X-Men United and a magazine for comics in our Staff Picks
Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants can come together to teach one another the skills needed for their survival, in X-Men United #1.
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Batman #7 visits Patient Ten and learns a secret
There is a man in Room Ten in Arkham Tower. He floats in a tank. And he has reached out to talk to an old friend. Batman confronts the Joker again in Batman #7.
BatChat With Matt & Will: The Fall of the House of Wayne
BatChat arrives at the final arc of Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated, as well as the next arcs of “No Man’s Land” and “Knightquest: The Crusade.”
Dani Moonstar goes solo and more CXF Staff Picks
The New Mutants’ Dani Moonstar finally gets a solo series as DC K.O. and Beneath the Trees wrap. What comics are YOU looking forward to reading this week?
The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3 gives Bruce a happy ending
The Bat-Man and Superman must put aside their differences as they face down the Scarecrow and The Hood in The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Shadow of the Cat (w/ Sam Hopper)
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…
Spider-Man and Venom enter a Death Spiral in this week’s CXF Staff Picks
A superpowered serial killer is on the loose, and they’re coming for Spider-Man, Venom and everyone in between. But what terrible secret has Carnage learned?
Absolute Batman #17 lets Poison Ivy loose on Gotham
Batman must climb his way to the top of the Heart Building to face his newest foe: a more monstrous incarnation of Poison Ivy, in Absolute Batman #17.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Riddle Me This, Will (w/ John Wickham)
We’ve read plenty of his stories, and if you are a long time listener to the podcast, I’m sure you realize that Tom King is a writer who has some serious variety of placements on the big board. He has multiple stories in the top 10, plus a number of stories lingering near the bottom….
Ultimate Spider-Man ends in this week’s CXF Staff Picks
As Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man ends, a number of new series begin, including End of Life, Muppets Noir and The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre.
Batman & Robin #30 sunsets series, shows Damian a new future
Can Batman & Robin stop the Quiet Man, as Robin struggles with the legacy of Batman and what the mission to save Gotham really means to him?
BatChat With Matt & Will: Date Night (w/ Josh Weil)
Love is in the air. It’s nearly Valentine’s Day, and for the past couple of his appearances, Patreon backer and friend of the show Josh Weil has mentioned that he’s been considering selecting one of the few truly whimsical and just plane fun stories Tom King has written: “Date Night,” where Batman an Catwoman go…
Cyclops, Bleeding Hearts and more CXF Staff Picks
Cyclops gets a solo series, the team behind 20th Century Men helps kick off the new Vertigo line, and DC K.O. pits its final four against some Absolute heroes.
Batman #6 has a lot going on at the moment
The threads that have slowly been appearing start to tighten in Batman #6. Dr. Zeller’s secret is revealed. And a member of the Bat family says goodbye.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Batmanga!
Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We’ve done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we’re focusing specifically on Batman stories from Japan. We’re reading the first collection of stories that spun…