Pandora's Longbox: A New 52 Podcast

How much do you like the X-Men? Hopefully a lot, because Teen Titans volume 1 is a 90s X-Men comic by another name. Join us as we discuss a book that worked surprisingly well for us, some weird art, a zany cast, and an author with a long history of offensive behavior. Current rankings: Resurrection Man Supergirl Batman Justice League Justice League Dark Next week: Batwing volume 1, The Lost Kingdo...

This week, we are reading Supergirl volume 1, a pretty normal and enjoyable comic book that still manages to produce some spirited and passionate debate about where it goes in the rankings (including two members completely fumbling their position). The show may never be the same again! Join us next week for what may be the episode to really kill us, Teen Titans volume 1: It's Our Right To Figh...

The Wheel giveth, and this week, the Wheel taketh away. Join us for a real down read in Justice League Dark by Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin, a book in which virtually nothing happens across its 6 issues. The highs and lows of the New 52 era, manifest. Current rankings: Resurrection Man by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Fernando Dagnino Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Justice League by Geo...

The Wheel delivers us our first big surprise in Resurrection Man: Dead Again, by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Fernando Dagnino. Unlike anything we've yet read in this show, Resurrection Man quickly establishes itself as a lost opportunity in this brave era of DC Comics, and we are here to celebrate and make the best of what we got. No spoilers for where it lands on the ranking, but we think you c...

This week on Pandora's Longbox, the wheel decided to keep us on the mainstream track with Batman: The Court of Owls, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Arguably the most successful series of this era, join us as we try to get a sense of what works in this introductory arc, and what drags on and on, with some surprising division in the panel's takes! Introducing our final gimmick: an absolute rankin...

In our first episode of our first season, we read Justice League volume 1: Origin! Written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Jim Lee, this is the first arc of the New 52 continuity, no better place to start. Join us for our discussion about how nothing actually happens in this comic, and how this comic is a poor introduction to the iconic superteam. Also introduced: our Wheel, which determines what book...

You can't discuss The New 52 without discussing Flashpoint, the extremely popular and enduring DC Comics event that ended DC's long running post-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity and started The New 52 continuity. This is the first episode we recorded, so it's a longer, bumpier road than our normal weekly episodes. Feel free to skip this if you aren't a DC Comics sicko, but we had a great time...