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The boys discuss the news and what they've been reading and watching! 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - News 38:15 - Batman: One Bad Day: Two-Face (Jacob) 42:31 - Hidari Short Film (Collin) 46:41 - DC vs Vampires: All Out War Part One (Spencer) 52:02 - Lightyear (Jacob) 58:46 - End of Watch (Collin) 1:04:34 - The Other History of The DC Universe (Spencer) 1:10:48 - Outro 1:12:56 - Memes and Outtakes - Go check out Hidari! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpefYPLH67A https://hidari-movie.com/ https://twitter.com/hidari_movie https://www.instagram.com/hidari_movie/
Today we talk about Anissa and Jennifer Pierce, also known as Thunder and Lightning, the two retconned-in daughters of Black Lightning who, despite their matching names, don't really team up very often. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Outsiders (2003) -Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files (2003) #1 -Justice Society of America (2006) #12 -Checkmate (2006) #13-15 -Outsiders: Five of a Kind - Thunder/Martian Manhunter (2007) -Batman and the Outsiders (2007) -Final Crisis: Submit (2008) #1 -Black Lightning: Year One (2009) -Blackest Night: JSA (2009) -Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands (2017) -The Other History of the DC Universe (2021) -DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration (2021) -DC Power: A Celebration (2023) -Batman: Failsafe -Green Arrow (2023) #1 -Spitball comics Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.
Today we talk about Jefferson Pierce, also known as Black Lightning, who teaches children by day, and fights crime with electricity powers by night, and sometimes he's on the Outsiders, and these all seem like full-time jobs to us. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Black Lightning (1977) -Detective Comics (1937) #490-491, 494-495 -World's Finest Comics (1941) #256-261 -Justice League of America (1960) #173 -DC Comics Presents (1978) #16 -Batman and the Outsiders (1983) -The Outsiders (1985) -Adventures of the Outsiders (1986) #33-45 -Black Lightning (1995) -Superman (1986) #166 -Green Arrow (2001) #52-59 -Justice League of America (2006) -Amazons Attack (2007) -Final Crisis (2008) reading order -Trinity (2008) -The Outsiders (2009) #15-39 -Black Lightning: Year One (2009) -DC Universe Presents (2011) #13-16 -Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders (2015) #1-2 -Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands (2017) -Detective Comics (2016) #983-987 -Batman and the Outsiders (2019) -The Other History of the DC Universe (2020) #1 -Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #1-3, 8-9, 18-19 -Black Lightning tv show -DC'S Harley Quinn Romances (2023) #1 -Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville announcement Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.
It's time to dissect A City of Shining Stars by Aaron Lim, with our guest from this run, Jeff Stormer. For our Origin Story segment, we took the opportunity to interview Jeff about how he prepped for this game with a lifetime of watching, reading, and studying superhero stories.Back IssuesMarvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross (1994). The influential, and optimistic, mini-series follows a non-powered photographer through his career in Silver Age Marvel New York, looking at super-people as they emerge and alter the city's history. (Not to be confused with The Marvels, a more recent comic about superheroes at war.)Astro City by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson: a creator-owned, unified, multi-generational superhero story, as much about the city as about the heroes, and especially: “That Was Then” (2022), Family Album trade paperback (1997), Through Open Doors trade paperback (2014); stories about Jack-in-the-Box, a friendly neighborhood superhero with real-life family problems, or the Silver Agent, an era-spanning, time-traveling, tragic do-gooder (some of these stories collected in Shining Stars, 2014); the individual older stories and issues “Ellie's Friends,” “What I Did on My Vacation,” and “The Sky's the Limit.”Welcome to Tranquility (2007) by Gail Simone and Neil Googe. Action, detection and history in a retirement community for superheroes, with plenty of throwbacks and flashbacks to the eras when these superheroes were in their primes.History of the Marvel Universe (2020) by Mark Waid and Javier Rodriguez. It is what it says on the tin. And it's good.The Other History of the DC Universe (2021) by John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli. In-universe DC history over the decades, through the eyes of characters of color, interwoven with real-life US events.The DC Book of Pride (forthcoming in 2023) by Jadzia Axelrod. A reference work of LGBTQ+ characters from DC past and present.The CastJeff Stormer (he/him, @PartyOfOnePod)Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp)Show InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead
Bentornati sul Friday Comic Book Podcast! Speciale Lucca Comics & Games Durante l'edizione 2022 del Lucca Comics & Games grazie a saldaPress ho avuto l'immenso piacere di poter intervistare Giuseppe Camuncoli, artista emiliano che negli anni ha lavorato per Marvel, DC e Image. Nella splendida cornice dell'Atelier Ricci, con Cammo abbiamo parlato del progetto Foodmetti, di America da quella distopica di Undiscovered Country con Soule e Snyder a quella delle minoranze di The Other History of the DC Universe con John Ridley, ma c'è stato spazio anche per parlare dell'impegno di Cammo come Docente e Direttore Artistico della Scuola Internazionale di Comics di Reggio Emilia. Oltre ad essere una persona squisita, socievole e di compagnia credo sia lampante come Cammo sia un artista poliedrico e versatile, impegnato su più fronti e sempre alla costante ricerca di nuovi stimoli anche in campi extra fumetto. Contatti Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friday_comic_book_podcast/ Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRPWgaXQ/
Como cada semana llega una nueva entrega del Marshall Podcast!! En esta ocasion Marshall Fisher tuvo de invitados a "Joe Marshall" y "El Calacaz" y los temas fueron: -MarshySaludos de las Semana -Dark Knight of Steel de Tom Taylor -Nocterra de Scott Snyder y Tony Daniel - #ComentemosManga con Carlos Roldan - Final Crisis de Grant Morrison - La temporada cuatro de Young Justice -Series animadas de Swamp Thing y Ultraforce - El estado de los comics de Marvel y DC en la actualidad - El comic “The Other History of the DC Universe” - Casos de la Vida Real: Las experiencias de la distribucion de comics y mangas en Mexico desde la perspectiva de voceadores. Les recordamos que este episodio ya se encuentra disponible en todas nuestras plataformas: YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/kHEP2oENWYQ DESCARGA DIRECTA: https://www.mediafire.com/file/xqjgsdq476fqasa/CC128.mp3/file IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/marshall-podcast-ep-128-platica-cafe-parte-audios-mp3_rf_86152781_1.html SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4j5R6dXDhBKnWt0zWr2qHF?si=3Y7wiRZMTbarw0sGgS-2Jw ITUNES:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marshall-podcast-ep-128-platica-de-cafe-parte-4/id1491120703?i=1000558548334 DEEZER: EN PROCESO AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com.mx/podcasts/4034adbb-ebd7-4e94-b30b-25d526706c1f/episodes/d360d7e1-7c95-4b30-bf3d-88ddc057f76f/cc-podcast-los-c-brones-del-comic-marshall-podcast-ep-128--platica-de-cafe-parte-4 TUNE IN: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/CC-PODCAST-Los-Cabrones-del-Comic-p1403534/?topicId=165592046 CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/episode/MARSHALL-PODCAST-Ep-128--Platica-de-Cafe-Parte-4-id3402827-id489115900 ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/cc-podcast/episodes/MARSHALL-PODCAST-Ep-128--Platica-de-Cafe-Parte-4-e1hk4n6 GOOGLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMThiZWRmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/YWNiY2ZiMmYtYjFjYS00YjUyLTgyZDYtNDdhYWZhNTc1YmMz?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwi42f7dia73AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ No dejen de seguirnos en todas nuestras redes sociales: FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/CC-Podcast-116418736410117 INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ccpodcast20/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/ccpodcast3 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVjg- mMwicbhE6coe5LKew CARPETA MEDIAFIRE CON TODOS LOS EPISODIOS: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/y75tj32egk9re/CC+PODCAST https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bfm81giju8ete/CC+PODCAST+2
Como cada semana llega una nueva entrega del Marshall Podcast!! En esta ocasion Marshall Fisher tuvo de invitados a "Joe Marshall" y "El Calacaz" y los temas fueron: -MarshySaludos de las Semana -Dark Knight of Steel de Tom Taylor -Nocterra de Scott Snyder y Tony Daniel - #ComentemosManga con Carlos Roldan - Final Crisis de Grant Morrison - La temporada cuatro de Young Justice -Series animadas de Swamp Thing y Ultraforce - El estado de los comics de Marvel y DC en la actualidad - El comic “The Other History of the DC Universe” - Casos de la Vida Real: Las experiencias de la distribucion de comics y mangas en Mexico desde la perspectiva de voceadores. Les recordamos que este episodio ya se encuentra disponible en todas nuestras plataformas: YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/kHEP2oENWYQ DESCARGA DIRECTA: https://www.mediafire.com/file/xqjgsdq476fqasa/CC128.mp3/file IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/marshall-podcast-ep-128-platica-cafe-parte-audios-mp3_rf_86152781_1.html SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4j5R6dXDhBKnWt0zWr2qHF?si=3Y7wiRZMTbarw0sGgS-2Jw ITUNES:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marshall-podcast-ep-128-platica-de-cafe-parte-4/id1491120703?i=1000558548334 DEEZER: EN PROCESO AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com.mx/podcasts/4034adbb-ebd7-4e94-b30b-25d526706c1f/episodes/d360d7e1-7c95-4b30-bf3d-88ddc057f76f/cc-podcast-los-c-brones-del-comic-marshall-podcast-ep-128--platica-de-cafe-parte-4 TUNE IN: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/CC-PODCAST-Los-Cabrones-del-Comic-p1403534/?topicId=165592046 CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/episode/MARSHALL-PODCAST-Ep-128--Platica-de-Cafe-Parte-4-id3402827-id489115900 ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/cc-podcast/episodes/MARSHALL-PODCAST-Ep-128--Platica-de-Cafe-Parte-4-e1hk4n6 GOOGLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMThiZWRmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/YWNiY2ZiMmYtYjFjYS00YjUyLTgyZDYtNDdhYWZhNTc1YmMz?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwi42f7dia73AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ No dejen de seguirnos en todas nuestras redes sociales: FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/CC-Podcast-116418736410117 INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ccpodcast20/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/ccpodcast3 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVjg-mMwicbhE6coe5LKew CARPETA MEDIAFIRE CON TODOS LOS EPISODIOS: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/y75tj32egk9re/CC+PODCAST https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bfm81giju8ete/CC+PODCAST+2
The Last Comic Shop gets serious this week with a review of the Other History of the DC Universe by Academy Award winning screen writer John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, & more! Plus discussions on DC Comics Black Label imprint and the differences between Marvel Comics & DC Comics when it comes to comic book continuity! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Milo Minara's The Golden Ass from Humanoids, Lightfall: Book One - The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert from Harper Alley, 32 Stories by Adrian Tomine from Drawn & Quarterly, The Other History of the DC Universe, Solo by Oscar Martin from Titan, Disney Masters V18: Uncle Scrooge - Pie in the Sky by William Van Horn from Fantagraphics, I Am Gonzo My Dirty Italian Zines Fuck Serious Scientific Books from Viaindustriae Publishing, Bolero from Image, The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona from Image, plus a whole mess more!
The Spinner Rack has returned, and this week your host, Seth Singleton, dives into the past to give you his top 10 picks from 2021. For this special episode, Seth gives his thoughts on The Swamp Thing, Catwoman, The Joker, Teen Titans Academy, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Rorschach, Superman: Son of Kal-El, Infinite Frontier, The Other History of the DC Universe, & Future State. What did Seth think of these books? You'll just have to listen to find out. And be sure to share your scores and thought on these books with us. So sit back, take a spin, and enjoy the ride! Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play, and if you like what you hear, please give us a 5-star rating and review! Follow Seth on Twitter: www.twitter.com/1MoreSingleton Follow DCN on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/DCComicsNews Twitter: www.twitter.com/DCComicsNews Instagram: www.instagram.com/DCComicsNews Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/DCComicsNews Website: www.dccomicsnews.com
All issues being reviewed on our podcast may contain spoilers without extra warning. Some audio delays may occur. Club Discussion: The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #8Weekly Reviews: Fantastic Four: Anniversary Tribute, Dragon's Lair #1-3, Lady Mechanika Vol. 1 TPB, Other History of the DC Universe #4, Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #4, Grimm Tales of Terror Quarterly: Bachelorette Party, Dark Ages #3, Batman: Noel, Zombillenium #3 & #4Letters Page: To celebrate Life Day, what movie or movie franchise would you want to see a holiday special from?------------------------------ Theme music by: BVSMVbvsmv.bandcamp.com
JD, Noel, and Brian discuss this week’s new books – Amazing Fantasy 1, Space Jam 2, Masters of the Universe, Superman Son of Kal-El 1, Icon & Rocket 1, Possessive 1, Vinyl 1, and Other History of the DC Universe 5 ! 17:25 – Amazing Fantasy 1 28:09 – Space Jam 2 33:19 – Masters... The post CultPOP! 746 – Amazing Fantasy 1, Space Jam 2, Masters of the Universe, Superman Son of Kal-El 1, Icon & Rocket 1, Possessive 1, Vinyl 1, and Other History of the DC Universe 5 appeared first on CultPOP!.
Recorded before we took a break for the Labor Day weekend, Steve, Caleb and Bill convened in the Comic Book Bear cave for a roundtable on recent (and one not so recent) comic books. The funnybook talk starts after a whole lotta tangents at beginning ranging from current comic book related TV to the passing of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. So … Descender. Kang the Conqueror. The Trial of Magneto. The Other History of the DC Universe. Superman: Red and Blue. John Lewis's Run. A 1981 UK reprinting of Jim Steranko's Captain America work. Which of these … and there is more than one … are the comics that made us cry … twice?
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs let you know The sauce you can have, but the secret she's-a mine! The Huntress must deal with after effects of being infected by Hue Vile in Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1. Etrigan is released on the World of Tomorrow in Batman/Superman #20. Lois Lane tries to discover the secret of Snowman in Checkmate #2. Anissa Pierce is the focus of The Other History of the DC Universe #5. Diana and Nubia vs. Artemis in Wonder Woman Black & Gold #2. Alanna confronts Adam about Aleea in Strange Adventures #11. Superman must prevent a war between Atlantis and the United States in Action Comics #1033. Bruce Wayne surrenders to the police in Detective Comics #1040. Ras Al Ghul trains Damien in Robin #4. Jon Kent tries to help a metahuman in Superman: Son of Kal-El #1. The origin of the Batpack is revealed in Teen Titans Academy #5. Diana and Ratatosk visit the land of the Fairies in Wonder Woman #776. The search for Jade continues in Infinite Frontier #3. All this plus, DC News, DC TV, Shout Outs, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:01:58 DC News 0:08:00 Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1 0:11:15 Batman/Superman #20 0:13:32 Checkmate #2 0:16:34 The Other History of the DC Universe #5 0:23:13 Wonder Woman Black & Gold #2 0:30:10 Strange Adventures #11 0:33:29 Action Comics #1033 0:36:36 Detective Comics #1040 0:40:22 Robin #4 0:43:00 Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 0:44:52 Teen Titans Academy #5 0:48:56 Wonder Woman #776 0:53:32 Infinite Frontier #3 0:56:36 Sweet Tooth S1 Ep4 – Secret Sauce 1:00:20 Show Close Links Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1 Batman/Superman #20 Checkmate #2 The Other History of the DC Universe #5 Wonder Woman Black & Gold #2 Strange Adventures #11 Action Comics #1033 Detective Comics #1040 Robin #4 Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 Teen Titans Academy #5 Wonder Woman #776 Infinite Frontier #3 Batman: Year Three Part 1 (Drew's Read More Comics Pick) Earth Station One Tales of the Station Earth Station One Tales of the Station Vol. 2 The Chameleon Chronicles: Colors of Fate The Chameleon Chronicles: Sisters of the Thorn Want to Donate to the Show or Sponsor our Comics Talk for this week? No problem! Just click on the donate button below! If you would like to leave feedback, comment on the show, or would like us to give you a shout out, please call the ESDCU feedback line at (317) 564-9133 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ earthstationdcu@gmail.com
Get the first volume of The Other History of the DC Universe through our Amazon Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3xaz9VC Get the comic that Loki was based on here: https://amzn.to/3rKZBDY Join Andrew Dunn and Chris Triebel as they discuss the newest MCU series on Disney+, Loki. Then stick around for an in-depth review of The Other History of the DC Universe. No not that one, the other one. SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/c/themedialunchbreak?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter: twitter.com/MediaLunchBreak Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheMediaLunchBreak Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/TheMediaLunchBreak Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheMediaLunchBreak Instagram: @The_Media_Lunch_Break Or email us at: TheMediaLunchBreak@gmail.com Listen to and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts! The Media Lunch Break on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/themedialunchbreak Graphic art by: Melinda Filonuk - www.melgraphics.com www.etsy.com/shop/melgraphicscreations Eric Scotolati - https://twitter.com/ericscotolati
The PAPcast crew is stumbling across the finish line! Actually, wait, Roman seems to be painting a fairly jaunty pace. Gosh that guy rules… Somehow Roman, Django, & Jeff found a way to make some time and chat about this weeks books (and a bit of last weeks also, since we had a skip-week). And I don't want to spoil anything, but there were a lot of 10's. Also, we make a very big announcement…00:15:27 - Strange adventures #1100:25:07 - Beta Ray Bill #500:36:47 - Superman Son of Kal-El #100:43:40 - Nightwing #8200:51:56 - Icon and Rocket #100:57:55 - Skybound X #301:04:03 - SWORD #701:07:19 - United States of Cap #201:12:45 - Other History of the DC Universe #5SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we're going to talk about what happened in these books. So maybe pause this, read your books, and come back. We'll still be here!Subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you like to get your podcasts.Call in with your questions at 1-619-663-7336. Or email them to us info at our website addressess.
Alex, Brian, and Case talk Groo Meets Tarzan, Action Comics, Icon & Rocket, Infinite Frontier, The Other History of the DC Universe, RWBY/Justice League, Static, Superman: Son of Kal-El, Wonder Woman: Black & Gold, Black Beacon, Amazing Fantasy, Beta Ray Bill, S.W.O.R.D., Cable, Wolverine, Eternals, and more!
Let's bookend this tale as we take a look at The Other History of the DC Universe #5 from DC Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_635375" align="alignright" width="273"] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] The Other History of the DC Universe #5 story by: John Ridley art by: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi cover by: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Marco Mastrazzo variant cover by Jamal Campbell ON SALE: 7/27/21 AGES 17+ | 5 of 5 $6.99 US | 48 PAGES | FC | DC BLACK LABEL Prestige Plus 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″ Being a superhero runs in Anissa Pierce's family. It's been a part of her life in one way or another since her father, Jefferson Pierce, first started to fight crime as Black Lightning. Despite what her parents tell her, despite what the world tells her, Anissa knows that she has the same calling as her father. But as Anissa takes on the mantle of Thunder, she must grapple with a very different world than the one that her father first patrolled. The critically acclaimed creative team of Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi bring The Other History of the DC Universe to a close.
Let's bookend this tale as we take a look at The Other History of the DC Universe #5 from DC Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_635375" align="alignright" width="273"] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] The Other History of the DC Universe #5 story by: John Ridley art by: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi cover by: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Marco Mastrazzo variant cover by Jamal Campbell ON SALE: 7/27/21 AGES 17+ | 5 of 5 $6.99 US | 48 PAGES | FC | DC BLACK LABEL Prestige Plus 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″ Being a superhero runs in Anissa Pierce's family. It's been a part of her life in one way or another since her father, Jefferson Pierce, first started to fight crime as Black Lightning. Despite what her parents tell her, despite what the world tells her, Anissa knows that she has the same calling as her father. But as Anissa takes on the mantle of Thunder, she must grapple with a very different world than the one that her father first patrolled. The critically acclaimed creative team of Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi bring The Other History of the DC Universe to a close.
Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! talk about 9 of the 18 titles DC is putting out for the week of July 27, 2021. That's right 18 titles! So many books they had to break this week up into two episodes. This is part two, so if you want the whole week's worth of books start with part 1! Icon and Rocket Season One #1 - We get an updated origin for Icon and Rocket but they stay very faithful to the original iterations of the characters. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Despite not changing anything dramatically the comic and characters still manages to feel very fresh with relevant ideas of the social issues Icon may have been fighting thirty years ago, which are sadly still relevant today. Writer - Reginald Hudlin, Penciller - Doug Braithwaite, Inkers - Scott Hanna & Andrew Currie, Color Artist - Brad Anderson, Letterer - Andworld Design Static Season One #2 - Pushed to his limit Virgil is forced to use his powers in front of his parents to prevent his house from burning down. Gravely concerned about the welfare of their son, a disagreement on how best to deal with the situation has Virgil striking out on his own, ditching school and taking matters into his own hands to try and control his powers. He reaches out to Curtis Metcalf, the hero known as Hardware for help, but ultimately that help may be more trouble than it's worth. Writer - Vita Ayala, Layouts - Chriscross, Finishes and Colors - Nikolas Draper-Ivey, Letterer - Andworld Design Infinite Frontier #3 - All the plot thread from this epic, universe spanning story continue to move forward, but are they moving in the same direction? Rocky seems to think so but Jace has his doubts. It's definitely time for this story to start to come together as one narrative to give readers some idea of where the DC Universe is heading, The individual storylines are effective so far though, as we can't help but wonder what allows Roy Harper to wield a Black Lantern ring, we get a glimpse of where Darkseid has imprisoned Barry Allen while Alan Scott and Obsidian continue to look for Jade. Writer - Joshua Williamson, Pencillers - Paul Pelletier, Jesus Merino, Tom Derenick & Xermanico, Inkers - Norm Rapmund, Raul Fernandez, Tom Derenick & Xermanico, Color Artist - Romulo Fajardo Jr, Letterer - Tom Napolitano Teen Titans Academy #5 - Have you ever wondered how the Bat Pack ended up at Teen Titans Academy? Well wonder no longer, we get the full story in their own words. In fact, we learnt hey are telling the story to Red X who in turn for this show of trust reveals his identity to the three young heroes although it remains a mystery to us. Whether or not the Bat Pack buys into what Red X is telling them about trusting the other adult heroes of the Academy remains to be seen. Writer - Tim Sheridan, Artist - Steve Lieber, Color Artist - Dave Stewart, Letterer - Rob Leigh Strange Adventures #11 - More revelations in this issue as we learn if Adam Strange was truly behind the deal that was made with the Pykkts that resulted in Aleea being imprisoned. The fall out for this may shatter the relationship of Adam and Alanna beyond repair, but was the price they paid worth it? When billions of lives are at stake does that outweigh the love of a parent? Big questions in this one leading to a big finale. Writer - Tom King, Artists - Mitch Gerards & Doc Shaner, Letterer - Clayton Cowles Wonder Woman #776 - Wonder Woman's quest to find Janus and stop her murderous rampage across the realm of the gods continues in the fairie land of Elfhame. Enchanted, magical and mystical it is just one more adventure for Diana as she attempts to continue on her ultimate quest to return to our earth. Writers - Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad & Jordie Bellaire, Artists - Jill Thompson, Becky Cloonan & Paulina Ganucheau, Color Artists - Jordie Bellaire & Kendall Goode, Letterer - Pat Brosseau & Becca Carey The Other History of the DC Universe #5 - The incredible series which started out with a spotlight on Jefferson Pierce comes full circle with the story of his eldest daughter Anissa Pierce. Equally, emotional, powerful and poignant, the story itself is a perfect encapsulation of Anissa herself. Despite her living herself striving to not become her father, without her even seeing it herself, the similarities are far too many to be merely coincidence. The "other history" of the DC Universe in many ways is the history of the Pierce family themselves. Writer - John Ridley, Artists - Giuseppe Camuncoli & Andrea Cucchi, Color Artist - Jose Villarubia, Letterer - Steve Wands Wonder Woman Black & Gold #2 - We get some very interesting tales of Diana from a very, very diverse cross section of creators. Many of the stories focus on Wonder Woman's relationship to gods and that leaves Rocky wondering if gods are more important than mortals to Diana, It's a valid questions and one that has a clear answer based on these stories. Writers - Mariko Tamaki, Che Grayson, Tillie Walden, Stephanie Williams & Rachel Smythe, Artists - Jamie McKelvie, Corin Howell, Tillie Walden, Ashley A. Woods & Rachel Smythe, Color Artist - Jordie Bellaire, Letterers - Simon Bowland, Wes Abbott & Becca Carey Superman: Son of Kal-El - Jon Kent is on his own, but what does that truly mean? Who is he when he is not Superman's son? Does he even have an identity and how can he figure out how to fill his father's shoes when he doesn't even know who he is as a person or a hero? There are more questions than answers for Jon in this one, but that still doesn't excuse him asking Damian for advice! Writer - Tom Taylor, Artist - John Timms, Color Artist - Gabe Eltaeb, Letterer - Becca Carey
On this new audio episode, Bill, Caleb and Steve start the show off by discussing the premiere of Loki, the new Marvel Cinematic Universe series airing on Disney+ with Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as the Norse God of Mischief! What is Loki up to, what is the Time Variance Authority and exactly what is Owen Wilson doing there? Well, hit play and find out! We also head over to the virtual spinner rack to discuss the JLA: Tower of Babel collection, Fantastic Four: Life Story, Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon, Crush and Lobo, The Other History of the DC Universe and more!
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs talk the Black Lightning Series Finale. Jace pays some thugs to beat up a woman in The Next Batman: Second Son #7. Batman plays chess in Batman: Black & White #6. Renee Montoya gets real in The Other History of the DC Universe #4. Courtney meets Emiko in Stargirl Spring Break Special #1. Bizzaro makes an appearance in Batman/Superman #18. Adam Strange's secret is revealed in Strange Adventures #10. Superman and Jon save some Kryptonians in Action Comics #1031. Bruce is accused of kidnapping a dead woman in Detective Comics #1036. Damien learns the rules of fight club in Robin #2. The Suicide Squad attacks in Teen Titans Academy #3. All this plus, DC News, DC TV, Shout Outs, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:02:12 DC News 0:07:06 The Next Batman: Second Son #7 0:09:32 Batman: Black & White #6 0:18:59 The Other History of the DC Universe #4 0:38:32 Stargirl Spring Break Special #1 0:46:13 Batman/Superman #18 0:49:40 Strange Adventures #10 0:54:16 Action Comics #1031 0:59:20 Detective Comics #1036 1:01:46 Robin #2 1:05:35 Teen Titans Academy #3 1:10:32 Superman and Lois S1 Ep7 – Man of Steel 1:15:26 The Flash S7 Ep11 – Family Matters, Part 2 1:24:02 DC's Legends of Tomorrow S6 Ep4 – Bay of Squids 1:27:50 Black Lightning S4 Ep13 – The Book of Resurrection: Chapter Two – Closure 1:34:10 Show Close Links The Next Batman: Second Son #7 Batman Black & White #6 The Other History of the DC Universe #4 Stargirl Spring Break Special #1 Batman/Superman #18 Strange Adventures #10 Action Comics #1031 Detective Comics #1036 Robin #2 Teen Titans Academy #3 52 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick) Earth Station One Tales of the Station Earth Station One Tales of the Station Vol. 2 The Chameleon Chronicles: Colors of Fate The Chameleon Chronicles: Sisters of the Thorn Want to Donate to the Show or Sponsor our Comics Talk for this week? No problem! Just click on the donate button below! If you would like to leave feedback, comment on the show, or would like us to give you a shout out, please call the ESDCU feedback line at (317) 564-9133 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ earthstationdcu@gmail.com
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs talk the Black Lightning Series Finale. Jace pays some thugs to beat up a woman in The Next Batman: Second Son #7. Batman plays chess in Batman: Black & White #6. Renee Montoya gets real in The Other History of the DC Universe #4. … The Earth Station DCU Episode 242 – Black Lightning Series Finale Read More » The post The Earth Station DCU Episode 242 – Black Lightning Series Finale appeared first on The ESO Network.
Welcome back! This week in comics we discuss and review the following comic books: 3:30 The Other History of the DC Universe #4 6:28 Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1 10:48 Action Comics #1031 17:08 Robin #2 22:22 Heroes Reborn #4 27:08 Beta Ray Bill #3 31:13 New Mutants #18 42:07 Black Widow #7 48:56 X-Men #20 1:02:05 Another Panel: Cosmic This week's panel is going cosmic! Keenan and LZ talk what makes cosmic stories interesting and what could be improved on. Do you like Cosmic Stories? What are your favorites?? 1:24:12 Another Rematch: Civil War Time to rewatch Captain America: Civil War! Last week we reread the comic and this week we rewatched the movie! Did you join the tweet along? LZ thinks this is one of the best MCU movies! Do you agree? Let us know! Thanks for listening! We really appreciate all the support! Leave us a comment and subscribe to the youtube channel! Feel free to contact us! Twitter - Another Relaunch - Keenan -LZ or via email anotherrelaunch@gmail.com
Welcome Back to your Favorite Cast Covering Comics! It's Issue #2 Legacy Issue #10 of Books X Brews X Bros! Eric, Enrique and Darryl dive into their favorite books of the week, from the mainstream to the obscure and we think C.O.W.s (Comics Of the Week) is catching on. The guys also get into the age of debate, is the movie ever better than the book? and I don't know if they even come up with an answer now that I think about it. Issues Discussed: Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1, The Marvels #2, The Other History of the DC Universe #4, Uncanny X-Men #200, Beta Ray Bill #3, X-Men #20, Black Panther #25, Something Is Killing the Children #16 Thank you for listening! Please Like, Follow and Share! The Superior Hero Show | Facebook The Superior Hero Show (@TheSuperiorHero) / Twitter The Superior Hero Show (@the_superiorhero_show) • Instagram photos and videos
Just Vincent & Mike this week as Dan takes a mini vacation so they're left to saddle the load of books this week. We see the final issue of this iteration of Batman Black & White while seeing more of the Other History of the DCU. At Marvel we have big plans ahead in X-Men and more Black Widow with a new debut with Reptil. Then in the Retro segment we see a 1990s crossover between the leather jacket clad Avengers and X-Men. Total Runtime: 01:25:48 Rundown 00:03:31 - Action Comics #1031 00:07:11 - Batman: Black and White #6 00:15:37 - The Other History of the DC Universe #4 00:23:05 - Strange Adventures #10 00:25:51 - Haha #5 00:29:53 - Black Widow #7 00:32:28 - The Marvels #2 00:36:17 - Reptil #1 00:38:23 - Detective Comics #1036 00:41:59 - Stargirl Spring Break Special #1 00:55:39 - Harley Quinn #3 00:58:19 - New Mutants #18 01:02:35 - X-Men #20 01:12:47 - Beta Ray Bill 01:16:13 - Batman/Superman #18 01:19:03 - Avengers #368 - (Retro) November 1993 01:25:05 - Picks of the Week! Vincent - Stargirl Spring Break Special #1 Mike - Beta Ray Bill #3 Subscribe on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQtpRgKtCRJY_CclD58kyA Follow us on Twitter & Instagram https://twitter.com/KrackleComics https://www.instagram.com/kracklecomics/
Recorded on 5/26/2021A new episode of Unsourced Wall is here!We delve into this week's hot new releases!New Mutants, X-Men, The Other History of the DCU,Plus Sandman casting and the first Eternals teaser!#MCU#Eternals#ComicsComics Code UHthority:https://linktr.ee/ComicsCodeUHThorityLinks:Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_snickmanRSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/UnsourcedWallRadioiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unsourced-wall-radio/id1378368779?mt=2Art Credit:https://twitter.com/dotemcee
Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! talk about the DC offerings for the week of May 25, 2021. Detective Comics #1036 continues to focus on Bruce Wayne and Batman as they acclimate to their new neighborhood while trying to solve the mystery of the recent string of murders in Gotham. Strange Adventures #10 purports to contain big revelations, but we aren't so convinced what Tom King is telling us is true. Jace has his own theory about what's really going on. Batman Superman #18 feels like the story should be starting to wind down for Rocky, but Jace thinks based on the most recent information we get in this issue, we are still in for at least 3 more issues. Both guys feel like Action Comics #1031 is a step in the right direction in terms of narrative and the art is spectacular. Harley Quinn still has Rocky's attention, but Jace is ready to jump ship as the story continues to march towards the Gotham we saw in Future State. Mister Miracle #1 was a pleasant surprise for both Jace and Rocky, based on the Shilo Norman story we got in Future State are expectations were very low. The creative surprised us with solid art and very intriguing characterization, maybe the first true character development we have ever seen for Shilo Norman. The guys are in for at least one more issue for sure. The Other History of the DC Universe #4 is a wonderful character study of Renee Montoya, although Jace points out that it doesn't add as much new context as previous issues may have done for their characters. Batman Black & White certainly has a very Batman feel but Rocky finds this short stories for Batman just don't bring enough to the table and Jace wonders if it is time to retire this concept for a good long while. Teen Titans #3 is chaotic and Rocky loves it, but Jace is ready for more Titans in their own book and much, much less Suicide Squad. Robin #2 is a wild and fun ride for Rocky, but Jace laments some lazy storytelling and reversal in character development for Damian. The Stargirl Spring Break Special is nearly a perfect comic, both guys chose it as their favorite DC book of the week and it accomplishes this by being action-packed, brightly colored, full of hope with gorgeous art. All we can say is this creative team really understands the true heart of the DCU.
The Spinner Rack has returned, and this week your host, Seth Singleton, dives into the past to give you his top 5 picks from the week of March 30, 2021. This week he gives his thoughts on Inferior Five #5, The Flash #768, Batman/Catwoman #4, Strange Adventures #9, & The Other History of the DC Universe #3. What were Seth's scores for this week's books? You'll just have to listen to find out. And be sure to share your scores and thought on these books with us. So sit back, take a spin, and enjoy the ride! Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play, and if you like what you hear, please give us a 5-star rating and review! Follow Seth on Twitter: www.twitter.com/1MoreSingleton Follow DCN on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/DCComicsNews Twitter: www.twitter.com/DCComicsNews Instagram: www.instagram.com/DCComicsNews Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/DCComicsNews Website: www.dccomicsnews.com
Join Sis and Big Pops for a talk about pop culture news fun things happening in movies, tv-shows, and comic books. We discuss the new Loki trailer, Knives Out 2, and PowerRangers. Pops shares his pull list, he recommends that we all should read the Other History of the DC Universe, Avengers, Batman + Superman, and Teen Titans Academy. He is loving collecting the new Beta Ray Bill comic and Magic by Boom Studios, as well as The Silver Coin and Geiger (both by Image Comics and both for grown ups only). We discuss what we're bingeing right now, Sis watched season 1 of Bravest Warriors and is really enjoying Suits, and Big Pops has been watching Justice League Dark and The Chosen. We reviewed book one of The Saga of the Swamp Thing, which was wayyyy sadder than Sis was anticipating. We also talk about Holes the movie, and go into what we still love about this old fav. Listen in for some Family-friendly nerd fun! This episode was originally recorded on 4/11/21. Check us out on twitter @sisnpopsculture
John Ridley llegó para escribir varias historias en el Universo DC y su mejor trabajo hasta el momento, es The Other History of the DC Universe, en donde hace un revisionismo a la historia de algunos personajes y nos presenta su perspectiva en esta serie especial para Black Label. Nosotros no tenemos escuchas, tenemos una armada, y estos son sus miembros, los cuales lee entran a la cooperacha en www.patreon.com/dstripando¿Nos quieren ver? Pueden hacerlo en nuestro canal en YouTube en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwoSYsiDieXiJNbLuoBY4PAEpisodio traído gracias a:Capitán: Rosas, FedericoCapitán: Espíritu, JuanCapitana: Velasco, AlejandraSargento: Ramos, CarolinaSargento: Nieto, MauricioSargento: Alhazred, AmraSargento: Hernández, ErickSi comparten este episodio harán méritos para ser Cabos (o Quepos). Si son escuchas pasivos, de soldados rasos jamás pasarán.Tenemos Discord. Pásenle que la charla se pone buena.https://discord.gg/PAu8YfmBaS
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs review the Supergirl Season 6 Premier! Diana goes searching for a kidnapped woman and her son in Sensational Wonder Woman #13. Superman takes on a wizard, while Batman tries to capture the Silver Spider in Batman/Superman #16. All hell breaks loose when Catwoman tells Batman about Jokers Bomb in Batman/Catwoman #4. The Justice League condemn Adam's actions in Strange Adventures #9. Katana's past is revealed in The Other History of the DC Universe #3. Superman and Lois return to Lexor to save its people in Future State: Superman Vs. Imperious Lex #3. When Wally West decides to retire from being a Flash, The Speed Force has other plans in Flash #768. All this plus, DC News, DC TV, Shout Outs, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:01:50 DC News 0:07:25 Sensational Wonder Woman #13 0:11:31 Batman/Superman #16 0:20:37 Batman/Catwoman #4 0:27:38 Strange Adventures #9 0:32:35 The Other History of the DC Universe #3 0:41:03 Future State: Superman Vs. Imperious Lex #3 0:44:22 Flash #768 0:52:06 Batwoman S2 Ep9 – Rule #1 0:59:24 Supergirl S6 Ep1 – Rebirth 1:13:12 Flash S7 Ep5 – Fear Me 1:25:55 Show Close Links Sensational Wonder Woman #13 Batman/Superman #16 Batman/Catwoman #4 Strange Adventures #9 The Other History of the DC Universe #3 Future State: Superman Vs. Imperious Lex #3 Flash #768 Star Wars: The High Republic (Drew's Read More Comics Pick) Earth Station One Tales of the Station Earth Station One Tales of the Station Vol. 2 The Chameleon Chronicles: Colors of Fate The Chameleon Chronicles: Sisters of the Thorn Want to Donate to the Show or Sponsor our Comics Talk for this week? No problem! Just click on the donate button below! If you would like to leave feedback, comment on the show, or would like us to give you a shout out, please call the ESDCU feedback line at (317) 564-9133 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ earthstationdcu@gmail.com
This week the boys chat about: old school rap, Kevin buys a Prius, Eberron, MLB, Wrestlemania, AEW, NJPW, Godzilla vs. Kong, Power Rangers, the Other History of the DC Universe, and comics!
Welcome to Another Relaunch! This week we talk Return of the Valkyries #4, Black Cat #4, Beta Ray Bill #1, Strange Adventures #9, The Other History of the DC Universe #3 and X-Men #19. What was on your pull list? Share your thoughts! Another Panel: Moonknight! This week we have a character close up on the Marvel character, Marc Spector aka Moonknight! Are you a fan of the character? We relaunch characters this week! Find out what we would do with Night Thrasher/The New Warriors and Tom Foster aka Goliath! Thanks for listening! We really appreciate all the support! Leave us a comment and subscribe to the youtube channel! Feel free to contact us! Twitter - Another Relaunch - Keenan -LZ or via email anotherrelaunch@gmail.com
En esta edición tenemos noticias y hablamos del hermoso corto de The Suicide Squad de James Gunn y la cancelación del proyecto de The New Gods de Ava DuVernay y Tom King y The Trench de James Wan; hablamos de cómics con la brutal The Other History of the DC Universe y en TV iniciamos […]
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On this week's comic book review podcast, we've got: Beta Ray Bill #1 Marvel Written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson Shadecraft #1 Image Comics Written by Joe Henderson Art by Lee Garbett The Other History of the DC Universe #3 DC Comics Written by John Ridley Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli Silk #1 Marvel Written by Maurene Goo Art by Takeshi Miyazawa Crossover #5 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Strange Adventures #9 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan Shaner Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 Marvel Written by Steve Orlando Art by Francesco Mobili The Department of Truth #7 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Tyler Boss The Flash #768 DC Comics Written by Jeremy Adams Art by Brandon Peterson, Marco Santucci, David Lafuente Ghost Rider: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Ed Brisson Art by Juan Frigeri Two Moons #2 Image Comics Written by John Arcudi Art by Valerio Giangiordano Future State: Superman vs Imperious Lex #3 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Decorum #7 Image Comics Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mike Huddleston Batman/Catwoman #4 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Clay Mann SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex: What is up y'all? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Kicking it off with one I know that Pete is very excited about. Beta Ray Bill number one from Marvel comics, written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson. Now, D.W.J., As I like to call him, he is the creator of Murder Falcon, which is one of your favorite books ever. Pete: Yeah. Alex: I don't know how you feel about Beta Ray Bill though. So how'd you feel about this book? Pete: Well, yeah. I'm not the hugest Beta Ray Bill fan, but this was a lot of fun. This was really awesome. Art style [google 00:00:54] gave Beta Ray Bill a grittiness that was nice. Yeah, I very much enjoyed this. This was sad. This was not just badass Beta Ray Bill. Alex: You okay? Did you die there for a second? Pete: Yeah. There's some real pain going on. And yeah. Also, Fin Fang Foom, one of my huge favorites in this as well. So, this was a real treat, this book. And the back matter is magical. Alex: This very briefly and tangentially ties into the King in Black storyline, which has symbiotes attacking the Marvel universe here. They attack Asgard, Beta Ray Bill fights them off, kind of. And sparks up, or re-sparks up a little bit of a romance with Lady Sif. But I agree with you, as he did in Murder Falcon, he brings big action with big monsters, but also a deep well of emotion here. It's very sad for Beta Ray Bill. Art is great, the writing is great, the emotion is great. I'm all in on this book. I am a sucker for Beta Ray Bill, and I think D.W.J. does right by him. So, I'm very excited to see this going forward. And like you said, there's a great interview that he does with Walter Simonson in the back of the book, which is super cool as well. Pete: Yeah. It's nice to see him geek out about this and hear about New York in the seventies and the different kinds of people working on stuff. It was a pretty awesome interview that they put in the back and yeah. I mean, the art, the storytelling is really unbelievable, but Beta Ray Bill… Kind of a cursed character and they're really tugging on that and playing with that. And he's not cool with Thor. It's not a fun relationship right now. So I'm glad they're getting to air that out a little bit. I'm very interested to see how that all unfolds. Alex: I agree. Next up, Shadecraft number one from Image comics written by Joe Henderson, art by Lee Garbett. In this new comic book, a girl finds out that shadows aren't quite what they're cracked up to be. It ties into an emotional thing from her past that you find out towards the end of the issue. I really liked the setup. I thought this was a good, fun horror book. The art from Lee Garbett was particularly good. The shadow creatures were interesting. I'm curious to see where this goes going forward, because it feels like it really gets to the setup by the end. But I'm in, what was your take Pete? Pete: Yeah, I agree. I think the art and the storytelling is fantastic. Setting this up in a very interesting way. I really love the last page reveal twist. Very cool. And yeah, as this kid, I was scared shitless of… if you saw a shadow move by the… or a branch at the window or something. This really plays on that fear of moving shadows and how it's hard, especially at night, to get away from shadows. I mean, that's just… That's tough. Alex: I got to be honest, Pete, it sounds like that wasn't just a problem when you were a kid. Pete: I don't think we have time to get into this, but- Alex: No, Pete- Pete: It's a great book. Alex: That's been the long game on this podcast this whole time, is to finally get you to confront this fear that you have. Shadecraft number one, check it out. Next up, The Other History of the DC universe number three from DC comics. Written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli. The first two issues have dealt with the black American experience in the background of the DC universe. Here, we're dealing with the Asian American experience through the lens of Katana and her whole history. What did you think about this one, Pete? Pete: This is very powerful, really amazing. I was very moved by it. I thought it was really done well. The storytelling is so powerful. The art… Yeah, just kind of the balance of these stanzas, these powerful stanzas, that really hit you versus the comic book art. Really creates this moving, powerful stuff that DC is doing with these books. I've been really enjoying this series. The Other History of the DC universe stuff has just been really impressive. Alex: Giuseppe Camuncoli's layouts in particular, are really excellent. John Ridley's writing is great. It's super, unfortunately, timely, given that we are discussing the Asian American experience and violence towards it, in particular, right now. But it's a necessary- Pete: Stop Asian hate. Alex: Yeah, it's a necessary read, like the other two issues of this book, but also very entertaining and weird in a certain way. I don't know much about Katana's history, necessarily. There are little bits here and there. I was like, “Oh yeah, I guess I do that kind of thing”. But what John Ridley is doing here is, like with X-Men: Grand Design, I think was the name of the book, he's taking the entire history of the character and trying to make narrative sense out of it. Which is nearly impossible, but he does it here in a very emotional way. And that's nice to see. Pete: Yeah, Katana is one of my favorite characters. Always a big fan of Katana. So it was nice to see, all the different stories paid homage to, with this interesting narrative running throughout all of it. It was really well done. Alex: Moving from one timely book to another, in a very different way. Silk number one from Marvel, written by Maureen Goo, art by Takeshi Miyazawa. This is a all-Asian team working on a Korean American superhero, which is something that I don't think we've seen before for Silk, necessarily. I could be wrong. Nobody jump into my mentions if I got that incorrect. But at the very least, it's great to see that, as Silk is in a new status quo here. Working for J. Jonah Jameson, at whatever his latest rag is. But I thought this was really fun. I don't have too much affection, necessarily, for Silk as a character. I'm fine with her. She's been fun before. There's been some good storylines, but I thought this was a really nice, very clear setup with a good supporting cast. And I'm interested to see where it goes in issue two. Pete: I completely agree. I feel like this is a great use of Silk, the character. I feel like they really do a great job of giving her a lot of fun action splash pages, as well as setting up a very cool, interesting story arc. And the fashion stuff is fun and pulled off well, and what's not to like about sitting down to have tea with a giant cat like creature? I think this is a very interesting, cool book, and I'm excited to see where it goes Alex: Next up: Crossover number five from image comics written by Donny Cates, art by Geoff Shaw. In this book, we're getting towards the end of the first arc here, as Madman and Power… house. I don't remember the name of the other team. Basically. It's Donny Cates taking all of his books, mashing them up together with tangentially other books. They're all heading towards this big dome where the crossover event has happened and it's all coming down. What did you think about this issue? Pete: Well, first off you got- bless you. You got Madman with a giant sword. So what's not to love. This is- Alex: A sword. Pete: It's a lot of action, it's a lot of over-the-top stuff, but also, a lot of intense shit goes on here. Oh man, I don't want to spoil anything, but man, it gets, it gets real dark, but- Alex: I want to hear it. Spoiler warning. What was the thing that, you thought in particular, got really dark? Pete: Where the guy shot the girl? Alex: Oh, that hasn't happened yet. That's the cliff hanger at the end of the book. He hasn't necessarily shot her. Pete: Well… He's crying. It says, “I can”. And it looks like it's seconds before the bullet is released out of the chamber. Alex: Yeah. Well, we'll see what happens next issue, I guess. Pete: Oh my God. Alex: I guess we'll see what happens. One thing that I really… that I thought was super fun in the book, is Donny has come up with this concept, where all of these different superheroes have been cut apart and mashed back together by scientists on Earth, quote-unquote. And they're called amalgams, which is very funny to anybody who knows about the Amalgam universe. He's having a blast here and it's so creative and so fun. There's a great splash page laid out that mashes up panels from God Country and Madman comics. Very neat. I liked it quite a bit. Alex: Next up, Strange Adventures number nine, from DC comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner. Here, a report has come out about Adam Strange from the Justice League. Not exactly indicating that he is a villain, but certainly not precluding that fact. That's what we're dealing with here. As the Pykkt invasion of Earth continues and lots of questions swirl in the background. I'll tell you what, I think we talked about this with an earlier issue. It's interesting this is coming out now, but it seemed very clear to me that, at least tangentially, King is writing about the Mueller report in this issue. Did you get that sense as well? Pete: I have no idea what's going on and when it comes to King, ever. But it was crazy to see Superman and Batman in this issue. Alex: So, this report comes out and it's the vague sort of indictment that Mueller did in the heavily anticipated Mueller report. Where there were a lot of crimes mentioned, but ultimately there said, “Well, it's up to the people who prosecute to do it”. Right. And that's exactly what happens with Adam Strange here. It's very interesting, particularly given now we're past the Trump presidency, though, obviously not the aftereffects of it. To see him take Adam Strange and put him in that place. To the point… there's a panel late in the issue where they zoom in on Adam Strange's face on a TV screen and it looks almost exactly like Trump on the television. So that was kind of fascinating to me. I think it's sort of part of the publishing schedule that has gotten pushed back so far. But I am curious to see where this hits on, given that it is skirting those ideas. You're looking at me like I'm a crazy person right now. Pete: I am looking at you like a crazy person, because we're on issue number 9 of 12 and we still don't know what the fuck is going on. Alex: Well- Pete: Nine issues deep. Alex: I mean, that's how a mystery works Pete. Pete: Yeah, but let's talk- Alex: Unless it's Columbo, in which case they reveal it first and then he figures out how it happens. Pete: Okay. But, regardless, just thinking about how great of a writer you have to be that, for nine issues of a story, you have no fucking idea what's going on. That is very impressive. Alex: Well, I just got one more question for you, Pete. Pete: Oh my God. Alex: All right. Next up, Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing number one from Marvel. Written by Steve Orlando, art by Francesco Mobili. In this, we are getting a new threat to Man-Thing who, spoiler, beats Man-Thing right at the beginning and the Avengers have to take him down. This is one of these new formats, limited series that Marvel has been doing, where a new hero is going to interact with Man-Thing or this story in a different way. Here we get the Avengers. Next issue is going to be Spiderman, presumably the X-Men after that and other things. But this is also Steve Orlando moving over to the Marvel universe. What was your take Pete? Pete: Well, Orlando is always a fun, crazy creative person. So this book, I thought did a great job of representing himself here. Man-Thing, getting ripped apart here was so over-the-top and very interesting. Especially because you realize, these chapter things are like parts of his skin that maybe was ripped off. But I think this is a very interesting, unique kind of cool event that's happening and I'm digging it. Alex: I like it too. I thought it was super fun. And it's Orlando doing his regular weird ideas, but infusing them into the Marvel universe. He brings in some fun stuff from Jonathan Hickman's run on X-Men and mixes it in here in a fun way. This is good. I like this. Pete: I agree. Alex: And he seems to be redefining what Man-Thing is in the Marvel universe. That should be interesting to see going forward. Next up, The Department of Truth number seven from Image comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Tyler Boss. In this- Pete: You think we should even talk about this, because Justin's not here? You know what I mean, maybe we should- Alex: Justin does love this book. Pete: Maybe we should skip it. Alex: So we're getting another flashback this issue as Lee Harvey Oswald continues to find out more about the Department of Truth. Here, we find out about the foil guy, the doc who wears foil on his head. We find out about the men and black and the little gray men and their play into the history of the secret history of America. As usual, great stuff in this book. I am loving it. Pete- Pete: Yeah, I agree. Alex: You took off your headphones, what is going on right now? Pete: Hey man, sometimes you wear headphones for too long. It can start to get like… Feel like you're [crosstalk 00:14:37] Alex: Are you listening to me through your forehead. What is going on here? Pete: Dude, it's a podcast. Take it easy, all right. I can hear you just fine. Alex: All right. Pete: All right. So I really am like… This is such a kind of thing we've heard about the men in black, we're familiar with this kind of tinfoil thing, but this is done in a way that makes sense. I really appreciate all the details and all this stuff going on in this book. I think it's done in such a kind of way with the stylized flashbacks, with the shading and the info. I think this is really a great mix of genres and telling the story. I'm continued to be impressed with this. It's too bad Justin's not here to get his thoughts on it. I'm having a blast and I might just start wearing a tinfoil hat. Alex: Hey, speaking of which, this is more of a note for Pete's forehead than his ears. And Pete's forehead, you're looking great. Don't tell his ears, okay? Because they're looking a little busted, to be honest. Pete: Don't you say shit about my ears. Alex: You couldn't hear that. That was through your forehead man. All right. Moving on to the Flash 768 from DC comics. Written by Jeremy Adams, art by Brandon Peterson- Pete: Here we go. Alex: Marco Santucci… What does that mean, “Here we go”? Pete: Here we go. The fucking Flash. Alex: Well… So we've been talking about these books that have come out of DC Future State. A lot of the teams from Future State were giving previews of what's going on in their main books of their return. So I think it has been interesting to talk about them as they have come back. This one is weird. Pete: Yeah. Yeah. We're still talking about it. Flash and that tricky Speed Force, man. [crosstalk 00:16:28] Sometimes you run so fast, you run out of your clothes and then that's a whole thing and- Alex: It happens. So here's the deal with this book. So the thing that confused me for the first half of this book, is we have the setup of Barry Allen is giving up being the Flash. So we could work with the new multi-verse people and explore what's going on with there, after the fallout from Dark Nights: Death Metal. All makes sense. Now, Wally West is the new Flash, he's been promoted. The first half of this book, reverses on that in a very weird way, where Wally says, “Nope, actually… Forget about that tease. I don't want to be the Flash. Barry Allen. You're the Flash”. Barry's like, “Sounds good. Let's have a race. I'll take all of your speed”. Alex: So that's fine, but very confusing, given everything that's happened previously. It isn't until the second half of the book that we get to the real concept. That's where things, in my mind, start to get really fun, where Wally West is lost in time. We basically get this quantum leap thing, where he's jumping to major points in the Speed Force, he's inside of their bodies. Pete: How are they- Alex: And Barry Allen is the Iggy. Is it Iggy from Quantum Leap? Pete? Pete: I don't know. Alex: Ziggy. Ziggy. The Ziggy, Dan Hedaya. Who's like, “Oh man, you've got to turn back, Wally. What are you doing? Ah, if you change this, that'll change everything”. And then Wally says, “Oh boy”. Pete: That show came out in the fifties, I think, bro. Alex: It's a great show, with a perfect finale, and you watch your mouth Pete. Pete: I'll have to take a time machine back. It was just insane to me that these, all these fucking Flashes and there's the Speed Force, but nobody can figure it out. And it's so tricky yet. They're running the whole time and you got a fucking treadmill, but… I don't know, man. Alex: I enjoyed the second half of the issue because I am a sucker for Quantum Leap and I want to see more of that. So we'll see how it goes. Next up, Ghost Rider: King in Black number one, from Marvel. Written by Ed Brisson, art by Juan Frigeri. This is also a very weird, interesting issue because, technically, it's a King in Black tie-in, but really it's tying up everything that's been happening in Ghost Rider for the past couple of years and wrapping a bow on that. It's much more about that to the point that, the Ghost Rider characters, at certain points, are standing in the middle of symbiote-stricken Manhattan being like, “Eh, let's figure out this other stuff instead”. Pete: Yeah. There's still a crazy amount of standing around talking for all the demons that are trashing the place. Alex: But still, pretty fun, I thought. What did you think about this one, Pete? Pete: Yeah, it was fun. I mean, they're having fun discussions about their names. Mephisto blows, but still, some fun stuff in there with that. Yeah. It was nice to see Ghost Rider up in this… the Penance Stare, with the old damnation stare. That was cool. Fun little twist on trusting, not trusting the devil. It's just fun. It's a good book. You know what you're going to get into with it. And it's over-the-top in all the right ways. Alex: Next up, Two Moons number two from Image comics written by John Arcudi, art by Valerio Giangiordino. This book, we love the first issue of. I might be getting this wrong, but I believe it's basically taking indigenous myths and mixing them with the Civil War for a very horrific, supernatural tale. How do you think the second issue held up to the first one? Pete: It's really tripped out in all the right ways. It's very magical. Spooky, cool. The Native American stuff is amazing. It's very, very well done. Some interesting storytelling stuff. And I really loved where it ended too. Alex: This is a absolutely gorgeous book. Absolutely gorgeous. I like the writing, but really, the art in particular and the designs of the… I don't even want to call them monsters. They're more mythical creatures, is stunning throughout. Highly recommend picking this up. This is one that, it feels a little bit like, I don't know. It's very Vertigo to me, I think. And it's the sort of thing that I think would be good to jump in on in the early issues to really get a sense of it because it's that good. Alex: Next up, Future State: Superman VS. Imperious Lex, number three from DC comics written by Mark Russell, art by Steve Pugh, not Florence Pugh, like I initially thought. It's Steve Pugh. This is the very last, I believe, of the Future State books. Probably cutting in a little late here, but so fun and such a good story. Love Mark Russell. This is a future Superman, as you could tell, from the title. Battling Lex, who has taken over a planet, as usual. It's very satirical as you'd expect from this team. If you read the first two issues, you know exactly what to expect here, but I loved it. This is one of my favorite Future State books. I'm so glad they got to finish it off, even if it was a late. Pete, you're nodding your head. What's going on? Pete: I mean, this is just like, what if Lex Luther was stuck in the Wall-E movie? It's a little too crazy for me, but I appreciate what they're doing. Alex: It's so funny. The characters are so funny. Louis Lane is so funny. Lex is so funny. It's great. He just sets up these Rube Goldberg machines of ridiculous satire and pays them off in such a fun way. I like it quite a bit. Next up, Decorum number seven, from Image comics. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mike Huddleston. Alex: This is really bringing together everything that's been going out in the book in a big way that these weird crystalline creatures that showed up that seemed, at first, unconnected from the Assassin's Academy that was going on in the other side of the book. Last issue, that finally came together, where the crystalline creatures gave a mission to the assassins to find this egg that was being hidden, which I believe was the third element, that was just thrown in there. Here, our main character stumbles on that egg, opens up the egg, finds a hot dude with no head. Very funny. This is great. I can't believe how well this has come together. And Mike Huddleston's art is stunning across the board. The way that he's bringing all of these different art styles together, often on the same page, is ridiculously impressive. Pete: I agree with you, Alex. It's worth it alone for the art. It's really unbelievable. Sometimes… Just a dude with part of your face. But I think this is really tripped out, weird, in all the right ways. And it's really telling a very interesting story, but the real hero here is the artist. The pages and everything are just amaze balls. Alex: And in classic Pete fashion, I got to bring up a book that we didn't throw into the stack, because I didn't want to get into a fight about it. But, X-Men number 19. Also by Jonathan Hickman, it is a master work. It is so good. It's one of the best issues of the series ever, it's amazing. You get the X-Men trapped in this vault, traveling through time. This incredible X-23 Laura story throughout. So good. Read it. Just pick it up right now. Don't listen to whatever Pete has to say. And moving on to our last book- Pete: Wait, that's so unfair that you didn't even put it out there. Like it was something we could read- Alex: Here's the thing, Pete. [crosstalk 00:24:25] I've got to be honest. I'll pull back the curtain here. I got to be honest. I read the book because I was like, “Ah, I want to read it anyway because I liked the X-Men books, but I'm not going to send it out to Pete because Pete's just going to be like, ‘Fuck X-Men. These islands are having sex. Stupid. What's going on? I don't like it'”. That I would just set it out. It would just be a big argument. So I was like, “I won't send it out”, but then I read it. I was like, “This is legitimately one of the best issues of the series ever. Would Pete like this, because it's about Laura X-23, who he loves”. And I was like, “I don't know. I got to weigh that against Pete just yelling because it's X-Men. What do we do here?” Pete: Why wouldn't you trust me to appreciate a good X-23 story? Alex: Trust you? I've known you for 15 years, Pete. Pete: Oh my God. You're the worst. You didn't believe in it enough to put it out there for us to review. You were like [crosstalk 00:25:20] yeah, you didn't believe in it. So it's hard to take your recommendation after you didn't believe in something enough to send it to me and just- Alex: I'll tell you what. I will send it to you. You could read it, and then you can tell me off-air what's going on. Pete: Okay, great. That'll be great for everybody. Alex: I think so. Tell you what, check out our podcast off-air, where you visit me and Pete in person and ask us comic book recommendations. Last but not least, Batman/Catwoman number four from DC comics. Written by Tom King, art by Clay Mann. Pete, sounds like you're loving this. You got to explain to me what's going on. I feel like the Pete of this particular book, because I'm lost. Pete: Okay. First off, love the bat and cat double page, spread title page, mansion, advent calendar thing, that just sets up the mood for this creepy, fun world that we're in. And then starting off with Batwoman beating up Penguin and wanting to know where mom and the Joker are. What an interesting start, just grabs the reader all the right ways. But bat and cat are fighting. You know, cat's been doing some things without bat's knowledge, she knew he was going to get mad, but she didn't tell him until last minute. Now bat's mad. So how are we going to move forward? I also really loved how the Penguin is drawn like Danny DeVito. That makes me very happy. What do you want to know? I think it's great. Alex: Listening to you talk about it is my experience reading it, because I just cannot keep track of the timelines. Pete: There's like three different timelines happening at once. Alex: No, and I know that. You've got the Mask of the Phantasm timeline. You've got the very early bad cat stuff going on. Pete: Right. Alex: And then you've got the future cat stuff where she's killed the Joker and is dealing with it, with Penguin. And there was their kid, who was the new Batman. So I get all that. Pete: Batwoman. Alex: There's the transitions between them that just throw me, and I'm sure there's a point to it. Maybe they're doing something about memory and how memories are very fluid and go from one time period to another- Pete: Yeah, because it's also like cat and bat always have this thing about a disagreement about when they first met. Alex: Yes. So I get all that, but you look at a book like Strange Adventures, also from Tom King, where you have- Pete: Also confusing. Alex: But, even if it jumps between timelines of the same page, you've got Evan “Doc” Shaner and Mitch Gerads. So there's a delineation between the timelines. So you're able to follow, okay. Here's where we are at any given point. It is disorienting for me to read this book, and I still, and I know I'm harping on this. I don't know what the Phantasm has to do with this. Pete: That's going to be the fun, but also it is going to make sense. And I think it's going to be one of those things where it will be very interesting to get the trade, because there could be… it could make that much more sense, reading it all together. Alex: Absolutely. And I'm more than willing to follow it until the end. It's just- Pete: And you should follow it, because it's amazing art and writing and like such a fun, interesting story with these two characters we know and we've heard stories… for all time about them. Alex: I trust these creators. So I'm going to follow it until the end. I'm just having a hard time comprehending it as of now, that's what I'm saying. Alex: And that's it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our podcast and other podcasts we do, patrion.com/comic book club. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night to Crowdcast at YouTube. Pete: Sure do. Alex: Love to chat with you about comic books. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. Comic book club live.com for this podcast and more. Until next time, we'll see you at the virtual comic book shop. But I'm saying that just to Pete's forehead, not to his ears. The post The Stack: Beta Ray Bill, Shadecraft And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. 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Jace and Rocky tackle another week of DC comics! Most of the books the guys talk about aren't necessarily in the 'main' Dc continuity, but all the rest sort of stand on their own. Is this the reason the books seem to be sort of average this week? Maybe, maybe not, but The Other History of the DC Universe stands on its own as another spectacular issue of the John Ridley series that the guys have been really enjoying. Also we get sort of an epilogue of Future State as the third issue of Superman vs Imperious Lex hits comic shops. The Flash brings up a lot of question and the Jace and Rocky aren't necessarily in agreement on the quality of the issue, while Strange Adventures & Batman/Catwoman both written by Tom King may need to wrap up before we know the true quality of the stories. All this & a lot more so join us for the fun!
Join Sis and Big Pops for a talk about pop culture news fun things happening in movies, tv-shows, and comic books. Pops shares his pull list, some of his favs this week are Deep Beyond, I Walk with Monsters, Teen Titans Academy, and the DC Future State comic, Infinite Frontiers. What we're bingeing right now, Sis is watching Big Bang Theory, as per the usual, Big Pops isn't watching anything specific at the moment. We are finally back to reviewing comic books! This week we read the first three issues of Black Lightning as well as one of Pop's fav comics of last year, The Other History of the DC Universe. We also watched and reviewed the Disney animated movie, The Princess and the Frog. And we again end the episode with some WandaVision Spoilers, specifically, what Sis and Big Pops are hypothesizing. Listen in for some Family-friendly nerd fun! This episode was originally recorded on 2/14/21. Check us out on twitter @sisnpopsculture Spoiler notice: WandaVision Season 1 Ep 6.
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs look into prior criminal history. Mongol is not happy that Diana did not kill Artemis in Sensational Wonder Woman #4. It doesn't matter if your black or white in Batman Black & White #2. Starlet's identity is revealed in Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #4. Mr. Terrific and Batman uncover the truth about the Pykkts in Strange Adventures #8. Mal Duncan and Karen Beecher-Duncan tell their story in The Other History of the DC Universe #2. Jackson and Andy go swimming in the galactic ocean in Future State: Aquaman #1. Superman comes to Gotham and learns about the Magistrate in Future State: Batman/Superman #1. We learn what happened to Bruce Wayne in Future State: Dark Detective #2. It' time to get the gang back together in Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1. The Suicide Squad must bring back Amanda Waller from Earth-3 in Future State: Suicide Squad #1. Superman goes to Lex Luthor's planet in Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1. All this plus, DC News, DC TV, Cletus's pick of the week, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:02:02 DC News 0:14:05 Sensational Wonder Woman #4 0:16:22 Batman Black & White #2 0:26:38 Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #4 0:28:27 Strange Adventures #8 0:32:44 The Other History of the DC Universe #2 0:36:44 Future State: Aquaman #1 0:40:12 Future State: Batman/Superman #1 0:42:24 Future State: Dark Detective #2 0:49:00 Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 0:52:00 Future State: Suicide Squad #1 1:26:00 Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 1:04:54 Batwoman S2 Ep2 – Prior Criminal History 1:10:48 Show Close Links Sensational Wonder Woman #4 Batman Black & White #2 Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #4 Strange Adventures #8 The Other History of the DC Universe #2 Future State: Aquaman #1 Future State: Batman/Superman #1 Future State: Dark Detective #2 Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 Future State: Suicide Squad #1 Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick) Earth Station One Tales of the Station Earth Station One Tales of the Station Vol. 2 The Chameleon Chronicles: Colors of Fate The Chameleon Chronicles: Sisters of the Thorn Want to Donate to the Show or Sponsor our Comics Talk for this week? No problem! Just click on the donate button below! If you would like to leave feedback, comment on the show, or would like us to give you a shout out, please call the ESDCU feedback line at (317) 564-9133 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ earthstationdcu@gmail.com
Welcome back! This was a packed week! This week we discuss Future State: Aquaman #1, Strange Adventures #8, The Other History of the DC Universe #2, Daredevil #26, Excalibur #17, New Mutants #15, Shang-Chi #5, Wolverine #9 and Captain Marvel #25. That's a lot of comic books! This week's Panel topic is on the Justice League! We create our own league and discuss what exactly do you need to consider when making a "Justice League". This week is Another Rewatch of WandaVision episodes 3 and 4! Are you keeping up with west view? Any theories?? Let us know! Thanks for listening! We really appreciate all the support! Feel free to contact us! Twitter - Another Relaunch - Keenan -LZ or via email anotherrelaunch@gmail.com
¡Es hora de echar el chisme con los cómics de la semana! DC COMICS Future State: Dark Detective #2 Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 Future State: Aquaman #1 Future State: Suicide Squad #1 Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 Batman: Black and White #2 The Other History of the DC Universe #2 Strange Adventures #8 Future State: Batman / Superman #1 MARVEL X-Men #17 Daredevil #26 The Amazing Spider-Man #58 Shang-Chi #5 INDIES The Department of Truth #5 (Image Comics) Something Is Killing The Children #14 (BOOM! Studios) We Only Find Them When They're Dead #5 (BOOM! Studios) FICHA COVACHA Mesa: Francisco Espinosa, Bernardo Arteaga y Elizabeth Ugalde Síguenos en Twitter, Facebook, YouTube y ¡ahora en Twitch! Fecha: Viernes 29 de enero, 2021 Música Intro: Midnight City by c152 feat. chirrrex Background (Looped): Forgot About Me by DreamHeaven Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6519-forgot-about-me- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
On this week's comic book review podcast: Riverdale Presents South Side Serpents #1 Archie Comics Story by David Barnett Art by Richard Ortiz Captain Marvel #25 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Lee Garbett The Department of Truth #5 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Firefly #25 BOOM! Studios Written by Greg Pak Art by Pius Bak Future State: Suicide Squad #1 DC Comics Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Future State: Dark Detective #2 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Riley Rossmo Future State: Aquaman #1 DC Comics Written by Brandon Thomas Art by Daniel Sampere Future State: Batman/Superman #1 DC Comics Written by Gene Luen Yang Art by Ben Oliver Post Americana #2 Image Comics Written and art by Dave Skroce Daredevil #26 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Chechetto & Mike Hawthorne Monstress #31 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Art by Nana Takeda The Other History of the DC Universe #2 DC Comics Written by John Ridley Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli Nailbiter Returns #9 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson X-Men #17 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Brett Booth Spawn #314 Image Comics Written by Todd McFarlane Art by Carlo Barberi The Last God #12 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Something is Killing the Children #14 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Art by Werther Dell'edera Strange Adventures #8 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner An Unkindness of Ravens #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Art by Marianna Ignazzi Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Tyler Crook SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: As Alex: What is up everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out this week, kicking it off with Riverdale Presents: South Side Serpents from Archie Comics, story by David Barnett, art by Richard Ortiz. This is part of a slate of comics that Archie has started releasing that aren't exactly in continuity with the shows, but they include the characters the way they appear on the show. They're kind of like halfway between the monthly comics and the shows themselves. This with a Madam Satan one-shot spinning off and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina that we talked about. This one of course is spinning off of Riverdale [crosstalk 00:00:46]. Pete: I wish I would've known that before I read it, because I read it and I was like, “Holy shit, everything's going to change.” Alex: Yeah. Well, no, it's out of continuity. Pete: They killed some people in this comic. Alex: They straight up killed some people. I got to tell you, I mean, to start there, I was surprised how hardcore this was. Justin: Me too. This book went hard from beginning to end and I will say, “I like this.” To me, I mean Archie Comics for a decade has been taking big swings with a lot of their choices, a lot of their … especially their one shots like this and they're limited series. But with this like putting it in between Riverdale featuring Toni Topaz here which was great. And then having both Hot Dog show up drawn like Hot Dog from the Double Digest. As well as a murder happening involving Hot Dog, I was like, “Okay, we're going for it here.” Alex: So the plot of this book if you haven't picked it up is that Jughead is tasked by FP to go rejuvenate the serpents, FP can see that they're getting older. He wants them to go out, get some young blood in there. Things go very, very wrong. The thing that I think this book did so well is the serpents are way too friendly on the TV show. They're supposed to be the most hardcore biker gang, but they was like, “We're hardcore, we're fucking helping out with community service. And now we're going to assist the police department. Look how hardcore we are.” Here they're an actual biker gag, and they're treated like an actual biker gang. And it works really well to the devastating end of the book. Pete: Yeah. Justin: Yeah, I agree. It was also nice to take you back to this time in Riverdale, we're all Riverdale fans, and to sort of position us sort of earlier, this was like season two Riverdale it felt like, was really fun as well. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Good stuff. Definitely check. Oh, go ahead. Justin: Wait, Pete's going to weigh in. Pete: I really liked this. I loved all the action, it moves really well. It feels like Riverdale, but it has its own kind of flavor, which is cool for the comic. And I thought the art was great and the storytelling was really impressive how well this moved. I had a great time. Justin: A lot of biker gangs have a crown that the head of the gang wears. Alex: This is true, like the hell's angels. Justin: Yeah, fairy famously, and some anarchy. Alex: [inaudible 00:03:17] biker gang that we can name which is, what is that, Justin? Justin: That biker game, there's the wheels, the wheelies. Pete: The Wheelers. Justin: The wheelers, that's it. Alex: Yes. Captain Marvel number 25 from Marvel written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett. This is a title that we haven't talked about too much, but as it is hitting an anniversary issue, we do like Kelly Thompson in particular here on the show, I figured it was worth talking about. Captain Marvel is trapped in a post-apocalyptic future where the son of Namor and Amara has lead ways everything, using captain Marvel for his evil plan. As usual with Kelly Thompson book, I thought this is a lot of fun. I had a blast reading this. What about you guys? Pete: Yeah. I mean, as parents, you have to feel that if your son or daughter stabs a stuffed animal dolphin, you better address that early. Otherwise that's really going to get out of hand and lead you [crosstalk 00:04:14]. Justin: Well, the question is, at least in my household is it during stabbing practice or is it [inaudible 00:04:19]. Pete: Oh, oh, oh. Justin: Because if it's during stabbing practice it's good. Pete: It's fine. Alex: I'll tell you what, quarantine school has been weird. Justin: Yeah, they're doing a lot of real post-apocalyptic lessons are going around. Obviously Pete you're not a parent, but there is a lot of zombie preparation- Alex: Smart. Justin: … how to, like early cannibalism stuff. Pete: Is it like machete upkeep and stuff like that? Alex: [crosstalk 00:04:44] and the teacher on the Zoom was saying, “Okay first graders, are you distilling your pee properly so you can drink it?” Pete: Oh my God. That's so creepy. Justin: That's why it's really important to potty train them, so you don't lose that precious pee. Alex: What'd you think about this book, Pete? Pete: I loved it. Oh, that was gross. Justin: Precious Pete. Pete: Oh man, I don't want it. Yeah, I really liked this, a lot of over the top action, which I enjoyed. Fun kind of Namor a story, classic tale of raising somebody who is going to murder their father. It was just classic fun stuff. You guys have to be worried about that, getting murdered by your own kids. That's got to be something that waves on you. Alex: You keep throwing this back on us. Pete: I mean, that's something that you got to be worried a little bit about as a parent that you're raising the person who's going to kill you. Alex: I'm much more worried about you killing me Pete than I have my kids at this point. Justin: 100%. Pete: Oh well, that's smart. Justin: That's the real threat, keeps us up nights. Alex: Speaking of things that are … Oh, go ahead. Pete: But I love that art. I love the action. This is some great, yeah, the Thor was just fantastic and this is really fun. Justin: Yeah, Bridget. It's funny reading this alongside Future State over on the DC side of things, because it feels very much like a Future State book in the Marvel Universe. And it's fun, I like books that take us into alternate futures where shits fucked up. Alex: Well, let's go to an alternate present where shit is fucked up in The Department of Truth number five from Image Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This is a big one for anybody who's reading the series. It's about a department that is tasked with taking care of conspiracy theories here. Our main character is finding out a bunch more about the other side, Black Hat, and what's going on with them. Maybe this doesn't change everything, but it certainly comes close to it. How'd you feel about this issue? Justin: I've not been shy to say I love this series. I think this series is just so present, it's feels so real. It's about how if enough people believe in conspiracy theories, they become real. And like what truth is, it is something I think we as a nation, as a world grapple with literally every day. And so this book does such a good job between the art and the story of really just getting inside my brain. Pete: Yeah, this is really kind of crazy cool. The conspiracy stuff is one thing, but just the art and the storytelling, unlike how this all kind of unfolds for the main character that we're following here is tripped out in all the right ways. It's just really great kind of like conspiracy story telling that kind of feeds into fears and kind of deep thoughts in all the right ways. I think this is a really creative book that is really doing an amazing job. Alex: I feel like we've said this here on the show before, but it struck me with this issue in particular, this feels like a lost Vertigo book down to the art and the writing and everything, and it's awesome. Firefly … Oh, go ahead. Justin: I was going to say just an excellent Vertigo book. Alex: Yeah. A lost Vertigo book that should have stayed lost was what I was saying. Pete: Whoa. Alex: Should've stayed in Karen Berger's drawer. Pete: Oh, come on, what? You mean drawer? Alex: Come on. Pete: You saying drawer? Alex: Yeah, I was trying to say that. Pete: Okay. Alex: Firefly number 25 from BOOM! Studios written by Greg Pak- Pete: Greg Pak. Alex: … art by Pius Bak. We talked about the special, the end of The Blue Sun Rising, just being an awesome Firefly story. Here after all of this prequel stuff, we're moving beyond serenity. We're showing what happens years later. There's a big twists here. I thought this is great. As much as I like the stuff that went before, I'm very excited about this direction for the book. It tells a good story. If you have watched all the Firefly and Serenity, you can jump in right here, you don't have to read anything previous. And that is very exciting. Justin: Yeah. For Greg Pal to tell a great story that really nails all the characters, but it also feels like it's expanding the universe as a prequel, and then to jump into sort of where the story is continuing from any fan, whatever they've taken in for this show and movie is great, such a smart move, I love that he's guiding this ship. Pete: I wanted to read something, speaking of fans, a fan of our show reached out to me and was just wondering, we had Fred Van Lente on a bunch, but they're asking me when the fuck Greg Pak is going to be on, so I wanted to kind of turn that over to Alex and just be like, “Hey, when the fuck is Greg Pak going to be on the show so we can talk to him.” Justin: Let me throw this out to you Pete, are you the fan that reached out to you? Pete: No. Justin: Sounds a lot like you. Alex: We'll try to have him back on scene, we always love having him of the show. Thanks for writing in, Pete. Let's move over to our Future State block. Here's the issues that came out of Future State this week. Future State Suicide Squad number one, Future State Superman Versus Imperious Lex number one, Future State Dark Detective number two, Legion of Superheroes number one, Aquaman number one, Batman and Superman number one. Now, as we've been doing in the past couple of weeks, instead of talking about absolutely everything, I want to call out what our favorites were, and I'll turn to you Justin first. What was your favorite or favorites from these Future State titles this week? Justin: Once again, I liked a lot of these books. I feel like they'd been really crushing it, but my favorites were, let me throw it to Superman versus Imperious Lex. Alex: Oh, that's what I figured. I say that's what I figured because that was also my favorite. And that's a book, it's written by Mark Russell, who's one of our favorites here on the show, art by Steve Pugh. And it shows a Future State, a future society where Lex has taken over a planet, Superman and Lois come head to head with it. Ridiculous parodied, a lot of fun at the same time, Justin. Justin: And I do think Mark Russell has done such a good job. He's so good at bringing real issues into his comic book work, famously first on the Flintstones book that he did. And then a bunch of other things that he's done. And this to really weave big interesting ideas about how people, populaces are controlled by their leaders and economics, how economics drives people into a far Future Superman United Planets, Lex Luther story, I think was great. There's a bunch of humor here as well. It's just a book of ideas and I love that. Alex: Pete, what about you? What jumped out at you this week? Pete: I liked Future State Dark Detectives number two. I really liked this kind of like a gritty future Batman. And I also really liked the second story with a Rose, guessing Slade's daughter. But just- Alex: That's an in continuity character by the way. That's not just a Future State character. Pete: Oh, okay. Alex: Just for clarification. Pete: Thank you. Alex: But just to mention before you get too far into it, written by Mariko Tamaki and Joshua Williamson, art by Dan Mora, who you love from Once & Future, and Giannis Milonogiannis. And the first story is about Bruce Wayne after he's been “shot and killed” coming back and try to figure out what he is now. The second one is a Red Hood story, which is basically straight up Akira in a very fun way. Justin, what'd you think about this one? Justin: I like both of these stories. The Bruce Wayne story at the front of this is so good. The art, the Dan Mora art is excellent, and really I would love to see this as just an ongoing series of Bruce Wayne in a future where he has been killed, figuring out what he's going to do next and finding his way back is great. And then the backup story really felt a lot like Nightwing [inaudible 00:13:02] relationship, but put on with Red Hood and Rose, which I thought was a cool sort of mapping, and with the Akira stuff you're talking about as well. Alex: The one that I was completely surprised that I loved was Future State Aquaman number one, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. I don't usually like Aquaman stories at all, but this one is showing Aqualad all grown up training the daughter of Aquaman and Mera. They accidentally ended up in this conjoining of seas, I think it's called the conjunction or something like that, that travels across different planets. They get trapped, they get separated, Aqualad's been in prison for years. And finally, spoiler, but he gets some hope that the girl he's been in charge with maybe still alive somewhere. This was bad-ass, like we were talking about, this is something that I'm like, “I want to read this book.” And this is such a strong concept right here. I want to see where this goes. I want to see them go through all these seas, go through all these worlds, try to find each other. That's very exciting. And the art from Daniel Sampere- Pete: Oh my God. Alex: … is awesome as well, but fantastic. My jaw dropped, I was so surprised, I like this so much. Pete: Yeah. And I really liked the Black Manta stuff as well. It was like the right amount of beautiful tripped out colors for all these different kinds of worlds and stuff. I was really impressed by it. Justin: I also want to throw it out to the Suicide Squad Future State book. This was really great as well. Really surprising, well-written dark take, featuring a ton of characters that I didn't expect to really see together and just really smart observations of these characters. Pete: The second story, Black Adam really looks like The Rock, it's like holy shit, all right guys, we get it. Alex: Yeah, that was a weird one for me. But just to mention the writing team of that, written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams, art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin. And real quick, before wrap up, here are the other ones, Future State Legion of Superheroes number one written by Brian Michael Bendis, gorgeous art as always by Riley Rossmo. And then there's also Batman Superman number one, which is interesting one. Pete: That's the one I wanted to talk about. Alex: Written by Gene Luen Yang and art by Ben Oliver. Because this actually isn't very Future State. This is, if Future State is 10, 15, 20, whatever years down the road, this is five years down the road with our Batman and Superman right before things go wrong, which is a fascinating tack to take, Pete, take it away. Pete: Yeah, I really thought this was, first off the banter back and forth between Superman and Batman was amazing. I also really liked this kind of false face thing. And then Superman realizing why masks are good was really cool. And I really liked this toad character that was introduced. Yeah, I was really impressed with this. Might not have been that far in the future, but man, this was a really cool book. I really liked it. And I'm trying to think, I also read the Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, number four. And that was- Alex: Pete. Justin: Totally [inaudible 00:16:24]. Pete: I'm just putting it out there, we're doing a quick review thing here. Alex: No, no, no, but it's not Future State. Pete: Well, it is DC. Alex: You keep doing this. I send you a list of comics and you are like, I read these five other comics. Pete: Yeah. Alex: I just think that the story is really- Justin: I just love comics. Alex: Great. Pete, when we get to it, I read Amazing Spider-Man as well, so I just want to talk about that. Pete: Great. I'm just wanting to say real quick though, the Harley Quinn thing at first, the White Knight Presents, I didn't, but now it's really going well and I'm really impressed with it. And I thought it was a really great story and it's worth checking out. Justin: Really grabbing the mic. Alex: How was Usagi Yojimbo, Pete? Pete: I look forward to checking that out. Alex: Wow. Justin: Wow, shame. Alex: What a hater. Post Americana, oh. Justin: Hold up. One last thing about Future State. I think that DC should do this, pick a month every year, do this. It introduces so many interesting ideas. They could reflect whatever the ongoing stories are in the main titles in their Future State titles, introduce a bunch of new artists and writers into this world. Pete: I think that's what they're going to do. Justin: I don't think they're going to do that, but I wish they did. Pete: I think they are. Alex: That's a great idea. I mean it's clearly like it was originally there to give everybody space on the schedule and everything, at least in terms of the writers and artists, but this is great. I'm so happy with all of these books. Pete: I also wanted to say in the Future State Legion one, the amazing last page, that was a really fun issue. Alex: Sure. Justin: Yes. Alex: Post Americana number two from Image Comics written and art by Dave Skroce. This is a wild book, we talked about the first issue of this taking place in post-apocalyptic world. When we left off, our main characters have been captured by cannibals who wear human skin. That's where this issue picks up. Pete, you got to love that, picks up right where it left off basically. Pete: Huge fan. Alex: This book is fucked up at exactly the right way. It's like Crossed, but not as dark I guess, with a little bit more of a mission to it. Justin: I don't know. It feels a lot just like Crossed. I don't know where you're seeing the less darkness. There's less like coming on bullets before you shoot them at people. Alex: Sure, that's fair. Pete: I would say- Alex: But the main lady has no limbs, but she calls her robot limbs and then kicks the ass of the cannibals, so that's pretty fun. Pete: It's like Iron Man. I would say this is like a really dark version of Wall-E a little bit, like a real fucked up Wall-E. Justin: Oh, Wall-E, interesting. I don't get that. Alex: Well, there's a male character and there's a female character like Eva. Justin: Oh, interesting. None of them are robots. And there's a lot of other people there and many of them cannibals, which if I remember Wall-E correctly it's very light on cannibalism. Am I wrong there? Pete: Yeah, it is. Alex: Did you watch the director's cut? Pete: Yeah. Alex: It's on Disney plus. Pete: I was just talking about the people who are on vacation, looking at the news and kind of taking it all in. And that kind of little bit was very Wall-E. Justin: Oh, I see. Yes. I mean, to be fair, that is reminiscent of Wall-E. That was one panel. Pete: Still reminded me of Wall-E dickhead. Justin: You said this book is like a fucked up wall-E, and that is taking one panel and being like, this is … If I heard that description, I was like, “Oh, okay, fucked up Wall-E. I love Wall-E, I wish he was more fucked up. Let me read it.” And I was like, “What's that dude Pete talking about?” Pete: Because there's one panel that really reminds you of Wall-E. Justin: Okay, it's hard to argue with you. Alex: It's a fictional story like Wall-E. Pete: Yeah. Justin: My life's a lot like Wall-E in that I occasionally watch a silent film. Alex: This book is insanely over the top odd purpose, but I'm enjoying it two issues in- Pete: I am too. Alex: … and I'm excited to see where it goes. Let's move on to talk about Daredevil number 26 from Marvel written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Checchetto and Meek Hawthorne, Mike Hawthorne. Excuse me, I don't know why it's spelled Meek, like the character for the Guardians of Galaxy, not Guardians of Galaxy, [inaudible 00:20:39], and World War Hulk. Justin: Yeah, we can just cut this part out of there. Pete: World War Hulk is right. Alex: Mike Hawthorne, this is taking Daredevil who was in prison, mixing it up with King in Black. It is, Ted's fucked up with an amazing last paddle. I'll tell you what, I am vehemently against venomizing everything in the Marvel Universe, yet I love this, and I'm not 100% sure why. Justin: Well, I think it's just really well handled. There's a sort of kid and parent venomization here that is legit scary. I love the Electra taking over from Daredevils in prison. I love Electra being the Daredevil on the street. That's such a fun story. To see them all having to handle the King in Black stuff is wild. And I loved that it didn't take over, all the characters get to shine still. And this last bit where we … spoiler, but Daredevil gets venomized and you get to be in his head. Pete: You love that. Justin: I loved it. I thought it was so smart. Pete: Yeah, I was really … There's a lot in this comic which is great. A lot of very interesting ideas in this comic, the whole prison scene, and where Daredevil's getting kind of lectured and talking about the difference between white and black. He can just take off the mask and be somebody else, really powerful stuff, really cool. It's very interesting to see Kingpin. I am not tired of this idea of Kingpin being a public figure. And we know him as this evil person and he's like, it's just very … I love this idea and I'm not sick of it. And I hope it continues around Daredevil. Alex: One thing that I really loved was getting to see the moment when the mayor of New York finds out that venom symbiotes have attacked the city. I feel like that's something that you'd never really get to see at all in a comic book crossover, because it's always focusing on The Avengers, focusing on the superheroes. You never get to see the government, except later on when captain America is like, “Can you send out the national guard?” And they're like, “Yeah, absolutely.” You never get to see that moment they're like, “Oh, aliens attacking again. You got to get out of here.” Justin: It's funny too because I feel like I've heard mayor de Blasio talk a lot about them, the venomization of New York. Alex: Oh yeah, he always talks about that. Pete: I'm sick. Justin: I mean, to be fair, he's often jumping to conclusions. Alex: Right. Well, you remember when those venom symbiotes attacked New York, he was like, “Alternate side of the street park [inaudible 00:23:18].” It's very niche content. Pete: Yeah, it is. Justin: It is very New York focused content. Alex: Great comic though. Let's move on and talk about Monstress number 31 from Image Comics written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda. Now we had talked about Monstress: Talk Stories, the two-part book that came out before this, after not talking about Monstress for a very long period of time. I thought those were awesome, so I thought it was worth checking out this book, the main book and seeing how it's going. I still love the art in this. This is such a weird wild world that is fascinating to jump in with, the mythology is so different and interesting to read. But what did you guys think about it? Justin: Yeah, I agree with you. This is very much to me, and I haven't read a lot of this book, but it's very much to me like all of the cut scenes from Final Fantasy game just sort of put together. And I love that, so I thought this was a fun read. Pete: The art is really impressive in this book and it's really a lot of fun, the different monsters and stuff and the different kind of animal people that we kind of see in this is very cool and worth checking out alone. But you guys, this has to be a dream of yours. Just sit down and have a father, daughter conversation as you sit on a pile of skulls and just kind of have a father daughter talk or a father son talk, that's got to be something that you guys look forward to as parents. Justin: Hmm, didn't go where I thought it was. Yeah, sure. I mean, after stabbing practice obviously we do sit on skulls after. Pete: Obviously after, yeah. Alex: Exactly. Let's move on and talk about The Other History of the DC Universe number two from DC Comics, written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, where the first issue of this book focused on black lightning, here we're jumping over to the Teen Titans and looking to two characters there. I got to tell you, I mean, this issue was phenomenal as the first issue is phenomenal. Justin: It's so good. Alex: It's fascinating personally reading this for me because I am much more familiar with what happened with black lightning. And there's much more touchstones in that book than here, because I never read Teen Titans growing up. I had no idea what was going on there, the continuity. This is definitely, I understand this feels like the decades, but none of these stories, other than Titans Hunt which we talked about at a live show a couple of months ago, and some of the Deathstroke stuff, none of it really feels familiar with me. But at the same time I love this story and I love the idea of taking two characters who were in Teen Titans showing their diverse opinions, their diverse ideas, views of what was going on throughout the history of the DC Universe. This is such a cool project. It's very exciting. Justin: It's just so smart the way it takes two characters and really weaves their stories together with observations that … A lot of the things that happen in this from the original comics are ridiculous. But to then weave them into one story with actual commentary of what a real person would think, I think it just works so well, on top of that weaving in like real-world events and the perspective of these two African-American characters in a world where, which they talk about a lot where everyone else is white essentially, it's just really well done. This is necessary reading I think right there. Pete: Yeah. I didn't know how much I wanted this until it happened, just to have that kind of commentary on the stuff that we know from the years of reading comics is just so rich and great and such a cool idea. Art's amazing. I'm really impressed with the writing and storytelling. It's a must pick up. Alex: Great stuff. Let's move on and talk about Nailbiter Returns number nine from Image Comics written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, not Meek Henderson or anything like that. Justin: No, that would be [crosstalk 00:27:24]. Alex: That was so much fun. Justin: Well, I guess we'll have to cut this out too. Alex: Yes. In this book we're finally getting a lot of answers about what has been going on in Buckaroo with the butchers. We get the [inaudible 00:27:38] back on the villain of this series. Another just great issue, like the theology that they keep fleshing out here is so impressive and so much fun. Justin: And we finally get the eyeball licking that I think we've all been asking. Pete: Oh, man. Alex: Absolutely. I've been begging for it. I've been writing them every week. Where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Pete: Yeah. You guys are big eyeball lickers, this is right up your alley. This book has started at such a crazy place. And I think every issue like, oh, okay, now I understand. But it keeps getting more and more insane in such a great way. It heightens and makes things even better than you thought. I've been really impressed with the kind of unraveling of the stories, if you will. And man, this is so intense and gross and over the top in all the right ways, the arts fantastic. And man, eyeballs are gross. Justin: Yeah. But I agree and the amount of sort of dream logic that's been used in this book, I was really surprised by, but it's been great and it really keeps you guessing throughout. Alex: Next one, I'm very excited and I mean this earnestly to find out what Pete thought about this book, X-Men number 17 from Marvel Comics, written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Brett Booth. In this issue the X-Men in classic uniforms, X factor uniforms journey to Shi'ar space and have a classic nineties style fight to save [inaudible 00:29:18]. Pete. Justin: Save Xandra. Alex: Oh yes. Justin: This generation's [inaudible 00:29:24]. Alex: Yeah, sorry. Pete, if there is any issue of X-Men, it had to be this issue, right? Pete: Sure. I mean, it was very kind of like, it was a little nineties art that was a little bit like, holy crap, when does this take place in the timeline? But man, yeah, it was enjoyable. I mean the phone call was a little ridiculous. And there was still something that I was supposed to read that didn't in the middle of it. Alex: Oh my God, that was so much fun. [crosstalk 00:30:00] Bobby. Justin: It was very fun. Pete: I'll never know. Alex: Chilling out having a hilarious time. So funny. Pete: I mean, it's nineties excellent fun is what it is and all the right ways. And so that part is very cool. Justin: This to me was such a wild read. Coming off of X of Swords and everything that's been going on in the X-Men books, to read this sort of love letter to the Chris Claremont era of X-Men, drawn by Brett Booth with all this really goofy shit going on between Sunspot and Cannonball. Throughout the whole issue I was like this, it just feels like Jonathan Hickman is like, I'm going to do whatever the fuck I want. And this is what I want to do right now as a palette cleanser after X of Swords, and here it is. Alex: It's great. I could not believe where they had that splash page of Jean Gray and psych labs in the X-Force uniforms storm in her classic uniform, just walking out and like posing in [inaudible 00:31:03] field style. That's great. Justin: There's this panel on page nine or something with storms in the front and then behind you got like Cyclops and Jean just flirting in the background. I was just like, this is so … And I love seeing that. Alex: Me too. Justin: I was like, it's such a flashback. Alex: And the other thing that we get a tease of here is there's going to be an actual vote online to choose the new member of the X-Men, which is so fun. I just love the fact that they're having fun. Pete: You think that's fun? Alex: What? Pete: You think that's fun? Justin: I do think it's fun. Here, let's list the options here, and then let's hear who everybody thinks. We've got Banshee. Pete: Can we talk about the … in the middle of this giant epic fight, she calls home for help. And we got to listen to this douchebag talk about a fire sale and how he's making money off of it. Do you guys know what a fire sale is? Do you know what … I mean, this is like, it's very … Alex: It's for Sunspot. Justin: Yeah. Alex: That's what he does. Justin: Yeah. It was fun. It was weird and fun. That's what the point of it was. Pete: Cool. Alex: What is your problem with the X-Men vote, Pete? Is it that you have to use a computer, which you don't know how to use yet? Pete: Yeah, that's exactly it. Justin: Let me throw it down. Let me list the X-Men, Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo, hugely famous Tempo, Cannonball, Sunspot, Strong Guy, Mero, Armor. Pete: Armor. Justin: Who's your pick? Alex: I do like Armor. Pete: I go Armor. Alex: Wait, who is on it then? Who is already on the team? Because I don't know the list, obviously seen Cyclops, Jean Gray, Storm. Justin: Yeah, I mean, I don't know either. I think it's sort of up in the air maybe or maybe it's decided. Alex: Who's the first batch again? Justin: Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo. Alex: Ooh, I want to see if Storm is on the team. I want to see Forge on this team. Because I want to see that old nineties tension between them. That'd be fun. Justin: Yeah, they had a lot of tension. Alex: Yeah. Justin: I'm definitely going for Strong Guy. Pete: Really? Alex: Love it. Justin: I love Strong Guy. Alex: All right. Pete: No Boom Boom. Justin: Fun character. Funny character. A lot of pathos underneath his his powers, great, great character. Alex: I got to assume Wolverine is the other one, right? It's Wolverine and Storm, Cyclops, Jean Gray and whoever the fifth one is. Justin: It's a bunch of X-Men. I don't know. We don't know. Remember every other X-Men book has been like, look, a bunch of random experts. Alex: It's true. All right. Let's throw it out to Pete the page here with a [inaudible 00:33:49], Spawn number 314 from Image Comics, written by Todd McFarlane, art by Carlo Barberi. In this issue Spawn meets a larger Spawn. Pete: Yeah. And is immediately confused why this larger spawn would be attacking him. He's like, “Hey, wait, we look similar, we should be on the same size, giant spawn.” Alex: What I love about this giant spawn, having not read many issues of Spawn before this, is it is entirely possible this large spawn was introduced prior or this large spawn was just introduced this issue. But either way is fine. Justin: Let me just throw out there, he fights a larger spawn, is captured, and then that larger spawn is like, “It's time to meet my master, who is the large and even larger spawn.” Pete: And even larger spawn, because [crosstalk 00:34:39], well, you can't get larger in that spawn. And by the way our spawn is so small in comparison to the large spawn and then even larger one. But what's fun- Alex: Here's my question, why do they keep calling each other spawn? Because that's like their designation, right? It would be like, if we kept calling each other a human or something like that. Justin: Yes. Alex: It's weird. Pete: Well, human. Justin: It is weird. Yeah, they should have a short hand, because they're all in the spawn business together. Pete: I really liked this twist at the end where it's like, oh man, you giant spawns are going to get taken down by even smaller spawn. What a twist. Alex: Remember that he's not a spawn, I think he's sharp night guy. Pete: He's night spawn, that's [crosstalk 00:35:24]. Alex: Oh, he's night spawn, was that medieval spawn? Pete: It's medieval spawn. I don't know if it's medieval. It looks like a night spawn. Justin: I think, and it wasn't introduced in issue six or something crazy, way back in the day. Pete: What, medieval spawn? Justin: Yeah. Pete: That was- Alex: Before we move on here- Pete: No, no, that was a crossover event where medieval spawn was its own comic series for a little, dark ages spawn. Justin: Yeah, that's right. I'm starting to think this Todd McFarlane guy is trying to sell some action figures. Pete: Well, he is, he makes a lot of them, and it's smart. Because if I was a kid I would want all the spawns, but the dark ages spawn is where [crosstalk 00:36:01]. Alex: But as an adult you know better. Justin: As an adult you put away childish things. Pete: That's right. Justin: And you'd have no interest in having any of these action figures. Alex: Pete, before we move on, I just want to ask, did you like this comic book? Pete: Yeah, what's not to like? Alex: Your voice was very high. Justin: Wow, really high-pitched answer there, Pete. And let's just, for the listener, Pete, is sitting on a pile of spawn action figures as if they were skulls. Pete: Yes. Alex: The Last God number 12 from DC Comics written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Riccardo Federici. This is wrapping up the first maybe arc of this book. But it definitely wraps up the story that we have here as our friends to try to take down The Last God, I guess. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Big revelations here, some big deaths. What'd you think? How'd you think about this story as a whole over the course of 12 issues? Pete: Epic. I really love the storytelling, and [inaudible 00:36:58] is like we see them in action, but as the issues go on, we get little bits and pieces of their backstory, I think done so well, while telling a bigger story. The action and the lead-up of the ending of this was just really well done. And I wasn't the biggest fan of songs or whatever, but it really kind of fit. I loved all the back matter and the maps and stuff. This was just a fantastic epic story that I think really 12 issues of just gold. Justin: It's really beautifully drawn. The story's great. And the fact that it ends with this just great song where we see all the characters, it feels just like a montage at the end of a epic trilogy. I want to see this as a TV series more than I want to see The Lord of the Rings series that's in development at Amazon. Pete: Wow. Alex: Couldn't agree more. Let's move on and talk about Something Is Killing the Children number 14 from BOOM! Studios, art by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. Here we're getting our hero finally fighting back against the monsters who are the ones killing the children. Justin, I know you've been, frustrated is probably too strong a word, but you've definitely felt like this title needs to get somewhere. Did you feel like it got there with this issue? Justin: Yes, it does feel like this is the issue that's sort of moving into what this arc is about. When so many of the issues in this arc were very much like we got to fight this stuff, we got to get out there and do this. And we were getting little tidbits. Let me start over, this arc felt like it was going to be this huge backstory arc, really getting us to the next phase. And then it didn't do that. And then this feels like it does it. Alex: What about you, Pete? How'd you feel about this issue? Pete: I disagree a little bit with Justin. I think this continues to be amazing. I didn't think- Alex: It's very good. The art is very good. The fight sequences are awesome in this book. Pete: Yeah. I've just been impressed with it from start to finish, but I think that we do kind of get to see the main girl kind of views her kind of veteran's styles to kind of work her kind of magic a little bit. I'm glad we got to finally see that. And I love the whole bit about her working out some anger issues, oh, that just spoke to me in ways that you can't believe. But I want to get one of those mass to walk around with the light that she has. I think that'd be really cool. But yeah, I can't say enough great things about this book. This is really glorious. Alex: It's good staff. Moving on to Strange Adventures number eight from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Doc Shaner. In this issue the Pykkts finally attack earth. The whole Justice League is on the offensive, Adam Strange of course is caught in the middle. And in the backstory, finding out more about what's gotten with Adam Strange, and it is starting to feel like maybe he's the bad guy here. What do you guys think about what's going on? Justin: I mean there's … Go ahead. You go. Pete: Yeah, so I've been a little frustrated with this up until this issue, because I felt like we haven't really had enough information to really kind of piece together what's going on. In this we get a lot of information which is great and much needed. The very crazy cool touching stuff with the daughter here. Yeah, I felt like this finally started to click for me and I was like, “Oh my God. Okay. Now I'm understanding things a little bit more and I want to go back and read it from the beginning.” Justin: I mean, this book is so good. It's such a stressful read, like a lot of Tom King stuff. The tension in this book, it's just palpable throughout. And we have Adam Strange in the last couple of issues. We found out that he's been tortured basically for a million lifetimes, just absolutely brutalized. And in this issue, it just rephrases him. He's gone through so much trauma. He's like a fully broken person. And Doc Shaner's art like, he still has these perfectly clear blue eyes, but you just see the pain that he's in and how he is just not capable of being a hero. And that adds so much dread to the scenes with his daughter. And then meanwhile, you have Mr. Terrific and Batman trying to sort through with great sequences of Mr. Terrific answering trivia questions from one of his fears. I'm so excited to see where this is going. Alex: I am starting to feel despite what I said at the beginning, that this is more about perspectives on war and how nobody is right. That there isn't really a villain. I know I said maybe Adam Strange was the villain, but I think he committed atrocities, the Pykkts committed atrocities. That's what happens in war. We know that Tom King has been in wars. He was in the CIA. He knows how this works. And I think that's what he's writing about here is that from the perspective of your side, of course you're right, but that doesn't mean that you're right for the perspective of the other side. And I think that's what he's playing with here. Justin: There are no heroes. Alex: Exactly. Justin: It's very hard to have a hero when you're in a war where both sides are fighting to kill and fighting for their lives. And I think that's what we're going to get next issue. Alex: Yeah. Next up, An Unkindness of Ravens number five from Boom! Studios written by Dan Panosian, art by Marianna Ignazzi. This is the end of the first arc, first book, whatever you want to call it, of this title. We've had our main characters try to figure out what's going on in this weird small town here, spoiler, but she finds out her mother is alive. She had a twin sister who had some power maybe, but it turns out actually she didn't. It turns out she might have the power. She might be the one that is supposed to complete this coven of witches or whatever is going on here. We were big fans of this from when they started. How did you feel about how it wrapped up? Justin: I liked this so much. I think it's set up a good mystery. I really, the art is so approachable, it makes you really feel like you're right alongside the main characters. And this last couple of pages reveal is just so sweet. And it does such a good job, especially with the art of being very like Archie or comic books Sabrina. But having more mature themes and more sort of deeper storytelling than those original comics. Alex: Pete, what about you? Justin: I really like this, this continues to be a fantastic book. I've been really impressed with kind of how we're finding out the information as this story is going. And this whole thing about this kind of coven of witches called the ravens. And it's just very cool. And I really liked this kind of mother daughter interaction. I feel like it's very kind of like old timey versus now times. This kind of like, there's a bigger picture and then … But somebody just so caught up in their own shit, they can't kind of see the bigger things going on. I was really impressed with that. The art is glorious. I'm really into it and I'm excited to see how this kind of unfolds what choice she makes moving forward, what team she's going to choose. Alex: Good stuff. Last but not least, Colonel Weird: Cosmagog number four from Dark Horse Comics, excuse me, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tyler Crook. This is also wrapping up this title exploring one of the members of Black Hammer. There's a big emotional catharsis that happens here as he moves forward in his history. I thought this title was awesome. Just Tyler Crooks art is phenomenal. Justin: So good. Alex: The writing is great. We've talked about this before. I've said this before, but it's like Slaughterhouse-Five in space. Good stuff. Justin: Centered on an Adam Strange type of character. I mean, we've talked a lot about eyeballs in this episode The Stack. Pete: Yeah, sure have. Justin: And in this comic like- Pete: Eyeball heavy stack. Justin: Yeah, eyeball heavy. I've been just licking these eyeballs, lapping them up. And this, you just see so much pain in the different versions of Colonel Weird throughout time, throughout this book. And it's just so good. It's such a well done story. Pete: I think the cover says so much. It's like The Little Prince and Outer Space, but sad. Alex: That cover is so good. Go ahead, Pete. Pete: Yeah, it's really unbelievable. I feel like I want to read it all again because it ended and I was like, “Wait, what?” I wasn't sure how great the ending is until I want to go back and read it all again. But it was really cool, very creative and the art's unbelievable. Alex: And that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our show, patreon.com/comicbookclub. 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Jay and Jace break down some titles from the week of January 27, 2021 without giving away spoilers. For Jay his favorite book of the week was Batman Black & White #2 which showcased some gorgeous artwork and showed, once again, how the versatility of Batman is as a character allows for so many different types of stories to be told. We also got the next chapter of Captain Marvel's story in a possible Marvel Universe future that may lead into Carol gaining some the magical powers that have been hinted at by Marvel recently. Over in Post Americana, the blood and guts continue to fly as the action is turned up in this title for mature readers. Both Jay and Jace vastly preferred the Black Adam story in the pages of Suicide Squad much more than the story of Amanda Waller's latest line-up of Task Force X. Future State Batman Superman gives us some details about the Magistrate coming to power in Gotham and the guys think it should have been the first Future State title to be released. Both Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four take a slight step back in quality this week, but for different reasons, in FF, the latest arc goes out with a whimper instead of a bang although the artwork is top notch. Amazing Spider-Man has once again placed the Kindred story arc on the backburner instead of resolving it and Jace is very frustrated by this. We have a similar problem with Daredevil #26 where the story Chip Zdarsky is telling is unfortunately interrupted by a King in Black tie-in. The AfterShock title Kaiju Score continues to be a wild ride and issue #3 is no exception as our gang of would be thieves are forced to switch things up on the fly. In Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #7, we see the first inklings that even this version of Harley may not be able to avoid the machinations of the Joker which could lead her down a very dark path. Finally in The Other History of The DC Universe #2, John Ridley & company pick up right were they left off with book #1 and give us a powerful & emotional look at the DC Universe through the eyes of characters who are often times overlooked. Jace gives it his nod for Book of the Week. Plus we gives a run down on some other titles you may want to be in the lookout for.
With news of a number of March and April series spinning out of 'Future State,' the boys spend the first half of the show discussing these new series and attempting to read the tea leaves for what this means for the rest of DC's line. That discussion is followed up by a look at the notable new comics of the past month or so, spotlighting the end of "Suicide Squad" and the first issues of "Batman/Catwoman" and "The Other History of the DC Universe."
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs discuss the Watchmen Season Finale! Lois Lane is questioned by the FBI in Action Comics #1027. The Batfamily tries to hold off a riot instigated by the mirror in Detective Comics #1031. It is the final battle against the Upside-down Man in Justice League Dark #28. Mordru attacks in Legion of Super-Heroes #11. Dr. Alchemy strikes in The Flash #766. Diana must stop Maxwell Lord in Wonder Woman #767. Harley Quinn confronts the Neo-Joker in Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #2. Jefferson Pierce gives us a history lesson in The Other History of the DC Universe #1. All this plus, DC News, Cletus's pick of the week, Watchmen, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:01:50 DC News 0:18:51 Action Comics #1027 0:22:21 Detective Comics #1031 0:25:28 Justice League Dark #28 0:30:16 Legion of Super-Heroes #11 0:35:00 The Flash #766 0:37:55 Wonder Woman #767 0:42:03 Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 0:45:22 Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #2 0:51:29 The Other History of the DC Universe #1 1:01:25 Watchmen S1 Ep9 – See How They Fly 1:10:06 Show Close Links Action Comics #1027 Detective Comics #1031 Justice League Dark #28 Legion of Super-Heroes #11 The Flash #766 Wonder Woman #767 Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #2 The Other History of the DC Universe #1 Black Lightning (1977-1978) #7 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick) Earth Station One Tales of the Station Earth Station One Tales of the Station Vol. 2 The Chameleon Chronicles: Colors of Fate The Chameleon Chronicles: Sisters of the Thorn Want to Donate to the Show or Sponsor our Comics Talk for this week? No problem! Just click on the donate button below! If you would like to leave feedback, comment on the show, or would like us to give you a shout out, please call the ESDCU feedback line at (317) 564-9133 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ earthstationdcu@gmail.com
In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Brett Mannes from (@comicbookqueers), as they discuss Warner Bros. shocking move to premiere 2021 movies on HBO Max & theaters at the same time, get excited at the news of a possible Naomi series from Ava DuVernay, and celebrate Elliot Page living his truth and coming out as trans and nonbinary in This Week in Queer. This Week's Topics Include: BIG OPENING: KEVIN: Warner Bros. to stream all movies on HBO Max while in theatres BRETT: New cast members announced for Hawkeye DOWN & NERDY: KEVIN: Uncle Frank, Freaky, The Happiest Season, The Christmas House, Fargo, The Other History of the DC Universe BRETT: Mariah Carey's Xmas Special, The Mandalorian, Fortnight, Daredevil STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: The CW is developing a series based on the comic Naomi THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Queer actor/activist Elliot Page comes out as trans and nonbinary CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Prom THE WEEK IN GEEK: MOVIES Peter Dinklage to star in Toxic Avenger reboot First look at Clifford the Big Red Dog TV Disney is canceling DuckTales with season 3 PopTV cancels One Day at a Time (again) NBC cancels Superstore New teaser for Call me Kat New trailer for season 2 of Nancy Drew David Ramsey to appear on several Arrowverse shows New trailer for the final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina After the college admissions scandal, Felicity Huffman has landed on her feet First look at the dragons in the GoT prequel House of the Dragon COMIC BOOKS With X of Swords over we enter the Reign of X DC announces a pair of queer centered YA stories with I Am Not Starfire & Poison Ivy: Thorns SHILF KEVIN: Daken BRETT: Daken
Welcome back!! This week we discuss Shang-Chi #3, Falcon & Winter Soldier #5, The Other History of the DC Universe #1, Justice League Dark #28, X-Men #15, Excalibur #15 and X of Swords: Destruction #1. What did you guys think of X of Swords? We have some thoughts! Next we discuss continuity and how much it matters. Do you care about continuity? We have the 2nd #AnotherReread with Crisis on Infinite Earths! Did the iconic 1985 DC comics event hold up? Thanks for listening! We really appreciate all the support! Feel free to contact us! Twitter - Another Relaunch - Keenan -LZ or via email anotherrelaunch@gmail.com
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What's better for Thanksgiving weekend than a jet setting adventure? Jupiter Jet & The Forgotten Radio has arrived, and we couldn't wait to talk to Jason Inman and Ashley V. Robinson about it! Find out how Volume 2 of this story actually ended up happening, what you can expect from many of your favorite characters and a TON of teases of what might be in store for the future. Plus we talk about what the future of the comic book industry as a whole might be, and you'll definitely want to hear their thoughts. JUPITER JET & THE FORGOTTEN RADIO IS AVAILABLE NOW FROM ACTION LAB! We also have a mostly spoiler free review of the new movie Run from Hulu. It was a light nerd news week but we do talk about the new Starfire suit, more bad news for Black Lightning fans and you'll find out why we might be done with Joss Whedon. We also have a review of the debut issue of The Other History of the DC Universe that goes deeper than you might expect. You'll be thankful that you didn't miss this week's show! Sponsored by Kobo! Go to https://www.kobo.com/downandnerdy to get a free 30 day subscription and start listening to some great audiobooks! You can also find us at https://www.downandnerdypodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's Stack podcast: The Other History of the DC Universe #1 DC Comics Story by John Ridley Layouts by Giuseppe Camuncoli Finishes by Andrea Cucchi Monstress: Talk Stories #1 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Illustrated by Sina Takeda Power Pack #1 Marvel Written by Ryan North Art by Nico Leon The Department of Truth #3 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed, and Brandon Thomas Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scot Eaton, and Thomas Mandrake Nailbiter Returns #7 Image Comics Written By Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson Daredevil #24 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Pencils by Mike Hawthorne Undiscovered Country #10 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi An Unkindness of Ravens #3 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi The Last God #10 DC Comics Created and written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Chu #5 Image Comics Written by John Layman Art by Dan Boultwood X-Men #15 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Excalibur #15 Marvel Written by Tini Howard Art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli X of Swords: Destruction #1 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard Art by Pepe Larraz The Scumbag #2 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Andrew Robinson SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This week's show is sponsored by the Just Been Revoked podcast. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Stack podcast: The Other History of the DC Universe #1 DC Comics Story by John Ridley Layouts by Giuseppe Camuncoli Finishes by Andrea Cucchi Monstress: Talk Stories #1 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Illustrated by Sina Takeda Power Pack #1 Marvel Written by Ryan North Art by Nico Leon The Department of Truth #3 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed, and Brandon Thomas Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scot Eaton, and Thomas Mandrake Nailbiter Returns #7 Image Comics Written By Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson Daredevil #24 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Pencils by Mike Hawthorne Undiscovered Country #10 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi An Unkindness of Ravens #3 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi The Last God #10 DC Comics Created and written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Chu #5 Image Comics Written by John Layman Art by Dan Boultwood X-Men #15 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Excalibur #15 Marvel Written by Tini Howard Art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli X of Swords: Destruction #1 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard Art by Pepe Larraz The Scumbag #2 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Andrew Robinson SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This week's show is sponsored by the Just Been Revoked podcast. Full Episode Transcript: Alex: What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And at The Staff we talk about a bunch of comics that came out this week, and we're going to kick it off with a big one, The Other History Of The DC Universe #1 from DC Comics. Story by John Ridley, layouts by Giuseppe Cammuncoli, finishes by Andrea Cucchi. You could probably figure it out by the title here as well as the cover, but this is obviously an alternate look at the DC Universe mostly through the eyes of Black Lightning, at least in this first issue. We'll see where it goes in subsequent issues. Alex: As he slowly works through his career, sees himself and other characters of color kind of pushed to the side of the DC Universe in favor of other characters like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, learn something about himself, learn something about history. And mostly it's told through the images of course, but also told through prowess. Alex: I don't think there's really any dialogue whatsoever in this issue other than the what's told in the narration boxes. I thought this was pretty stunning, and almost across, this is probably too reductive, but across between a new frontier and the truth in a certain way. Justin: Oh yeah. Alex: What did you guys think about this book? Pete: I thought it was really touching, very powerful, moving, which was great. I really love the little Halloween thing, that was beautiful. Yeah, I was really happy to see this comic. I'm glad that this comic was made. It's a long time coming and I hope we get to see more of this. This is just great storytelling. Justin: Yeah. I mean, just the format, the art is so nice. It feels like such a statement. It feels like such a … It sort of has this silver age vibe to it, which I think gives it this historical precedent. It just feels so like something that will be on the shelf and in the conversation for a long time. Justin: And then like the otherness of it, like the way that Black Lightning story keeps getting told with the Justice League and the Glacier Heroes as a counterpoint, I think is really interesting. And like you said, Alex, the fact that he and just all the other black superheroes and black characters in this book get shoved to the side throughout, you really feel it throughout and feel that drive for what makes Black Lightning, Black Lightning. Alex: I cannot even imagine what it is like to read this book as a comic fan of color necessarily, obviously because I am white. But speaking as a white comic book reader, it is very hard to read from the perspective of Black Lightning looking at the other characters. And I don't know if you have this feeling, but I'm reading this and I'm like, “But Superman is not like that. That's not what Superman is like. That's not Batman.” I felt these walls kind of building in me of- Pete: Whoa. Look at you, you felt attacked. Alex: … Well, not attacked. Attacked is absolutely the wrong word, but this feeling of trying to wrap your brain around how somebody else feels about these sort of things is hard to do, and that's I think part of the point of the book. Because by the end you do get Jefferson Pierce starting to understand a little bit more of the wider world, bring down some of those walls himself and accept these things while still understanding that his experience is ultimately going to be intrinsically different from a lot of other characters in this universe. Alex: So it really brings you in, in that way as well. And like you said, Pete, there are multiple times I got choked up, just almost hitched, like is the best word for it, when something just snuck up on you in the book, these moments of strong emotion throughout, which I was very surprised about. And then the other thing you were mentioning about the art, Justin, it feels almost Neal Adams-like to me without being exaggerated, which I thought was kind of neat. Justin: Yeah, totally agree. It's a great book. And there I think there are what, four more issues? And this is coming up bimonthly, I want to say? Pete: We can't wait. Alex: Yeah, I'm very curious. I haven't read ahead about it, but I'm very curious to see whether it follows Black Lightning story throughout, which would make sense. And it's essentially a Black Lightning book, or if it's going to switch perspectives in nature too. Justin: I think it jumps around a little bit and touches on different characters. Another thing about this, the amount of continuity that is touched on here, and really owning it when it's like some of it is ridiculous, but really making it a part of this very real story I think is great. There's this Reagan pin with the Watchmen blood splatter on it, which I thought was very cool. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Great book. Definitely pick this one up. Next up, Monstress: Talk Stories #1 from Image Comics, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda. I'd admit I have not read Monstress in a while, even though I really enjoy this book. The art is consistently gorgeous. Plus it takes place at in a fantasy world with some half personas, I guess I would call them. Pete: Yeah, nice. Alex: Yeah, absolutely. Pete: Great use of that word, that just came up. That was really organic and natural. Alex: Thank you so much, Pete. I really appreciate it. Justin: Tip of the tongue. Alex: In this book, we find a backstory on one of the characters. It's sweet, it's sad, it's harry. The character designs are great. I like this book quite a bit. What did you guys think? Justin: I agree, I like this a lot. There's some fun cooking. The cooking is really used as a great moment in this story. And this reminded me, I mean, it's such a … When I was a kid, first, the sort of furry ears on a human head was in Super Mario Brothers 3. That was the first time I encountered that. And to know that, that's such a thing, I was like, “What an interesting thing.” And to know that such a thing in Manga and everything was a revelation. Alex: And now here we are, three guys sitting in our own Tanooki Suits recording a podcast. Pete: Wow. Justin: 100%. Pete: Yeah. Justin: Metaphor. Pete: Well, they bring up an interesting question. What's your favorite meal you've ever had? I mean, I think that's a great question to kind of put out there. And also I- Justin: Yeah, I guess what garbage plate do you like the most? Pete: … Also the art and the storytelling is really superb. It is very- Justin: Art is great. Pete: … complicated, kind of cool story that we're kind of thrown into here, and it's really cool. Alex: Let's move on and talk about Power Pack #1 from Marvel- Pete: Okay, yeah. Very good. Alex: … written by Ryan North. Pete: You can ignore my question, that's cool. Alex: Oh, you were asking about- Justin: Favorite meal? Alex: … best meal we ever had? Pete: Favorite meal you've ever had. Yeah. Alex: Favorite meal? Did you offer up your favorite meal or did Justin just say garbage plate and you're like, “Yeah, fuck you.”? Pete: No, Justin just made a joke about garbage plates, but nobody's answered it yet. Alex: Oh, okay. Justin: Do you want me to go? Alex: No, I can go. On my honeymoon, we went to- Justin: Woohoo. Alex: … Yeah, on my honeymoon. We went to London and Paris. And particularly in Paris, we were like, “We're not going to look at any guidebooks, we're going to wing it. We're just going to like … We're not going to make any reservations, we're just going to wander around, we're going to find places.” And we consistently made the worst choices in terms of restaurants, just like absolutely … Just the tourist trap and just not good spots, and it was obvious- Pete: The [inaudible 00:07:42] of Paris. Alex: … as soon as we sat there, we were like, “Oh, no, this is bad.” One of the last days- Justin: I heard Paris TGI Friday's is actually one of the best ones. Alex: Yeah, they actually call it TGI Friday's. Justin: Yeah, wow. Alex: I couldn't think of any other French words. Pete: In other words, he wouldn't have done that. Alex: [inaudible 00:08:00] Friday's. Justin: Yeah. Alex: Anyway, so yeah, we were having a great time, but eating not great food, which you would expect in Paris. And one of the last days, one of the things that we really liked to do was just get some lunch and sit down at the Lourve in the park outside, which is this beautiful park and just eat the lunch. And we stumbled across this place called Maison de la Truffe, which is a ridiculously expensive black truffle restaurant. Alex: And everything in there, insanely expensive. We could not afford to sit down and eat, but they had a to go thing outside. And the cheapest thing that they had was a baguette with some truffle butter and sausage on it, and then a tiny little thing of champagne, just like this big. Alex: And there was a sack of things which we called basically fancy combos, because they were essentially just little wafers with cheese inside. And we took those and sat at the Louvre, and had this meal, and it was the best meal I had in Paris hands down. But also one of the best meals I've ever had. Just everything was ridiculously delicious. There you go. Justin: That's a great answer. I'm going to- Pete: And you're still married to this day? Alex: No, we got divorced. That was my first wife. Pete: Aw, my bad. Justin: The French woman he married for lunch. Alex: Hey, people married for all sorts of reasons. Justin: It's true. Alex: Lunch is- Justin: Lunch is a good one. Alex: … Yeah. Justin: Yeah. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach maritally. I'm going to give it up for my mom's taco dip. Very good. But just as- Alex: I'm also going to give it up for your mom's taco dip. Pete: Oh my God, what just happened? Justin: … Wow. Pete: Oh my God. Justin: But I'll go international as well as Alex. I was in Japan. I was traveling by myself, and I was hiking. I got off the Shinkansen bullet train right near Mount Fuji and just wandered around. It was January, it was very cold. I was not dressed appropriately. There was a guy who was selling some sort of soup at a stand, just like on this side road. Got that soup, ate it sitting on a rock, great meal. Alex: Nice. Pete: Wow. Nice. Alex: Pete. Pete: I'll share too a travel one, the regulation one. Justin: Regulation. Pete: There is this seafood place outside of Pawleys Island in South Carolina, and it's called Frank's. I don't think it's there any longer. And they named it Frank's because three chefs went in to create this restaurant, and one of the chefs name was Frank. And when it was time to sign the deal, this guy Frank completely disappeared and left them, but they started the restaurant anyway. Pete: And they had this amazing blackened mahi mahi. And in the kind of bar area, where we were hanging out as a family, I played my dad for my dinner in this little ring game, it's like a giant ring attached to a fish line. And I won the game and I got to order anything I wanted off the menu. So it was pretty cool, and it was really delicious. I don't know if it was extra good because I won, but it was really quite good. Justin: Yeah, I think the meal you had that day was victory. Pete: Yes. But in Costa Rica, I had gone through a lot of crazy events where I was dating this person, or I wasn't dating, we were kind of there together on this trip. And then she got robbed, and then I went to go meet up with my other friends and we went on this kind of tour of the sanctuary, and these monkeys robbed this couple that I was with, and I had to … They were going to kind of pay for me for a little bit, because I was low on funds, I'd spent a lot of money early drinking. You know what that's like, Justin? Justin: Yeah. Get the all inclusive. Pete: Yeah. And so I was kind of just I had nothing to do, so I was just kind of walking around Costa Rica, and I stumbled across this place called the Sunset Hotel. And I walked around the corner, and there as the sun is setting is this Italian dude, and I was like … I walked around the corner and this guy goes, “Hey, how you doing?” and he made me a fresh pizza and it was phenomenal. Alex: Man, there were so many different places that story could have gone. I was not predicting the end of it. Justin: Costa Rican pizza. Alex: There was a point where I thought maybe your thing was going to be you ate the monkeys for vengeance. Pete: Oh, wow. Justin: Yeah. Pete: I'm not [crosstalk 00:12:53] Justin: The meal you had that day was vengeance. Pete: Yes. Alex: I think that reviews that comic book. Pete: Yeah. Justin: Definitely. Alex: Next step, Power Pack #1 from Marvel, written by Ryan North, art by Nico Leon. This is how you get to the much bladed outlawed event where all the teen heroes in the Marvel Universe are not allowed to practice superheroism. But it's also bring back together Power Pack for the first time in a while, in their new iterations. Alex: I do think very smartly they age them down quite a bit in this book. They've been aged up to be like, “We're cool teens, and some of us are adults and it's a little unclear.” Bring them back to basics while not ignoring the continuity is very smart. And this Ryan North is very funny, it's fun, it feels like a old Power Pack. It's better and winky throughout. I enjoy this book quite a bit, but I'm also definitely in the tank for it. What was your guys' takes? Pete: My favorite part is, “We interrupt this broadcast of jazz for middle-class dinner parties to bring you breaking news.” That was really funny. Justin: Ryan North is a funny writer, it's great to see him on this book. I put him in the same bucket as Mark Russell. As like anytime you see them on the book, it's consistently funny, which is hard. Alex: Yeah. Yes. Justin: Sorry I interrupted you, Pete. You can finish your view. Alex: No, that was the only positive thing Pete wanted to say. Justin, what did you think about this one? Justin: No, I loved it. It was great, super fun. Power Pack kids are fun, especially with the comedic angle. The art is very good. I'm curious how this outline event is going to play out. It does feel super disjointed. And it's sort of the same thing over and over again where these teen heroes suddenly are arrested, so I feel like this will be a fun version of it. Alex: Yes, I agree. Next step, The Department of Truth #3 from Image Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This issue we're continuing to follow our conspiracy fighters, is I guess what we can call them. Basically conspiracy theories aren't real, but if you believe hard enough, they will become real. In this one, they're tackling gun control and crisis actors, and false flags and things like that. And man, it's very well done, very hard to read at points. But just like the main characters find it themselves, there's a lot of conflicting emotions that go on here, I think. Justin: I love this book so much. I agree with you completely, Alex. And this issue especially, there's so much reality in this comic. And the hard part is I don't know how many people who read this know about all these conspiracy theories, and the insanity that is spun around them. This one I happen to know a lot about, because I worked on a show called The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, which was about this … Justin: Jordan was playing this conspiracy-driven host, and so we dealt a lot in this world. And Alex Jones who this book is, this issue is sort of like drawing upon, who's like a very bad grifter person. We had to do so much paying attention to him as he descended into this madness. So this was especially, I was like reliving all of the actual news stories that were happening back like three, four years ago. Pete: Yeah, this is really cool. It's very interesting. Artistically, it's really, really impressive what they're doing here with the different art styles meshing. It is a little tough to kind of understand what is happening a little bit. But I didn't appreciate the kind of like, “Oh, I took improv classes, so I'm good at lying,” I thought that was a little heartbreaking, but- Alex: Just to clarify what's happening is, probably as far as we can tell in real life, this woman's son was killed in a school shooting. Then this organization, Black Hat, which we don't know why, but it's a tease that we're going to find out a lot more next issue, is trying to make conspiracy theories come to life. Alex: They drop off a film that whether it's a fabricated or it's real or whatever it is that seems to convince this woman that not only is her son alive, but she may actually be an actor who was an improv actor, so the entire thing was faked, and it starts to change the reality around her. She doesn't know what's real and she doesn't know what's fake. And what I think it does really nicely emotionally, particularly through the art, as you mentioned, is it plays on this idea of this fractured psyche that I imagine you're going through when you deal with unimaginable tragedy like the death of a child. Pete: Yeah. Justin: Yeah. And the fact that the premise of the book that this group is able to manifest these conspiracy theories when she gets this flash drive with these facts, these alternative facts on them. This book is so smart, it's so current, it's just one of my favorites on the stands right now. Alex: What happens when a robotic overlord in prisons a rant god and a humble narcissist, you get this week sponsor of comic book club, The Just Been Revoked Podcast. Join Chris G., Tom legacy and Mr. Rhace, as they discuss the origins, the ends and everything in between of all things film. Episodes are released weekly on Apple, Spotify, and all other major podcast platforms. Alex: Looking for a film podcast that has fun and doesn't take things too seriously, then check them out at justbeenrevoked.com. Let's move on and talk about Dark Nights: Death Metal: The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed and Brandon Thomas. Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scott Eaton and Thomas Mandrake. Alex: This is anthology that Robin King is telling, basically saying, “Blah, blah, blah. You've heard all of these dark versions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman before. How about a couple of other dark multiverses? What would you think about that?” So we get to see three of them in this book. What did you think about this comic? Pete: Well, it's a collection of stories. Some of them are a little better than others, but it's fun. It's like The Coming King and all that kind of stuff. I thought that it's interesting enough. It's definitely turning it up, like the Dark Metal stuff has been doing, so Death Metal stuff has been doing. I thought this was kind of a cool a book to put out as far as like, “Hey, we're going to kind of let some other writers do some stuff on this,” and yeah. Justin: Yeah, it's a good mix. I really liked the first bit, the Scott Snyder sort of just bucket of random worlds where bad things happen to our favorite heroes. And the Patton Oswalt story I thought was great. Fun sort of Mr. Zsasz, right, is he villain here? And what it's like for him trying to be the cool villain in Arkham, and the consequences of that was. It was cool. Alex: This is definitely in my mind one of the lesser books in this event, everything else feels so necessary and interconnected. I love the idea of having else worlds that follow not the big three, that follow just more side stories, and I'd love to see more of that. But overall, I thought this comic book was fine. I think to your point, I liked the Robin King stuff. I thought Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner of course put together a fun story. But just so you know- Pete: They usually do. Alex: What? They usually do. Pete: They usually do. Alex: But it does not feel like something you'd necessarily need to read to understand the main act. Justin: It's a little bit of the lighter side. Pete: Yeah, it's just a fun- Alex: Yes, exactly. Pete: … Yeah, it's a fun collection of ideas and stories- Justin: It's like a little Dave Barry novel. Alex: Great. That's what I'd say as well. Nailbiter Returns #7 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson. Here were literally getting into the beat of the issue as they delve further into Buckaroo, into this game that's being played by the new Buckaroo Butchers. And we get a bunch of psychedelic stuff, a trip to the past, some revelations, some promise of future revelations. I'm really enjoying what they did with this series, and it feels entirely different from what they did with the previous one. Justin: Yeah. Pete: Yeah, I agree. I think it's really creative, the art's fantastic. They do such a good job of pulling you into this world and kind of like with their storytelling, and I just was really impressed with this. It does a good enough job or moving the story enough where you know a little bit about what's happening to kind of follow along and not feel like, “I don't get it.” It walks that kind of crazy line really well. But man, just the art and the characters are just insane in all the right ways. The use of blood rain and then that skull who's just like puking blood on the pyramid is just insane. Justin: Yeah, I love the sort of dream sequence aspect of this book, it feels so deliberate to become right now, sort of seeding out a bunch of wild ideas that then they can call upon going forward. The art's so good. I've been a huge fan of Birthright also by Joshua Williamson, and this feels like if you read that and haven't read Nailbiter, it's definitely worth getting in on Nailbiter. Pete: Ah man, that's what I should've said for that lock and key question. Alex: On the live show? Pete: Birthright would have been great. Yeah. Alex: Messed up, man. Messed up. Next step, this is what I put on the stack to make Pete feel a little bit better. Daredevil #24 from Marvel, written by Chip Zdarsky, pencils by Mike Hawthorne. Pete, you're not in your head. No. Do you not feel better after this comic book? Pete: Well, this is a rough issue, man. I was so excited that we got Daredevil in our stack, but then of course it's a sad issue and I was like, “Oh, well, this is why his album put this in.” Alex: No, 100% not. Pete: Foggy is fighting and- Alex: Foggy is bad at his job. What's different about the usual? It feels like pretty status quo for our man, Mr … Pete: No, this is not status quo. Also there's too many people look like Daredevil. I don't know what the fuck- Alex: It's only one other than his twin. Pete: … is going on. Alex: Sure. Daredevil is on trial for murder, something that he is willingly doing. We also get, which I thought was interesting and I want to get your beat on, a Kingpin shower scene in this issue. How did you feel about that? That's something fans have been asking for, for a long time. Pete: A long time. Justin: You got to truly see the Kingpin here. Pete: Oh boy. I mean, they always do that in the comics with the well-placed steam or fog- Justin: It's a little fancy. Alex: I do that in my shower. Pete: … or whatever. I don't see any of the- Justin: Yeah, in my shower, Foggy Nelson is standing in front of my genitals all the time. Pete: That's smart. Alex: I thought this was really good and I loved where this ended up. Justin? Justin: I agree. Chip Zdarsky is really bringing all of the Daredevil characters that sort of have the most emotional stakes here together. You've got your Typhoid Mary, your Kingpin. We don't see many other of Daredevil's love interests, but only because they're dead. But his current love interest, we see Elektra here, Foggy his, I guess, friend, frenemy in a lot of ways. Pete: Fuck you. That's his friend [inaudible 00:24:52] Alex: I'm excited to see where this goes going forward, because it has the potential to really redefine the Marvel Universe. Justin: How do you feel about Daredevil wearing a suit and his costume? Alex: That's pretty weird, right? Pete: Yeah, that was weird, right? Alex: Just like when Nightwing wears a mask over his mask, and I'm like, “Choose one, buddy. It's fine.” Justin: Unnecessary for both. The suit over the suit feels, in a very serious issue, it feels goofy. Pete: Mm-hmm (affirmative). It does. Alex: Also, how much is he sweating? He's got to stink real bad. Pete: Wow. Justin: Yes. Pete: Yeah. Well, I wonder if it's like a fake turtleneck situation where he doesn't have the full suit underneath. Justin: Keep the suit, just that top part. Alex: I thought that, I thought he was just wearing the mask, but he's wearing the gloves as well. Pete: Oh, wow. Alex: It's the full suit, man. Pete: Yeah. Justin: It's the full suit. Alex: Yeah, double suit. Pete: Double suit is a lot. Justin: Slow down on the suits. Alex: Undiscovered Country- Pete: No double suit. Alex: … #10 from Image Comics, written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi. In this issue, we find out a whole lot more about UNITY, the second zone of America, as well as what happened to the past as things rapidly start to fall apart there. It was a pretty horrific reveal at the end of the issue. It makes a lot of sense. This is great. And I think we've been saying this a lot about this arc, but I finally feel kind of like I understand what's going out of this book and that makes me feel a lot better. Justin: And it's interesting because I don't quite know … The story is just as complex. There's even more happening because our characters have split up a little bit. But what I think makes more sense is this arc is using more of like a metaphor in describing America. So I feel like that gives us a baseline to really understand how the different aspects are coming together. Alex: No, I mean, you're absolutely right. I didn't really think about it until you said it like that, but thinking about it was like, “What does Destiny, the first zone mean to me?” Well, join other men, ride on sharks. Versus here, the idea that everybody is joining together, finding unity through the shared belief in science. Yes, that works a lot better. It's a lot easier to hook into even if it's- Pete: Yeah, but there's also giant whale sharks in here too. Alex: There's still giant whale sharks. Justin: Yeah. That's what I'm saying, there's just as many crazy specifics- Alex: And also- Justin: … but it's all under this one narrative line I feel like, it's a little cleaner. Pete: Yeah, under one nation. I love the man-at-arms shout-out, a little He-Man love in there. That was just great. It was fun to see. Yeah, I do. With each issue, I become a little less confused, which is great. The art and the character designs are just phenomenal, great kind of like last page reveal. This continues to be a very interesting, very well done book. I'm just happy now that we're kind of getting a little bit more of a grasp on what's actually happening. Alex: I don't want to call you out, Pete, but I feel like you've been confused about every issue that we've talked about in The Stack this week. Was there any we talked about that you were not confused about? Pete: Huh. Justin: We should say you got hit on the head with an anvil right before you read The Stack, right? Alex: Right. Pete: Oh, that's true. You think that affects? Justin: You think that affects? Pete: I wasn't affected by Chew. I was confused by Chew. Alex: Oh, okay. All right. Well, we'll get to that one in a moment then, that's good. An Unkindness of Ravens #3 from Boom! Studios, written by Dan Panosian and illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi. This is another one we're getting to kind of the meat of everything that's going on. We have a new kid- Pete: You're really hungry. Alex: What? Pete: You're really hungry. You keep talking about meat. Alex: Sweet, delicious, savory meat. Yeah. No, we're getting to the heart of the issue. How about that? Is that better? Justin: I love eating hearts. Alex: There we go. Where we're finding out more [crosstalk 00:28:44] about this town that our main character has moved to, the warring factions, what's going on behind the scenes. I continue to really like this book. Justin: I agree. I said this on the live show this week, but this feels like such a … If you're a fan of the Sabrina TV series on Netflix, which is not coming back for a little bit and you want something to fill the gap, this book is great. It also feels like a good, if you're a fan of Lock and Key, which we talk about a lot, this feels like a nice spiritual successor to that book. Justin: It's just the characters are really fun, the art is great. There's this sense of dread hovering over everything. And I don't really know … It's hard to predict where their story's going. It's witchy in the right ways and sort of arty in the right ways as well. Pete: Yeah. Art's great. It's really fun. It's kind of nice that we're getting into this world and what's going on. I think in a cool way that doesn't make me frustrated or confused about what's happening. But I think it's very cool with hinting at what happens and then the kind of reveal. The whole part where we're seeing these crows and then one is shot, and then we kind of get to see that. Really impressed with that. I think this is a very cool story. I'm excited to see how this is going to unfold, and whether or not it's going to be like a really great comic that will hold up, stands the test of time. Alex: Well see. Next up, Last God #10 from DC Comics, written and created, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Ricardo Federici. This issue, we find out some big revelations about what happened back in the day at the Black Stair. We find out more about what's happening in the present. And it looks like the bad things are coming for our heroes or maybe are already there. What did you think? Pete: Yeah. I mean, this really starts off amazing. We got some great actions, some cool ass dragon shit. Justin: Cool ass dragon shit. Pete: And then there's a lot of talking, and then feelings and then stuff. But it starts off really good. I'm excited to see where this goes. I think this is a very creative cool book. Justin: I like this book a lot. The art is so lush and just beautifully done. It feels like a classic fantasy story. You'd get like one little drawing on the cover or something. This feels like it's that full art and that same style for the whole story, which is great. And what I love about it it was really placed with the tropes of legacy and fantasy books where it's like the great heroes from the past, and now it's this generation's turn to fight. And this says, oh, maybe what if the first generation wasn't great, how does that influence everything? And it's just a smart take and a beautiful book. Alex: I agree. Next step, the books that did not confuse Pete. Chew #5 from Image Comics, written by John Layman and art by Dan Boultwood. This is the end of the first arc here as the two Chews are facing down, all of Saffron's crimes have been revealed. And things do not go necessarily how you might expect. Yes, Pete. Pete: What's great is they picked up right where they left off last issue. This is not the worst than when you kind of build up to the standoff and then you cut away from it to have backstory or some shit. So this was really great- Alex: Was that you, Pete? Are the continuity police coming for you? Justin: Yeah. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Oh, shit. Book it. Justin: Get out of [inaudible 00:32:20]. They're going to have a good questions that I think he might be confused about answering. Let me be honest. Alex: Oh, boy. Pete: Yeah, I like this. This is great kind of standoff, brother, sister stuff. This is really cool. Art is fantastic. And it's nice because it still feels like in the two world- Alex: The Chew-universe. Pete: … and it also feels a little different. Justin: The Chew-universe. Good. Pete: Yeah, the Chew-universe. Also, did you guys see the … It looked like a country monkey riding a smoking lizard walking by when she got out of jail? Alex: No, I missed that. Justin: I think that was actually in your apartment beyond the edge of the comic book. Pete: No, it's there. I had to double-check it. And also it looks like Sonic the Hedgehog was just shot outside the prison. It's really cool if you look at the background stuff. Justin: RIP. Alex: Huh. Wow. Justin: I like this book a lot. I was not a Chew reader of the original series, and this is … I'm not a Chewer. Pete: Yeah, you weren't a Chew head. Justin: I really like this though. It makes me want to go back and maybe read Chew, because this is very good, very fun. And I really like the character Saffron. The way that this story sort of positions the next move going forward, I think is great. Alex: I agree. Next up, we're going to get into it here. We're going to talk about our final X of Swords block as this big event. 22 part event is wrapped up here with three issues. Pete: Can we … Alex: What Pete? Pete: Can we just finish off this stack before we get into this giant argument here? Alex: Sure, we can jump ahead. I put the scumbag up last to space out the image comics, but let's talk about the Scumbag #2 by Image Comics, written by Rick Remender- Pete: Okay, my bad. Alex: … art by Andrew Robinson. This is about the worst man of the world. He's the only one who could save the world. We find out more about him and his powers. He injected himself with some stuff so he can save the world here. This is very much positioning that there is no right way to go as we have a terrible guy, who needs to stop some potentially more terrible guys from doing some terrible stuff. It's just a fun book stuff. Just a fun book. Doing some light political commentary here. Justin: Yes. Pete: Yeah. Justin: So good. Rick Remender- Pete: Oh, go ahead. Justin: … writes people who fuck up better than anybody. This feels like a great successor to Fear Agent, one of Rick's first books that we loved way back in the day. And the art by Andrew Robinson is so good, it's so sort of 1970s animated, influenced, it feels like to me. And I think it's just a fun book that has some real, like a lot of Remender's book, has some real commentary underneath, a bunch of jokes and characters just screwing up. Pete: Yeah. It's a lot of fun. The art is like gross, but also light. It's really interesting the way they kind of walk this line of like you hate this guy, but you're also rooting for him. Yeah, I think it's very well done, very creative. Rick Remender does a fun balance of tripped out, but also not too tripped out, where you kind of feel like that's all it's doing. I'm just really impressed with … There's a lot going on in this comic. There's a lot being kind of dealt with, and it does it seamlessly in a way that's fun and moving the story forward, and it doesn't feel rushed. Yeah, I mean, I'm impressed with this book. I'm excited to see how Rick Remender is going to break our hearts with some of these characters, because he always does. And yeah, it will be fun to talk to him about this next week. Justin: Yes. Alex: Yeah, there you go. All right. For real now, we're going to wrap up with our X of Swords block. X-Men #15 from Marvel, written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mahmud Asrar. Excalibur #15 written by Tini Howard, art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli. And finally, X of Swords or 10 of swords: Destruction #10, written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Pepe Larraz. Alex: Now, before we talk about this, we should really talk about how hard everybody worked and how we never want to put down the amount of work that people put into it. They drew this, they wrote this, there were editors who we really like who worked on this, assistant editors, people who printed it, the staples were very nice in the book and somebody had to put them in there. Pete: Yeah, this came together fast, and they got it all done on time. There wasn't any delays. It's pretty impressive what they put together. Alex: There you go. And that's our review of X of Swords. I like this event. I thought it was fun and good, and I love where it turned up. We talked about this before, but a lot of this was Saturnyne in the background, manipulating the situation to get into a place where she got almost everything that she wanted as we find out about the end. Alex: And the one thing that hitches me up a little bit is I don't care about Otherworld that much, just as comics continuity and comic book fan. So having everything pivot on that, brought it down emotionally for me a little bit versus having a pivot on the X-Men themselves. Alex: But I do like the moves they made here. I like where Apocalypse ended up. I thought the big battles were good. The art was phenomenal, just like huge, big battle scenes, enormous monsters. The scale of it was great, and just individual characterizations. Both Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman write a great Ariana. I don't know who specifically was scripting her dialogue, but just super fun throughout this entire event. Just a really good event for her. And it's good stuff. Alex: I know Pete's going to disagree with this, but really good Cyclops stuff towards the end here. And I love the idea of holding Cyclops and Marvel Girl in reserve until the end and then be like, “No, fuck you. We're getting there. We're going to solve this problem.” And it really positions them in the place they should be at the lead of the X-Men. I enjoy this quite a bit. I don't think it was a perfect event by any means, but I had a lot of fun. I had a blast reading it. Justin, what did you think about it? Pete, we can get your haterade later in a second. Let's get adjusted first, a little more positive. Justin: The hater goes later is what we've always said. I agree, I do like this event. Art across the board is great. But yeah, I mean, it's a weird event. It's so weird as the first big event to have it be so fantastical, have it be so sort of like goofy at points. I agree with you, the Cyclops and Jean Grey stuff, it really felt like their ascension at the end of this event is what's important here. Justin: And to see them sort of outside of just the bureaucracy of the Quiet Council and maybe they can actually make some moves is exciting. Really establishing them as a family with Young Cable I think is very cool. Ariana also stepped up a lot. The Apocalypse fight, I don't know. I thought it was going to be a little bit more about Apocalypse and it felt like just a fight. Alex: Yeah, it was like, “What was that?” Justin: I mean, we talked about this, we sort of predicted this, that, excuse me, Arakko would be coming through to Krakoa. And with it hundreds of mutans, I believe, from around- Alex: Millions, I think. Justin: Millions? Alex: Millions. Justin: Oh, wow. Alex: Yeah. Justin: That's a lot of people hanging out on earth, which I think I'm curious how that will affect the continuity. It feels like a lot to add. A continuity that's already pretty wild. Alex: Well, I think the thing that, that adds, and maybe I'm wrong because who knows what is going on with the X-Men stuff? They can set up that Arakko is coming through and then not deal with it for 30 issues or something. But to me it feels like suddenly millions of mutants show up, you suddenly have a destabilized world situation that is already on the edge because of Krakoa. Alex: When you bring the mutant population up to potentially pre-Genosha levels, what does that do? What nations does that put on alert? And that puts the mutant state in a really, really bad place. As for Apocalypse, the thing that I did like is it ultimately got to this place, even though I feel like we didn't get enough fleshed out about the annihilation helmet, the idea that ultimately Apocalypse; A, is fundamentally changed by Krakoa enough that he can surrender, but also that it is Apocalypse's will that manages to win the day felt like a smart decision. Even if it wasn't maybe an action-wise satisfying decision. Pete, I know you're a champion of the bid here. Go ahead. Pete: Okay. Yeah, please. All right. Explain this to me, okay? They had, “You got to get your sword, you got to get to the fight.” Okay? So then we learned that none of that matters because it's about this helmet that speaks to you and makes you annihilate everything. But once Apocalypse puts on the helmet, he realizes that he's not going to let a helmet control him, so he'll take a knee and then that solves everything. And then, oh, Apocalypse you won, and okay, I'm going to banish a whole Island of people. Great. Pete: And then Scott Summers and Marvel Girl, who started this kind of whole thing with a bunch of weird meetings through time, decided this whole island that they helped create doesn't matter and fuck all you all because I got to go save my son, which I understand, that's cool, but they had like a whole Quiet Council meeting and it didn't matter. So it was kind of like this- Justin: But- Pete: … whole thing that we're trying to do, they threw it all- Justin: If- Pete: … out the window. Hey, I'm trying to finish here. Justin: If Wolverine did that you would have loved, and just because it's Scott, you don't like it. Pete: That's a bullshit thing to thing. Justin: It's 100% true. Pete: No, it's not. Justin: Wolverine does that every time. Pete: I'm trying to wrap my head around this whole detour of the X-Men world that we just took and why we did it, and the only thing I can come up with is giant alligators and dragons are cool, and fighting with swords would have been cool, but it didn't happen. We got drinking games and playing softball. And people will say that they will get married at the drop of a hat in the X-Men world. Alex: The Cyclops thing I do think a lot of this is about … A lot of this story so far has been about the X-Men … And we're not supposed to call them the X-Men, the mutants. They specifically state that in the book. They're like, “The mutants-“ Justin: There's a whole big paragraph. Alex: There's several of that. I know. Pete: Yeah, I don't read the paragraphs. Alex: You should read the paragraphs, they're kind of important. The mutants have made this big move to become one mutant state. And from the writing perspective, I think what they've done is how much stress can we put on that? How many things can we do to fracture that? And Saturnyne says by the end, “Two people have left the Quiet Council. They're going to have to replace it, it's going to be the non-ideal picks.” Alex: And now, not just Scott Summers is leaving with a small team to go save everybody, but everybody comes with him, which means, yes, it's the mutants united, but it also means as it states in those paragraphs, which I do think are really important. They've tried to ditch the X-Men name because it's something that's pre-Krakoa. It's an idea of like, it's a moniker taken by Charles Xavier. It's not an example of- Pete: The Lollipop Man. Alex: Yes, Lollipop Man. It's not an example of the United Krarkoa State, but the fact that Scott Summers is reclaiming this and then everybody's like, “Yes, we're X-Men. Let's go. It's go time,” creates this friction there that's only going to get bigger. Once you suddenly have billions of mutants who have been slaves up to this point, who we've never met before suddenly showing up, so it means bad things for the outside world. It also means bad things for Krakoa and Arakko. And dramatically, that's a really good place to be putting everybody. Justin: Yeah, I agree with that. This crossover feels a lot like Chris Claremont-esque. Like mid-Chris- Alex: I mean- Justin: … Claremont run, where it's like epic stuff that involves things that are sort of far flung from actual X-Men and mutant world stuff. Like getting with Lilandra and all that stuff, where it's like continuity heavy, where it's like, “Wait, what was that about that?” I feel like this will hold a similar place to a lot of that Claremont stuff, especially the other worldness of it, which I agree with you, I don't love all that. Justin: And this whole like captain … I know Excalibur was the second to last issue so that they'll have an outsize effect on it. But the Captain Britain Corp and all that, I was like, “I don't … ” This feels like such a side quest that so much of this event landing on that felt like, “Oh, I don't know about that.” Pete: It was just a lot just so Cyclops could have a Jerry Maguire moment of like, “Who's coming with me? Who's coming with me?” Alex: What did you think about the part where Cyclops said, “Show me the money,” though? That was pretty cool. Pete: Yeah, that was touching. It was sort of touching. Alex: Yeah. Justin: And what about Wolverine played by Jonathan Lipnicki? I know. Pete: Too tall. Justin: He's too tall? He's very short. Pete: I don't know about Jonathan Lipnicki so- Justin: He's tiny. Alex: You just referenced Jerry Maguire. Justin: He's the kid. Alex: He's the little kid that said, “Did you know the human head weighs eight pounds?” Pete: Oh, he's the kids with the spiked hair? Alex: Yeah. Pete: Oh, that's great. Yeah, he's a great [inaudible 00:46:41] Alex: Okay. What would you think about Renee Zellweger playing Jonathan Lipnicki, is what it was? Justin: Renee playing Jonathan Lipnicki? Alex: Yeah. Justin: Oh, interesting. Alex: Playing Wolverine. Justin: Oh, wow. That's great. Alex: With the little lemon face. Justin: Ooh yeah, just a pursed lip. Alex: She got the little lip. Suck on a lemon. Justin: I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do is this little face. She's a good actress. Yeah. Pete: I don't know what you guys are doing. Alex: All right, that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support the show and other shows we do at patreon.coms- Pete: Wait. Alex: … What? Pete: Do you guys think this whole thing was worth it for that ending? You guys didn't feel let down at all by the fact of like this fight wasn't a fight, it was just a, “Can we make Apocalypse kneel? And then having Cyclops just ditch everyone because he wanted to go somewhere else.”? Justin: I liked it. Alex: Yeah, I liked it too. I think there were enough big moments particularly in these last couple of issues that I really just enjoyed from an artistic, from a big action perspective, literally using the S.W.O.R.D. Space Station as a sword to pierce a wormhole and attack these evil armies. Just the huge armies attacking everybody, the X-Men jumping through directly at the screen, the fairy soldiers or whatever it was jumping through. Justin: The screen? Alex: Good stuff. Just a lot of people coming from the sky and heading straight towards camera was a lot of fun. Justin: Yes, and it's surprising. A lot of Hickman big storytelling, you can't predict it. It's sometimes a little weird and wooly, but it's like in the end, it's really well thought out and smart, and very difficult to predict, which I like in storytelling in general, especially comic book storytelling. Alex: It's also something that relatively speaking felt like a complete story, which I don't think we've gotten in a really long time with events. It's usually by the latter half, it's all about setting up what's next. And certainly we get a fair amount of setup, but this started with the story of Otherworld, ended with the story of Otherworld, and that's what it was in between. It went on a bunch of side trips, but ultimately it all came together that way, and that is pleasing to me from a story perspective. Justin: It was pleasing, we say. Alex: It was pleasing to be … If you'd like to support the show at patreon.com/comicbookclub. We also do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM. Podcast ahead on YouTube. We would love to talk to you about X of Swords, that's going to be our big topic of conversation. Over the next I would say- Pete: It's 10 of swords, but there's going to be no fighting. Oh, you're going to love it. It's going to be smart. Alex: … There is a bunch of fighting. Pete: There's going to be a lady who- Alex: Wolverine cutting a man's arm off. Really? Pete: … you get confused with the ice queen the whole time. But then it's not her, even though it looks exactly like her, but ah, it's going to be great. Alex: Oh, I'm sorry. Are you being racist towards white, blonde women, Pete? Pete: Yes, Karen. I am. Justin: This took an odd turn at the end, just like the X of Swords. Alex: There you go. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. @comicbooklive on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, checkout my mom's taco dip. The post The Stack: The Other History Of The DC Universe And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Another week another comic book podcast starring Caped-Joel & Matt from Fortress Of Solitude. 0:00:00 - 0:02:05 - Catch up 0:02:05 - 0:07:15 - DC Black Label 0:07:15 - 0:13:05 - Superman: Year One - by Frank "Goddamn" Miller and John Romita Jr. 0:13:06 - 0:14:32 - Batman: Damned - by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo 0:14:33 - 0:16:07 - Wonder Woman Historia - by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez 0:16:07 - 0:17:45 - The Other History of the DC Universe - by John Ridley 0:17:45 - 0:20:32 - Batman: Last Knight on Earth - by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo 0:20:32 - 0:22:04 - Wonder Woman: Diana's Daughter - by Greg Rucka 0:24:05 - 0:34:14 - Netflix Developing Rob Liefeld's Extreme Universe 0:34:15 - 0:41:36 - Jon Favreau To Produce/Direct New Live Action Star Wars Series 0:41:37 - 0:45:20 - New Sentry Book - by Jeff Lemire and Kim Jacinto - on Sale June 6 0:45:21 - 0:47:17 - Deadpool - by Skottie Young and Nic Klein - on Sale June 6 0:47:18 - 0:51:43 - Heather Antos becomes Editor in Chief of Unikrn (E-Sports) 0:51:44 - 0:58:26 - The Flash movie finds 2 new directors (John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein) 0:58:27 - 1:01:40 - Kristen Wiig cast as Cheetah in Wonder Woman 2 1:02:28 - 1:53:23 - Comics Review 1:53:24 - 1:53:49 - Channel Info.
In this week episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Lynae DePriest (@ThoughtressPoet) as they discuss the new trailer for Tomb Raider, take a sneak peak at Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, check out the new Heathers reboot, and celebrate Love, Simon in This Week in Queer. This Week's Topics Include: BIG OPENING: KEVIN: First sneak peak at Cloak & Dagger LYNAЀ: Trailer released for Queer Eye reboot on Netflix DOWN AND NERDY: KEVIN: Star Trek: Discovery, Black Lightning, Avengers No Surrender LYNAЀ: Pinky & Brain, Living Single STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer released for Tomb Raider THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Trailer for Love, Simon released CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer released for new Heathers reboot series THE WEEK IN GEEK: MOVIES Harry Potter has thoughts on Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts sequel Guardians of the Galaxy 3 to come out in 2020 Eliza Dushku opens up about abuse from True Lies stunt coordinator Flashpoint to be directed by Spider-Man: Homecoming writers Trailer for animated Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay Someone made a women-free cut of The Last Jedi TV The Simpsons to address the problem with Apu Producer of The Gifted teases more Morlocks, maybe X-Factor in season 2 We are getting a bisexual Constantine on Legends of Tomorrow Extended trailer for Wayward Sisters backdoor pilot We are one step closer to a Y: The Last Man series COMICS Tom King has created a Sanctuary for DC heroes John Ridley writing The Other History of the DC Universe mini-series focusing on POC, Women, and Queer characters New Image series Crude from Steve Orlando, explores being queer in Russia Marvel announces the “Wedding of the Century” Stan Lee accused of sexually abusing his nurses SHILF KEVIN: M.A.N.T.I.S LYNAЀ: Blankman