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Exploring history, politics, philosophy, art, and more through the lens of Batman’s greatest stories.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Black Casebook is hosted by Black Casebook. The show has published 29 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Casefile #20: The Dark Knight Returns" (30 July 2026, 289 minutes), "Knightfall (with Collective Action Comics)" (18 December 2025, 173 minutes), and "BONUS: Year Four Mailbag!" (19 May 2025, 160 minutes).
The Black Casebook publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 117 minutes across 29 episodes.
Booking probability for The Black Casebook is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Black Casebook requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Black Casebook's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #20
It's time to ring the bell again. The Black Casebook returns with a suitably epic analysis of perhaps the single most influential story in Batman's history. The Dark Knight Returns is many things: a snapshot of '80s New...
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<p>"But, at night to Mohammed, he confessed his doubts: It will not be as we dream, when those of us who survive finally get there. Corrupt politicians have already ensconced themselves. They are waiting for us—waiting...
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<p>With three years of The Black Casebook in the books, it only seemed right that we celebrate by turning the floor over to you, my beloved listeners, for our annual mailbag episode. This one has it all: giant robots, a...
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<p>Here's a teaser for something Nat from Collective Action Comics and I have been cooking up together. This summer, we'll be releasing a bonus episode for our patrons about Knightfall, the most notorious defeat of the...
Episode #19
<p>Where were you when the lights went out? Like a specter from the past, The Black Casebook returns to discuss Strange Apparitions, the seminal Bronze Age story that set the stage for the modern Batman to come...
Episode #18
<p>Let's hear it for the boys. The Black Casebook returns with a deep dive into The Black Mirror, an Oedipal tale of fathers and sons that pits Dick Grayson, now in the role of Batman, against James Gordon Jr...
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<p>Size matters. In humble appreciation for Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's shockingly good debut installment of Absolute Batman, we're reopening The Black Casebook for a bonus deep dive into what makes this issue work...
Episode #17
<p>The city never sleeps. The Black Casebook returns with a MEGA-sized exploration of Dark Knight, Dark City, Peter Milligan and Kieron Dwyer's underrated classic about the secret history of Bruce Wayne's hometown. Lost...
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<p>As of today, Year Two of The Black Casebook is officially in the books. Thank you to everybody for your support and your questions! I hope you enjoy this long, occasionally coherent victory lap of a Q&A, and I hope...
Episode #16
<p>The trial of the century. The Black Casebook returns with a deep dive into one of the most controversial eras in Batman’s recent history: the Tom King run. The former CIA officer envisioned a Gotham without hope...
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<p>A birthday miracle? To celebrate my encroaching obsolescence, here's a fun chat I had with Nat from Collective Action Comics about Joss Whedon's The Avengers (as well as The Age of Ultron, unfortunately) and Mark...
Episode #15
<p>A Christmas miracle. To close out 2023, we’re taking the plunge into the kinky, gender-bending world of Batman Returns, the strangest blockbuster ever to have a Happy Meal tie-in. After the many compromises involved...
Episode #14
<p>From the twisted mind of Casebook Walt! We're looking back to the early '90s and the heyday of American crime with a deep dive into "The Last Arkham," the terrific arc that introduced scarified serial killer Victor...
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<p>Let's raise the stakes. This month, we're investigating Grant Morrison's brilliant, challenging Batman run through two lesser-known stories: "The Three Ghosts of Batman" and "The Club of Heroes." Besides being...
Episode #12
<p>Hoo-ray for Hollywood. We're turning our gaze to the stars this month for One Bad Day: Clayface, which might be the best Batman comic in a decade. Essentially a super-sized Batman: The Animated Series episode, the...
Episode #11
<p>I have to become...more.</p> <p>Year One of The Black Casebook is a wrap! Let's celebrate a year of hard work, announce some plans for Year Two, and answer a slew of questions from Listeners Like You.</p> <p>We have...
Episode #11
<p>I'm not mad, just disappointed. This month's casefile digs into one of the most notorious Batman stories out there: "A Death in the Family," which for more than 15 years marked the last appearance of the maligned...
Episode #10
<p>This is a big one, folks. What better way to kick off 2023 than with a deep dive into The Dark Knight? Christopher Nolan's take on The Empire Strikes Back captured the accelerating pace and constant anxiety of the...
<p>It is happening again. For our last casefile of 2022, we turn to what might be, pound for pound, the two best Batman stories ever written: 1974's "Night of the Stalker," by Steve Englehart, Sal and Vin Amendola, and...
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<p>A few words on the late, great Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman and a hero in his own right.</p> <p>You can find The Black Casebook on Twitter @blackcasebook and Instagram @blackcasebookpod, and you can write in to...
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