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BatChat With Matt & Will: Villains Month- Man-Bat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin8 months ago8 months ago02 mins

And we have reached the end of October, the spookiest of months, and this the end of villains month. And to wrap it up, we’re getting one of the spookiest of Batman villains: Man-Bat. Dr. Kirk Langstrom has an origin really out of the pages of Spider-Man, but someone has wound up a fixture in…

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  • X-Men

Krakoa waves goodbye, and all that’s left are Ashes in X-Men #35/Uncanny #700

Adam Reck, Anna Peppard, Tony Thornley, Scott Redmond, Mark Turetsky, Rasmus Skov Lykke and Jake Murray1 year ago11 months ago053 mins

All good things must come to an end, and as good of a thing as the Krakoan era has been for mutantkind, its time has come at last. The tragedy and triumph of FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, the madness and mystery of RISE OF THE POWERS OF X, they have all come to…

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Wanted: Two Horsemen, Must Be Able to Work Nights and Weekends, in X-Men Legends #11

Dan Grote3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Sad Apocalypse is sad. His ship, Ship, is gone, he’s down two Horsemen and he’s worried the Celestials will take one look at X-Factor and give the world a big thumb’s down. Ever the goodest boy, even in service of evil, Caliban wants to make Apocalypse happy again, by plumbing the Morlock tunnels looking for…

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BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 2: Endings

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

BatChat is back for episode 2, and it’s the final episode! OK, no it’s not, but it is focusing on three tales of Batman’s possible final days. The Dark Knight Returns (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4) Some of These Days (Batman Annual V.3 #2) The Last Batman Story-? (Batman V.1 #300) If you’d like,…

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  • Marvel

Louise & Walt Simonson Return In Our Advance Review Of X-Men Legends #3

Austin Gorton4 years ago4 years ago08 mins

Revisit the days of the original X-Factor as a new story set in a new corner of X-history begins in X-Men Legends #3 written by Louise Simonson, art by Walt Simonson, colored by Laura Martin, and lettered by John Workman   After a pair of issues set in the grim ‘n’ gritty, hatch mark-y 90s, X-Men…

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