Tom Taylor - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:44:25 +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 Tom Taylor - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Detective Comics #1,108 finds new raindrops to dance between https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/23/detective-comics-1108-finds-new-raindrops-to-dance-between/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:44:23 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56613 Batman, Black Canary and Green Arrow do their best to protect the last whistleblower testifying against KlepCorp from dying in Detective Comics #1,108.

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]]> 56613 Detective Comics #1,107 brings Arrow and Canary to town https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/detective-comics-1107-brings-arrow-and-canary-to-town/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:06:18 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56384 Batman is on a case involving a crooked company attempting to kill the witnesses to its misdeeds, in Detective Comics #1,107.

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]]> 56384 4 stories about Batman and people in Detective Comics #1,100 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/29/detective-comics-1100/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53969 Detective Comics #1,100 is a big anniversary issue with a collection of stories from creators past and present from its 85+ year run.   “Lost And Found” is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott.“Your Role In the Community” is written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Amancay Nahuelpan,...

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]]> 53969 A Batman-Penguin team-up in Detective Comics #1,098 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/27/detective-comics-1098/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53211 Hunting for the kidnapped Harvey Bullock, Batman finds the secret organization called Elixir has another victim: The Penguin. Batman and Penguin must work together to find Bullock and escape Elixir. Detective Comics #1,098 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Lee Garbett, colored by Lee Loughridge and lettered by Wes Abbott. Will Nevin: Let’s talk...

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]]> 53211 BatChat solves mysteries in Detective Comics, Justice League Unlimited and The Question https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/24/batchat-tec-jlu-question/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:19:10 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51474 The Bat family races to save the young men targeted by the serial killer Asema. Batman confronts the killer, but the results are not what he was expecting. Detective Comics #1,093 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott.  The Amazon rainforest burns with mystical fire. While...

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]]> 51474 BatChat spent Christmas catching up on Detective Comics, Last Halloween and JLU https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/30/batchat-tec-lasthalloween-jlu/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51229 Batman and Robin investigate the death of a young man under their charge, and the mysterious organization seemingly covering it up. Bruce Wayne grows closer to Dr. Scarlett Scott, but her connection to the crimes may be deeper than Bruce suspected. Detective Comics #1,092 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin...

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]]> 51229 BatChat makes up for lost time with Batman, ‘Tec, Two-Face and Justice League Unlimited https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/06/batchat-batman-tec-twoface-jlu/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51047 Jim Gordon is in jail for the murder of the mayor of Gotham, and Batman must find out the truth about what his friend may or may not have done. But with Riddler and the Court of Owls circling, what can Bruce Wayne do to protect himself and all he cares about? Batman #155 is...

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]]> 51047 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Proper Pronunciation of Constantine https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/14/batchat-with-matt-will-the-proper-pronunciation-of-constantine/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50789 It’s been a while, but we’re returning to the three runs that we’re following in order. In No Man’s Land, we take a break from big story revelations for an anthology month of four of shots. In Grant Morrison’s run, Dick Grayson brings Batman’s corpse to England to a Lazarus Pit and learns something unexpected...

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]]> 50789 Absolute Wonder Woman enters the BatChat alongside Tom Taylor’s Detective Comics debut https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/25/batchat-absolute-wonder-woman-detective/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50606 The Princess of Hell has reached Man’s World. Learn the origin of the Wonder Woman of the new DC Earth in Absolute Wonder Woman #1, written by Kelly Thompson, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Becca Carey. A serial killer is targeting young criminals in Gotham, and they seem to...

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]]> 50606 BatChat With Matt & Will: If He Can Fight Like a Man, He Can Write Like a Man (w/ Josh Weil) https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/20/batchat-with-matt-will-if-he-can-fight-like-a-man-he-can-write-like-a-man-w-josh-weil/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49320 Friend of the show and Patreon backer Josh Weil decided to take up a challenge: come up with three stories that he thought could make the top 50 of the Big Board. And gotta say, with no spoilers, he did a pretty good job. We see Bruce Wayne mourning his son, Batman and Catwoman taking...

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]]> 49320 Betrayal, Bat-Mite and a Birthday Dick in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/19/batchat-androbin-worldsfinest-nightwing/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48645 While Damian and Flatline confront her sister, who it turns out has decided to go into the family business of crime, Batman teams up with Shush to put an end to Man-Bat’s reign of terror. But there is more than one betrayal before this issue is out. Batman & Robin #8 is written by Joshua...

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]]> 48645 BatChat With Matt & Will: Jason Todd – Red Headed Stranger https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/11/batchat-with-matt-will-jason-todd-red-headed-stranger/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48518 It’s been a while, but we’re back reading the three series/runs that we have been following (mostly) in order. In “No Man’s Land,” both Batman and Jim Gordon make some choices that definitely won’t come back to bite them on the butt. In the Morrison run, they investigate ethics in vigilantism and Jason Todd’s hair...

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]]> 48518 Return to Kingdom Come, Gotham War and Nightwing’s butt jokes in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/20/batchat-worlds-finest-20/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46959 The quest for the lost Kid Thunder has brought Superman and Batman to Earth-22, the world of Kingdom Come. But a glimpse into that world’s future has the heroes on their back feet and wondering what they can do in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #20, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra...

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]]> 46959 SuperChat Travels Across the Universe and Multiverse https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/30/superchat-travels-across-the-universe-and-multiverse/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45868 The Super-Family is spreading. Through the planet, through the Universe, through the Multiverse and through more comics than we can shake a stick at. With so many people wearing the crest of the House of El, we start to wonder: what does that symbol truly represent? On Earth, it represents family, as Superman and his...

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]]> 45868 BatChat With Matt & Will: Devil Batman Went Down to Gotham https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/29/batchat-with-matt-will-devil-batman-went-down-to-gotham/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45856 We’re back to the three series we’ve been covering arc by arc. This time, Will actually likes a Grant Morrison story in his run on Batman! The Penguin has a rough day in No Man’s Land! And a reasonable number of artists draw an arc of Injustice! It’s a miracle all around! Well, except for...

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]]> 45856 Rogue Robots, a Day with Dick and Cat vs. Mask in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/23/rogue-robots-a-day-with-dick-and-cat-vs-mask-in-batchat/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45811 The robot rebellion is here, and Batman and Superman are its prisoners. But as other heroes leap into the fray, can the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel figure out how to stop the AI revolt in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #16, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and...

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]]> 45811 BatChat With Matt & Will: A True Gentleman’s Gentleman https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/15/batchat-with-matt-will-a-true-gentlemans-gentleman/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45723 He has been many things to Batman over their time together. Butler. Healer. Confessor. But above all else? Father. Alfred Pennyworth has been a part of the Batman legend since the 1940s, but with the advent of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and the change making Alfred a part of Bruce’s life from his earliest memory,...

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]]> 45723 ‘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 SuperChat Brings Us Tales of Supermen and Superboys https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/05/superchat-brings-us-tales-of-supermen-and-suprboys/ Fri, 05 May 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45380 It’s Supermen, Supermen, Supermen, everywhere you look. Evil, electric, parasitic, young and space-faring and, of course, original flavor. There’s something for everyone! Superman and his family deal with the threat of Metallo and his malevolent metallic minions — but there’s more than meets the eye in Action Comics #1053, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn...

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]]> 45380 You’re All Robots, Go to Hell in This Week’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/21/youre-all-robots-go-to-hell-in-this-weeks-batchat/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45280 Accused of the murder of Simon Stagg, Bruce Wayne has to sit on the sidelines as Superman and Robin try to figure out who really killed him. Metamorpho is on the hunt as well, and an old Justice League nemesis lurks in the shadows in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #14, written by Mark Waid, drawn by...

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]]> 45280 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 New Era Begins In This Week’s SuperChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/30/a-new-era-begins-in-this-weeks-superchat/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44639 A new year brings in new beginnings. An era ends, and a new era rises. Jon’s faces down the Red Sin and finishes off his series with Superman: Son of Kal-El #18, written by Tom Taylor, penciled by Cian Tormey and Ruairí Coleman, inked by Cian Tormey, Ruairí Coleman and Scott Hanna, colored by Romulo...

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]]> 44639 A Solid Art Week and a Tom Taylor Tearjerker in BatChat (Text Edition) https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/27/a-solid-art-week-and-a-tom-taylor-tearjerker-in-batchat-text-edition/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44612 Harvey Dent and Two-Face duel once more, and this time what is hanging in the balance is only the life or death of Batman. The lead story is written by Ram V, drawn by Ivan Reis and Rafael Albuquerque, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup,...

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]]> 44612 BatChat With Matt & Will: Damians of Future Past https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/15/batchat-with-matt-will-damians-of-future-past/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44175 Damian Wayne remains a character who is controversial around these parts; Will can’t stand him, and Matt, well, Damian’s the kid who beat up Tim Drake, so there remains some beef there. But there are all sorts of stories of Damian, and many of them are stories of Damian in possible futures or alternate worlds,...

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