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Amazing Heroes Interviews 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...

Cribbed from various internet sources: Brisco and Lord Bowler both track John Bly to Poker Flats, where  Brisco’s childhood partner, Deputy Donovan, is sheriff. While there,  Brisco meets a man, Professor Coles, who has been studying the Orb for a  long time and knows its secrets. They discover that Bly is obsessed  with locating a mysterious gold metallic orb with special powe...

The world’s favorite western/sci-fi/comedy/action cult hit rides again  on its 25th anniversary! Brisco County Jr. (Bruce Campbell) is a  tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies’ man and Harvard-educated  smarty-britches who roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws  who killed his father (R. Lee Ermey)! Hired by the attorney of a group  of powerful robber baron...

Neron & The Underworld 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 (19...

The Cheetah Unleashed: Barbara Minerva in the Post-Crisis DC Universe rank returns after a year's sabbatical to find... most of the other  Amazing Amazon comics podcasters have podfaded and the movie sequel  pushed back seven months to 2020? Perhaps now more than ever, the world  is waiting for a Barbara Minerva / The Cheetah III podcast! This episode  covers nearly every Cheet...

Podcast- Martian Manhunter: Rebirth Audio adaptation of a couple of blog posts with my hot takes on the newly announced 2018 Martian Manhunter maxi-series (scheduled to run as long as the previous so-called "ongoing series") by Steve Orlando and Riley Rossmo.  We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options: Tweet host Diabolu Frank directly, or probe @roll...

Podcast- Dial H For Hero: Silver Age Part Two (1967-2000) This episode wraps our belated coverage of JLMay2018 with the second  halves of both the Silver Age event and Robby Reed's adventures in House of Mystery ,  as well as following the H-Dial across several additional decades of  wielders. Writer Mark Waid makes a couple of cameo appearances, as  well... We enjoy dialogue o...

Podcast- JLMay 2018: Silver Age Part One (2000) JLMay 2018-- Silver Age (2000) Podcast Crossover Event Agamemno reaches Earth as the incredible event begins! Gathering some of  the JLA's greatest foes --- Lex Luthor, Sinestro, the Penguin,  Catwoman, Mr. Element, Dr. Light, Chronos, Black Manta, and Felix Faust  --- to help him in his plan to conquer the Earth, Agamemno switches the...

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....

After nearly a year since the last episode... we're still doing random  one-off spotlights rather than actually talking about the Bloodlines  event. Richard Drakunovski was a bullied white boy who trained to become  a world class martial artist under the Asian O-Sensei and/or an  African-American man named Benjamin Stanley and/or Ben Turner, depending  on what continuity w...

Amazing Heroes Interviews Interview conducted with his holiness Jim Starlin at NTX Comic Book  Show in Irving, Texas on Sunday, February 11, 2018. The interview has  been edited for time, content, consistency and quality. Additional  extensive context discussion between Diabolu Frank & Mister Fixit  also edited into the episode. 03:03 Lord Papal vs. Thanos / Parochial Schoo...

The Two Gems Panel at North Texas Comic Book Show 2018 Amazing Heroes Interviews 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… The Marvel Super Heroes Podcast DC Bloodlines Podcasts Dian...

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. Library Abel Carmody Carmody’s Folly Kishana Lewis Gallery 2012 Martian Manhunter vs. the Scary Monsters Comicpalooza Commission by Austin “Redbeard” Rogers 2012 K...

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...

Noble Pyrates All This episode, Frank covers the first major arc of the William Messner-Loebs run, "Exile in Space," which ran in Wonder Woman vol. 2 (1987 series) #66-71 (1992-1993.) Since nobody actually refers  to the "Space Pirates" story by that name, we'll use the story title  from #69 instead. This is one of Frank's favorite legends of the Amazing  Amazon, featuring art by Pa...

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 Go...

The Darkness Within (1992) Eclipso and The White Magician are the focus of our newest episode and latest entry into a social media crossover, Best Event Ever 2017 . Besides the William Messner-Loebs scripted Wonder Woman Annual #3, we also see Princess Diana in Justice League America Annual #6, The Adventures of Superman Annual #4, and Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 plus the Justice League cartoo...

The show returns as part of a multi-blog/podcast crossover covering the 1992 DC Annual event Eclipso: The Darkness Within by offering a detailed account of the first three decades of the  villain's career derived from numerous print and online sources. Created  by Bob Haney and Lee Elias in 1963, Eclipso appeared in House of Secrets for 19 issues before moving on to guest roles in Justic...

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 differen...

Amazing Heroes Interviews 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. 01:20 The Silver Age with Howard Chaykin: An Outline 06:33 Wildstorm Homage 15:44 Justice League of Ameri...

JLMay 2017: Justice & Liberty JLMay 2017-- The Justice maxi-series (2006) Podcast Crossover Event reaches chapter three, as Diabolu Frank offers a dramatic reading, which carries over into coverage of JLA: Secret Origins (2002), JLA: Liberty and Justice (2003), a smidge of Kingdom Come and more! We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options: Tweet host Dia...

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. 02:13 Doctor Strange and The Defenders 06:29 The Son of Satan & Hellcat 11:21 Captain America 14:05 Patsy Walker 15:49 The Gar...

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...

Podcast: Who is Wonder Woman? (2006-2007) This episode we look at the first four issues and only annual from the 2006 volume of Wonder Woman ,  written by film co-screenwriter Allan Heinberg and drawn by Terry &  Rachel Dodson. Introducing Agent Diana Prince of the Department of  Metahuman Affairs and featuring every Wonger Girl, as well as a slew of  other heroes in cameos...

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...