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BatChat With Matt & Will: Subtle As a Bag of Hammers

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin11 months ago11 months ago02 mins

Batman works outside the law pretty much all the time. And while he often runs afoul of civic authorities in Gotham City, it’s surprising how rarely he winds up in the crosshairs of the feds (well, we’re just starting Absolute Power in the main line, but again, exception that proves the rule). But it has…

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BatChat With Matt & Will: Stop Trying to Make Geo-Force Happen (w/Austin Gorton)

Matthew Lazorwitz, Will Nevin and Austin Gorton2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Over his 85+ years, Batman has been a member of lots of different teams. This week, fellow ComicsXF writer Austin Gorton stops by to talk about three different teams Batman has been a member of. We fill in another gap in Will’s knowledge of the roots of the Morrison run, Snapper Carr is kind of…

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BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman With a Gun?

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Joker is Batman’s most dedicated foe. Ra’s al Ghul is the deadliest. The Penny Plunderer is the most ridiculous (that’s up for debate, but he’s my pick). But no criminal is more integral to the Batman mythos than Joe Chill, the man who killed the Waynes (except in Batman ’89, but the point still stands)….

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BatChat With Matt & Will: The Darkest Episode of ’66 Ever

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

It’s taken three episodes, but we’ve finally covered every story in the original Batman #1. That means this week, we’re covering the first appearance of Catwoman, and so we’re also covering a couple other Catwoman stories, one a story that’s place in continuity is weird even by DC Comics standards, and one that started off…

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Bat Chat With Matt & Will: The Players On the Other Side

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Of all superheroes, Batman seems to have spawned more characters that are dark reflections of him than any other. Sure, Superman has Bizarro, and Spider-Man has Venom, but Batman has a legion of the them: Killer Moth, Bane, Hush, Owlman (the Lincoln March one), Wrath, Prometheus. There are enough to fill multiple episodes, so we…

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BatChat With Matt & Will: The Hope In Crime Alley

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Batman’s allies are known for many things. Their brains. Their fighting skills. Their dedication. And while Dr. Leslie Thompkins, the woman who comforted Bruce Wayne the night his parents were killed is lacking in the second of those three attributes, she more than makes up for it in the first and third. Leslie is a…

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BatChat With Matt & Will Ep. 46: Batman Loves Dinosaurs

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

So, Matt spent most of his long drive into work trying to come up with a Batman version of the Green Lantern oath, but he’s not a poet, so instead we’re admitting that here. This week, we’re reading three stories where Batman wields a power ring. One of these books is far and away the…

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BatChat With Matt & Will Ep. 32: Is There a Single Likeable Character In This Book?

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago01 mins

As The Batman is now streaming on HBO Max, Matt and Will thought it was time to look at one of the stories that served as a prime inspiration for this year’s blockbuster Bat movie- Batman: Earth One. And to go with it? Two other stories of Batman’s origins and early years. Batman: Earth One…

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BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 21: Love, Gotham Style (w/ Abigale Heartbalm)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

We’re less than a week from Valentine’s Day, and what says love more than a guy in a Bat costume pursuing a woman in cat themed leather or a beautiful assassin? Or a disastrously dysfunctional relationship between two clowns? Talking about those things with thee ones we love, of course. That’s why this week, Matt…

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BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 11: Don’t Fear the Unicorns and Bunnies

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago03 mins

“Fear State” wraps up in the monthly Bat comics this week, so Matt and Will are reading three stories that feature the mastermind behind the most recent Batman crossover: Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow. See him be whimsical, see him be pathetic, see him be epic. And find out which three of these stories features the…

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BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 4: The Dark Knight Detective

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

There are many ways to describe Batman. Superhero. Martial Artist. Scientist. Adventurer. But for your hosts, Matt & Will, one beats all the rest: Detective. This week, we look at three stories that have a theme of Batman as the Dark Knight Detective. Blades (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #32-34) The Doomsday Book (Detective…

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