Robin - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:11:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Robin - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Absolute Batman #20 introduces the Robins https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/08/absolute-batman-20-introduces-the-robins/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:11:43 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56502 As the dust settles in Gotham after the loss of [redacted], Robins enter the scene ready to hunt in DC's Absolute Batman #20.

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]]> 56502 BatChat With Matt & Will: Eternally Yours, Robin https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/23/batchat-with-matt-will-eternally-yours-robin/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54622 For you out there, it has only been one week since our last episode. But we took a week off recording so we could really pack in the comics. This week, we’re covering the entire, 26 issue run of Batman & Robin Eternal, the weekly series that ran at the end of the New 52...

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]]> 54622 BatChat With Matt & Will: Youth of Gotham Unite https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/02/batchat-with-matt-will-youth-of-gotham-unite/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54332 Gotham Academy returns to comic shops this week with a new prequel series, so we’re reading three stories about teens in Gotham. Tim Drake faces a major challenge with his first confrontation with the man who killed the previous Robin, the Joker. Duke Thomas is recruited into the We Are Robin movement in a Gotham...

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]]> 54332 BatChat With Matt & Will: Damian Wayne Was Horrible (w/ Sam Hopper) https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/11/batchat-with-matt-will-damian-wayne-was-horrible-w-sam-hopper/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54074 We’re joined by first time guest and long time Patreon backer Sam Hopper to read some Damian Wayne stories from earlier in the character’s life. Back when Damian was a truly insufferable brat. I know, for many of his haters he still is, but man, in these stories he is really something else. We read...

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]]> 54074 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Deadliest Woman in the World (w/ Josh Weil) https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/28/batchat-with-matt-will-the-deadliest-woman-in-the-world-w-josh-weil/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53954 Lady Shiva walks through the world, leaving a trail of bodies behind her. Not a hero, but often not quite a villain, Shiva has developed relationships with many members of the Bat Family: trainer to Tim Drake, rival and sometimes member of the Birds of Prey, mother to Cassandra Cain. Josh Weil joins the show...

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]]> 53954 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Boys’ Picks (w/ Josh Weil) https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/19/batchat-with-matt-will-the-boys-picks-w-josh-weil/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50240 Our very first Dick Grayson backer, Josh Weil, makes his return to the podcast this week, but he’s not picking the stories. Instead, he has gifted his picks this month to our youngest backers, his sons, David and Alexander. They give us stories that show they love sidekicks, young butlers, and giant monsters. In this week’s BatChat...

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]]> 50240 BatChat With Matt & Will: Grayson & Friends (w/ Tony Thornley) https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/15/batchat-with-matt-will-grayson-friends-w-tony-thornley/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47951 It’s Valentine’s Day week, and I may or may not have forgotten about that when I was scheduling episodes this year. Fortunately, ComicsXF writer and friend of the show Tony Thornley picked some stories that work pretty well for Valentine’s Day. You see, these are all about love: brotherly love, romantic love, and the love...

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]]> 47951 BatChat With Matt & Will: Conceived Behind a Dumpster https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/05/batchat-with-matt-will-conceived-behind-a-dumpster/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46735 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...

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]]> 46735 The Robins Have Nightmares in This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/12/the-robins-have-nightmares-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45947 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Knight Terrors: Robin #1: When two Bat-brothers get taken into the Nightmare Realm, Jason Todd and Tim Drake must fight their worst fears and each other as they’re forced to relive the darkest...

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]]> 45947 Happy Belated Father’s Day, Big Daddy [A] Is Back in Our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/28/happy-belated-fathers-day-big-daddy-a-is-back-in-our-staff-picks/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45844 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: Before the Fall: Heralds of Apocalypse: In ancient days, Genesis turned back the hordes of Amenth. In ancient days, Genesis forced Annihilation into a parley. What words were spoken in her mind?...

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]]> 45844 ‘Tec Shines as Tim Drake Rushes Toward the End in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/02/tec-shines-as-tim-drake-rushes-toward-the-end-in-batchat/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45615 The grand opening of Orgham Place holds something sinister, and the Bat Family must try to stop it. But the Orghams have plans within plans that even Batman may not be able to stop. The lead story in Detective Comics #1,072 is written by Ram V, penciled by Ivan Reis and Stefano Raffaele, inked by...

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]]> 45615 Immortal History, Young Riddler and Batwoman Drops into BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/28/immortal-history-young-riddler-and-batwoman-drops-into-batchat/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45347 Batman prepares to make his move to stop the Orghams and their plans for Gotham as Talia finishes telling him about the connection between her family and theirs. The lead story in Detective Comics #1,071 is written by Ram V; penciled by Stefano Raffaele, Ivan Reis and Eduardo Pasarin; inked by Raffaele, Danny Miki, Joe...

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]]> 45347 J@me$ Tyn1on’s W0rldTr33 1e@d$ Th1$ W33k’$ $t@ff P1ck$ https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/26/jme-tyn1ons-w0rldtr33-1ed-th1-w33k-tff-p1ck/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45316 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s pick: W0rldtr33 #1: In 1999, Gabriel and his friends discovered the Undernet, a secret architecture to the Internet. They charted their exploration on a message board called W0RLDTR33. Then they lost control. Someone broke...

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]]> 45316 Two Shades of Harley, Ivy, Tim and Azrael in a Not-So-BatChat Roundup https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/01/two-shades-of-harley-ivy-tim-and-azrael-in-a-not-so-batchat-roundup/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43644 Gotham City has its own gravity. Sooner or later, everyone is drawn back to it. Sometimes, though, when the protagonistic eye of the Batman is not on them, they get to live lives of their own … and that’s when Not-So-BatChat drops in. This week, we look at Tim Drake’s new solo series as he...

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]]> 43644 BatChat With Matt & Will: It’s Tim Drake Time! https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/29/batchat-with-matt-will-its-tim-drake-time/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43182 This is the one Matt has been waiting for. To tie in with the first issue of his new ongoing series, we’re looking at three stories from the history of the best Robin, and Matt will brook no argument on this one, Tim Drake. See his origin, his return to Gotham from training, and his...

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]]> 43182 WMQ&A Episode 224: Things Get Dark with Joshua Williamson https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/06/wmqa-episode-224-things-get-dark-with-joshua-williamson/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42733 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 224: Things Get Dark with Joshua Williamson Writer Joshua Williamson joins the show to talk about his upcoming Image series Dark Ride, the linewide DC event Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, theme park strategy and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music,...

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]]> 42733 ‘Shadows’ Fall and Zombies Crawl in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/25/shadows-fall-and-zombies-crawl-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39211 “Shadows of the Bat” concludes, with various threads tied up, some left dangling and setup for what’s to come in Detective Comics #1,058, written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Amancay Nahuelpan, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Ariana Maher. And in the final chapter of “House of Gotham,” The Boy finally gets a name...

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]]> 39211 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 22: Three Robins https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/17/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-22-three-robins/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37991 We’ve already had one episode dedicated entirely to the origin of Dick Grayson, the first Robin. Now it’s time to move on to stories featuring the early days of three of the next Robins (no, we’re not taking part in Stephanie Brown erasure; she’ll just get a focus in a Batgirls episode, we promise). See...

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]]> 37991 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.12: The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/09/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-12-the-daring-young-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35618 With DC continuity a mess of Crises, reboots, Rebirths and New 52s, some stories get rewritten and some stories get retold. Batman’s first year has been rewritten numerous times. But his first meeting with Dick Grayson, the first Robin? That one gets retold, and each time it’s tinkered with just a little. This week, Matt...

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]]> 35618 From Vampires to Zombies, This Week’s Staff Picks are Spooky AF https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/25/from-vampires-to-zombies-this-weeks-staff-picks-are-spooky-af/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34793 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick: House of Slaughter #1: James Tynion IV’s Tiny Empire expands with this prequel spinoff of his BOOM Studios series Something Is Killing the Children, focused on monster hunter Aaron Slaughter, co-written by Tate...

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]]> 34793 Fly with Superman’s Son, Go to Horny Jail with Demons: Staff Picks for July 28 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/26/fly-with-supermans-son-go-to-horny-jail-with-demons-staff-picks-for-july-28/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31863 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Superman, Son of Kal-El #1: Walk with me for a minute. Y’know how Cannonball ended up being a great hero and father because he was trained by a mix of Xavier, Magneto and...

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]]> 31863 Alan Scott’s Quest, Nightcrawler’s Hangover and More Staff Picks for 6/23 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/21/alan-scotts-quest-nightcrawlers-hangover-and-more-staff-picks-for-6-23/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29840 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #1: When our heroes saved the DC Multiverse in Dark Nights: Death Metal, everything was put back where it belonged. But Alan Scott has noticed some of his allies are still...

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]]> 29840 Next Stop: Hellfire Gala, Mister Miracle and More Staff Picks for 5/26 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/24/next-stop-hellfire-gala-mister-miracle-and-more-staff-picks-for-5-26/ Mon, 24 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28036 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1: Someone wants to challenge Shilo Norman for the moniker of Mister Miracle. But if this is anyone but Scott Free or the late Thaddeus Brown, they’re...

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]]> 28036 In Nightwing #80 Blüd-erly love and Wildly Inventive Art Bring Peak Glee https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/21/in-nightwing-80-blud-erly-love-and-wildly-inventive-art-bring-peak-glee/ Fri, 21 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27976 Nightwing finally learns about the threat of Heartless in the worst way possible – when the police show up at Dick’s door to question him about one of Heartless’ murders. With a little help from Barbara Gordon, Dick manages to fend off the police, and team-up with best Robin Tim Drake to begin tracking Heartless...

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]]> 27976 Crack an Egg on It! Robin Flies Solo in Our Staff Picks for 4/28 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/26/crack-an-egg-on-it-robin-flies-solo-in-our-staff-picks-for-4-28/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25657 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Robin #1: Damian Wayne enters the League of Lazarus tournament to prove he’s the best at fights in a new series by writer Joshua Williamson and artist Gleb Melnikov. ($3.99) Check out the...

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