Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Host Derek Coward talks about the just completed Wednesday Comics.

Tags: batman, blackhawk, catwoman, deadman, green lantern, hal foster, Hawkman, howard chaykin, jack kirby, kamandi, kyle baker, metal men, paul pope, prince valiant, ryan sook, strange adventures, supergirl, superman, teen titans, the demon, the flash, the shadow, wonder woman

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Hosts Mike Myers and Eric Martin open the show with some back issue discussion of Adventure Comics #435 (1974) and Jack Kirby’s O.M.A.C. issues 1 and 2. we then move in to some non spoiler discussion of Wednesday Comics 1 and 2. We also have an impromptu Top 5 list of our 5 favorite strips from Wednesday Comics.

The full spoiler reviews/annotations this time are for Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #2 (00:19:49 to 00:23:19) Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #2 and Ink #2 are quickly discussed (00:23:19 to 00:26:07) Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #2 (00:26:07 to 00:34:59) Last Days of Animal Man #2 (00:34:59 to 00:40:39) JSA vs Kobra #1 (00:40:39 to 00:47:12).

Tags: adam strange, adventure comics, batman, deadman, demon and catwoman, final crisis aftermath: dance, final crisis aftermath: escape, final crisis aftermath: ink, final crisis aftermath: run, green lantern, Hawkman, jack kirby, jsa vs kobra, kamandi, last days of animal man, metal men, metamorpho, OMAC, sgt rock, supergirl, superman, teen titans, the flash, wednesday comics, wonder woman

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Join Mike and Eric for their coverage of the last 3 issues to the fantastic Rann-Thanagar Holy War.

Spoiler tags:
6 – 00:02:16 to 00:13:22
7 – 00:13:22 to 00:27:16
8 – 00:27:16 to 00:37:53

Tags: adam strange, captain comet, Hawkman, rann thanagar holy war, superman, the weird

My mystery comic book finally arrived today from the Amazon Marketplace. Since I have it in my possession and I don’t have to worry about people rushing out to buy it (and therefore driving up the price for me to get it), I can finally make the big reveal.

It is JLA: Secret Origins by Paul Dini and Alex Ross, the only one of their oversized books that I didn’t own.

I haven’t read it thoroughly yet, but I like what I have seen by just thumbing through it. It appears to be a collection of two page retellings of the origins stories of the Justice League of America (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Arrow (with Black Canary, but her origin wasn’t told.),  Captain Marvel (the real one, you know “Shazam!”), Hawkman (and Hawkgirl, whose origin has always been intrinsically tied to her husband’s), Atom, Plastic Man,  Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

Since I cut my teeth on DC Comics way back when, there  is nothing in here that I didn’t already know but it never looked like this.  There is also a retelling of the Justice League of America themselves, which is restricted to one paragraph. The real treat on the JLA spread is Adam Strange, Zatanna, Metamorpho, The Elongated Man, Phantom Stranger and Red Tornado each getting the Alex Ross treatment for a panel.

After the story, there is an interview with Dini and Ross that includes a lot of sketches and a painting of the Big Seven, which is beautiful and I wish I had a poster of it.

Now my Dini/Ross oversized collection is complete and I can start getting some of the other books that I saw on TreasuryComics.com. This could take a while and get expensive. Luckily for me, I’m not as obsessive about such things as I once was.

Tags: adam strange, alex ross, amazon marketplace, aquaman, atom, batman, black canary, captain marvel, elongated man, flash, green arrow, green lantern hal jordan, hawkgirl, Hawkman, interview, jla: secret origins, justice league of america, martian manhunter, metamorpho, paul dini, phantom stranger, plastic man, red tornado, shazam, superman, wonder woman, zatanna

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

This episode features reviews of Trinity #11 from the top of the show to 17:36, Trinity #12 from 17:38 to 34:00. This is followed by some brief discussion of the Milestone Universe and the upcoming return of these characters to the DC Universe. Then we come back with our review of Hawkman Special #1 from 35:27 to 53:50. And the show is rounded up with some talk about some of the WB’s plans for the future of DC Comics related movies as well as the developing problems between Fox and WB regarding the Watchmen movie.

Download Here

Related Links:
The Shade’s Journal – http://theshadesjournal.blogspot.com/ (also found on The Reader Feed at http://thereaderfeed.blogspot.com/)
http://www.mycomicshop.com/
https://www.torpedocomics.com/

Tags: dc comics, fox, Hawkman, milestone, movies, rann thanagar holy war, The Readerfeed, the shade's journal, trinity, warner brothers, Watchmen movie