Ep 330 - Batman Forever Review and Remembering Val Kilmer
The Bat Force discuss the film BATMAN FOREVER from 1995 and remember the iconic VAL KILMER.
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Bat Force Radio
Podcast of the Batman! The Bat Force is a group of tight-knit friends from across the globe that came together through the passion of Batman. Bat Force Radio is the most thorough, well-rounded and consistent Batman podcast to date! This show delivers everything imaginable from the world of the Dark Knight and DC in general! [ Rated Mature | Explicit Content ] - Subscribe and rate in iTunes!
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Ep 329 - Year 10 Launch Episode
The Bat Force celebrate the last 10 years of comics and Bat Force Radio
May 31, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Ep 328 - Tom Taylor
We return from our hiatus with the one and only Tom Taylor, to kick off season 10. Tom takes us through his past as a fire eater, playwright, and TV presenter, all the way up to his start in reading comics and then writing them, where he gave us books like Injustice: Gods Among Us, DCeased, Superman: Son Of Kal-El, Dark Knights of Steel, Nightwing, and now Detective Comics with Mikel Janin. We also delve into the importance of continued inclusion of diverse characters and stories in comics, the ...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Ep 327 - Kelley Jones 7th Annual Halloween Spooktacular
Our favourite spooky artist Kelley Jones returns for our 7th annual Halloween chat. This year we talk about the recently released Dracula Volume 1 : The Impaler, and Kelley explains why his depictions of Vlad's impalements are so horrifically accurate. We also get into Dracula Volume 2 : The Brides, which is currently on Kickstarter here: http://kck.st/3zPYbAG As always, we pick Kelley's brain for some Halloween horror movie recommendations, and learn what movie scared him the most, as well as l...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 57 min
Ep - 326 - Kieron Gillen - The Power Fantasy
Kieron Gillen joins us as we go full spoilers on the second issue of The Power Fantasy, including an explanation of each of the main characters and their abilities. Kieron takes us through the development of the story and characters, along with his co-creator, Caspar Wijngaard, finding the core idea of The Power Fantasy during his run on Immortal X-Men. We also go through Kieron's origin as a video game journalist and making his way to comics. We gush about Caspar Wijngaard, Absolute Batman, and...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Ep - 325 - Blake Northcott and Barbarella
Blake Northcott returns to talk about her upcoming Barbarella series with artist Anna Morozova. Barbarella # 1 is in stores October 2nd from Dynamite Entertainment.
Sep 09, 2024•52 min
Ep 324 - Caspar Wijngaard - Creating The Power Fantasy
This week we are talking about your next favorite comic, The Power Fantasy, with series co-creator Caspar Wijngaard. Caspar shares about building the characters, world, and story, along with series author and co-creator Kieron Gillen. We also hear about the roots and dynamics of their collaboration, choosing the art style for a decades-spanning story of super-powered beings with the ability to level the entire planet, depicting real world locations during different eras, drawing pizza in a chara...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Ep 323 - Alvaro Martinez - The Nice House By The Sea
Alvaro Martinez joins us and lets me pick his brain about the upcoming The Nice House By The Sea, the follow-up story to the multi-Eisner-winning The Nice House On The Lake. We talk about Alvaro's start in comics from his very first work, to his first work with James Tynion, leading up to the hugely successful Nice House. We get into how their creative partnership works, along with colorist Jordie Bellaire, how far the Nice House universe may or may not go, Alvaro's dream superhero comic to draw...
Jun 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Ep 322 - Jason Fabok Talks Rook Exodus and Ghost Machine
Jason Fabok returns to talk about the new series Rook: Exodus from himself, Geoff Johns, Brad Anderson, and Rob Leigh, as well as the birth of Ghost Machine, the new imprint at Image Comics, founded by themselves along with other A list creators like Brad Meltzer, Gary Frank, Peter Tomasi, Francis Manapul, and others. Jason discusses how Ghost Machine came together, some of the differences between steering their own Ghost Machine ship versus working with other publishers, and some of the other c...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Ep 321 - Batman One Dark Night Fan Film
"Batman: One Dark Night is a fan film, written by Tim Leftwich and Nathan Trucks, seeking to recapture the magic of the 1989 Batman films in a new, 8-10 minute action-packed short film. They are currently fundraising to reach their budget of $15k, which will allow them to bring their vision to life. And their stretch goals would allow them to do that job even better: adding better equipment, pay for our crew members, and practical effects (fire, smoke, ice, and so on)." Support today! https://ww...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Ep 320 - Hard Style Juice with Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
Bat Force Radio Ep # 320 - Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz join us to talk about their new ComiXology Original series Hard Style Juice (available April 16th) and it's story of a family-owned professional wrestling organization, with a twist of murder mystery. Beware spoilers for issue one, along with the story of how they linked up with ComiXology for the project, and a little wrasslin talk. Read issue 1 at www.hardstylejuice.com today!
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Ep 319 - Juan Gedeon - Jurassic League
Juan Gedeon joins us to talk about creating The Jurassic League (which is soon to be adapted into an animated feature), relocating from Argentina to America to make comics, the books that made him want to make comics, music, and lots more.
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Ep 318 - Aaron Campbell - John Constantine : Dead In America
Aaron Campbell joins us for a chat about John Constantine Hellblazer : Dead In America. The new chapter in John's story from Aaron and author Si Spurrier, that sees him on a road trip across America that features Swamp Thing and Dream of The Endless. *Episode contains spoilers for issue 1.* We also discuss matters like the proper pronunciation of Constantine (which is "teen"), on-screen iterations of the character, AI, and lots of other fun stuff.
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Ep 317 - Christmas Special 2023
Our annual Christmas gathering to discuss comics, movies, collectibles, and listen to SOME of us get more than a little drunk.
Dec 23, 2023•1 hr 46 min
Ep 316 - Kelley Jones 6th Annual Halloween Spooktacular
Kelley Jones returns for our annual Halloween chat and, this year, we're talking about Dracula Volume 1 : The Impaler. The new comic written by Matt Wagner, drawn by Kelley, with colours by Jose Villarrubia, and if you visit their Kickstarter page before November 16th, you can be a part of it. We also chat about horror movies and some of the usual Halloween time stuff. Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/draculatheimpaler/dracula-volume-1-the-impaler-by-matt-wagn...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Ep 315 - Becky Cloonan - The Erotic Horror of Somna
Eisner winning comic creator Becky Cloonan joins us for a spoiler-free talk about her upcoming series Somna, (co-written and co-illustrated with Tula Lotay with colors by Lee Loughridge) for DSTLRY Media. We get into the origins and inspirations of the erotic folk horror story, creating a new story with Tula for the first time, and getting involved with DSTLRY. We also get into her own origin story in comics, having Ralph Bakshi as a professor, the inspirations for her art style, a couple of her...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr
Ep 314 - Christian Ward *Spoilers* - Batman : City of Madness # 1
Christian Ward returns as we go full spoilers on the first issue of his new cosmic horror epic. Where Morrison and McKean meet Lovecraft and Cthulhu, Christian Ward begins Batman : City of Madness. Be sure to pick up issue one before listening to this episode, because we get into all the details of everything that goes down within it's pages.
Oct 10, 2023•49 min
Ep 313 - Christian Ward - Batman : City of Madness
Where Grant Morrison and Dave McKean meet H.P Lovecraft and Cthulhu, Christian Ward begins Batman : City of Madness. Come along as Christian discusses his new three issue cosmic horror epic on DC's Black Label, the inspirations behind it, the years he has waited to tell the story, and how it came to be. We also get into Christian's upcoming work on Spectregraph with James Tynion for DSTLRY, his own origin story in comics, Batman 89, his past as a teacher and the gamble he took to become a succes...
Sep 07, 2023•57 min
Ep 312 - Clay and Seth Mann - Unannounced Comic Chat
This week we are joined by both Clay and Seth Mann as they take us way behind the curtain to talk about what they have been quietly working on together, from a pitch stage to a greenlit project, complete with contract negotiations, editorial compromises, etc. We also coax them into telling us about growing up as comic fans with some childhood photos that we dug up online, plus stories of fumbled promotions on Seth Meyers, collaborations and general brotherly bickering. This is a fun one.
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Ep 311 - Kelly Thompson: The Cull, Birds of Prey
Kelly Thompson joins us to talk about her new Image Comics horror series The Cull, as well as her upcoming Birds of Prey series (her first at DC). We also chat about her origin in comics and writing, her first comic as a child, tv and movies, Rage Against The Machine, the origin of her internet handle, the detail that you may miss in the final pages of The Cull, and loads more. Find Kelly online at 1979semifinalist.com The Cull # 1 is on Sale August 16 from Image Comics Eisner-winning writer KEL...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Ep 310 - Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo - A Vicious Circle
Mattson Tomlin (on a writer's strike-imposed hiatus from writing The Batman 2) and Lee Bermejo (en route to SDCC) join us for a SPOILER-FILLED chat about their BOOM! Studios comic A Vicious Circle. The pair explain how their creative partnership began, the development of the story, influences, "Just doing Frazetta", the writer's and actor's strikes (and the importance of supporting them), The Batman 2, Batman The Imposter, and probably some other things that I'm forgetting because its 4am. Book ...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Ep 309 - Travis Mercer - Batman: Fighting The Frozen
Travis Mercer joins us to talk about Batman: Fighting The Frozen; the comic he illustrated for the McFarlane Toys Page Punchers figure series, his upcoming projects, his comics origin story, and lots more.
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Ep 308 - Sean Murphy Zorro Kickstarter Comic And Batman
Sean Murphy returns to go in depth into "Zorro - Man Of The Dead", his upcoming Kickstarter original comic, and beware big SPOILERS as he also takes us through the plot of the next chapter of his Batman White Knight universe for DC Comics. Check out the Kickstarter campaign here: https://tinyurl.com/ZorroKickstarter and listen as Sean takes us through the plot (it's not what you'd think), the process of purchasing the rights to Zorro, his book deal with Massive Publishing, and some of the backer...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Ep 307 - The Flash Movie Review
Bat Force Radio Ep # 307 - The gang sits down to give our reviews of the big screen Flashpoint adaptation, while attempting to paint a picture of the film to the one of us who has yet to see it. Did we love it? Did we hate it? Have we ever agreed on anything? Tell us what you thought, in the comments.
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 41 min
NECA Batman 1989 Utility Belt Replica Special
We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Stefan Folkins and Marty Henley from NECA to dive into the process of bringing their newly released 1989 Batman Utility Belt Replica to life! We also chat about the groundbreaking film, its impact, and influence on fans still to this day. Grab your 1989 Batman Utility Belt from www.thenecastore.com now!
Jun 15, 2023•48 min
Ep 306 - Generation Joker with Katana Collins & Clay McCormack
Katana Collins and Clay McCormack return for a SPOILER-FILLED chat about issue one of Batman White Knight Presents Generation Joker, crafting the story of Jackie and Bryce on a dangerous trip with Dad, while weaving in some familiar faces, as well as some new ones. We also grill them about some upcoming projects, con appearances and, of course, the obligatory chat about The Last Of Us and Yellowjackets. Again, this is a SPOILER-FILLED episode. Read Generation Joker # 1 before listening,
May 09, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Ep 305 - Nick Robles - Behold, Behemoth
Nick Robles joins us just in time for the final issue of his Boom! Studios series "Behold, Behemoth", to talk about the creation of the story, along with Tate Brombal, and how the project kept him from stepping out of comics. We also get into some of his prior works, including introducing new characters into Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe in the pages of Waking Hours, and we finish it off by geeking out about Yellowjackets and The Last Of Us (both the games and the HBO series) and how that story...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Ep 304 - Fernando Blanco Brings w0rldtr33 Online
Fernando Blanco joins us to discuss the development and creation of w0rldtr33 with James Tynion, the unfortunate delay caused by a printing error, the themes are inspirations for the story, as well as his own origin story in art and comics, making a career for himself in American comics, all the way in Barcelona.
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Ep 303 - Blake Northcott
We are joined once again by international best selling author Blake Northcott to discuss her upcoming comic adaption of her best selling book The North Valley Grimoire, her Disney obsession, hanging out with Samuel L Jackson, writing with rockstars, and more.
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Ep 302 - Batman: Gothic
We continue our trip through the Batman works of Grant Morrison with Gothic. Originally appearing in issues 6 to 10 of Legends of The Dark Knight in 1990, it features occult and religious themes and imagery, a killer from Bruce's past, and the art of Klaus Janson.
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 14 min
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