Batman Confidential #44 (2010)

Looks like we’re back in Batman town this Halloween season as we check out the BATMAN VS. THE UNDEAD story from BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL! Batman is down in New Orleans tracking down an escaped mad scientist only to find himself up to his neck in reanimated museum corpses and vampire allies.

Highlights include:

• Bruce Wayne suffers an injury whilst congratulating himself
• Coming to FOX….it’s FAT CURATOR!
• Why doesn’t anyone talk about the 2013 NBC DRACULA show?
• Michael Jackson dangling his child over a railing
• Canada’s serial killer museum
• disappointed zombies

Also, Shawn expands his Underworld cross-over collection and Jen laments unnecessarily stuffed comic books.

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:00 ***

Promo: HOUSE OF FRANKLIN-STEIN (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-super-mates-podcast/id817576889)

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Shawn has some business to tend to this week so it is just Jen solo as she shares some thoughts on current books she’s been reading:

Topics include:

• Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum
• Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham
• Absolute Green Lantern
• Batman and Robin
• Gotham City Sirens: Unfit for Orbit
• Batman: Dark Patterns
• and the most controversial comic book of the now!

Promo: BAILEY’S BATMAN PODCAST (https://www.fortressofbaileytude.com/shows-on-the-network/baileys-batman-podcast/)

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X-Force #28 (1993)

Let’s end this mutant mercenary madness as X-Force has their final showdown with the Mutant Liberation Front! We got team members swapping sides, exploding swords, a whole truckload of ethical debates and some weirdly placed squatting poses.

Highlights include:

• Boomer gets possessed by the band Disturbed
• Henry Gyrich receives a punch in the face
• Stan Lee invented MILF?!?
• Bobby Flay was terrible at throwing down
• Cable gently shoots his teammate in the back 
• Feral’s mother is unavailable

Also, Jen talks about her new comic book collecting app while Shawn bemoans seller knowledge on WhatNot.

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:29 ***

Promo: 3RD DEGREE BYRNE (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/3rd-degree-byrne/)

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X-Force #27 (1993)

More mutant mercenary action awaits as the X-Force team clashes with the Mutant Liberation Front! But don’t discount the MLF as they got Dani Moonstar turning heel and rocking fools with her feel-bad arrows. Thankfully, X-Force is hopped up on gimmicks, looking REAL swole and ready to rescue some bureaucrats.

Highlights include:

• 90s pop star Hathaway becomes a cyborg
• Meet the newest X-Men, Tamale!
• Cable turns his head around like an owl!
• Cannonball has a bad trip
• Nick Fury’s head is perfectly perpendicular
• Who’s responsible for the placement of these word balloons?

Also, Jen and Shawn snap up some new books!

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:16:01 ***

Promo: 3RD DEGREE BYRNE (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/3rd-degree-byrne/)

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X-Force #26 (1993)

It’s been too long but let’s get back into some X-books as we discuss some prime 90s X-FORCE! We got Cable recovering from the events of “Fatal Attractions,” the OG New Mutants mourning the loss of Illyana Rasputin and the formation of a new Mutant Liberation Front.

Highlights include:

• Dazzler sings “One Night in Madripoor”
• The proper spelling of Forearm’s name
• Time to start selling merch at superhero battles
• Reignfire is Absolute Little Richard
• Cable fixes the television remote
• Rictor watches the Batman channel

Also, Jen and Shawn cover some recent comic book purchases and Jen buys some signed art!

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:15 ***

Promo: 3RD DEGREE BYRNE (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/3rd-degree-byrne/)

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Catwoman [vol 2] #40 (1996)

Let’s wrap up this CATWOMAN: YEAR TWO arc with some diamond caper nonsense as Catwoman and Batman round up the rest of Dark Knight’s rogues.

Topics include:

• Batman and Catwoman star in UNCUT GEMS
• Two-Face takes a shotgun to the face…and lives!
• Which Falcone is this supposed to be?
• Jimmy Olsen’s foreign cousin Stefan
• Penguin gets used as a pummel horse

Also, Jen and Shawn discuss the RISE AND FALL OF CAPTAIN ATOM and the official roster of DC KO.

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:42 ***

Promo: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)

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Catwoman [vol 2] #39 (1996)

Catwoman is a busy lady this issue, between the planned theft of an Egyptian dollhouse and fending off Two-Face’s crew of Bob Seger fanatics. Even Batman has his hands full with the Joker laugh-gassing the GCPD and expertly defacing the Bat-Signal. Will these two ever know a moment of peace?!?

Topics include:

• Catwoman sleeps in the nude
• Batman pilfers office supplies
• Mike from AMERICAN MOVIE takes a mercenary gig
• Penguin makes a sensible decision
• Alfred’s breakfast for nocturnal crusaders
• lame security guard humor

Also, Jen and Shawn read some of YOUR podcast reviews and reflect on a recent trip to Casa Bonita.

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:13:59 ***

Promo: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)

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Catwoman [vol 2] #38 (1996)

Hey now! Let’s catch up with our friend Catwoman and see what she was up to in her second year of burglary and flirtations with millionaire vigilantes. She’s even got a pretty sweet plan to distract the Bat with big-time jailbreak. But will the prisoners be happy about it? You’d think so….

Topic include:

• Jim Balent — the greatest artist of the 90s
• Catwoman takes fashion cues from the Joker
• Bruce Wayne takes an early evening shower
• Two-Face biffs hard in court
• Batman debuts the Glow Stick Batarang
• and one of the most brutal BatCat brawls you’ll ever see!

Also, Jen and Shawn talk about some recent comic book purchases as well as possibilities for DC’s KO crossover.

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:17:52 ***

Promo: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)

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Cobra Commander #2 (2024)

Cobra Commander has finally made it to Florida and now he has to brave gator-crazy tourists on the hunt for Energon. But will the Dreadnoks and their donuts stand in his way. Absolutely, yes they will.

Topic include:

• Cobra Commander attempts a Force choke on a fat kid
• Nemesis Enforcer will not tolerate park rangers
• Jigsaw from SAW enters the Energon Universe
• A man eats a dozen donuts…and dies!
• Biker Stockholm Syndrome

Also, Jen and Shawn spend the first 30 minutes of the show talking about G.I. JOE: THE MOVIE and how wet it is.

*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:25:03 ***

Promo: G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HEADCAST (https://open.spotify.com/show/1gI5QVffR0z0Z6xpD3CDwS?si=ecc082c949004737)

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So instead of doing another [R]OHOTMU and wonder if the casual or new listeners know what the acronym stands for, we’re going to make it easier on you and ourselves by just calling these random one-off character bio episodes “HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….” Hopefully it catches on.

This time out, since we are in the midst of the COBRA COMMANDER book, Shawn gives you as much of the low-down as possible on Cobra-La, the technologically advanced but not really technologically advanced hometown of Cobra Commander and a few other crusty denizens. We will learn about their purpose on Earth, the deal they made with Unicron and maybe even a little bit of the plot to G.I. JOE: THE MOVIE. There’s not a ton out there about this place so we’re doing out best. See you next week for more COBRA COMMANDER!

Promo: G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HEADCAST (https://open.spotify.com/show/1gI5QVffR0z0Z6xpD3CDwS?si=ecc082c949004737)

Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / BlueSky / Threads via @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected]

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