Review of Black Road #1, East of West (Vol 1), The Phantom: Checkmate, Superman: Black Ring and the Darkseid Wars. This week the crew starts a Character Death Pool with first round picks. Also an analysis of DC and Marvel Analogs.

Timestamps * Reviews + 1:09 - Black Road #1 + 2:36 - East of West (Vol 1) + 9:10 - The Phantom: Checkmate + 12:24 - Superman: The Black Ring (Vol 1) + 15:39 - Darkseid Wars - 16:07 - Flash One-Shot - 17:56 - Lex Luthor One-Shot - 18:28 - Batman One-Shot * 21:17 - Character Death Pool * 27:12 - DC / Marvel Analogs + 27:27 Teams - Justice League / Avengers - Green Lanterns / Nova Corps - Doom Patrol / X-Men + 31:37 Characters - Batman / Iron Man - Batman / Spider-Man - Flash / Quicksilver - Catwoman / Black Cat - Doctor Fate / Doctor Strange - Dick Grayson / Bucky Barnes - Clayface / Sandman - Darkseid / Thanos - The Lizard / Killer Croc - Deathstroke / Deadpool - Green Arrow / Hawkeye + Notable Mentions - The Atom (1961) & Ant-Man (1962) - Namor (1939) Aquaman (1941) - Electro (1964) & Black Lightning (1977) - Magneto (1963) & Doctor Polaris (1963) - Ghost Rider (1972) vs Atomic Skull (1976) - Plastic Man (1941) & Elongated Man (1960) vs Mr. Fantastic (1961) - Man Thing (1971) Swamp Thing (1971) - Brainiac (1958)vs Ultron (1968) - Red Tornado (1968) vs Vision (1968) - Wasp (1963) vs Bumblebee (1976) - Green Lantern (1940) vs Quasar (1989) & Starbrand (2013) - Electro (1964) & Black Lightning (1977) + Several Copies - Superman * Sentry * Hyperion * Gladiator * Blue Marvel - Batman * Daredevil * Moon Knight * Night Thrasher - Captain America * Commander Steel * General Glory * Agent Liberty * The Guardian