Stefano Raffaele - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:51:07 +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 Stefano Raffaele - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 TCXFIP 393: Zack Kaplan & Stefano Raffaele talk Only the Savage Are Left https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/31/tcxfip-393-zack-kaplan-stefano-raffaele-talk-only-the-savage-are-left/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56392 Zack Kaplan and Stefano Raffaele join the show to talk about their upcoming Dark Horse Comics series Only the Savage Are Left.

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]]> 56392 Al Ewing saves the day in Detective Comics Annual 2025 https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/09/detective-comics-annual-2025/ Fri, 09 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52542 Two self-contained Batman stories in one big issue. In his first Batman story, Al Ewing tells a tale of murder and math. And in the backup, one of Batman’s youngest fans teams up with the Dark Knight to investigate something going very wrong in his school. Detective Comics Annual 2025 has a main story written...

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]]> 52542 BatChat catches up with the latest issues of Batman, & Robin, and Detective Comics https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/23/batchat-batman-robin-tec/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49931 Amanda Waller’s war on superheroes is in full swing, and Batman has asked Catwoman to help him steal something that will help put Waller on the backfoot. This should be easy with the world’s greatest thief, right? No, because he didn’t expect to find Waller’s newest Suicide Squad in a secret U.S. military base. Batman...

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]]> 49931 Bane fights a T-rex as ‘Tec gets to the workin’ overtime part in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/12/batchat-batman-androbin-detective/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49557 At the end of “Gotham War,” a thief broke into Bruce Wayne’s brownstone and discovered that he is Batman. Now he is trying to use that information to his advantage, to make one big score and get out of the life. But things aren’t all that easy in Batman #150, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled...

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]]> 49557 Joker enters the fray in ‘Tec, plus Dark Age and Brave & the Bold in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/31/batchat-tec-darkage-bravebold/ Fri, 31 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49091 Batman is gathering the forces he needs to bring down the Orghams. The Orghams are gathering the forces they feel they need to cement their hold over Gotham and stop Batman. And Catwoman is reaching out to the one person neither side wants to deal with. The lead story of Detective Comics #1,085 is written...

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]]> 49091 A Dark Age, a Joker-Luthor team-up and a desert journey ends in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/29/batchat-tec-worldsfinest-darkage/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48420 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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]]> 48420 Batman possessed by Zur, a demon and his love for Catwoman in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/11/batchat-batman-detectivecomics-batscoob/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48154 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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]]> 48154 Magog, Catwoman and Godzilla in this week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/19/batchat-worldsfinest-catwoman-godzillakong/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:39:48 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47743 Two sets of the World’s Finest heroes must confront Gog and Magog to stop the ancient god and his servant from leading the heroes of Earth-22 into a war on Apokolips they cannot win in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #22, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve...

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]]> 47743 BatChat With Matt & Will: Spud’s All, Folks! https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/30/batchat-with-matt-will-spuds-all-folks/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47276 The beauty of a Patreon request is you never know what you’re going to get. And bless Dan Grote, co-host of WMQ&A and BatChat’s first patron and guest, for coming at us with a request nobody expected. This week, we’re reading three stories featuring Joe Potato, a Gotham PI who we read one story with...

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]]> 47276 Joker Gets a Day Job and the Scooby Gang Takes a Cruise in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/14/joker-gets-a-day-job-and-the-scooby-gang-takes-a-cruise-in-batchat/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46000 The S.S. Silver St. Cloud is setting out for its maiden voyage to test a new navigational system developed by WayneTech. Bruce Wayne has invited Mystery Inc. to join him on the cruise and to help solve the mysteries he has set up. But when real pirates show up, it’s up to Batman, Scooby-Doo and...

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]]> 46000 ‘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 Gotham Burns and the Orghams Plot in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/06/gotham-burns-and-the-orghams-plot-in-batchat/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45146 Threads begin to come together as Bruce Wayne faces his own mortality and the history of the Orghams is revealed. The lead story in Detective Comics #1,070 is written by Ram V, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Adriano Lucas and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup, a frozen Dr. Mead reflects on the...

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]]> 45146 A Blue Wall Falls, Ra’s Has One Bad Day and Chasing Metamorpho in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/03/24/a-blue-wall-falls-ras-has-one-bad-day-and-chasing-metamorpho-in-batchat/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45110 Renee Montoya must face the changes she has not been able to make, and her own complacency, while trying to bring fallen officer Danny Ortega in alive in GCPD: The Blue Wall #6, written by John Ridley, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. Ra’s al Ghul’s newest plan...

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]]> 45110 Clayface, Nightwing and the GCPD Take Over BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/24/clayface-nightwing-and-the-gcpd-take-over-batchat/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44898 Danny Ortega’s one-man war on the GCPD continues as Renee Montoya is given an offer in GCPD: The Blue Wall #5, written by John Ridley, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. Basil Karlo went to Hollywood to reinvent himself. But when you’re a shapeshifting clay monster, it’s hard...

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]]> 44898 A Sidekick Snaps, Bane Wrassles and a Cop … Also Snaps … in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/20/a-sidekick-snaps-bane-wrassles-and-a-cop-also-snaps-in-batchat/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44551 Kid Thunder has been freed from the Joker and the Key, but the torture has caused him to begin to lose his grip on his rage. Now Superman must make a fateful decision in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #11, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands....

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]]> 44551 Batman v. Robin, Montoya v. Two-Face and Urban v. Legends in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/23/batman-v-robin-montoya-v-two-face-and-urban-v-legends-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44326 It all comes down to this: Father fights son while the Devil Nezha and Mother Soul look on. Batman vs. Robin #4 is written by Mark Waid, drawn by Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Steve Wands. While our three rookies face the effects of their actions or inactions,...

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]]> 44326 World’s Finest, Freeze and the GCPD in This Week’s BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/18/worlds-finest-freeze-and-the-gcpd-in-this-weeks-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43922 Kid Thunder’s dark secret comes to light as the Joker and the Key make their move in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #9, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands. Is there redemption to be found for the supervillains of Gotham? Batman and Robin, early in their...

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]]> 43922 Joker Enters the Endgame as ‘Shadows of the Bat’ Continues in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/15/joker-enters-the-endgame-as-shadows-of-the-bat-continues-in-batchat-text-edition/ Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37419 Everything has led to this. All the forces that have pursued the Joker for the past 10 issues are converging on the Sampson estate, as Jim Gordon has a realization, in The Joker #11, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. In Detective...

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]]> 37419 Joker Remixes the Hits and a Sad Dad Raises the Boy Wonder in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/12/joker-remixes-the-hits-and-a-sad-dad-raises-the-boy-wonder-in-batchat/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35229 The truth of The Network and their deep connections to Gotham and the Joker begin to be revealed, as Jim Gordon once again comes face to face with Joker in The Joker #9, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. Some new ghost...

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