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Brett welcomes his good pal Ray Pickersgill to the Fantasti-Lounge to talk Wolverine! We enjoy an Old Fashioned and read the Wolverine Limited Series #1 – 4.  Join us in the Fantasti-Lounge as we discuss: Is Wolverine is cooler in the woods or Japan? Why can’t the Hand beat anybody? Did Ray waste $20 on Zima? And much, much more!

Secret Pour-igins: Old Fashioned

Cocktail: The Best at What I Drink, and What I Drink is an Old Fashioned.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 teaspoon water
• 2 ounces bourbon (RAY is using bourbon and BRETT is using rye)

Garnish

• Orange twist

Instructions

• Add the sugar and bitters into a mixing glass, then add the water, and muddle until the sugar is nearly dissolved
• Fill the mixing glass with ice, add the bourbon, and stir until well-chilled.
• Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube or multiple ice cubes
• Wipe an orange twist around the glass – which expresses the oil of the orange peel, then drop it into the glass to garnish

Comic: Wolverine #1-4, Marvel Comics, 1982

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A hot and cold leader. A fantastic quintet. An alien with tingly antennae. A green ape (sometimes). Two feline repeats. One of the gay Legionnaires. Which are hot, which are not? The Girls of the Hot Squad continue evaluating Who’s Who #4’s entries based on sheer datability.

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

Listen to Episode 23 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.23 Supplemental

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Episode 49 – Astaire and Rogers’ THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY w/guest Holley Snaith

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Grab your shades and your beach towel, it’s summer time! Fire and Water Records is back for the hottest season with a hot new playlist. Ryan and Neil Daly continue their seasonal odyssey with some fun Summer Jams recounting summer flings, vacations, festivals, and more nostalgia than you can shake Batman at. Plus Neil’s divorce and Ryan’s baseball trauma: y’know, fun stuff!

Track list

1. “Ray of Light” by Madonna
2. “Summer Nights” by John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and the Cast of Grease
3. “Rock and Roll Girls” by John Fogerty
4. “Summer of ’69” by Bryan Adams
5. “Caress Me Down” by Sublime
6. “Summer Nights” by Van Halen
7. “Lonely Town” by Brandon Flowers
8. “Motorcycle Drive By” by Third Eye Blind
9. “Walk of Life” by Dire Straits
10. “Wasted Time” by Keith Urban
11. “End of Beginning” by Djo
12. “Batdance” by Prince

Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: RDalyPodcast@gmail.com.

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Same Bat-time, indeed! Batman Knightcast is back again, and this time Ryan Daly and Chris Franklin are joined by Waiting for Doom’s Paul Hix. Why? Because the Doom Patrol brings the ruckus in Batman Superman World’s Finest #3. Also, Robin and Supergirl meet Ancient China’s super team. And there’s probably something going on with Batman and Superman too.

All that, and the Knightcasters subject Paul to the new feature: The World’s Finest Questionnaire! Check it out!

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Music: “The New Batman Superman Adventures Theme” by Shirley Walker; “Devil Inside” by INXS

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Batman Superman World’s Finest #3 written by Mark Waid with art by Dan Mora.

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On this episode of Peace Bound and Down: A Wonder Woman Podcast, Sean is joined by Fire and Water Network all-star The Irredeemable Shag to discuss issue 8 of volume two of Wonder Woman. This is an unusual issue that demands an unusual format. Join in on the fun as Sean and Shag both review the issue and recommend a whole batch of awesome comics, books, TV shows, and movies. It’s the premiere (and possibly only appearance) of “Shag and Sean Recommend!”. 

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  • Marvel’s Star Wars: From Empire to Jedi 

Bringing a little to man’s world each month. 

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Siskoid and Bass’ coverage of DC Comics Presents continues with issue #10 (June 1979) by Cary Bates, Joe Staton and Jack Abel, starring Superman and Sgt. Rock! It’s “The Miracle Man of Easy Company”.

Listen to the Team-Up below, or subscribe to FW Team-Up on Apple or Spotify!

Relevant images and further credits at: FW Team-Up Supplemental

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Our coverage continues of JSA in the 90s with David Steel and The Irredeemable Shag discussing JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #8 (Mar 1993) by Len Strazewski, Mike Parobeck, and Mike Machlan! Rick Tyler struggles with cancer treatments, while his dad Hourman struggles to regain his powers. Plus, Johnny and Jesse Quick defend the hospital from a hate group! Then, we decide which classic JSAer had the best publication life after the Golden Age! Finally, we wrap up with YOUR listener feedback!

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Images for JSA IN THE 90s discussing JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #8 (Mar 1993)! Click each image to enlarge! Leave your comments over on the podcast post by clicking here!

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #8 cover by Mike Parobeck & Jeff Albrecht

Interiors by Len Strazewski, Mike Parobeck, and Mike Machlan

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Faster than a speeding bullet, Batman Knightcast returns to cover the next adventure of the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight Detective. This time, Chris Franklin and Ryan Daly are joined by fellow Fire and Water Network podcaster Paul Kien. Learn what happens to Superman on the operating table. Discover the mysterious and deadly new villain opposing the heroes. And what’s up with Robin and Supergirl?!! Chris, Ryan, and Paul cover Batman Superman World’s Finest #2 to find out the answers.

Plus a brand new feature: The World’s Finest Questionnaire! It’s not quite as deadly as the Riddler’s games, but it’s a lot of fun. Check it out!

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Music: “The New Batman Superman Adventures Theme” by Shirley Walker; “Just A Friend” by Biz Markie.

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Hyperion to a Satyr – The Fire and Water Podcast Network’s Hamlet Podcast – completes Siskoid’s scene-by-scene deep dive into Shakespeare’s masterwork, discussing the text, but also performance and staging through the lens of several films, television, comics and even a rock opera. In Act 5, Scene 2, Part 2, the tragedy resolves itself in a number of deaths.

Listen to the episode below or subscribe to Hyperion to a Satyr on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

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Credits:

Theme: “Fanfare” from 1996 Hamlet, by Patrick Doyle, with a clip from that film, starring Ray Fearon; the 1980 Hamlet, starring Derek Jacobi; and the 1996 Hamlet, starring Kenneth Branagh.

Bonus clips: Hamlet 1996 by Kenneth Branagh, starring Derek Jacobi, Nicholas Farrel, and Julie Christie; Hamlet 1948 by Laurence Olivier, starring Laurence Olivier; Hamlet 1980 by Rodney Bennett, starring Patrick Stewart and Derek Jacobi; Hamlet 1990 by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Stephen Dillane; Hamlet 2000 by Michael Almereyda, starring Liev Schreiber and Robert MacNeil; Hamlet 2007 by Alexander Fodor, starring Katie Reddin-Clancy; “She’ll Never Know” by Marillion; Hamlet 2009 by Gregory Doran, starring Patrick Stewart; In a Bleak Midwinter by Kenneth Branagh, starring Michael Maloney; and “Le duel”, “La mort d’Hamlet” and “Le rideau tombe” by Johnny Hallyday.

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The premier episode of MARVEL STAR WARS: FROM EMPIRE TO JEDI — a podcast chronicling the Rebel Alliance’s most desperate days, as told in the Marvel Star Wars comics published between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi!  This episode your host, The Irredeemable Shag, ignites the hyperdrive, unveiling the podcast’s mission, his own Star Wars journey, and why he loves these comics and the expanded universe! Strap yourselves in — the saga begins now!

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In the sixth episode of this season, I examine two Italian cinema adaptations of Homer’s Iliad: 1911’s “The Fall of Troy” (La Caduta di Troia) and 1962’s “The Fury of Achilles” (L’ira di Achille). Are the Italians more interested in scale or storytelling? Listen and find out. The conversation on how an Italian treatment on this epic compares with an American one will continue in the season finale.

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Batman Knightcast is back just in time for this summer’s SUPERMAN movie. Ryan Daly and Chris Franklin jump on the hype train with new episodes covering the comic book adventures of the Caped Crusader… and in this case, the Last Son of Krypton, as well. On this episode, Ryan and Chris cover the first issue of Mark Waid and Dan Mora’s Batman Superman World’s Finest from 2022. What dire threat could reunite these two legendary heroes? And what series of unexpected events led the Dynamic Duo of podcasters back to this show? Tune in to find out! 

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Music: “The New Batman Superman Adventures Theme” by Shirley Walker; “The Boys Are Back in Town” by The BusBoys

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