Batman teams up with Robin, an Italian comics icon and the 1930s in BatChat

Damian’s maybe/sorta girlfriend, Flatline the apprentice to Lord Death Man, is in Gotham, and she’s looking for some missing family with Robin’s help. Meanwhile, Batman continues to look into the mystery of Man-Bat and Shush. Batman & Robin #7 is written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Simone Di Meo, colored by Giovanna Niro and lettered…

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DC teams up Batman and Dylan Dog, who we totally didn’t have to google (Staff Picks)

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Batman/Dylan Dog #1: Joker is in London to seal a hellish pact with Dylan Dog’s nemesis, the Mephistophelian Xabaras. The doorbell of Craven Road No. 7 screams, and beyond the doorway, Bruce…

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Joker’s origin, Grundy as cryptid and Bruce in spaaaaaaace in BatChat

Surfacing from the river near Ace Chemicals, the Joker stumbles through Gotham, not yet the monster he will become. And in the future, the world has become that very monster. “Joker: Year One” begins in Batman #142, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Sorrentino, inked by Stefano Nesi and Sorrentino, colored…

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