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A lore drop clicks things into place in DC’s The New Gods #3

Armaan Babu3 months ago3 months ago019 mins

Scott Free and Barda are still on the search for the child who may just bring about the end of the Fourth World, not knowing they are up against secret machinations laid down by Metron for his own mysterious ends. Before that, though, the Chronicler pulls Metron aside to tell him a story of how…

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A Dark Age, a Joker-Luthor team-up and a desert journey ends in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 year ago1 year ago024 mins

Batman has reached the end of his journey across the sands. Now, all that remains is the last temptation by Dr. Hurt and the Demon Barbatos. Batman must step up and face these dark spirits down to rise from this journey reborn. And in Gotham, the Question finds evidence of the truth she has sought,…

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Batman possessed by Zur, a demon and his love for Catwoman in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 year ago1 year ago022 mins

After hearing Joker’s tale, Batman is determined to escape the prison Zur has left him in. And Zur is out, in the body of Failsafe, claiming to be Batman and enforcing his new form of justice. “Dark Prisons” begins in Batman #145, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and…

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  • Batman

Joker story bad, Penguin story good, ‘Tec story great in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 year ago1 year ago026 mins

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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Batman and Catwoman go to war (plus Gordon’s Knight Terrors, Riddler) in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago026 mins

After months of exhaustion, Batman collapses and awakens weeks later to find Gotham changed. Crime is down, and the city is quiet. But the reason is not what he would like it to be: Catwoman has organized the city’s small-time crooks and is enforcing rules. As he and the family meet with Selina, lines are…

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Gordon’s Nightmare, Gotham’s Future and Audio’s End in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago023 mins

Jim Gordon is in for a weird night. A group calling itself the Good People of Gotham have summoned beings from the 5th Dimension and unleashed a horror on Gotham on top of whatever madness Insomnia is wreaking. And one of these cultists is now using the armor Gordon wore during his brief tenure as…

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The Bat Chat Boys Break Down DC’s Fear State Alpha

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago023 mins

It’s all been leading to this. DC’s new Batman event starts in Batman: Fear State Alpha. Numerous threads from across the Batman line start to come together, with many villains making their move and the heroes caught on the back foot. The issue is written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by…

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