Mark Waid - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:26:00 +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 Mark Waid - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Superman/Spider-Man #1 mostly understands the assignment https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/02/superman-spider-man-1-mostly-understands-the-assignment/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56433 DC and Marvel’s renewed friendly rivalry continues with Superman/Spider-Man #1, as the Man of Steel and the Web-Slinger meet and save the day.

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]]> 56433 Check out covers and more info on DC/Marvel’s Superman/Spider-Man #1, coming in March https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/09/check-out-covers-and-more-info-on-dc-marvels-superman-spider-man-1-coming-in-march/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:26:58 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55209 We know know when it’s coming out (March 25). When know how much it’s going to cost ($7.99, or $8.99 for card stock variants). We know who’s writing and drawing the main story (Mark Waid and Jorge Jimenez). We know the idea of the Daily Bugle and Daily Planet news teams racing to scoop a...

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]]> 55209 BatChat solves mysteries in Detective Comics, Justice League Unlimited and The Question https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/24/batchat-tec-jlu-question/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:19:10 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51474 The Bat family races to save the young men targeted by the serial killer Asema. Batman confronts the killer, but the results are not what he was expecting. Detective Comics #1,093 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott.  The Amazon rainforest burns with mystical fire. While...

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]]> 51474 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 BatChat covers Absolute, Batman & Robin Year One, World’s Finest and The Question https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/20/batchat-absolute-yearone-worldsfinest-question/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51186 Bruce Wayne faces a moral dilemma: let the Party Animals operate without Batman’s interference for a week and receive a large sum of money and the gang going easier on Gotham. As Bruce tries to make his decision, political wrangling makes it more clear exactly who is behind the chaos in Gotham. Absolute Batman #3...

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]]> 51186 BatChat makes up for lost time with Batman, ‘Tec, Two-Face and Justice League Unlimited https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/06/batchat-batman-tec-twoface-jlu/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51047 Jim Gordon is in jail for the murder of the mayor of Gotham, and Batman must find out the truth about what his friend may or may not have done. But with Riddler and the Court of Owls circling, what can Bruce Wayne do to protect himself and all he cares about? Batman #155 is...

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]]> 51047 Mark Waid continues to be good at comics in BatChat (Plus, The Question in space!) https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/22/batchat-yearone-worldsfinest-question/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50901 While Two-Face joins forces with the General, and Batman and Robin experience growing pains in their relationship, Bruce Wayne faces a threat like none he has ever experienced: Gotham Child Protective Services. Batman & Robin: Year One #2 is written by Mark Waid, drawn and colored by Chris Samnee and lettered by Clayton Cowles and...

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]]> 50901 A Mark Waid twofer as BatChat covers Batman & Robin: Year One and World’s Finest https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/18/batchat-yearone-worldsfinest-gothambygasligh/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50487 Three months ago, Batman took in an orphan. Now, it’s time for the world to meet Robin, the Boy Wonder. On his first night out, a run-in with Two-Face leads to questions about a new, and far greater, threat. Batman & Robin: Year One #1 is written by Mark Waid, drawn and colored by Chris...

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]]> 50487 BatChat With Matt & Will: Villains Month- Killer Croc https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/17/batchat-with-matt-will-villains-month-killer-croc/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50461 Killer Croc is a character who has evolved a great deal over his time, and that pun is only half unintended. He has been a mobster, a monster and an anti-hero. This week, for Villains Month, we look at three different interpretations of Croc. In one, he’s a barely human monster running from humanity. In...

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]]> 50461 ‘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 Batman takes down the Orghams, visits Wonder Woman and punches The Thanagarian in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/30/batchat-tec-worldsfinest-offworld/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49981 The final battle has begun. Batman is storming the Orghams’ headquarters while his family saves Gotham’s citizens and the motley crew of villains he has allied with takes on the Orgham lieutenants. Nearly 30 issues has led to this. The lead story of Detective Comics #1,088 is written by Ram V, drawn by Guillem March,...

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]]> 49981 BatChat beats the Imp Killer, returns to ’89 and seeks vengeance for Robin https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/19/batchat-worldsfinest-echoes-robinlives/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:23:27 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49640 The Dynamic Duo and the Man of Steel are entering their final battle with the 6th dimensional Imp Killer, but Batman has been turned into a puppet! Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk have to step up and gather some additional help, or things will end poorly. But who will wind up sacrificing themselves to stop this...

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]]> 49640 Bruce resets, Mites fall and the Scooby Gang goes to jail in this week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/21/batchat-batman-worldsfinest-batscoob/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49368 The battle with Zur is over. And now it is time for Batman to pick up the pieces. He has to deal with the teenage clone of Bruce Wayne that Zur created, sure, but Zur left a lot of pieces in place that he has to look at. A new era begins here. Or does...

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]]> 49368 Imps gone wild, First Knight wraps and Catwoman’s on her last life in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/24/batchat-worldsfinest-firstknight-catwoman/ Fri, 24 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49041 The heroes of the DC Universe are falling before enemies empowered by their 5th Dimensional Mite counterparts while Batman and Superman are trapped in the 2nd Dimension. While Bat-Mite helps Batman and Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk goes to the one man who might be able to save the world: Jimmy Olsen. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #27 is...

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]]> 49041 Betrayal, Bat-Mite and a Birthday Dick in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/19/batchat-androbin-worldsfinest-nightwing/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48645 While Damian and Flatline confront her sister, who it turns out has decided to go into the family business of crime, Batman teams up with Shush to put an end to Man-Bat’s reign of terror. But there is more than one betrayal before this issue is out. Batman & Robin #8 is written by Joshua...

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]]> 48645 A Dark Age, a Joker-Luthor team-up and a desert journey ends in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/29/batchat-tec-worldsfinest-darkage/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48420 Batman has reached the end of his journey across the sands. Now, all that remains is the last temptation by Dr. Hurt and the Demon Barbatos. Batman must step up and face these dark spirits down to rise from this journey reborn. And in Gotham, the Question finds evidence of the truth she has sought,...

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]]> 48420 Gordon goes Joker hunting, Darkseid is, but so is Amanda Waller in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/26/batchat-batman-worldsfinest-catwoman/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48032 Jim Gordon is trapped in Gotham Central as the Red Hood Gang makes an audacious play. But also in Central is a factor no one expected: the Joker, who has decided to show his old gang, and its new boss, exactly what he can do. “Joker: Year One” concludes in Batman #144, written by Chip...

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]]> 48032 BatChat With Matt & Will: Grayson & Friends (w/ Tony Thornley) https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/15/batchat-with-matt-will-grayson-friends-w-tony-thornley/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47951 It’s Valentine’s Day week, and I may or may not have forgotten about that when I was scheduling episodes this year. Fortunately, ComicsXF writer and friend of the show Tony Thornley picked some stories that work pretty well for Valentine’s Day. You see, these are all about love: brotherly love, romantic love, and the love...

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]]> 47951 Magog, Catwoman and Godzilla in this week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/19/batchat-worldsfinest-catwoman-godzillakong/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:39:48 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47743 Two sets of the World’s Finest heroes must confront Gog and Magog to stop the ancient god and his servant from leading the heroes of Earth-22 into a war on Apokolips they cannot win in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #22, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve...

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]]> 47743 Return to Kingdom Come, Gotham War and Nightwing’s butt jokes in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/20/batchat-worlds-finest-20/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46959 The quest for the lost Kid Thunder has brought Superman and Batman to Earth-22, the world of Kingdom Come. But a glimpse into that world’s future has the heroes on their back feet and wondering what they can do in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #20, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra...

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]]> 46959 When Bruce met Clark, and two more Knight Terrors end, in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/18/when-bruce-met-clark-and-two-more-knight-terrors-end-in-batchat/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46318 What happened when the heroes who would some day be the World’s Finest met for the first time? Find out in this new version of the first meeting of Batman and Superman in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #18, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Travis Moore, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands. Trapped in...

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]]> 46318 Nightwing and Catwoman Enter the Nightmare Realm in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/21/nightwing-and-catwoman-enter-the-nightmare-realm-in-batchat/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46039 It’s the final stand against Newmazo. But how can Batman, Superman and the combined might of the heroes of Earth stand against an android both with all their powers and a brilliant mind? Find out in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #17, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by...

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]]> 46039 Rogue Robots, a Day with Dick and Cat vs. Mask in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/23/rogue-robots-a-day-with-dick-and-cat-vs-mask-in-batchat/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45811 The robot rebellion is here, and Batman and Superman are its prisoners. But as other heroes leap into the fray, can the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel figure out how to stop the AI revolt in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #16, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and...

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]]> 45811 Tom King Wrote a Batman Story? The Devil You Say! (BatChat) https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/19/tom-king-wrote-a-batman-story-the-devil-you-say-batchat/ Fri, 19 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45514 A new anthology series debuts in this first issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold:  The robots are revolting! And they’re killing all humans, too … but seriously. As Batman and Superman face Ultra-Morpho, all the robotic heroes and villains of the DCU begin to attack. And by issue’s end the true mastermind is...

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]]> 45514 You’re All Robots, Go to Hell in This Week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/21/youre-all-robots-go-to-hell-in-this-weeks-batchat/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45280 Accused of the murder of Simon Stagg, Bruce Wayne has to sit on the sidelines as Superman and Robin try to figure out who really killed him. Metamorpho is on the hunt as well, and an old Justice League nemesis lurks in the shadows in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #14, written by Mark Waid, drawn by...

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