Character Sphinx 2.0: Recent Episodes
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After a bit of a delay we are back and ready to dive into some more Batman!
In this episode hear about Batman #5, Detective Comics #50-53, and World’s Finest Comics #1-2!
Upcoming Episodes
-Next Batman Episode
–Batman Episode 0006 - August 1941-October 1941
—-All-Star Comics V1 #7
—-Batman V1 #6-7
—-Detective Comics V1 #54-55
-Next Episode
–Thor Episode 0003 - December 1963-March 1964
—-Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1
—-Avengers V1 #3-4
—-Journey Into Mystery V1 #99-101
—-Tales of Suspense V1 #49
Time-Stamps
0:30 Intro and George Roussos Bio
7:40 Batman #5 - The Riddle of the Missing Card
12:00 Batman #5 - Book of Enchantment
14:45 Batman #5 - The Case of the Honest Crook
18:50 Batman #5 - Crime Does Not Pay
22:05 [...]
New Mic. More Editing. Hopefully better sound.
Come along as I discuss every Doom Patrol appearance from September 1964 to September of 1965 in Doom Patrol Volume 1 #90-97. All issues are collected in Doom Patrol Archive #2
Next Doom Patrol Episode
-Doom Patrol Episode 003 - November 1965-May 1966
—Brave and the Bold V1 #65
—Challengers of the Unknown V1 #48
—Doom Patrol V1 #98-105
Next Episodes
-Batman Episode 0005 - April 1941-July 1941
—Batman V1 #5
—Detective Comics V1 #50-53
—World’s Best Comics V1 #1
—World’s Finest Comics V1 #2
-Thor Episode 0003 - December 1963-March 1964
—Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1
—Avengers V1 #3-4
—Journey Into Mystery V1 #99-101
—Tales of Suspense V1 #49
Time-Stamps:
0:30 Opening
2:35 Arnold Drake Bio
7:30 [...]
The Batmobile is named! No guns proclaimed! Bye-Bye Julie Madson!
We cover all this in our next ten appearances of Batman from Detective Comics #44-49 and Batman #4!
Next Batman Episode
-Batman Episode 0005 - April 1941-July 1941
–Batman V1 #5
–Detective Comics V1 #50-53
–World’s Best Comics V1 #1
–World’s Finest Comics V1 #2
Next Episode
–Doom Patrol Episode 002 - September 1964-September 1965
–Doom Patrol V1 #90-97
His surprise blockbuster movie kicked started the whole Avengers film franchise but let’s see how he got started in the comics!
We cover Iron Man’s 1st 10 appearances in this episode from Tales of Suspense #39-47 and Avengers #1
Next Iron Man Episode
-Iron Man Episode 0002 - November 1963-April 1964
—Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1
—Avengers V1 #2-4
—Fantastic Four V1 #25
—Journey Into Mystery V1 #101
—Tales of Suspense V1 #48-51
Next Episodes
-Batman Episode 0004 - October 1940-March 1941
—Batman V1 #4
—Detective Comics V1 #44-49
-Doom Patrol Episode 002 - September 1964-September 1965
—Doom Patrol V1 #90-98
Time-Stamps:
0:30 Opening
5:40 Tales of Suspense #39 - Iron Man Is Born
8:05 Tales of Suspense #40 - Iron Man versus Gargantus
10:45 [...]
Will Eisner’s landmark creation, The Spirit, is the next character we dive into!
We go through the Spirit’s first 10 appearances from 6/2/1940 through 8/4/1940.
Next Spirit Episode
-Spirit Part 2
-6/2/1940-8/4/1940
Next Episodes
-Iron Man Part 1: March 1963-November 1963
-The Avengers 1
-Tales of Suspense 39-47
-Batman Part 4 - October 1940-March 1941
-Batman #4
-Detective Comics #44-49
Time-Stamps:
0:30 Opening
5:40 6/2/1940 - The Origin of the Spirit
8:05 6/9/1940 - The Return of Dr Cobra
10:45 6/16/1940 - The Black Queen
14:10 6/23/1940 - Voodoo In Manhattan
16:20 6/30/1940 - Johnny Marston
18:20 7/7/1940 - The Black Queen’s Army
20: [...]
Joker and Catwoman in the same story, Batman being hypnotized, a horde of Ugly People, and more!
Covering Batman’s appearances in Batman 2-3 and Detective Comics 41-43.
-Next Batman Episodes
-Batman Part 34: October 1940-March 1941
-Batman V1 #4
-Detective Comics V1 #44-49
-Next Episodes
-Spirit Part 1: June 1940-August 1940
-Spirit Appearances from 6/2/1940-8/4/1940
-Iron Man Part 1: March 1963-November 1963
-The Avengers 1
-Tales of Suspense 39-47
Time-Stamps:
0:30 Opening
1:40 Bill Finger Bio
10:05 Batman #2 - Joker Meets the Cat-Woman
14:00 Batman #2 - Wolf, the Crime Master
16:20 Batman #2 - The Case of t [...]
The God of Thunder is back and in this episode we get to see him join the Avengers, more battling with Loki, and Jane Foster leaving!
Covered in this episode is Journey Through Mystery 93-98 and his appearances in Avengers 1-2.
-Next Thor Episode
-Thor Part 3 - December 1963-March 1964
-Amazing Spider-man Annual 1
-The Avengers 3-4
-Journey Into Mystery 99-101
-Tales of Suspense 49
-Highlights
-Appearances in other character’s books
-Odin decides to allow Thor to marry Jane on one condition
-More Tales of Asgard including stories of young Thor
-Next Episodes
-Batman Part 3: July 1940-September 1940
-Batman [...]
After a little bit of a delay, we are back!
Come along for the next set appearances of Batman including first appearances of Robin, The Joker, Catwoman, and Clayface! We cover Detective Comics #37-40, Batman’s appearance in the 1940 New York World’s Fair issue, and Batman #1
Up-Coming Episodes
-Thor Part 2: June 1963-November 1963
-The Avengers #1,2
-Journey Into Mystery Volume 1 #93-98
-Batman Part 3: July 1940-September 1940
-Batman V1 #2, 3
-Detective Comics V1 #41-43
Time-stamps:
0:30 Opening
4:45 Bob Kane Bio
8:45 Detective Comics 37 - The Screaming House
10:40 Detective Comics 38 - Robin the Boy Wonder
13:20 Batman 1 - The Joker
18:05 Batman 1 - The Giants of Hugo Strange
21:40 Batman 1 - The Cat
24:50 Batman [...]
The Legion of Super-Heroes has long been one of the most intimidating groups to start reading. Well with Character Sphinx mountains of continuity mess will be understand and the Legion will be come clear.
Join us for the first 10 Legion appearances and watch as one-off idea comes back by popular demand and starts on path to becoming an ongoing powerhouse that will eventually produce one of the most famous DC stories ever!
-Next Legion of Super-Heroes Episode:
-Legion of Super-Heroes Episode 0002 - April 1962-October 1962
-Action Comics 287, 289-290
-Adventure Comics 300
-Superboy 98, 100
-Superman 152, 155-156
-Highlights
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We get into the weird and wacky this episode as we start off with the Doom Patrol.
Covering the first 10 appearances we cover the teams origins and some of the first battles with it’s biggest foes. Everything you need to know about these issues, all you need to do is listen!
-Next Doom Patrol Episode:
- Doom Patrol Episode 002 - September 1964-September 1965
- Doom Patrol V1 #90-98
- Highlights
- More with the Brotherhood of Evil
- Including Madame Rouge getting super-powers
- The Return of Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
- Great Covers
- Next Episode
- Legion of Super-Heroes Part 1: April 1958-February 1962
- Adventure Comics Volume 1 #247, 267, 282, 290, 293
- Action [...]
We start up a 2nd character this time around!
Check out the first 10 appearances of Thor and see the begins of this Avenger!
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Up-Coming Episodes:
Doom Patrol Part 1: June 1963-August 1964
-My Greatest Adventure Volume 1 #80-85
-Doom Patrol Volume 1 #86-89
Legion of Super-Heroes Part 1: April 1958-February 1962
-Adventure Comics Volume 1 #247, 267, 282, 290, 293
-Action Comics Volume 1 #267, 276
-Superboy Volume 1 #86, 89
-Superman Volume 1 #147
Next Thor Episode:
Thor Episode 0002 - June 1963-December 1963
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
-The Avengers [...]
The Sphinx is back so let’s get right into it and start in on our first character: Batman!
10 Appearances in Detective Comics that introduce us to Batman/Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, Hugo Strange and more!
Read along and let me know what you think:
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Up-Coming Episodes:
Thor Part 1: August 1962-May 1963
-Journey Into Mystery Volume 1 #83-#92
Doom Patrol Part 1: June 1963-August 1964
-My Greatest Adventure Volume 1 #80-85
-Doom Patrol Volume 1 #86-89
Legion of Super-Heroes Part 1: April 1958-February 1962
-Adventure Comics Volume 1 #247, 267, 282, 290, 293
-Action Comics Volume 1 #267, 276
-Superbo [...]
Character Sphinx is Back!!!
We are down to one host (hopefully we’ll get some guest hosts on here once in a while). But we’ve got some other great format changes. Fewer issues covered in each episode and we’ll be mixing up characters more frequently so we don’t all get too bored with one character for too long. This will also give us a chance to start digging into some bigger characters with a larger backlog.
The coming first 4 episodes will be:
1. Batman - May 1939-February 1940
-Detective Comics V1 #27-36
2. Thor - August 1962-May 1963
-Journey Into Mystery V1 #83-92
3. Doom Patrol - June 1963-August 1964
-My Greatest Adventure 80-85
-Doom Patrol 86-89
4. Legion of Super-Heroes - April 1958-February 1962
-Adventure Comics 247, 267, 282, 290, 293
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In this episode we introduce our new weekly format. Also in this episode we talk about the New52 and where it stands today
This episode we discuss the first volume of Matt Kindt’s Mind MGMT as a group. We also get another New52 rundown, some Popeye, and Dave explains his hatred of Peter Parker
This week the group breaks down L.E.G.I.O.N. and R.E.B.E.L.S. We go in depth on a series we all found pretty entertaining. We don’t discuss the most recent reboot of R.E.B.E.L.S. yet but look forward to that soon. As always send us an email at comicstribune@gmail.com, check us out on Facebook and Twitter @comicstribune, and leave us an iTunes review
We get movie heavy this week! First we discuss the movie news from Marvel and DC from Comic-Con. Then Andrew and Derick talk about Pacific Rim and Dave tells us about World War Z. We wrap it all up with a discussion on the Kree-Skrull War
Comics Tribune Episode 15 - Melvin Monster, John Stanley Library, Superman, Legion of Superheroes
This episode the group discuss an old but good series in Melvin Monster. This leads Derick into a run down of Drawn & Quarterly’s John Stanley Library. Also Dave talks about Superman and the Legion of Superheroes and we get a new 52 rundown.
Comics Tribune Episode 14 - Man of Steel, Superman: Earth One, Superman in the New 52, Toon Treasury
We get spoiler heavy on Man of Steel this episode. We also talk a little about some Superman in the comics and wrap up with Derick telling us about an anthology of children’s comics from the 40s and 50s. Remember to follow us on Facebook and Twitter and shoot us an email at comicstribune@gmail.com