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In this episode Mike and Scott begin their new format, at least for the time being. Instead of covering one book an episode they are going to discuss a cover month worth of Justice Society related comics. This week that cover month is May 1984, which included All-Star Squadron #33 (where the Spectre gets whiney and the Freedom Fighters fight for…well, they fight for freedom…it is kind of in the name) and Infinity, Inc. #2 (where the Infiitors settles on a name and eat at a thinly disguised McDonald’s). These books are a mixed bag leading to the usual mix of commentary and banter that you have come to expect from this show. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. It will become a part of you.
Scott and Mike head back to the forties this week to cover All-Star Squadron #32. Well, they get to that eventually. First they become sidetracked with Mike going on and on about some funny books he is selling on eBay and then they end up talking about the whole Before Watchmen thing, which was not their original intention. With all of that out of the way the guys dive into the issue and Mike ends up being a tad more critical of the artwork than Scott was. The story was cool though and we find out the back story of how Uncle Sam not only got a bunch of heroes killed but ended up getting the United States involved in World War II on an alternate Earth. Plus we get more of Hourman and Wonder Woman ties a few heroes up to get them to tell the truth, which is probably less creepy than it sounds.
Tales of the JSA has reached yet another milestone!
Awesome just knocked on Scott and Mike’s door and thankfully they answered!
Join hosts Michael Bailey and Scott H. Gardner as they take a rather… irreverent look at Green Lantern v2 #173 and the third pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths appearance of the mysterious Monitor!
This week Scott and Mike discuss All-Star Squadron #30, which features the Justice Battalion fighting against the Black Dragon Society. It also has a cover that begs the question, “What is so wrong with that?”
Scott and Mike end 2011 on a high note by looking All-Star Squadron #29, which is one of the best issues of the series ever! That fact is kind of odd when you consider the All-Stars don’t make much of an appearance in the story but that doesn’t matter because the focus of this week’s issue is none other than the Seven Soldiers of Victory! That’s right, Green Arrow, Speedy, Vigilante, Shining Knight, the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy (along with Wing) fight Dr. Doome (no foolin’) and the greatest tyrants of history in a story that is liberally adapted from Leading Comics #3. The guys have a lot of fun talking about this one in addition to looking at the ads (SUPERMAN PEANUT BUTTER) and checking out what other titles were on the stands when this comic was published.
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