Podcast- JLA: Day Minus-One (1977)

The Manhunter from Mars offers a supplement to JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event! In the second edition of JLA: Day One Diabolu Frank discusses his (and apparently Comics Should Be Good's Brian Cronin's) favorite origin story for the team from  Justice League of America #144 (July, 1977)!  Another very important tale of the Sleuth from Outer Space, "The Origin  of the Justice League - Minus One!" offers a prequel to the better  known Silver Age story that firmly grounds the team (but especially  J'onn J'onzz) in the paranoid 1950s McCarthy era America! This setting  and the influence of the Steve Englehart/Dick Dillon story have  permeated the Alien Atlas' modern interpretation, arguably having more  impact on how the character is perceived by fans today than any comic  that preceded it!

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Podcast- JLA: Day One (1961)

The Manhunter from Mars offers a supplement to JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event! In the first edition of JLA: Day One (1961) Diabolu Frank discusses one of the single most important tales of the  Sleuth from Outer Space, "The Unmasking of J'Onn J'Onzz," the solo story  that made it possible for the Alien Atlas to join the JLA! We also look  at the first version of the team's origin from Justice League of America #9 (February, 1962) with extensive critical commentary on the early years of the team and key revisions such as 1988's Secret Origins #32!

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Two flavors of vigilante are covered on this episode: the brutal anti-heroine Pagan (Marian Mercer, of Batman #479) and the incompetent New Blood civic pridester Joe Pubic Public (Nobody Cares, Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #1,) neither of whom had much of a career to speak of. Also, this is  the only Bloodlines story featuring Bruce Wayne before he had to file a  lawsuit against an unlicensed chiropractor from Santa Prisca. You can  follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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STEEL YOURSELF! Here is the first in what will become a recurring  instance of bifurcated broadcasting, as we not only look at the prickly  New Blood known as Edge, but also the rookie super-hero who hosted Tom  O'Brien's debut in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2, Iron  John! Well, you might not remember that short lived moniker, but surely  you know Dr. John Henry Irons, the armored engineer who stood as part of  the titular quartet from the epic storyline "Reign of the Supermen" who  briefly replaced the Last Son of Krypton following his presumed death  at the bony hands of Doomsday. We'll cover Steel's earliest career from  his cameo in Adventures of Superman #500 through his star turn in Superman: The Man of Steel #22-24, as well as an overview of his role in the DC Universe. You can follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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Still not guaranteeing this show as a weekly, but since I have a bunch  of Bloodlines already about wrapped and no time to work on any other  Rolled Spine Podcasts, you get this episode less than a week after the  last (a huge improvement on the previous "annual" schedule.) The  coverage of the 1993 event begins in earnest with Lobo Annual #1,  featuring the debut of Layla, the tougher than nails L.E.G.I.O.N. agent  with 'tude to spare! Not only can you follow along with most of her  origin story via Scans Daily, but also her key appearance in Lobo's Big Babe Spring Break Special.  Frank didn't find the latter until locking down this episode, and it  both completely contradicted a chunk of your host's assessment of  Layla's career and reaffirmed that the character's brief history is  probably too toxic for to be of much concern anyway.

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Almost a year after our secret trial episode during Super Blog Team-Up #6, The DC Bloodlines Podcast begins in earnest during another blog/podcast crossover, #BestEventEver,  devoted to the 1993 DC Comics annuals. In that vein, Diabolu Frank  spends this episode discussing the history of comic book annuals and the  direct sales market leading to The Chromium Age, including "Doomsday"  "Knightfall" & "The Clone Saga," before circling in on the 1993  character generating spectacles at DC and Marvel Comics. Going forward,  we'll look at each of the New Blood characters approximately but not  always exactly according to their order of appearance, as well as the  (sometimes barely) more established super-people they're paired with on  either a weekly or biweekly basis (I'm keeping my options open.) Plus,  we'll keep an eye on DC's 2016 revival mini-series as that comes out...

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Podcast: 60 Years of Martian Manhunter - 1957

After nearly a year, you'd be forgiven for thinking we were covering our  retrospective of John Jones' publication history in real time. Blame  our coverage of the current but increasingly finite ongoing Martian Manhunter maxi-series?  1957 offers a lot of repeats with slight variations on John Jones  stories, but also the debuts of pretty probationary policewoman Diane  Meade and TOR, Robot Criminal from Mars! Also, we look at the Sleuth  from Outer Space's international publication history, which started  quite early in Mexico and Australia, the latter proving the Martian  Detective his first ever cover appearance (a phenomena well known to  Aquaman, who turned up on lots of foreign editions in original  illustrations before fronting a book in his native country.) Also, ads  for our friend podcasts, Pulp 2 Pixel's Secret Sagas of the Multiverse and Count Drunkula's The Power of Fishnets. Please stick around to rank the Detective Comics stories from 1955-1957...

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Podcast: Martian Manhunter #6 (2016)

Frank summarizes and critiques the sixth issue of the "DC You" Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows, plus we catch up on a backlog of mail.

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Podcast: Martian Manhunter #5  & All-Star Section Eight #3 (2015)

Frank summarizes and critiques two comedic comics: the fifth issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows, plus the Alien Atlas'  cover-spotlighted appearance in All-Star Section Eight by Garth Ennis  & John McCrea!

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