Let’s all take our seats—it’s Crisis 306A: Zero Hour aka Crisis Cleanup.
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What's on the other side of the DCU, Bat and Cat--together again (kinda), Legion goes into hyperspeed, a long Strange trip for Adam, a win for the Robot, Weird gets weirder, Happy gets unhappy, and we're all Shakespeare.
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Jon and Imra out on a date, so does everybody know the Bat-ID’s? Get happy—or else, Kamandi-ish, we’re off to the Para-Zone, our favorite deer/human hybrid returns, Young Justice takes its final bow, and everything matters but nothing counts.
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Batman’s 1000th (or 1001st) Detective, a neurotic Superman from the future, Legion artists Tag—you’re it! Young Justice goes into the final stretch, more Shakespearean Dreaming, back to the Watchmen toy box, The Lightning Round, and let’s play monopoly.
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Let’s all take our seats—it’s Crisis 305: Bloodlines aka What’s in Your Sketchbook?
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Lana and Clark hang, Shazam taps out, Tim and Stephanie together again, Adam Strange goes caving, Orville—meet Death Star, Willow joins a cult, who exactly is Shakespeare?, and industry news.
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Three Jokers and you’re out, the Legion goes to trial, Young Justice cleans up, Billionaire Island gets even darker, Adam Strange bums a ride, dreaming of Shakespeare, the new DC Implosion, and we go under the dome.
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Jimmy and Lois take their final bows, Justice Leagues both good and bad, Bart Allen breaks the multiverse, Adam Strange—war hero or war criminal? Willow goes on a vacation, and we browse the graphic novel library to meet the early JSA.
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Selina, Joker, and GL are now octogenarians, Batman returns to animation, More LSH members check in, Captain Boomerang—action hero, Impulse explains it all, A sporking escape, Terrific takes a quiz, True love saves The Question, Jimmy vs. Muhammed Ali, plus a Jimmy Olsen 101.
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Let’s all take our seats—it’s Crisis 303(b): Future Armageddon!!!
This is the second part of a "crisis" episode, the first part of which aired last October. We're posting this now to give us time to rejigger the podcast, based on DC's recent decision (check out the previous episode or my blog for more details). Also, we're doing some remodeling at the house, and need some time for that. If all goes well on both fronts, the new HIGMWTRC will be out on July 5.
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Crisis on Infinite Loises, A Kent family reunion, the Terrifics tap out on paper, Johns is too busy on Stargirl to get his own comic out, Buffy and Cordelia sittin’ in a tree, the return of Gary Seven, and Distribution Wars--they have begun.
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Hey kids—New Comics! Jimmy Olsen dies—again, The League fights the Big Green Monster, Jessica denies Darkseid, Buffy settles back into the groove, the Dreaming wraps things up, and Superman Owes a Billion Dollars!
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Longbox Roulette Round #3: An All-Star Giant, Gaiman reprints, Harley’s stache, Wash’s requiem, the JLA is Shadow-boxing, the League of Extraordinary Shadowpacts, and a possible return to normality.
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Longbox Roulette Round #2: Ollie plays father figure, it’s all Plastic, Man! Make it so, Funeral for a Friend, it’s a Wonderful Earth, Yabba-Dabba-Doo, and light at the end of the tunnel.
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Robin’s looking pretty good for 80 years, Jon Kent is the “True Superman”, Mr. Terrific calls in the Reserves, the name is Olsen—Jimmy Olsen, Young vs. Younger Justice, another trippy tale from Mike Allred, and #Coronapocalyse hits the comic industry.
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An anniversary for the Scarlet Speedster, Tom King gets Strange, Lois makes Bruce her errand boy, Welcome to Billionaire Island, and some industry news.
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It’s Dr. Wally-hattan, Clark vs. the Klan, the Reign of the Subparmen, discarded CIE stories, an ASTRISK is added to the Hall of Justice, Dial Heroes for Hope, back to Gemworld, and Dan DiDio WHAAAAA???
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Two views of Harley, Bruce is jealous, Shock! Lois survives the explosion, Choose your own Terrifics, Young Justice v Young Justice, Will you be my Trekentine?, and it’s Zero Hour all over again.
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Diana gets her due, Harley is moving up in the world, Snyder pulls a bait and switch, attack of the dial up era, beware the K-Hole, God bowls a few frames, and the top 10 of the 2010s.