Neal Adams - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:55:28 +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 Neal Adams - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: An Odyssey Into Madness (w/ Matt McThorn) https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/20/batchat-with-matt-will-an-odyssey-into-madness-w-matt-mcthorn/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51774 I usually try to put something witty or informative here. But this week, Patreon backer Matt McThorn is back, and he asked us to read Neal Adams’s mad dream, Batman: Odyssey. He didn’t know what he was getting himself or us into, so we have forgiven him, but this one feels like an all-timer. We...

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]]> 51774 BatChat With Matt & Will: Villains Month- Man-Bat https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/31/batchat-with-matt-will-villains-month-man-bat/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50655 And we have reached the end of October, the spookiest of months, and this the end of villains month. And to wrap it up, we’re getting one of the spookiest of Batman villains: Man-Bat. Dr. Kirk Langstrom has an origin really out of the pages of Spider-Man, but someone has wound up a fixture in...

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]]> 50655 BatChat With Matt & Will: Matt Will Finally Know Peace (w/Josh Weil) https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/28/batchat-with-matt-will-matt-will-finally-know-peace-w-josh-weil/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48407 Josh Weil is back, and he’s bringing his favorite character with him. It’s time for Batman to team up again with Ollie Queen, Green Arrow. We’re reading the classic Bob Haney/Neal Adams story where Ollie grows his signature facial hair, a team-up that also includes the Question, and some questionable content involving Poison Ivy. And...

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]]> 48407 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Melty Eye https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/07/batchat-with-matt-will-the-melty-eye/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46497 We’ve done episodes before that look at three versions of one story. But of there’s one story that has seemingly been retold more than any other, it’s the first Batman story, “The Case of the Chemical Syndicate.” This week, we’re reading four versions of that story over three issues, plus some other stories in an...

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]]> 46497 BatChat With Matt & Will: Still a Very Uncomfortable Stereotype https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/08/batchat-with-matt-will-still-a-very-uncomfortable-stereotype/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45662 They stalk the night. When they have your name, you are as good as dead, so pray that you never draw their attention. They are the League of Assassins. Whether they serve Ra’s al Ghul, his daughter Talia, the Sensei or any other master, the League has been a thorn in the side of Batman...

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]]> 45662 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 30: The Demon’s Head-Line https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/14/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-30-the-demons-head-line/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40061 Among Batman’s many foes are serial killers, madmen and monsters. But few are the type of villain who seeks to dominate or control the world. The one who is, possibly the foe that Batman respects and fears the most, is Ra’s al Ghul, the Demon’s Head. Seemingly immortal, Ra’s wants to return the world to...

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]]> 40061 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 14: Have Yourself a Batman Little Christmas https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/23/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-14-have-yourself-a-batman-little-christmas/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36301 It’s the week of Christmas, and even the Dark Knight has taken time out to celebrate the holidays, but not your friendly podcast hosts. This week, Matt & Will are looking at three Christmas stories in Gotham. Happy holidays to one and all, and we hope your Christmas doesn’t involve the Joker. Trust us in...

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]]> 36301 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 13: Chekhov’s Two-Face https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/16/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-13-chekhovs-two-face/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35906 Sometimes it’s hard to judge a story. Sometimes you might need to… flip a coin. Yes, that is a labored wordplay to get to something to tie into this week’s subject, Batman’s (possibly) second greatest foe, former district attorney Harvey Dent, best known as Two-Face. Fortunately, these stories didn’t require any coin tosses for their...

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]]> 35906 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.7: The Clown Prince of Carnage https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/04/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-7-the-clown-prince-of-carnage/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35015 He’s Batman’s greatest nemesis. He is as mutable as his foe, appearing sometimes as a whacky criminal clown, sometimes as a terrifying homicidal maniac, and sometimes as an urban terrorist. He is the Joker. And this week, Matt and Will look at three single issue Joker stories in their first villain spotlight episode. The Joker’s...

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]]> 35015 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep. 6: Spooky Books- The BatChat Marry/F***/Kill Episode https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/28/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-6-spooky-books-the-batchat-marry-f-kill-episode/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34879 Just in time for Halloween, BatChat takes on three tales of Batman mixing it up with the supernatural. We have vampires, we have immortals, we have werewolves, and we have the scariest thing of all: a new worst story on the list! Listen in to hear what story it is, and hear Matt get so...

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