This issue we slip into the fourth episode of DocMas, our 12 issues of Christmas! 

Intro music by Aaron Barry

Sponsored by Great Lakes Grooming Co.

 

Prescribed Viewing from Issue #30:

Batman (1989)

Batman Returns (1992)

Man of Steel (2013)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

 

Prescribed Reading from Issue #30:

The New 52: Futures End #0 – The debut issue of this weekly series brought Terry McGinnis, aka Batman Beyond, into the main DC continuity

Wonder Woman vol. 2 #219 – Wonder Woman snaps the neck of Maxwell Lord, killing him, to free Superman from his mental domination

 

SHOW NOTES (courtesy of Josh Gill)   Scott Kolins set to return to The Flash in 2018

• http://www.dccomics.com/talent/scott-kolins
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kolins
• War of the Green Lanterns
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/War_of_the_Green_Lanterns
• Blue Beetle - The More Things Change
• • http://www.dccomics.com/comics/blue-beetle-2016/blue-beetle-vol-1-the-more-things-change
  • https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Beetle-Vol-Rebirth-Universe/dp/1401268684

Did the ’89 Batman movie make as much of an impact on you as it did me, while looking back, it didn’t quite hold up.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)
• http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_(1989_Movie)
• Batman the Animated Series
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_(1992_TV_Series)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Animated_Series
• Tim Burton
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Tim_Burton
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton
• Batman Returns
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_Returns_(Movie)
• Edward Scissorhands
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Scissorhands
• Switchfoot
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchfoot
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Shirley

If Dave Gibbons asked you which DC character he could draw for you, who would you pick?

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gibbons
• http://www.dccomics.com/talent/dave-gibbons
• Watchmen
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen
  • http://watchmen.wikia.com/wiki/Watchmen_Wiki
• Ragman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ragman
• The Question
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Vic_Sage
• Charlton Comics
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Charlton_Comics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Comics
• Green Lantern: Recharge
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Corps:_Recharge
• Raan-Thanagar War
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Rann-Thanagar_War
• Sinestro Corps War
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Sinestro_Corps_War
• Wonder Woman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman

Thoughts on the New 52?  Are you enjoying the DCEU at all?  Strengths and weaknesses?

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_52
• http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/The_New_52
• Continuity issues
• • https://www.newsarama.com/22305-dc-s-top-10-new-52-continuity-switcheroos.html
  • https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-dcs-new-52-got-right-and-what-it-got-wrong-1756495268
• Forever Evil
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Forever_Evil
• Rebirth
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Rebirth
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Rebirth
• Issue 13
• • http://doctordcpodcast.ca/episodes/issue-13-the-dceu-w-chad-smith/
• Man of Steel
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Man_of_Steel_(Movie)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Steel_(film)
• Future’s End
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Futures_End
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_52:_Futures_End
• Batman V Superman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_v_Superman%3A_Dawn_of_Justice
• Suicide Squad
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Suicide_Squad_(Movie)

You often touch on the fact that Oliver Queen’s politics lean a little to the left.  If you had to assign political views to each member of the JL, how would they fall?

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum
• https://www.quora.com/What-political-party-would-members-of-the-Justice-League-be
• http://www.cracked.com/funny-8505-justice-league-politics/
• Superman
• • Center-left
• Batman
• • Facist
• Aquaman
• • Center-right
  • Trides
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Atlantis
• Wonder Woman
• • Left
• Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
• • Center Right
• Martian Manhunter
• • Left/Center-Left
• The Flash
• • Hard left
• Cyborg
• • Left