Detective Comics - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:44:25 +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 Detective Comics - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Detective Comics #1,108 finds new raindrops to dance between https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/23/detective-comics-1108-finds-new-raindrops-to-dance-between/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:44:23 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56613 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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]]> 56613 BatChat With Matt & Will: How Are We At Story 700? https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/16/batchat-with-matt-will-how-are-we-at-story-700/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56559 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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]]> 56559 Detective Comics #1,107 brings Arrow and Canary to town https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/detective-comics-1107-brings-arrow-and-canary-to-town/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:06:18 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56384 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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]]> 56384 4 stories about Batman and people in Detective Comics #1,100 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/29/detective-comics-1100/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53969 Detective Comics #1,100 is a big anniversary issue with a collection of stories from creators past and present from its 85+ year run.   “Lost And Found” is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott.“Your Role In the Community” is written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Amancay Nahuelpan,...

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]]> 53969 Detective Comics turns #1,100 but doesn’t look a day over Vol. 4, Issue #25: CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/20/staff-picks-aug20/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53865 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Detective Comics #1,100: Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin join...

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]]> 53865 A Batman-Penguin team-up in Detective Comics #1,098 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/27/detective-comics-1098/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53211 Hunting for the kidnapped Harvey Bullock, Batman finds the secret organization called Elixir has another victim: The Penguin. Batman and Penguin must work together to find Bullock and escape Elixir. Detective Comics #1,098 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Lee Garbett, colored by Lee Loughridge and lettered by Wes Abbott. Will Nevin: Let’s talk...

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]]> 53211 BatChat With Matt & Will: A Pride Tribute to Kevin Conroy https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/19/batchat-with-matt-will-a-pride-tribute-to-kevin-conroy/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53086 The evolution of representation of queer characters in mainstream superhero comics is something that entire books can, and should, be written about. So I’m not going to wax rhapsodic about all the changes here, but it’s June and thus Pride Month, and so we’re back with queer Bat characters. First we wrap up Greg Rucka’s...

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]]> 53086 Al Ewing saves the day in Detective Comics Annual 2025 https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/09/detective-comics-annual-2025/ Fri, 09 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52542 Two self-contained Batman stories in one big issue. In his first Batman story, Al Ewing tells a tale of murder and math. And in the backup, one of Batman’s youngest fans teams up with the Dark Knight to investigate something going very wrong in his school. Detective Comics Annual 2025 has a main story written...

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]]> 52542 Marvel’s NYX wraps, 2 DC Annuals and a nice, big Transformers hardcover in the CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/30/staff-picks-april30/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52373 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Stephanie’s pick: NYX #10: With Mojo a bigger threat than ever...

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]]> 52373 ‘Torn Comics’: Detective Comics #613 and the Batman’s Nights Off https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/09/detective-comics-613/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51576 “It bounced back and forth in my head until I realized I couldn’t judge it. It was too big. He was too big.“– Frank Miller, The Dark Knight Returns “…all stories are, more or less, ghost stories.”– Julian Woffrey, Victorian Ghosts Comic books were designed to be inherently disposable. Before collecting exploded into a cottage...

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]]> 51576 BatChat solves mysteries in Detective Comics, Justice League Unlimited and The Question https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/24/batchat-tec-jlu-question/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:19:10 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51474 The Bat family races to save the young men targeted by the serial killer Asema. Batman confronts the killer, but the results are not what he was expecting. Detective Comics #1,093 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott.  The Amazon rainforest burns with mystical fire. While...

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]]> 51474 Godzilla meets Dracula, plus Absolute Wonder Woman, Mystique and more Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/22/staff-picks-jan22/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51433 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #3: Even in the face of...

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]]> 51433 What were ComicsXF’s 24 favorite comics of 2024? https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/05/best-comics-of-2024/ Sun, 05 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51248 While those other comics sites had their year-end best-of lists ready to go by Thanksgiving, we … got busy and put it off till the last possible minute. But hey, that just means we were able to take the full scope of the year’s comics into account. In doing so, we settled on these 24...

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]]> 51248 BatChat spent Christmas catching up on Detective Comics, Last Halloween and JLU https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/30/batchat-tec-lasthalloween-jlu/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51229 Batman and Robin investigate the death of a young man under their charge, and the mysterious organization seemingly covering it up. Bruce Wayne grows closer to Dr. Scarlett Scott, but her connection to the crimes may be deeper than Bruce suspected. Detective Comics #1,092 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin...

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]]> 51229 BatChat makes up for lost time with Batman, ‘Tec, Two-Face and Justice League Unlimited https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/06/batchat-batman-tec-twoface-jlu/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51047 Jim Gordon is in jail for the murder of the mayor of Gotham, and Batman must find out the truth about what his friend may or may not have done. But with Riddler and the Court of Owls circling, what can Bruce Wayne do to protect himself and all he cares about? Batman #155 is...

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]]> 51047 Absolute Wonder Woman enters the BatChat alongside Tom Taylor’s Detective Comics debut https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/25/batchat-absolute-wonder-woman-detective/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50606 The Princess of Hell has reached Man’s World. Learn the origin of the Wonder Woman of the new DC Earth in Absolute Wonder Woman #1, written by Kelly Thompson, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Becca Carey. A serial killer is targeting young criminals in Gotham, and they seem to...

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]]> 50606 ‘Gotham Nocturne’ sticks the landing as the Last Halloween begins in this week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/27/batchat-tec-worldsfinest-lasthalloween/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50308 Ram V’s operatic run on Detective Comics reaches its conclusion. What more is there to say? The lead story of Detective Comics #1,089 is written by Ram V, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Luis Guerrero and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup, we see the effects of Batman’s confrontation on his enemies and...

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]]> 50308 Ram V’s Detective Comics run ends, a Chinese James Bond and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/25/staff-picks-sept25/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50280 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Detective Comics #1,089: It began with a melody, strange...

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]]> 50280 Batman takes down the Orghams, visits Wonder Woman and punches The Thanagarian in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/30/batchat-tec-worldsfinest-offworld/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49981 The final battle has begun. Batman is storming the Orghams’ headquarters while his family saves Gotham’s citizens and the motley crew of villains he has allied with takes on the Orgham lieutenants. Nearly 30 issues has led to this. The lead story of Detective Comics #1,088 is written by Ram V, drawn by Guillem March,...

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]]> 49981 Avengers vs. Aliens vs. Frankenstein vs. Archie in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/28/staff-picks-aug28/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49947 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Aliens vs. Avengers #1: Xenomorphs reach Earth! The perfect...

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]]> 49947 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 Bane fights a T-rex as ‘Tec gets to the workin’ overtime part in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/12/batchat-batman-androbin-detective/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49557 At the end of “Gotham War,” a thief broke into Bruce Wayne’s brownstone and discovered that he is Batman. Now he is trying to use that information to his advantage, to make one big score and get out of the life. But things aren’t all that easy in Batman #150, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled...

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]]> 49557 Magik, Zatanna and some non-magic users in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/26/staff-picks-june26/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49412 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: X-Men: Blood Hunt: Magik #1: After the Fall of the House of X, Illyana Rasputina has returned to her homeland to search her soul and steel it for what comes next. But...

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]]> 49412 CXF Interview Podcast Episode 309: Kieron Gillen & Caspar Wijngaard talk The Power Fantasy https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/25/tcxfip-309-kieron-gillen-caspar-wijngaard/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49409 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 309: Kieron Gillen & Caspar Wijngaard talk The Power Fantasy Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics series The Power Fantasy. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com,...

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]]> 49409 Joker enters the fray in ‘Tec, plus Dark Age and Brave & the Bold in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/31/batchat-tec-darkage-bravebold/ Fri, 31 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49091 Batman is gathering the forces he needs to bring down the Orghams. The Orghams are gathering the forces they feel they need to cement their hold over Gotham and stop Batman. And Catwoman is reaching out to the one person neither side wants to deal with. The lead story of Detective Comics #1,085 is written...

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