July 19, 2026

Funny Book Forensics 446 Paint the Kingdom

1 hour 44 minutes

Greg, Dan, and special guest Travis Webb Kingdom Come #1 from 1996. Dan loves the book. Travis hates history. Greg keeps us off track. All that and we actually talk about the book on another fun podcast!

Writer: Mark Waid; Art Alex Ross; Letterer: Todd Klein; Editors: Eric Stephenson

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Timeline:

00:00 Cold Open Height Jokes
00:22 Guest Intro and Bad Future
02:22 Slamdance to Comics Detour
03:55 Bonnie Tyler Meat Loaf Musical
06:42 Meatloaf Recipes and Sonic
12:09 Back to Comics Cyberpunk Plug
13:09 Dark Knight Returns Debate
18:10 Why Kingdom Come Matters
22:18 Kingdom Come Setup and Credits
35:57 Easter Eggs Planet Krypton
45:39 Spectre Appears and Critique
53:40 Spectre Scrooge Setup
54:29 Holy Trinity Debate
55:40 Superman in Exile
57:30 Superman Hair Tangent
58:33 Ross Art Critique
01:02:48 Magog and Kansas Fallout
01:06:50 Tour of Retired Heroes
01:09:27 Batman Pages and No Hope
01:14:08 Superman Returns to Fight
01:16:03 Product of Its Time
01:28:51 Travis Projects Plug
01:31:47 Nemesis and Movie Kickstarter
01:38:37 Episode 200 and Wrap Up