JusticeTrek

Sandman explains the origins of the Dark Multiverse, so now Mike & Ted have a clue about what's going on in the latest chapter of the sizzling hot crossover event!  Join them for a spirited discussion of 2017's Dark Nights: Metal #4 by Scott “Stomp Master General” Snyder, Greg “Guardian of Cool” Capullo, Jonathan “Justice” Glapion, FCO “Rainbow in the Dark” Plascencia, and more!

Ted is joined by the husband and wife team of Mike & Heather Wellman to discuss the 2019 DC Comics / Warner Brothers film Shazam! directed by David Sandberg and starring Asher Angel as "Billy Batson", Jack Dylan Grazer as "Freddy Freeman", Mark Strong as "Thaddeus Sivana", and Zachary Levi as "Captain... Sparklefingers"?!?!

Ted talks about two comics he bought, read, and enjoyed almost 40 years ago:

DC Comics Presents #17, starring Superman and Firestorm, by Gerry Conway, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, and more!

Justice League of America #174, guest-starring Black Lightning, by Gerry Conway, Dick Dillin, and more!

Is it a dream? A nightmare? Or something worse?

Journey into the Dark Knight's mind with Mike and Ted as they psychoanalyze 2017's Batman: Lost #1 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Doug Mahnke, Yanick Paquette, Jorge Jimenez, Jaime Mendoza, and more!

Ted is back to discuss a couple of good comics from his youth: 

Marvel Two-in-One #59 - Starring the Thing and the Human Torch - by Marv Wolfman, Ralph Macchio, Chic Stone, and more!

ROM #2 - by Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema, and more!

I enjoyed 'em, and you just might too!

It's the most shocking episode ever as Ted and Mike explore the dark chaos that is the Batman Who Laughs!  In this story by James Tynion IV and Riley Rossmo, we see the origin of the unholy hybrid of Bruce Wayne and the Joker, from Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs #1.

The Casket Master returns as Charlotte and Ted discuss the 1987 horror film "The Kindred"!  Starring Kim Hunter, Amanda Pays, Academy Award winner Rod Steiger, and many more!  Written and directed by the team of Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow!

What horrible secrets lie at the heart of this genetic experiment gone wrong?

In this episode, Ted reminisces about:

The Brave and the Bold #157 with Batman and Kamandi by Jim Aparo -- Bob Haney's final B&B!

Fantastic Four #213 by Marv Wolfman & John Byrne!

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #258 by Gerry Conway and Joe Staton!

Marvel Team-Up #88 with Spider-Man and Invisible Girl by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema!

World's Finest Comics #160 with Superman, Batman, Atom, Black Lightning, and the original Captain Marvel by Denny O'Neil, Rich Buckler, Mike Netzer, Don Newton, and more!

Mike & Ted ask the question: Can Victor Stone survive being dissected by the Murder Machine and the Batman Who Laughs?  Justice League #33 is by Joshua Williamson, Tyler Kirkham, Mikel Janin, and more!

Mike & Ted dissect the eighteenth chapter in the Metal saga, with Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32 by Robert Venditti, Liam Sharp, and more!  Can the greatest ring slinger of them all stand up to the evil Batman/Green Lantern hybrid known as the Dawnbreaker?  And do Venditti, Sharp & crew do a great job of depicting the fight?  Listen and learn!