Whelmed : the Young Justice files

Today in the Watchtower we welcome Loren Peterson. Loren is a comic and animation fan, as well as being the Gamemaster of the brilliant Actual Play Podcast, Heroes of Halcyon City from Nerds on a Roll. Loren and his players have created a deeply engaging story using Masks: A New Generation that has both cracked me up and brought me to tears, and I'm honored to have him on the show. Thanks to every...

Hello team! Welcome to Comic Commentary and our discussion of Issues #7-8. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so grab some tissues and let's get to it! Producer's note: The Stickarounds: Normal teenagers who don't do very much! The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:19 Mission Briefing – 2:07 Feeling the Aster – 5:57 Artistic License: 29:28 Ru...

Today in the Watchtower we welcome Kaitlin Fox and Noel Shiri. Kaitlin and Noel are co-hosts of the Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play podcast, Dames and Dragons. Kaitlin is the character artist for the show, as well as pursuing a BFA in Creative Writing. Noel is the music composer and editor of the show and owes a life-debt to Kaitlin, acting as servant and sidekick in all things, including guesting...

Today in the Watchtower we welcome Sofia Soderstrand. Sofia is the moderator of the One Shot Podcasts Wiki and a huge supporter of the podcast community, including us. A few weeks ago, Sofia and I got in a discussion that, as many geeky conversations do, quickly evolved into something I wanted to bring to the show. https://medium.com/@norafblake/trans-formed-aee38ebd76bf https://www.twitter.com/Sk...

Hello team! Welcome to Comic Commentary and our discussion of Issues #5-6. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so grab some tissues and let's get to it! Producer's note: Always tell a friend when going on unsanctioned missions! The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:27 Mission Briefing – 2:22 Feeling the Aster – 10:30 Artistic License: 59:11 Ni...

Hello team! Welcome to Comic Commentary and our discussion of Issues #3-4. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so grab some tissues and let's get to it! Producer's note: Always tell a friend when going on unsanctioned missions! The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:23 Mission Briefing – 2:03 Feeling the Aster – 4:13 Artistic License: 18:26 The...

Hello Team! Welcome to our latest Intel Update where we take a look back 100 episodes and a year of being a  podcast. Thank you all so much for supporting us, and interacting with us. As always, stay whelmed.

Hello team! Welcome to Comic Commentary and our discussion of Issue #1-2. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so grab some tissues and let's get to it! Producer's note: Monkeys WERE harmed in the making of these issues. The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:25 Mission Briefing – 2:21 Feeling the Aster – 6:38 Artistic License: 16:07 Brave and t...

Hello team! Welcome to Comic Commentary and our discussion of Issue #0. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so grab some tissues and let's get to it! Producer's note: Who doesn't shop at Forever 16!? The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:20 Mission Briefing – 1:55 Feeling the Aster - 5:00 Artistic License: 17:08 Understanding Comics by Scott M...

Welcome to the Watchtower and welcome also to our ninth instalment of "Secret Origins". In this series we will be diving into the history of the main characters in Young Justice, heroes, supporting cast, and even the villains. Today we wrap up our coverage of the core Season 1 Team members by covering the Dakota City hero and key player in the Season 1 finale, Rocket. Many of the Dakota City heroe...

Today we celebrate the penultimate member of the first season Team and fan-favorite, Zatanna Zatara. Justice League of America 161-166 https://tinyurl.com/ybn6fpxn   And even though Season 3 has been official announced, please continue to spread the word to friends and family about the series, #BuyYJcomicsonComixology, and get yourself up to speed for the S3 premiere. As always, stay whelmed, ever...

Today we celebrate Young Justice's second oldest sidekick, Roy Harper, aka: Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal. Issues #85-86 of Green Lantern/Green Arrow https://tinyurl.com/yaudmrhg https://tinyurl.com/ybcxbl88   Arsenal #1-4 https://tinyurl.com/y9sb2a92 And even though Season 3 has been official announced, please continue to spread the word to friends and family about the series, #BuyYJcomicsonComixology...

Hello Team, welcome to the Watchtower, and welcome to the blooper reel for Season 2. It's me Neal, Producer Neal, that future spaceman whose voice you occasionally hear and that guy the Team references. As you can imagine, not everything goes quite as smoothly as the finished product that heads out into your ears each week. So rather than let those wonderful moments go to waste, here are some of t...

Today in the Watchtower, I'm honored to have one of my podcasting heroes - The Caleb G's favorite co-host, Michael Ross. Michael is the founder of the multi-ENnie-nominated, RPG Academy Network, that offers a wide range of gaming-related shows including industry discussions, trials of new systems, Actual Play one-shots such as the breathtaking "Legend of the Five Rings", and series like "Swallows...

Today in the Cave, I'd like to welcome Nick Favia. Nick is one of the cast of the Chaotically Neutral podcast, a recently-released Masks Roleplaying Game Actual Play where Nick plays, Nexus, the protege to his older brother, Sentinel. Chaotically Neutral shines a spotlight on teen supers interaction within the framework of a super-powered high school. Nick of course is also a fan of Young Justice...

Hello team. Welcome back to our Secret Origins series of bonus episodes where we discuss specific characters and their backgrounds in both DC and Young Justice. Please remember that these episodes cover the entirety of Young Justice and spoilers are fair game. Today we celebrate Young Justice's third oldest sidekick, Kid Flash - that's right, there's another YJ sidekick younger than Dick, but olde...

Today in the Cave, I'm honored to have James Introcaso with us. James is a Gold ENnie winning game designer and the co-founder of the Don't Split the Podcast Network, which includes shows such as Tabletop Babble, DSPN Presents, Game o' Clock, and the incredible actual play podcast, the Venture Maidens. James is also the co-creator and co-star of the comedy radio drama, Have Spellbook will Travel....

Today in the Cave, we have Part 2 of our first returning guest. Kris Newton, along with his wife, Katrina, host the Gameable Saturday Morning podcast. We recently had Kris on the show to talk about roleplaying games, Saturday morning cartoons, and more. So much more, actually, that we invited Kris back on the show to talk about some of the many things we ended up talking about off-mic! Tune in to...

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 44 and our discussion of S02E20 – Endgame. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so grab some tissues and let's get to it! Producer's note: Today is indeed the day. The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 2:35 Mission Briefing – 3:56 Feeling the Aster - 12:38 Canary Debrief/Fan Service: 1:00:23 As always, thanks for li...

Today in the Cave, we have our first returning guest. Kris Newton, along with his wife, Katrina, host the Gameable Saturday Morning podcast. We recently had Kris on the show to talk about roleplaying games, Saturday morning cartoons, and more. So much more, actually, that we invited Kris back on the show to talk about some of the many things we ended up talking about off-mic! Tune in to hear Rich...

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 40 and our discussion of S02E19 – Summit. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it! Producer's note: How did we get here!? Such a crazy wonderful ride! The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:20 Mission Briefing – 2:03 Feeling the Aster - 7:31 Canary Debrief – 34:09 Crashing the Mode – 38:25 to 41:57...

Today in the Cave, we have novelist, Geeks Worldwide Columnist, and host of the Who Would Win podcast, Jay Sandlin. Who Would Win is a debate podcast focusing on the burning questions we all have, like who would win in a fight between Cyborg vs Ultron, and recently had Tamsen McDonough from the brilliant series, Killjoys, on to join the conversation. Jay also happens to be a Young Justice fan! Tun...

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 40 and our discussion of S02E18 – Intervention. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it! Producer's note: Nothing like a 1930's radio drama to get you in the mood for Young Justice! The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:23 Mission Briefing – 2:25 Feeling the Aster - 6:46 Canary Debrief – 26:10 Cras...

Today in the Cave, we have the host of the Plus 1 Forward, Comic Strip AP, and Gauntlet Podcasts, Rich Rogers. Rich is as close as you can get to a professional Game Master, having run over 150 game sessions so far this year. He is an expert on systems like Masks, that use the Apocalypse engine, and he also happens to be Young Justice fan! Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and li...

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 40 and our discussion of S02E17 – The Hunt. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it! Producer's note: How much war could a war world war if a war world could war war!? The episode segments are as follows: Hello Megan - 1:16 Mission Briefing – 2:13 Feeling the Aster - 6:24 Canary Debrief – 17:29 Crashing the Mode...