Eddy Barrows - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:09:33 +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 Eddy Barrows - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: It’s Tim Drake Time! https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/29/batchat-with-matt-will-its-tim-drake-time/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43182 This is the one Matt has been waiting for. To tie in with the first issue of his new ongoing series, we’re looking at three stories from the history of the best Robin, and Matt will brook no argument on this one, Tim Drake. See his origin, his return to Gotham from training, and his...

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]]> 43182 The Ram V era of ‘Tec Begins as One Dark Knight Ends in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/29/the-ram-v-era-of-tec-begins-as-one-dark-knight-ends-in-batchat/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42268 A new creative team takes over in Detective Comics #1,062 as “Gotham Nocturne” begins. Batman encounters a new supernatural threat and begins to feel something happening to him, and something dark rising. The lead story is written by Ram V, drawn by Rafael Albuquerque, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the...

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]]> 42268 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 42: The Chips Are Down https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/07/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-42-the-chips-are-down/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41908 This week starts a new era in the ongoing Batman series, as new writer Chip Zdarsky takes over, making him the first writer to write both the Batman and Daredevil ongoings at the same time. And since both Matt & Will are fans of Zdarsky’s other crime work, well, what better time to look at...

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]]> 41908 BatChat Saves the Worst for Last with ‘Tec, Task Force Z and White Knight https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/01/detective-comics-1061/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41827 Revelations abound as we learn the secrets tying together the citizen criminals and Riddler’s secret backer in the final issue of this creative team in Detective Comics #1,061, written by Mariko Tamaki and Nadia Shammas, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup,...

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]]> 41827 Arkham Antics, Monster-on-Monster Violence and More in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/25/arkham-antics-monster-on-monster-violence-and-more-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38154 Act two of “Shadows of the Bat” wraps up as we finally reach Day 24 and all hell breaks loose in Detective Comics #1,054, in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Max Raynor, colored by Luis Guerrero and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the next chapter of “House of Gotham,” The Boy attempts...

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]]> 38154 ‘Tec Tacks in a New Direction and a Puzzlebox Solved in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/31/tec-tacks-in-a-new-direction-and-a-puzzlebox-solved-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36841 Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,046, we are treated to the setup of many plots that will come to fruition in the upcoming “Shadows of the Bat” arc in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup, Batman is...

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]]> 36841 We Know When ‘Tec Takes Place Now and More Zombie Stuff in BatChat (Text) https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/27/we-know-when-tec-takes-place-now-and-more-zombie-stuff-in-batchat-text/ Sat, 27 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35458 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...

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]]> 35458 Let’s Hang out in the Sewers with Batman in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/29/lets-hang-out-in-the-sewers-with-batman-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34922 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...

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]]> 34922 Future State Rolls on with Superman/Wonder Woman, Justice League, Superwoman and Robin https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/15/future-state-rolls-on-with-superman-wonder-woman-justice-league-superwoman-and-robin-in-this-weeks-future-state-friday/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12979 Here we are in the future, and it’s bright, ComicsXF faithful. DC’s “Future State” event is in its second week, and this time we have Justin Partridge writing on not one, not two, but three books: Superman/Wonder Woman, Justice League and Kara Zor-El, Superwoman. Then, half of our Bat Chat team, Matt Lazorwitz, comes in...

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