Big Two superhero comics are an iterative process. What was conceived in the 1930s and 40s has evolved and changed over the intervening three quarters of a century. Usually? That's for the better. Characters get deeper and develop more of an internal life. Plots become more mature. Art becomes more realistic, or more stylized. 

And then there are the origins of the three Robins during DC's New 52. Dick Grayson becomes part Tim Drake, Jason Todd becomes a mess, and Tim Drake becomes an ungrateful ass. It was not a good time, and Matt and Will find a way to at least have a good time talking about them.

Perpetual Motion (Nightwing V.3 # 0)
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere (Red Hood and the Outlaws V.1 # 0)
Red Robin (Teen Titans V.4 # 0)

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Episode 103: Conceived Behind a Dumpster

In the first of two bonus mini episodes recorded at this year's New York Comic Con, Dan chats with Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson.

TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 1: Hunter Gorinson talks Oni Press

Tiffany Babb returns to the show to talk about the latest issue of her newspaper-format criticism journal The Comics Courier, now on Kickstarter. Also: Baseball! New York Comic Con! Other tangents!

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 372: Tiffany Babb talks The Comics Courier #3

For you out there, it has only been one week since our last episode. But we took a week off recording so we could really pack in the comics. This week, we're covering the entire, 26 issue run of Batman & Robin Eternal, the weekly series that ran at the end of the New 52 era. It sees the return of some Bat characters lost in the rest of that era, has a lot of flashbacks and gives us a lot to talk about. Plus? Two one shots starring Cassandra Cain.


Batman & Robin Eternal # 1-26
Help Me Not To Die (Batgirl V.1 # 2)
Thicker Than Water (Batgirl V.1 # 37)

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Episode 209: Eternally Yours, Robin

Friends of the show Rob Lynch and Will Nevin join Dan and Matt to talk about all things horror, from the best movies (Sinners, Weapons) to the best comics (anthologies, anthologies, anthologies).

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 373: Halloween Special 2025 - The State of Horror

Welcome to your annual, spooky Halloween week BatChat. We've done weeks with vampires, with Man-Bats, with Demons. This year, we're dipping into stories featuring Matt's favorite classic monster: the werewolf. Batman fights the beast under a full moon over the city, and maybe even turns into one...

Moon of the Wolf (Batman V.1 # 255)
Werewolf Moon (Detective Comics V.1 # 505)
Batman: Full Moon # 1-4

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Episode 210: Moon Over Gotham

Kat Calamia and Phil Falco join the show to talk about Lifeline Comics and that Kickstarter comics life.

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 374: Kat Calamia and Phil Falco talk about Lifeline Comics

Writer and comedian Chris Killian chats with Dan about I Saw Santa: A Spawn Universe Christmas Story at New York Comic Con.

TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 2: Chris Killian talks Image's I Saw Santa

Friend of the show and Patreon backer Matt McThorn is back this week, and he wanted to return to one of is earlier themes, with three more stories featuring Thomas Blake, the Bat rogue known as Catman. We get a 90s story featuring Catman and Ratcatcher from before Catman turned super cool under the pen of Gail Simone. Then we see Blake meet Huntress and try to come off as suave in a Birds of Prey vs. the Secret Six story. And we wrap up with Catman and Bane in Gotham during Battle for the Cowl, trying really hard to honor the memory of Batman. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

The Secret of the Universe (Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 43-44, Catwoman V.2 # 26)
Whitewater (Birds of Prey V.1 # 104-108)
A Debt of Significant Blood (Secret Six V.3 # 9)

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Episode 211: Catman Returns (w/ Matt McThorn)

Writer/artist Liam Sharp joins the show to talk about his new Image series Spawn: The Dark Ages, Savage Sword of Conan and more.

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 375: Liam Sharp talks Spawn: The Dark Ages, Conan & more

While in comics circles the most well known alternate future for Batman is The Dark Knight Returns, in the public consciousness, that title has to be held by Batman Beyond. Three seasons of young Terry McGinnis and crotchety old Bruce Wayne in the DCAU, plus appearances on Justice League Unlimited, left a mark for this particular iteration of Batman. This week, with Terry returning to comics in Batman/Static: Beyond, we do our first episode focused on stories featuring Terry McGinnis; two are animated series tie-ins, and one is an arc from the series that followed that continuity in a more traditional DC style.

Commissioner of Fear (Batman Beyond V.2 # 13)
Terry's Mom Dates a Splicer (Batman Beyond V.2 # 24)
10,000 Clowns (Batman Beyond Unlimited # 1-13)

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Episode 212: Beyond Batman

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!

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