John Allison published the first page of a new webcomic, Dust and Bones. Webcomic readers were excited to see that it was new Giant Days material. But exciting as it is to have new Giant Days, what was even more exciting for his Patreon subscribers,…
Jim Gordon confronts Cressida. Barbara and Julia are not as clever as they think they are. And the A-Day mastermind is revealed in The Joker #12, written by James Tynion IV, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli, inked by Cam Smith, colored by Arif Prianto & Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. In Detective Comics…
Marcus Shugel-Shen wasn’t always afraid, but a nighttime visit from a Batman threatening one’s parents tends to leave a lasting impact on a child. Since then, fear has defined much of Marcus’ life, but when a strange janitor in a new school encourages him to face his fears, Marcus dives right in and discovers a…
The mystery of Abyss and his connection to Batman Incorporated begins to unravel as Batman leads a jailbreak in Batman #120, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Jorge Molina and Mikel Janin, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup feature, Maps Mizoguchi learns what is taking children and Batman faces…
Christi and Chris dive into the first half of the DC event, Sins of Youth (Sins of Youth #1, Superboy #74, Young Justice: Sins of Youth Secret Files and Origins #1, Sins of Youth: JLA Jr. #1, Sins of Youth: Aquaboy and Lagoon Man #1, Sins of Youth: Batboy and Robin #1). Support The Chrises…
Wow, we’ve made it to 20 episodes! To celebrate, Matt and Will are looking at three stories from three volumes of one of their self-confessed favorite series, the legendary (see what I did there) anthology, Legends of the Dark Knight. Will they gush about the original volume? Will they complain about DC not giving the…
Things change, things end, things begin again, but one thing remains—Superman fights for a better world, no matter which world it might be. On Earth, Jonathan Kent tries to stop a leviathan, but things get quickly out of hand when Bendix’s Gamorran task force shows up in Superman: Son of Kal-El #7, written by Tom…
Harley Quinn is forced to contend with the Trolley Problem. Also some math problems. There are robots too—really, the main problem here is Keepsake, who is back, and very much deserves a bat to the face in Harley Quinn #11, written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn by Riley Rossmo, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by…
There are a lot of stories and a TON of creators in this week’s BatChat. In Detective Comics #1,050, some major questions are answered in the conclusion of the first act of “Shadows of the Bat” in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Brad Anderson…