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Quarter-Bin Podcast #38 Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book 1, DC Comics, cover-dated January 1992. "Souvenirs," written by Mike Grell, with art by Michael Davis Lawrence and Gray Morrow. This is the book with the highest cover-price ($4.95) that has ever been discussed on the podcast. How can one man's desire to return a World War II sword to it's rightful owner set off a battle between Japanese brothers? And how does the Yakuza get involved in this situation? And is that a Japanese monk? And how does Green Arrow's baby mama fit into this?  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: Waves of Tech Promo #2: SQPN: Secrets of the Hobbit Next Episode: Silver Age Classics, DC Comics, 1992 (but really 1964).  Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Uncovering the Bronze Age #005 -- Uncovering the Code This Halloween, Emily delves into one of the most terrifying, bone-chilling topics known to comic fandom -- Seduction of the Innocent and the Comics Code Authority! Follow her on the journey through the mind of one of the most infamous names in all of comic book history. What you find may SURPRISE, THRILL, and DISTURB you! Intellectual analysis and academic criticism abound in this PULSE-POUNDING episode. And prepare for the SHOCKING twist ending that closes out our tale. This is the story of Dr. Fredric Wertham ... 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. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] Promo: In Country Featuring the Voices of: Noel Thingvall: Masters of Carpentry, Super Satruday Short-Lived Shortcase and Noel's blog. Stephen Lacey: The Fantasticast and Fantastic Flame-On. Paul Spataro: Back to the Bins. The Irredeemable Shagg: Firestorn Fan, Fire & Water Podcast and Ultraverse Network. Shawn Engel: Just One of the Guys, Walking Dead Wednesday, The Vault of Startling Monster Horror Tales of Terror, and Parallel Lines. Bibliography: Seduction of the Innocent by Frederick Wertham, MD. Copyright Rhinehart and Co. Inc, 1954 The Comics Code: 1954, SeductionOfTheInnocent.Org Tales from the Code, CBLDF.org "Fredric Wertham: Anti-Comics Crusader Who Turned Advocate" by Dwight Decker (Essay about Wertham and the creation of "The World of Fanzines") Additional reading: "Seducing the Innocent: Frederick Wertham and the Falsifications that Helped Condemn Comics." Carol L. Tilley. Information and Culture: A Journal of History, 47 (4). 2012. The Study of Man: Paul, the Horror comics, and Dr Wertham, Commentary Magazine (1954) (A contemporary article from a father about his son's comic reading habit)  The Testimony of William Gaines (Transcript: April 22nd, 1954) (Other transcripts, including Wertham's testimony, also available)

Quarter-Bin Podcast #37 Micronauts #8, Marvel Comics, cover-dated August 1979. "Earth Wars!" writing and art by Bill Mantlo & Michael Golden, embellished by Bob McLeod. When did NASA get its own military force? And can they stand up to the villainous power of Baron Karza? What about Acroyear, Rann and the resot of the Micros? Can they stand up to the villainous power of Baron Karza? Who is that blue and white dude flying in on the cover? Can he stand up to the villainous power of Baron Karza? And will we get a touching father-son reunion?  Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly Promo #1: Pop Mockers Promo #2: Invincible Iron Cast: Classic Next Episode: Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book One, DC Comics, 1992. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #33 DC Comcs Presents: Mystery in Space, DC Comics,  cover-dated September 2004. "Man of Two Worlds," by Elliot S! Maggin, with art by JH Williams III. and "Two Worlds," by Grant Morrison, with art by Jerry Ordway & Mark McKenna. It's two, two, two stories in one! Professor Alan takes on a tribute comic featuring a return of Quarter-Bin veteran Adam Strange and his buddies the Dibnys. And then he faces down Grant Morrison for the first-time ever in the whole history of the podcast? Will he be able to handle the storytelling whiplash? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly Promo #1: Comic Book Time Machine Promo #2: No Agenda Next Episode: Marvel Two-in-One #1, Marvel Comics,cover-dated June 1979. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Shortbox Showcase #023 Super-Hero Novels & Short Stories Professor Alan and Emily have talked more than once about comic books that don't feature superheroes. This time they talk about non-comic books that do feature superheroes. It's book report time, as the topic for this conversation is "super-hero prose." We talk about novelizations and adaptations, novels featuring DC & Marvel characters, novels featuring original characters, short stories, and even some fan-fiction. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly  Here is a partial list of the stories and novels we mentioned, which you should purchase through the Amazon link at Two True Freaks: Playing for Keeps, by Mur Lafferty Sable, by Mike Grell Shadow Legion: New Roads to Hell, by Thomas Deja,, reviewed by Professor Alan here. Leaper, by Geoffrey Wood, reviewed by Professor Alan here. Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman, reviewed by Professor Alan here. Mary Jane & Mary Jane 2, by Judith O'Brien The She-Hulk Diaries, by Marta Acosta, reviewed by Professor Alan here. Escape Pod sci-fi short story podcast Promo:  New Roads to Hell  Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow Professor Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #32 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #6, DC Comics, cover-dated November 1992. "The Ugly American," by Alan Grant, with art by Dan Jurgens and Dick Giordano. So who exactly is that big steroided-up dude on the cover? What does he have to do with the CIA? And why does the CIA just not show Batman the proper respect? And how exactly am I going to work in a discussion on the current state of the auto industry in the US? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Mark's Mess Podcasts Next Episode: DC Comics Presents: Mystery in Space #1, DC Comics,cover-dated September 2004 You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Shortbox Showcase #22  - The Best Comics You've Probably Never Heard Of! Professor Alan and Emily talk about their favorite under-read comic books. They discuss the difference between under-rated and under-read, and then talk about some comics that should be read by more people, like Evangeline, Demon Knights, Baker Street, and Sword of the Atom. Do you have your own favorite "ignored" books? Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] and let us know your choices.  Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly  Promo #1: Pop Culture Affidavit Promo #2: Superman in the Bronze Age Link: Professor Alan's blog post on Baker Street 1-5. And issues 6-10. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. You can follow Professor Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #31 Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #33, Marvel Comics, cover-dated September 1991. "The Alexandria Quatrain," by Roy & Dann Thomas, with art by Chris Marrinan and McKenna & Friends. and "The Book of the Vishanti: A Gathering of Fear, Part III," by Roy Thomas & Jean-Marc Lofficier, with art by Larry Alexander and Tim Dzon. How does Doctor Strange spend his day when he's not in a trance battling Thanos? And which historical city of the past does he land in when Thanos interrupts his trance? And who is the guy with the big pink circle on his forehead? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly Promo #1: Trentus Magnus Punches Reality Promo #2: Nutty Bites Next Episode: Batman: Shadow of the Bat #6, DC Comics,cover-dated November 1992. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

"Afterlife with Archie," issues 1-3, Archie Comics, cover-dated December 2013 - March 2014. All stories written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa,with art and awesome coloring by Francesco Francavilla. Professor Alan is joined by his scariest buddies in podcasting, Shawn Engel and Bill Robinson, from the Walking Dead Wednesday podcast. So what do these horror fans (and the squeamish Professor Alan) think of this groundbreaking series? Or at least the first three issues of the title. How does it stack up against other zombie tales, such as The Walking Dead? Will Archie be able to choose between Betty & Veronica, if one of them ends up undead? Will Reggie continue to be a douche, even in the zombie apocalypse? And how did Sabrina's aunts get that ugly, that fast? And would zombie cats or zombie doge be more scary? (spoiler: cats) Listen to the episode to find out.  Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly  Then ... go over to the Two True Freaks website to listen to the Trio of Terror talk about issues 4-6. That episode will be Walking Dead Wednesday episode #31, and should be available after October 22, 2014. Promo #1: Earth Destruction Directive Promo #2: X-Files Truth Music for the episode is from the game Silent Hill:Book of Memories, soundtrack by Daniel Licht. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #35 Firearm #1, Malibu Comics / Ultraverse, cover-dated September 1993. "American Pastimes, Part One," written by James Robinson, with art by Cully Hamner and John Lowe. What exactly was Shagg (sorry, The Irredeemable Shagg) thinking when he pulled this book out of the 25-cent box for Professor Alan? And what events conspired to give him the glorious honor of doing so? And in person, no less. And how was the barbecue? Oh, yeah. What of the comic book story itself -- so what does Professor Alan think of James Robinson's excursion into the Ultraverse? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode  Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Who's Who Podcast Next Episode: Constantine #8, DC Comics New 52, cover-dated January 2014. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan