Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode #28: New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special - The Second One (1983)

Heyyy Gang!

In today's very special episode, Chris shares a very special issue sorta-kinda featuring the New Teen Titans.  Also, your host shares the story of a long-lingering addiction he once battled with... and no, we're not talking about comics!  That addiction he still can't kick!

Cosmic Treadmill ep. 124 - Justice League of America #219-220: Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension! (1983)

Say you folks like comic books? In this episode, multiversal transit cops Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at what has been considered a "retcon done right" when they read issues #219 and #220 of Justice League of America from 1983, written by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway (with an assist by Marv Wolfman) and drawn by Chuck Patton! After some biographical information about the creators involved (except for Marv...we've gone over him at length before), our alternate Earth investigators look at the character Black Canary and what came before these issues, which will serve as a new status quo for the character for years to come! After a break, our pair finish up the bios and talk about what constitutes a retcon, and what makes some acceptable while others are abhorred. They conclude the episode by explaining what Black Canary's been up to since learning this new origin. It's enough to make you stand up and belt out a Canary Cry, you don't want to miss it!

Weird Comics History, Ep. 28 - Exploring the Mysteries of Marvelman (Miracleman), Part Two

There comes a time when everybody has to leave home... and that's no different for our new friend Marvelman, who, during this episode makes the trek across the Atlantic, and starts getting published stateside by Eclipse Comics.  Not before a little tweak in his title though.


For their middle installment of Exploring the Mysteries of MarveREDACTED... let's try that again.  Exploring the Mysteries of MarREDACTED.  Hmm... okay, we'll do it their way... For this installment of Exploring the Mysteries of Miracleman, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) discuss more growing pains than a house full of Seavers when they continue their long-form look at our Kimota-shouting hero.  This week they will set the stage for the domestic (if you live in the United States) arrival (and sorta-kinda revival) of Miracleman... and briefly discuss the remaining Alan Moore run as well as the still unfinished Neil Gaiman run.

Then... they start getting into the nitty-gritty, and really the "meat and potatoes" of any real Miracleman discussion... the rights!  Welcome to the story, Mr. McFarlane... hope you survive the experience!

Next week we will do our best to "tie a bow" on Miracleman, his story, and the creative forces all vying for ownership!

Chris and Reggie "Box Set", Volume 3: Crisis on Infinite Earths

Welcome to our third "box set" collection... collecting out Five-Part (very) long-form discussion on one of DC Comics' biggest and grandest events... as well as our Weird Comics History look into the pre-Crisis DC Multiverse!

If you have say... a twelve-hour drive ahead of you, and you're looking for some company... this is the "box set" for you!

Included are Cosmic Treadmill Episodes 50-54 and Weird Comics History, Episode 22

Total Run Time

11 Hours, 18 Minutes, 30 Seconds

If you're interested in seeing every (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the Monitor... we collected them, right here!

Chris and Reggie "Box Set", Volume 1: The Comics Code Authority

In an attempt to make navigating the show's humble home a bit easier (and quicker!), we've decided to collect our long-form series' into "box set" posts.

For our first "Box Set", we are including our first five-part series... which coincidentally took place over our first five episodes!



If YouTube is more your game, we have assembled our discussion of the Comics Code Authority into a handy-dandy Playlist:

Total Run-Time:

7 Hours, 35 Minutes, 11 Seconds

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 50: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 50
Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1

For the landmark 50th episode of Cosmic Treadmill, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) celebrate with the 50th anniversary celebration of DC Comics, and read issue #2 of Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez! After some creator bios and an exhaustive look at the conditions that created the DC Multiverse, our intrepid comics enthusiasts sift through every appearance of a central figure to Crisis--before the event ever happened! After a break, our Treadmillers summarize issue #1 and detail issue #2 of Crisis on Infinite Earths! And that's all we have time for this week--tune in next Sunday for part two of this series!

 
Pre-Crisis Monitor Appearances
To our knowledge this is every pre-Crisis appearance of the Monitor.  Did we miss any out?  Please let us know as we will endeavor to make this as complete a resource as possible.

From New Teen Titans #21 (July, 1982)
Marv Wolfman / George Perez

From New Teen Titans Annual #2 (August, 1983)
Marv Wolfman / George Perez

From Green Lantern (vol.2) #173 (February, 1984)
Len Wein / Dave Gibbons

From Green Lantern (vol.2) #176 (May, 1984)
Len Wein / Dave Gibbons

From Green Lantern (vol.2) #178 (July, 1984)
Len Wein / Dave Gibbons

From Flash #338 (October, 1984)
Cary Bates / Carmine Infantino

From Flash #339 (November, 1984)
Cary Bates / Carmine Infantino

From Tales of the Teen Titans #47 (October, 1984)
Marv Wolfman / George Perez 

From Blue Devil #5 (October, 1984)
Dan Mishkin / Gary Cohn / Paris Cullins

From Fury of Firestorm #28 (October, 1984)
Gerry Conway / Rafael Kayanan

From Action Comics #560 (October, 1984)
Paul Kupperberg / Alex Saviuk

From Batman and the Outsiders #14 (October, 1984)
Mike W. Barr / Bill Willingham

From Batman and the Outsiders #15 (November, 1984)
Mike W. Barr / Trevor Von Eeden

From Justice League of America #232 (November, 1984)
Kurt Busiek / Alan Kupperberg

From Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #317 (November, 1984)
Paul Levitz / Mindy Newell / Terry Shoemaker

From Saga of the Swamp Thing #30 (November, 1984)
Alan Moore / Steve Bissette

From Wonder Woman #321 (November, 1984)
Dan Mishkin / Don Heck

From Infinity, Inc. #8 (November, 1984)
Roy Thomas / Dann Thomas / Jerry Ordway

From All-Star Squadron #40 (December, 1984)
Roy Thomas / Richard Howell

From DC Comics Presents #76 (December, 1984)
Dan Mishkin / Gary Cohn / Eduardo Barreto

From Superman #402 (December, 1984)
Cary Bates / Curt Swan

From Swamp Thing #31 (December, 1984)
Alan Moore / Rick Veitch

 From Justice League of America #234 (January, 1985)

Gerry Conway / Chuck Patton

From Superman #403 (January, 1985)
Paul Kupperberg / Curt Swan

From World's Finest Comics #311 (January, 1985)
Joey Cavalieri / Stan Woch

From Wonder Woman #323 (January, 1985)
Dan Mishkin / Don Heck

From Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #319 (January, 1985)
Paul Levitz / Terry Shoemaker

From Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #320 (February, 1985)
Paul Levitz / Terry Shoemaker

From Amethyst #2 (February, 1985)
Dan Mishkin / Gary Cohn / Ric Estrada

From Action Comics #564 (February, 1985)
Paul Kupperberg / Alex Saviuk 

From DC Comics Presents #78 (February, 1985)
Marv Wolfman / Curt Swan

From G.I. Combat #274 (February, 1985)
Robert Kanigher / Sam Glanzman

From G.I. Combat #275 (March, 1985)
Robert Kanigher / Sam Glanzman

From Warlord #91 (March, 1985)
Cary Burkett / Dan Jurgens

From Jonah Hex #90 (April, 1985)
Michael Fleisher / Gray Morrow

From Batman #384 (June, 1985)
Doug Moench / Rick Hoberg

From Tales of the Teen Titans #58 (October, 1985)
Marv Wolfman / Chuck Patton