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…
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…
There are many ways to describe Batman. Superhero. Martial Artist. Scientist. Adventurer. But for your hosts, Matt & Will, one beats all the rest: Detective. This week, we look at three stories that have a theme of Batman as the Dark Knight Detective. Blades (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #32-34) The Doomsday Book (Detective…
Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,043, Mayor Nakano comes under fire in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Meanwhile, Deb Donovan and Red Hood’s investigation reaches its end in the backup written by Matthew Rosenberg, drawn by Darick Robertson, colored…
In Detective Comics #1,042, Batman and Huntress conclude their battle with The Jury in the feature, while in the backup, Deb Donovan and Red Hood continue their investigation into missing supervillain corpses as the oddest couple in Gotham. The feature was written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic,…
You can’t keep Batman down. Everywhere you look, there he is! In Detective Comics #1,041, Batman deals with the repercussions of his war with Mr. Worth as The Jury makes its moves against Batman and Bruce Wayne. And in the backup, reporter Deb Donovan gets a tip that leads her down a morbid trail. The…
Welcome back to Bat Chat! In Detective Comics #1,040, Bruce Wayne turns himself in to the GCPD after the events of the previous arc while Mr. Worth and Penguin plot their revenge as written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup to the…
It’s another busy Bat week, with a full slate of titles! In Detective Comics #1,039, many answers about Hue Vile come to light in both the main and backup stories, with the feature written by Mariko Tamaki; penciled by Viktor Bogdanovic; inked by Daniel Henriques, Norm Rapmund and Bogdanovic; colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered…
Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,038, Batman must deal with being a fugitive in both his identities, as Mr. Worth goes on a rampage and Hue Vile’s plans begin to … come to fruition maybe, as written by Mariko Tamaki, penciled by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic, colored by Jordie…
Thanks to some shipping-related hijinks due to the holiday, and the fact that Matt insists on reading things physically, we skipped last week’s Bat Chat, so this week is a hat trick of the three main-continuity Bat books. Simon Saint’s plan becomes more clear and Harley makes a connection in Batman #109 with a lead…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,035, Batman and Huntress collide as their cases intersect and the mystery of the murders in Fort Graves deepens, as written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. And in a Huntress backup story,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1: Someone wants to challenge Shilo Norman for the moniker of Mister Miracle. But if this is anyone but Scott Free or the late Thaddeus Brown, they’re…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,035, the mystery of what is happening in Bruce Wayne’s new neighborhood of Fort Graves deepens, as death and mourning couple with corruption in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. …
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,034, Bruce Wayne meets the neighbors while Batman hunts the remnants of Joker’s gangs, while something more sinister starts beneath the streets of Gotham in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick: Harley Quinn #1: The maiden of mischief returns to Gotham to attempt to make amends for her past in a new volume by writer Stephanie Phillips (Future State: Harley Quinn) and artist Riley…