Essential Issues: A DC Comics Podcast

This month was a reminder that a number of DC's characters are going through significant changes, some even more than others! If you're not a fan of retconning... brace yourself! (SEE TIME STAMPS!)

RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra March 2024, DCUI Standard August 2024,

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00:01:09 Red Hood: The Hill 0, Kneel Before Zod 2 and Batman 142 (The Joker: Year One, Part 1)!

00:22:29 Action Comics 1062, Batman 143, Green Lantern 8, Sinister Sons 1 and Wesley Dodds: The Sandman 5.

00:41:36 Batman 144, Batman/Superman: World's Finest 24, Nightwing 111, Wonder Woman 6, Jay Garrick: The Flash 5, Green Arrow 9, The Penguin 7 and Alan Scott: The Green Lantern 5!

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This month, Empathy may be The Sandman's secret weapon, while Jay Garrick & Alan Scott reveal NEW old enemies!

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RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra February 2024, DCUI Standard July 2024,

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00:01:09 DC’s How to Lose a Guy Gardner in 10 Days 1, Action Comics 1061, Green Lantern 7, Outsiders 3, & Wesley Dodds: The Sandman 4!

00:19:14 Wonder Woman 5, Jay Garrick: The Flash 4, Green Lantern: War Journal 5 & Batman/Superman: World's Finest 23!

00:40:26 Green Arrow 8, Power Girl 5, The Penguin 6 & The Flash 5!

01:02:28 Batman: Off-World 3 and Alan Scot: The Green Lantern 4!

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The culmination of Magog's origin arrives in Batman/Superman: World's Finest 22, Batman learns alien martial arts in Batman: Off-World 2 and Wonder Woman comforts (& "preaches" to?) a dying child in issue 4! In Alan Scott: Green Lantern 3 The Spectre is seemingly leveraged to suggest God approves of gay relationships. What can we learn from reading this? ALSO, Cyborg 6 fails to prove the personhood of the AI "copy" of Victor's dead father. Then, reactions to The Flash 4, Justice Society Of America 8 & The Penguin 5! FINALLY, family issues are the theme! Batman's fight against Zur-En-Arrh (now inhabiting the body of Failsafe!) intensifies and General Zod has no patience for fathering when there's a universe to conquer! Reactions to Batman 141 &

Kneel Before Zod 1!(SEE TIME STAMPS!)

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TIME STAMPS

00:01:09 Batman: Off World 2, Wonder Woman 4

00:26:56 Alan Scott: Green Lantern 3, Cyborg 6, The Flash 4, Justice Society Of America 8, The Penguin 5

01:02:17 Batman 141, Kneel Before Zod 1

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Wonder Woman might be saying interesting things about "manhood", Jay Garrick: The Flash values the traditional family, Geoff Johns unearths bonkers DC history in Justice Society and Supergirl gets weirdly competitive! (SEE TIME STAMPS!)

RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra December 2023, DCUI Standard May 2024,

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00:01:09 Batman/Catwoman: Gotham War: Scorched Earth 1, Batman 139 & Supergirl Special 1

00:16:56 Outsiders 1, Speed Force, Batman- Santa Clause: Silent Knight 2, Wesley Dodds: Sandman 2, Green Lantern 5 & The Vigil 6

00:30:41 WonderWoman 3, Jay Garrick: TheFlash 2, Justice Society of America 7

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Barry Allen & Hal Jordan Grow Up, Alan Scott changes in... OTHER ways. PLUS, Batman explores complex moral issues in Gotham & Superman becomes a victim of "Cancel Culture"!

RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra November 2023, DCUI Standard April 2024,

TIME STAMPS

00:01:09 Are Barry Allen & Hal Jordan finally growing up? Batman has some COMPLEX moral issues going on! Reactions to Batman 138, Wesley Dodds: The Sandman 1, Batman and Robin 2, World's Finest: Teen Titans 4 and Green Lantern 4!

00:14:29 The latest issue of Superman has a moment ripe for reflecting on cancel culture, Jay Garrick adjust to having a daughter and Wonder Woman faces off against the U.S. military... and Steve Trevor! Reactions to Superman 7, Wonder Woman 2 and Jay Garrick: The Flash 1.

00:30:01 Alan Scott: Green Lantern 1. Created via retcon, the gay status of Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott is not just incorporated into the story of his new series, but stands at the very center of it. I attempt to offer a biblical Christian response.

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Superman's moral compass needs fixing, Gotham's heroes are at war with each other and why surviving death by "uploading" will NEVER work! PLUS, Dawn Of DC kicks into full gear as multiple characters are being rebuilt from the ground up!

RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra October 2023, DCUI Standard March 2024,

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00:01:09 Geoff Johns may be back in his stride and Gotham's heroes are at each other's throats! Reactions to Birds Of Prey 1, Blue Beetle 1, Justice Society Of America 6, Batman 137, City Boy 4 & Shazam 3!

00:33:19 Is DC about to make the same mistake with Damian Wayne they made with Jon Kent?!? I hope not but signs don't look good... Reactions to Batman And Robin 1, World's Finest: Teen Titans 3 and Green Lantern 3!

00:44:38 Superman may need a more sophisticated moral compass! And why "uploading" our consciousness will NEVER help people survive death! Plus TONS more! Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Batman: Gargoly Of Gotham Book 1, Catwoman 57 (Gotham War, Part 3), Cyborg 3 (Why Transcendence/Eternal Life Through "Uploading" Consciousness Won't Work), Green Lantern: War Journal 1, Nightwing 106, Superman 6, The Vigil 5, Titans 3, Wonder Woman 1 [Legacy 801]

01:25:48 Dawn Of DC is ramping up their re-invention or re-establishment of characters, creating some wonderful and moving character-driven moments along the way! Penguin 2, Batman/Catwoman: Gotham War: Red Hood, The Flash 1, Green Arrow 4, Power Girl 1, Action Comics 1057

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Aqualad takes centerstage in a key moment with powerful words of wisdom... that are lacking something vital: Truth! And DC is playing with a LOT of interesting ideas, including: Hell, Anger (toward God?), compassion for criminals, re-distribution of wealth and more! See Time Stamps For More!

RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra September 2023, DCUI Standard February 2024,

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00:01:09 Superman Annual 2023 and World's Finest: Teen Titans 2!

00:10:33 Batman/Superman World's Finest 18, The Vigil 4

00:20:21 Knight Terrors: Nights End 1, Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines 1, and Action Comics Presents: Doomsday Special (2023) 1

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Adventures Of Superman: Jon Kent comes to an end! And Steelworks & City Boy seem to have very DIFFERENT opinions about the moral state of humanity! See Time Stamps For More!

RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra August 2023, DCUI Standard January 2024,

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00:01:13 Adventures Of Superman: Jon Kent 5, Steelworks 2,

00:10:43 Knight Terrors 1, World's Finest: Teen Titans 1,

00:24:12 Hawkgirl 1, Tales Of The Titans 1, The Vigil 3, & Batman/Superman: World's Finest 17

00:42:24 The Last Days Of Lex Luthor 1,

00:52:21 Adventures Of Superman: Jon Kent 6, Justice Society 5, Steelworks 3, City Boy 3

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The Future Of The Flash! A "Joyful" Green Lantern? Some interesting potential politics in the writing of Steelworks, and much, much more! Paeter speculates and also reacts to numerous comics in the Dawn Of DC initiative!

RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: Print June 2023, DCUI Ultra July 2023, DCUI Standard December 2023,

TIME STAMPS

00:01:13 Steelworks 1, The Flash 800, Knight Terrors: First Blood 1, Knight Terrors: Batman 1, Batman 136, Adventures Of Superman: Jon Kent 4, Shazam 2

00:24:34 Green Lantern 2

00:29:42 Superman 5, Titans 2, The Vigil 2, Cyborg 2, Nightwing 105, Batman/Superman: World's Finest 16

00:44:51 City Boy 2, Detective Comics 1073, Green Arrow 3,

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Dawn Of DC has new beginnings, bold choices... and mixed results! PLUS, is one Superman writer ready to re-define "Life"? Paeter speculates and also reacts to numerous comics in the Dawn Of DC initiative, covering books originally published in May 2023!

TIME STAMPS

00:01:06 Green Lantern 1, Superman: Lost 3 & "Defining Life"

00:12:16 Batman: The Brave And The Bold 1, Titans 1, Cyborg 1, Superman 4, The Flash 799, & World's Finest 15

00:31:45 Green Arrow 2, Justice Society 4,

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The Christian Geek Central Statement Of Faith can be found at: http://christiangeekcentral.blogspot.com/p/about.html Essential Issues: A DC Comics Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen. Christian Geek Central Logo created by Matthew Silber. Copyright 2023, Spirit Blade Productions. Music by Jon Adamich