Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

By popular demand!  In the first poll-winning re-upload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) learn that war is hell (and strange!) when they read and discuss Weird War Tales #6 from 1972.  This special book was a request by good friend Deron Murphree who cites this as his first comic book, and was actually the final installment to originally be a segment on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast!

From this point on, our Treadmillers would break off and go solo... and it's during this very episode that you can listen to their "Request Rules"... which were abandoned almost immediately, so disregard them when you hear 'em!  Imagine the Cosmic Treadmill only discussing a single comic every (other) week... p'shaw!

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Thanks to Deron Murphree for the request!

You can get a hold of us at [email protected]

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POLL RESULT:

Weird War Tales #6 (1972) - 42%

Plastic Man #1 (1943) - 29%

Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore - 29%

31 Votes Total... which is about 29 more than we hoped for/expected!  Thanks everyone for voting!

Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #96 (November 6, 2016)

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For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com

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For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com - Currently featuring pictoral evidence of EVERY (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the enigmatic Monitor!

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Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill

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Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's most convenient! New episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill drop every Sunday morning. Weird Comics History releases sporadically on Tuesdays. Re-uploads of "classic" episodes hit every Thursday morning (at least until we run out of 'em!)

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TAGS: Weird War Tales, 1970's, 1972, Bronze Age Comics, Joe Kubert, Bob Haney, Alex Toth

Greetings, fellow classmates! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) travel to a fantastic oblong planet created by Mark Crilley in Akiko on the Planet Smoo, published by Sirius Comics in 1995! After some information about Mark, they go through the very first one-shot issue in detail. Then they clue into the long-running and much-beloved Akiko series as a whole and give a brief history of Manga, concentrating on its infiltration of the U.S. market. Our travelers list a few other young comic book adventurers, and close out the episode with some listener correspondence! It's such a good episode, you'll think it was done by Chris and Reggie's replacement robots.

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Thanks again to Bobbie Bain for the suggestion!

Find Mark Crilley Online!

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Memorial Day, 2011.  It's reported that DC Comics is rebooting their universe and going forward under the branding "The New-52!"  Do you remember where you were when you heard the news?  Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) do!  This week's classic reupload is their discussion of The New-52!, their feelings on hearing the news, what they felt worked... and what didn't!  Don't worry, this isn't a total DC-chat, Marvel wasn't going to let them get away with bombarding the shops with new #1's... that's their gig!  Our semi-recentstorians also discuss Marvel rebooting their last remaining Silver-Age "legacy numbered" title, Uncanny X-Men.  They wrap up their conversation by discussing the passing of industry legend, Dwayne McDuffie.

Also, Did you know:  DC Comics didn't officially drop from the Comics Code Authority until 2011?  Neither did Archie!

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Have any memories of the year 2011?  Is it too soon to be nostalgic?  Let us know!

You can get a hold of us at [email protected]

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This originally aired in lieu of a Young Animal Segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #112 (February 26, 2017)

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For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com

For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com - Currently featuring pictoral evidence of EVERY (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the enigmatic Monitor!

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Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill

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Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's most convenient! New episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill drop every Sunday morning. Weird Comics History releases sporadically on Tuesdays. Re-uploads of "classic" episodes (like this one!) hit every Thursday morning (at least until we run out of 'em!)

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TAGS: 2011, Real Comics History, DC Comics, The New-52!, Marvel Comics, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men: Schism, X-Men: Regenesis, Jim Lee, Geoff Johns, Dan Didio, Dwayne McDuffie, Milestone Comics, Flashpoint, Brightest Day, reboot, relaunch, comic books, comics code authority

This week, we who are about to die Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out an offbeat Marvel comic from 1986, Strikeforce: Morituri #1 by Peter B. Gillis, Brent Anderson, and Whilce Portacio! After the usual biographical information, they look at the origins of the phrase "morituri" and when it became part of popular culture. Then, our time-travelers dive into a dystopian future where the world is under constant threat of alien attack, and is protected by...Joe Piscopo. After some discussion about potential adaptations of this property that never were, Chris tells a story about the eerie parallels between this series and his real life at the time that he read it. All that, plus a crack at the listener mailbag! You won't want to miss this trip into a dark and strangely-dressed future!

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For this week's "classic" upload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) belly up to the bar at their favorite watering hole... Warriors!  Along the way we'll meet a veritable Who's Who in the DC Universe (see what we did there?) and keep our fingers crossed that no party crashers show up to trash the place!  Either way, it's gonna be a good time... so check it out!

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You can get a hold of us at [email protected]

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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #89 (September 18, 2016)

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For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com

For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com - Currently featuring pictoral evidence of EVERY (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the enigmatic Monitor!

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Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill

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Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's most convenient! New episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill drop every Sunday morning. Weird Comics History releases sporadically on Tuesdays. Re-uploads of "classic" episodes (like this one!) hit every Thursday morning (at least until we run out of 'em!)

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TAGS: Guy Gardner Warrior, Green Lantern, gimmick covers, DC Comics, 1995, 1990's, Warrior's Bar, Lobo, DC Universe, Blood Pack, Superman, Gatefold