The inaugural episode of our new podcast, BatChat with Matt & Will, a podcast where we take every Batman story ever, read them, and rank them on a big list from best to worst. This week, we look at three different first Batman stories.

Batman: Year One (Batman V.1 # 404-407)
Zero Year (Batman V.2 # 21-27, 29-33)
The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (Detective Comics V.1 # 27)

Episode 1: Beginnings

Writer Si Spurrier joins the show to talk about his new Image series The Voice Said Kill, winding down his run on The Flash at DC, and more.

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 360: Si Spurrier talks The Voice Said Kill and The Flash

Somehow, as we near 200 episodes, we still stumble across holes in our coverage. He's appeared in a lot of stories we've covered, but we have never done an episode purely focused on Penguin stories. So this week, we remedy that. We're reading Penguin's first appearance, the story that changed him from supervillain to mobster and the start of his recent maxi-series.

One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups (Detective Comics V.1 #58)
Odds Against (Detective Comics V.1 #683-684)
The Fall and Rise of Oswald Cobblepot Part 1 (The Penguin #1-5)

Check out our current ranking list at www.comicsxf.com/batchat-rankings/

Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo

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Episode 196: Wak, Wak Said the Villain

Writer Jordan Blum joins the show to talk about the World of Minor Threats at Dark Horse, including the upcoming Archie vs. Minor Threats and Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive.

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 361: Jordan Blum talks the evolution of Minor Threats

Batman is not just popular here in the USA. As our listeners know, as you are from many countries, people outside America love Batman too. And sometimes we get stories reprinted here in the States that feature Batman that were created in other countries. We're reading three of those today, one from France, one from Italy and one from Japan.

Batman: The Dark Prince Charming Vol. 1 & 2
Batman/Dylan Dog # 1-3
One Operation Joker Vol. 1

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Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo

Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/batchatwithmattandwill

Episode197: The Batman of Many Nations

Dan's CXF Interview Podcast co-host Matt Lazorwitz returns to talk about Excalibur #114, in which Pete reveals his past with Sari St. Hubbins. But really this episode is about the 1988 movie The Naked Gun.

Our Son Pete Episode 29: The One with the Naked Gun (Excalibur #114 with Matt Lazorwitz)

The Teen Titans have always been linked to the Bat Family. There are very few iterations of the Titans that don't include a former or current Robin in their ranks. So most Titans stories fit within the remit of this podcast. Patreon backer and friend of the show Matt McThorn specifically wanted to talk about a couple late 90s/early 00s stories featuring Nightwing and his relationship with Batman and the other original Titans, and we decided to throw in one of those completely insane Bob Haney Brave and the Bolds to round it out.

Rebels in the Streets (The Brave and the Bold V.1 # 94)
The Technis Imperative (JLA/Titans # 1-3)
Survival (Titans V.1 # 15-16)

Check out our current ranking list at www.comicsxf.com/batchat-rankings/

Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo

Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/batchatwithmattandwill

Episode 198: Titanic Team-Ups (w/Matt McThorn)

Writer Zac Thompson joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press series Cemetery Kids Run Rabid.

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 362: Zac Thompson talks Cemetery Kids Run Rabid

Next week, the second season of the HBO Max series Peacemaker drops. The first season featured some seriously obscure DC characters, and this week, to tie in with the release of the new season, we're reading three stories featuring three of those characters: Peacemaker, Vigilante and Judomaster. Now, we're stretching the definition of featured here, since one of these characters has never appeared in a story with a Bat character that wasn't just a panel in some big event, but we made it work.

And as promised in the episode, here's a YouTube link to the opening of season 1 of Peacemaker, because it is awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mrr3UNALww

Assault on Arkham (Suicide Squad V.7 # 1-2)
Corvalho (Checkmate V.2 # 11-12)
The Vigilante and the Batman (Vigilante V.1 # 47)

Check out our current ranking list at www.comicsxf.com/batchat-rankings/

Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo

Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/batchatwithmattandwill

Episode 199: Peacemaker- Do You Really Wanna Taste It?

Writer Ben Kahn joins the show to talk about their new Dark Horse graphic novel Renegade Royale, getting to write more Monster High comics at IDW, and more.

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 363: Ben Kahn talks Renegade Royale and Monster High

Each week, hosts Matt Lazorwitz and Will Nevin look at three Batman stories, discuss them and put them on a list that will encompass all Batman stories. Some are great, some are not, but we hope you enjoy them all!

Episode 1: Beginnings

BatChat With Matt & Will: A Batman Ranking Podcast

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