Giuseppe Camuncoli - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:07:16 +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 Giuseppe Camuncoli - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 An Absolute twofer as we review DC’s Absolute Evil #1 and Absolute Batman #13 https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/19/absolute-evil-1-absolute-batman-13/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54550 In a heavily guarded room, five people gather. They are rich, or powerful, or both. They discuss the secrets of the world, and their growing discontent as superhumans are manifesting. And they will form an alliance strangely like one we have seen before, but completely different in a key way. Absolute Evil #1 is written...

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]]> 54550 Gordon goes Joker hunting, Darkseid is, but so is Amanda Waller in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/26/batchat-batman-worldsfinest-catwoman/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48032 Jim Gordon is trapped in Gotham Central as the Red Hood Gang makes an audacious play. But also in Central is a factor no one expected: the Joker, who has decided to show his old gang, and its new boss, exactly what he can do. “Joker: Year One” concludes in Batman #144, written by Chip...

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]]> 48032 Batman and Robin bond, and Joker’s origin gets fleshed out more in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/16/batchat-batman-robin/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47980 One of the men who trained Batman has decided it’s time to train his opposite number, so the Joker has a new mentor. Batman and Gordon continue to pursue the Red Hood Gang. And in the future, Joker and Batman barrel toward a final confrontation. “Joker: Year One” continues in Batman #143, written by Chip...

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]]> 47980 Joker’s origin, Grundy as cryptid and Bruce in spaaaaaaace in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/09/batchat-batman-scoobydoo-offworld/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47894 Surfacing from the river near Ace Chemicals, the Joker stumbles through Gotham, not yet the monster he will become. And in the future, the world has become that very monster. “Joker: Year One” begins in Batman #142, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Sorrentino, inked by Stefano Nesi and Sorrentino, colored...

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]]> 47894 ‘Tec Visits Hamilton Times, the Penguin Strikes Back and the Bat Arrives in BatChat (Text) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/02/tec-visits-hamilton-times-the-penguin-strikes-back-and-the-bat-arrives-in-batchat-text/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44069 The year is 1776, and the Orgham family is planning to unleash a mystical artifact that will make the Gathome settlement theirs forever. But there is a fly in the ointment. Or should I say a Bat. Detective Comics Annual 2022 is written by Ram V, drawn by Christopher Mitten and Rafael Albuquerque with Hayden...

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]]> 44069 Star Wars #25 Is Not Equal to the Sum of Its Parts https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/20/star-wars-25-is-not-equal-to-the-sum-of-its-parts/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42151 Old favorites from the Charles Soule Star Wars canon are revisited via an anthology of tales in Star Wars #25, written by Charles Soule, art by Ramon Rosanas, Guiseppe Camuncoli, Danielle Orlandini, Will Sliney and Phil Noto, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg, Arif Prianto and Guru-eFX  and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  With Commander Zahra defeated and...

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]]> 42151 The Zdarsky Era Begins as Joker, Batman ’89 End in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/08/the-zdarsky-era-begins-as-joker-batman-89-end-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41958 It’s the start of a new era, as Chip Zdarsky takes over as the writer on the flagship Bat title. Someone is murdering Gotham’s wealthiest, and Batman is on the hunt. But when the trail leads to an old foe, things get out of hand fast in Batman #125, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by...

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]]> 41958 Joker, Riddler and a real Dick Grayson in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/29/joker-riddler-and-a-real-dick-grayson-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40396 Jim Gordon gets some answers but leaves some questions open in the penultimate issue of this series, as the final fate of the Clown Prince of Crime remains a mystery in The Joker #14, written by James Tynion IV, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli, inked by Cam Smith, colored by Arif Prianto and lettered by Tom...

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]]> 40396 Batman/Scooby-Doo Wraps with Joker Close Behind in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/11/batman-scooby-doo-wraps-with-joker-close-behind-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38523 The Sampson family prepares for a meal of clown, but the arrival of Vengeance makes their meal much less satisfying in The Joker #13, written by James Tynion IV, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli, inked by Cam Smith, colored by Arif Prianto & Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. In Detective Comics #1,056, the...

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