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JSA #58 / Hawkman #25 (2004) Apologies for the delay but here it is — the final chapter in our #JSApril stint as we cover the final two installments of the “Black Reign” story arc! First in JSA, we suffer a few unintentional casualties on the heel side, Doctor Fate gets trapped in suburbia and Brainwave Jr. Jr. Jr. has actual brain WORMS in his head and they’re…friendly, sort of? Then in HAWKMAN,...

JSA #57 / Hawkman #24 (2004) It’s a double dose of #JSApril this week as we double up the conversation on the next two installments of the “Black Reign” story arc! In JSA, the team makes its way to Kahndaq, having to use air travel as opposed to magic travel because Nabu’s being REAL cranky these days. Along the way, Power Girl calls Hawkman an ass, Black Adam bifurcates thru the JSA transport and...

Hawkman #23 (2004) #JSApril continues to chug along as we jump over to HAWKMAN for the next installment of the “Black Reign” arc! Before it all goes to hell, the JSA are in St. Roch aka Earth-One New Orleans for honor Hawkman on his presumed birthday. The JSA is wild in the streets as Power Girl endures a fortune telling, Wildcat plays pocket pool, Doctor Mid-Nite threatens to drown a man with his...

JSA #56 (2004) Welcome to #JSApril! Worst Collection Ever is proud to participate in this celebration of JSA content by delivering our wicked takes on Geoff Johns’s “Black Reign” saga! This issue plays out more like the first act of a promsing action flick, with Black Adam recruiting a crew of disenchanted, mayhem-seeking folks to help him liberate his home country of Kahndaq. We got the assassin...

GUY GARDNER: WARRIOR #0 (1994) It is our first podcast guest in a LONG time as Shawn's brother -- the mighty Brian Marek -- joins us to talk about pivotal (to Shawn and Brian at least) 90’s comic GUY GARDNER: WARRIOR. It is the Zero Hour issue that reboots Guy as a descendant of a race of peace-keeping aliens who have been traveling the cosmos in a quest to create the perfect, well, warrior. This...

DIAL H FOR HERO from Superboy #39 (1983) Something a bit different this week as we revisit a backup story from Superboy [vol 2] featuring the Dial H For Hero crew! The Dial H stuff is pretty boring and lame to be honest but there’s some fun stuff to talk about. We got lead boy Chris’s dad living in an Al Bundy simulacrum, Turkish cigarette preferences, larceny and ill-advised attempts at bus magic...

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering: Ep9 / 10: THE MAIN MAN — PARTS 1 & 2 (Airdates: 11/9/96 & 11/16/96) Join us as we discuss topics such as: Is it Speweege or Spooj? Clark is a sick man Lobo eats rebar the long way The origins of Superman’s alien menagerie/zoo Gas Babes Gone Wild! *** EPISODE DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:54...

Defenders #45 (1977) It’s a Defenders Gender Battle as the Red Rajah saga comes to close! Doctor Strange, all red-gemmed up as the Red Rajah, wants mankind as his universal think tank and he’s starting with Manhattan. He’s got the boy Defenders under his control so its up to the girl Defenders to save NYC (and humanity pretty much). Also, Red Guardian goes full Gwen Stefani with her outfit, Hellca...

Defenders #44 (1977) Man, the Incredible Hulk can be an incredible pain in the ass sometimes. Presently apoplectic that Doctor Strange, the only solution is for the rest of the Defenders to track him down. Unbeknownst to them, Doctor Strange is now the Red Rajah, an entity focused on bringing Manhattan together as one big think tank whether they want to or not! We also got Valkyrie’s ex-husband st...

Defenders #43 (1977) The fun times keep rolling along for Marvel’s favorite non-team as the Cobalt Man’s about to explode and all the Hulk wants to do is punch the radioactive villain in the face. Thankfully, Knighthawk (who is still shirtless) has a better solution.  We also have Egghead unleashing his lethal egg-based offense with surprisingly efficient results, Luke Cage yeeting an agitate...

Taking a deviation in our Defenders coverage to bring you a [R]OHOTMU featuring one of the prominent villains, Solarr! Solarr, as discussed last week, is a mutant with the power to harness energy from the sun and use it for crime and other stuff. Plus, he’s gotten a few upgrades over the years thanks to Egghead. Oh, and he’s also died twice. His first death comes at the hands of El Segundo’s hotte...

Defenders #42 (1976) Oh man….the Defenders are back on WCE, baby! This is a wacky arc (as most Defenders books tend to feature) where Doctor Strange gets transfixed by a mystical ruby like he’s Kevin Garnett in UNCUT GEMS. He also gets super ageist towards his friend’s courier and skips out on the Defenders while they fend off Cobalt Man. We also got Egghead stealing an ENTIRE NASA space station,...

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering: STOLEN MEMORIES (Airdate: 11/2/96) Join us as we discuss topics such as: Lois Lane doppelgängers Lex’s DUKES OF HAZZARD DVD collection Old Man levitation Leftover BvS rage (there’s always more) Superman Hates Robots Part 1,000,000 *** EPISODE DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:17:12 *** Also, we comment on...

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #33 (2024) We have reached the finale of the “Darkness Falls” here in WORLD’S FINEST. All Bruce Gordon wanted to was to create a literal Sun City. Unfortunately, Eclipso has ruined it all and now the world’s is in chaos. You got Robin slinging Doctor Fate magic, the Atom performing brain surgery and million-dollar GRE words getting dropped left and right. How will i...

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #32 (2024) It is the continuation of the Eclipso/Word’s Finest arc as the crap really hits the fan because both Superman AND Batman have been Eclipsified! The Watchtower is in pieces, Red Tornado’s all screwed up and the rest of the Justice League is trapped in a purple jewel in the middle of the Sahara. And the worst thing is that Eclipso now has Batman’s dark web...

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #31 (2024) Trying out some of the NEW comics this week as we discuss the latest iteration of WORLD’S FINEST!  It’s time to watch the eclipse from the JLA Watchtower! Superman’s got his Dippin’ Dots, Batman’s got a dumb look on his face and about half of the JLA is possessed by Eclipso. It’s all because Bruce Gordon doesn’t know how to use Dr. Light’s Rolodex Gu...

Something a bit different to start off the year as Shawn and Jen talk about some new comic book pick-ups and as well as some recent shopping experiences at 2nd & Charles and Hero Headquarters here in Denver. Join us as we chat about: Renee Montoya as Vampire Hunter D in the new QUESTION limited series Jen’s dread headed into Tom King’s BATMAN Underwhelming WEST COAST AVENGERS VOL 4 What to loo...

Superboy [vol 2] #39 (1983) It’s the Superboy Holiday Special!!! Starring….Superboy! Clark’s Sweet Plaid Winter Overcoat! Pollution! Earth-39 Apocalyptic Children Wearing Basketball Shorts and Brandishing Spears! Christmas Cuckolding! And from Peaches & Herb…Herb! Superboy has this friend, Bash Bashford, and Bash is pretty sour over the holiday. So, like any normal teenager, Superboy wraps his...

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering: THE WAY OF ALL FLESH (Airdate: 10/19/96) Join us as we discuss topics such as: LEX’S FREAK ISLAND~!~!~! Clark gooning over exotic diseases Metallo’s most European of outfits Superman rides a bike Metallica joins the DCAU?!? *** PROPER EPISODE DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:11:37 *** Also, we chat about...

Captain America #320 (1986) We’ve reached the end of all this Scourge business — for now — as Cap gets his hands on *one* of the Scourges. This is all thanks to wearing a freshly-murdered man’s outfit and lying to the media. There’s also an old-fashioned origin story here for the Scourge involving classic Westerns and Mission: Impossible masks. Plus, we have some comments on all the conveniently-p...

Amazing Spider-Man #278 (1986) Carrying on with Scourge-related content, we jet over to THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to find that Scourge is in NYC listening to Don Imus and getting ready to hunt down the newly framed for being Hobgoblin, Flash Thompson. But don’t worry because Spider-Man has a police station men’s room-centric plan to ensure Flash’s safety. Also, we recount the story of poor Brian DeWo...

Captain America #319 (1986) It is time for the fireworks factory folks! This is the issue of Captain America where a bunch of random-ass villains get eliminated from existence by the Scourge of the Underworld. Sadly, even after all this, still no one knows who Hellrazor is. Other stuff happens as well including Cap meeting future paramour Diamondback for the first time and it gets real spicy, REAL...

There’s a bit of a hiccup in our schedule so it’s time for another round of HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT…. but at least it fits in with the current Captain America story we are working with. This week, we find out what the deal is with professional wrestler/super-villain LETHA. As it turns out, Letha broke into the business via a sort of Fabulous Moolah operation and ends up in Rikers because of some mark...

Captain America #318 (1986) It’s true — we have now entered Captain America’s Guy Fieri phase as he travels the USA, not for “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” but more “Diners, Drive-Ins and CRIMES!” He’s putzing around in a windowless van like he’s in BLACK PHONE or something, showing off his Wakandan road technology.  He runs into Blue Streak, the roller-skate based villain that goes it alone...

It is time for another [HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT…. segment as Shawn goes it solo to explain the history and general existence of an arbitrary Marvel Comics character (circa 1986). This week we see what the deal is with Marvel’s resident Jesus Christ cosplayer AQUARIAN! For some reason, Marvel decided to give this guy a carbon copy of Superman’s origin, exploding planets and what not. He’s also be...