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In this episode, Tom examines the retelling of Captain America's origin story from Tales of Suspense #63, the beginning of the brief retro-Golden Age period of the series.

A devious reporter threatens to expose Bruce and Terry ("Sneak Peek"), Batman teams with Stalker to save the world from a biological threat ("Plague"), Terry must balance the responsibilities of parenthood with crime fighting ("The Eggbaby"), a doctor is duped into drastically modifying the bodies of four thugs ("April Moon") and a young boy turns to vigilantism in order to get his father's attention ("Payback").

In this episode of Dread Media, Darryll stops by to review two realistic nail-biters: the adaptation of the novel Red, and a cinema verite creeper by the name of Home Movie. Hear some talk about the past year and the year to come as far as Dread Media is concerned, two in-depth reviews and tunes galore: "Seeing Red" by Killing Joke, "Revenge" by Black Flag, "Family" by John Zorn and "Whenever We Come Back" by Breaking the Jar. Support our sponsors at www.horror-mall.com and www.fright-rags.com. You have another month to use the DREAD10 coupon code to save 10% off your entire order at Fright Rags, so get on it and show your support for Dread Media. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

In the two weeks since the last episode of Bigger on the Inside aired, there have been some major happenings in the world of Doctor Who. Not only has the Christmas special "The Next Doctor" aired in the UK, but the BBC has revealed the identity of the actor who'll play the 11th Doctor starting in 2010! Beyond that, the guys review the six-part serial "The Keys of Marinus," and Mike has a theory about Professor River Song.

In this episode, covering Green Lantern #2, Green Lantern encounters The Weaponers of Qward - the first in a long line of introductions that build the Lantern Corps legend. Oh, and Hal Jordan continually calls an Inuit mechanic "Pieface" while searching for a lost mine. Well, that first story with the Weaponers is really cool.

This time around Dan and Mike discuss a letter to a lost love (Spider-Man: Blue), a world-changing event (Secret Invasion) and a world born too soon (Marvel 1602).

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick celebrates the return of Darryll as they ring in the New Year with two bikersploitation flicks. Desmond and Darryll gush over Stone, the lost classic Australian biker epic. Then they deride the less-than-classic non-film Hell Ride. (Why do some great directors only ever make one film, and then Quentin Tarantino goes and puts his name on any old thing?) Some rockin' road tunes for you this week: "Stone Cold Crazy" by Metallica, "Riders of Doom" by Crom, "Hellrider" by Judas Priest and "Road Rats" by Alice Cooper. Happy New Year! You've still got time to take advantage of a 10% discount at fright-rags.com by using the coupon code DREAD10. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

In Tales of Suspense #62, Captain America is hired to put on a demonstration of his fighting prowess just so evil men can attack. Wait a minute! At least it's got a villain with a face far smaller than its head.

Having covered the 1966 and 1989 Batman films, James, Ian and Mike are back to discuss the next movie in the Batman franchise: Batman Returns! Steady yourself for three hours of girlish giggling, historical references and potential head trauma. Oh, and there's a movie review mixed in there, too.

Commissioner Gordon hunts down Batman for the apparent murder of Mad Stan ("Eyewitness"), a robot assassin is loose in Gotham City ("Zeta"), fearful parents are sending their teens off to a nightmarish reformatory ("The Last Resort"), Curare is back in town ("Final Cut") and an out-of-work arms developer makes life hectic for Batman ("Armory").