This issue we trudge into the sixth episode of DocMas, our 12 issues of Christmas!

Intro music by Aaron Barry

Sponsored by Great Lakes Grooming Co.

 

Prescribed Reading from Issue #32:

House of Secrets vol. 1 #92 – The 1st appearance of Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing vol. 2 #21 – The Floronic Man discovers that Swamp Thing is not truly a mutated Alec Holland, but rather plant life that believes itself to have been a man

American Vampire – A new breed of vampire is created in the American Old West which is immune to sunlight

Preacher – A Texas preacher is possessed by a spirit born of an angel and a demon, granting him the power to dominate the minds of those who can hear and understand him

Wonder Woman vol. 5 #11 – The reveal that Wonder Woman has never truly returned to Themyscira

 

SHOW NOTES (courtesy of Josh Gill)   Christopher Priest Brings Justice League’s New Arc

• http://observer.com/2017/12/writer-christopher-priest-on-his-first-justice-league-comic-for-dc/
• https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/12/06/priest-justice-league-arc-lost-people-vs-justice-league/

  Why is the first issue of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing run the greatest single issue of a comic ever?

• https://www.amazon.com/Swamp-Thing-Vol-Saga/dp/0930289226
• http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Swamp_Thing_Vol_2_20
• Alan Moore
• • http://www.dccomics.com/talent/alan-moore
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
• The best single issue of Swamp Thing is the first appearance of Swamp Thing
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/House_of_Secrets_Vol_1_92
• Len Wein
• • http://www.dccomics.com/talent/len-wein
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Wein

Is there any other Vertigo properties that you’d like to see get folded into the DCU?

• Todd McFarlane
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_McFarlane
  • https://mcfarlane.com/
• Image Comics
• • https://imagecomics.com/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Comics
  • http://imagecomics.wikia.com/wiki/Image_Comics_Database
• Hellblazer
• • http://vertigo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Constantine
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/John_Constantine_(Vertigo_Universe)
• Swamp Thing
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Olsen_(New_Earth)
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alec_Holland_(New_Earth)
• American Vampire
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/American_Vampire_Vol_1
  • http://vertigo.wikia.com/wiki/American_Vampire_Vol_1
• Preacher
• • http://vertigo.wikia.com/wiki/Jesse_Custer
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jesse_Custer_(Preacher)
• Zauriel
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Zauriel
• Phantom Stranger
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Stranger_(New_Earth)
• Neron
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Neron_(New_Earth)
• Supernatural
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(U.S._TV_series)
  • http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki

In a recent Wonder Woman run, we learn that every past adventure involving her return to Themyscara has been a lie.  Can you explain how this affects other characters in those adventures and a little more how this came to be?

• Greek pantheon
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Gods_of_Olympus
• Greg Rucka
• • http://www.dccomics.com/talent/greg-rucka
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Rucka
  • http://www.gregrucka.com/wp/
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman_Vol_5