Happy New Year! And what better way to ring in 2026 than to thrill to some classic yarns featuring some of DC’s vilest villains? Join Paul Kien and his guest Peter Watson as they discuss DC Special #14 – Wanted! The World’s Most Dangerous Villains! Listen as they discuss tales starring the Penguin, Toyman, Captain Cold and the debut of Heatwave!
This month’s instocktrades.com selections:
https://www.instocktrades.com/products/dec237190/absolute-all-star-superman-hc-(2024-edition)
https://www.instocktrades.com/products/nov237828/all-star-superman-tp-(dc-compact-comics-edition)
Martin Gray’s review of the Wanted Hardcover:
https://dangermart.blog/2020/04/05/dcs-wanted-the-worlds-most-dangerous-super-villains-review/
Some info on William Woolfolk:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Woolfolk
https://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=216
https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_55&products_id=1406
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Loved the issue – There’s something about having some Golden Age in the mix that made it special.
I liked the Calculator story and look forward to the next issues (even though I never really understood the Atom’s powers). I paused the cast and got the Tec book out to quickly read it once I heard Paul and Sean were going to cover it. Haven’t read the other 5 Calculator issues.. but if I had to describe him, I’d say he’s basically the Mad Thinker who fought the FF – he was always calculating upcoming events based on his mastery of probabilities (without the calculator glued to his chest).
I agree with Sean – the costume is something else. He has a readout display on his forehead… but he can’t see what it says?
One nit – someone (Paul?) said as an aside that the Infantino price increase letter was in response for going from 15 to 20 cents… but I think it was for them going from 15 to 25 cents (and going giant size for about a year) – and, believe it or not… I THINK I remember reading this letter as a kid – that move to 25 cents was a big event to little kids.
Keep up the great work!
And, thanks for the heads up on next month’s cast – I will do my Calculator homework – but there’s a limit… I’m not getting any Love comics!