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Look for us on iTunes, Spotify or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3.Julia Raul returns to join Diabolu Frank for the finale of our JLMay 2023 / Milestone Media trilogy of episodes. Since the previous shows tended toward paired character spotlights, we have to take a kitchen sink approach now, looking at the first year-plus of the series Blood Syndicate & Icon and the earliest Shadow Cabinet, including its launch event “Shadow War.” We also return to Hardware and Static through to the intracompany event “Worlds Collide,” restoring our theme and mandate by mingling in with DC’s Superman Family of titles (well, the creative teams that aren’t afraid to drive through the dark side of town, anyway.) Along the way, we talk Vixen, Black Canary, Green Lantern John Stewart, Steel, and more. In case you missed it, these episodes have covered every story from the trade paperback The Brave and the Bold: Milestone, which means it’s time to visit the early issues of Xombi, including David Kim’s team-up with the Crispus Allen incarnation of The Spectre from The Brave and the Bold #25 in the story “Annihilating Angel” by John Rozum & Scott Hampton.
JLMay 2023 will cover the third volume of DC Comics’ The Brave and the Bold (2007-2010), which ran 35 issues. There’s only 31 days in the month, so we’ll run a list of all the issues with links to the podcasts intent on covering them until the actual shows turn up, individual or in groups…
- Batman & Green Lantern on The Overlooked Dark Knight ep 76
- Green Lantern & Supergirl on Dial F For Flanger ep 19
- Batman & Blue Beetle on The Bat-Pod ep # 111
- Supergirl & Lobo on L.E.G.I.O.N.P.O.D.Cast Episode 141
- Batman & the Legion of Super Heroes on Tales of the Legion Project
- Green Lantern & Batman on The Newsprint Commando
- Wonder Woman & Power Girl on The Wright On Network Presents
- The Flash & Doom Patrol on Fanholes Podcast ep 105
- Star-Studded Spectacular on The JusticeTrek JT0008
- Superman/Silent Knight & Aquaman/Teen Titans! on Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 143
- Superman & Ultraman @ Fortress of Baileytude
- Everybody on Longbox Crusade – Episode 038
- Batman & Jay Garrick on Resurrections- An Adam Warlock and Thanos Podcast ep 175
- Deadman & Green Arrow on The Coffee & Comics Podcast ep. 84
- Nightwing & Hawkman on Married With Comics
- Superman & Catwoman on Superman in Crisis
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Supergirl & Raven on Dial F For Flanger ep 20
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Raven & Supergirl on Dial F For Flanger ep 20 Green Lantern & Phantom Stranger on The LanternCast #516
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Green Lantern & Phantom Stranger on The LanternCast #516
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Green Lantern & Green Arrow on The Podcast of Oa Episode 224
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Green Lantern & Green Arrow on The Podcast of Oa Episode 224
- Booster Gold & Magog on Justice League International: Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast ep 53
- Black Lightning & Static on DC Bloodlines ep 18
- Hardware & Blue Beetle on DC Bloodlines ep 19
- Xombi & The Spectre @ DC Bloodlines
- Batman & Dial H For Hero on The Bat-Pod ep # 113
- Blackhawk & The Flash on Weird Warriors Podcast Ep. 48
- Batman & Brother Power The Geek on The Brave and the Bob!
- Green Lantern & Doctor Fate on Once Upon A Geek 11
- The Joker and The Atom on The Head Speaks Episode 70
- Aquaman & The Demon on The Fire and Water Podcast ep. 254
- Wonder Woman, Zatanna, & Batgirl on The Wright On Network Presents
- The Doom Patrol & Legion of Super-Heroes on Waiting for Doom Podcast Episode 184
- The Inferior Five & Legion of Substitute Heroes on Waiting for Doom Podcast Episode 184
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DC Bloodlines Podcast, DC Comics, Hardware, Icon, Blood Syndicate, Xombi, Static, Shadow Cabinet, John Henry Irons, Milestone Media, Superboy, Superman, Cyborg, Steel
Look for us on iTunes, Spotify or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3.This episode, an overview of three generations of Blue Beetle ahead of their motion picture debut, and a look at most of the first year of Milestone’s Hardware title, followed by the 2009 pairing of Jaime Reyes and Curtis Metcalf in The Brave and the Bold #25 by Adam Beechen & Roger Robinson
JLMay 2023 will cover the third volume of DC Comics’ The Brave and the Bold (2007-2010), which ran 35 issues. There’s only 31 days in the month, so we’ll run a list of all the issues with links to the podcasts intent on covering them until the actual shows turn up, individual or in groups…
- Batman & Green Lantern on The Overlooked Dark Knight ep 76
- Green Lantern & Supergirl on Dial F For Flanger ep 19
- Batman & Blue Beetle on The Bat-Pod ep # 111
- Supergirl & Lobo on L.E.G.I.O.N.P.O.D.Cast Episode 141
- Batman & the Legion of Super Heroes on Tales of the Legion Project
- Green Lantern & Batman on The Newsprint Commando
- Wonder Woman & Power Girl on The Wright On Network Presents
- The Flash & Doom Patrol on Fanholes Podcast ep 105
- Star-Studded Spectacular on The JusticeTrek JT0008
- Superman/Silent Knight & Aquaman/Teen Titans! @ Pop Culture Affidavit
- Superman & Ultraman @ Fortress of Baileytude
- Everybody on Longbox Crusade – Episode 038
- Batman & Jay Garrick @ L.E.G.I.O.N.P.O.D.Cast
- Deadman & Green Arrow on The Coffee & Comics Podcast ep. 84
- Nightwing & Hawkman @ Married With Comics
- Superman & Catwoman @ Superman in Crisis
- Supergirl & Raven on Dial F For Flanger ep 20
- Raven & Supergirl @ Dial F For Flanger ep 20
- Green Lantern & Phantom Stranger on The LanternCast #516
- Green Lantern & Phantom Stranger on The LanternCast #516
- Green Lantern & Green Arrow @ The Podcast of Oa
- Green Lantern & Green Arrow @ The Podcast of Oa
- Booster Gold & Magog @ Justice League International: Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast
- Black Lightning & Static on DC Bloodlines ep 18
- Hardware & Blue Beetle on DC Bloodlines ep 19
- Xombi & The Spectre @ DC Bloodlines
- Batman & Dial H For Hero at The Bat-Pod
- Blackhawk & The Flash @ The Weird Warriors Podcast
- Batman & Brother Power The Geek @ Magazines and Monsters!
- Green Lantern & Doctor Fate on Once Upon A Geek 11
- The Joker and The Atom on The Head Speaks Episode 70
- Aquaman & The Demon on The Fire and Water Podcast ep. 254
- Wonder Woman, Zatanna, & Batgirl on The Wright On Network Presents
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Blue Beetle, DC Bloodlines Podcast, Milestone Media, DC Comics, Hardware
Look for us on iTunes, Spotify or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3.Five years later… somebody else covers Legion, because DC Bloodlines is back to Black with coverage of African-American & Latin heroes as part of a multitudinous podcasting crossover event! just Julia Raul joins Diabolu Frank for an exhaustive discussion of Jefferson Pierce, A.K.A. Black Lightning, with an emphasis on his 1995 solo series (collected as Brick City Blues) and live action television show of 2018-21. Then they move on to Virgil Hawkins, of the 1993 Milestone Comics series Static (with a brisk overview of its first year) and the 2000-2004 animated show Static Shock. Finally, the two heroes team-up for 2009’s “Last Time I Saw Paris” by Matt Wayne & Howard Porter from The Brave and the Bold #24.
JLMay 2023 will cover the third volume of DC Comics’ The Brave and the Bold (2007-2010), which ran 35 issues. There’s only 31 days in the month, so we’ll run a list of all the issues with links to the podcasts intent on covering them until the actual shows turn up, individual or in groups…
- Batman & Green Lantern on The Overlooked Dark Knight ep 76
- Green Lantern & Supergirl on Dial F For Flanger ep 19
- Batman & Blue Beetle at The Bat-Pod
- Supergirl & Lobo @ L.E.G.I.O.N.P.O.D.Cast
- Batman & the Legion of Super Heroes @ The Legion Project
- Green Lantern & Batman @ Teal Productions
- Wonder Woman & Power Girl @ Wright On Network
- The Flash & Doom Patrol on Fanholes Podcast ep 105
- Star-Studded Spectacular @ JusticeTrek
- Superman/Silent Knight & Aquaman/Teen Titans! @ Pop Culture Affidavit
- Superman & Ultraman @ Fortress of Baileytude
- Everybody @ Longbox Crusade
- Batman & Jay Garrick @ L.E.G.I.O.N.P.O.D.Cast
- Deadman & Green Arrow @ Coffee & Comics Podcast
- Nightwing & Hawkman @ Married With Comics
- Superman & Catwoman @ Superman in Crisis
- Supergirl & Raven @ Dial F For Flanger
- Raven & Supergirl @ Dial F For Flanger
- Green Lantern & Phantom Stranger @ The LanternCast
- Green Lantern & Phantom Stranger @ The LanternCast
- Green Lantern & Green Arrow @ The Podcast of Oa
- Green Lantern & Green Arrow @ The Podcast of Oa
- Booster Gold & Magog @ Justice League International: Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast
- Black Lightning & Static on DC Bloodlines ep 18
- Hardware & Blue Beetle @ DC Bloodlines
- Xombi & The Spectre @ DC Bloodlines
- Batman & Dial H For Hero at The Bat-Pod
- Blackhawk & The Flash @ The Weird Warriors Podcast
- Batman & Brother Power The Geek @ Magazines and Monsters!
- Green Lantern & Doctor Fate @ Once Upon A Geek
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- Aquaman & The Demon @ The Fire and Water Podcast
I’m a big fan of Richard Dragon. Here is my favorite panel from issue 1. #SometimesThinkHeIsTalkingToMe pic.twitter.com/LvWCGMjiBv
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Static, Static Shock, Black Lightning, DC Bloodlines Podcast, Jefferson Pierce, Milestone Media, Batman, Superman
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. After nearly a year since the last episode… we’re still doing random one-off spotlights rather than actually talking about the Bloodlines event. Richard Drakunovski was a bullied white boy who trained to become a world class martial artist under the Asian O-Sensei and/or an African-American man named Benjamin Stanley and/or Ben Turner, depending on what continuity we’re talking about. This is all before we try to address Lady Shiva and her damsel-in-distress sister you probably never heard of. Set the Wayback Machine back to 1975 for our old coverage of Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #1, #2 & #3 and do a deeper dive on that last one by following along at Scans Daily. We’ll also cover #4, and then 2004’s Richard Dragon #1-6.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. After nearly a year since the last episode… we’re still doing random one-off spotlights rather than actually talking about the Bloodlines event. Richard Drakunovski was a bullied white boy who trained to become a world class… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Richard Dragon’s Fists
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. The show returns as part of a multi-blog/podcast crossover covering the 1992 DC Annual event Eclipso: The Darkness Within by offering a detailed account of the first three decades of the villain’s career derived from numerous… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Eclipso– Hero and Villain in One Man!
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. The show returns as part of a multi-blog/podcast crossover covering the 1992 DC Annual event Eclipso: The Darkness Within by offering a detailed account of the first three decades of the villain’s career derived from numerous print and online sources. Created by Bob Haney and Lee Elias in 1963, Eclipso appeared in House of Secrets for 19 issues before moving on to guest roles in Justice League of America, Metal Men, Green Lantern, Adventure Comics, Outsiders, The Phantom Stranger and more! See the misadventures of Bruce Gordon, Mona & Simon Bennett as they combat the super-villain!
#BestEventEver Eclipso * Hero History of Eclipso + Never-Ending Reading Pile
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Eclipso– Hero and Villain in One Man!
- DC Bloodlines
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Eclipso ‘66 Merchandise on The Retroist
- …What A Puzzling Beginning!
- Playing Cards With Batman – Part One
- Playing Cards With Batman – Part Two
- The Brave and Bold #64
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Starman #42-45 on Chris and Reggie’s Cosmic Treadmill
- Starman #42 (1992)
- Starman #43 (1992)
- Starman #44 (1992)
- Starman #45 (1992)
- Starman #42-45 Podcast
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Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1 Chris Is On Infinite Earths
Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal
- Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #1 Resurrections-An Adam Warlock Podcast Episode 61
- Green Lantern Annual #1 For the Non-Discerning Reader
- Detective Comics Annual #5 For the Non-Discerning Reader
- Superman Annual #4 For the Non-Discerning Reader
- Justice League America Annual #6 Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal
- The Demon Annual #1 Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal
- The Flash Annual #5 Coffee & Comics Podcast
- Action Comics Annual #4 Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal
- Wonder Woman Annual #3 Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman
- Green Arrow Annual #5 Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal
- Robin Annual #1 Chris Is On Infinite Earths
- Hawkworld Annual #3 Pop Culture Palace Presents
- Deathstroke: The Terminator Annual #1 Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman
- The New Titans Annual #8 Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman
- Justice League Europe Annual #3 Resurrections-An Adam Warlock Podcast Episode 62
- Batman Annual #16 Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal
- L.E.G.I.O.N. ’92 Annual #3 I’m the Gun
- The Adventures of Superman Annual #4 Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal
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Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 I’m the Gun
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Valor #1
- For the Non-Discerning Reader
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. Bloodlines: Outbreak is nearly over! Before the first quarter of the event closes, we meet ex-S.W.A.T. officer Kelvin Mao in his insectoid exoskeleton, and a new blond Batman who is never positively identified throughout the story (with the reasons for his replacement only alluded to.) Guess that means we should also look at the Batman: Sword of Azrael mini-series and do an overview of Knightfall/Knightquest/KnightsEnd to better understand what Jean-Paul Valley is doing here. I once did a wine tasting tour in the Jean-Paul Valley. That’s a joke I now regret because it conjures imagery I hadn’t considered before making it. Where was I again? These were not engaging stories, so I keep getting distracted, but you can follow along with 1993’s Batman Annual #17 at Scans Daily and get a deeper dive on the Azrael mini-series at NOT BLOG X.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. Bloodlines: Outbreak is nearly over! Before the first quarter of the event closes, we meet ex-S.W.A.T. officer Kelvin Mao in his insectoid exoskeleton, and a new blond Batman who is never positively identified throughout the story… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Ballistic Sword of Azrael
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. The ancient immortal African mystic Doctor Mist was introduced in a cameo on the last page of 1978’s The Super Friends #12 before continuing into appearances in The Super Friends #13 & 45-46 before officially forming the Global Guardians in DC Comics Presents #46. We cover these comics to varying degrees, but our primary focus is the supposed true story of “Nommo,” appended to tales starring Zatara and Zatanna. Is Dr. Mist one of the most powerful and important figures in the history of the DC Universe, or a sad and lonely fraud? You decide, and you can follow along with our reading of 1988’s Secret Origins #27 at The Secret Origins Podcast.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. The ancient immortal African mystic Doctor Mist was introduced in a cameo on the last page of 1978’s The Super Friends #12 before continuing into appearances in The Super Friends #13 & 45-46 before officially forming… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: You May Call Me Doctor Mist!
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. After slipping to an unintentional monthly schedule with some uncomfortable elements and unfortunate timing, the DC Bloodlines Podcast returns for a thirteenth episode set on breaking its unlucky streak (and nearly broke Diabolu Frank with all… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: The Green Fury meets The Super Friends
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After slipping to an unintentional monthly schedule with some uncomfortable elements and unfortunate timing, the DC Bloodlines Podcast returns for a thirteenth episode set on breaking its unlucky streak (and nearly broke Diabolu Frank with all the editing it required.) In this novel edition, special guest Pekita Trotamundos helps produce a two-person radio drama in the style of ABC-TV’s 1979 Saturday morning favorite, The World’s Greatest Super Friends. This is meant to reflect the early appearances of Brazil’s premier super-heroine in the DC Universe, Beatriz da Costa, originally known as The Green Fury! Later known as Fire, she was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon for the comic book tie-in Super Friends #25, cover-dated October, 1979. After that brief cameo battling Superman, The Green Fury went on to appear in issues #42-44, with her origin finally revealed in a full length starring role in the series’ final issue, the August 1981 cover-dated #47. Foregoing the usually biting commentary and contemporary music soundtrack, this episode is a loose adaptation of these stories featuring scores culled from numerous cartoon favorites of the era. However, there is a political subtext that’s hard to miss. For a peek at the early Beatriz da Costa in action, here’s a look at sample pages from The Super Friends #43 at Scans_Daily.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. This episode looks at Nik Mayak, a New Blood with extraordinary body regeneration powers, supplemented by great agility and uncanny accuracy with blowing blades. Debuting in 1993’s Green Lantern Annual #2, we give an overview of… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Nightblade
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. This episode looks at Nik Mayak, a New Blood with extraordinary body regeneration powers, supplemented by great agility and uncanny accuracy with blowing blades. Debuting in 1993’s Green Lantern Annual #2, we give an overview of the rest of his career in Eclipso Annual #1 & Bloodbath #1-2, the Blood Pack mini-series, Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 & 39, Deathstroke the Terminator #49, Infinite Crisis #7, Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3D #1-2, and finally 2010’s Adventure Comics #4-5. You can follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. The Guardians of the Universe chose Hal Jordan to be their Emerald Gladiator for Space Sector 2814, wielder of a Power Ring that could create jade energy constructs limited only by the bearer’s willpower and a necessary impurity that rendered it ineffective against anything colored yellow. However, the day would come when Hal Jordan would falter, and on that day his successor would rise to command the energies derived from the Master Power Battery on Oa, and that man’s name was John Stewart…
This episode, we look at the 1970s adventures of Neil Adams’ & Denny O’Neil’s Green Lantern John Stewart, DC Comics’s first African-American super-hero (unless you count Vykin the Black or Black Racer, which virtually nobody does, despite Jack Kirby publishing them nearly a year earlier.) Also, an obligatory history of that jerk Jordan, mostly cribbed from Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones. You can follow along with our reading at Scans_Daily. Also, check out the Neal Adams interview at Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. The Guardians of the Universe chose Hal Jordan to be their Emerald Gladiator for Space Sector 2814, wielder of a Power Ring that could create jade energy constructs limited only by the bearer’s willpower and a… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Green Lantern
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“He was a mystery to himself! Why– young Adam Blake wanted to know– was he so different from other people? How did it happen that there was no one else like him in the whole wide world?
Where did he really come from? Who was he? All these questions which might have unsettled an ordinary mind– only served to whet the brain and steel the mettle of the extraordinary youth who, without knowing it, was fated to fulfill a grand and awe-inspiring destiny on Earth– as Captain Comet– First Man of the Future!”
This episode, we explore comics’ first mutant super-hero, a prototype from the Atomic Age who was a mental marvel and physical dynamo! Explore his Strange Adventures from the June 1951 cover-dated ninth issue through the twelfth, plus comparisons to 1987’s Secret Origins Annual #1. You can follow along with our reading at Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. “He was a mystery to himself! Why– young Adam Blake wanted to know– was he so different from other people? How did it happen that there was no one else like him in the whole wide… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: The Origin of Captain Comet!
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. This episode looks at the New Blood Myriad and the Cyborg Superman, neither of whom debuted in 1993’s Superman Annual #5 (the only instance of that occurring in the Bloodlines annual event that was specifically created to introduce new characters.) Getting to know Hank Henshaw means going back to 1990 to cover Superman #42, Adventures of Superman #465 and especially Adventures of Superman #466, followed by Sasha Green’s first (and technically last) appearance in Superman #77. Next we get to the actual story “Myriad!” followed by her cameo in Bloodbath Special #2 and her quasi-posthumous mentions in 1994’s Action Comics #696 & 700 plus 1997’s Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #7. Finally, an overview of Frank’s reading of Superman comics overall, as well as the career of Hank Henshaw specifically. This one gets political, so if you’re still hypersensitive about the concept of President Trump, take heed. Bonus: Our podcast’s debut appearance of the most successful New Blood, Hitman! You can follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.
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Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or the Internet Archive, where you can also directly download an art-tagged MP3. This episode looks at the New Blood Myriad and the Cyborg Superman, neither of whom debuted in 1993’s Superman Annual #5 (the only instance of that occurring in the Bloodlines annual event that was specifically created… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Myriad!
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or directly download an art-tagged MP3 from the Internet Archive Finally, the DC Bloodlines Podcast reveals its greater scope than just one 1993 event, but rather a mandate to cover the under-served DCU by looking at the earliest published (and especially the unpublished) comics of what was intended to… Continue reading The DC Bloodlines Podcast: The Vixen is a Lady Fox
Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or directly download an art-tagged MP3 from the Internet Archive Finally, the DC Bloodlines Podcast reveals its greater scope than just one 1993 event, but rather a mandate to cover the under-served DCU by looking at the earliest published (and especially the unpublished) comics of what was intended to be the first super-heroine series for a character of African decent, Mari McCabe: The Vixen! We start with the aborted 1978 first issue created by Gerry Conway & Bob Oksner from the second Xeroxed collection of “Cancelled Comic Cavalcade” and the rejected early ’80s “The Power Squad” proposal before her accessible comics debut in 1981’s Action Comics #521 and her second team-up with Superman in 1984’s DC Comics Presents #68, plus supplemental material from Back Issue Magazine #40!
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