Comics Catch-Up 080: Batman #383

Matt and Chris are catching up on what just might be the most late-Bronze-Age Batman comic there is, where Bruce is just so, so sleepy!We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

That's right, we're rating swords once again on this week's show, and one of them is made of lightning! We also rate a very cool D&D sword, a video game sword we love, and much more!We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

It's HickMania time once again, and one member of the Fantastic Four is doomed to die! We talk about how well Hickman and artist Steve Epting did at putting all four members in credible danger, and how well the death was ultimately handled!Covering Fantastic Four #583-588.We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

Time to rank more stories? You know it! And we even get one this time that cracks the top 100!We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

It's time for more sword ratings on this week's show, including some from more anime we're not sure we should watch, X-Men comics, D&D, and real life itself.We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

Dan Schkade returns to the show this week to talk about the Flash Gordon newspaper strip, the new Lavender Jack collection, Berserk, the downsides of talkin' trash, and much more!We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

Longtime friend of the show, member of the crew even, J. Gonzo, joins us for the show once again this week to get really serious about what it means to be an artist in 2026! We get into feeling out of place among professionals, wanting to avoid being perceived as greedy, the speculator market, and a whole lot more!We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

This month, we're looking back to the 1968 magazine where Norman Osborn returned as the Green Goblin! He and Peter do drugs, and it's all lovingly rendered by John Romita Sr.We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

We're taking your listener questions on this week's show, including queries about character classes for our pets, superhero media music, the franchise with the best swords, and much more!We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!

We're rating swords once again on this episode! At least one of them could be your friend, and they're all pretty toyetic. Well, with one key exception made by Hattori Hanzo.We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards!