Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,045, Batman and Mayor Nakano’s confrontation with the parasitic spawn of Hue Vile comes to a conclusion with a little help from the Batfamily in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup, Batman…
Christina Merkler is the co-owner of Lunar Distribution, DCBS and InStockTrades. She sat down with ComicsXF to discuss the ongoing supply chain crisis as well as pivoting her business into being the primary distributor of DC Comics to the Direct Market. ComicsXF: Christina you are the owner of a Lunar Distribution the main distributor for…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. In 1992, I discovered Superman. By proxy, I also found Supergirl, though at the time I discovered her, she wasn’t…
The main plot of “Fear State” wraps up as the Bat family takes the fight to Simon Saint while two Ivys come together and Batman has a final throwdown with Peacekeeper-01 in Batman #117, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: Radio Apocalypse #1: Long after the rock out of space struck the world and turned it all to dust, in Bakerstown stands the last radio station on the planet. Radio Apocalypse broadcasts into…
The truth of The Network and their deep connections to Gotham and the Joker begin to be revealed, as Jim Gordon once again comes face to face with Joker in The Joker #9, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. Some new ghost…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: What’s the Furthest Place from Here? #1: In a world where some kind of apocalypse has wiped out the adult population, roving collectives of teens form connections where they can, and get deep…
All the threads are coming together. Gotham is in danger from Scarecrow, the Magistrate and Queen Ivy, and it’s up to Batman and his allies to save the city in Batman #116, featuring a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. And…
The Nice House on the Lake is one of the best comics, especially in the horror genre, to come out this year. With the 12-issue series about to go on hiatus after a shocking midpoint cliffhanger, we thought we’d chat with co-creator and artist Álvaro Martínez Bueno about his process in creating such a well-defined…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 184: Speed Round with Jeremy Adams Writer Jeremy Adams joins Dan and Matt to talk about his run on “The Flash” and the DC animated feature “Batman: Soul of the Dragon.” You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Newburn #1: Chippie goes noir! Easton Newburn is a private eye who investigates warring crime factions in a new Image series by writer Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) and artist Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood),…
Ari: Alrighty, let’s take a stroll through yet another DC alternate universe where a lot of heroes die, this time featuring vampires and the creative team of Matthew Rosenberg, James Tynion IV, Otto Schmidt and Tom Napolitano in DC vs. Vampires #1. Ritesh: I’m glad you mentioned this, because this is certainly part of that…
Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,044, Batman must save Mayor Nakano from the children of Vile while another Bat family member steps in to fight (the seized) City Hall in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup, a…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick: House of Slaughter #1: James Tynion IV’s Tiny Empire expands with this prequel spinoff of his BOOM Studios series Something Is Killing the Children, focused on monster hunter Aaron Slaughter, co-written by Tate…
I miss conventions. Last week’s editorial talked about the experiences of people at one of the first truly big cons since the Dark Times© began, and I’m personally not ready for that, so for now I’ll still get something close to my fix from the virtual experience. This weekend I “attended” DC’s FanDome, a celebration of all…