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Episode 68 - Murdock and Marvel: 2005 Part 1 It was a great year in comics, and maybe a turning point.  Movies, events and accolades abounded.  But somehow it all worries me a bit, in retrospect. The Year in Comics  Comics in Other Media DC Comics Other Publishers Sales & Industry Information Beginnings & Endings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel Marvel steamed ahead in 2005, with Joe Quesado taking on additional responsibilities, and Brian Bendis in charge of Marvel's first big event in years.  New stories with new characters by some of the best young talents in the industry made for a spectacular year!  TOTAL SERIES: 449 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 331  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 304 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): House of M BEST SELLING COMICS: New Avengers, House of M Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings Bendis is credited 77 times this year. The equivalent of over 6 books a month!  ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Ed Brubaker Dan's Favorite   Next week: 2004 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Episode 67 - Murdock and Marvel: 2004 Part 2 2004 was a relatively quiet year in comics, but there were some critical developments that made waves into the future.  Big movies, heroes back from the dead, and some important new faces! This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2004.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #54-66, Daredevil: Father #1, Daredevil 2099 #1, Punisher #35-37, Exiles #39 and #43, Spider-Man Unlimited #1, Elektra #35, Marvel 1602 #8, Secret War #2-3, Powerless #1-5, Ultimate Elektra #1-3  Writing: David Mack (#54-55), Brian Michael Bendis (#56-66)  Pencils: David Mack (#54-55), Alex Maleev (#56-64 and 66), Maleev, Michael Golden, Greg Horn, P. Craig Russell, Phil Hester, Chris Bachalo, Jae Lee, David Finch and Frank Quitely (#65)  Inks: David Mack (#54-55), Alex Maleev (#56-64 and 66), Maleev, Michael Golden, Greg Horn, P. Craig Russell, Phil Hester, Chris Bachalo, Jae Lee, David Finch and Frank Quitely (#65)  The year begins late in 2003, as we noted two weeks ago with our 2003 discussion, with the return of David Mack to writing and art and Maya Lopez in the book itself. She's returned to New York and is looking to reconnect with Daredevil. After he shares he's now with someone else, she instead visits with a chief her father knew and goes on a vision quest. There, with the help of a man shaped in the form of a wolverine, helps her understand a story her father used to tell her and helps her realize who she is. She goes back to Daredevil and bids him goodbye with a kiss.  From there, Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev return with a story called The King of Hell's Kitchen. We learn it's been a year since the confrontation between Kingpin and Daredevil and according to Ben Urich – Daredevil has been very busy cleaning up the kitchen while also taking some flack about his methods from other superheroes.   His latest dealings have been against the Yakuza and after a large battle Daredevil's gone missing. Milla Donovan reached out to Urich to find him and during their discussion we learned that 4 months ago she and Murdock got married. Urich finds Murdock and reunited the married couple – but not before suggesting the events of the last year are all his way coping with the death of Karen Page. With a little help from some super powered friends, Daredevil puts a stop to the Yakuza plot to take over Hell's Kitchen. Milla confronts Matt about his problems over the death of Karen Page and before leaving her husband.  Next we get storyline featuring another of Matt's love interests, the Black Widow, in a story called “The Widow”. Black Widow gets “called in” be SHIELD and realizing it's a trap – instead goes to visit Matt Murdock in New York hoping she can hide in plain sight. The pair take down Jigsaw and upon making bail – he goes back to Murdock asking permission to run crime through Hell's kitchen (since he's the new Kingpin). Matt isn't amused.  Turns out the hiding in plain sight didn't work as the two get shot at by a hired assassin while having lunch. The pair go after the assassin and after that Natasha finally shares the reason for her visit. Though the conversation is cut short as Jigsaw and his men have entered Murdock's home and Matt can't fight them as daredevil and revealing his lie. In the end, we learn a Bulgarian minister and Natasha's ex-husband were behind the ordeal and Matt begrudgingly gives Milla the annulment to their marriage.  In November, we get a HUGE 40th Anniversary Special issue. This story backtracks over the 1 year time period that Matt Murdock was outed as Daredevil that Ben Urich told us about during the King of Hell's Kitchen story earlier this year. To do so, the Bendis and Maleev called on a host of other artists to tell the story. This seems like the perfect book for this week's spotlight.  There is one more book this year, But it starts another storyline – so we'll save that for our 2005 discussion.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #65 November 2004 “The Universe” Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Reading Marvel is great, but when you see Jean Grey die for the second time, Marvel has told you its story, and its time to start looking into other publishers. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Welcome back for another shenanigan infused journey into the mind of this particular Garbage Can Dood - your host Double J!Join'n Double J for tonight's adventure in "Robin Hood: A Knight's Templar Tale" is the host of the Third World Assassin YouTube channel, Clint!We discuss how the infamous story and numerous Hollywood films, "Robin Hood" actually describes the tale of the Knights Templar and the Magna Carta!Also discussed is the tales of the Knights Templar, and how the Magna Carta is the predecessor to the U.S. Constitution, and notably the Bill of Rights!Lastly, Double J & Clint discuss how these matters relative to the liberty and freedom are relevant still today, and often manifest via the modern day incarnation of the Knights Templar...the descendants of those Knights Templar, the "secret society" that started America - The Society of the Cincinnati!Anyhow folks of the interwebs, thanks for join'n us to get a lil GCD! And enjoy the show, Robin Hood: A Knights Templar Tale! with guest - the host of Third World Assassin YouTube channel - Clint!Enjoy the show!Links for Julia - https://www.youtube.com/@UCIpy0ENjX4z4939_VoCIeGA https://x.com/FEEDTHEGODZLinks for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 66 - Murdock and Marvel: 2004 Part 1 2004 was a relatively quiet year in comics, but there were some critical developments that made waves into the future.  Big movies, heroes back from the dead, and some important new faces! The Year in Comics  Comics in Other Media DC Comics Other Publishers Sales & Industry Information Beginnings & Endings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel TOTAL SERIES: 292 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 197  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 173 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Avengers Disassembled (34 issues) and Secret War (starts) BEST SELLING COMICS: New Avengers #1 Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Greg Pak Dan's Favorite   Next week: 2004 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Welcome back for another shenanigan infused journey into the mind of this particular Garbage Can Dood - your host Double J!Join'n Double J for the "Great OJ Debate" is Julia - the host of the Cosmic Peach Podcast & fellow Occult Reject!We also discuss how Orenthal James Simpson did NOT do it! That is OJ Simpson did not commit the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in June 1994. We discuss the "magic show" that was the media propaganda campaign to convince the public of OJ's guilt! Along with the impetus behind such a propaganda campaign to deflect from the large scale drug trafficking and other "hood rat shit" (technical term!) ....with those roads leading back to one of Operation GCD's favorite characters...the legendary Hollywood producer - Bob "Cocaine" Evans!Lastly, the forensic evidence all point to NOT Orenthal J. Simpson! And the court case appears to become an intentional circus from both sides, the defense and the prosecution! Anyhow folks of the interwebs, thanks for join'n us to get a lil GCD! And enjoy the show, OJ Simpson did NOT do it! The Great OJ Debate! with Julia host of Cosmic Peach podcast!Enjoy the show!Links for Julia - https://linktr.ee/xpeachLinks for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 65 - Murdock and Marvel: 2003 Part 2 It was a crazy year in America, with the Gulf War and the Patriot Act in the news, and over a billion dollars spent on comic-based movies.  But in the actual world of American comics, 2003 was that most beautiful to things – a stable, productive year filled with fantastic and influential stories.    This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2003.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances:  Daredevil #39-53, Daredevil: The Target #1, Ultimate Daredevil and Electra #1-4, Daredevil: The Movie #1, Paradise X #7-11 and X, Exiles #20 and #25, Alias #18 and #24, Marvel Universe: The End #1-6, Ultimate X-Men #36, Captain America #19 and Punisher #33-34  Writing: Brian Michael Bendis (#39-50), David Mack (#51-53)   Pencils: Manuel Gutierrez (#39), Terry Dodson (#40), Alex Maleev (#41-50), David Mack (#51-53)  Inks: Manuel Gutierrez (#39), Rachel Dodson (#40), Alex Maleev (#41-50), David Mack (#51-53) The year begins with the named story that started at the end of 2002 “The Trial of the Century” but this isn't the trial we've had story leaning up to. Instead, Luke Cage urges and eventually convinces Matt Murdock to defend Hector Ayala aka the White Tiger who recently get back into the costume and in a failed attempt to stop a robbery get arrested for a police officer who was shot and killed.  The trial doesn't go particularly well despite the fact Ayala is innocent. Murdock's defense included calling superheroes like Reed Richards, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones before Ayala himself takes the stand. During cross examination, Ayala loses his cool and lashes out in anger and frustration about how no one understands (superheroes).   This story tragically comes to an end with Hector Ayala convicted of murder. Dismayed over the conviction and assurances by Murdock he will go free, Hector attempts to flee the courthouse rather than being taken into custody and is gunned down by police on the stairs of the courthouse.  Starting in March, we get the storyline Lowlife in which The Owl has taken over part of the Kingpin's old territory and is selling a drug MGH (Mutant Growth Hormone). He's also trying to get incriminating evidence on Matt Murdock/Daredevil. Also, in this story we meet Milla Donovan, a blind woman Daredevil saves from get hit by a truck – who falls for the hero and befriends Matt Murdock (since he's Daredevil)  Uri Rosenthal, the Globe newspaper owner whom Matt Murdock is suing is found dead at home and Murdock is taken into custody for questions during his date with Milla. Matt tries to apologize to Milla for their interrupted date, takes down the Owl as Daredevil and learns that the Kingpin is back in town.  This then leads directly into the story “Hardcore” and the return of Typhoid Mary. Kingpin is amassing power again and needs a distraction for Matt Murdock / Daredevil so he pulls Mary for her “normal” life as a soap opera star. Her distraction, it turns out, is showing up during Milla and Matt's walk for lunch and setting Matt on fire. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage help Matt subdue Mary while keeping Milla safe. With Mary in jail, Bullseye talks Kingpin into giving him another shot at Daredevil which turns out to be a shot at Milla. Daredevil saves her (and carves a crosshair tattoo into Bullseye's forehead) and angrily turns his sights on Kingpin.  This culminates in another epic showdown between Kingpin and Daredevil in issue 50 of Daredevil worthy of our spotlight this week.  The year ends with writer/artist David Mack along with character Maya Lopez's Echo returning in the first three parts of the Echo storyline that we'll be saving for next year.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil volume 2 #50 October 2003 “Hardcore Part 5” Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Even as we leave behind the grimdark of the ‘90s, Marvel's Supreme Power, DC's Red Son and Image's Invincible lead us from an age of sex and violence into an age of cynicism and moral ambiguity. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Episode 64 - Murdock and Marvel: 2003 Part 1 It was a crazy year in America, with the Gulf War and the Patriot Act in the news, and over a billion dollars spent on comic-based movies.  But in the actual world of American comics, 2003 was that most beautiful to things – a stable, productive year filled with fantastic and influential stories. The Year in Comics  Comics in Other Media DC Comics Other Publishers Sales & Industry Information Beginnings & Endings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel TOTAL SERIES: 219 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 147  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 119 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): None! BEST SELLING COMICS: Ultimate Fantastic Four #1, Avengers/JLA #1 and #2, Wolverine #1, ASM 500, Marvel 1602 #1-5.  Wolvie #1 was 9th and #2 was 66th Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Olivier Coipel Dan's Favorite   Next week: 2003 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Howdy, folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with a shenanigan infused journey into mind of this particular Garbage Can Dood! Today's adventure we are talk'n tales of a galaxy far far away, in a time long long ago! That is the tales of Marvel/DC Comics and the origin story of these tales...These Ancient Alien Cargo Cult concepts and ideas permeate our modern culture and society in the form of epic space narratives of "Star Wars" and Marvel/DC Comics big budget Hollywood blockbusters!Where do these Ancient Alien Cargo Cult concepts come from? Are these the belief systems of a small but powerful and wealthy group of folks who comprise a cult network of Ancient Alien Cargo Cultists, who seek to convince the rest of humanity of their cult belief system?It certainly seems that is the case with Marvel/DC Comics, at least in this dood's perspective! Especially in consideration of the "superpowers" and galactic overlords - sounds very similar to the philosophies of Scientology, a Thelemic offshoot cult.The origin story of the folks responsible for Marvel & DC comics begin in the Sci-Fi/Pulp fiction writers circa 100 years ago. Where these writers would be in the immediate orbit of other Sci-Fi writers, such as Scientology founder L-Ron Hubbard, via a Los Angeles based Sci-Fi writers club. In fact, that Sci-Fi writers club leader, editor, publisher, and literary agent for many of these writers in the club, a Hollywood legend named Forrest J. Ackerman would even claim that this writers club were both engaged in Thelema and Scientology! The specific type of Thelema was the OTO - Agape Lodge run by infamous occultist and rocket engineer, Marvel "Jack" Parsons.So, does Marvel comics owe its namesake to Marvel "Jack" Parsons? Do we see tribute to Parsons even in DC Comics' "Suicide Squad"? And lastly, can these patterns of this Thelemic fan fiction be exhibited in the actions of the actors who star in the Hollywood big budget films based upon Marvel/DC Comics?Anyhow, folks of the interwebs! Thanks for join'n us to get a lil GCD! And folks of the interwebs buckle up as we have a real barn burner today,  "Marvel/DC Comics...Thelemic Fan Fiction?".Enjoy the show!Links for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 63 - Murdock and Marvel: 2002 Part 2 The world was a dangerous and frightening place, and America was trying to come to terms with how to move forward, both internally and on the world stage.  And comics showed a lot of that anxiety.  But even so, 2002 was a big year for all involved in the comics world, as sales of actual honest to goodness comic books actually rose 10% this year to 230 Million dollars, the first time that the industry had seen that occur since 1993, when comic sales had peaked at around 850 Million.  And even as traffic in stores was increasing, Hollywood was starting to understand how to make comic properties work on the screen, both small and large.    This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2002.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances:  Daredevil #27-38, Daredevil: Yellow #6, Paradise X: Heralds #1-2, Elektra #6, Giant Size Mini-Marvels: Starring Spidey #1, Marvel Knight: Millennial Visions #1, Peter Parker: Spider-Man #39 and 41, Essential Marvel Team-Up #1, Paradise X #0-5, Marvel Knight #2-6, Marvel Knights Double Shot #1 and 4, Amazing Spider-Man #2, Ultimate Spider-Man Special #1, Order #5-6, Spider-Man/Daredevil #1, Marville #2 along with Marvel Masterworks: The Submariner #1 and Daredevil: Yellow, Fantastic First, Life and Death of Captain Marvel graphic novels  Writing: Brian Michael Bendis (#27-38)   Pencils: Alex Maleev (#27-37), Manuel Gutierrez (#38)  Inks: Alex Maleev (#27-37), Manuel Gutierrez (#38)  The year for Matt Murdock and Daredevil begins with a 6-part story called Underboss that began in December 2001. In that story we see a bombing attempt on Matt Murdock's life just outside of the courthouse and we see Sammy Silke and several of the Kingpin's other bosses repeatedly stab the kingpin leave him dying on the floor.  So, who put a hit out on Matt Murdock and who is this Sammy Silke who rallied Kingpin's underlings against him? We start to get answers about this over the next 5 books through flashbacks while the story continues forward. Silke is the son of a crime boss in Chicago who needed to get out of town. He came to New York and went to work for the Kingpin – but when the Kingpin wouldn't let him put a hit on Matt Murdock – He caught wind of Murdock's seemly open secret within the Kingpin network and set in motion a plan to take out Murdock and Kingpin with the help of Kingpin's son – Richard.  Vanessa Fisk finds out her husband has been stabbed and in critical condition (and not killed as reports claim). She goes to New York and despite objections from his doctor, wants Kingpin taken to the airport and flown out of the country. She also orders those that betrayed Kingpin to be killed -including her son Richard whom she visits and kills herself.   Underboss ends with Silke, fearing for his life, turning himself into the FBI and asking for protection. When the FBI refuse, he tells them Murdock's secret identity.    From there, things start to really go crazy for Matt Murdock. An FBI agent, needing some cash, sells Murdock's secret to the Daily Globe (the Bugle's rival paper) and it's ran as a front-page story and a media circus descents on Murdock's brownstone.   Ben Urich and Peter Parker tell J. Jonah Jameson the DD secret identity story is a hoax but both refuse to tell him who DD really is; Foggy tries to get Matt to give up his life as DD. Seeing the story, Mr. Hyde shows up and starts destroying Murdock's house before Daredevil and Spider-Man can intervene.  After some time away, Matt Murdock holds a press conference denying he's Daredevil. We'll jump into more detail about that during this week's spotlight.  After a rooftop chat with Elektra at the urging of Black Widow, it looks like things will be settle with the Daily Globe after Daredevil visits the FBI agent who gave up his secret, but then the Globe owner Rosenthal nixes the deal because Murdock was being so smug about the agreement.  The year ends with part 1 of the next named storyline, The Trail of the Century, which we'll talk about in 2003.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil volume 2 #36 October 2002 “One Hundred Percent Untrue” Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Big Box Office does not necessarily translate to big bucks at the comic shop. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Episode 62 - Murdock and Marvel: 2002 Part 1 The world was a dangerous and frightening place, and America was trying to come to terms with how to move forward, both internally and on the world stage.  And comics showed a lot of that anxiety.  But even so, 2002 was a big year for all involved in the comics world, as sales of actual honest to goodness comic books actually rose 10% this year to 230 Million dollars, the first time that the industry had seen that occur since 1993, when comic sales had peaked at around 850 Million.  And even as traffic in stores was increasing, Hollywood was starting to understand how to make comic properties work on the screen, both small and large.    Preshow  The Year in Comics  Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Beginnings & Endings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel TOTAL SERIES: 219 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 167  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 149 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Infinity Abyss.  BEST SELLING COMICS: Ultimates #1 was the best selling book of the year.  X-Men and Spider-Man books also did well Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jason Aaron Dan's Favorite   Next week: 2002 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live!  Today, Double J is discuss'n Where is the Evidence??: More Parapolitics & the Idaho 4 case.In today's journey, your host Double J welcomes the legendary Kane B - host of the Purge - an Idaho 4 murders weekly wrap-up show!We are talk'n where is the evidence in the Idaho 4 murders? This includes where is the evidence against the State's suspect Bryan Kohberger? But also includes where is the evidence for the grow'n list of mainstream and alternative media claims against Kohberger?Given consideration of the total lack of evidence at the 1122 King Road crime scene home, coupled with the lack of burial records and/or lack of Probate court cases for any of the victims. It is these circumstances that should cause any objectively reasonable party to search further for the truth!Where was the blood at the crime scene? Was that blood drip'n out the walls of 1122 King Road? Why did authorities fail to conduct a search for the murder weapon?The lack of phsyical evidence is one important factor in "Where is the evidence?". Another important factor is the aggressive media campaign to convict Bryan Kohberger in the "court of public opinion", which includes an apparent endless supply of manufactured "facts"/otherwise known as lies & the media efforts to perpetrate these apparent falsehoods in an effort to convict Kohberger in the public's minds!Did Kohberger bully younger teenagers in his youth? Was Kohberger a drug addict? Did Kohberger hate the LGTBQ community?? If folks listen to the media reports on Kohberger, they may believe all of those salacious claims (allegedly) made by 3rd parties that are named in the media reports, with an apparent intent to attack the character of suspect Bryan Kohberger!However, an objective review of the statements and the 3rd parties cited by the media in statements diminishing Kohberger's character in the "court of public opinion", appears to yield results that exhibit these statements against Kohberger's character to be false!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion, with guest Kane B, on Where is the Evidence??: More Parapolitics & the Idaho 4 case!Enjoy the show! Links for Kane B - https://www.youtube.com/@KanebsThePurgehttps://rumble.com/user/KanebsThePurgeLinks for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. In today's shenanigan infused journey, Double J is joined by the host of the Occult Rejects, Nick, and Jin the Ninja, host of the Threshold Saints podcast, and Julia host of the cosmic peach podcast to discuss an occult and/or esoteric review of the 1986 cinematic masterpiece "The Golden Child".Today's guests, Nick, Julia, & Jin the Ninja are going to share their thoughts on the more occult and/or esoteric understandings of the film. Notably, in regards to the topics of the occult and "Eastern mysticism" that both serve pivotal roles in the plotline of the film.Also, discussed in tonight's homage to an American comedy classic of 1980s cinema, Nick, Jin, Julia, & Double J discuss some of the real-world parapolitical tales that are told in the plotline of the film, notably the overtly satanic homicidal-kid diddle'n-death cults!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on an occult and/or esoteric review of "The Golden Child"Linktree for Julia - https://linktr.ee/xpeachLinktree for Jin - https://linktr.ee/thresholdsaintsLinks for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriendsLinks for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with a special edition of Operation GCD!Today, Double J is joined by OpGCD subscriber Brad Minyard who took a genealogy journey & looked in his family tree and found the Society of the Cincinnati...and then Brad found Operation GCD!The tale that Brad has uncovered is an alternate look at American history - specifically the Society of the Cincinnati.From French/American spies working for George Washington's spy apparatus, to the Aaron Burr coup, to the Battle of New Orleans...this is a wild tale of spooks, mysteries, and American history!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion of Volume 3 in Chasing Miniere: A Society of the Cincinnati Genealogy Tale - w/Brad Minyard!Enjoy the show! Links for Brad Minyard - https://chasingminiere.com/Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! Today, Double J is joined by Jonathan Mitchell, author of "Before Son of Sam: The Submerged History of a Yonkers Cult" - to discuss all things Son of Sam & Maury Terry's investigation as stated in his book "The Ultimate Evil".Jonathan Mitchell has studied the pre-Son of Sam/Yonkers, NY cult activity and has a unique view of the environment that produced the Son of Sam cult.Jonathan also has done an excellent study of the available files of Maury Terry in order to better understand the cast of characters comprising this cult, colloquially known as "Son of Sam" cult. These are the characters not named Berkowitz!This outlying cast of characters comprising this cryptic cult are far more interest'n than David Berkowitz...and some may be just as complicit in the homicides committed by the "Son of Sam" cult, same as Berkowitz.Some of those cast of characters maintained status at the highest levels of society, government, and "national security". Perhaps these are the salient characteristics to understand why we as a public are learning these details decade after the alleged end of the crimes of murder & chaos back in 1977!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion on Son of Sam, Yonkers cult activity, The Ultimate Evil, and the Process Church!Enjoy the show! Links for Jonathan Mitchell - throwaways@yahoo.comhttps://jonathandm.substack.com/https://www.amazon.com/Before-Son-Sam...https://x.com/JonathanM1973 Links for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcdLinks discussed in show - https://thepeoplevsdavidberkowitz.com...https://thepeoplevsdavidberkowitz.com...

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Welcome back for another shenanigan infused journey into the mind of this particular Garbage Can Dood!Tonight's discussion is an Occult and/or Esoteric review of the 1987 cinematic masterpiece "Dragnet" - starring Dan Ackroyd & Tom Hanks...but tonight's show is starring the esteemed gentlemen of the Third World Assassin Youtube channel - Clint & Todd!We discuss the occult and/or esoteric elements of "Dragnet" and its cast, writers, and director! From the legends of Bob "Cocaine" Evans...to infamous pornographer Larry Flynt...all the usual Process Church related characters appear in tonight's tale...and elements of their Process related nefarious activities are presented in the plot of "Dragnet"!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs thank for join'n me to get a lil GCD! An Occult and/or Esoteric Review of the 1987 cinematic masterpiece "Dragnet" w/Clint the Third World Assassin & Todd!Enjoy the show! Links for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcd Links for Clint & Todd - https://x.com/FEEDTHEGODZhttps://www.youtube.com/@thirdworldassassin

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with a special edition of Operation GCD!Today, Double J is joined by OpGCD subscriber Brad Minyard who took a genealogy journey & looked in his family tree and found the Society of the Cincinnati...and then Brad found Operation GCD!The tale that Brad has uncovered is an alternate look at American history - specifically the Society of the Cincinnati.From French/American spies working for George Washington's spy apparatus, to the Aaron Burr coup, to the Battle of New Orleans...this is a wild tale of spooks, mysteries, and American history!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion of Volume 3 in Chasing Miniere: A Society of the Cincinnati Genealogy Tale - w/Brad Minyard!Enjoy the show! Links for Brad Minyard - https://chasingminiere.com/Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Welcome back for another shenanigan infused journey into the mind of this particular Garbage Can Dood!Tonight's discussion is on the Zizian transpocalypse, Silicon Valley based, AI focused, vegan, homicidal death cult! And the attorney who represented the cult leader Jack "Zithlord" Lasota in criminal charges that Lasota would fake his death in 2022 to avoid those charges!!The Zithlord's attorney has some interest'n friends...some interest'n "Best Friends"! Notably, Process Church characters such as John Waters (infamous film director) & Boyd Rice!That same attorney has some interest'n political backers, such as National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter & other "Best Friends" in the Los Angeles region. One "Best Friend" that is at least tertiarily connected to the same agency as another political backer of that same attorney - was recently sentenced in unrelated charges in Ohio, described as a "serial killer of dogs".That "serial killer of dogs" was a poster child for the Process Church/"Best Friends Animal Society" in their pitbull lobby. Not only was his "no kill" animal shelters in both Ohio and later in California funded by "Best Friends" and his pitbulls were routinely provided by "Best Friends"/Process - even whilst ol boy was on the run from charges in Ohio for merc'n dogs - his "Best Friends" set him up with a new pitbull operation in Southern California! That is until the US Marshal's sting operation in LA in 2021 to arrest Steffan Baldwin/Finkelstein for Ohio charges, upon Baldwin's arrival back in Ohio for "serial killer of dogs" charges - his fingerprints were input into the national database. Baldwin's prints would me a match for the "#1 suspect" in a cold case disappearance of Maura Murray in New Hampshire in 2004. Murray just happened to be Baldwin/Finkelstein's exgirlfriend from West Point Academy, allegedly last seeing her in 2001.Anyhow, folks of the interwebs thank for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Zizian death cult, the Process Church, and their other "Best Friends"! w/ Nick (host of Occult Rejects).Show links - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwemnE874Jghttps://blog.dogsbite.org/2020/08/unmasking-steffen-baldwin-pit-bull-activist.htmlhttps://www.animals24-7.org/2020/08/06/pit-bull-advocate-steffen-baldwin-could-get-81-years-for-killing-dogs-fraud/https://www.animals24-7.org/2025/03/15/pit-bull-pusher-steffen-baldwin-gets-15-5-years-on-32-felony-counts/https://scorchedearththepoliticsofpitb.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-rescue-rising-star-with-resume.htmlhttps://obediencepleasedogtraining.com/credentials/https://kapelovitz.com/endorsements/Enjoy the show! Links for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcd Links for Nick - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live!  Today, Double J is discuss'n "Manson Family" Style Murders: Parapolitics & the Idaho 4 case.In today's journey, your host Double J takes you Folks of the Interwebs on a journey of the HIGH-strangeness of "Manson Family" activity surround'n the Idaho 4 case!We are talk'n gruesome murders, drug traffick'n - notably the Process Church relative to the "Manson Family" murders, and of course the at minimum tertiary connects from the Idaho 4 murders and the murders of actress Sharon Tate and friends - courtesy of the "Manson Family" in the Hollywood hills of Los Angeles, CA in August 1969!Murders that shocked the general public & grasped the attention of millions - not unlike the Idaho 4 murders!This case against Bryan Kohberger for the murder of 4 young college students in their off campus home in Moscow ID/Univ of ID on Nov 13, 2022 has grasped the attention of folks worldwide!I suspect early on it was the brutal nature and rare occurrence of such horrendous murders - especially to 4 young adults who allegedly slept in their beds while attacked - at least that is what authorities wish the public to believe.Over time I suspect for many, like myself, that the apparent malfeasance and violations of protocol by law enforcement have caused that attention to remain on this case.However, it is law enforcement authorities' own actions and statements that have yielded the only reasonable conclusion in this case - that is Bryan Kohberger did NOT do it! Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion on "Manson Family" Style Murders: Parapolitics & the Idaho 4 case!Enjoy the show! Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcdID State Police Detective, Vickie Gooch interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDKA8MlJmiI&list=WL&index=1&t=2938sGlobe article - https://www.pressreader.com/usa/globe/20221226/281741273455723?srsltid=AfmBOoqLJySpEhhYJqcSJ2rzMUUQlt_dzmCotrwhGGSXA0FJoUXclk8-

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with a special edition of Operation GCD!Today, Double J is joined by OpGCD subscriber Brad Minyard who took a genealogy journey & looked in his family tree and found the Society of the Cincinnati...and then Brad found Operation GCD!The tale that Brad has uncovered is an alternate look at American history - specifically the Society of the Cincinnati.From French/American spies, to the Aaron Burr coup, to the Battle of New Orleans...this is a wild tale of spooks, mysteries, and American history!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion of Volume 1 in Chasing Miniere: A Society of the Cincinnati Genealogy Tale - w/Brad Minyard!Enjoy the show! Links for Brad Minyard - https://chasingminiere.com/Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! Today, Double J is joined by Jonathan Mitchell, author of "Before Son of Sam: The Submerged History of a Yonkers Cult" - to discuss all things Son of Sam & Maury Terry's investigation as stated in his book "The Ultimate Evil".Jonathan Mitchell has studied the pre-Son of Sam/Yonkers, NY cult activity and has a unique view of the environment that produced the Son of Sam cult.Jonathan also has done an excellent study of the available files of Maury Terry in order to better understand the cast of characters comprising this cult, colloquially known as "Son of Sam" cult. These are the characters not named Berkowitz!This outlying cast of characters comprising this cryptic cult are far more interest'n than David Berkowitz...and some may be just as complicit in the homicides committed by the "Son of Sam" cult, same as Berkowitz.Some of those cast of characters maintained status at the highest levels of society, government, and "national security". Perhaps these are the salient characteristics to understand why we as a public are learning these details decade after the alleged end of the crimes of murder & chaos back in 1977!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion on Son of Sam, Yonkers cult activity, The Ultimate Evil, and the Process Church!Enjoy the show! Links for Jonathan Mitchell - throwaways@yahoo.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Before-Son-Sam-Submerged-History-ebook/dp/B084ZYVM3Jhttps://x.com/JonathanM1973 Links for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcdLinks discussed in show - https://thepeoplevsdavidberkowitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IF-MT-Maury-Terry-Files-Maury-Notes-Witness-Flipper-List-Alleged-SoS-Members-Aug-28-1997.pdfhttps://thepeoplevsdavidberkowitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/C-Conspiracy-Berkowitz-Witness-List-Letter-Apr-5-1996.pdf

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! Today, Double J is discuss'n Drugs, Sex, & Crypto: Parapolitics & the Idaho 4 case.This case against Bryan Kohberger for the murder of 4 young college students in their off campus home in Moscow ID/Univ of ID on Nov 13, 2022 has grasped the attention of folks worldwide!I suspect early on it was the brutal nature and rare occurrence of such horrendous murders - especially to 4 young adults who allegedly slept in their beds while attacked - at least that is what authorities wish the public to believe.Over time I suspect for many, like myself, that the apparent malfeasance and violations of protocol by law enforcement have caused that attention to remain on this case.However, it is law enforcement authorities' own actions and statements that have yielded the only reasonable conclusion in this case - that is Bryan Kohberger did NOT do it! We will recap some of the salient characteristics surround'n the gaping holes in the prosecution's case against Kohberger.As well as the seemingly unscrupulous actions by law enforcement to force this case upon Kohberger, while ignoring conflicting statements from the surviving roommates & a litany of other substantive evidence in this case - such as DNA and blood at the crime scene never tested by law enforcement!Yet it was allegedly "transfer DNA" the size of a speck of dust that Kohberger left at the scene of the crime on an alleged knife sheath. Lastly, I will discuss the parapoltical environment that these murders occurred in and how I suspect these factors weigh heavily in this case.Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion on Drugs, Sex, & Crypto: Parapolitics & the Idaho 4 case!Enjoy the show! Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with a special edition of Operation GCD!Today, Double J is joined by OpGCD subscriber Brad Minyard who took a genealogy journey & looked in his family tree and found the Society of the Cincinnati...and then Brad found Operation GCD!The tale that Brad has uncovered is an alternate look at American history - specifically the Society of the Cincinnati.From French/American spies, to the Aaron Burr coup, to the Battle of New Orleans...this is a wild tale of spooks, mysteries, and American history!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion of Volume 1 in Chasing Miniere: A Society of the Cincinnati Genealogy Tale - w/Brad Minyard!Enjoy the show! Links for Brad Minyard - https://chasingminiere.com/Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live!Today, Double J is discuss'n a comparative analysis of the OJ Simpson murder case and the Idaho 4 murder case. Both cases have some striking parallels - from the forced fictional timeline in which to incriminate the wrongfully accused, to the violations of standard protocols, to the dubious nature of the forensic evidence!In fact, both cases revolve around the seemingly improper use of the PCR test made famous during COVID era testing, to wrongfully incriminate the suspects. And both cases involve murders but no known murder weapon used in either case!Lastly, some of the same characters from the OJ Simpson trial are even providing commentary on news programs covering the Idaho 4 murders! Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining me today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion on OJ Simpson did NOT do it! An Idaho 4 case comparison!Enjoy the show! Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Watch the Podcast Video on our YouTube Channel Greenwashing is a concern for both businesses and consumers. The proliferation of it in recent years has caused genuine green claims to be treated with an air of caution rather than being rightfully celebrated.  It's become clear that there is a need for transparent and substantiated green claims, both to help consumers and stakeholders to make informed decisions and to ensure that real steps towards sustainability are being taken. Is the upcoming EU Green Claims Directive the answer we've been looking for? In this episode Mel is joined by Charlie Martin, CEO and Founder of The Anti-Greenwash Charter, to discuss the purpose of the EU Green Claims Directive, who it applies to and what it's requirements for substantiation and verification mean in practice. You'll learn ·      What is the purpose of the EU Green Claims Directive? ·      What are the drivers behind this objective? ·      Who is required to comply with the EU Green Claims Directive? ·      What do the requirements for substantiation and verification mean in practice? ·      How will the directive impact the use of carbon offsetting and carbon neutrality claims within the EU?   Resources ·      EU Green Claims Directive ·      Anti-Greenwash Charter ·      How can The Anti-Greenwash Charter can help with the EU Green Claims Directive ·      Green Claims Policy Template ·      Carbonology   In this episode, we talk about: [00:30] Episode Summary – Charlie Martin joins Mel to discuss the upcoming EU Green Claims Directive, who it applies to and what it's requirements mean in practice. [02:30] What is the purpose of the EU Green Claims Directive?: This directive is a new law, not simply a voluntary scheme that businesses can opt into. It's a regulation that governs all voluntary green or environmental claims made by organisations operating within the EU, and requires data to back these claims up. Another key fundamental of this directive is the need for independent verification of any claims before they're made public. [04:35] What are the main drivers for the EU Green Claims Directive?: One of the key drivers is combatting the rampant rise in greenwashing. It's created a culture of mistrust around green claims, which makes it difficult for stakeholders and consumers to make informed decisions on who to work with or buy from. Greenwashing also makes it harder to tackle bigger environmental concerns. With misleading data, we can't accurately measure businesses impact on the environment, which is essential if we are to take meaningful action to reduce our impact. Ultimately, greenwashing practices are slowing down our ability to effectively reduce our impact as a collective. We are at a point where sustainability related decisions need to be made quickly. [08:00] Clearer Communications: This directive also has more control over what you can and can't say in relation to green claims. By waiting until that independent verification has occurred, businesses can feel confident in the information they're communicating. [09:30] What is Green Masking? Coined by Carbonology, green masking is where organisations are essentially marking their own homework and hiding behind that fact. It's where no independent verification has taken place, which can result in a lack of accuracy and transparency. [10:25] Who needs to comply with the EU Green Claims Directive? – This is an EU based regulation, so if you're located within the EU you will be expected to comply with this law. If you do business within the EU, so if you're based in the UK and sell to Europe, then you will also fall under this jurisdiction as well. [11:25] What is required by the EU Green Claims Directive?: A full summary of the directive's requirements can be found on the EU website. A simple break down of these requirements is also available on The Anti-Greenwash Charter website. Charlie recommends familiarising yourself with the EU Green Claims Directive requirements initially, which are written to suit how businesses generally operate. He also advises that you seek legal assistance as well as sustainability and marketing experts or consultants to get a full picture of how you can comply with these requirements. [13:35] There is an emphasis on substantiation and verification in the EU Green Claims Directive – what does this mean in practice? A green claim doesn't account for much if you're marking your own homework. For it to be truly substantiated, it needs to be verified by an independent third party. The Directive also highlights the need for life cycle data, and its inclusion within the verification process. This will give businesses a more wholistic view of the impact of the materials they use, the products they use and services they deliver. Charlie encourages businesses to get a head start on this now, not only due to the benefits it can bring but also to get ahead of the tightening of sustainability legislation that is coming down the road for the UK. [16:15] How will the directive impact the use of carbon offsetting and carbon neutrality claims within the EU? Businesses are going to have to be crystal clear in their terminology in terms of their substantiated claims. There is going to be a lot more scrutiny on the quality of evidence provided for carbon claims, so businesses may want to outsource help with analysing the relevant carbon data and communicating any claims and offsetting efforts.    [18:25] Is the Directive ambitious enough? Or could it be strengthened?  – Previous attempts to enforce sustainability regulations have been rather weak, and time will tell if this EU Directive is set to change that pattern. Charlie praises the Directives approach to best practice, though that will evolve further as time goes on. He thinks that the use of generative AI and how that impacts and influences sustainability communications needs to be considered further. It's all still quite new, so this may be added in down the line. The Anti-Greenwash Charter already have considerations for responsible AI use within communications and data processing within their Green Claims Policy Template. They caution any signatories of their Charter to be very careful with the use of AI to support data collection and analysis, as it has the tendency to ‘hallucinate', and companies will be held responsible for any mishaps related to incorrect results provided by AI. [23:00] What are the potential consequences for businesses that fail to meet the requirements of the EU Green Claims Directive? – The penalties will be significant, including both fines and potential bans in areas such as marketing, advertising and promoting sustainability claims on the basis of malpractice. Time will tell on how these penalties are delivered and to what extent within the EU and UK. It shares similarities with other regulations, such as ESOS, where a phased approach was implemented for organisations that met certain criteria. [25:00] How can The Anti-Greenwash Chater help organisations comply with the EU Green Claims Directive? – Since it's inception in 2022, they have paid close attention to the Directive's development, utilising any improvements and iterations to bolster their own process. As a result, a lot of the work they do with signatories directly aligns with and facilitates the delivery of the foundations of the Directive. Examples of this include: Independent verification – Their Green Claims Policy has to include a green claims database, so any claim that a business want to make has to have the relevant data to back it up. It also requires specification of what third party that business used to verify that evidence. Accessibility of evidence – This is stressed within the EU Green Claims Directive, and is easily fulfilled with the creation of a green claims database as specified by The Anti-Greenwash Charters' Green Claims Policy. A full summary of how The Anti-Greenwash Charter can help with compliance to the EU Green Claims Directive is available on their website. [27:55] How will the EU Green Claims Directive will impact consumer trust in environmental claims? – There's currently an issue with the flooding of sustainability related communications. With greenwashing so rampant, making an informed decision as a consumer is really difficult. The standardisation of sustainability credibility and substantiation is what the EU Green Claims Directive aims to do. Ultimately, it will act as a trustworthy marker for stakeholders and consumers to make an informed decision quickly. If you'd like to learn more about The Anti-Greenwash Charter, visit their website! If you'd like any assistance with carbon standards, get in touch with Carbonology, they'd be happy to help! We'd love to hear your views and comments about the ISO Show, here's how: ●     Share the ISO Show on Twitter or Linkedin ●     Leave an honest review on iTunes or Soundcloud. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. Subscribe to keep up-to-date with our latest episodes: Stitcher | Spotify | YouTube |iTunes | Soundcloud | Mailing List

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by Nick, host of the Occult Rejects podcast & Headless Giant to discuss an occult and/or esoteric review of the 1991 cinematic masterpiece "Pizza Man".The film stars Bill Maher playing a pizza delivery driver who is combating an organized crime outfit lead by Donald Trump (obv an actor playing Trump) - but the cast of characters even includes a fella named "Vance"!Did Bill Maher of "Kid Love Productions" make a "Pizza" related film targeting Donald Trump back in 1991?Were the writers of this film prognosticators of the future?? 24 years prior to the Trump/Vance administration...we have a Donald Trump character and a "Vance" character in this obscure Hollywood comedy!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining us today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion on the occult and/or esoteric review of the 1991 cinematic masterpiece "Pizza Man", with Double J, the Headless Giant, and Nick of the Occult Rejects - links for everyone are in below show notes!Enjoy the show! Links for Headless Giant - https://x.com/headless_giant Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd Links for Nick - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends

Episode 54 - Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 2 The year 2001 has a dark shadow over it, and there are elements of this year that are pretty rough, because as the year closed comic books were trying to make sense of and deal with 9/11 just like the rest of America.  But the start of the year brought a lot of great entertainment and for the first time in years sales held steady (mostly)   This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2001.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances:  Daredevil #14-26, Daredevil / Spider-Man #1-4, Daredevil: Yellow #1-5, Daredevil: Ninja #2-3, Marvel Knights #7-9 and #11-15, Black Widow #2-3, Spider-Man and Mysterio #1-3, X-Men #109, Big Town #4, Deadpool #52, Black Panther #31, Elektra #1, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #7-8, 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #1 and 4, Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #2 and Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #3.  Writing: David Mack (#14-15), Brian Michael Bendis (#16-19 and #26) Bob Gale (#20-25)  Pencils: Joe Quesada and David Ross (#14), Ross (#15 and #23-25), David Mack (#16-19), Phil Winslade (#20-22), Alex Maleev (#26)  Inks: Mark Morales (#14-15) David Mack and Morales (#15) Mack and Pond Scum (#17) Mack (#18-19), James Hodgkins (#20-22), Hodgkins and Mark Pennington (#23), Pennington (#24-25), Alex Maleev (#26)  After the wrap-up of the Parts of a hole storyline that included a trail of Kingpin before he's eventually blinded by Maya Lopez aka Echo, we get our first story from Brian Michael Bendis with David Mack moving over to art. The 4-book story, Titled Wake Up, is a fantastically told and beautifully brought to page by the creative team. It doesn't really have any action and is really only loosely about Daredevil. Interesting, right? This is, without a doubt, worth spotlighting this week – so we'll talk more about it then.  The other main story we get this year is called Playing to the Camera in which Daredevil is sued by rich philanthropist Samuel Griggs and wants to retain Nelson and Murdock (specifically Matt Murdock) as his lawyer. Matt reluctantly agrees as he knows he wasn't involved with destroying the man's greenhouse and plants and wants to figure out who's behind it. As Daredevil, he hires a lawyer and they have their days in court surrounded by a media circus.   The trial ends with 3 daredevils in the courtroom - Murdock as himself holding a video tape of himself as Daredevil earlier that morning, Peter Parker in a Daredevil costume with the defense attorney and a third Daredevil who crashes a window, admits to the property damage, offers the $50k needed to fix it and then reveals his true identity as Terrance Hillman. Confused? So is Murdock and Nelson. Apparently, Hillman decided on his own to dress up as Daredevil and crash the courtroom. He then used the reveal and announced retirement to swing fame and fortune (and help out the real Daredevil). We also learn that Hillman didn't destroy the property either and that the Ringmaster was behind everything. He was testing his ability to implant false memories in people.   One interesting side note about the first issue of the Playing with Camera storyline. A second story appears in the issue “My Brother's Keeper” written by Stan Lee and Kevin Hall with art by Gene Colan. In the short story, we see Daredevil and Spider-Man during a night out.  We did get one more book in December from Brian Michael Bendis but we'll save that for next year's discussion.  Finally In Daredevil: Yellow we get a 6-book story in which Matt is writing letters to the late Karen Page about the early days of Daredevil and the Nelson and Murdock law firm as a way to find forgiveness for everything that happened between them. The story, by Jeph Loeb, artist Tim Sale and colors by Matt Hollingsworth, is another retailing of the first handful of issues from Daredevil volume 1 that ends with the Purple Man story and Matt finding the forgiveness he needs.    This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil volume 2 #16 May 2001 - #19 August 2001 “Wake Up” Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Writers are the key. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Episode 53 - Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 1 The year 2001 has a dark shadow over it, and there are elements of this year that are pretty rough, because as the year closed comic books were trying to make sense of and deal with 9/11 just like the rest of America.  But the start of the year brought a lot of great entertainment and for the first time in years sales held steady (mostly)  Preshow  The Year in Comics  Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Beginnings & Endings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel TOTAL SERIES: 176 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 127  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 117 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Eve of Destruction (A cure for the Legacy Virus has been released, providing Magneto with a brand new army of healthy mutants ready to wage a final battle against humanity) BEST SELLING COMICS: Heroes Special, Wolverine: The Origin, Amazing Spider-Man #36.  Outside those,  31 of the top 39 issues for the year had an “X-“ in their title, including 8-27. Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: J. Michael Straczynski Dan's Favorite   Next week: 2001 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

Episode 52 - Murdock and Marvel: 2000 Part 2 The new millenium started with some big endings, and comic book sales kept slipping this year.  But 2000 featured some big developments that would point the way to the future of comics.  Welcome to the Oughts, everyone!  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2000.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances:  Daredevil #10-13, Earth X #10-12 and X, Fantastic Four #27, Avenger #27, Essential Fantastic Four #3, Marvel Knights #5-6, Daredevil: Ninja #1, Maximum Security #1, and Nick Fury: Agent of Shield graphic novel.    Writing: David Mack (#10 – 11 and 13), Quesada and Palmiotti (12)  Pencils: Joe Quesada (#10 – 11 and 13), Rob Haynes (12)  Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti (#10 – 11), Rob Haynes (12), Mike Morales (13)  A very light year for Daredevil as the main run only released four books this year – all part of the Parts of a Hole storyline started in December 1999. The story would continue until March 2001 when Parts of a Hole conclusion called Vision would reach stores. Visions will be our spotlight for this week.  Issue 12, Gun Play, feels like a fill-in story covering a series of vignettes about Hell's Kitchen residents (featuring some very adult themes) while Echo and Daredevil fight rooftop-to-rooftop that was written by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, with art by Rob Haynes. Although it was well written, it does stall the pacing of the story for an issue.  Outside of the main title, many of the Daredevil appearances this year were reprints including the Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller collection that was released in October which included 10 stories from the Frank Miller era and a second printing of the Punisher kills the Marvel Universe graphic novel.   One other original story was started in December and spilled over into 2001 - Daredevil: Ninja which was a limited series written by Brian Michael Bendis and Rob Hayes that saw Daredevil dealing with the Hand and reuniting with Stone in Japan. When the scene shifts back to New York, Baby Karen (From Daredevil Vol.2 #1-8) turns out to be the next great hero of Japan.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil volume 2 #15 March 2001 “Parts of a Hole Conclusion: Vision”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway A lot of great work can get done when expectations are low and no one is watching.  Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/  https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Mack

Episode 51 - Murdock and Marvel: 2000 Part 1 The new millenium started with some big endings, and comic book sales kept slipping this year.  But 2000 featured some big developments that would point the way to the future of comics.  Welcome to the Oughts, everyone!  Preshow  The Year in Comics  Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Beginnings & Endings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel 2000 was a year of big changes at Marvel Comics.  Bill Jemas was promoted to President, and replaced Bob Harras with Joe Quesada. TOTAL SERIES: 170 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 121  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 120 HIGHEST ISSUE NUMBER: 387 (UXM) THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Apocalypse: The Twelve, Maximum Security BEST SELLING COMICS: X-Men and Uncanny X-Men Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Brian Michael Bendis Dan's Favorite   Next week: 2000 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History  DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts  https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/  https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/  https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Mack

Episode 50 - Murdock and Marvel: 1999 Part 2 Last week we closed the curtain on the first volume of Daredevil, and now we are reaching the end of the millennium itself, as comics continue to barrel towards their own version of Y2K.  Sales keep dropping and more publishers leave the field, but signs of life start to show if you look in the right places.  It's 1999, and comics still are not dead.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1999.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #3-9, Earth X #0-2 and 5-7, Mutant X #6, Avengers #15-16, Avengers Forever #8, Black Widow #1-3, Spider-Man: Chapter One #9 and 12, Fantastic Four #21 and 23, Uncanny X-Men #370, Wolverine/Punisher: Revelations #3, Deathlok #1, along with Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #1 and the Avengers 1999 and Contest of Champions graphic novels Writing: Kevin Smith (#1-8), David Mack (#9) Pencils: Joe Quesada (#1-9) Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti (#1-9) The year for Daredevil actually began in November 1998 when the first book of the Guardian Devil storyline hit comic book stores. We briefly touched on what happened during the first two books a couple weeks ago, but with this storyline taking up half the year – we'll be looking at the story in-depth as our spotlight story this week.  After the guardian Devil storyline ended in June 1999, we didn't get another book in the main Daredevil title until December. When we get the start of another multi-book storyline called Parts of a Hole with a new writer in David Mack. We won't go into much detail on this until we look at Daredevil in 2000, but it starts with The Kingpin sends a hitman after a stoolie being questioned by Nelson and Murdock.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil volume 2 #1-8 November 1998 – June 1999 “Guardian Devil”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Setting up the foundation to the future. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Episode 49 - Murdock and Marvel: 1999 Part 1 Last week we closed the curtain on the first volume of Daredevil, and now we are reaching the end of the millennium itself, as comics continue to barrel towards their own version of Y2K.  Sales keep dropping and more publishers leave the field, but signs of life start to show if you look in the right places.  It's 1999, and comics still are not dead. Preshow  The Year in Comics  Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel Marvel continued to contract and retrench, as it reduced the number of books it published, and concentrated more and more on proven creators and characters, especially the X-Men. The company also sold off their remaining trading card companies at a catastrophic loss and tried to undo some of the damage that had been inflicted on fans and characters in the last few years.  TOTAL SERIES: 142 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 101  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 89  THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Earth X BEST SELLING COMICS: X-Men Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: David Mack Dan's Favorite   Next week: 1999 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by guest, Dana, the host of the Rotting Jewels youtube channel where she explores the topic of the Process Church of the Final Judgment & other related activities. Your host, Double J, along with guest Dana discuss the intersection of the Process Church and the "elite" sector of society, both British & American. One such example of the "elite" representation in the Process Church, one must look no further than its origin story and founding membership. Next, Double J & Dana discuss the "elite" representation in the Process Church and its intersections with groups such as the "secret society" that started America, the Society of the Cincinnati. Lastly, Double J & Dana discuss the epicenter of Process Church and "elite" activity - notably the Society of the Cincinnati, and that epicenter of activity is Westchester County NY. Also discussed, is it a crime to be from Yonkers, NY? Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on the intersection of "elite" sector of society, notably the Society of the Cincinnati, and the Process Church of the Final Judgment with Dana from Rotting Jewels. Links for Dana - https://www.rubyrave.com/collections/... / @rottingjewels https://x.com/DanaDooDah Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by his occasional co-host & host of the Occult Rejects show - Nick, and Headless Giant to discuss the Society of the Cincinnati's activities in & around the Civil War. Was the Civil War a Society of the Cincinnati based feud? Or perhaps even a family feud, George Washington family style! Double J, Headless Giant, and Nick also discuss a scholarly paper written on the Society of the Cincinnati. Anyhow, folks of the interwebs, thank you again for joining us today to get a lil GCD! Enjoy today's podcast discussion on the Society of the Cincinnati: Civil War edition, with Double J, the Headless Giant, and Nick of the Occult Rejects - links for everyone are in below show notes! Links for Nick - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfri... Links for Headless Giant -   / headless_giant     / headlessgiant   Links for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 47 - Murdock and Marvel: 1998 Part 2 Things continued to be grim in the comic world, but it seemed as though the freefall might be over.  Marvel had escaped bankruptcy without missing even a single month of publishing, most of the other companies still in business made it through the year (but not all) and some very interesting new players entered the scene.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story. The Takeaway for 1998 - which is a look back at volume 1 of Daredevil - will be released next week as it's own episode.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances:  Daredevil #371-380, Marvel Knights: Daredevil #1-2, Uncanny X-Men #351, Thunderbolts #10, Unlimited Access #2, Shadow & Light #1, Cable #55, Ka-Zar #15, Spider-Man Made Men #1, Nighthawk #1-3, Avengers #10-11, and Bring Back the Bad Guys graphic novel.  Writing: Joe Kelly (#371-373) Kelly and Jonathan Barron (#374), Kelly and Chris Claremont (#375), Scott Lobdell (#376-379), Dan G. Chichester (#380)  Pencils: Ariel Olivetti (#371-372, #374), Richie Acosta (#373), Cary Nord, Olivetti, John Paul Leon, Tom Lyle, Brian Denham and Rick Leonardi (#375), Cully Hamner (#376-379), Lee Weeks (#380)  Inks: Pier Brito (#371-372, #374), Bud LaRosa (#373), Mark Lipka, Brito, John Paul Leon, Robert Jones, Chis Carlson and Scott Hanna (#375), Jason Martin (#376-379), Robert Campanella (#380)  The year begins with Black Widow and Daredevil discussing their recent run-ins both professionally and personally. Meanwhile Karen goes shopping with Rosalind. Matt and Karen do make up despite Daredevil leaving for a bit  Next Mr. Fear pops back up after we learn something weird happened during the prison riot he planned last year. DD tries to talk to the warden, but Ghost Rider beats him to it. Fear and DD play cat and mouse for a couple issues before things come to a head. Meanwhile, we are introduced to Charlie, a likely cop whose working for Fear, who first tries to kill Fogy's sister Candice before going after Karen.  In a double sized issue #375, We learn Charlie has been killed and Karen is awaiting trial for his murder. Mr. Fear is trying to manipulate things so that she will go to jail and DD will suffer a breakdown as a result. Matt is Karen's lawyer and while the case slowly slips away from him, he continues to search for Fear as Daredevil hoping it will save his case. We won't spoil the ending, as this is the spotlight story for the week.  And just like that, the story quickly shifts to France...  In the final named story arc of volume 1, Flying Blind, we meet Laurent Levasseur whom very much seems like our man without fear – though he thinks his just an artist. Turns out Murdock is working deep undercover for SHIELD and had his memory reprogrammed. Murdock is there to stop the sale of agent information to international buyers of the Kingpin. After spending most of the story trying to remember who he is and save the doctor who initially treated him at the start of this tale, Murdock gets his memories back from a mutant named Synapse just as SHIELD locates him and busts in as the cavalry.   One side effect of the reprogramming was Murdock was able to actually see. He loses it after getting his memories back but he's able to see his friend Foggy for the first and only time.  In November, Volume 1 ends with one last issue – issue #380 – and the return on Dan G Chichester and Lee Weeks for “a tale from Daredevil's past” dedicated to Archie Goodwin. A pretty straight-forward story though told non-sequentially in which the Kingpin tries to frame a Middle Eastern man for terrorism so he can get his hands on a shipment of weapons; Matt defends the patsy and wins in court; Meanwhile DD takes on several of his deadliest foes to foil the Kingpin's scheme. (The Hand/Bushwacker/Bullseye)  The final page sees Murdock and his mom Maggie walking and having ice cream with narration “You want to know the truth? The good guys don't always win. But because of who they are, they never stop fighting. There's always a Daredevil willing to take a risk on our behalf. And in a city that never sleeps, we can all rest easy knowing we have that to protect us.”  That same month, Volume 2 begins under the Marvel Knight branding begins with a new creative team – Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti. In the first 2 books of the Guardian Devil storyline, we learn Karen left Matt and NYC for LA 6 months ago and Matt has been trying to move on with his life. A teenage girl brings a baby to Matt that she claims is the new Messiah and leaves the kid in his care but then Murdock is approached by a mysterious old man claims the same child is the Anti-Christ and a curse to those around it.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #375 May 1998 “With a Little Help From My Friends”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway - Next week The Takeaway was a recap and discussion of volume 1 of Daredevil. It ended up running long so we will be releasing that separately.  Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by his occasional co-host & host of the Occult Rejects show - Nick, to play my favorite game here at Operation GCD...6 Degrees of Charles Manson! It's essentially a "make a wish" for actor Kevin Bacon, in granting his wish to locate a new patsy for the "6 degrees" game! But your host, Double J, also points out how Charles Manson is staple of Americana, no different than baseball or apple pie! A legend entrenched in the American folklore, and in more specific Appalachian folklore the legends of the "Devil" Charles Manson!Double J and Nick discuss the various connections to Charles Manson amongst the upper echelon of celebrity status in & around the city of Angels, Los Angeles. Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy OpGCD's favorite game, 6 Degrees of Charles Manson! Links for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 46 - Murdock and Marvel: 1998 Part 1 Things continued to be grim in the comic world, but it seemed as though the freefall might be over.  Marvel had escaped bankruptcy without missing even a single month of publishing, most of the other companies still in business made it through the year (but not all) and some very interesting new players entered the scene.  Preshow  The Year in Comics  Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel TOTAL SERIES: 188 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 139  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 141  THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S):   Identity Crisis (Spider-Man) The Gathering of Five (also Spidey) Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings Passings: Archie Goodwin ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Joe Casey Dan's Favorite   Next week: 1998 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by his occasional co-host & host of the Occult Rejects show - Nick, to discuss the possible parapolitical connections to the Idaho 4 murders that occurred at University of Idaho in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. From the tales of drug trafficking, to money laundering, crypto currency frauds...and possibly even the human formerly known as Diddy - Sean Combs...it's all one big parapolitical boondoggle! Your host, Double J, along with Nick also share their thoughts on the ongoing case against Brian Kohberger, the suspect currently awaiting trial accused of the four homicides. Lastly, why do all of these scumbags hire the same attorneys?? Sam Bankman-Fried, Diddy, and the United Healthcare CEO have some things in common. Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on the possible parapolitical connections to the Idaho 4 murder! Links for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfri... Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 45 - Murdock and Marvel: 1997 Part 2 We've got a pretty quiet week in comic terms, partly because everything has gone completely to the dogs, and there is a lot less happening than there was a few years ago.  Still, I was surprised to find that 1997 had some pretty great things going on under the surface!  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1997.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #360-370, Daredevil #-1, Adventures of Spider-Man #10, Bug #1, Code of Honor #2-4, Punisher #17-18, Venom: On Trial #1-3, Marvel Valentine Special #1, Silver Surfer #128, Essential Spider-Man #2, Electra #-1, Ka-Zar #5 and 8, Uncanny Origins #13, Elektra #10-11 and 13, Marvel Heroes & Legends 1997 #1, Spider-Man El Hombre Arana #30, Spider-Man Unlimited #18, Thunderbolts #8 along with Daredevil/Batman, Untold Tales of Spider-Man '97, Kingpin, Origin of Marvel Comics Revised Edition and Son of Origins of the Marvel Comics Revised Edition graphic novels  Writing: Karl Kesel (#360-364), Joe Kelly (#365-370 and #-1)  Pencils: Cary Nord (#360-362, 364-365), Gene Colan (#363, -1, 366-368, 370), Ariel Olivetti (#369)  Inks: Matt Ryan (#360-362, 364-365, -1), Cam Smith and Paul Neary (#363), Al Williamson (#366), Bud LaRosa (#367-368, 370), Pier Brito (#369)  The year begins with Daredevil taking on the Absorbing Man as he tries to take down NYC with no Avengers to stop him. While that's going on, we learn why Foggy was so keen on partnering with Rosalind Sharpe – she's his biological mother.  And it's Sharpe who thinks Foggy and the firm need to play up Foggy's “best bud” status with Daredevil – which leads to work for the firm as Molten Man (Mark Raxton) seeks help with break-ins at Osborne Chemicals. Daredevil is reunited with the Black Widow as the pair take down the Grey Gargoyle.  We learn a bit about Rosalind's Sharpe's past after Daredevil saves her from an armed man in the firm's lobby then follow's her to visit the gangster responsible.   Next we get a multi-book story involving a new villainous, Insomnia – he's try to keep Daredevil and the rest of New York up at night. We eventually learn she's working for Mr Fear – who himself is causing trouble by enlisting a friend of Molten Man to release a gas during a Osborn Chemicals boardroom meeting which causes Raxton to freak out and start tearing the place apart.  Before we can get a resolution to Mr Fear, we get a Flashback issue of Daredevil (Daredevil #-1) in which Jack Murdock is taking his son Matt to college. This story, from writer Joe Kelly and art by Gene Colan and Matt Ryan is a lot of fun and will be our spotlight story of the week.  Returning back to present time, Daredevil must, once again, deal with Mr Fear's plotting – this time on Ryker's Island when Fear releases a gas to start a prison riot. Daredevil must then take on new and improved Gladiator. (what happened to fear???)  The year ends with a multi-book storyline called “widow's Kiss” that starts with Daredevil helping a firm client who's facing a hostile takeover by the Russians – only to have to tangle Omega Red. Black Widow comes to the aid of Daredevil only to then shoot him herself. She tries then save DD by bring him to Karen for help, before returning to meet with a Russian general we eventually learn she's trying to take down. Despite just being shot, Daredevil goes after Widow and gets the pair captured. The story ends Daredevil escapes and convinces Ursa Major and Vanguard that they are being used by the General – and that he's being running experiments on Vanguards sister – Darkstar.  One other secondary story that ran through much of the year involves Foggy and Liz Osborne. Rosalind Sharpe isn't pleased with their relationship and continually tries to undermine it – with other women. In the final book of the year Foggy and Liz's attempt to have a romantic evening together is derailed when he receives a constant stream of phone calls from other women.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #-1 July 1997 “A Time to Say Farewell”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Marvel messed up more than their own fortunes with their unwise expansions.  Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by guest, Dana, the host of the Rotting Jewels youtube channel where she explores the topic of the Process Church of the Final Judgment. Your host, Double J, along with guest Dana discuss "what is the Process Church"? From the tales of a Scientology off-shoot cult, to tales of murder from coast to coast in America, this British-born cult of the Process Church is replete with many legends! One such legend...is that the Process Church disbanded in 1974...a falsehood repeated at nasuem from podcasts to Netflix documentary on the Son of Sam cult murders. However, Double J & Dana discuss and share the corporate documents clearly dispelling this legend of the Process disbanded in 1974, where folks of the interwebs you may pass "judgment" for yourself by looking at the actual corporate documents and records. Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on the Process Church of the Final Judgment with Dana from Rotting Jewels. Links for Dana - https://www.rubyrave.com/collections/rotting-jewels https://www.youtube.com/ @rottingjewels  https://x.com/DanaDooDah Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 44 - Murdock and Marvel: 1997 Part 1 We've got a pretty quiet week in comic terms, partly because everything has gone completely to the dogs, and there is a lot less happening than there was a few years ago.  Still, I was surprised to find that 1997 had some pretty great things going on under the surface! Preshow  The Year in Comics  As harsh as 1996 had been, 1997 was in most senses even worse.  Sales continued to plummet, Marvel had to dig out from a messy financial mess, and other publishers felt the pain as well.  Once again, as they had before in the 50s and in the 70s, people were asking if this was the end for American comic books.  Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel It was a rough year to be Marvel.  The line continued to shrink, sales plummeted, and fewer and fewer series seemed to last more than a few issues.  Plus, both the sticker company and the distribution company had to go.   TOTAL SERIES: 179 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 120  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 126  THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S):   Operation: Zero Tolerance Unlimited Access (with DC) Heroes Reborn: The Return Flashback BEST SELLING COMICS: Uncanny X-Men 345, Heroes Reborn #1 Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Leinil Francis Yu Dan's Favorite   Next week: 1997 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by his occasional co-host & host of the Occult Rejects show - Nick....and join'n us tonight as a guest is Ryder Lee, the host of Raised Giants & documentary filmmaker.  In today's shenanigan infused journey, your host Double J, along with co-host Nick & guest Ryder Lee discuss the topic of Ancient Alien Cargo Cults (AACCs). From the tales of a galaxy far far away, to the AACCs of modern politics/religion we all live in a society ruled by AACCs. Your host, Double J, along with Nick & Ryder Lee share their thoughts on the potential occult connections to these AACCs, and their connections to modern day "Satanism". Lastly, the AACCs invade our politics, religions, and even society....perhaps most notable, if you live in or around the state of NJ - where there has been a recent massive increase in "UFOs" circling the skies above the 50th best state in the Union...New Jersey. Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on Ancient Alien Cargo Cults with Ryder Lee!  Links for Ryder Lee - https://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Shining-Kubricks-Odyssey/dp/B0DLSRWQM5/ https://rokfin.com/raisedbygiants https://www.youtube.com/@RaisedByGiants https://open.spotify.com/show/7aXH0VYvYHaqCHtTWTEs4r Links for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by the host of the Occult Rejects, Nick.In today's shenanigan infused journey, your host Double J & guest Nick discuss the death of Harry Houdini and the Houdini seance shenanigans that ensued following the death of Houdini. From Los Angeles, CA or Hollywood to Iowa, to the great state of West Virginia, and even NYC itself are all home to Houdini seances every October 31st, since Houdini's death on October 31, 1926. Your host, Double J shares his thoughts that perhaps these Houdini seances are taking the wrong approach to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini. As a potentially mystical event occurred in & around a Mound, near the city of Cincinnati, where a man smoked some crack and ended up carrying out the dying wish of Harry Houdini.So, perhaps all of these hundreds of instances of Harry Houdini Halloween seances are following the wrong protocols...perhaps they should toss the ouija board or whatever seance hardware being used in these quests to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini...and instead of those mystical devices, perhaps they should have just smoked some crack! Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on When Harry Houdini Met a Crack Addict!Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcdThe Occult RejectsThe Occult Rejects | Twitter, Instagram, TikTok | Linktree

Episode 43 - Murdock and Marvel: 1996 Part 2 Well, here we are, Duane.  At the End of Days.  I have been promising you that everything was going to explode eventually.  And finally we have arrived.  Welcome to the fateful year 1996, when Marvel came crashing down.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1996.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances:  Daredevil #348-359, Punisher #4, What if…? #83, Marvel versus DC / DC versus Marvel #2-3, Green Goblin #6 and 12, Doom 2099 #40-42, Over the Edge #6 and 10, Wolverine #103-104, New Warriors #73, Spider-Man Unlimited #13, Essential Wolverine #1, Essential X-Men #1, Spider-Man #74, Elektra Megazine #1-2, Essential Spider-Man #1 and Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man, Spider-Man's Greatest Team-Ups and Elektra Lives Again graphic novels  Writing: J.M. DeMatteis (348-350), John Rozum (351), Ben Rabb (352), Karl Kesel (353-357), Joe Kelly (358-359)  Pencils: Cary Nord (348-349, 353-357), Ron Wagner (350), Shawn McManus (351-352), Pasqual Ferry (358), Nord and Larry Hama (359)  Inks: Bill Reinhold (348, 350), Al Williamson (349), Shawn McManus (351-352), Matt Ryan (353-357, 359), Pasqual Ferry (358)  The year begins with Matt trying to reconcile his recent identity crisis while Foggy is angry about the secret he's finally learned. Matt tries visiting with his mother Maggie, but it's his old Mentor Stick that helps him – though in the process he ends up taking on the Chaste.  Foggy and Matt begin practicing law together again. From there, things return to normal (or at least what's normal for Daredevil or Matt Murdock), He takes out Agent Vice who's extorting money from other criminals. Daredevil must take on Mastermind who is also Matt Murdock's client.   In June we get a new creative team that was teased at the end of issue 352. Karl Kesel and Cary Nord. We also get a re-imagined Mr. Hyde from John Romita Jr. Hyde seems to be totally unhinged (with an equally terrifying look). Daredevil confronts Hyde in an old Osborn warehouse where a woman has been murdered. Hyde continues to act crazy and is ultimately arrested.   During this issue Foggy and Matt (mostly Matt) are asked to partner with hotshot lawyer Rosalind (Razor) Sharpe. Sharpe tells Matt privately that the two are a package deal. She doesn't just want Foggy. Foggy seemed weirdly eager to join her so Matt accepts.  And as a first case under the new partnership, Sharpe was Murdock to represent Mr. Hyde. At first, Murdock doesn't want to do it, but after meeting with Hyde – Matt doesn't think he killed the girl. The leads to Daredevil taking on Pyro and looking for clues at the warehouse – with the help of Misty Knight – which leads to a secret tunnel and a group of criminals called the Enforcers and their newest member the Eel – who captures our hero. The story ends when Daredevil escapes and captures the Eel and presents the Eel to the courtroom waiting for the trial of Mr. Hyde to start.  The year ends with two standalone stories that have a much different look and feel from the rest of the year. In the first, Daredevil takes on Mysterio who's working on a super-hero insurance scam. This fun story will be our spotlight story for the week. In the second, we see a night of Daredevil fighting crime while Karen Page talks to people of New York about their thoughts on Daredevil (now that the Fantastic Four and Avengers are gone) during her late-night radio call in show.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #358 November 1996 “Aftermath”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Stick to what you are good at.  Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by the Occult Rejects, Nick & Theresa, to discuss Mounds, Muder, & an Ancient Alien Cargo Cult - that was financed by actor Wesley Snipes! In today's shenanigan infused journey, your host Double J & guests Nick & Theresa discuss the murders of an elderly couple, Russell & Shirley Dermond, in Lake Oconee, GA in May 2014...and the possible connections to the Ancient Alien Cargo Cult, the Nuwaubian Nation - via the membership of the cult, the Nuwaubians. It appears that a Nuwaubian murdered the elderly murder victims' adult son, Mark Dermond, 14 years prior to their murder in 2000. Your host, Double J & guest Nick & Theresa also share their thoughts on the potential occult connections to the murders & the Ancient Alien Cargo Cult, the Nuwaubians, primarily via Freemasonry...both official & "unofficial"! Lastly, the murders of the elderly couple, Russell & Shirley Dermond, just happened to occur on a "Mound" site. So, your host Double J shares his thoughts on how the murder of the Dermonds has the appearance of a ritual human sacrifice on a Mound site. It seems that modern day human sacrifices are occurring at the precise same location of human sacrifice in ancient America, the "Mounds"! Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on Mounds, Murder, & an Ancient Alien Cargo Cult! Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd Links for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends

Episode 42 - Murdock and Marvel: 1996 Part 1 Well, here we are, Duane.  At the End of Days.  I have been promising you that everything was going to explode eventually.  And finally we have arrived.  Welcome to the fateful year 1996, when Marvel came crashing down. Preshow  The Year in Comics  As usual, there was a lot of great stuff going on in comics this year.  There was also a lot of junk, though, and 1996 is the year we start seeing that problem sort itself out.  Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Passings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel The year at Marvel started rough and just got worse, with fans, industry insiders and the stock market all seeming to be against them.  Layoffs, failed storylines and an end of year bombshell made this a year to forget at Marvel comics.  TOTAL SERIES: 232 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 155  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 169  THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S):   Onslaught Saga Heroes Reborn BEST SELLING COMICS:  Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: David Finch Dan's Favorite   Next week: 1996 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil    Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by the host of the Occult Rejects, Nick, and Jin the Ninja, host of the Threshold Saints podcast, to discuss an occult and/or esoteric review of the cinematic masterpiece "Big Trouble Little China". In today's shenanigan infused journey, your host Double J & guests Nick & Jin discuss one of Double J's favorite films and how "Big Trouble Little China" was peak 1980s Hollywood action cinema. Today's guest, Jin the Ninja is going to shares his thoughts on the esoteric understandings of the film, mostly related to the Buddhist-Daoist Metaphysics that are written into the plotline of the film. Also, discussed in tonight's homage to an American classic cinema, Nick, Jin, & Double J discuss some of the real-world parapolitical tales that are told in the plotline of the film, notably the Triad-Masonic relations of San Francisco & California - generally. Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n us to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on an occult and/or esoteric review of "Big Trouble Little China". Linktree for Jin - https://linktr.ee/thresholdsaints Links for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd

Episode 41 - Murdock and Marvel: 1995 Part 2 It was a tough year in comics, especially for the big two.  Comic shops were having trouble, readers seemed to be moving on to other things, and corporate overlords continued to demand ever higher profits.  1995 was a bit of an…apocalypse.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1995.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #336-347, Elekrta: Root of Evil #1, Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine #4 and 6, Spider-Man: Power of Terror #2 - #4, Sabertooth Classic #11, Marvel: Portraits #2 - #4, What if…? #73, Ghost Rider #61, X-Universe #1 – #2, Ruins #1, Incredible Hulk #434, Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe #1, Over the Edge #1, and Double Edge: Omega graphic novel    Writing: Gregory Wright (336-337), Alan Smithee [actually Dan G Chichester] (338-342), Warren Ellis (343), J.M. DeMatteis (344-347)  Pencils: Tom Grindberg (336-337), Alexander Jubran (339-340), Keith Pollard (341-342), Pollard and Arvell Malcolm Jones (343), Ron Wagner (344-347)  Inks: Don Hudson (336-337), Andre Parks and Hudson (338), Parks, Hudson Bud LaRosa and Rodney Ramos (339), Parks, Hudson and Marie Severin (340), Art Nichols (341), Tom Palmer (342-343), Bill Reinhold (344-347)  The year begins with the final 2 chapters of the Fathoms of Humanity story arc that started last year. You'll recall that story stared with Daredevil following a homeless man into the sewers and coming befriending him and a whole group of people who live there. He battled the King of the Sewers and defeated him again. And we also saw the kingpin attempting to slowly grow his power back. In these final two chapters we learn the homeless man Daredevil followed was once a superhero himself – peacekeeper – in order to help Daredevil and his community against the Sewer King's attempts to take back control of the community and defeat Daredevil. From there, we get the story of Victor “Kruel” Krueller and the Ghost of a Chance diner in flashbacks to explain why Kruel is going after those near and dear to Daredevil/Matt Murdock (Foogy, Glorianna, DA Malpher, Ben Urich). Seems he double crossed Wilson Fisk and at the diner, Fisk caught him and nearly killed him – then covered it up by drugging those same people to wipe their memory. Now Kruel is bent on revenge and is seeking out the witnesses to help him remember what happened. During the quest for information, Kruel kills Glorianna which causes Fisk and Daredevil to team up to locate and confront Kruel. When they do, Fisk ends up killing Kruel.   There's a side story going on in this story as we see Karen Page trying to get information about some troubling images, she saw on a CD given to her by her former adult movie producers.   After a stand-alone book that was part of the Over the Edge event that didn't really make a lot of sense involving the Punisher. We get the start of the Inferno story arc. In it, we see a second Daredevil in the original red and yellow costume and a bonding around the city and talking with Foggy and Karen (as well as leaving taunting messages with Matt). We also see a villain names Sir who's attacking and killing women.   At one point, the two meet and Sir beats up Daredevil so badly, Sir is able to take his costume.  This leads to a very confusing confrontation in which Sir as Daredevil fights the red and yellow daredevil – who happens to be Murdock as an alternate personality. In the end, Batlin as Daredevil defeats Sir as Daredevil and Karen and Foggy come to realize that Batlin is actually Matt Murdock!  Elektra: Root of Evil  Daito of the Snakeroot kills himself with the Sakki sword and makes it impure. So the rest of the snakeroot need to kill three specific people to purify the blade again. (not sure how they know who). There's a brief cameo by Daredevil is issue 1 where he stops Elektra from killing some random mercenaries who are after her.  Elektra wants to form her own Ryu (ninja group like the Chaste) and works with Nick Fury to get recruits.  We briefly meet Target, Lynch, Impact, Masquerade, Niko and Salvo before most are killed in their very first battle against the snakeroot (like the X-force in Deadpool 2).   Via flashbacks, we learn Elektra has an older brother, Orestez who saved Elektra when she was a child and whom killed their mother for seemly cheating on their father. Though Elektra did turn out to be their father's daughter  Other flashbacks show Elektra was a member of the Snakeroot and fell in love with Tekagi – whom she ends up killing at the end of this series with new sais covered in poison before they could kill all 3 purity people.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #347 December 1995 “Inferno Part 3”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Sometimes the crossover is actually cool. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by the host of the Occult Rejects, Nick, to discuss the "secret society" that started America - the Society of the Cincinnati. In today's shenanigan infused journey, your host Double J & guest Nick discuss the recent repeated declarations of political radio host and Trump associate, Steve Bannon, asserting that Donald Trump is "Cincinnatus"! As a result of these recent repeated declarations it seemed appropriate to recap and summarize some thoughts on the Society of the Cincinnati. Your host, Double J shares his thoughts on the ancient architecture of America - The Mounds, and how these artifacts of an ancient civilization in America are of the same age as the man venerated by the Society of the Cincinnati, the ancient ruler of the Roman Republic - Cincinnatus. So, given the extreme importance of the Mounds to the men who started America, the Society of the Cincinnati. Perhaps there are some further connections between the ancient architecture of America, the Mounds, and the man known as Cincinnatus. Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the conversation on a recap of The Society of the Cincinnati & the ancient architecture of America - the Mounds! Links for JJ -https://linktr.ee/operationgcd Links for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends

Episode 39 - Murdock and Marvel: 1994 Part 2 1994 was a crazy year in the comics world, with both DC and Marvel continuing to crank out new books, even as other companies tried to claw their way into the market.  Retailers and fans were nearly helpless as the onslaught of comics overwhelmed them, leading to one of the worst years in the history of modern comics.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1994.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #324-335, Daredevil Man without Fear #4 and #5, Daredevil Annual #10, Real Heroes #3, What if…? #58 and #64, Marvels #2-4, Marvel Comics Presents #150 - #151, Marvel Tales #285, Spider-Man Unlimited #6, Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine #1- #3, Spider-Man Megazine #1, Spectacular Spider-Man #218 and #219, Guardians of the Galaxy #54, Amazing Spider-Man #396 plus Death of Captain Marvel novel, Punisher Ashcan Edition novel, Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts novel and Marvels novel Writing: Dan G Chichester (324-327, 329-332), Gregory Wright (328, 333-335)  Interviews: Chichester: https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Chichester Wright: https://www.manwithoutfear.com/interviews/ddINTERVIEW.shtml?id=Wright Pencils: Scott McDaniel (324-327, 329-332), Sergio Cariello (328), Tom Grindberg (333-335) Inks: Hector Collazo and Michael Avon Oeming (324), Hector Collazo (325-327, 329, 331-332), Ariane Lenshoek-Pinharo (328), Collazo and Rich Rankin (330). Ray Kryssing (333) Don Hudson (334-335)  The year begins with the final 2 installments of the Fall from Grace story arc. In it we see the ACTUAL return of Elektra (in an all white outfit) who fights alongside Matt Murdock to kill the ninjas and the Erynys that has part of her essence inside – which see does and absorbs the essence back into herself. Murdock ends up fighting the Hellspawn and after taking the weird virus to become human, it dies in the final fight with Snakeroot. Murdock uses the body to fake his death and become Jack Batlin. Ben Urich realizes his intern Sara Harrington was the one that hacked his files and shared Murdock's secret identity (hence Murdock faking his death).  Next, we jump right into another multi-book story called Tree of Knowledge. This 6-part story with an extra interlude book (by a different creative team) starts in March with issue 326 and shows Daredevil and Captain America taking on a gang of hackers called System Crash which is being led by Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker of Hydra. Since this is the only full story this year, this will be our spotlight story for the week.  The year ends with the first half of another named storyline Fathoms of Humanity that will end in February 1995. Written by Gregory Wright and Penciled by Tom Grindberg while Chichester and McDaniel work on Elektra: Root of Evil (which was promoted extensively at the end of these books). In this story we see Daredevil follow a homeless man into the sewers where a tribe of people are living including their “King” whom Daredevil rescued Wilson Fisk's wife Vanessa from back in the original Frank Miller days. Daredevil defeats his old foe – which endears him to the rest of the community (and causes the King to seek out an altar to summon some creature to enact revenge). We also see him take on Bushwacker (another old foe with a gun for an arm). During this story we also see Kingpin who's working out of an abandoned subway car as he slowly starts working towards regaining his power and influence.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #326 March 1994 “Tree of Knowledge Part 1” through Daredevil #332 September 1994 “Tree of Knowledge Finale”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway A great year if you can get through the junk Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.   

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Your host Double J is back with another edition of OpGCD Live! show. Today, Double J is joined by the host of the Occult Rejects, Nick as a co-host, and guests Steven "Recluse" Snider, author & host of "The Farm Podcast Mach II" & guest Doctor Inferno, resident but not a licensed doctor from the state with the bluest grass in the union! In today's shenanigan infused journey, your host Double J & guests discuss the film genre of "Stoner Noir". A genre of film that includes a mystery, a man, and some marijuana (other intoxicants are acceptable!). Your host, Double J and guests also discuss their favorite "Stoner Noir" elements of thier favorite films of the genre, including: the 2014 "Stoner Noir" masterpiece "Inherent Vice" & the legendary 1998 film "The Big Lebowski"! Anyhow, folks of the interwebs...thanks for join'n me to get a lil GCD! Enjoy the podcast discussion of Stoner Noir: A Film Review. Links for Recluse - https://www.patreon.com/thefarmpodcastII https://x.com/RecluseS9 Links for Doc Inferno - https://x.com/doomento Links for Occult Rejects - https://linktr.ee/occultrejectsandfriends Links for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcd