Author Archives: Collin Colsher

I’m super excited to share site contributor Martín Lel’s amazing new video “An Exhaustive Look at the Current Batman Chronology,” which is a two-and-a-half-hour documentary version of Batman’s Rebirth/Infinite Frontier timeline lifted straight from the webpages of my Batman Chronology … Continue reading →

Recently, longtime project supporter and contributor Troy Doliner, as part of a Patreon request, posited the questions: “What are your favorite Earth-1 stories (from the Silver/Bronze Age)? And what are your favorite Earth-2 stories (from the Golden Age and Silver/Bronze … Continue reading →

Part One: The Golden Age (Earth-2 Batman) When Bill Finger and Bob Kane debuted Batman in 1939, the titular character (joined shortly thereafter by his sidekick Robin) killed wantonly—sometimes in self-defense (i.e. indirectly or situationally), but sometimes purposefully and callously … Continue reading →

The retcon history of Batman and Catwoman discovering each other’s secret identities is rather complicated. Before I dive in, the great Brian Cronin has an excellent series of articles about this very topic, to which I’m incredibly indebted: https://www.cbr.com/batman-catwoman-secret-identity-revealed https://www.cbr.com/batman-catwoman-secret-identity-repeated-retcon … Continue reading →

In September 1995, DC released Batman Annual #19 (“Scarecrow: Masters of Fear”) by Doug Moench, Bret Blevins, Mike Manley, and Stuart Chaifetz. Because this release came out post-Zero Hour, and since there had really been no official post-Crisis origin story … Continue reading →

As per my annual tradition, here is my list of non-comics that I read in 2023. It’s a light list, as it was a very busy year. Nevertheless, I really feel that the non-comic books I read each year have … Continue reading →

Chip Zdarsky canonized Geoff John’s Three Jokers in his recent “Bat-Man of Gotham” arc. And then, he made another clearcut reference to Three Jokers in Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Scorched Earth #1. In today’s Batman Vol. 3 #139 (Batman … Continue reading →

In the recent issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold Vol. 2 #2 Part 4, writer/artist Joëlle Jones packed in over forty flashbacks/references in a mere three pages, most of which were generic images that could be linked to … Continue reading →

Our future in reality obviously differs from the fictional future of a serialized multi-authored superhero comic book universe. However, real world physics and the real world nature of time strongly affect fictional futures and how we view them. By contrasting … Continue reading →

Happy holidays, everyone! Not including hundreds of single issues, here is my annual list of everything that I read in 2022 (in order of most liked to least liked). _________________________________________________________________