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Batwoman #5 builds to a showdown between sisters
Nightcrawler’s not loving the aliens in Uncanny X-Men #32
BatChat With Matt & Will: The House of al Ghul (w/ Matt McThorn
CXF Staff Picks: Absolute Green Arrow, X-Men and more

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Absolute Batman #22 tweaks Harley Quinn’s origin

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin7 days ago1 week ago08 mins

Harley Quinn tries to get Batman to listen to her warnings, and in so doing, tells him about her past in Absolute Batman #22.

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Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 weeks ago4 weeks ago09 mins

Batman fights the Robins. Bruce’s friends have a talk. All this, and the first meeting of Absolute Batman and Joker in Absolute Batman #21.

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BatChat With Matt & Will: The Love of a Faceless Man

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 month ago1 month ago02 mins

Matt and Will cover three arcs tied to the New 52 “Death of the Family” crossover in Batman, Batman & Robin, and Detective Comics.

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The Robins descend in Absolute Batman #20

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 months ago2 months ago08 mins

The Scarecrow confronts Batman for the first time. Waylon tries to find help for Bruce. And the Robins close in on Batman in Absolute Batman #20.

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Absolute Batman #19 brings the Scarecrow to Gotham

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 months ago3 months ago08 mins

The Scarecrow appears, and one of Batman’s staunchest allies will not survive the encounter, in DC’s Absolute Batman #19.

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Absolute Batman #20 introduces the Robins

Dan Grote3 months ago3 months ago01 mins

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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Absolute Batman #18 will tear your heart out

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 months ago4 months ago011 mins

Poison Ivy tries to win Batman over to her way of thinking, and Martha Wayne has a fateful meeting with the Court of Owls, in Absolute Batman #18.

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Absolute Batman #17 lets Poison Ivy loose on Gotham

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin5 months ago5 months ago011 mins

Batman must climb his way to the top of the Heart Building to face his newest foe: a more monstrous incarnation of Poison Ivy, in Absolute Batman #17.

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When Bruce met Diana: Absolute Wonder Woman #15 and Absolute Batman #16

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin6 months ago6 months ago010 mins

Hell comes to Gotham as Team BatChat covers the two-part crossover between DC’s Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Batman.

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DC K.O. unveils its Final Four. How many of our CXF brackets have survived?

Dan Grote6 months ago6 months ago03 mins

As the DC K.O. tournament reaches its endgame, the final eight combatants are put to the ultimate test. In the end, only the final four will remain.

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The end of Bane and the beginning of Joker in DC’s Absolute Batman #14 and #15

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin7 months ago7 months ago010 mins

In this corner, we have Gotham’s new Dark Knight, the Batman! And in this corner, we have the man who wants to break him, Bane! Only one is coming out of this fight on two legs. Absolute Batman #14 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Nick Dragotta, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by…

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DC K.O. #2 busts 3 of our 9 CXF tournament brackets. Here’s who’s still in the fight.

Dan Grote8 months ago8 months ago03 mins

The tournament is in full swing. Heroes have fallen. Darkseid is near. The 32 champions have been chosen, and now they must compete to earn the Heart of Apokolips. The first challenge? Battling across a deadly arena to acquire new weapons of war. Superman has his doubts that the Justice League is doing the right…

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An Absolute twofer as we review DC’s Absolute Evil #1 and Absolute Batman #13

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin9 months ago9 months ago09 mins

In a heavily guarded room, five people gather. They are rich, or powerful, or both. They discuss the secrets of the world, and their growing discontent as superhumans are manifesting. And they will form an alliance strangely like one we have seen before, but completely different in a key way. Absolute Evil #1 is written…

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DC K.O. #1 is a rock’em-sock’em good time with some big twists

Tony Thornley9 months ago9 months ago05 mins

The Heart of Apokolips has transformed Earth into a hellscape in preparation for the return of Darkseid, and the Justice League’s only chance to defeat him is to enter a deadly tournament. The world’s greatest heroes fight to become the champion to enter the ring against Darkseid, but there’s a catch: The closer you get…

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ComicsXF fills out their DC K.O. brackets. See who we think will win.

Dan Grote, Scott Redmond and Rasmus Skov Lykke9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER! This week, DC Comics launches DC K.O., a linewide event book by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez in which, in order to stop Darkseid’s latest plot to destroy the Earth, 32 of DC’s heroes and villains must beat each other up. How does a fight tournament stop a powerful cosmic tyrant like…

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