Greg Rucka - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 01 May 2026 00:42:29 +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 Greg Rucka - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Batwoman #2 feels like old times. That’s the problem. https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/30/batwoman-2-feels-like-old-times-thats-the-problem/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:42:24 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56662 Kate Kane lays siege to the Religion of Crime’s headquarters in Greece, driven by her grief at the death of her sister, in DC's Batwoman #2.

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]]> 56662 Batwoman #1 reunites Greg Rucka with one of his favorites https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/20/batwoman-1-reunites-greg-rucka-with-one-of-his-favorites/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56328 DC Next Level starts here with the triumphant return of Greg Rucka to the character he co-created in Batwoman #1, with art by DaNi.

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]]> 56328 BatChat With Matt & Will: That is the Question https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/19/batchat-with-matt-will-that-is-the-question/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56308 When she was created for Batman: The Animated Series, I can’t imagine the series creators realized what a life Renee Montoya would have in the comics. Technically appearing in comics before B:TAS premiered because of the much longer lead time for animation, Montoya has gone from beat cop to detective to vigilante to police commissioner...

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]]> 56308 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Angel, The Ivy, The Demon Star https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/15/batchat-with-matt-will-the-angel-the-ivy-the-demon-star/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55574 This week, BatChat is returning to the three runs we’ve been following in order. Well, sorta. Yes, we’re reading the next arc of No Man’s Land and the penultimate arc of Grant Morrison’s epic run. But Injustice has been showing signs of severely diminishing returns the past few volumes, and we had something else we’ve...

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]]> 55574 BatChat With Matt & Will: You’re a Damn Good Cop, Jim Gordon https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/16/batchat-with-matt-will-youre-a-damn-good-cop-jim-gordon/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54523 Jim Gordon made his first appearance in Detective Comics #27. You know, the same comic that Batman made his first appearance. So, you can imagine the number of stories that Gordon has been featured in. But especially since Frank Miller made “Batman: Year One” as much about Gordon as it is about Batman, that number...

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]]> 54523 BatChat With Matt & Will: One of the Oldest Jokes https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/09/batchat-with-matt-will-one-of-the-oldest-jokes/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54427 We’re back following the three runs we’ve been reading in order for a while now. No Man’s Land reaches its midpoint as the Bat family comes home to Gotham and the identity of the new Batgirl is revealed. Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne face their ultimate challenge as they are trapped between Dr. Hurt and...

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]]> 54427 BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman Begins At 20 https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/25/batchat-with-matt-will-batman-begins-at-20/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54260 Time moves ever forward. I can’t believe that Batman Begins is 20 years old this year. As I question my mortality and life choices, this week we read three stories from the Batman Begins trade, including the movie adaptation, a retelling of Batman’s origin by Denny O’Neil and a one off by Greg Rucka. This...

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]]> 54260 4 stories about Batman and people in Detective Comics #1,100 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/29/detective-comics-1100/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53969 Detective Comics #1,100 is a big anniversary issue with a collection of stories from creators past and present from its 85+ year run.   “Lost And Found” is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott.“Your Role In the Community” is written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Amancay Nahuelpan,...

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]]> 53969 BatChat With Matt & Will: Elements, Guy and Chessboards. Oh, My! https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/17/batchat-with-matt-will-elements-guy-and-chessboards-oh-my/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53415 Superman was pretty great, huh? We wanted to keep the good times rolling this week with an episode featuring characters other than the big guy who appeared in the movie. I really wanted to do a Batman/Mr. Terrific team up, but outside team settings, there aren’t really any, so we instead went with a classic...

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]]> 53415 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Requisite Superman Tie-In https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/10/batchat-with-matt-will-the-requisite-superman-tie-in/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53328 The birth of the new DC Cinematic Universe… DC Extended Universe… DC… ah whatever the hell they’re calling it, kicks off on the big screen this week with the debut of James Gunn’s Superman film, so we’re obviously tying in because SEO is a powerful thing. We have three more stories of the World’s Finest...

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]]> 53328 BatChat With Matt & Will: A Pride Tribute to Kevin Conroy https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/19/batchat-with-matt-will-a-pride-tribute-to-kevin-conroy/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53086 The evolution of representation of queer characters in mainstream superhero comics is something that entire books can, and should, be written about. So I’m not going to wax rhapsodic about all the changes here, but it’s June and thus Pride Month, and so we’re back with queer Bat characters. First we wrap up Greg Rucka’s...

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]]> 53086 Cheetah and Cheshire Pull the Heist of the Century in New DC Series https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/08/cheetah-and-cheshire-pull-the-heist-of-the-century-in-new-dc-series/ Thu, 08 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52529 There are a few things that, when I see an announcement of a new comic, immediately make me want to read it. Heists are one. Cats are one. Greg Rucka is one. And when you get all three? I am so in! Coming out August 6th, DC is releasing Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice...

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]]> 52529 BatChat With Matt & Will: There’s Something Funny About Him https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/30/batchat-with-matt-will-theres-something-funny-about-him/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51545 It’s always a good time for us to return to the runs that we’re following in order. This time, things go from bad to worse in No Man’s Land, Dick Grayson investigates Wayne Manor for clues to Bruce Wayne’s whereabouts while Damian has a strange encounter with Oberon Sexton, and the magical war in the...

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]]> 51545 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Proper Pronunciation of Constantine https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/14/batchat-with-matt-will-the-proper-pronunciation-of-constantine/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50789 It’s been a while, but we’re returning to the three runs that we’re following in order. In No Man’s Land, we take a break from big story revelations for an anthology month of four of shots. In Grant Morrison’s run, Dick Grayson brings Batman’s corpse to England to a Lazarus Pit and learns something unexpected...

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]]> 50789 BatChat With Matt & Will: Pride in the Name of Gotham (w/ The Gotham Outsiders) https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/13/batchat-with-matt-will-pride-in-the-name-of-gotham-w-the-gotham-outsiders/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49250 We’re in the heart of June, which is Pride Month, so BatChat is joined by the hosts of the Gotham Outsiders podcast to talk about three stories featuring the queer residents of Gotham. Kate Kane’s origin is revealed, Tim Drake comes out, and animated Harley and Ivy go on a road trip. Oh, and towards...

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]]> 49250 BatChat With Matt & Will: Jason Todd – Red Headed Stranger https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/11/batchat-with-matt-will-jason-todd-red-headed-stranger/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48518 It’s been a while, but we’re back reading the three series/runs that we have been following (mostly) in order. In “No Man’s Land,” both Batman and Jim Gordon make some choices that definitely won’t come back to bite them on the butt. In the Morrison run, they investigate ethics in vigilantism and Jason Todd’s hair...

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]]> 48518 Battle Of The Atom: Cats ≠ Dogs https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/19/battle-of-the-atom-cats-%e2%89%a0-dogs/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47999 I know cats aren’t dogs. I don’t know if Jeff Loeb does. Ranked this episode:

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]]> 47999 BatChat With Matt & Will: Batwoman Begins https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/07/batchat-with-matt-will-batwoman-begins/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47349 Originally introduced in the 1950s, Batwoman has gone from a forgotten character to one who is a queer icon and headlined her own TV series. Kate and Kathy Kane are very distinct characters, and this week, we’ll be reading stories featuring them both, thanks to a request from Sam Hopper. We see Kathy meet Bat-Mite,...

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]]> 47349 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Law of Contrivance https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/13/batchat-with-matt-will-the-law-of-contrivance/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45989 There are plenty of superheroes you could talk about where the issues of copaganda in 2023 don’t come up. I’m sure there are. But Batman isn’t one of them. We’ve had episodes talking about Jim Gordon and the main detectives of the GCPD before and had to look at those questions, and this week, we’re...

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]]> 45989 BatChat With Matt & Will: He’s a Freakin’ Pterodactyl (w/Josh Weil) https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/22/batchat-with-matt-will-hes-a-freakin-pterodactyl-w-josh-weil/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:05:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45794 The Mad Hatter is one of Batman’s oddest major foes. While all of the rogues who have existed since the Golden Age have gone through various permutations, few are as wildly different. Sometimes he is obsessed with hats. Sometimes he is a mind control scientist. Sometimes he is obsessed with Alice In Wonderland and has...

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]]> 45794 BatChat With Matt & Will: Brubaker Central https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/06/batchat-with-matt-will-brubaker-central/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43309 Ed Brubaker is one of the best crime writers in comics, and before going over and writing some of the best comics on the market for Image, he did runs on various Batman and Batman family titles. This week, we’re reading three stories from three different runs on those titles. Fearless (Batman V.1 #582-583) Made...

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]]> 43309 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 30: The Demon’s Head-Line https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/14/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-30-the-demons-head-line/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40061 Among Batman’s many foes are serial killers, madmen and monsters. But few are the type of villain who seeks to dominate or control the world. The one who is, possibly the foe that Batman respects and fears the most, is Ra’s al Ghul, the Demon’s Head. Seemingly immortal, Ra’s wants to return the world to...

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]]> 40061 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 18: Night of the Huntress https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/20/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-18-night-of-the-huntress/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37543 Continuity is a cruel mistress. DC’s ever rebooting universe has meant most characters have at least two completely distinct histories. And amongst the Batfamily, no character’s two histories are more different than the Huntress. Introduced as the daughter of the Batman and Catwoman of Earth-2, Crisis on Infinite Earths wiped out the alternate Earths and...

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]]> 37543 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.8: One Angry Batman https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/11/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-8-one-angry-batman/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35203 Batman may be the world’s greatest detective and martial artist, but he isn’t infallible, as much as some sections of fandom want you to believe. And this week, we look at three stories where Batman loses in very different ways. Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia Superheavy (Batman V.2 #41-50) Cold Days (Batman V.3 #51-53) If you...

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