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This month, listener and first-time (sort of) podcaster John Steib joins Paul to discuss the 1976 one-shot, Super-Heroes vs. Super Gorillas! Our heroes battle the Gorilla Boss of Gotham City, King Krypton, and of course, Gorilla Grodd!  Plus, we have the final installment of “Catch Ya Later, Calculator” with Shawn M. Myers! Grab some bananas off the tree and join in the fun!

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“Cloud Dancer ” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This is the last page of the story as reprinted in this issue:

These 2 pages are from the end of the original story in Flash #172:

Season 8, Episode 9: Mr. and Mrs. Who?

Special Guest Star: Victoria Marino

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Rise and shine, y’all! THE SANDMAN SLEPT HERE is back. Paul Kien, Max Romero, and Ryan Daly discuss Sandman Mystery Theatre issues #17-20. The creative team of Wagner, Seagle, and Davis tell a whip-cracking tale of a murder and revenge with a western twist. Who is the Scorpion and why is he killing rich industrialists? Who is the ambitious Texan Terry Stetson, and what secret does he hide (besides the fact that his name is obviously a lie)? Has the Sandman met his match in his first costumed supervillain? And how much longer can Wesley keep the truth of the Sandman from his lover, Dian Belmont, before she discovers the secret on her own? Find out the answers in “The Scorpion”. Plus, Paul, Max, and Ryan respond to listener feedback and play another round of the Dream Sequence. Tune in!

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Music: “Red River Valley” by Gene Autry

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Check out these images from Sandman Mystery Theatre issues #17-20. 

Covers by Gavin Wilson. Story and Art by Matt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle, and Guy Davis.

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We need more levity in the world today, even 47 seconds worth…

Originally recorded in 2019 by Xum Yukinori; edited in 2025 by Isamu Hideaki-Yukinori.

Xum Yukinori (1963-2019)

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• Learn more (than you need to know) about XUM YUKINORI at http://xum-yukinori.blogspot.com

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Episode 58 – Jayne Mansfield’s A GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN w/guest April VeVea

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Season 8, Episode 8: Private Finance

Special Guest Stars: Dan Greenfield and Shawn M. Myers

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This is it, Bat-Fans! The last nine and a half years have been building to this, the fiftieth episode of Batman Knightcast! Join Ryan Daly and Chris Franklin as they discuss an all-time classic tale, “To Kill a Legend” from Detective Comics #500. Then the Dynamic Duo’s saga continues in Batman & Robin Year One #6.

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Music: “The Batman Theme: Epic Version (feat. Mask of the Phantasm + Imperial March” arranged by Samuel Kim. Check it out on Youtube right here: https://youtu.be/m-AnLl9Vyb8?si=H5SsJPY_L8FMdtG5

Additional music: “Maneater” by Hall & Oates; “Please Don’t Go Girl” by New Kids on the Block; “Stay” by Lisa Loeb”

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Check out these images from the latest episode of Batman Knightcast!

“To Kill a Legend” from Detective Comics #500 written by Alan Brennert with art by Dick Giordano. Cover by Giordano, Jim Aparo, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, Walt Simonson, Robert Allan Smith, Tom Yeats.

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THE FANTASTIC POUR

Brett welcomes The Irredeemable Shag to the Fantasti-Lounge for a new edition of the Fantastic Pour! We talk Robin (Tim Drake), enjoy an Amaretto Mai Tai and read Robin #14.  Join us in the Fantasti-Lounge as Shag puts his best foot forward to discuss Florida humidity, Batman costumes, Dragon Con drinking, the best Robin,  And much, much more!

Secret Pour-igins: Amaretto

Cocktail: No Shoes, No Service

Ingredients (per drink)

• 2 oz spiced rum
• 1 oz Amaretto
• 1/2 oz trip sec or Cointreau
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 2 oz Pineapple Juice
• Splash of grenadine

Instructions

• Add ingredients (except grenadine) in shaker.
• Add ice Shake well Strain in Collins glass filled with ice
• Top with splash of grenadine
• Garnish with lime wheel

Comic: Robin vol.2 #14, DC Comics, 1995

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Your fantastic recipe for No Shoes No Service.

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It’s the tremendous twelfth episode of WHO’S WHO REVIEW! Shag and Rob take a fresh look at classic entries from Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, featuring Brainwave Jr., Doctor Destiny, Glorious Godfrey, Golden Age Green Lantern, Deathstroke the Terminator, Queen Bee, Vigilante, and more! Plus we cover YOUR feedback!

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Images for WHO’S WHO REVIEW #12! Click each image to enlarge! Leave your comments over on the podcast post by clicking here!

Brainwave Jr. by Jerry Ordway

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Season 8, Episode 7: Nurse Doctor

Special Guest Star: Remy Skyfire

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CHEERS Season 9, episode 21: “Cheers Has Chili”

Hosted by Ryan Daly with special guest John Trumbull from SNL Nerds Podcast.

Check out John’s East Coast Comic Con panel with Kevin Conroy and others from Batman: The Animated Series here. 

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On this episode of Peace Bound and Down: A Wonder Woman Podcast, Sean is joined by podcast legend Michael Bailey from The Fortress of Baileytude, It All Comes Back to Superman, From Crisis to Crisis, and The Overlooked Dark Knight to discuss Action Comics 600! Is it the greatest love story of all time? Will Superman and Wonder Woman be an item? Will Darkseid stop the course of true love in its tracks? Listen in! 

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A video game villain. A tribute to a sci-fi author. A Technicolor hero. A big boy. A WWII cyborg. Which are hot, which are not? The Girls of the Hot Squad continue their evaluation of Who’s Who #5’s entries based on sheer datability.

Featuring permanent panelists Elyse, Isabel, Josée, Nathalie, Shotgun, and Amelie.

Listen to Episode 27 below (the usual mature language warnings apply), or subscribe to the feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

Relevant images and further credits at: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not ep.27 Supplemental

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You can follow along! Here are the characters we cover in this episode.

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It’s a Spotlight episode of JSA in the 90s covering HIPPOLYTA as the JSA’s WONDER WOMAN! John Steib and The Irredeemable Shag discuss the retcon that placed Hippolyta (Polly) into the 1940s to become the Golden Age Wonder Woman – with special focus on WONDER WOMAN #130-133 (1998) by John Byrne! Finally, we wrap up with YOUR listener feedback!

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