Explicit (a few swears scattered throughout) and content warning (brief mentions of death by suicide and attempted sexual assault)

This isn't a podcast—it's an operating table, and we're the surgeons!

This time, we revisit one of our most controversial episodes (okay, pretty much our only "controversial" episode) with the first installment of a two-part, in-depth reexamination of Frank Miller's 1986 landmark miniseries Batman: The Dark Knight Returns!

Does this paradigm-shifting, game-changing series hold up to scrutiny nearly 40 years since its publication? And what are its chances of finally gaining entry into that Home for the Emotionally Troubled known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

· Howard Chaykin's American Flagg

· Buy-ins you have to make when reading a Batman comic

· What's the deal with the Mutant gang?

· Curt gets something off his chest

· Late Night With the Devil

· Aard Labor, Tom Ewing's breakdown of Cerebus, on Freaky Trigger

· Christine by Stephen King

· The unique terror of calling girls back in the landline era

Join us in two weeks as we conclude this two-part look back and once again render judgment on The Dark Knight Returns!

Until then:Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook, Bluesky or The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter!

And as always, thanks for listening!