Jim Lee - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 29 May 2026 01:06:18 +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 Jim Lee - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Batman #163 wraps H2SH … for now? https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/28/batman-163-wraps-h2sh-for-now/ Fri, 29 May 2026 01:06:13 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56949 With the Bat family turned against him, Batman must work with other allies to make his stand against Hush in Batman #163.

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]]> 56949 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 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 ‘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 I’ve had enough Jim Lee X-Men merch https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/13/ive-had-enough-jim-lee-merch/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48183 There I was, minding my own business, eating the Trader Joe’s salad I’d packed for lunch, when I saw the following D23 promotion for X-Men ‘97 on my Twitter feed:  And, as I looked at the “animation-style” artwork done in homage to Jim Lee’s classic 1992 Impel X-Men cards, complete with a binder and trading...

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]]> 48183 BatChat With Matt And Will: Batman Across the Globe https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/10/batchat-with-matt-and-will-batman-across-the-globe/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46224 While Gotham City is an integral part of the Batman mythos, Batman is an international hero, and there are plenty of stories that take Batman out of the grim confines of his home city and out into a wider world. This week, we read three such stories: one a tour of the great cities of...

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]]> 46224 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 Wake up and Smell the Cardboard with New Book on 1992 Jim Lee X-Men Cards https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/18/wake-up-and-smell-the-cardboard-with-new-book-on-1992-jim-lee-x-men-cards/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42527 Austin Gorton: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the inaugural series of X-Men trading cards, all featuring art from superstar artist Jim Lee (30 years?!? God, I’m old). To celebrate, Abrams ComicArts recently released a hardcover collection of the 100-card set, presenting the cards (front and back) on slick paper (slightly...

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]]> 42527 Sunday Editorial: A (not-at-all) funny thing happened on the way to the FanDome https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/16/sunday-editorial-a-not-at-all-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-fandome/ Sun, 16 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7638 Next Saturday, Aug. 22, is DC FanDome, described in a press release as a “24-hour, immersive virtual fan experience which brings the universe of DC to life and features the stars, filmmakers and creators behind its biggest films, TV series, games and comics.”  (Notice how comics are last.) It’s like many of the virtual cons...

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