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Some of My Friends Read Comics 222 – Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One, Pt. 1 + Earth X #9

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When the Mortal Kombat team makes a video game based on DC comic book characters and you need to write the prequel story, what do you do? You turn Superman into a fascist, of course.

We’re reading the first half of Injustice: Year One from 2013, where Superman starts killing people, Wonder Woman supports him, and Batman don’t like it.

Then we move onto Earth X #9 in which the Red Skull has a pretty good line.

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Next Time: We finish Year One of Injustice (issues 7-12, or 19-36 digitally)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 149 – Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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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

MP3: https://bit.ly/31bS2Kf

Next Time: Locke & Key, Vol. 2 – Head Games

Some of My Friends Read Comics 104 – Batman Endgame + All-Star Superman #1

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It’s time for Endgame! No, not Avengers… it’s Batman: Endgame from 2015, the culmination of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on Batman.

We also start our next long-read tile: All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely! What a time to be alive.

MP3: https://bit.ly/2HNtTRp

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Next Time: We begin a new 2-parter with The Dark Phoenix Saga Pt.1 (Uncanny X-Men 129-132)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 097 – Nightwing: Year One + Secret Wars 7

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For Valentine’s Day, we wanted to cover a comic book couple that we haven’t spent much time with: Dick Grayson & Barbara Gordon. Turns out Nightwing: Year One didn’t have quite as much Batgirl in it as we thought it would, but don’t worry…

Smooching.

Does.

Happen.

Join us for Nightwing 101-106 and Secret Wars 7.

MP3: https://bit.ly/2UVW0kZ

Next Time: We get ready for Captain Marvel by checking out the Kree-Skrull War Part 1 (Avengers 89-93)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 094 – Batman: A Death in the Family + Secret Wars 4

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In 1988, DC Comics urged the American people to exercise their right to vote by calling a 900 number and deciding the fate of Robin #2, Jason Todd.

The people were not kind to Jason.

We read “Batman: A Death in the Family” from issues 426-429 by Jim Aparo & Jim “Infinity” Starlin. Does anybody actually call him that? Anyways, this book doesn’t get very cosmic, but we do get the Joker/Ayatollah team-up we didn’t know we needed.

All this, plus Secret Wars #4!

MP3: https://bit.ly/2F93xZd

Next Time: The Death of Superman!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 076 – Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

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The burning question on everyone’s lips: Would Batman have been able to solve the Jack the Ripper murders?

Duh, obviously yeah.

Gotham by Gaslight, an Elseworlds tale from 1989, covers the whole story with art by pre-Hellboy Mike Mignola.

They even just made an animated movie out of it, which is different in A LOT of ways.

MP3: http://bit.ly/2pdUzjB

Next Time: Moon Knight (1980) #1-6

All My Friends Are Right Here 054 – Ranking the Batman Movies

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On this week’s Batman Super-Spectacular, we rank all nine of the theatrically released Batman films!  That means the 60’s Batman: The Movie, the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher quartet, and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, plus the animated Mask of the Phantasm.

Our panel of Bat-experts decides the best Batman movie and the worst Batman movie.  We also decide the best & worst Batman actor and the best & worst Bruce Wayne actor (and they’re not necessarily the same!).  And…find out which Batman movie taught Richard about the existence of the United Nations!

MP3: http://bit.ly/1U02wnN

Also mentioned in this episode is the always hilarious Bat Labels Twitter account.

Some of My Friends Read Comics 021 – Batman: Mad Love

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All around me are the Batman’s cases: Joker chases, makeup faces.

Harley Quinn just wants the Joker’s embraces. Plays her Aces, schemes take places.

And this comic’s kinda funny, this comic’s kinda sad.

The panels where she’s dreaming are the best I’ve ever had.

We liked Paul Dini’s writing. And Bruce Timm’s art was great.

Like the animated series, it’s a very very… Mad Love.

MP3: http://bit.ly/20FJS51

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Some of My Friends Read Comics 014 – Batman: The Long Halloween

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Batman embarks on a search for the mysterious “Holiday” Killer who, starting on Halloween, kills mobsters on major holidays until Batman finally catches Holiday a year later…

Wait, a year?!?! Better improve those detective skills, Bruce.

To be fair, he gets distracted by every single member of his rogues gallery and on top of all that he has to watch Harvey Dent go crazy and turn into Two-Face.

Join us as we read The Long Halloween and disagree completely on just about every aspect of this story!

MP3: http://bit.ly/1LBE6L5

Some of My Friends Read Comics 007 – Batman: The Killing Joke

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75 years ago, if you had told us that a guy who runs around in clown makeup stealing jewels would one day become the most iconic supervillain in comics, then we’re afraid we wouldn’t have heard you because we weren’t born yet.

In this very special episode all about The Joker, we take a look back at his first appearance in Batman #1 and then read what has been called the greatest Joker story of all time, Alan Moore’s controversial The Killing Joke. Join us, won’t you?