Penguin - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:08:43 +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 Penguin - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: Wak, Wak Said the Villain https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/24/batchat-with-matt-will-wak-wak-said-the-villain/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:00:36 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53517 Somehow, as we near 200 episodes, we still stumble across holes in our coverage. He’s appeared in a lot of stories we’ve covered, but we have never done an episode purely focused on Penguin stories. So this week, we remedy that. We’re reading Penguin’s first appearance, the story that changed him from supervillain to mobster...

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]]> 53517 BatChat With Matt & Will: Happy Birthday, John Ostrander https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/18/batchat-with-matt-will-happy-birthday-john-ostrander/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48626 This week, one of the defining writers of DC Comics in the 80s and early 90s will turn 75 years old. John Ostrander has a storied career over more than 40 years. He created an indy hit with his creator owned mercenary, Grimjack, and wrote some of the best received Star Wars comics ever. His...

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]]> 48626 Joker story bad, Penguin story good, ‘Tec story great in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/26/batchat-detective-bravebold-penguin/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47782 The final act of “Gotham Nocturne” begins here. Stranded alone on the desert that is the apotheosis of all deserts, Batman must fight the Azmer demon inside him as Simon Hurt and his master Barbatos circle. Meanwhile, Renee Montoya continues her investigation into the death of GCPD members as the Question leads her down a...

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]]> 47782 Enter the Realm of X in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/23/enter-the-realm-of-x-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46346 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Realm of X #1: After the Hellfire Gala, Magik, Mirage, Marrow, Dust and Typhoid Mary find themselves stranded in Vanaheim. Y’know, the Thor place? The locals seem to believe they hold the key...

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