The premier episode of JSA IN THE 90s — a podcast dedicated to exploring the Justice Society comics published during the extreme 1990s! This episode your host, The Irredeemable Shag, kicks things off discussing the mission of the podcast, his own personal history with the JSA, and why the 90s was a great decade for the team!
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Announcing the newest hero in the Fire and Water pantheon: Wonder Woman! Join Sean as he and a bevy of all-star guests discuss each issue of the George Perez written and drawn Wonder Woman series from DC Comics. Bring a little peace to your world, only on the Fire and Water Podcast Network.
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Hyperion to a Satyr – The Fire and Water Podcast Network’s Hamlet Podcast – continues 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 4, Scene 7, Claudius and Laertes plot Hamlet’s death.
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Theme: “Fanfare” from 1996 Hamlet, by Patrick Doyle, with a clip from that film, starring Ray Fearon; the 2009 Hamlet, starring David Tennant; and the 1980 Hamlet, starring Derek Jacobi.
Bonus clips: Hamlet 1996 by Kenneth Branagh, starring Derek Jacobi; Hamlet 1948 by Laurence Olivier, starring Basil Sydney; Hamlet 1980 by Rodney Bennett, starring Patrick Stewart; Hamlet 1990 by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Nathaniel Parker and Alan Bates; Hamlet 2000 by Michael Almereyda, starring Liev Schreiber; and Hamlet 2009 by Gregory Doran, starring Patrick Stewart and Edward Bennett.
This month Paul and Shawn welcome Andrew Leyland, host of the Overlooked Dark Knight and The Amazing Spider-Man from the Beginning, to the Reunion. We get the return of Man-Bat to the pages of Detective, as well as a “real” super villain as the Penguin takes on Robin! We get a tense bridge stand-off in a Tale of Gotham City, but the big headline for this issue is the 2-part Batman/Batgirl team up – will the Dominoed Daredoll ever be the same again? Stop by and try the grilled corn on the cob and UK chocolates to find out!
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Siskoid Cinema presents… No Escape from Kurt Russell, the show that explores the filmography of one of American cinema’s best leading men and tries to get a handle on his mystique. Why is it we’ll watch anything so long as Kurt Russell’s name is attached to the project? On this episode, Siskoid and Shotgun Godin discuss 1981’s The Fox and the Hound. A Disney animated film? Yeah, but Kurt Russell is in it!
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Bonus clips: Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound”, starring Pearl Bailey, Keith Coogan, Corey Feldman, Jack Albertson, Mickey Rooney, and Kurt Rrussell; and “The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)” by Ylvis.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Super Powers toy line and related tie-in media, host Chris Franklin has assembled his own team of Super Friends! FW All-Star the Irredeemable Shag is joined by the Fanholes Podcast Network’s Derek William Crabbe and Harvey-Award Winning Author David Gallaher to discuss this exciting era of the DC Comics legacy across all media! In the first of this three-part weekly mini-series, the panel talks about the heart of the phenomenon: The Kenner action figure line! Plus, FW co-founder Rob Kelly waxes nostalgic on his love of the toys as well!
Compilation of Super Powers (and Toy Biz DC Super Heroes) commercials from Henderson Productions 2 on YouTube.
From Battle Armor Dad on X: The 1984 Sears Wishbook catalog page featuring the first series of both Super Powers AND Mattel’s Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars.
First series Aquaman card from kennersuperpowers.com
From Superpowerswiki.com, the 3rd series Superman cardback, showcasing all 33 packaged figures, and the unproduced All Terrain Trapper and Tower of Darkness.
From Chris’ own collection, a carded Batman with Clark Kent offer sticker
From Chris’ own collection, Robin on bilingual English/French card.
From Cindy Franklin’s collection, a carded Wonder Woman, Notice some industrious kid cut out the Proof of Purchase for the Stepeenwolf figure!
From Chris’ collection, a “slim card” Superman, most often found at the Canadaian Tire chain of stores.
From Chris’ collection, his childhood Batmobile.
Courtesy of Toy Rewind, a spread from the 1986 Kenner Super Powers retailer catalog.
Part of Chris’ vintage Super Powers collection.
From Chris’ collection, his boxed Super Poewrs Play-Doh set.
Chris’ childhood Super Powers lunchbox and thermos.
