Legion of Substitute Podcasters

The Subs are joined by esteemed Legion artist Greg Larocque. Greg shares his early fandom of the Legion, and their inspiration Superboy, and gives insight into his career in comics, including his long runs on Legion and Flash, and the process of bringing comic book characters to life on the page. A big thanks to Erik Matthews for making this interview possible!

It’s a full house this week, as Darren and Paul are joined by *gasp* Scott, whose containment suit was finally fixed, as well as Tales From the Longbox’s Murray Fox! The guys dig into Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes Convergence #2. The Atomic Knights, led by Rick Grimes… er, Gardner Grayle aren’t backing down, and they figure they can mess with Superboy and the Legio...

It’s time for the holidays! Darren and Paul enjoy a viewing of A Christmas Story. You’ll Put Your Eye Out! Merry Christmas, and a Happy Holiday to all!

While Matt and Scott are off in deep space, Darren and Paul are joined by Erik Matthews and Comic Timing’s Ian Levenstein for a free ranging conversation that includes a virtual tour of the new DC offices in Burbank, the perils of hamster ownership, and why Ian won’t be first in line for Batman V Superman.

The Subs celebrate 6 years of podcasting by doing what they do best: Talking about comics and going off on tangents! Thanks to all of those that have followed us from the beginning, as well as those who have joined us along the way!

The Subs dig into issue two of Karate Kid, when Major Disaster shows up ready to destroy the United Nations, with ONE thing standing in his way: A Super Karate practitioner known as Val Armorr!

The Subs talk about the upcoming Legion Leader Election, then it’s into Action Comics #384, Lament for a Legionnaire, as we meet Mon-El’s descendant, Eltro Gand. Then it’s a look into fandom, at the Legion Outpost, where we learn a theory that would one day become a controversial Legion story, which leads into that very story, from Legion of Super Heroes V4, issue 4. As if Mon-El’s mind wasn...

For their 200th episode, The Subs are joined by Brian Nixon and Darren Goodheart for a discussion of who the best Legion Leaders were, and who they’d like to see lead the team. Also, Brian has compiled an exhaustive list of the Drinking Game rules, as well as a ton of other LoSP fun facts.

The Subs welcome Matt back from deep space as they dig into the eleventh issues of Legion Lost and Legion of Super Heroes. They watch as the time lost legionnaires deal with Timber Wolf’s injuries, and fight the Metamericans, while back in the 31st century, Star Boy leads a renegade rescue team to save Brainy .

The Subs take a look at Adventure Comics 377, where the Legion save lives only when they get paid. Then they get their nerd on to discuss a number of comic book movies, past and present, and future. Be forewarned: it gets ranty!

Darren, Scott and Paul follow last issues battle brackets with The Wanderers and watch as Chameleon Boy finds himself on another planet where he is in much peril. While he would like to have as much peril as he could get, his teammates are ready to do whatever they can to save him.

The Subs take a look at Adventure Comics 375, in which Bouncing Boy is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. The Legion meets The Wanderers and enter into a strange sports bracket with an empty glove!

The Subs take a look at the Legion’s first battle with the Taurus Gang in Mission Diabolical, from Adventure Comics 374.

The Subs check out Legion of Super Heroes 303, and celebrate the return of the beautiful, but deadly Emerald Eye of Ekron, as well as its owner, the Emerald Empress. All this, and Supergirl shows us why Crisis 7 was such a big deal. As Sun Boy would say “Mmrbl grrf grrmble!”

The Subs are joined by former Legion editor, writer, and PhD in Legionology, Mark Waid. Mark tells us all about his beginnings in Legion fandom, and his experiences editing and writing the Legion.

The Subs are joined by Murray Fox of the Doom Podtrol, the always awesome Stewart MacWilliam, aka WetRats, as well as a mystery guest. With such a full house, it only makes sense that they cover as many issues as possible, so first, you’ll hear thoughts on Adventure Comics #516, Legion of Super Heroes #3 and issues 34 and 35 of The Brave and the Bold, featuring, respectively, The Doom Patrol...

Paul Levitz joins the Subs for an in depth discussion of Legion of Super Heroes #1.  Then keep listening to learn more about what’s coming up in Adventure Comics, and Legion of Super Heroes as Paul discusses his very busy schedule, some thoughts on the digital revolution, and the advantages of playing baseball at superspeed.

In this episode, Darren, Matt, Scott and Paul interview once and Future Legion of Super Heroes writer Paul Levitz. They talk about his past runs on the Legion and the JSA, his upcoming runs on Legion of Super Heroes and Adventure Comics, and how to really put together a great comic room. Check it out as the guys try to hold it together and not ask the question: Remember that time when you had the...

In this episode, Darren, Matt, Scott and Paul review Adventure Comics 338 and 339. The Legion battles the Time Trapper at last! After all this waiting, we learn that the Time Trapper was Snidely Whiplash in this timeline. We also meet Glorith, who will become a much more important character later on. Then it’s on to the Menace of Beast Boy, with more space animal escapes than you can poke a Durlan...

Darren, Matt and Paul prove that the drinking game is in effect as they deal with The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion and then meet up with The Bizarro Legion. Traitors and Space Zoos abound, so don’t listen and operate heavy machinery! Join in on the fun as we review Adventure Comics 328 and 329!

Matt, Darren and Paul take on issues 323 and 324 of Adventure Comics, to face the 8 Impossible Tasks and The Heroes of Lallor! Do we get some insight into The Empire Strikes Back? Does Duplicate Boy’s costume make Element Lad look tough? You decide!

In this episode, with Ric on a mission in deep space and Matt carried off by an invisible falcon (we knew there could be trouble at the zoo!!!), Darren and Paul talk about the latest Legion news and rumours. In addition, they’ll tak about various DCU books, including Flash: Rebirth, talk about what a spoiler actually is, and dig into The Legion’s Suicide Squad.

The Subs celebrate 6 months of podcasting with a look at Sun Boy channelling his inner Captain Bligh in The Mutiny of the Legionnaires, Elastic Lad Jimmy and his Legion Romances. Witness Lucy Lane. She’s far worse than Iris West ever was!

In this episode, Darren, Matt and Paul get all constitutional and precogntitive at the same time. Adventure 317 and the Legion Constitution. Also, the Subs look at their own Constitution, the Legion of Substitute Podcasters Drinking Game… or is that Constitutional? This one has it all… Legion Traitors, Legionnaire Robots and Listener Feedback. Take a drink and see the future, it’s all right here f...

Matt, Darren and Paul list their Top 5 Legion Romances, as we see Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy begin their relationship. If only he weren’t such a dirty criminal… or is he? Also, one of the Substitute Heroes has a chance to join the big team. Which one will it be? All this and Listener Feedback too? What more could you need? How about a link to Tom vs. The Flash ? Now your Monday is complete!