AIPT Comics Podcast episode 225: Tom King and Phil Hester talk Batman, Gotham City: Year One, and noir

Welcome back to the AIPT Comics podcast, your one-stop shop for news, reviews, and more. Tom King and Phil Hester join the show this week to discuss Gotham City: Year One. The series wrapped up in March when this chat took place, but with the final order cutoff for retailers on June 11th, it’s the perfect time to listen in. We talk about King’s love of noir, Hester’s incredible noir style in the book, and so much more. We even get some insight into King’s upcoming Wonder Woman run. All that and more can be listened to below!

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AIPT Comics Podcast Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. DC Pride (Various)
2. Clobberin’ Time (2023) #3 (Steve Skroce)

Nathan:

1. DC Pride (Various)
2. Power Girl Special #1 (Leah Williams, Joanne Starer, Natacha Bustos, Marguerite Sauvage)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan – DC Pride 2023 (Phil Jiminez)

Dave – Detective Comics #1072 (Ram V, Ivan Reis and Stafano Raffaele)

In our Judging by the Cover segment, Dave loved Michael Cho’s The Flash #800 variant, and Nathan loves Ernanda Souza’s Groot #2. Check those out below.