Shortbox Showcase #31--Coming Super-Attractions We don't usually talk about current and upcoming events, or comic book "news," but we are making an exception for this episode. After covering lots of feedback from lots of listeners, we talk about what we are looking forward to (and NOT) in the upcoming DC event Convergence and the two dozen new #1s that are coming up later in the year. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Earning My Ears Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] We now have Facebook! "Like" us at http://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #45 Thor #364, Marvel Comics, cover-dated February 1986. "Thor Croaks," written and drawn by Walter Simonson. Thor has been turned into a frog. No, really, a frog. How did this happen? Is the God of Thunder really fighting rats in Central Park? Is that George RR Martin playing a flute in the sewers of New York City? And who will become the leader of Asgard in Thor's absence? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Link: The Comics Alliance list of the 10 Awesome Moments From Simonson's Run on Thor Promo #1: Radio Free Asgard Promo #2: Mighty Marvel Geeks Next Episode: Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme #34, Marvel Comics, cover-dated October 1991.   Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Shortbox Showcase #30-- Love is in the Air It's the Valentine's Day episode! In this lovefest, Professor Alan and Emily talk about superhero relationships and marriages. Superman & Lois (or Lana or Lori Lemaris or Wonder Woman), Spidey & MJ, the Dibnys, Batman and Selena (or Talia), Sue Storm and her options .. we talk about it all. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Two True Freaks The song used in this episode was "About Love," by The Choir, from their 1990 album "Circle Slide."     Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] We now have Facebook! "Like" us at http://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book Three, DC Comics, cover-dated March 1992. "A Force of Dragons," by Mike Grell,with art by Michael Davis Lawrence and Gray Morrow. The Yakuza helicopters have landed at the monastery, to take out our little band of over-matched survivors. What chance do a Viet Nam burnout, a past-his-prime Korea vet and a mother and child have against the best assassins that the Japanese mob can find? And what trauma is that Viet Nam vet trying to escape from anyway? And did that one guy really just chop off that other guy's finger? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:   Right-click to download episode directly Next Episode: Thor #364, Marvel Comics, cover-dated February 1986.  Promo #1: In Country Promo #2: No Agenda Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

The New Avengers #26, Marvel Comics, cover-dated January 2007. "Untitled" or "The Ballad of Clint Barton and Wanda Maximoff," by Brian Michael Bendis, with art by Alex Maleev. In the aftermath of "The House of M," Hawkeye is dead and Scarlet Witch has disappeared. Except that Hawkeye isn't dead anymore, and he wants to find Wanda. Can Doctor Strange help him track down the Witch? What (or who) does Clint find when he searches for Wanda? And does Professor Alan still have the huge crush on Wanda that he did when he was young? Listen to the episode and find out!. Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly Next Episode: Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book #3, DC Comics, March 1992. Promo: Two True Freaks presents Back to the Bins presents The Avengers Spotlight Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #42 Checkmate #17, DC Comics, cover-dated October 2007. "Firewall," written by Greg Rucka and Eric S. Trautmann, with art by Chris Samnee and Steve Bird.  A former villain is interviewing for the position of Checkmate's head of physical security. Can he handle the interview process?  What exactly is the interview process?  And how did Sasha Bordeaux get from the 10-cent adventure to here?  Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo #1: Alibi Jones Promo #2:The Ultraverse Network Next Episode: New Avengers #26, Marvel Comics, cover-dated January 2007. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #41 Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book 2, DC Comics, cover-dated February 1992. "A Force of Dragons," written by Mike Grell, with art by Michael Davis Lawrence and Gray Morrow.  In the aftermath of the attack on the monastery, the Yakuza leader still wants the special Yakuza sword. Will he have to kill his brother to get the sword? And how did Shado become such a deadly archer anyway?  Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo #1: King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Promo #2: Parallel Lines: The Tangent Universe Podcast Next Episode: Checkmate #17, DC Comics, cover-dated October 2007. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Shortbox Showcase #29-- TV Talk No comic book talk this time -- just talk about many TV shows we watch that are based on DC comics properties. Crazy theories abound about we expect to see, what we'd like to see, and what in our fevered dreams and imaginations we daydream of seeing. We also manage to have a lengthy discussion on the implied cosmology of the DC Universe. SPOILER ALERT -- we talk about the shows, the episodes that have aired, and our conjectures, predictions, and crazy theories about what may happen in the future. You have been warned. If you want to avoid spoilers about a specific show, here are approximate start times for conversation about each show we cover in this episode: 0:01 - Gotham 0:22 - Constantine 0:45 - Flash 1:08 - Arrow Click on the player below to listen to the episode  Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Castle Cast    Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] We now have Facebook! "Like" us at http://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Shortbox Showcase #28-- TV Talk No comic book talk this time -- just talk about many of the TV shows that are largely based on comic books, or that have comic books associated with them. But before we get to that, we talk about the year in review for the Relatively Geeky Network, and a lit bit of talk about what we're thinking about for 2015. SPOILER ALERT -- we talk all about the shows, the episodes that have aired, and our conjectures, predictions, and crazy theories about what may happen in the future. You have been warned. If you want to avoid spoilers about a specific show, here are approximate start times for conversation about each show we cover in this episode: 21:45 - Doctor Who 30:00 - Castle 32:00 - Sleepy Hollow 45:00 - The Walking Dead 49:00 - Marvel's Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter, and the Netflix shows Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo #1: Resurrection Revealed Promo #2: Unofficial Marvel's 75  Greatest Podcast Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] We now have a Facebook page. Check it out and "like" us! https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

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