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Why watch the Snyder cut when you can get the Ellison cut? Greg and Dan review Harlan Ellison’s original teleplay for Dan’s favorite Star Trek Original Series Episode The City on the Edge of Forever …

Greg and Dan get to the end of Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. “Heavens to Murgatroyd” where does Snagglepuss end up after his life falls apart and he is blackballed? Also, we discuss th…

Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left and you know the story is good when they just talk about the story.  Issue 5 brings the climax of the arc. Find out if Snagglepuss testifies… W…

Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left. This is where things start to change Snagglepuss and Huckleberry Hound. The subplots stop and story moves forward as Gigi Allen uses all of he…

Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left. In the story we learn about Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller, and whole host of character from the 1950s. The story moves forward s…

Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left. The McCarthy Era topics continue including Roy Cohn, The Lavender Scare, Huckleberry Hound in the City, and the campaign against communism. Jo…

Greg and Dan head to the front of the stage to discuss the first issue of Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. Of course, we are going to discuss the issue.  Thanks to some great writing by M…

Greg and Dan review Prez issue 4 from 1974. Prez fights off cultural imperialism, the Universal Monsters, and bat based disease to save the Earth! We also rundown how these stories compare to the cur…

Greg and Dan review Prez issue 2 and 3 from 1973/1974. We cover protests, Bobby Fischer, Chess, and gun control as this strangely present story weaves forward. This is the second episode of a series …

Greg and Dan continue talking through DC Super-Stars 17 from 1977. In part two we discuss the underwhelming Legion of Super-Heroes story about the energetic Quintile crystal. Then we get into the fir…

Greg and Dan take on DC Super-Stars 17. In part one we discuss the DC Implosion and creators’ rights. We also review a beautiful Denny O’Neil and Mike Grell Green Arrow origin story!

Read the issue a…

Greg and Dan review OMAC 1 from 1974! OMAC was Jack Kirby’s last regular series at DC in the 1970s after the hailed “Kirby is Coming” campaign to promote new Kirby creations.

During the review we get…

In honor of the 2020 Election, Greg and Dan listen to some Superman Old Time Radio! We review all 16 episodes of Superman vs the Clan of the Fiery Cross. 

During the review we discuss the history of …

Episode 252: Endless Chase

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Greg and Dan read and discuss ALL OF New Teen Titans Vol 2 Annual 3, the first appearance of Danny Chase. After exploring one off characters that were successful …

Episode 251: Part 2 Squashed Like a Beetle

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Greg and Dan finish part 2 of Ted Kord’s “last appearance”. They dive deep into the story and how to utilize *spoiler* the death of a character.

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Episode 250: Beetlemania Part 1

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Greg and Dan start part one of Beetlemania. Who is Batman holding on the cover? 

The history of the Blue Beetle is one of the most fascinating comic stories…

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Greg and Dan continue the conversation on one-off and throw-away characters. Guy Gardner was the other “man without fear” in the DC Universe until he got hit by a bus.  John Stewart steps …

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Greg and Dan review Green Lantern 59 to follow-up the conversation in Episode 247 on throw-away characters. Guy Gardner the other “man without fear” in the DC Universe debuts in a story wr…