It’s all about the kids, really. On Warworld, we see the origin of the Orphan, and his strange connection to Genesis that’s been fuelling Mongul’s new plans, in Action Comics #1044, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Riccardo Federici and Will Conrad, colored by Lee Loughridge, and lettered by Dave Sharpe, with a back-up…
Things haven’t been going very well for Blockbuster ever since Nightwing moved back to Blüdhaven — and when a police commissioner under Blockbuster’s thumb gets caught on corruption charges, things get even worse. It’s time for Blüdhaven’s crime boss to strike back, in Nightwing #94, written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Geraldo Borges, colored by…
Here at SuperChat, we don’t just talk about the Man of Steel himself — there are worlds and worlds of stories revolving around our favorite Kryptonian, and this month, we’re lookin’ at a lot of them! In the Action Comics 2022 Annual – written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Si Spurrier, drawn by Dale Eaglesham…
At long last, Heartless makes his presence felt in the city of Blüdhaven, as he tells Blockbuster just what he wants. Blockbuster, for his part, throws Heartless out the nearest window. Really, with enemies like these, who needs allies? Nightwing #93 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Bruno Redondo, inked by Wade von Grewbadger…
As Superman leads a revolution on Warworld, something deep beneath the planet rumbles — and we find that this conflict with Mongul is a lot bigger than anyone imagined in Action Comics #1042 and #1043, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Ricardo Frederici and Will Conrad, colored by Lee Loughridge, and lettered by Dave…
They are the World’s Finest Team, but when things go wrong? Batman and Superman make a deadly pair of enemies. This week, we’re reading three stories of Batman Vs. Superman Injustice: Gods Among Us V.1 (Injustice: Gods Among Us #1-6 [Digital #1-18]) Execution 2001 (Superman V.2 Annual #3) Superman’s Secret Kingdom (World’s Finest Comics #111)…
Dick Grayson is making waves in Blüdhaven, helping the less fortunate. His latest move is opening Haven, a place that offers free food, free book, and a place to just be, free of judgment. Surely no one could be evil enough to want to tear a place like that down…right? Nightwing #92 is written by…
Lex Luthor is bad mouthing Superman in public as part of a deeper, nefarious scheme. It must be Tuesday. Luthor is armed with bad takes on several of Superman’s recent actions, and cinches it all with a devastating video that frames Superman for murder. Jon Kent, though? He’s got The Truth on his side. Superman:…
The Flash and Nightwing’s team-up continues! The pair work together to keep Nightwing’s alter-ego, Dick Grayson, safe from assassination. They’re hot on the trail of the mysterious La Agente Funèbre, rumored to head one of the greatest assassin agencies in the world — but with his allies by his side, no agency’s going to be…
Even a Superman needs help from a more street-level hero every now and again, no matter how much their methods may vary, and something both father and son are both aware of in this month’s Superchat! Jon Kent and Dick Grayson’s team-up continues as they investigate The Rising in Superman: Son of Kal El #9,…
Killing Dick Grayson has not been as easy as Blockbuster thought it would be. Perhaps blowing up his entire apartment building would help? If only there was someone fast enough to stop that kind of destruction from happening… Nightwing #90, written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Geraldo Borges, colored by Adriano Lucas and lettered by…
It’s a Jon Kent team-up extravaganza on this week’s Superchat! DC’s newest Superman and Aquaman deal with the leviathan threat (not THAT Leviathan threat) once and for all—but interference from Bendix’s Gamorran super task force has cost lives. How responsible is Jon Kent for the lives lost? Find out, in Superman: Son of Kal-El #8,…
Things change, things end, things begin again, but one thing remains—Superman fights for a better world, no matter which world it might be. On Earth, Jonathan Kent tries to stop a leviathan, but things get quickly out of hand when Bendix’s Gamorran task force shows up in Superman: Son of Kal-El #7, written by Tom…
Life as Nightwing has always come with its own dangers, but ever since Dick Grayson revealed his new status as a billionaire and his plans to clean Blüdhaven up, it’s in his civilian identity that he’s in the most peril. But he gets by, with a little help from his friends, in Nightwing #88, written…
Though they’ve been stuck in a bad place on their respective worlds, our Supermen each rally themselves in their own ways on this week’s Superchat. One Superman finally escapes a bottled city, taking the fight to Brainiac to save all bottled cities everywhere, in Superman ‘78 #5, written by Robert Venditti, drawn by Wilfredo Torres,…