Dustin Nguyen - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 07 May 2025 12:33:09 +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 Dustin Nguyen - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Check out an extended preview of DC’s Robin & Batman: Jason Todd #1, out in June https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/07/robin-batman-jason-todd/ Wed, 07 May 2025 12:30:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52490 Admittedly, the Big Board was not kind to the original volume of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Robin & Batman. On a list of 552 Batman stories, the retelling of Dick Grayson’s early years as Robin currently sits at 522. Check out Matt and Will’s discussion here. But readers responded more favorably, enough so that...

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]]> 52490 BatChat With Matt & Will: More Paul Dini=More Zatanna https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/06/batchat-with-matt-will-more-paul-dinimore-zatanna/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51631 Will wanted to talk about Paul Dini and Alex Ross’s graphic album, Batman: War On Crime, so the logical episode theme was more Paul Dini stories, so this is not Matt 100% forcing more Dini on Will. And while Matt didn’t do it intentionally, well, he did wind up picking a story with Zatanna, because...

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]]> 51631 Batman crosses a line and Peacemaker finds happiness for once in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/06/batman-138-batchat/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46750 The rubicon has been crossed. Batman has pushed his family away harder than ever before, and now he must face off with them as well as Catwoman’s criminal empire. And Vandal Savage’s plans become clearer in Batman #138, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles....

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]]> 46750 It’s a No-Tell Motel in Hotell Because Almost Everyone Dies (Also: Little Monsters! Red Sonja!) https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/16/its-a-no-tell-motel-in-hotell-because-almost-everyone-dies-also-little-monsters-red-sonja/ Mon, 16 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40836 A “Hotel California” reference here would be pretty lame, right? But there are literally characters checking out and never leaving in Hotell Vol. 2 #5, written by John Lees, drawn by Dalibor Talajic, colored by Lee Loughridge, lettered by Sal Cipriano and published by Artists, Writers and Artisans.  There’s a “New Kid in Town,” and...

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]]> 40836 Red Sonja Travels to a Town Called Terror Filled With Little Monsters https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/18/red-sonja-travels-to-a-town-called-terror-filled-with-little-monsters/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40148 In a land of talking chainmail, the woman with the talkiest chainmail is queen. Probably — in Immortal Red Sonja #1, written by Dan Abnett, drawn by Alessandro Miracolo, colored by Ellie Wright, lettered by Jeff Eckleberry and published by Dynamite. It’s a quiet night in the ‘burbs … until your dad’s goon squad hauls...

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]]> 40148 Those Tiny Vamp Scamps Are So Darn Cute in Little Monsters https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/11/those-tiny-vamp-scamps-are-so-darn-cute-in-little-monsters/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38554 The meek shall inherit the earth. And by meek, we apparently mean kiddie vampires in Little Monsters #1, written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Dustin Nguyen, lettered by Steve Wands and published by Image. Netflix needed something to adapt, so we’ve got King of Spies #1, written by Mark Millar at Netflix, drawn by Matteo...

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]]> 38554 Joker Enters the Endgame as ‘Shadows of the Bat’ Continues in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/15/joker-enters-the-endgame-as-shadows-of-the-bat-continues-in-batchat-text-edition/ Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37419 Everything has led to this. All the forces that have pursued the Joker for the past 10 issues are converging on the Sampson estate, as Jim Gordon has a realization, in The Joker #11, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. In Detective...

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]]> 37419 Find out What Comic Broke Matt in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/24/find-out-what-comic-broke-matt-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36584 Looks like we oopsed up and called it too early before, but this time it’s really the last issue of the new volume of Legends of the Dark Knight. This issue features two shorts:  “The Ghost and the Knight,” written by Che Grayson, drawn by Belen Ortega, colored by Alejandro Sanchez and lettered by Aditya...

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]]> 36584 Joker Remixes the Hits and a Sad Dad Raises the Boy Wonder in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/12/joker-remixes-the-hits-and-a-sad-dad-raises-the-boy-wonder-in-batchat/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35229 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...

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