max allan collins - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:51:05 +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 max allan collins - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: A Black & White Episode https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/12/batchat-with-matt-will-a-black-white-episode/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51091 Last week was three random books from Will’s collection. This week is three stories that Matt has wanted to cover that don’t easily fit in with any themes he has come up with yet. We read some more black and white stories, the sequel to a highly ranked sorry by a late, great writer and...

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]]> 51091 BatChat With Matt & Will: Noir- Gotham Style https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/01/batchat-with-matt-will-noir-gotham-style/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49753 Gotham is a city of shadows. A city where good and evil blend together. It’s a city made for Noir storytelling. And while some Batman stories have some elements of a Noir, most are very much superhero stories. But to tie-in with the 40s themed animated series, Batman: The Caped Crusader, debuting this week, and...

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]]> 49753 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 22: Three Robins https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/17/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-22-three-robins/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37991 We’ve already had one episode dedicated entirely to the origin of Dick Grayson, the first Robin. Now it’s time to move on to stories featuring the early days of three of the next Robins (no, we’re not taking part in Stephanie Brown erasure; she’ll just get a focus in a Batgirls episode, we promise). See...

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]]> 37991 Author Max Allan Collins on the Fanciest New PI in the Game https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/30/author-max-allan-collins-on-the-fanciest-new-pi-in-the-game/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34121 FROM THE DESK OF WILLIAM C. NEVIN Sept. 27, 1948 THUD. He bolted awake and looked at the wall clock to his immediate left. 11:48 a.m. Clifton was early. He cursed the mailman and shifted slightly in the white wingback chair, waiting for all his faculties to arrive before he’d attempt the chore of standing...

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