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On this episode of Splash Pages we are discussing the Winner of five Eisner and Harvey Awards, Kingdom Come! The best-selling graphic novel form acclaimed writer Mark Waid and superstar painter Alex Ross.

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Published in 1996

Kingdom Come was a four-issue limited series published from May until August of 1996 under DC's Elseworlds imprint. Like all Elseworlds, this series was set in an alternate reality outside that of the mainstream DC Universe. The series was written by Mark Waid with fully painted illustrations and covers by Alex Ross. All four issues were collected in both softcover and hardcover editions as well as a slipcase Absolute Edition.

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On this episode of Splash Pages we discuss the 2014 series Loki Agent of Asgard with special guest Mitch Hallock of Terrificon!

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Published in 2014

So Loki Agent of Asgard

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Hey there True Believers, In 1978 The Man of Steel battled the greatest boxer of all time!  This episode we discuss the Celebrity Comic Book Superman vs. Muhammad Ali.

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Published in 1978

In 1978, an alien race called the Scrubb demands that Earth's greatest champion battle their world's own greatest fighter. Both Superman and Muhammad Ali step forward — and to determine who is truly Earth's greatest fighter, Superman temporarily loses his powers and faces Ali in the ring. Ultimately, the duo must work together to defeat the Scrubb, with Ali taking on their champion while Superman battles their space-armada.

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Tonight we're talking with Catherine Schuller Gruenwald about her late husband Mark Gruenwald.  We will be talking about the career Mark had with Marvel along with is role in Captain America, we will also review Squadron Supreme.

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Published in 1985-1986

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Tonight we talk with Mark Stancil of Terminus Media about his upcoming book Dominion.

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Channelling my inner Sofia... Picture it Sicily 2011

Barack Obama was president, The Dallas Mavericks won their first NBA championship in franchise history, beating the Miami Heat 105-95.

We paid a ticket price of $7.93 to go see Captain America, the First Avenger.  Fast Five, Thor, X-Men First Class and Green Lantern.

On the boob tube, we watched Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, Always Sunny, Community, Modern Family and Raising hope.

If you were a kid in 2011, on Saturday Morning Cartoons were not a thing and we're sorry you missed out.  But you did get to watch Adventure Time, Thundercats (Reboot) Young Justice, Star Wars the Clone Wars and Archer.

Gas cost about $3.53 a gallon,  Price William and Kate Middleton said I Do, Japan is shaken up by a 9.0 earthquake and Tsunami, and the Hunger Games Books are released.

The Black Mirror is a Batman storyline featuring Dick Grayson, written by Scott Snyder with illustrations by Jock and Francesco Francavilla. Following the Impostors storyline by David Hine, it's the final arc in the original run of Detective Comics before the series was rebooted into a second volume with Faces of Death during The New 52. It begins the Snyder's Batman run which is continued into Gates of Gotham and The Court of Owls.

This storyline deals with the return of James Gordon Jr. after a long hiatus, reintroducing him into publication as a remorseless killer. His cold psychopathic tendencies are a sort of black mirror of the soul that Dick Grayson sees himself reflected in, they're completely at odds as the son of Batman and the son of Gotham. Snyder also introduces several new characters including The Dealer, Roadrunner, Sonia Zucco and Tiger Shark.

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Hey there True Believers, On this episode we celebrate May the 4th with a special Star Wars Celebration. Along with us reminiscing about our favorite movies, we will discuss the 2015 series Darth Vader in his first series following the sith lord after A New Hope. Also, a spcecial one off of C-3PO, learn how he received his RED ARM! And how can we not celebrate the day without talking Holiday Special, and the Boba Fett cartoon now on Disney Plus. That, and a lot more awesomness following these important messages!

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Published in 2015

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Published in 1985 thru 1986

Channeling my inner Sofia... Picture it Sicily 1985/86

Ronald Reagan was president, the Magic Johnson and the LA Lakers beat Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics

We paid a ticket price of $3.77 to go see The Goonies, Weird Science, Rocky 4, Back to the Future, and Rambo First Blood Part 2.

On the boob tube, we watched Family Ties, Growing Pains, Who's the Boss and Night court.

If you were a kid in 1985, on Saturday Morning Cartoons, we watched Muppet Babies, The Smurfs, Star Wars Droids and Ewoks, Snorks Mister T., and Dungeons and Dragons

Gas cost about $1.12  a gallon,  the world sang with Live Aid, and for some reason we were excited to try New Coke!

From the Mojoverse he comes...to star in his own limited series! Longshot's got it all -- leather, looks, and so much luck it's actually he's mutant power. But with his recent arrival to Earth leaving his identity in question, Longshot discovers he's got a long road ahead in uncovering his truest, non-engineered self. Ann Nocenti and Arthur Adams present Longshot!

he first issue of a six-issue miniseries that represents the first major work of both Nocenti and Adams.[1] The Longshot series established Longshot as an amnesiac fugitive from another dimension who discovers that he has favorable probability outcomes, or "good luck," that protect him when his motives are pure, and that he was a paradoxical genetically engineered clone of his future son, raised to be a slave who led a rebellion on his dystopian world against his former master and enemy, Mojo.

The character subsequently becomes a recurring fixture in the various X-Men related books, which see him as a member of the X-Men from 1986 to 1989, a member of Tony Bedard and Chris Claremont's Exiles teams, and a member of the third incarnation of X-Factor from 2008 - 2013, as well as in his own solo adventures. Versions of the character have also appeared in the Ultimate Marvel line of books, and television and video games.

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Published in 1989, written by Chris Claremont Louise Simonson

Channelling my inner Sofia... Picture it Sicily 1989

George Bush was president, the Oakland A's destroyed the San Fran Giants

Virtual Reality is born, along with the first World Wide Web Server and Web Browser.

Some of the top movies, Weekend at Bernies, Uncle Buck, Batman and we were asked to Be Excellent to each other with Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

We stayed home and said NORM! while we watched Cheers, also caught The Golden Girls, Who's the Boss, Coach, Growing Pains, Night Court and Murphy Brown

Gas cost about 97 cents a gallon, the average movie ticket was $3.99, we said hello to Virtual Reality and the World Wide Web, and we said goodbye to the Berlin Wall

Inferno is an X-teams' event that impacted every other comic whose hero was in or around New York City. There are two separate primary storylines: The New Mutants struggle against S'ym for the soul of Illyana Rasputin, now the Darkchilde, and the X-Men and X-Factor struggle against N'astirh and Madelyne Pryor to regain Nathan Christopher Summers.

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Published in 1997, written by J.M. DeMatteis, Art by Graham Nolan & Karl Kesel

Channeling my inner Sophia, Picture it... Sicily 1997

Gas cost $1.22 a gallon, the average movie ticket was $4.59, we said hello to a little cloned sheep named Dolly, and we said goodbye to Princess Diana.

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Batman & Spider-Man

Ra's al Ghul begins plans for worldwide devastation. He manipulates the Kingpin to his side by infecting the crimelord's wife Vanessa Fisk with cancer and promising him the cure in return for his allegiance. Ra's then orders him to press the button on his machines which would send New York City under the ocean. Ultimately, Spider-Man and Batman interfere and the Kingpin reveals that he knows Ra's' plans and allows the two heroes to board his plane so they can assist him. Defeated, Ra's bows out of the plan gracefully but claims that there is no cure for the cancer. Vanessa convinces her husband that she wishes no further violence, and they leave. Talia al Ghul soon gives the cure to Batman, who then gives it to Spider-Man, who passes it on to the Kingpin.

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We kick off Inferno with Uncanny X-Men 239,240 & 241

The demon-sorcerer N'astirh not only wished to rule Limbo, but Earth as well. He conceived of a plot to kidnap 13 human babies in order to sacrifice them in a ritual known as Inferno. Using the babies' energy, he opened a portal between Limbo and Earth, which grew unnaturally hot and people began to succumb to their evil desires. Inferno had begun.

Sinister and N'astirh independently manipulate Madelyne Pryor, both for their own ends. Madelyne makes a deal with N'astirh to get her son back from Sinister, and becomes the Goblin Queen. The transformation, combined with Sinister's revelations about her origins, and the events in her life (notably her abandonment by Scott Summers) all contrive to force her further into N'astirh's arms as she vows to sacrifice her son for the demon's plan. The X-Men and X-Factor clash over Madelyne - X-Factor mostly concerned for the child and the X-Men mostly concerned for Madelyne, whom they see as wronged by Scott. Into the confusion Sinister throws the Marauders. Everything comes to a head when Jean Grey fights and defeats Madelyne Pryor, rescuing Nathan. At the end, the combined teams fight Sinister and the mansion is destroyed.

Inferno is an X-teams' event that impacted every other comic whose hero was in or around New York City. There are two separate primary storylines: The New Mutants struggle against S'ym for the soul of Illyana Rasputin, now the Darkchilde, and the X-Men and X-Factor struggle against N'astirh and Madelyne Pryor to regain Nathan Christopher Summers.

The Inferno Event lasted from October 1988 thru August 1989.

George Bush was president, the Niners won the Superbowl, and we said goodbye to Lucille Ball.

At the box office, Batman and Good Morning Vietnam  along with a slew Sequels ruled the box office,  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ghost Busters 2 and Back to the Future 2 were top movies.

The boob tube saw The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Cheers, Alf, Murder She Wrote, Empty Nest and Growing Pains at the top of the charts.

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