Tom Deja looks at Silver Age comics with a modern-day perspective.
In this edition of The 'Cade, covering Daredevil #3, you'll believe a portly guy in a cape can fly as Daredevil faces off against The Sinister Owl! Plus: man-on-ape action!
In this edition of The 'Cade, covering Daredevil #3, you'll believe a portly guy in a cape can fly as Daredevil faces off against The Sinister Owl! Plus: man-on-ape action!
In this episode, where we look at House of Mystery #157, Robby Reed ricochets around the place, melts a bridge, and goes blind. (Get your mind out of the gutter!)
In this episode, where we look at House of Mystery #157, Robby Reed ricochets around the place, melts a bridge, and goes blind. (Get your mind out of the gutter!)
In this episode, featuring Daredevil #2, you will believe a blind man can blind like no other blind man before, as Matt Murdoch flies a spacecraft in his battle against Electro! Don't get too excited, it's kinda crap.
In this episode, featuring Daredevil #2, you will believe a blind man can blind like no other blind man before, as Matt Murdoch flies a spacecraft in his battle against Electro! Don't get too excited, it's kinda crap.
In this episode, in which we cover House of Mystery #156, we're introduced to aspiring mad scientist Robby Reed as he uses an otherdimensional phone dial to become different superheroes, including one that flies around on a trail of superheated gas. The jokes just write themselves sometime.
In this episode, in which we cover House of Mystery #156, we're introduced to aspiring mad scientist Robby Reed as he uses an otherdimensional phone dial to become different superheroes, including one that flies around on a trail of superheated gas. The jokes just write themselves sometime.
Not a hoax! Not a dream! Join Thomas Deja as he returns to his exploration of Silver Age comics with the debut of Daredevil - otherwise known as Matt Murdock: Horndog.
Not a hoax! Not a dream! Join Thomas Deja as he returns to his exploration of Silver Age comics with the debut of Daredevil - otherwise known as Matt Murdock: Horndog.
In the second part of our annual Halloween event, covering Adventure into Fear #11, we return to the Everglades for a story of kids playing at magic, demons, bat-dragon-things, and, oh yeah Steve Gerber!
In the second part of our annual Halloween event, covering Adventure into Fear #11, we return to the Everglades for a story of kids playing at magic, demons, bat-dragon-things, and, oh yeah Steve Gerber!
It's time for the DJ Comics Cavalcade Halloween Event! In this episode, covering The Phantom Stranger #5, The Phantom Stranger fights with Tala over the soul of a callous ladies' man, Doc Thirteen bitches and moans, and some hippie teenagers are busted by a sailor for "cooling off!"
It's time for the DJ Comics Cavalcade Halloween Event! In this episode, covering The Phantom Stranger #5, The Phantom Stranger fights with Tala over the soul of a callous ladies' man, Doc Thirteen bitches and moans, and some hippie teenagers are busted by a sailor for "cooling off!"
In this latest edition of the 'Cade, covering Tales of Suspense #87, Captain America finds himself trapped in an inventory story where he tugs his ear inappropriately and mixes it up with The Master Planner. No, not a disguised Doctor Octopus, but a guy with impressive sideburns who just won't shut up!
In this latest edition of the 'Cade, covering Tales of Suspense #87, Captain America finds himself trapped in an inventory story where he tugs his ear inappropriately and mixes it up with The Master Planner. No, not a disguised Doctor Octopus, but a guy with impressive sideburns who just won't shut up!
After a hiatus, the 'Cade is back with Teen Titans #7, and Tom Deja is bringing one of his favorite denizens of Planet Haney with him! Come join him as the Teen Titans join forces with that forgotten pop idol Holly Hip to foil the supervillainous smuggler known as The Mad Mod: the villain even the Bronze Age couldn't kill!
After a hiatus, the 'Cade is back with Teen Titans #7, and Tom Deja is bringing one of his favorite denizens of Planet Haney with him! Come join him as the Teen Titans join forces with that forgotten pop idol Holly Hip to foil the supervillainous smuggler known as The Mad Mod: the villain even the Bronze Age couldn't kill!
In the second of our Halloween-themed episodes, covering Adventure into Fear #10, the Man-Thing gets his own series and celebrates by going all Dr. Phil on a redneck couple with baby problems.
In the second of our Halloween-themed episodes, covering Adventure into Fear #10, the Man-Thing gets his own series and celebrates by going all Dr. Phil on a redneck couple with baby problems.
In the Phantom Stranger section of our Annual Cavalcade Spook Special, Robert Kanigher and Neal Adams collaborate on Phantom Stranger #4 to make our hero into a kicker of much mystical ass when his nemesis Tala makes her debut. Oh, and the Stranger feels the need to save four really stupid teenagers in spite of their idiocy. All this, plus Doc Thirteen gets glasses but remains an asshole.
In the Phantom Stranger section of our Annual Cavalcade Spook Special, Robert Kanigher and Neal Adams collaborate on Phantom Stranger #4 to make our hero into a kicker of much mystical ass when his nemesis Tala makes her debut. Oh, and the Stranger feels the need to save four really stupid teenagers in spite of their idiocy. All this, plus Doc Thirteen gets glasses but remains an asshole.
What do you do when you're Jack Kirby and you're bored? Join us this episode as we find out in Tales of Suspense #86, containing more wacky Kirbytech than you can ever imagine. Plus, Cap counsels someone with battle fatigue, and a solar-powered flamethrower!
What do you do when you're Jack Kirby and you're bored? Join us this episode as we find out in Tales of Suspense #86, containing more wacky Kirbytech than you can ever imagine. Plus, Cap counsels someone with battle fatigue, and a solar-powered flamethrower!
In Teen Titans #6, see Beast Boy try to join the Teen Titans by, well, basically being an ass and running off to join the circus. No, seriously. Plus, Charlie Neimeyer of The Superman in the Bronze Age podcast talks about Carol Ferris, and Aqualad and Kid Flash inspire slash fictioners everywhere!
In Teen Titans #6, see Beast Boy try to join the Teen Titans by, well, basically being an ass and running off to join the circus. No, seriously. Plus, Charlie Neimeyer of The Superman in the Bronze Age podcast talks about Carol Ferris, and Aqualad and Kid Flash inspire slash fictioners everywhere!
In Tales of Suspense #85, Batroc returns and engages in a long fight scene with Cap, and in the middle of said fight creates one of the coolest pages of comic art ever! Plus, a line of dialog so nonsensical, Tom has to ascribe it to Bob Haney for it to make sense.
In Tales of Suspense #85, Batroc returns and engages in a long fight scene with Cap, and in the middle of said fight creates one of the coolest pages of comic art ever! Plus, a line of dialog so nonsensical, Tom has to ascribe it to Bob Haney for it to make sense.
In Teen Titans #5, the Teen Titans do their best to advocate for alternate reform school methods by trying to determine if a former delinquent is an insect-garbed thief. Just go with it. It's Planet Haney, Jake. It's Planet Haney.
In Teen Titans #5, the Teen Titans do their best to advocate for alternate reform school methods by trying to determine if a former delinquent is an insect-garbed thief. Just go with it. It's Planet Haney, Jake. It's Planet Haney.
In Tales of Suspense #84, we wrap up the Adaptoid storyline, as the villainous android absorbs the powers of the entire Avengers line-up, composed of Goliath, Hawkeye, and The Wasp. Plus Hawkeye is easily impressed, and The Wasp is, like, a girl and stuff.
In Tales of Suspense #84, we wrap up the Adaptoid storyline, as the villainous android absorbs the powers of the entire Avengers line-up, composed of Goliath, Hawkeye, and The Wasp. Plus Hawkeye is easily impressed, and The Wasp is, like, a girl and stuff.
In Teen Titans #4, the Teen Titans team-up with Speedy to battle the forces of Diablo -- who apparently believes in wearing sweatsuits, speaking like Frankenstein, and tearing down all that is good and nice -- during an Olympics that occurred, well, two years prior to this issue.
In Teen Titans #4, the Teen Titans team-up with Speedy to battle the forces of Diablo -- who apparently believes in wearing sweatsuits, speaking like Frankenstein, and tearing down all that is good and nice -- during an Olympics that occurred, well, two years prior to this issue.
In Tales of Suspense #83, a guy who's not Cap but looks like him battles what may very well be the single stupidest Captain America villain ever, a character with the single stupidest "superpower" ever. Can you handle the coming of the summersault machine that is... The Tumbler?
In Tales of Suspense #83, a guy who's not Cap but looks like him battles what may very well be the single stupidest Captain America villain ever, a character with the single stupidest "superpower" ever. Can you handle the coming of the summersault machine that is... The Tumbler?
In this episode, you - and by you, we mean Earth-2.net honcho Michael David Sims - demanded the Teen Titans mix it up with surfboard-launching Woodies, doom dragsters, mismatched anarchist motorcycle gangs, gas pump robots... and the one, the only Ding Dong Daddy Dowd! If you dig "the rock," you need to click on this episode to hear Tom's thoughts of Teen Titans #3.
In this episode, you - and by you, we mean Earth-2.net honcho Michael David Sims - demanded the Teen Titans mix it up with surfboard-launching Woodies, doom dragsters, mismatched anarchist motorcycle gangs, gas pump robots... and the one, the only Ding Dong Daddy Dowd! If you dig "the rock," you need to click on this episode to hear Tom's thoughts of Teen Titans #3.
With Tales of Suspense #82, we return to Captain America as he refuses to take a bath because they're for rich guys, and goes on a serious trip down bad memory lane. Then the Adaptoid makes the scene!
With Tales of Suspense #82, we return to Captain America as he refuses to take a bath because they're for rich guys, and goes on a serious trip down bad memory lane. Then the Adaptoid makes the scene!
In this episode, featuring Teen Titans #2, Garn the Teen Caveboy does battle with his mortal enemy to protect Penny, the girl he loves. Oh, and the Teen Titans sit around and watch. Featuring Titans Mail, the Titans Copter, and a moment that will gladden the heart of our very own Michael David Sims.
In this episode, featuring Teen Titans #2, Garn the Teen Caveboy does battle with his mortal enemy to protect Penny, the girl he loves. Oh, and the Teen Titans sit around and watch. Featuring Titans Mail, the Titans Copter, and a moment that will gladden the heart of our very own Michael David Sims.
Just in time for Halloween, Tom examines Phantom Stranger #3, where the world's greatest proto-emo psychic detective and Douche of the Year candidate, Doctor Thirteen, tries to save a carnival owner from being destroyed by a ghostly fortune-teller who looks like a loan officer.
Just in time for Halloween, Tom examines Phantom Stranger #3, where the world's greatest proto-emo psychic detective and Douche of the Year candidate, Doctor Thirteen, tries to save a carnival owner from being destroyed by a ghostly fortune-teller who looks like a loan officer.
In the second part of his annual celebration of Halloween, Tom covers the debut of Man-Thing from Savage Tales #1, explains the origin of this unique magazine, as well as the character's odd position in comic book history. Plus, boobies. And Tom gets very disturbed trying to figure out where one character keeps a lit cigarette.
In the second part of his annual celebration of Halloween, Tom covers the debut of Man-Thing from Savage Tales #1, explains the origin of this unique magazine, as well as the character's odd position in comic book history. Plus, boobies. And Tom gets very disturbed trying to figure out where one character keeps a lit cigarette.
In the first of our special Halloween episodes for 2010, covering Phantom Stragner #2, the Phantom Stranger and Doc Thirteen try to figure out what's behind a man's nine-lives claim, but don't bother questioning why a suburban family has a collection of sinister Amerind artifacts. Plus, the horror of Evil Larry Fine! Flashback Time! And even listener mail!
In the first of our special Halloween episodes for 2010, covering Phantom Stragner #2, the Phantom Stranger and Doc Thirteen try to figure out what's behind a man's nine-lives claim, but don't bother questioning why a suburban family has a collection of sinister Amerind artifacts. Plus, the horror of Evil Larry Fine! Flashback Time! And even listener mail!
In the debut issue of Teen Titans, the team joins the Peace Corps and goes south. They also battle a giant robot and strange monsters with heads that look like middle-aged account executives. All this and insensitive Latin stereotypes!
In the debut issue of Teen Titans, the team joins the Peace Corps and goes south. They also battle a giant robot and strange monsters with heads that look like middle-aged account executives. All this and insensitive Latin stereotypes!
In Tales of Suspense #81, The Red Skull has the Cosmic Cube and it's up to Captain America to stop him... by begging his foe to knight him? It wouldn't be funny if it wasn't for the villain cosplaying King Arthur. Plus, Tom sings and giggles over having to use the phrase "man-thing" repeatedly.
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