The Shadow (Episode Intro)
In 1938 Lysergic Acid Diethylamide was first synthesized by Swiss Chemist Albert Hoffmann. Many folks have enjoyed this creation over the decades [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 98: Hellblazer Original Sins
“A great intro to the laughing magician, and a harrowing series of events. Strewth!” One of the longest-running Vertigo titles and one of the best. Along its run, Hellblazer featured a long list of some of the more talented and [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 96: The Shadow
"I don’t know if this is a “good” comic, but it is a hugely entertaining one." Today on the program...it's a weird one! It's the super violent and super bizarre The Shadow by Andy Helfer with art by Kyle Baker [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 95: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
"It is a veritable 'Where’s Waldo' of gothic and Victorian novels." Today on the program we will be discussing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a troubled classic by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill. This is a creative tour de force, an [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 94: Longshot
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t." Today on the program...you just got lucky! We will be discussing Longshot - the 80s comic Ann Nocenti and illustrated by a young Art Adams. And this is as 80s as [...]
Starman (Episode Intro)
Nostalgia is a funny thing. It has the power to instill positive feelings, to bring comfort and peace in times of uncertainty, or when a person is feeling as if the world they know now [...]
Superman’s Christmas Adventure (Episode Intro)
am not one to dwell on plot holes. In fact, if you want to get right down to it, I personally believe that plot holes don’t exist. You see, when you find an inconsistency or a continuity error [...]
The Flintstones (Episode Intro)
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, They're the modern Stone Age Family. From the town of Bedrock, they're a page right out of history. The Flintstones began as the first-ever prime-time [...]
The Spectre: Crimes & Judgements (Episode Intro)
In detective stories, there is a cliché…to catch a criminal you have to get into their head. With the character of The Spectre that metaphor is literal. The Spectre was created in the Golden Age [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 93: Superman’s Christmas Adventure
“The point is just to have fun, to embrace the joy and wackiness of the season.” Today on the program we discuss Superman's Christmas Adventure from 1940. Written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Jack Burnley this is a 16-page dose of [...]
