Welcome back to Talking Absoluteā¦, where we at ComicsXF analyze the Absolute DC storylines, controversies and themes that have captured our imaginations each month. Today, weāll be covering the titles released in the back half of May, talking teenage angst in Absolute Flash, gaseous villains in Absolute Wonder Woman and humanityās clouded judgment in Absolute…
Admittedly, the Big Board was not kind to the original volume of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Robin & Batman. On a list of 552 Batman stories, the retelling of Dick Grayson’s early years as Robin currently sits at 522. Check out Matt and Will’s discussion here. But readers responded more favorably, enough so that…
Welcome, everyone, to our first monthly edition of Talking Absolute ā¦, where weāll focus on the storylines, controversies and themes that have captured our imaginations in the Absolute DC titles each month. April was the first month to have releases from all six series, so what better time to start than this? So far, we…
Jake Murray: Let me start off with the coldest take since Dr. Victor Fries took up his nom de guerre: The first wave of titles in DCās Absolute line have been pretty damn successful (thatās Absolute Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman for the dozen or so uninitiated). Let me stun you with another ice-cold blast…
InĀ this weekās BatChat column, we readĀ Detective ComicsĀ #1,085,Ā Batman: Dark AgeĀ #3Ā andĀ Batman: The Brave and the BoldĀ #13. Check out the Big Board of rankingsĀ HERE. Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo. Follow the show on Twitter @BatChatComics, and back us onĀ Patreon.
Writer Jeff Lemire, artist Gabriel Walta, colorist Jordie Bellaire and letterer Steve Wands head out on the back roads and find only horror in Phantom Road #1, published by Image Comics. I grew up on trucks. My dad owned a small trucking company, and I frequently would ride along when I wasnāt in school. As…
A āHotel Californiaā reference here would be pretty lame, right? But there are literally characters checking out and never leaving in Hotell Vol. 2 #5, written by John Lees, drawn by Dalibor Talajic, colored by Lee Loughridge, lettered by Sal Cipriano and published by Artists, Writers and Artisans.Ā Thereās a āNew Kid in Town,ā and…
In a land of talking chainmail, the woman with the talkiest chainmail is queen. Probably ā in Immortal Red Sonja #1, written by Dan Abnett, drawn by Alessandro Miracolo, colored by Ellie Wright, lettered by Jeff Eckleberry and published by Dynamite. Itās a quiet night in the āburbs ā¦ until your dadās goon squad hauls…
The meek shall inherit the earth. And by meek, we apparently mean kiddie vampires in Little Monsters #1, written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Dustin Nguyen, lettered by Steve Wands and published by Image. Netflix needed something to adapt, so weāve got King of Spies #1, written by Mark Millar at Netflix, drawn by Matteo…
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…
Looks like we oopsed up and called it too early before, but this time itās really the last issue of the new volume of Legends of the Dark Knight. This issue features two shorts: āThe Ghost and the Knight,ā written by Che Grayson, drawn by Belen Ortega, colored by Alejandro Sanchez and lettered by Aditya…
The truth of The Network and their deep connections to Gotham and the Joker begin to be revealed, as Jim Gordon once again comes face to face with Joker in The Joker #9, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. Some new ghost…
Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world turned upside down after discovering her comic book creations were real and she was one of them. As she and the Unteens reunite and put the pieces together, they take on the forces that disbanded them for one final fight. In reality, Unbelievable Unteens #4…
A multidimensional nightmare wreaks chaos on Spiral City as the powerful superhero known as the Black Hammer joins forces with the brutal vigilante known as the Skulldigger to put an end to this madness in Black Hammer: Reborn #5, written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Malachi Ward, Matthew Sheean and Rich Tomasso, and lettered by…
In Black Hammer: Reborn #4, Colonel Weird brings Lucy on a trip through the Para-Zone, and the sins of her past; written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Caitlin Yarsky, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Nate Piekos. Meanwhile, in Unbelievable Unteens #3, the newly reunited no-longer-teens remember the White Wraith Saga that tore the…