Ivan Reis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ivan Reis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Batman Hunted, Riddler’s Diary and Hey, More Nine-Panel Grids in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/30/batman-hunted-riddlers-diary-and-hey-more-nine-panel-grids-in-batchat/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45875 In the ruins of the Orgham Tower, Batman faces down the Orgham prince, and on the surface, the next domino of the Orgham plan to conquer Gotham falls. The lead story in Detective Comics #1,073 is written by Ram V, penciled by Ivan Reis and Goran Sudzuka, inked by Danny Miki and Sudzuka, colored by...

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]]> 45875 ‘Tec Shines as Tim Drake Rushes Toward the End in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/02/tec-shines-as-tim-drake-rushes-toward-the-end-in-batchat/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45615 The grand opening of Orgham Place holds something sinister, and the Bat Family must try to stop it. But the Orghams have plans within plans that even Batman may not be able to stop. The lead story in Detective Comics #1,072 is written by Ram V, penciled by Ivan Reis and Stefano Raffaele, inked by...

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]]> 45615 A Blue Wall Falls, Ra’s Has One Bad Day and Chasing Metamorpho in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/03/24/a-blue-wall-falls-ras-has-one-bad-day-and-chasing-metamorpho-in-batchat/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45110 Renee Montoya must face the changes she has not been able to make, and her own complacency, while trying to bring fallen officer Danny Ortega in alive in GCPD: The Blue Wall #6, written by John Ridley, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. Ra’s al Ghul’s newest plan...

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]]> 45110 A Solid Art Week and a Tom Taylor Tearjerker in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/27/a-solid-art-week-and-a-tom-taylor-tearjerker-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44612 Harvey Dent and Two-Face duel once more, and this time what is hanging in the balance is only the life or death of Batman. The lead story is written by Ram V, drawn by Ivan Reis and Rafael Albuquerque, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup,...

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]]> 44612 Freeze Has a Point, Croc Has Pathos and Riddler Dresses up like Joker in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/30/freeze-has-a-point-croc-has-pathos-and-riddler-dresses-up-like-joker-in-batchat/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44377 In Detective Comics #1,067, the Orghams’ moves turn more violent, Batman and Mr. Freeze talk and a new friend approaches Bruce Wayne. The lead story is written by Ram V, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup, Two-Face and Harvey Dent come...

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]]> 44377 Two-Face? More Like Three-Face in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/28/two-face-more-like-three-face-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44009 In Detective Comics #1,066, Bruce Wayne meets the Orghams for the first time, Harvey Dent solidifies his place in the Gotham underworld and another classic Bat rogue makes the scene. The lead story is written by Ram V, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher....

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]]> 44009 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 Riddler, Jason vs. the Family & Batman vs. Aliens in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/27/riddler-jason-vs-the-family-batman-vs-aliens-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 27 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41130 Batman continues to investigate the citizen criminals, Riddler continues to broadcast and Deb Donovan remains the best new addition to the Bat cast in years in Detective Comics #1,060, 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...

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]]> 41130 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 Master Wayne Trains, A Mask Slips and Shaggy! in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/21/master-wayne-trains-a-mask-slips-and-shaggy-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37616 Before he was Batman, Bruce Wayne was simply a brilliant and angry young man. How did he go from that person to the hero Gotham needed? We begin seeing that journey in Batman: The Knight #1, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. In...

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]]> 37616 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 Climb Arkham Tower and Have a Rich-Off with Lex Luthor in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/07/climb-arkham-tower-and-have-a-rich-off-with-lex-luthor-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37222 Batman and Lex Luthor cross figurative swords as the investigation into the death of Abyss continues in Batman #119 written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Jorge Molina and Mikel Janin, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the new backup feature, Gotham Academy character Maps Mizoguchi returns to investigate the disappearance of...

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]]> 37222 Batman/Superman #17 Introduces a Cosmic Movie Buff https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/01/batman-superman-17/ Sat, 01 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=26000 This month’s issue finds the pair of super friends facing down the “auteur” behind last issue’s classic Hollywood-inspired hijinks.

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]]> 26000 It’s Just Like Old-Timey Film Reels … until It’s Not, in Batman/Superman #16 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/27/its-just-like-old-timey-film-reels-until-its-not-in-batman-superman-16/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23471 The Batman and Superman team-up is one of the great comic team-ups, so we here at ComicsXF are honoring that tradition by taking part of our Bat Chat team and part of our Super Chat team and having them join together to review the first issue of the new era of Batman and Superman team-ups...

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