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Heroes Con 2016 - Part 4 0:00 Intro 2:01 Day 3 of Heroes Con - even more back issue bin diving, a couple more panels, where I ate, leaving the show 17:41 Crime Panel - a Q&A with a number of writers and artists of crime comics on what they like to include in the comics they create and see in the comics they read 32:10 Bitch Planet Panel - a fan event for fans of the sci-fi, prison exploitation comic known as Bitch Planet 37:14 driving home from Charlotte plus final thoughts on Heroes Con 2016 49:00 Outro Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon [50:18] - - - - -

Heroes Con 2016 - Part 3 0:00 Intro 1:59 Day 2 of Heroes Con - picking up commissions, going to panels, talking to people, more back issue bin diving, what I ate, where I ate 31:20 Spotlight on Steranko Panel - Jim Steranko tells stories about his life in and outside of comics 42:23 Romance Comics Panel - a discussion of the origins and early days of romance comics 51:19 Creatures Imagined and Real Mega-Panel - a pair of discussion about creating (fictional) and drawing (real) creatures, in between which there is a presentation about the history of funny animal comics 1:09:27 Outro Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon [1:13:43] - - - - -

Heroes Con 2016 - Part 2 0:00 Intro 1:53 Day 1 of Heroes Con - back issue bin diving plus people I met (Tim and Jon O'Briant, Brian Smith, Cory Levine, Luke Foster, Klaus, Daniel Warren Johnson, Greathouse, Adam and Shawn Daughhetee) 40:50 Ren & Stimpy Panel - a look back at a classic cartoon with one of it's co-creators, Bob Camp 51:37 Comic Reprints Panel - a discussion of how and why comic strips and comic books do (and don't) get reprinted in book form 1:04:26 Outro Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon [64:49] - - - - -

Heroes Con 2016 - Part 1 0:00 Intro 1:53 The road trip from DC to Charlotte - where I stopped, what I ate, what past podcasts I listened to, etc. 23:47 Outro Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon [24:34] - - - - -

The Great Darkness Saga - Part 5 0:00 Intro 1:22 Additional Notes (Part 1) - Letters Pages, Legion Elections, Leaders and Lovers, Editor's Notes 10:07 Legion of Super-Heroes 293 - While the Legion battles his servants, the Master of Darkness travels to Daxam to recruit some new servants 20:46 Legion of Super-Heroes 294 - The Legion gets some unexpected help from an old foe of the Master of Darkness 46:07 Additional Notes (Part 2) - Legion Elections, Corrections 47:32 Outro Cover Art: Legion of Super-Heroes 294 by Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt [48:34] - - - - -

Astro City - Part 1 0:00 What I've Been Watching - Daredevil, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Teen Titans 2:26 Intro 5:08 Astro City 1 - In Dreams - A day in the life of Samaritan, one of Astro City's greatest superheroes 11:39 Astro City 2 - The Scoop - In his first week on the job, reporter Elliott Mills witnesses a battle between The Honor Guard and the minions of Shirak the Devourer in a subway tunnel beneath Astro City 21:04 Astro City 3 - A Little Knowledge - A small-time crook learns of a big time secret and tries using the information to improve his standing in the Astro City 24:18 Astro City 4 - Safeguards - A pivotal day in the life of Marta, an accounting clerk, who lives in Shadow Hill but works in downtown Astro City 32:01 Astro City 5 - Reconnaissance - An alien secretly observes the superheroes of a Astro City 34:27 Astro City 6 - Dinner at Eight - Two of Astro City's greatest heroes reluctantly take a break from fighting crime 44:25 Final Thoughts - more Dinner at Eight, Back Issue Spotlight 14, Brent Anderson 51:56 Outro Cover Art: Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1995) 4 by Alex Ross [52:53] - - - - -

Tribute to Joe Kubert - The world of comics lost one of its

legendary creators in 2012 with the death of Joe Kubert. Three

graduates of the Kubert School (Thom Zahler, Tim Truman, Tom Raney)

plus two of his coworkers at DC Comics (Paul Levitz, Bob

Greenberger) discuss their memories of of Kubert, mostly as a

teacher and mentor

Baltimore Comic Con 2012 - 09/09/12 - [56:44] - Download

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JLU Season 3 - Part 10:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow - quick and spoiler-free thoughts about the show as a whole2:05 Intro4:16 Ep 1: I Am Legion - Gorilla Grodd convinces Lex Luthor to join his newly formed "Legion of Doom" and lead a raid on Blackhawk Island20:53 Notes - Blackhawk, War Wheel25:58 Ep 2: Shadow of the Hawk - Shayera investigates some ancient Egyptian artifacts which seem to be of Thanagarian origin36:14 Ep 3: Chaos at the Earth's Core - After their plane crashed Green Lantern, Stargirl, Supergirl, and STRIPE find themseleves stuck in Skartaris42:23 Ep 4: To Another Shore - A fight breaks out between the Justice League and the Legion of Doom over a frozen Viking Prince54:51 Notes - Viking Prince57:06 OutroCover Art: JLU - To Another Shore[58:08] - - - - -

Silver Age Nick Fury0:00 Daredevil Season 2 - quick and spoiler-free thoughts about the first three episodes2:22 Intro4:08 Sgt Fury 1 & 3 - Sgt Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos tackle a couple of suicide missions behind enemy lines11:07 Fantastic Four 21 - Col Nick Fury (of the CIA) teams up with the FF to battle the Hate Monger20:00 Sgt Fury 13 - Sgt Fury teams up with Captain America to prevent a Nazi invasion of England31:04 Tales of Suspense 78 - Captain America gets a visit from his partner-in-arms from World War II, Col Nick Fury (of SHIELD)41:15 Notes - OSS (in the real world and at DC Comics), Howard Chaykin46:22 OutroCover Art: Sgt Fury 13 by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone and Tales of Suspense 78 by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia[47:17] - - - - -

History of Censorship in Comics - Alex Cox of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and Fred Van Lente (comic book writer and historian) discuss the origins and examples of censorship in comic books in addition to the ongoing struggle to protect artists and retailers from laws that seek to penalize them for creating and selling comic books Baltimore Comic Con 2012 - 09/08/12 - [1:03:27] -