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| 09 Nov 2016 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #6: The 2016 Wonder Woman Trailers | 00:21:22 | |
Podcast: The 2016 Wonder Woman Trailers This episode Frank looks at the teaser and first full trailers released for the 2017 feature film starring Gal Gadot.
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| 11 Sep 2024 | Comic Reader Résumé 0026 (September 1986) | 00:44:29 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the
medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll
get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
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| 11 Nov 2022 | Comic Reader Résumé #14: The Business Year (Second Quarter - 1985) | 00:26:39 | |
The Business Year
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| 03 Jun 2020 | The Marvel Handbook episode A10 | 00:42:46 | |
AVENGERS 🃡 AVENGERS MANSION 🃣 AVENGERS QUINJET 🃬 AUTOCRONS The original 1983 edition of the encyclopedic The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is discussed entry-by-entry, episode-by-episode, in a general audiences appropriate forum with Diabolu Frank and a revolving host of co-hosts, including...Avengers by John Byrne & Terry Austin🗪 with Angela of Wonder Woman: Warrior for PeaceAvengers Mansion by Eliot R. Brown🗨 with Pekita Trotamundos of One Song Each B-SidesAvengers Quinjet by Eliot R. Brown🗩 with Illegal Machine of The Coming Thing: An Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. PodcastAutocrons by Paty💬 with Diabolu Frank of ZombiCast: Duration of Dawn of the Dead | |||
| 10 Oct 2024 | Comic Reader Résumé 0027 (October 1986) | 00:52:54 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and
professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an
applicant for a job.
In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics
to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis
point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a
“work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively)
new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the
medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive
accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least
remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we
call back issues: books bought long after their publication date.
Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked
up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide
berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll
get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby”
spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life
(eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part
personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally
self-indulgent on my part. | |||
| 13 Apr 2017 | Amazing Heroes Interviews Episode 2: J.M. DeMatteis at Comicpalooza 2015 | 01:07:04 | |
Interview conducted with treasured comic book scripter and screenwriter John Marc DeMatteis at The Texas International Comic Convention, Houston’s Comicpalooza, on May 24, 2015. The interview has been edited for time, content, consistency and quality.
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| 29 Sep 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 015: Martian Manhunter's 60th Anniversary Special: A Celebration of the Alien Atlas Part One (1955-1993) | 01:40:25 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter's 60th Anniversary Special Part One (1955-1993) New York Times Program Synopsis: We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 27 Oct 2017 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #18: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) | 02:02:34 | |
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) Pekita Trotamundos joins Frank to discuss Angela Robinson's new film about Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston, his wife Elizabeth, and their extended family member Olive Byrne (as portrayed by Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall & Bella Heathcote.) We also look deeper into the factual history of the Amazing Amazon's creation and charges of historical inaccuracy leveled against the docudrama.
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| 16 Jun 2015 | Power of the Atom Podcast #2 - "Battle of the Tiny Titans!" | 00:07:31 | |
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| 06 Sep 2023 | Comic Reader Résumé 0017 (Final Quarter - 1985) | 00:52:54 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics
to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis
point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a
“work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively)
new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the
medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life
(eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part
personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally
self-indulgent on my part.
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| 05 Jul 2016 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #3: Wonder Woman '77 Special #3 | 00:28:48 | |
Podcast: Wonder Woman '77 Special #3 The currently but not indefinitely bi-annual Diana Prince Wonder Woman podcast returns to look at the third edition of the Wonder Woman '77 Special, as well as the February, 1978 cover-dated Wonder Woman Vol. 37 #240 by Conway & Delbo as a springboard for discussing the Amazing Amazon's long but unrecognized military career in observance of Independence Day 2016! Episode Art TumblrWe don't have a Magic Sphere, so if you want to communicate with us about the podcast...
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| 05 May 2022 | Comic Reader Résumé #12: Recall (Winter 1984) | 00:23:09 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. This episode includes Amazing Spider-Man #262, Conqueror of the Barren Earth #1, Fantastic Four #275, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #31-33, G.I. Joe Yearbook #1, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #3-5, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #10-12, The New Defenders #141, New Teen Titans #4, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #99, Robotech Defenders #1, Thing #22, Uncanny X-Men #191 and more! Plus a look at Fall films & television of 1984… “Transcripts” | |||
| 19 Feb 2025 | Terminator NOW-013 [T2:Judgment Day] | 00:48:10 | |
THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. TARGET:
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| 24 Feb 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 005: Making Sense of the Martian Manhunter | 00:32:30 | |
Podcast: Making Sense of the Martian ManhunterThis episode, Frank responds to an article on Comics Alliance by Chris Sims where the columnist devotes more time to thinking about the pros and cons of the Manhunter from Mars than most folks would ever spare. Sims felt the Alien Atlas compared unfavorably and unavoidably to Superman and Batman in the Justice League, and that he works best filling their vacuum in instances where the World's Finest duo are unavailable. Frank mostly agrees, but explains that there are a lot more venues available for that service within the DC Universe than might have been previously considered, including adopting orphaned concepts from prior periods of those heroes' library. Remember kids, just because you only know a character from team books doesn't mean that's all there is to know...
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| 24 Jul 2024 | Terminator NOW-008 [Secondary Objectives] | 01:35:23 | |
THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. TARGET: Flanger
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| 08 Jan 2025 | Amazing Heroes Podcast: T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Diamond Jubilee (Volume One) | 01:22:53 | |
Episode #8 Returning after a year's absence, the podcast begins a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents spy-fi/super hero comic, beginning with an episode-length look at the debut edition. Copious reference material from magazine articles and books.
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| 29 Jan 2020 | The Marvel Handbook episode A5 | 00:37:34 | |
AQUARIAN 🃡 ARABIAN KNIGHT 🃣 ARCADE 🃬 BLACKLASH'S WHIP The original 1983 edition of the encyclopedic The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is discussed entry-by-entry, episode-by-episode, in a general audiences appropriate forum with Diabolu Frank and a revolving host of co-hosts, including...Aquarian by Mark Gruenwald🗨 with Shawn Marek of Worst Collection EverArabian Knight by Mark Gruenwald🗩 with Ryan Daly of Secret Origins PodcastArcade by Bob Budiansky🗪 with Delvin “The Dark Web” Williams of The Longbox CrusadeBlacklash’s Whip by Eliot R. Brown💬 with Luke Jaconetti of Earth Destruction Directive | |||
| 14 Oct 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 016: Martian Manhunter #3 (2015) | 00:24:46 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter #3 (2015) Frank summarizes and critiques the third issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows! Plus, Martian Mail covering the 60th Anniversary Special (Part 1.) We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 29 Mar 2021 | Power of the Atom Podcast #602 - "Home Is the Hero!" | 00:07:32 | |
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| 17 Aug 2017 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #16: Whom Gods Destroy featuring Chris Claremont | 00:34:26 | |
Whom Gods Destroy featuring Chris Claremont This episode, we look at a pair of the very few Elseworlds out-of-continuity "imaginary stories" with Wonder Woman as a billed star. First we adapt previous coverage of 2003's The Blue Amazon one-shot special by Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier with art by Ted McKeever. The core of the episode is a fresh look at 1996's Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy prestige format 4-issue mini-series by Chris Claremont, Dusty Abell and Drew Geraci. As a special bonus, coverage includes excerpts from a 2016 interview with the writer discussing this project.
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| 10 Feb 2016 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 020: 60th Anniversary Special: A Celebration of the Alien Atlas, Concluded | 02:42:20 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter's 60th Anniversary Special Part Two (1993-2016) New York Times Program Synopsis:
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| 18 Feb 2016 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 021: Martian Manhunter #6 (2016) | 00:27:52 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter #6 (2016) Frank summarizes and critiques the sixth issue of the "DC You" Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows, plus we catch up on a backlog of mail.
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| 20 Jun 2022 | Amazing Heroes Interviews Episode 7: Chris Claremont At Comicpalooza 2016 | 00:28:25 | |
Interview conducted with legendary comic book scripter Chris Claremont at The Texas International Comic Convention, Houston’s Comicpalooza, on either June 18 or 19, 2016. The interview has been edited for time, content, consistency and quality. The focus is on his DC work on titles such as JLA and Sovereign Seven as well as his perspective on their iconic characters, especially Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. If you enjoyed this podcast, check out others in the Rolled Spine Network…
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| 01 Apr 2021 | Power of the Atom Podcast #605 - "Skulduggery" | 00:11:03 | |
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| 05 Dec 2016 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #8: The Ironically Iconic Wonder Woman | 00:27:49 | |
Podcast: The Ironically Iconic Wonder Woman This episode, Frank offers a rebuttal to Brigit McCone's "Unpopular Opinions" week article for the site B**** Flicks, which took the character of Wonder Woman to task for the "revolutionary banalities" of her "male-authored feminism," especially within the context of the 1970s TV show. We don't have a Magic Sphere, so if you want to communicate with us about the podcast...
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| 02 May 2015 | DC Bloodlines Podcast #1-- The Top 10 Bloodlines Characters | 00:18:31 | |
Super Blog Team-Up #6 seemed like a perfectly fine event to premiere the upconverted DC Bloodlines in its second life as a podcast! Once again, we take the blog's title entirely too seriously and actually discuss (shudder) New Bloods and Bloodlines Parasites from the 1993 DC Comics Annuals theme event! Oh, and before you all comment, I screwed up with the Levelator and didn't save the audio tracks like a good little podcaster, so the background songs are way more foregrounded than they ought to be. I'll watch that next time...
Spill Some Blood!!!* *across social media only.
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| 25 Mar 2020 | The Marvel Handbook episode A8 | 00:47:11 | |
ATLANTIS 🃡 ATLANTEANS 🃣 ATTILAN, HOME OF THE INHUMANS The original 1983 edition of the encyclopedic The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is discussed entry-by-entry, episode-by-episode, in a general audiences appropriate forum with Diabolu Frank and a revolving host of co-hosts, including…Atlantis by Peter Gillis & Rick Parker🗪 with Ruth and Darrin of RaD Adventures NetworkAtlanteans by Paty🗨 with Kyle of KSCGSF PodcastAttilan, Home Of The Inhumans by Peter Gillis & Eliot R Brown🗩 with Mark of Feathers and Foes: A Birds of Prey Podcast | |||
| 06 Apr 2021 | Power of the Atom Podcast #608 - "Time, Time, Time -- See What's Become of Me" | 00:05:37 | |
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| 24 May 2016 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 025: JLMay (1998) | 00:49:57 | |
JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event finally reaches our humble blog full force! Since everyone else partnered up to cover their chapters of the maxi-series, Diabolu Frank opted to call in his super buddies at Rolled Spine Podcasts for a sort of hybrid show! Illegal Machine and Pekita Trotamundos lend their voices to a radio play abridged adaptation of the tenth issue, while their fellow Mister Fixit sticks around afterward to talk for a bit about the Justice League of America! We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 24 Nov 2015 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #2: Wonder Woman '77 Special #2 | 00:28:51 | |
Podcast: Wonder Woman '77 Special #2 Five months later, the Diana Prince Wonder Woman podcast returns for a second installment! We'll discuss that, including plans to rev up the show's production in 2016. Diabolu Frank spends most of the episode dressing down The Cheetah, then moves on to the brief return of the 1970s Wonder Woman television series' digital-first comic book adaptation, as well as addressing your lengthy, lovely letters. We don't have a Magic Sphere, so if you want to communicate with us about the podcast...
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| 11 Mar 2020 | Comic Reader Résumé #8: Last In/First Out (Late 1983) | 00:29:50 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. | |||
| 10 Mar 2025 | DC Secret Files: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, 1993-2011 (First Promo, 2025) | 00:02:04 | |
Continuing the mission of The Fire & Water Network show Who’s Who – The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe where it left off in 1992, DC Secret Files host Diabolu Frank will be joined by rotating guests as they look at individual characters and concepts from the publication history of DC Comics, home of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. This will be done chiefly through the company’s Secret Files & Origins special publications, which featured 1-2 page brief encyclopedia entries coupled with art featuring a given subject. We’ll talk about the property, the featured art, and also take a quick look at short stories that were paired with the entries. While the core focus will be on “modern age” tales from after the universe-shaking 1985 event maxi-series Crisis on Infinite Earths until the end of that continuity in 2011, the first year of shows will feature looks at the initial 50 years of DC, going back to prehistory, Ancient Egypt, the Wild West, the World Wars, and as far beyond as the 30th Century. Directions and art spotlights for each monthly episode can be found on the Rolled Spine Podcasts blog. The show will launch on April 2, 2025, as part of the multimedia crossover JSApril – Celebrating 85 years of the world’s first and greatest superhero team! Back in 1940, eight sensational heroes united to create the world’s very first superhero team – the Justice Society of America! This April, we’re gathering podcasters and bloggers from around the globe for a month-long celebration! Follow the crossover action on social media with the hashtag #JSApril and follow DC Secret Files Podcast via #DCSFP | |||
| 11 Apr 2022 | Comic Reader Résumé #11: Sabbatical (Fall 1984) | 00:20:54 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
Alpha Flight, Blue Devil, Buckaroo Banzai, G.I. Joe, Kitty Pryde, Secret Wars, Wolverine, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé | |||
| 20 Mar 2024 | Terminator NOW-004 [1990] | 01:06:29 | |
THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FORGENERAL AUDIENCESBY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.
Comic Books, Now Comics, The Terminator (1984), Terminator NOW, Terminator Podcast, | |||
| 01 Jul 2016 | Comic Reader Résumé #1: Entry Level Position (1982) | 00:20:25 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues, books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neurosis.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly a total wank on my part. The first episode of the podcast version of my old short-lived 2011 blog series re-purposes and re-edits the audio from the even shorter-lived 2013 YouTube (barely) video adaptations of same, along with supplemental material I recorded over a year ago that got shelved when I realized that doing this wouldn’t be the effortless space-filling regurgitation I’d hoped for as a stopgap while sweating over doing other podcasts. The episode covers my earliest off the rack purchases in January-February of 1982, as well as discussing a bunch of the comics that had passed through my hands before this youthful indiscretion became a full on addiction. “Transcripts”
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| 22 Mar 2016 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 022: 1957 | 00:39:25 | |
Podcast: 60 Years of Martian Manhunter - 1957 After nearly a year, you'd be forgiven for thinking we were covering our retrospective of John Jones' publication history in real time. Blame our coverage of the current but increasingly finite ongoing Martian Manhunter
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| 28 Jan 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 004: Martian Manhunter Multiversity | 00:10:28 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter Multiversity As part of a Super Blog Team-Up crossover, we look at Imaginary Stories featuring the unfamiliar J'Onn J'Onzzes of parallel dimensions! Trip the light fantastic with the below blogs/vlogs/podcasts!
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| 22 Jul 2020 | Comic Reader Résumé #10: Temporary Lay-Off (February-July 1984) | 00:33:42 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. — Kaiju no Kami (@kaijunokami) April 15, 2020My comic reading resume. ?? pic.twitter.com/XJHedSXOb6 “Transcripts” | |||
| 24 Mar 2023 | Power of the Atom Podcast #613 - "Mightier Than the Sword!" | 00:08:21 | |
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| 08 May 2019 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 036: JLMay 2019- Countdown To Blackest Night (2007-2009) | 00:57:04 | |
JLMay 2019-- Blackest Night 10th Anniversary Podcast Crossover Event We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 06 Feb 2019 | Amazing Heroes Interviews: Howard Chaykin, Mike McKone & Carlo Barberi at Space City Comic Con 2015 | 00:27:54 | |
Interviews conducted at the now defunct Space City Comic Con in Houston, Texas on Sunday, July 25, 2015. Focus of material was intended for the Martian Manhunter 60th Anniversary Special, but tangents were worthy of a listen and unearthed from five hours of combined material. The interviews have been edited for time, content, consistency and quality. If you enjoyed this podcast, check out others in the Rolled Spine Network…
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| 26 Apr 2021 | Power of the Atom Podcast #611 - "Victory Day" | 00:05:48 | |
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| 19 Jun 2019 | Comic Reader Résumé #5: Full Time (January 1983) | 00:18:23 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. This episode includes World's Finest Comics #289-290, Captain America #280, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #14, Dazzler #26, Doctor Strange #58, Omega Men #1, DC Comics' The New Teen Titans in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign #1, Obnoxio the Clown #1, Starslayer #6, Uncanny X-Men #168, and Marvel Team-Up #128.
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| 30 Nov 2016 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: The Origin of Captain Comet! | 00:30:48 | |
"He was a mystery to himself! Why-- young Adam Blake wanted to know-- was he so different from other people? How did it happen that there was no one else like him in the whole wide world? Where did he really come from? Who was he? All these questions which might have unsettled an ordinary mind-- only served to whet the brain and steel the mettle of the extraordinary youth who, without knowing it, was fated to fulfill a grand and awe-inspiring destiny on Earth-- as Captain Comet-- First Man of the Future!" This episode, we explore comics' first mutant super-hero, a prototype from the Atomic Age who was a mental marvel and physical dynamo! Explore his Strange Adventures from the June 1951 cover-dated ninth issue through the twelfth, plus comparisons to 1987's Secret Origins Annual #1. You can follow along with our reading at Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine. Spill Some Blood!!!* *across social media only.
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| 01 Sep 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 013: Martian Manhunter #2 (2015) | 00:23:39 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter #2 (2015) At the start of a month long concentration of podcasts & posts related to the celebration of the debut of the Manhunter from Mars in September of 1955, Frank summarizes and critiques the second issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows! Before that though, we look at the sales numbers available on this series to date, and compare them to Cyborg #1, which is also discussed in some detail. Finally, Martian Mail, which was rich this month. We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 03 Nov 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 017: Martian Manhunter #4 (2015) | 00:15:43 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter #4 (2015) Frank summarizes and critiques the fourth issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows! Also, a deeper, angrier critique of the series and look at sales, plus a brief look at the Supergirl pilot.
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| 19 Apr 2019 | Comic Reader Résumé #0: Application (1967-1981) | 00:28:44 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
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| 12 Mar 2017 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Ballistic Sword of Azrael | 00:36:34 | |
Bloodlines: Outbreak is nearly over! Before the first quarter of the event closes, we meet ex-S.W.A.T. officer Kelvin Mao in his insectoid exoskeleton, and a new blond Batman who is never positively identified throughout the story (with the reasons for his replacement only alluded to.) Guess that means we should also look at the Batman: Sword of Azrael mini-series and do an overview of Knightfall/Knightquest/KnightsEnd to better understand what Jean-Paul Valley is doing here. I once did a wine tasting tour in the Jean-Paul Valley. That's a joke I now regret because it conjures imagery I hadn't considered before making it. Where was I again? These were not engaging stories, so I keep getting distracted, but you can follow along with 1993's Batman Annual #17 at Scans Daily and get a deeper dive on the Azrael mini-series at NOT BLOG X. Spill Some Blood!!!* *across social media only.
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| 04 Jan 2023 | Comic Reader Résumé #15: Summer Job (July - 1985) | 00:34:46 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
Back to the Future, Blue Devil, Cracked, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Lifeforce, Longshot, Mad, Marvel Age, Matt Houston, Scholastic, Secret Wars, Spider-Man, Squadron Supreme, Star Comics, Supergirl, Superman, V, Comic Reader Résumé | |||
| 05 Jul 2024 | Comic Reader Résumé 0024 (July 1986) | 00:47:45 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and
professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an
applicant for a job.
In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics
to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis
point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a
“work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively)
new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the
medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive
accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least
remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we
call back issues: books bought long after their publication date.
Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked
up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide
berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll
get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby”
spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life
(eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part
personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally
self-indulgent on my part.
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| 19 Apr 2021 | Power of the Atom Podcast #610 - "Eye of the Storm" | 00:07:07 | |
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| 11 Nov 2020 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #21: Year of the Cheetah- Priscilla Rich in The Silver Age | 00:32:40 | |
Year of the Cheetah: Priscilla Rich in The Silver Age Frank returns after a mere five months off to post an actual second episode in the same "Year of the Cheetah," featuring another guest cameo from Wonder Woman: Warrior for Peace podcast's Angela! The 2019 release of Wonder Woman 1984 is looking more like 2021, so we guess Warner Brothers plans to hold out until we at least finish covering the appearances of the original incarnation of the Cheetah. Gee, we hope it doesn't hurt their pocket money in the meantime. Our coverage includes Priscilla Rich's two published stories set on Earth-One during the Silver Age of Comics, Wonder Woman #160 & 166...
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| 06 May 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 010: The Top 10 Most Important Martian Manhunter Villains | 00:30:44 | |
Podcast: The Top 10 Most Important Martian Manhunter VillainsAs part of the sixth seasonal Super Blog Team-Up's theme of top ten lists, Frank offers an audio synopsis of the series of essays The Ten Most Important Martian Manhunter Adversaries from 2010, which has held up pretty well these past four years since nothing much ever happens to the Alien Atlas, even during a line wide reboot. The "new kid" on this particular block debuted in 1998, and how many foes of the New 52 Manhunter can you name, anyway? We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 19 Jun 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 011: Justice League Mortal (2007) | 00:08:29 | |
Podcast: Justice League Mortal (2007)A brief discussion of the unproduced JLA movie from the late aughts and a planned documentary chronicling its ill-fated course.
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| 25 Oct 2016 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #5: 75 Birthdays-- The Secret Origins of Wonder Woman | 01:38:23 | |
Podcast: 75 Birthdays-- The Secret Origins of Wonder Woman October 25, 2016 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the release date for All-American Publications' All Star Comics #8, which featured the story "Introducing Wonder Woman" by her creators William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter in her comics debut! In acknowledgement, your regular host Diabolu Frank covers a variety of different interpretations of Princess Diana of Paradise Island's origin stories from Sensation Comics #1 (1942), Wonder Woman #1 (1942), Wonder Woman #23 (1947), Wonder Woman #45 (1951), Wonder Woman #98 (1958), Wonder Woman #105 (1959), DC Special Series #19 (1979), Wonder Woman #1 (1987), and Secret Origins #6 (2014)! To break up all that information dumping and more treat this momentous occasion as a true celebration, we've also enlisted a slew of notable co-anchors to discuss a bunch of fun, accessible topics relevant to new and old fans of the Amazon Princess! Hola!
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| 13 Dec 2014 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 001: 1953 | 00:13:12 | |
Episode #1 (Original Airdate: Dec 13, 2014) The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a blog for J'Onn J'Onzz, the Manhunter from Mars, is revived in podcast form ahead of the Alien Atlas' Sixtieth Anniversary year. Acting as a prelude, this episode covers the prototype of the Sleuth from Outer Space. Meet Roh Kar, Lawman of Mars...
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| 17 Apr 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 008: 1956 | 00:21:29 | |
Podcast: 60 Years of Martian Manhunter - 1956After a hiatus of four episodes and three months, we finally return to our year-by-year overview of the Sleuth from Outer Space's early adventures, 1956 being his first full year of publication with a dozen cases to cover. Co-creator and initial writer Joe Samachson is replaced first by Dick Wood before the arrival of the longest consistent scripter of the strip, Jack Miller. Joe Certa carries on with his own lengthy run on art, here mostly on Detective John Jones as a plainclothes policeman with extraordinary powers who only occasionally runs across challenges of a truly supernormal nature.
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| 20 Nov 2024 | Terminator NOW-011 [RoboCop Versus The Terminator] | 01:41:50 | |
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| 27 Dec 2023 | Terminator NOW-001 (1984-1988) | 01:04:20 | |
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| 14 Nov 2018 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 035: Neron & The Underworld | 00:42:05 | |
On our newest episode and latest entry into a social media crossover, Best Event Ever 2018, Martian Manhunter traverses Heaven and Hell to confront the Faustian evil of Neron, the heretical arch-cherub Asmodel, and is introduced to the fallen angel Zauriel. We cover Underworld Unleashed #1-3 (1995,) Justice League Task Force #30, The Flash #127-129 (1999), Rogues Gallery, JLA #6-7 (1997), 35 (1999), & 60 (2002), and JLA: Paradise Lost, featuring creators including Mark Waid, Mark Millar, Christopher Priest, J.M. DeMatteis, Howard Porter, Angel Olivetti and more (one of whom has a brief cameo appearance here.) We also look at the 1995 card set SkyBox DC Villains: Dark Judgment and other related DC offerings. We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 26 Apr 2018 | Comic Reader Résumé #3: Temping (Summer 1982) | 00:17:14 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. This episode offers a look at my scant purchases sometimes around the summer of '82, including Batman Annual #8, Atari Force #1, 3, & 5, and a few others, as well as Remco action figures and various kid stuff. | |||
| 06 Aug 2024 | Comic Reader Résumé 0025 (August 1986) | 00:45:36 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and
professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an
applicant for a job.
In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics
to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis
point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a
“work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively)
new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the
medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive
accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least
remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we
call back issues: books bought long after their publication date.
Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked
up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide
berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll
get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby”
spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life
(eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part
personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally
self-indulgent on my part.
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| 07 Feb 2017 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #10: The Mystery of Nubia | 00:33:42 | |
By all indications, 2017 needs a podcast dedicated to Queen Hippolyta's "second," "other," "dark" daughter who debuted on November 7, 1972 in Wonder Woman #204, so we're "Introducing Nubia!" The soul sister of the Amazing Amazon went on to appearances in Wonder Woman #205-206, including a solo back-up story, plus cameos in Supergirl #9 and The Super Friends #25 before vanishing from comics entirely for twenty years (and actually closer to a quarter century if you discount a single page of one of those comics.) Despite barely escaping 1973 in comics, Nubia managed to make appearances on television and in toy form when that was an extremely rare accomplishment, and her origin has a massive impact on Wonder Woman's own. Nubia was a contender, and we argue that she still matters 45 years later on this episode!
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| 24 Oct 2024 | Terminator NOW-010 [Hunters and Killers] | 01:17:22 | |
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| 30 May 2015 | Power of the Atom Podcast #1 - "Birth of the Atom!" | 00:05:40 | |
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| 01 Apr 2016 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Outbreak | 00:36:10 | |
Almost a year after our secret trial episode during Super Blog Team-Up #6, The DC Bloodlines Podcast begins in earnest during another blog/podcast crossover, #BestEventEver, devoted to the 1993 DC Comics annuals. In that vein, Diabolu Frank spends this episode discussing the history of comic book annuals and the direct sales market leading to The Chromium Age, including "Doomsday" "Knightfall" & "The Clone Saga," before circling in on the 1993 character generating spectacles at DC and Marvel Comics. Going forward, we'll look at each of the New Blood characters approximately but not always exactly according to their order of appearance, as well as the (sometimes barely) more established super-people they're paired with on either a weekly or biweekly basis (I'm keeping my options open.) Plus, we'll keep an eye on DC's 2016 revival mini-series as that comes out... Spill Some Blood!!!* *across social media only.
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| 06 Apr 2017 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #13: Operation: Cheetah (1992) | 00:36:04 | |
Podcast-- Operation: Cheetah (1992) Finally, we're talking about the William Messner-Loebs run on Wonder Woman, the host's favorite series of Amazing Amazon adventures! Unfortunately, the transition out of George Pérez's long and well regarded run isn't the smoothest. We chart some of the bumps along the way from War of the Gods to Wonder Woman Special #1 & Wonder Woman (Vol. 2) #63. Bonus interview material read from Amazing Heroes #197 featuring Loebs, artist Jill Thompson, and editors Tom Peyer & Dan Thorsland discussing thoughts early in the run, story plans that never came about, and more! We don't have a Magic Sphere, so if you want to communicate with us about the podcast...
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| 28 Apr 2016 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Pagan and Joe Public | 00:41:19 | |
Two flavors of vigilante are covered on this episode: the brutal anti-heroine Pagan (Marian Mercer, of Batman #479) and the incompetent New Blood civic pridester Joe Spill Some Blood!!!* *across social media only.
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| 02 Aug 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 012: 2015 DC You Martian Manhunter #1 | 00:28:08 | |
Podcast: 2015 DC You Martian Manhunter #1Following a month long hiatus of any activity on the blog, Frank tries to make amends with a half-hour podcast on the debut issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows! We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 11 Dec 2024 | Terminator NOW-012 [Endgame] | 01:02:00 | |
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| 18 Jun 2020 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #20: Year of the Cheetah- Priscilla Rich in The Golden Age | 00:49:01 | |
Year of the Cheetah: Priscilla Rich in The Golden Age Frank returns after another year & a half's sabbatical to find... the Wonder Woman: Warrior for Peace podcast had returned from its own year of absence. To celebrate our both running again, Angela has an opening cameo to foreshadow her continuing appearances in a series of Cheetah-centric episodes to tide you over while Wonder Woman 1984 keeps being delayed. I bet Warner Brothers wish they'd just released the sequel back in November of 2019 as originally planned. But we're more interested in prequels today, as we travel back to the earliest stories of the original incarnation of the Cheetah. We cover every one of Priscilla Rich's published Golden Age stories set on Earth-Two, including Sensation Comics #22 & 36, Wonder Woman #6, 28, 196, & 230, Comic Cavalcade #11, Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 & 9, and DC Special #3. Most especially, we survey the Wonder Woman newspaper strip from November 20, 1944-March 30,1945, the most exhaustive and involved version of the initial Cheetah saga.
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| 07 Feb 2024 | Comic Reader Résumé Podcast #19 (February 1986) | 00:32:16 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and
professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an
applicant for a job.
In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics
to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis
point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a
“work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively)
new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the
medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive
accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least
remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we
call back issues: books bought long after their publication date.
Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked
up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide
berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll
get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby”
spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life
(eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part
personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally
self-indulgent on my part.
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| 16 Nov 2016 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Myriad! | 00:28:18 | |
This episode looks at the New Blood Myriad and the Cyborg Superman, neither of whom debuted in 1993's Superman Annual #5 (the only instance of that occurring in the Bloodlines annual event that was specifically created to introduce new characters.) Getting to know Hank Henshaw means going back to 1990 to cover Superman #42, Adventures of Superman #465 and especially Adventures of Superman #466, followed by Sasha Green's first (and technically last) appearance in Superman #77. Next we get to the actual story "Myriad!" followed by her cameo in Bloodbath Special #2 and her quasi-posthumous mentions in 1994's Action Comics #696 & 700 plus 1997's Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #7. Finally, an overview of Frank's reading of Superman comics overall, as well as the career of Hank Henshaw specifically. This one gets political, so if you're still hypersensitive about the concept of President Trump, take heed. Bonus: Our podcast's debut appearance of the most successful New Blood, Hitman! You can follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily. Spill Some Blood!!!* *across social media only.
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| 02 May 2023 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Black Lightning & Static | 01:49:37 | |
Five years later... somebody else covers Legion, because DC Bloodlines is back to Black with coverage of African-American & Latin heroes as part of a multitudinous podcasting crossover event! Julia Raul joins Diabolu Frank for an exhaustive discussion of Jefferson Pierce, A.K.A. Black Lightning, with an emphasis on his 1995 solo series (collected as Brick City Blues) and live action television show of 2018-21. Then they move on to Virgil Hawkins, of the 1993 Milestone Comics series Static (with a brisk overview of its first year) and the 2000-2004 animated show Static Shock. Finally, the two heroes team-up for 2009's "Last Time I Saw Paris" by Matt Wayne & Howard Porter from The Brave and the Bold #24. This episode's non-paying advertisers:
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| 27 Jan 2016 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 019: Martian Manhunter #5 & All-Star Section Eight #3 (2015) | 00:26:08 | |
Podcast: Martian Manhunter #5 & All-Star Section Eight #3 (2015) Frank summarizes and critiques two comedic comics: the fifth issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows, plus the Alien Atlas' cover-spotlighted appearance in All-Star Section Eight by Garth Ennis & John McCrea! We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 17 May 2017 | Amazing Heroes Interviews Episode 3: James Dale Robinson at Comicpalooza 2017 | 00:32:24 | |
Interview conducted with esteemed comic book scripter and screenwriter James Dale Robinson at The Texas International Comic Convention, Houston’s Comicpalooza, on May 14, 2017. The interview has been edited for time, content, consistency and quality.
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| 15 Aug 2022 | Power of the Atom Podcast #612 - "Bah, Humbug!" | 00:09:00 | |
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| 01 Jun 2023 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: Milestone Worlds Collide | 01:47:15 | |
Julia Raul returns to join Diabolu Frank for the finale of our JLMay 2023 / Milestone Media trilogy of episodes. Since the previous shows tended
toward paired character spotlights, we have to take a kitchen sink approach now, looking at the first year-plus of the series Blood Syndicate & Icon and the earliest Shadow Cabinet, including its launch event "Shadow War." We also return to Hardware and Static through to the intracompany event "Worlds Collide," restoring our theme and mandate by mingling in with DC's Superman Family of titles (well, the creative teams that aren't afraid to drive through the dark side of
town, anyway.) Along the way, we talk Vixen, Black Canary, Green Lantern John Stewart, Steel, and more. In case you missed it, these episodes
have covered every story from the trade paperback The Brave and the Bold: Milestone, which means it's time to visit the early issues of Xombi, including David Kim's team-up with the Crispus Allen incarnation of The Spectre from The Brave and the Bold #25 in the story "Annihilating Angel" by John Rozum & Scott Hampton.
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| 01 Jun 2017 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #14: Spirit of Truth & Justice (2001-2007) | 00:40:08 | |
Spirit of Truth & Justice (2001-2007) JLMay 2017-- The Justice maxi-series Podcast Crossover Event is over, but Frank offers a bitter little pill of an epilogue as he discusses Alex Ross' Wonder Woman work in Kingdom Come along with synopses of Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth (2001) and Justice (2005-2007). From here follow JLMay 2017 to these fantastic podcasts! Each will cover a different issue of JUSTICE and each will come out in May! And don’t forget to use the hashtag #JLMay when discussing on social media! We don't have a Magic Sphere, so if you want to communicate with us about the podcast...
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| 31 Oct 2017 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 031: Scary Monsters featuring Chris Claremont (2003) | 00:33:30 | |
Scary Monsters featuring Chris Claremont (2003) This episode, we look at the 2003 six issue mini-series JLA: Scary Monsters by Chris Claremont & Josh Hood, with a brief interview segment with the writer following the story synopsis. Gallery
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| 06 Nov 2024 | Comic Reader Résumé 0028 (November 1986) | 00:41:18 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll
get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
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| 05 Jul 2023 | Comic Reader Résumé Podcast #16 (Third Quarter - 1985) | 00:42:57 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and
professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an
applicant for a job.
In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics
to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis
point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a
“work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively)
new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the
medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive
accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least
remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we
call back issues: books bought long after their publication date.
Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked
up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide
berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll
get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby”
spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life
(eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part
personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally
self-indulgent on my part.
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| 01 Jun 2015 | Amazing Heroes Interviews Episode 1: Peter David at Comicpalooza 2015 | 00:31:02 | |
Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… Interview conducted with the beloved comic book writer and novelist Peter David at The Texas International Comic Convention, Houston’s Comicpalooza, on May 24, 2015. The interview has been edited for time, content, consistency and quality.
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| 22 Apr 2020 | The Marvel Handbook episode A9 | 00:48:33 | |
ATTUMA 🃡 AURORA 🃣 ASTRANS 🃬 BLACK WIDOW’S STING/LINE The original 1983 edition of the encyclopedic The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is discussed entry-by-entry, episode-by-episode, in a general audiences appropriate forum with Diabolu Frank and a revolving host of co-hosts, including...Attuma by Walt Simonson🗪 with Ryan Daly of Midnight… The Podcasting HourAurora by John Byrne🗩 with Sean Ross of Secret Wars & Beyond PodcastAstrans by Paty🗨 with Diabolu Frank of Diana Prince: Wonder Woman PodcastBlack Widow's Sting/Line💬 with Pekita Trotamundos of One Song Each B-Sides | |||
| 12 Apr 2021 | Power of the Atom Podcast #609 - "Behind Enemy Lines!" | 00:08:15 | |
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| 04 Jun 2022 | Comic Reader Résumé #13: The Business Year (First Quarter - 1985) | 00:23:06 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
Ambush Bug, Blue Devil, Captain America, Captain Britain, Daredevil, Dreadstar, Dune, G.I. Joe, Kitty Pryde, Moon Knight, New Teen Titans, Police Academy, Robotech, Rocket Raccoon, Sectaurs, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Wolverine, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé | |||
| 16 May 2019 | Comic Reader Résumé 4: Orientation (Fall/Winter 1982) | 00:15:01 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. This episode offers a look at my choice and dicey cuts from late '82, including Masters of the Universe #1-2, Blackhawk #252, Blade Runner #1-2, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #76, DC Comics Presents #55 and The Brave and the Bold #196. “Transcripts”
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| 24 Apr 2024 | Comic Reader Résumé Podcast Promo | 00:00:29 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
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| 02 Aug 2022 | Diana Prince Wonder Woman Podcast #22: Wonder Woman Giant 2020 | 01:58:56 | |
Not quite two years later, Frank returns with special guest Jeffrey Brown (They/Them), who has also been waiting a couple years to hear this audio. A lengthy, roaming conversation on all things Amazing Amazon, including omnibuses, animation, and action figures.We don’t have a Magic Sphere, so if you want to communicate with us about the podcast…Tweet host Diabolu Frank directly, or commune with @rolledspine as a group. You can also #WonderWomanPodcast.
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| 08 Feb 2023 | Amazing Heroes Podcast: Blackthorne Publishing's Timeline Color Comics | 01:23:39 | |
Episode #5 What if the rollout of a proposed small press full color super-heroic shared universe came out more like an Agatha Christie murder mystery? It's Ten Little Launch Titles, with a host of announced established talents across 1987-- but how many of the names will show up, which titles will actually see release, in what format, and when exactly? Diabolu Frank is on the case, and his suspects include Neal Adams, David Ammerman, Arnel Avetria, Dell Barras, Dante Barreno, Mark Beachum, Norm Breyfogle, Frank Cirocco, Sam de la Rosa, Tony DeZuniga, Jan Duursema, Dennis Francis, Dante Fuget, Mike Gustovich, Mark Wayne Harris, Phil Haxo, Doug Hazlewood, Rich Hedden, Jack Herman, Bob Ingersoll, Peter Iro, Bruce Jones, Michael William Kaluta, Joe Kubert, Victor Laszlo, Tom Mandrake, Lee Marrs, Cliff MacGillivray, Tom McWeeney, Chris Miller, Adrian Moro, Kevin Nowlan, Steve Perry, Jim Reddington, Rico Rival, P. Craig Russell, Dan Schaeffer, Greg & Terry Shoemaker, Jim Starlin, John Stephenson, Greg Swan, Danny Taver, Dan Tolentino, Albert Val, Bob Versandi, Charles Vess, B. J. Weiss, Louis Williams, & Nollie Zamora. Can you figure out the truth before we relay it?
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| 28 Mar 2021 | Power of the Atom Podcast #601 - "The Secret Origin of the Atom" | 00:05:47 | |
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| 18 May 2016 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 024: JLA Day Minus-One (1977) | 00:30:59 | |
Podcast- JLA: Day Minus-One (1977) The Manhunter from Mars offers a supplement to JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event! In the second edition of JLA: Day One Diabolu Frank discusses his (and apparently Comics Should Be Good's Brian Cronin's) favorite origin story for the team from Justice League of America #144 (July, 1977)! Another very important tale of the Sleuth from Outer Space, "The Origin of the Justice League - Minus One!" offers a prequel to the better known Silver Age story that firmly grounds the team (but especially J'onn J'onzz) in the paranoid 1950s McCarthy era America! This setting and the influence of the Steve Englehart/Dick Dillon story have permeated the Alien Atlas' modern interpretation, arguably having more impact on how the character is perceived by fans today than any comic that preceded it! We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options:
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| 23 Aug 2019 | The Coming Thing (An Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Podcast) Chapter THREE: “No Man’s Land | 00:59:48 | |
Cribbed from various internet sources: While pursuing the Swill brothers, Brisco is injured. Found by Professor Wickwire as he toured the country with his rocket, the pair end up in a supposed “ghost town” now inhabited solely by women. Meanwhile, Lord Bowler has been hired by Socrates Poole for the Westerfield Club to track down and recover a “mobile battle wagon,” stolen from the government by the Swill’s Cousin Ed. Also this episode: Bob the Goon, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Key West, and Stranger Things 3! | |||
| 03 Jan 2015 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 003: 1955 | 00:31:24 | |
Podcast: 60 Years of Martian Manhunter - 1955 Three episodes in, we finally cover the debut comics of J'Onn J'Onzz, the Manhunter from Mars. The Batman and Roy Raymond TV Detective stories from Detective Comics #225 are given brief nods before diving into a synopsis of "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" (01:46). A rather overwrought analysis of this first story of Detective John Jones (05:54) precedes coverage of the second "half" of the origin, the run-of-the-mill mostly standalone tale "The Case of the Magic Baseball" (18:46). Finally, "Martian Morphing Mail" (21:10) has already morphed away from the previous episode's audio, and is a bit livelier this round. Coming in at a stout 31:24, look for the show to lean back up again now that the heavy lifting of our subject's introduction is out of the way (and hopefully less painful voice "acting.")
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| 17 Jan 2024 | Terminator NOW-002 [1989] | 01:05:39 | |
THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. TARGETS:
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| 02 Nov 2016 | The DC Bloodlines Podcast: The Vixen is a Lady Fox | 00:39:23 | |
Finally, the DC Bloodlines Podcast reveals its greater scope than just one 1993 event, but rather a mandate to cover the under-served DCU by looking at the earliest published (and especially the unpublished) comics of what was intended to be the first super-heroine series for a character of African decent, Mari McCabe: The Vixen! We start with the aborted 1978 first issue created by Gerry Conway & Bob Oksner from the second Xeroxed collection of "Cancelled Comic Cavalcade" and the rejected early '80s "The Power Squad" proposal before her accessible comics debut in 1981's Action Comics #521 and her second team-up with Superman in 1984's DC Comics Presents #68, plus supplemental material from Back Issue Magazine #40! Spill Some Blood!!!* *across social media only.
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| 10 Jun 2020 | Amazing Heroes Podcast: 30 Years of Dick Tracy in the Modern Age | 01:04:57 | |
Episode #2 Professor Charles “Chuck” Coletta lends his pop culture expertise to a discussion of one of the most popular and influential comic strips of all time, Chester Gould’s Plainclothes Detective Dick Tracy. While Chuck & Frank give an historical overview, the emphasis is on the character’s stories since the 1990 Disney/Buena Vista Pictures film, including The Complete True Hearts and Tommy Guns Trilogy by John Moore & Kyle Baker, Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive by The Allreds & Rich Tommaso, and Dick Tracy Forever by Michael Avon Oeming. Episode Gallery | |||
| 21 Jun 2016 | The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter Podcast 027: John Ostrander & Mark Verheiden at Comicpalooza 2016 | 00:32:39 | |
Podcast- John Ostrander & Mark Verheiden at Comicpalooza 2016 Straight out of Comicpalooza - Texas' Largest Comic & Pop Culture Event comes new interviews with screenwriter/producer Mark Verheiden discussing his work on J'Onn J'Onzz and Zook in Secret Origins and Superman/Batman, then writer John Ostrander covering his three year run on the 1998 Martian Manhunter ongoing series.
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| 17 Jul 2019 | Comic Reader Résumé #6: Probation (Spring 1983) | 00:15:33 | |
ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun 1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. This episode includes Captain America #281 & 283, Avengers #231, U.S. 1 #1, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #11, Batman #359, Spider-Woman #50, DC Comics' The New Teen Titans in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign #2, Power Man and Iron Fist #193, Alpha Flight #1, All-Star Squadron #24, and The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior #3. | |||
| 14 Feb 2018 | Amazing Heroes Special: Jim Shooter interviews Jim Starlin | 01:14:34 | |
The Two Gems Panel at North Texas Comic Book Show 2018 Recorded live at the Irving Convention Center on February 11, 2018. Edited for clarity. Topics include Adam Warlock, Thanos, Bronze Age Marvel Comics, and film adaptations. If you enjoyed this podcast, check out others in the Rolled Spine Network…
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