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

Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you can sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us in our Discord soon!NEWSComiXology totally blows it, promises to fix thingsChip 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 21stDC First Look: ‘The Human Target’ #6, last issue before hiatusDanger Street!?Valiant unveils three new titles for 2022Z2 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 JuneAl Ewing & Tom Reilly launch 4-part ‘Ant-Man’ series this JuneIron Man and Black Cat seek answers in ‘Iron Cat’ limited series out in JuneBatman - Our top 3 favorite stories!Dave: Batman: The Monster Men, The Dark Knight Returns, Black MirrorNathan: Dark Knight, Dark City, Night of the Stalker, GothicOur Top Books of the WeekDave:Step By Bloody Step #1 (Si Spurrier, Matias Bergara)Ghost Rider #1 (Ben Percy, Cory Smith)Nathan:The Human Target #5 (Tom King, Greg Smallwood)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 WEEKDave: 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)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!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?They’re both stories about fighting back against those with power, what inspired these directions?You told comicbook.com Break Out is Ocean’s Eleven in style, are we talking heist montages?Do you have any favorite inter-dimensional sci-fi stories?Metal Society is another series by you announced for May, can you talk a little bit about that?Do you write a bible for these sci-fi worlds?Every great sci-fi film has an equally impactful soundtrack. Do you listen to anything particular to get you in the headspace for writing?Why Dark Horse and Top Cow for these projects?Since this episode talks about Batman, what are your favorite Batman comics?