This episode looks at Nik Mayak, a New Blood with extraordinary body  regeneration powers, supplemented by great agility and uncanny accuracy  with blowing blades. Debuting in 1993's Green Lantern Annual #2, we give an overview of the rest of his career in Eclipso Annual #1 & Bloodbath #1-2,  the Blood Pack mini-series, Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 & 39, Deathstroke the Terminator #49, Infinite Crisis #7, Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3D #1-2, and finally 2010's Adventure Comics #4-5. You can follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

The Guardians of the Universe chose Hal Jordan to be their Emerald  Gladiator for Space Sector 2814, wielder of a Power Ring that could  create jade energy constructs limited only by the bearer's willpower and  a necessary impurity that rendered it ineffective against anything  colored yellow. However, the day would come when Hal Jordan would  falter, and on that day his successor would rise to command the energies  derived from the Master Power Battery on Oa, and that man's name was  John Stewart...

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Podcast: The Ironically Iconic Wonder Woman

This episode, Frank offers a rebuttal to Brigit McCone's "Unpopular Opinions" week article for the site B**** Flicks,  which took the character of Wonder Woman to task for the "revolutionary  banalities" of her "male-authored feminism," especially within the  context of the 1970s TV show.

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This episode, we explore comics' first mutant super-hero, a prototype  from the Atomic Age who was a mental marvel and physical dynamo! Explore  his Strange Adventures from the June 1951 cover-dated ninth issue through the twelfth, plus comparisons to 1987's Secret Origins Annual #1. You can follow along with our reading at Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine.

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Podcast: The Second Coming of Robert Kanigher

This episode we look at the brief return of writer/editor Robert  Kanigher to the Wonder Woman series following a campaign by Gloria  Steinem to return the Amazing Amazon to her roots. Kanigher decided what  that meant was that he could recycle his own decades old scripts, so we  get to simultaneously cover 1973's Wonder Woman #207-208, but also the original presentations from Wonder Woman #37 (September-October 1949) #33 (January-February 1949) and #55  (September-October 1952) of "The Riddle Of The Chinese Mummy Case!" "The  Four Dooms" and "The Chessmen of Doom" by Robert Kanigher, Harry G.  Peter, Ric Estrada & Vince Colletta.

This episode looks at the New Blood Myriad and the Cyborg Superman, neither of whom debuted in 1993's Superman Annual #5 (the only instance of that occurring in the Bloodlines annual event  that was specifically created to introduce new characters.) Getting to  know Hank Henshaw means going back to 1990 to cover Superman #42, Adventures of Superman #465 and especially Adventures of Superman #466, followed by Sasha Green's first (and technically last) appearance in Superman #77. Next we get to the actual story "Myriad!" followed by her cameo in Bloodbath Special #2 and her quasi-posthumous mentions in 1994's Action Comics #696 & 700 plus 1997's Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #7. Finally, an overview of Frank's reading of Superman comics overall,  as well as the career of Hank Henshaw specifically. This one gets  political, so if you're still hypersensitive about the concept of  President Trump, take heed. Bonus: Our podcast's debut appearance of the  most successful New Blood, Hitman! You can follow along with our  reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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Podcast: The 2016 Wonder Woman Trailers

This episode Frank looks at the teaser and first full trailers released for the 2017 feature film starring Gal Gadot.

Finally, the DC Bloodlines Podcast reveals its greater scope than just  one 1993 event, but rather a mandate to cover the under-served DCU by  looking at the earliest published (and especially the unpublished)  comics of what was intended to be the first super-heroine series for a  character of African decent, Mari McCabe: The Vixen! We start with the  aborted 1978 first issue created by Gerry Conway & Bob Oksner from  the second Xeroxed collection of "Cancelled Comic Cavalcade" and the rejected early '80s "The Power Squad" proposal before her accessible comics debut in 1981's Action Comics #521 and her second team-up with Superman in 1984's DC Comics Presents #68, plus supplemental material from Back Issue Magazine #40!

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Podcast: 75 Birthdays-- The Secret Origins of Wonder Woman

October 25, 2016 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the release date for All-American Publications' All Star Comics #8, which featured the story "Introducing Wonder Woman" by her creators  William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter in her comics debut! In  acknowledgement, your regular host Diabolu Frank covers a variety of  different interpretations of Princess Diana of Paradise Island's origin  stories from Sensation Comics #1 (1942), Wonder Woman #1 (1942), Wonder Woman #23 (1947), Wonder Woman #45 (1951), Wonder Woman #98 (1958), Wonder Woman #105 (1959), DC Special Series #19 (1979), Wonder Woman #1 (1987), and  Secret Origins #6 (2014)! To break up all that information dumping and more treat this  momentous occasion as a true celebration, we've also enlisted a slew of  notable co-anchors to discuss a bunch of fun, accessible topics  relevant to new and old fans of the Amazon Princess! Hola!

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Sigh. It's time to deal with Courtney Mason, the heroine of The New Titans Annual #9 and her own sixteen issue series, Anima (we cover the first two issues.) Created by novelists Elizabeth Hand  & Paul Witcover, Anima was one of the highest profile and powerful  New Bloods, but also one of the most painful to actually read. Hope the  riot grrrl soundtrack helps us get through this one. You can follow  along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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