DJ Comics Cavalcade

In Tales of Suspense #78, Cap and Nick Fury reunite for a bit of tough guy bromance, but not before they have to fight a chemical-spewing, sad-faced android created by an evil organization with an original name. Are you ready for... Them?

In Green Lantern #17, Gardner Fox subs for John Broome with this tale of a bespectacled spy master who disrupts Hal's chance to taste some of Carol Ferris' steak, and uncovers his identity as Green Lantern. And Tom is prompted to quote Alanis Morissette. Yes. Alanis Morissette. Deal with it.

This episode is so soapy you can do a week's worth of laundry with it. We go back to World War II to learn the secret of Cap's great love. Plus, lots and lots of repentant Nazis in Tales of Suspense #77.

In Green Lantern #16, Star Sapphire debuts and doesn't steal things in an effort to get Hal to defeat her, and Hal tells Tom "Pieface" Kalmaku how Abin Sur fought a starbursty intelligence vampire thingy with a name like a brand of luncheon meat. Plus, a scene of GL checking out Star Sapphire's posterior causes Tom to break out in a gratuitous Al Pacino impersonation.

In this episode, Batroc seems to gain a few pounds as he kicks some butt, Cap shows more of his stalkerly side as he bemoans losing a girl he met just a few minutes before, and the worst EMT ever shows his stuff, all from Tales of Suspense #76.

From Green Lantern #15, Tom Deja examines a story where, at the urging of his bowler-hatted manager, Sinestro draws Green Lantern into an insidious trap, and Hal's own absent-mindedness launches him into a new "zero hour" adventure. And I bet you didn't even know that supervillains had managers.

In this titanic episode, Tom revels in the debut of one of his favorite characters eeeeever: the Gaelic Gladiator known as Batroc the Leaper! Join him as he delights in seeing the only man who can remain cool while rocking a handlebar mustache mix it up with Captain America. Oh, and you should probably know that portions of this episodes, chronicling Tales of Suspense #75, are presented in a corny French accent. I know, but it's how Tom rolls.

It's the second part of our two-part Halloween epic, as The Phantom Stranger celebrates the debut of his own solo series by playing Mystery Machine to three men who died in a plane crash, and putting up with Dr. Thirteen's rabid rantings about him being a phony while trying to stop a mad Asian stereotype from wrecking buildings with his pet dragon-thingy.

In this episode, we celebrate Tom's favorite season by looking at Showcase #80, the first appearances in the Silver Age of The Phantom Stranger (Mystic Defender of the Terminally Stupid) and Doctor Thirteen (Terminally Jerkish Ghost-Breaker).

Green Lantern #14 sees the not-so-lame debut of Sonar (who might very well become the lamest Green Lantern villain ever), more with Sue Davis (The Woman Who Takes Romantic Advice from Lois Lane), and the grand gangster Blackstreet (who may look a touch familiar to fans of The Maltese Falcon).