Jeph Loeb - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:14:31 +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 Jeph Loeb - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 X-Men of Apocalypse #3 features Savage Land Rogue (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/12/x-men-of-apocalypse-3-features-savage-land-rogue-preview/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56259 In X-Men of Apocalypse #3, the XOA journey to a land before time and Gambit finds the woman he loves on a world he never made - Rogue!

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]]> 56259 With all of H2SH’s logic leaps, at least Batman #161 doesn’t skip leg day https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/25/batman-161/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53583 Batman faces down Hush and his cronies with Robin and an odd ally: Bane. Nightwing and Red Hood deal with Joker. And Batgirl goes to talk to her dad, which leads to a confrontation with Batman. Batman #161 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair...

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]]> 53583 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 H2SH continues, and no one is happy, in Batman #160 https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/30/batman-160/ Fri, 30 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52889 Batman’s quest to stop Hush and save Red Hood from himself leads him to Hush’s allies, while Nightwing finds Hush, Red Hood, Joker and more characters as “H2SH” rolls on. Batman #160 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Richard Starkings. Will...

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]]> 52889 Marvel announces X-Men of Apocalypse, in which the AoA heroes come to Earth-616 https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/09/xmen-of-apocalypse/ Fri, 09 May 2025 18:54:09 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52555 Marvel on Friday announced X-Men of Apocalypse, a six-part miniseries (four issues bookended by an Alpha and Omega issues) starting in September, written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Simone Di Meo. The book will see the X-Men of Earth-295 — including Gambit, Sabretooth, Wild Child, Blink, Morph and Forge — traveling to Earth-616 on...

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]]> 52555 Marvel teases return to the Age of Apocalypse (like we’re not already living it) https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/08/age-of-apocalypse-2025/ Thu, 08 May 2025 16:51:12 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52537 “Tell me you haven’t had the same question gnawing at you, Erik. “All of the other X-Men returned to their reality. “You stuck around to help me build a new world while my body died on a beach somewhere. “Or you left and the version of you from this reality reappeared. Something like that. “The...

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]]> 52537 ‘H2SH’ minus Hush in Batman #159 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/24/batman-159/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:01:17 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52348 Batman must do the unthinkable: He must save the Joker’s life. But the Joker has done so much horror over the years, there are members of Batman’s own family who will not look kindly upon this. Batman #159 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair...

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]]> 52348 H2SH begins in Batman #158, but is the hype real? https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/30/batman-158/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52100 Hush is back, and he has a new scheme to take out Batman. The sequel to the classic tale “Hush” begins here. Batman #158 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Richard Starkings. Will Nevin: You excited to hear that Jeff Lemire...

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]]> 52100 BatChat spent Christmas catching up on Detective Comics, Last Halloween and JLU https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/30/batchat-tec-lasthalloween-jlu/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51229 Batman and Robin investigate the death of a young man under their charge, and the mysterious organization seemingly covering it up. Bruce Wayne grows closer to Dr. Scarlett Scott, but her connection to the crimes may be deeper than Bruce suspected. Detective Comics #1,092 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin...

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]]> 51229 The BatChat boys LOVE Batman: Dark Patterns. Other comics are here, too. https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/13/batchat-darkpatterns-androbin-lasthalloween-batscoob/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51110 In the early days of his career, Batman investigates a series of strange, brutal murders that seem designed to make the victims experience the maximum amount of pain. Follow a detective story from the beginning in Batman: Dark Patterns #1, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by...

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]]> 51110 Batman vs. werewolf, the Last Halloween and more DC Horror in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/01/batchat-halloween-fullmoon-dchorror/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50703 Batman’s hunt for the kidnapped James Gordon Jr. leads him and Robin to Arkham Asylum. A clue received there leads him to hunt another rogue as the new Holiday shootings continue in Batman: The Long Halloween — The Last Halloween #2, written by Jeph Loeb, drawn by Klaus Janson, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered...

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]]> 50703 ‘Gotham Nocturne’ sticks the landing as the Last Halloween begins in this week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/27/batchat-tec-worldsfinest-lasthalloween/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50308 Ram V’s operatic run on Detective Comics reaches its conclusion. What more is there to say? The lead story of Detective Comics #1,089 is written by Ram V, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Luis Guerrero and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup, we see the effects of Batman’s confrontation on his enemies and...

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]]> 50308 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: The Big Spooky Board https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/27/batchat-with-matt-will-the-big-spooky-board/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43581 Batman and Halloween: two great tastes that taste great together. This week, we’re going back to a creative team that we have read a lot of work by, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, for their first collaborations on Batman, and the last we have to cover, the Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials. They’re...

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]]> 43581 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Most Punchable Bat Rogue https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/13/batchat-with-matt-will-the-most-punchable-bat-rogue/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43403 In another moment that makes Matt feel like he’s not so slowly turning to dust, “Hush,” the Jeph Loeb/Jim Lee neo-classic, is turning twenty years old this week. Or is it a classic? That is what Matt and Will are looking at this week, with three stories starring the Batman villain most likely to make...

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]]> 43403 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep. 34: 100 Stories Down… https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/12/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-34-100-stories-down/ Thu, 12 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40664 Hey look at that! They said it couldn’t be done, but we have actually gotten up to 100 stories on the big board! To celebrate, Matt & Will just… picked stuff they wanted to talk about. So this week we finish the Vampire Batman trilogy, we go back to the world of The Long Halloween...

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]]> 40664 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 19: So It’s Come to This, a BatChat Sequels Show https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/27/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-19-so-its-come-to-this-a-batchat-sequels-show/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37677 It only took us 19 episodes to swing back to ground we’ve already tread; it’s not like there are 80 years of completely unrelated Batman stories to talk about. But this is our podcast, and we’ll do what we like (unless you back us on Patreon, and then we’ll do what you want). Anyway, this...

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]]> 37677 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 13: Chekhov’s Two-Face https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/16/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-13-chekhovs-two-face/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35906 Sometimes it’s hard to judge a story. Sometimes you might need to… flip a coin. Yes, that is a labored wordplay to get to something to tie into this week’s subject, Batman’s (possibly) second greatest foe, former district attorney Harvey Dent, best known as Two-Face. Fortunately, these stories didn’t require any coin tosses for their...

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