Mike and Eric open the show with top 5 lists of “bromances” (man, I hate that word) in DC Comics. We then move on to some quick miscellaneous comics talk including Wonder Woman and Green Arrow/Black Canary. Our full reviews/annotations are for — Batman: The Widening Gyre #1 – 00:12:29 to 00:24:03; Justice Society of America #30 – 00:24:03 to 00:34:52; Supergirl Annual #1 – 00:34:52 to 00:44:59; Action Comics #881 – 00:44:59 to 00:52:34

It’s an all Blackest Night episode, but first Mike and Eric have the top 5 lists of DC cartoon series from ourselves and some of the listeners. Blackest Night Batman #2 (00:11:37 to 00:18:54) Green Lantern Corps #40 (00:18:54 to 00:29:34) Blackest Night #3 (00:29:34 to 00:45:51) Plus, Mike discusses Tales of the Green Lantern Corps 1-3 which introduced Nekron, the Honor Guard, Arisia and many other aspects of the current Green Lantern mythos.

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)