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Batman's best stories, plus writer Zack Kaplan unpacks 2022 titles

Episode Summary

We discuss our top three Batman stories of ALL TIME. We also recap the news, review comics, and special guest Zack Kaplan joins us to talk about two of his sci-fi comics announced for later this year.

Episode Notes

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NEWS

• ComiXology totally blows it, promises to fix things
• Chip Zdarsky & Jorge Jimenez new creative team on ‘Batman’ #125
• ‘DC Mech’ combines superheroes and mecha anime in July 2022
• ‘Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong’ mini-series coming June 21st
• DC First Look: ‘The Human Target’ #6, last issue before hiatus
• Danger Street!?
• Valiant unveils three new titles for 2022
• Z2 to publish Tori Amos’ sequel graphic novel ‘Little Earthquakes: The Graphic Album’
• Z2 and Pantera launch graphic novel anthology ‘Vulgar Display of Power’
• Moon Girl returns in June
• Al Ewing & Tom Reilly launch 4-part ‘Ant-Man’ series this June
• Iron Man and Black Cat seek answers in ‘Iron Cat’ limited series out in June

Batman - Our top 3 favorite stories!

Dave: Batman: The Monster Men, The Dark Knight Returns, Black Mirror

Nathan: Dark Knight, Dark City, Night of the Stalker, Gothic

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Step By Bloody Step #1 (Si Spurrier, Matias Bergara)
2. Ghost Rider #1 (Ben Percy, Cory Smith)

Nathan:

1. The Human Target #5 (Tom King, Greg Smallwood)
2. Ghost Rider #1 (Ben Percy, Cory Smith)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Rockstar & Softboy (Sina Grace)

Dave - Carnage Forever (Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Edgar Salazar)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Rogue Sun #1 (Ryan Parrott, Abel)
• Nathan: What If…? Miles Morales #1 (Cody Ziglar, Paco Medina)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Detective Comics #1055 (Jorge Fornes)
• Nathan: Batman: Killing Time #1 (Peach Momoko)

Interview - Zack Kaplan - Dark Horse’s BREAK OUT (With artist Wilton Santos, by Dark Horse out April 13, 2022) and also Metal Society (With artist Guilherme Balbi, by Top Cow/Image May 5th, 2022)

1. Zack, thank you for being on the AIPT Comics podcast, I think it’s safe to say you’re a friend of AIPT, we’ve run numerous interviews with you over the years and I’m excited for your lineup in 2022!
2. Let’s start with Break Out, your new book at Dark Horse, although I gotta say it’s interesting both Break Out! And Metal Society are sci-fi stories where the world as we know it is completely changed. Is there a reason these stories took that track?
3. They’re both stories about fighting back against those with power, what inspired these directions?
4. You told comicbook.com Break Out is Ocean’s Eleven in style, are we talking heist montages?
5. Do you have any favorite inter-dimensional sci-fi stories?
6. Metal Society is another series by you announced for May, can you talk a little bit about that?
7. Do you write a bible for these sci-fi worlds?
8. Every great sci-fi film has an equally impactful soundtrack. Do you listen to anything particular to get you in the headspace for writing?
9. Why Dark Horse and Top Cow for these projects?
10. Since this episode talks about Batman, what are your favorite Batman comics?