The Next Batman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:31:49 +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 The Next Batman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The Next Batman and the Cost of Mediocrity https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/09/the-next-batman-and-the-cost-of-mediocrity/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24661 Released in print this week, after debuting digitally, The Next Batman: Second Son #1 begins the story of how Jace Fox, the forgotten son of Lucius Fox, becomes the Batman of “Future State” in a story written by John Ridley, drawn by Tony Akins, inked by Mark Morales, colored by Rex Lokus and lettered by...

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]]> 24661 The X Spot: Double Agent Bond Lands at 001 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/02/the-x-spot-double-agent-bond-lands-at-001/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22043 Heavy on format changes and spies and assassins this week. Let’s get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Spawn #1-2. Story, pencils and inks: Todd McFarlane; Colorists: Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude and Olyoptics; Letterer: Tom Orzechowski; Publisher: Image With the news of Todd McFarlane starting a shared “Spawn’s Universe,” I thought it would...

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]]> 22043 Batgirls Is Great, Everything Else Is a Slog in This Week’s Bat Chat https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/19/batgirls-is-great-everything-else-is-a-slog-in-this-weeks-bat-chat/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21315 We’re back in the future Gotham, where the Next Batman must race the Magistrate to save people who tried to kill him, Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown save a lost ally from the Magistrate, and Catwoman and Poison Ivy have one last girl’s weekend in Future State: The Next Batman #4 with: “The Next Batman,”...

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]]> 21315 Too Many Plots to Wrap up with One Issue Left in The Next Batman https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/05/too-many-plots-to-wrap-up-with-one-issue-left-in-the-next-batman/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14526 Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Batman is on the run from The Magistrate, Duke Thomas makes a speech and the Arkham Knight makes a statement in Future State: The Next Batman #3 with: “The Next Batman,” written by John Ridley, drawn by Laura Braga with breakdowns by Nick Derington, colored by...

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]]> 14526 It’s a Buffet Where the Food Touches: We Review Next Batman #2 & Batman/Catwoman #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/22/its-a-buffet-where-the-food-touches-we-review-next-batman-2-batman-catwoman-2/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13315 It’s a big week here at Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). We’re back in the future Gotham with the new Batman doing some detecting, Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown are in the Magistrate’s jail, while Catwoman and Ivy make a new friend and have a night on the town in Future State: The Next...

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]]> 13315 Wonder Woman, Iron Fist, I Breathed a Body and More Staff Picks for 1/20 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/18/wonder-woman-iron-fist-i-breathed-a-body-and-more-staff-picks-for-1-20/ Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13090 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1: In our top “Future State” story this week, Diana takes on a new threat, the Undoing, at the end of time with help from writers Becky Cloonan...

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]]> 13090 Fox Family Drama and Some Great Art in Future State: The Next Batman #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/08/fox-family-drama-and-some-great-art-in-future-state-the-next-batman-1/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12167 Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). It’s a new year and a whole new Gotham City … of the future. Gotham is now a fascist police state controlled by private security called The Magistrate. Masks are illegal. Batman, whoever he may be, is as much an outlaw as the villains he once...

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]]> 12167 The Future (State) is Now, Eternals and More Staff Picks for Jan. 6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/04/the-future-state-is-now-eternals-and-more-staff-picks-for-jan-6/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=11791 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt & Chris’ Pick Future State: Next Batman #1: DC begins rolling out its two-month Future State event with this look at a future Gotham City ruled by a private law enforcement group and...

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