What amped Rhino up from criminal super-bruiser to rampaging disaster machine? We aren’t spilling, but it just amped up Spider-Man! And the only people who can help are Norman Osborn and … Peter’s long-lost childhood best friend? Amazing Spider-Man #2 is written by Joe Kelly, drawn by Pepe Larraz, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered…
Peter Parker gets a new beginning! Again! But really it’s a pretty fun launch. Amazing Spider-Man #1 is written by Joe Kelly, drawn by Pepe Larraz, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Joe Caramagna, with backups written by Kelly, drawn by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Marcio Menyz and lettered…
Writer Zeb Wells ends his nearly three-year run on Amazing Spider-Man with a quiet issue #60 alongside artists John Romita Jr., Ed McGuinness, Paolo Rivera, Todd Nauck and Patrick Gleason; inkers Scott Hanna and Mark Farmer; colorists Marcio Menyz, Rachelle Rosenberg and Edgar Delgado; and letterer Joe Caramagna, while Joe Kelly, Mark Buckingham, Delgado and…
It’s time to celebrate! Matt’s other show, The ComicsXF Interview Podcast, reached episode 300 this week. And so for that celebration, that show’s co-host, the first ever BatChat guest, Matt’s best friend of over 30 years, ComicsXF Editor-in-Chief Dan Grote, is joining BatChat again. We are talking stories from three creators who have been interviewed…
Hey look, it’s Valentine’s week! And since Grant Morrison once called Batman a, “hairy chested love god,” who are we to argue? That means it’s time for three tales of the Dark Knight and romance! Strange Apparitions (Detective Comics V.1 #471-476) The Return of Scarface (Batman V.1 #475-476, Detective Comics V.1 #642) Perchance… (JLA #90)…
Welcome to teen hero comics of the 90s. It’s a very very mixed bag. For all the charm that some have, some… don’t. Friend of the show and Patreon backer Josh Weil really wanted to talk about Impulse #50, so we found some other stories of teen heroes in the 90s and Batman, specifically the…
DThey’re darkness and light. One is the champion of the city of tomorrow, one is the hero a corrupt and fallen city needs. They have been rivals, allies and sometimes friends. They are Batman and Superman. This week, a new volume of World’s Finest, the classic Batman/Superman team-up book, launches so Matt and Will are…
It’s “en media res” the comic book by Joe Kelly, Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Marco Menyz, Dale Eaglesham, Morry Hollowell, and Travis Lanham! After a year of delays, Non-Stop Spider-Man finally hits stands this week. The series is built around the concept of a high octane, all action Spider-Man story, a literal interpretation of the…