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Marvel’s NYX wraps, 2 DC Annuals and a nice, big Transformers hardcover in the CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Stephanie’s pick: NYX #10: With Mojo a bigger threat than ever...

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A whole Summer of Superman? In this economy? According to this week’s CXF Staff Picks, yes.

Dan Grote — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Bonus pick: Summer of Superman Special: When John Henry Irons and...

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Absolute Flash speeds to the top of this week’s CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Jake’s pick: Absolute Flash #1: Without the mentor, without the family,...

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BatChat covers Absolute, Batman & Robin Year One, World’s Finest and The Question

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Bruce Wayne faces a moral dilemma: let the Party Animals operate without Batman’s interference for a week and receive a large sum of money and the gang going easier on Gotham. As Bruce tries to make his decision, political wrangling makes it more clear exactly who is behind the chaos in Gotham. Absolute Batman #3...

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Mark Waid continues to be good at comics in BatChat (Plus, The Question in space!)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

While Two-Face joins forces with the General, and Batman and Robin experience growing pains in their relationship, Bruce Wayne faces a threat like none he has ever experienced: Gotham Child Protective Services. Batman & Robin: Year One #2 is written by Mark Waid, drawn and colored by Chris Samnee and lettered by Clayton Cowles and...

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A Mark Waid twofer as BatChat covers Batman & Robin: Year One and World’s Finest

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Three months ago, Batman took in an orphan. Now, it’s time for the world to meet Robin, the Boy Wonder. On his first night out, a run-in with Two-Face leads to questions about a new, and far greater, threat. Batman & Robin: Year One #1 is written by Mark Waid, drawn and colored by Chris...

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‘Gotham Nocturne’ sticks the landing as the Last Halloween begins in this week’s BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Ram V’s operatic run on Detective Comics reaches its conclusion. What more is there to say? The lead story of Detective Comics #1,089 is written by Ram V, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Luis Guerrero and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup, we see the effects of Batman’s confrontation on his enemies and...

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Batman takes down the Orghams, visits Wonder Woman and punches The Thanagarian in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The final battle has begun. Batman is storming the Orghams’ headquarters while his family saves Gotham’s citizens and the motley crew of villains he has allied with takes on the Orgham lieutenants. Nearly 30 issues has led to this. The lead story of Detective Comics #1,088 is written by Ram V, drawn by Guillem March,...

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BatChat beats the Imp Killer, returns to ’89 and seeks vengeance for Robin

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:23:27 +0000

The Dynamic Duo and the Man of Steel are entering their final battle with the 6th dimensional Imp Killer, but Batman has been turned into a puppet! Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk have to step up and gather some additional help, or things will end poorly. But who will wind up sacrificing themselves to stop this...

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BatChat With Matt & Will: Cough, Cough (w/ John Wickham)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000

There are some stories that read a very different ways after certain events. Who would have thought that these innocent little stories about Batman involved with plagues would read so differently after a global pandemic. Patreon backer and friend of the show John Wickham joins us to talk about the 90s crossover “Contagion,” a fun...

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Bruce resets, Mites fall and the Scooby Gang goes to jail in this week’s BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The battle with Zur is over. And now it is time for Batman to pick up the pieces. He has to deal with the teenage clone of Bruce Wayne that Zur created, sure, but Zur left a lot of pieces in place that he has to look at. A new era begins here. Or does...

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Imps gone wild, First Knight wraps and Catwoman’s on her last life in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 24 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The heroes of the DC Universe are falling before enemies empowered by their 5th Dimensional Mite counterparts while Batman and Superman are trapped in the 2nd Dimension. While Bat-Mite helps Batman and Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk goes to the one man who might be able to save the world: Jimmy Olsen. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #27 is...

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Betrayal, Bat-Mite and a Birthday Dick in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000

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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A Dark Age, a Joker-Luthor team-up and a desert journey ends in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

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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X-Men Forever (Forever-ever? ForEVER-ever?), new Ram V and more CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: X-Men Forever #1: How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? There have been questions that have haunted you since the...

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Gordon goes Joker hunting, Darkseid is, but so is Amanda Waller in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Jim Gordon is trapped in Gotham Central as the Red Hood Gang makes an audacious play. But also in Central is a factor no one expected: the Joker, who has decided to show his old gang, and its new boss, exactly what he can do. “Joker: Year One” concludes in Batman #144, written by Chip...

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Magog, Catwoman and Godzilla in this week’s BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:39:48 +0000

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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World’s Finest, Off-World and Catwoman in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Trapped on a parallel Earth, surrounded by heroes who believe they are imposters, Batman and Superman are confronted by Gog and his chief disciple, Thunderman. But they are about to learn the secret of Gog and what his plan is, and it is darker than they could have expected in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #22, written...

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Return to Kingdom Come, Gotham War and Nightwing’s butt jokes in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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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When Bruce met Clark, and two more Knight Terrors end, in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000

What happened when the heroes who would some day be the World’s Finest met for the first time? Find out in this new version of the first meeting of Batman and Superman in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #18, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Travis Moore, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Steve Wands. Trapped in...

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Nightwing and Catwoman Enter the Nightmare Realm in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000

It’s the final stand against Newmazo. But how can Batman, Superman and the combined might of the heroes of Earth stand against an android both with all their powers and a brilliant mind? Find out in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #17, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by...

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Rogue Robots, a Day with Dick and Cat vs. Mask in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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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Tom King Wrote a Batman Story? The Devil You Say! (BatChat)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000

A new anthology series debuts in this first issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The robots are revolting! And they’re killing all humans, too … but seriously. As Batman and Superman face Ultra-Morpho, all the robotic heroes and villains of the DCU begin to attack. And by issue’s end the true mastermind is...

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You’re All Robots, Go to Hell in This Week’s BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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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SuperChat is Back… And So is Kal-El

Armaan Babu and Tony Thornley — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000

After a while away on Warwold, Kal-El is finally returning home for a Kent family reunion! His return to Earth comes with more than a few complications, though, as we see in Action Comics #1047, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by Lee Loughridge and lettered by Dave Sharpe. The story...

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