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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 fr...

Podcast- JLA: Day One (1961) The Manhunter from Mars offers a supplement to JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event ! In the first edition of JLA: Day One (1961) Diabolu Frank discusses one of the single most important tales of the  Sleuth from Outer Space, "The Unmasking of J'Onn J'Onzz," the solo story  that made it possible for the Alien Atlas to join the JLA! We also look &...

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 Pubic Public (Nobody Cares, Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #1,) neither of whom had much of a career to speak of. Also, this is  the only Bloodlines story featuring Bruce Wayne before he had to file a  lawsuit against an u...

STEEL YOURSELF! Here is the first in what will become a recurring  instance of bifurcated broadcasting, as we not only look at the prickly  New Blood known as Edge, but also the rookie super-hero who hosted Tom  O'Brien's debut in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2, Iron  John! Well, you might not remember that short lived moniker, but surely  you know Dr. John Henry Iro...

Still not guaranteeing this show as a weekly, but since I have a bunch  of Bloodlines already about wrapped and no time to work on any other  Rolled Spine Podcasts, you get this episode less than a week after the  last (a huge improvement on the previous "annual" schedule.) The  coverage of the 1993 event begins in earnest with Lobo Annual #1,  featuring the debut of Layla...

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 "Doomsda...

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 maxi- series?  1957 offers a lot of repeats with slight variations on John Jones  stories, but also the debuts o...

Podcast: Martian Manhunter's 60th Anniversary Special Part Two (1993-2016) New York Times Program Synopsis: A special which pays tribute to The Manhunter from Mars, the least  popular co-founder of the Justice League of America and one of the  greatest hanger-on associates to pop culture heroes of all time. The  special interweaves memorable moments from J'onn J'onzz's television &n...

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 no...

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...

Podcast: John Jones in Smallville, Part 1 Beginning this episode: an irregular series of shows covering  appearances by the Sleuth from Outer Space on the WB/CW's long-lived Superboy Clark Kent developing into Superman TV show Smallville .  This initial installment looks briefly at the show's formative  development, then summarizes John Jones' cameo debut in the sixth season  e...

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. We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options: Tweet host Diabolu Frank directly, o...

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: Tweet host Diabolu Frank directly, or probe @rolledspine as a group. Email Diabolu I...

Email ⚛ Tweet ⚛ #AtomPod ⚛ Power of the Atom ⚛ Rolled Spine Podcasts The second ever adventure of Captain Atom by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko. From Charlton Comics' June 1960 cover-dated Space Adventures #34! Text version here . Email . Tweet . Comment on Power of the Atom blog. Comment on Rolled Spine Podcasts blog.

Podcast: Martian Manhunter's 60th Anniversary Special Part One (1955-1993) New York Times Program Synopsis: A special which pays tribute to The Manhunter from Mars, the least  popular co-founder of the Justice League of America and one of the  greatest hanger-on associates to pop culture heroes of all time. The  special interweaves memorable moments from J'onn J'onzz's television &n...

Podcast: Sleuth from Outer Space Semicentennial This week we discuss the only major acknowledgement of Martian  Manhunter's 50th anniversary to see print, the 2005 SDCC convention  program book, including a reading of the Mark Lucas article "Fear and  Loathing on Mars: The Long and Strange Trip of J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter  from Mars." We also searched the web for the 2006 blog p...

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 availa...

Podcast: 2015 DC You Martian Manhunter #1 Following 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! You can enjoy material discussed in this episode online and legal, such as DC Sneak Peek: Martian Manhunter (2015) Too Dangerous For A G...

⚛ Email ⚛ Tweet ⚛ #AtomPod ⚛ Power of the Atom ⚛ Rolled Spine Podcasts The Tiny Titan! By Gardner Fox, Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson! From DC Comics' November-December 1961 cover-dated Showcase #35! Text version here !

Email ⚛ Tweet ⚛ #AtomPod ⚛ Power of the Atom ⚛ Rolled Spine Podcasts The debut of the Atomic Age Action Hero! Creators Joe Gill and Steve Ditko! From Charlton Comics' March 1960 cover-dated Space Adventures #33! Text version here ! The third episode of POTAcast takes its cues from the blog and turns  over its space/numbering to co-star Captain Atom, near-identically  paralleling the anth...

Podcast: Wonder Woman '77 Special #1 After a nearly year long hiatus, the Diana Prince as the New Wonder Woman blog is revived in podcast form! Diabolu Frank spends most of the debut  episode prattling on about his lifetime experiences with the Amazing  Amazon, but wraps things up reviewing the 1970s Wonder Woman television  series' short-lived digital first comic book adaptation We...

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. We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options: Tweet host Diabolu Frank directly, or probe @rolledspine as a group. Email Diabolu If the main Idol-Head of Diabolu blog isn't your thing, try the um...

Email ⚛ Tweet ⚛ #AtomPod ⚛ Power of the Atom ⚛ Rolled Spine Podcasts The debut of Ray Palmer in his costumed identity as The Atom! ...and his first adversary! Courtesy of Gardner Fox, Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson! The second story from DC Comics' October 1961 cover-dated Showcase #34! Text version here !

Amazing Heroes Interviews 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. 00:55 Breaking into Marvel Comics 01:53 Jim Owsle...

Email ⚛ Tweet ⚛ #AtomPod ⚛ Power of the Atom ⚛ Rolled Spine Podcasts Introduction of the Silver Age Atom Ray Palmer! ...and his lady-love Jean Loring! Debut of titanic creative team Gardner Fox, Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson! From DC Comics' October 1961 cover-dated Showcase #34! Text version here !