The twelfth episode of our DC SECRET FILES podcast — the show that dares to tackle DC Comics’ greatest creations in encyclopedic form! Each episode, Frank will be joined by a special guest, in this case, veteran blogger & podcrasher Martin Gray, of Too Dangerous For A Girl, to cover characters and concepts from across DC’s history. Our discussion of the given property will be married to a piece of original art commissioned by DC to spotlight the same. This time around, we chat about 2004’s DC Comics Presents: Hawkman #1, by Cary Bates & John Byrne and Kurt Busiek & Walter Simonson; and DC Comics Presents: The Atom #1, by Dave Gibbons & Pat Olliffe and Mark Waid & Dan Jurgens, as well as a host of other talents. Plus we cover YOUR feedback!

1. D.E.O. Report [0:00:58]
2. Cover Story: Hawkman [0:02:51]
3. [Silver Age] Hawkman (JLA-Z) art by José Luis García-López [0:16:47]
4. [Silver Age] Hawkwoman (JLA-Z) art by Sal Velluto & Bob Almond [0:30:49]
5. Cover Story: The Atom [0:45:42]
6. The Atom (JLA-Z) art by Mike Wieringo & Karl Kesel [0:49:30]
7. Dr. Light Profile Page art by Rags Morales [1:06:24]
8. Hawkman in “Visitors Day” by Bates, Byrne, Stucker, & Co. [1:22:10]
9. Chronos (JLA-Z) art by Peter Pachoumis & Aaron Sowd [1:31:20]
10. Shadow-Thief Profile Page art by Richard Case [1:42:16]
11. Hawkman in “Love in the Air”” by Busiek, Simonson, Wiacek & Co. [1:51:30]
12. [Silver Age] Zatanna (JLA-Z) art by Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr. [1:54:29]
13. The Gentleman Ghost Profile Page art by Bryan Talbot [2:10:02]
14. The Atom in “Ride a Deadly Grenade!” by Gibbons, Olliffe, Livesay, & Co. [2:26:09]
15. Animal Man (DC Cosmic Cards) art by Tom Mandrake [2:32:02]
16. Deadman Profile Page art by Anthony Williams [2:46:33]
17. The Atom in “Ride a Deadly Grenade!” by Waid, Jurgens, Jon Bogdanove, & Co. [2:58:23]
18. Confidential Communiqués [3:08:05]

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