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BatChat With Matt & Will: The Forgotten Sidekicks of the 2010s

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 month ago1 month ago02 mins

The Bat family has grown considerably over the years. What started out as Batman and Robin now contains what seems to be a dozen or more characters. And recent years have seen many attempts to add characters who would be big hits and draw massive popularity. And while this has created some good characters, none…

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Gotham War was a letdown, but ‘Tec remains so, so good in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago030 mins

Gotham is on fire, and worse is coming. Vandal Savage’s plan is about to reach fruition, and while he has promised an army of theives immortality, what he is planning is much darker. After all he has done to them, the Bat family and Catwoman must set aside their differences with Batman to save the…

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BatChat With Matt & Will: Gordon’s Mirror

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Commissioner James Gordon has existed literally as long as Batman has, having appeared in Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman. Over the years, he has changed and evolved as many comic characters have. Originally mostly a deskbound civil servant who was just here to turn on the Bat Signal, Gordon has become an important…

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Batman Gets a New Writer, Gordon Processes His Trauma and the Riddler in BatChat (Text)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago022 mins

Gotham has survived the Fear State, and it feels … different. Batman has to reckon with the changed Gotham and with the fall from grace of some old allies in Batman #118, the first issue by the flagship title’s new creative team, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Jorge Molina and Mikel Janin, colored by…

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Hue Vile, Year One Revisited, Black Mask and More in a Busy Bat Chat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago021 mins

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…

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