This issue we breeze into the third episode of DocMas, our 12 issues of Christmas! We talk about desert island comics, ideal creative teams, and what movies we want in the DCEU!

Intro music by Aaron Barry

Sponsored by Great Lakes Grooming Co.

 

Prescribed Reading from Issue #29:

Animal Man vol. 2 #12-18 / Swamp Thing vol. 5 #12-18 & Annual #1 / Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. vol. 1 #13-15 – The “Rotworld” arc which saw Animal Man and Swamp Thing, the Avatars of the Red and the Green, respectively, join forces against Anton Arcane and The Black

Superman For All Seasons – This four issue miniseries takes the perspective of four different characters relevant and close to the life of Superman

The Killing Joke – Alan Moore’s acclaimed and problematic graphic novel which explores a potential origin of the Joker and infamously crippled Barbara Gordon

Superman: Red Son – In this Elseworld story, Superman crash lands in the USSR and is raised under the principles of the Soviet Union

Blackest Night – This eight issue event series, and its tie-ins, chronicles the rise of the Black Lantern Corps, which reanimate the dead in order to exterminate all emotion (and therefore life) in the universe

Final Crisis #6 – The Tattooed Man, usually a criminal, is made an honorary member of the Justice League in order to help fight Darkseid’s Justifiers

Green Lantern vol. 5 #48-49 – Hal Jordan faces off against the New 52 version of Sonar, a classic Green Lantern villain

 

SHOW NOTES (courtesy of Josh Gill)   Shazam adds Jack Dylan Grazier

• https://www.cbr.com/shazam-jack-dylan-grazer-freddy/

Other than the already slated heroes, which characters do you think they will add to the DCEU roster after Green Lantern?

• Green Arrow/Black Canary
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Arrow_(Oliver_Queen)
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Dinah_Laurel_Lance_(New_Earth)
  • https://www.cbr.com/green-arrow-and-black-canary-a-rocky-love-affair/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Arrow_and_Black_Canary
• Ragman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ragman
• Legion of Superheroes
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes
• Swamp Thing
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Swamp_Thing
• Guillermo del Toro’s JL Dark
• • http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/12/04/guillermo-del-toro-justice-league-dark-comic-book-movie/

Who would you pair to write/draw a Doctor Fate/Swamp Thing mini series and why is it Jeff Lemire?

• http://www.dccomics.com/talent/jeff-lemire
• http://jefflemire.blogspot.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lemire
• Jeff Lemire’s New 52 Animal Man
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_Man:_The_Hunt
• Jeff Lemire’s JL United
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Justice_League_United_Vol_1
• J.M. DeMatteis
• • http://www.dccomics.com/talent/jm-dematteis
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._DeMatteis

Ragman greater than Sagman?

• Ragman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ragman

Do you have a go-to book that is your definitive story?

• Superman for All Seasons
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman_for_All_Seasons_Vol_1
  • https://www.amazon.com/Superman-All-Seasons-Jeph-Loeb/dp/1563895293
• The Killing Joke
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman%3A_The_Killing_Joke
  • https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Killing-Deluxe-Alan-Moore/dp/1401216676
• Superman: Red Son
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman:_Red_Son
  • https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Red-Son-Mark-Millar/dp/1401201911
• Blackest Night
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Blackest_Night
  • https://www.amazon.com/Blackest-Night-Geoff-Johns/dp/1401229530/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513342322&sr=1-2&keywords=blackest+night
• The Prophet (novel)
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophet_(book)
  • https://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Borzoi-Book-Kahlil-Gibran/dp/0394404289

Geoff Johns did quite a bit with Star Sapphire, Black Hand, Sinestro, Hector Hammond, etc., what character(s) from the Silver Age GL’s rogue gallery would you bring back?

• http://www.dccomics.com/talent/geoff-johns
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Johns
• Tattooed Man
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Tattooed_Man
• Shark
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Shark
• Sonar
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Sonar
• Dr. Polaris
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Polaris
• Evil Star
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Evil_Star