In this week's issue we try to tackle whether or not the DC Universe is ruled by fate or by free will - the Doctor sifts through our listeners' evidence to figure it out once and for all! First we must take on the big bad news of the week. All this and more...Brother!

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Intro by Aaron Barry

 

SHOW NOTES (courtesy of Josh Gill)   News and Notes

• Wonder Woman 2 May Cast Kristen Wiig as Cheetah - http://bit.ly/2oOU6oy (1:23)
• The Kitchen gets release date - http://bit.ly/2Fmjuvn (5:03)
• First Look at Death of Superman Revealed - http://bit.ly/2G2ox2d (7:26)
• Famed Batman produce Benjamin Melniker Dies - https://ind.pn/2I90Wh1 (9:07)
• Arrow’s Doppelgänger Photos Release Online - http://bit.ly/2FzA4YM (10:44)
• Neil Gaiman Announces new Sandman Universe - http://bit.ly/2Fta6X9 (12:46)

  The Doctor’s Pulls (14:30)   Questions

• How do you reconcile a question when an A-List character (Hal Jordan) has served on both sides of the answer? (24:55)
• Is Mark Millar’s Superman story a good example of destiny? (38:17)
• I was leaning towards no free will because of Earth 33, but then I remember an issue where our imaginations are products of other Earth’s. (46:13)
• Wouldn’t the Book of Oa make a case for pre-destination? (52:38)
• Free will.  Because of the nature of free will versus fate. (56:36)
• If there are characters named Dr. Fate and Dr. Destiny, doesn’t it prove that those things exist? (1:03:58)
• Aztek (1:06:35)

  People

• Patty Jenkins - http://bit.ly/2HfmgA1
• Heath Ledger - http://bit.ly/2oO4Qn4 
• Melissa McCarthy - http://bit.ly/2mkflPt
• Jordan Peele - http://bit.ly/2tpVGlL 
• Benjamin Melniker - http://bit.ly/2Fo2CB8 
• Colton Haynes - http://bit.ly/2p0ruZ5 
• Neil Gaiman - http://bit.ly/2DRFwCa
• Mark Millar - http://bit.ly/2oOBa9M 
• Grant Morrison - http://bit.ly/2I74BeW 

  Media (Non-Comic)

• Minions (film) - http://bit.ly/1LuDo0D 
• Keanu (film) - http://bit.ly/2FhXvH1 
• Superman Doomsday (film) - http://bit.ly/2toEH31
• Dark Knight Returns (film) - http://bit.ly/1X3bq1I 
• Batman (1989) - http://bit.ly/1hDC3fv
• Black Lightning (TV series) - http://bit.ly/2G3gaDg 
• The Flash (TV series) - http://bit.ly/1JYToX8 
• LanternCast - http://bit.ly/2FiCUCg 
• Murphy’s Law - http://bit.ly/1HCUfvI 

  Comics

• The Kitchen - http://bit.ly/2HdQd3l 
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - http://bit.ly/2FupZfV 
• Young Animal - http://bit.ly/2tsiHo8 
• Aquaman Vol 8 033 - http://bit.ly/2IcpZje 
• The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman - http://bit.ly/2FmabMI 
• Final Night - http://bit.ly/2Fp0LMA 
• Gotham by Midnight Vol 1 009 - http://bit.ly/2IbtHt5 
• Superman Adventures Vol 1 - http://bit.ly/2oWsv4h 
• Superman Red Son - http://bit.ly/1tS3Zyn 
• Flash Vol 1 123 - http://bit.ly/2I9TFgJ 
• Doomsday Clock Vol 1 - http://bit.ly/2FpB52i 

  Characters, Places, and Things

• Morpheus (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/1LdutkO
• Librarian (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2HgCw3U 
• Lucifer (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2Fk3NFS 
• Aquaman (Rebirth) - http://bit.ly/2tlqZy1 
• Mera (Rebirth) - http://bit.ly/2FqNEKE 
• Corum Rath (Rebirth) - http://bit.ly/2tmAkFX 
• Hal Jordan - http://bit.ly/2FircHQ 
• Spectre (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2oT59fM 
• Parallax (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2oYrVTt 
• Jim Corrigan (New 52) - http://bit.ly/2D5Xznd 
• Earth 33 - http://bit.ly/2FvHfkJ 
• Ultra Comics - http://bit.ly/2Iaq8DN 
• President Superman - http://bit.ly/2G28tNR 
• Captain Carrot (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2Fk6MOA
• Captain Carrot (Rebirth) - http://bit.ly/2I8ZniX 
• Book of Oa - http://bit.ly/2tvDEP9 
• Dr. Manhattan - http://bit.ly/2Hh2BQ9 
• Dr. Fate (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2tnOGWu 
• Dr. Fate (Rebirth) - http://bit.ly/2oQRdE1 
• Dr. Destiny - http://bit.ly/2oQXi3b 
• Lords of Order - http://bit.ly/2D9hbqj 
• Lords of Chaos - http://bit.ly/2Hgf7zv 
• Aztek (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2FvBJP5 
• Shadow God (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2Fn2ORe 
• Mageddon (Pre-Flashpoint) - http://bit.ly/2D72LHx