When you think about it, Batman and the Ninja Turtles have a lot in common. They’re orphans, they’re well-trained in martial arts, they thrive in darkness. I think they’re all aliens too but I could be wrong about that.
We read their DC/IDW co-published 6-issue crossover from 2016.
Then, Peter Parker starts making that money in Amazing Spider-Man #2
Next Time: Locke & Key, Vol. 2 – Head Games
We’re starting a couple of classics today from very different eras! First up it’s Ed Brubaker’s Winter Soldier run on Captain America, which provided the basis for the second Captain America film. We’re planning to read the whole thing eventually, but for today we’re just doing the first volume.
Then we’re starting our long-read of the first year of Amazing Spider-Man. That’s right, all the way from the beginning. If it’s any good, maybe we’ll read the next 60 years worth as well.
Next Time: Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1-6
Wario’s back to his villainous ways as he travels to Bomberland and attempts to turn Bomberman & his friends into his evil minions. In reality, it’s just a Bomberman game that was reskinned to have Wario!
How many of the Captain Marvels have we talked about? We’ve talked about Mar-Vell and Carol Danvers, but Monica Rambeau hasn’t really come up that often, at least not as Captain Marvel.
With her being featured recently in WandaVision, we thought we’d take a look at her first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 and then the Captain Marvel one-shot from 1989.
And then it’s finally time for Squadron Supreme #12! Final issue! Big fight! Lots of deaths!
Next Time: Captain America: The Winter Solider (Captain America 2004 #1-7)
THAT WAS A GAME returns to explore that time Princess Peach got her own spinoff game where she defeated enemies by crying into their mouths!
Wedding bells are in the air!
We’re going back to the mid-90’s when Lois and Clark got married in the comics as well as on TV! We read Superman: The Wedding Album, a one-shot from 1996 which tells the whole story in a pretty self-contained issue.
We also get to some more questionable moral choices in Squadron Supreme #11 as we get really close to the end!
Next Time: Monica Rambeau’s origins in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 and Captain Marvel (1989) #1
Babyhands. This dude has babies for hands. I know this was supposed to be about Wanda and Vision and their weird magic babies or whatever, but as soon as this guy came on the scene he stole the whole damn show like he stole those babies. BABYHANDS.
This was from West Coast Avengers 50-52 and 56-57, which was a strange selection of issues.
Over in Squadron Supreme #10, we get some spies on the team!
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Next Time: Superman & Lois Lane tie the knot in Superman: The Wedding Album (1996)
Somehow, we’d never read The Death of Gwen Stacy for the show, so we rectified that by reading Amazing Spider-Man #121 & 122.
We also read “What If Spider-Man Had Rescued Gwen Stacy?” from What If #24. Special thanks to Uatu who hooked us up with this story, it’s good to know that Peter Parker makes dumb decisions no matter what happens.
We also continued with Squadron Supreme #9 in which a member of the team dies!
Next Time: Scarlet Witch & Vision find out the truth about their children in West Coast Avengers #50-52/56-57
It’s still December, we’ve been told, which means we’re legally obligated to continue covering Christmas comics. But we broke the rules and did a cartoon too! Take that!
We went with Paul Dini’s “Slayride” in Detective Comics #826 as well as the “Christmas with the Joker” episode of Batman: The Animated Series.
And then we continued Squadron Supreme with issue #8, in which we get an actual honest to goodness superhero fight.
Next Time: The Death of Gwen Stacy (Amazing Spider-Man #121-122) and What If Spider-Man Had Rescued Gwen Stacy (What If? #24)
Anytime the holidays roll around, you know we’re gonna get Santa plastered all over a ton of comics. DC’s Christmas With the Superheroes 1988 collects 6 different stories from throughout the years and we tried to guess how many would contain the real Santa. Or as real as a comic book Santa can get.
And then we got another shocking twist in Squadron Supreme #7.
Next Time: A double-dose of Paul Dini Holiday Fun with Batman: Slayride (Detective Comics #826) and Christmas with the Joker (Batman: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 2)
Also, Chris mentions Titan Up the Defense’s episode about the Teen Titans Swingin’ Christmas Carol, which you can listen to at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/ttwasteland/episodes/2015-11-11T09_38_20-08_00
All My Friends Are Right Here 