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.)

Hosts Mike Myers and Eric Martin open the show with their Top 5 list of Team Team-Ups, then discuss the following: Supergirl #41 – 00:11:23 to 00:19:07; Superman #688 – 00:19:07 to 00:25:37; Green Lantern #41 – 00:25:37 to 00:30:52; Justice Society of America #27 – 00:30:52 to 00:37:52; Battle For the Cowl #3 – 00:37:52 to 00:48:34; Strange Adventures #3 – 00:48:34 to 00:58:03 and Last Days of Animal Man #1 – 00:58:03 to 01:03:37.

This episode features the Top 5 JSA Members from hosts Eric Martin and Mike Myers, along with contributions from some of the listeners. The guys go through the June 2009 Previews catalog for DC items shipping in August. Reviews for this episode include – Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #1 (00:52:56 to 00:58:09) Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #1 (00:58:09 to 01:01:39) Justice League of America #33 (01:01:39 to 01:05:58) and a quick synopsis of Trinity 49 through 52 (01:05:58 to 01:15:00)

This week, your hosts Mike Myers and Eric Martin open the show with a top 5 wish list of DC team-ups.Our reviews are – Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #1 (00:12:30 to 00:21:13), Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #1 (00:21:13 to 00:29:53), Flash Rebirth #2 (00:29:53 to 00:40:19), World of New Krypton #3 (00:40:19 to 00:47:47), Action Comics #877 (00:47:47 to 00:55:10)

The lineup for this episode is our lists of Top 5 heroes we would like to see in an ongoing series or miniseries. Included are the lists posted by listeners on the forum. We then go into reviews of Power Girl #1 (00″26:53 to 00:34:59), Secret Six #9 (00:34:59 to 00:43:37), Oracle: The Cure #3 )00:43:37 to 00:53:17), Green Lantern Corps #36 (00:53:17 to 01:02:18) and Strange Adventures #2 (01:02:18 to 01:13:35)