Mike and Eric open the show with the top 5 lists of favorite current DC Comics artists and then move into the comics discussion: Superman/Batman 63 (00:11:36 to 00:15:25); Superman Annual 14 (00:15:25 to 00:18:53); Superman: World of New Krypton 6 (00:18:53 to 00:21:41); Action Comics 880 (00:21:41 to 00:26:18); Supergirl 44 (00:26:18 to 00:31:43); Superman 691 (00:31:43 to 00:35:29); Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen Special 2 (00:35:29 to 00:40:15); A quick roundup of Gotham City Sirens 3, Batman: Streets of Gotham 3, Red Robin 3, Outsiders 21 and Batgirl 1 (00:40:15 to 00:47:36); Batman and Robin 3 (00:47:36 to 00:51:43); Detective Comics 856 (00:51:43 to 00:57:16); Blackest Night Titans 1 (00:57:16 to 01:04:08); Blackest Night Superman 1 (01:04:08 to 01:09:29); Green Lantern 45 (01:09:29 to 01:15:48). And finally, we close the show with discussion of Action Comics 429 (1973) and Wednesday Comics.

Mike and Eric are back from a short break with our actual 50th episode. But we don’t really make a big deal out of it. It’s business as usual as we start the show with some back issue discussion of Action Comics #428 and The Question #8. We then go over the DC items in the September Previews catalog for items shipping in November 2009. We have a lot of comics to discuss this week and next week since we’ve been away for a bit, so sit back as we delve into quicker than usual discussion of Doom Patrol #1 (00:37:10 to 00:49:12), Flash Rebirth #4 (00:49:12 to 00:55:55), Secret Six #12 (00:55:55 to 01:02:17), Last Days of Animal Man #4 (01:02:17 to 01:05:41), Justice League: Cry For Justice #2 (01:05:41 to 01:12:41), Booster Gold #23 (01:12:41 to 01:18:32), Strange Adventures #6 (01:18:32 to 01:21:30), JSA vs Kobra #3 (01:21:30 to 01:24:13), Power Girl #4 (01:24:13 to 01:25:28), Solomon Grundy #6 (01:25:28 to 01:26:46) and a quick round of the the #4 issues of Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape, Run, Ink and Dance (01:26:46 to 01:33:50)

Mike and Eric begin episode 52 with some quick discussion of Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #3 and Dance #3, Gotham City Sirens #3 and some quick discussion of the JLA Deluxe Hardcover volume 2 and specifically the character design of the villain Dr. Light within. Then we have a Top 5 list of our favorite current DC writers. Our spoiler filled comics discussion begins with — Power Girl #3 (00:21:35 to 00:27:51); Booster Gold #22 (00:27:51 to 00:36:30); Adventure Comics #1 (00:36:30 to 00:47:48); Last Days of Animal Man #3 (00:47:48 to 00:56:55); Justice Society of America #29 (00:56:55 to 01:04:29);Batman #689 (01:04:29 to 01:11:27)

This week, Mike and Eric open the show with some action figure talk. Eric read Madame Xanadu volume 1, and we discuss that. And Mike read a Teen Titans issue from 1978 and Green Arrow Black Canary #23. We then go into the top 5 lists of favorite costumes. There’s a quick discussion of Superman: Secret Files before we move into the regular comics discussion… Superman: World of New Krypton #5 (00:32:30 to 00:40:14); Green Lantern Corps #39 (00:40:14 to 00:50:13); Blackest Night: Batman #1 (00:50:13 to 01:02:13) and Blackest Night #2 (01:02:13 to 01:16:26)

50 episodes! Hooray! Oh wait, it’s not 50 for Eric and Mike because we didn’t do the first 3. But we have a slightly longer than usual episode full of comics talk. First we have a look through the August 2009 Previews for DC Comics items shipping in October. And then it’s on to our usual comic talk. This week the lineup is: Batman: Street of Gotham #2 – 00:42:06 to 00:50:34; Detective Comics #855 – 00:50:34 to 00:57:16; Red Robin #2 – 00:57:16 to 01:00:41; Batman and Robin #2 – 01:00:41 to 01:05:24; Outsiders #20 – 01:05:24 to 01:07:26; Final Crisis: Legion of 3 World #5 – 01:07:26 to 01:17:24; Action Comics #879 – 01:17:24 to 01:24:56; Supergirl #34 – 01:24:56 to 01:29:19; Superman #690 – 01:29:19 to 01:38:26

This week hosts Mike Myers and Eric Martin start the show with a quick round up of several recent comics we read which includes Wednesday Comics, Green Arrow/Black Canary 22, Solomon Grundy 5, Wonder Woman 34, JSA vs Kobra 1 and 2, Strange Adventures 5, Justice League of America 35, Justice Society of America 29, Teen Titans 71, Secret Six 11, North 40 1, Final Crisis Aftermath: Run 3, Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape 3 and The Nobody OGN. Then we move into a huge Blackest Night spoiler discussion with – Blackest Night #1 (00:21:00 to 00:53:25), Green Lantern #44 (00:53:25 to 01:04:23), Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps 1 – 3 (01:05:27 to 01:12:47). And finally we throw in some discussion of JLA: Cry for Justice #1 (01:12:47 to 01:21:12)

Hosts Mike Myers and Eric Martin top the show with the Top 5 lists of DC Comics we wish more people would buy, along with some listener contributions. Our reviews and annotations this episode are for the following: Batman 688 (00:18:25 to 00:24:46) Secret Six 10 (00:24:46 to 00:31:31) Green Lantern Corps 38 (00:31:31 to 00:39:30) Green Lantern 43 (00:39:30 to 00:49:46) Superman 689 (00:49:46 to 00:59:24) We close the show with some quick non-spoiler discussion of Dead Romeo, Wonder Woman and Justice League: Cry For Justice.

Hosts Mike Myers and Eric Martin open the show with some back issue discussion of Adventure Comics #435 (1974) and Jack Kirby’s O.M.A.C. issues 1 and 2. we then move in to some non spoiler discussion of Wednesday Comics 1 and 2. We also have an impromptu Top 5 list of our 5 favorite strips from Wednesday Comics. The full spoiler reviews/annotations this time are for Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #2 (00:19:49 to 00:23:19) Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #2 and Ink #2 are quickly discussed (00:23:19 to 00:26:07) Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #2 (00:26:07 to 00:34:59) Last Days of Animal Man #2 (00:34:59 to 00L40:39) JSA vs Kobra #1 (00:40:39 to 00:47:12)

This week Mike and Eric start the show with lists from listeners and ourselves for Top 5 Jack Kirby creations for DC, and then jump into some comics discussion with spoilers: Batman 687 – 00:14:38 to 00:18:34; Batman and Robin 1 – 00:18:34 to 00:25:13; Red Robin 1 – 00:25:13 to 00:28:31; Detective Comics 854 – 00:28:31 to 00:36:40; Green Lantern Corps 37 – 00:37:07 to 00:46:10; Green Lantern 42 – 00:46:10 to 00:51:03; World of New Krypton 4 – 00:51:03 to 00:57:07; Action Comics 878 – 00:57:07 to 01:03:19; Supergirl 42 – 01:03:19 to 01:06:55; Action Comics Annual 12 – 01:06:55 to 01:10:36

This week Mike and Eric go over the July Previews catalog, discuss the lists of “5 things we would do as DC editor” from listeners and our own lists and then movie on to some quick discussion of several comics. Starting at 01:03:20 to 01:16:42 with various levels of spoilers within we quickly discuss the following and more – JSA vs. Kobra 1, Gotham City Sirens 1, The Brave and the Bold 23, Streets of Gotham 1, Booster Gold 21, Prototype 3, Solomon Grundy 4, DC Superfriends 15, Justice Society of America 28, Vigilante 7, Power Girl 2 and an Unknown Soldier issue from 1976 that Mike forgot to mention the issue number of. Finally, we have full spoiler reviews/annotations for Strange Adventures 4 (01:16:42 to 01:23:02) and Flash Rebirth 3 (01:23:02 to 01:26:59) Don’t forget about Mike’s comic giveaway to the person who correctly writes in with the decoded Zatanna phrase to mike@comicbooknoise.com, also Eric is giving away all 52 issues of Trinity for the cost of shipping (he will throw in Countdown as a similar offer as well.)