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BatChat With Matt & Will: The Law of Contrivance

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

There are plenty of superheroes you could talk about where the issues of copaganda in 2023 don’t come up. I’m sure there are. But Batman isn’t one of them. We’ve had episodes talking about Jim Gordon and the main detectives of the GCPD before and had to look at those questions, and this week, we’re…

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  • Batman

A Blue Wall Falls, Ra’s Has One Bad Day and Chasing Metamorpho in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago023 mins

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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  • Batman

Clayface, Nightwing and the GCPD Take Over BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago024 mins

Danny Ortega’s one-man war on the GCPD continues as Renee Montoya is given an offer in GCPD: The Blue Wall #5, written by John Ridley, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. Basil Karlo went to Hollywood to reinvent himself. But when you’re a shapeshifting clay monster, it’s hard…

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  • Batman

Jace Fox’s Run Ends While The Adventures Continue in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago024 mins

A motorcycle gang called the Ratpack made up of rat men is terrorizing the home of Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman. The Scooby Gang teams up with her niece, the original Bat-Girl, and the new Batwoman to find out what happened to her and who is behind the Ratpack in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries…

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  • Batman

A Sidekick Snaps, Bane Wrassles and a Cop … Also Snaps … in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago021 mins

Kid Thunder has been freed from the Joker and the Key, but the torture has caused him to begin to lose his grip on his rage. Now Superman must make a fateful decision in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #11, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands….

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  • Batman

A Day at the Beach as Urban Legends Ends in BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago020 mins

Ghosts and a medium lead to robberies. Not exactly unusual for a Scooby-Doo story. But there’s some more to this issue than meets the eye in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #4, written by Amanda Deibert, drawn by Scott Jeralds, colored by Carrie Strachan and lettered by Saida Temofonte. The truth about Jace’s mother has…

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  • Batman

Batman v. Robin, Montoya v. Two-Face and Urban v. Legends in BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago022 mins

It all comes down to this: Father fights son while the Devil Nezha and Mother Soul look on. Batman vs. Robin #4 is written by Mark Waid, drawn by Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Steve Wands. While our three rookies face the effects of their actions or inactions,…

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  • Batman

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo Was Actually Entertained by Batman/Spawn? (and More BatChat)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago016 mins

It’s party night in the Owl Court Hotel, as the Scooby Gang and Bruce Wayne wind up attending a birthday soiree and running from a Talon in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3, written by Matthew Cody, drawn and colored by Erich Owen, and lettered by Saida Temofonte. Lucius Fox comes to New York as…

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  • Batman

‘Tec Visits Hamilton Times, the Penguin Strikes Back and the Bat Arrives in BatChat (Text)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago022 mins

The year is 1776, and the Orgham family is planning to unleash a mystical artifact that will make the Gathome settlement theirs forever. But there is a fly in the ointment. Or should I say a Bat. Detective Comics Annual 2022 is written by Ram V, drawn by Christopher Mitten and Rafael Albuquerque with Hayden…

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  • Batman

World’s Finest, Freeze and the GCPD in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago019 mins

Kid Thunder’s dark secret comes to light as the Joker and the Key make their move in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #9, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands. Is there redemption to be found for the supervillains of Gotham? Batman and Robin, early in their…

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The World of Wakanda Widens with Black Panther #10 and a Shuri Spotlight

Jude Jones3 years ago3 years ago012 mins

“No, I didn’t like it. At all.” She told me (of all people!) she doesn’t like Black Panther. Not the movie, not the comic. Nothing. But I wasn’t mad. How could I be? She was born in East Africa, educated in Kenya and Namibia. She speaks Amharic to her mother and father.  How could she…

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  • Batman

Holy Resurrections, Batman! [Redacted] Is Back in BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago023 mins

The tension has been boiling for years, and now it has exploded. Damian Wayne has come to kill his father, and he’s brought some friends along. And Batman has his own ally at hand 
 the seemingly resurrected Alfred Pennyworth. Batman vs. Robin #1 is written by Mark Waid, drawn by Mahmud Asrar, colored by…

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  • Batman

Jace Fox, the Signal and Azrael Star in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago025 mins

Jace Fox teams up with the Question to find out who killed Anarky while Tiff Fox tries to find her place in her new life in I Am Batman #12, written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce, colored by Rex Locus and lettered by Troy Peteri.  Batman: Urban Legends #18 starts its next serials,…

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Black Panther #8, Like Beyonce’s New Album, Won’t Be for Everyone

Jude Jones3 years ago3 years ago08 mins

T’Challa has owned the path his secrets paved for the Hatut Zeraze’s takeover, and ceded command of the resistance to his allies. But doing the right thing doesn’t always lead to the outcomes – or answers – one would prefer. T’Challa’s undue mistrust must face consequences – choices that will alter the fate of Wakanda…

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  • Batman

A Titanic Team-Up of Tinseltown Titans (Plus I Am, Beyond) in BatChat T.E.

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago026 mins

Jace gets a new headquarters, Chubb faces the fallout of the arrest of Manray and Montoya comes to New York in I Am Batman #11, written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce & Tom Derenick, colored by Rex Locus and lettered by Troy Peteri.  Batman: Urban Legends #17 is an in-between-arcs cooling off issue,…

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