You can start out as a Robin, but eventually you have to grow up, right? Well, maybe not Tim Drake, who’s Robin again, but there was a period where he wasn’t. And Dick Grayson and Jason Todd have left the Robin identity behind long ago. This week, Sam Hopper joins us again to talk about…
The problem with writing about the cancellation of DC’s Red Hood is it’s impossible to write about in a vacuum. You can’t write about the cancellation of Red Hood without writing about Jason Todd, the second Robin, the one who perennially finds himself on the outs with the Bat family for his brooding, murder-boy nature….
Our very first Dick Grayson backer, Josh Weil, makes his return to the podcast this week, but he’s not It’s strange to think that Jason Todd has been back from the dead longer than he was actually dead now. For those of us who read Batman comics in the 90s, the death of Jason was…
It’s been a while, but we’re back reading the three series/runs that we have been following (mostly) in order. In “No Man’s Land,” both Batman and Jim Gordon make some choices that definitely won’t come back to bite them on the butt. In the Morrison run, they investigate ethics in vigilantism and Jason Todd’s hair…
Big Two superhero comics are an iterative process. What was conceived in the 1930s and 40s has evolved and changed over the intervening three quarters of a century. Usually? That’s for the better. Characters get deeper and develop more of an internal life. Plots become more mature. Art becomes more realistic, or more stylized. And…
I have been having a hard time saying that this month marks the 40th anniversary of the first appearance of Jason Todd. It just doesn’t seem like to could be that long ago, but it absolutely is. And so, to celebrate the anniversary of the angriest Robin (well, Damian does give him some competition), we’re…
Failsafe makes its first move against Batman, and the whole Bat family might not be enough to stop it in Batman #126, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Catwoman’s hunt for the Cobblepot heir reaches a … dead end in a…
This week starts a new era in the ongoing Batman series, as new writer Chip Zdarsky takes over, making him the first writer to write both the Batman and Daredevil ongoings at the same time. And since both Matt & Will are fans of Zdarsky’s other crime work, well, what better time to look at…
Episode 7 of Titans is here, bringing with it delights like ice cream, puppies, and handwritten letters to friends. Let’s get into “51%”. Liz Large: Jason! You’ve returned from the dead, just like another Jason I know. Glad you’re here to talk about this episode with me! Jason Large: Lazarus pits take 1-2 episodes. I’m…
Titans’ third season continues with “Lazarus”, which offers some answers about how Jason Todd became the Red Hood while also inspiring even more questions. Liz Large: Episode five is here, and with it comes a new co-writer. Corey, after watching you tweet through the experience of watching Titans for the first time I am VERY…
Titans’ third season continues with ‘Blackfire’ where Dick takes matters into his own hands and Kori takes Gar on an impromptu roadtrip. Liz Large: We’re back for episode four of Titans, which will hopefully answer some questions raised in last week’s three-episode drop. You know, stuff like “why is Jason Todd doing this?” and “what’s…
Titans Season 3 continues with some surprise life and death changes. The first three episodes premiered on Thursday, August 12th 2021. The first episode, “Barbara Gordon” was covered previously and can be found here. The following discussion is for the second and third episodes, “Red Hood” and “Hank & Dove.” Liz Large: I gotta say,…
The Titans are back, bitches! Season Three of the HBO Max series has the team (sans Hawk, Dove, and Raven) making a name for themselves in San Francisco, but it appears as if tragedy in Gotham will put everything that has been built to the test. The first three episodes premiered on Thursday, August 12th…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Bruce Wayne continues his quest to stop the Magistrate with no resources but his mind, and Red Hood continues his quest to prove he is the worst former Robin by joining the Batfamily’s enemies. We see these two new tales of Gotham in Future State: Dark…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zach’s Pick X-Men #15: Pretty sure Apocalypse fights his wife in this one. But also, nothing’s really gone as predicted in “X of Swords. I mean, Magik arm wrestled a croco-monster that turned out…