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• 00:41:20 - Discord Picks
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Last weekend it was Lagos Comic-Con and we had a roving reporter on ground and we bring you all the latest news.

We cover the new Disney show called Moving which is a Korean superpowers show.

Then we discuss Hickmans upcoming Ultimate Spider-Man and the latest comments from Martin Scorcese.

Join us again this week for all these goodies.

This week we have a couple of new trailers to talk about, we also get into the saga around Fables in which the creator Bill Willingham seems to be at war with DC.
We finally run an eye over the career of Geoff Johns as a writer and give a thumbs up or down

It's time to get reading and discussing in The Fake Nerd Book Club! The original FNP segment has expanded to its own show, featuring deeper explorations of whole series, special deep dives on novels, interviews with creators, and the archive of segments from the mothership podcast.

From the archive of the FNP episodes, this is the Book Club for episode 161. This was Ryan's pick, containing issues #858-863 of Action Comics. This collected storyline was written by Geoff Johns with art by Gary Frank. Enjoy the discussion!

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Sam and Henry discuss the The Rock/Zachary Levi/Henry Cavill situation & HBOmax's Titans returning! We talk about Lois' big news and if this is the kind of thing for a superhero tv show. There's plenty of DC Comics easter eggs discussed and even a little Bob Dylan!

Henry's show notes:

EPISODE 2: Uncontrollable Forces - “I Can Shave Hours Off Your Commute”

Greetings Super friends! Welcome BACK to Superman & Lois & Pals. I’m Henry Bernstein and alongside me is my favorite super pal, Professor Sam Brody. 

Shazam/Black Adam news

Titans news

Let’s talk about Superman and Lois Season 3 Episode 2

S03E2 - “Uncontrollable Forces”

Directed by: Elizabeth Henstridge

Written By:

Katie Aldrin

IMDB and Apple TV: Clark and Chrissy notice a small crack in Lois' game face; Sarah and Jordan have an awkward encounter; Lana receives a panicked phone call.

• Lois Cancer Stuff
  • I don’t think I’m emotionally prepared to handle a Lois Lane illness portrayed by Bitsie. She’s too good of an actress, it’s going to wreck me. 
  • Why didn’t Lois tell Clark about her health? That doesn’t seem realistic. 
  • Clark is being very supportive as usual
  • Fuck, Cancer. I don’t want this. This fucking sucks. I have this personal thing about tv. I don’t want to see real shit. I want to escape into a fantasy.
    • “I was a little shocked when [the producers] first told me that’s what they wanted to do,” actress Elizabeth Tulloch tells TVLine. “But I actually think it’s pretty wonderful. This storyline hasn’t been done, and cancer is such a prevalent force in so many people’s lives. This villain is so relatable and so real, and more than anything it’s one that Clark and Superman can’t just go handle. For Superman, who is this all-powerful superhero, to be faced with something he’s completely powerless against is even more grounding for the show, and it places a greater emphasis on the strength of us as a couple and the family dynamic. I thought it was exciting, and I hope the fans feel the same way.”
    • “We reached out to so many people — doctors, oncologists, people who had been through it, spouses who have been through it, families that have been through it,” Fletcher tells TVLine. “All of our scripts have been vetted to make sure that it’s playing real, because we don’t want it to be taken lightly. We want to put Lois on a real journey that so many other women in the world are going through. Hopefully they can take solace in seeing that a character as iconic as Lois Lane is suffering the same thing, and to feel like they have someone to relate to. We thought long and hard about it, and we felt like we had something to say.” Fletcher expects fans to be surprised at how “in-depth” the show goes with Lois’ cancer battle without shifting the show’s established tone. “We’re not going to despair and darkness all the time,” he says. “We have a very hopeful family, and we hold onto that, but we’re never telling the audience that the threat isn’t real.” “It’s our arc for the season,” he adds. “It’s our villain for the season, to be honest.”
• Wait, why couldn’t she give a full family history because of her mom?
• “I promise I will never look at you any other way. We will get through this together. You’re gonna beat this thing, not a doubt in my mind”
   
• The kid stuff
  • Sorry, Jordan is now just being pathetic and desperate. Give it up kid. But Sarah is very nice and loved that she gave him her oversized shirt
  • Party in Metropolis! Woooo!!! Now we’re seeing a little bit of Jonathan's “bad-boy" persona. I like it. “Fraternals Right?”
  • Ok what part of Metropolis is this?! Is this the suburbs? Gold Coast-ish? 
  • Why was she annoyed he brought his TWIN BROTHER?Poor Jordan. He’s got the whole clumsy Clark thing but not on purpose. 
  • Get it Nat!
  • SARAH’S WEARING A BOB DYLAN I WANT YOU 1966 SHIRT! 
    • I Want You is the first track on side 2 of disc one on 1966’s Blonde on Blonde. 
    • Obviously I’ve been searching for the shirt. 
    • @msdylangirl on twitter found it!
  • This party is terrible. Get out of there kids! Just leave!
• Clark and Lois
  • Love the little Clark/Lois reporter dynamic
  • “Do you think Harry has that early bird special” - Clark
  • Clark listens to her heartbeat to see if she’s lying. 
  • “Get your hands off me! Don’t Touch me!” - Very Margo Kidder vibes
  • “We’re a team, best one I know”
  • I love that Lois was the one to talk her down, not Superman saving her
• Manheim
  • So it looks like Otomotopia’s powers are sonic based and have changed a bit from the comics
  • George said, “It was always about the pride of Smallville”
  • Shotgun wounds but no bullets
  • We’re just hearing now about George Jr?
  • Who’s Mr. Orr?
  • Very Luthor vibes from S:TAS calling Superman to his balcony
  • “The Suicide Slums” - not an official neighborhood, but a nickname, which I think it always was but now Manheim has gentrified it? Nice callback to Luthor and Edge.
  • Lana and John Henry are a fun team. One of the few good things that came out of New 52.
  • Oh cool Onomatopoeia killed this earth’s John Henry
  • Nice seeing Chicago’s “L”

The TC crew is coming down from a Halloween hangover. However, they still have enough gas left in the tank to discuss seasonal shenanigans, Joey's wedding, various comics, and every comic-related news story under the sun!

Books: ParaNorthern & The Chaos Bunny A-Hop-Calypse OGN, Catwoman: Lonely City #4, Strange #7, The Variants #4, AXE: Judgement Day #6, The Magic Order 3 #3-4, Saviors TImes (Webtoon), I'm the Grim Reaper (Webtoon), Moonlighting (Webtoon), Lavender House (novel), JSA #1-6, House of Slaughter #6-10, Strange Academy: Finals #1

Other Stuff: Golden Girls, various horror movies

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, John Burkle, and Chris Ceary, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics, and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

The hierarchy is about to change as the Talking Comics crew discusses Dwayne Johnson's hotly anticipated Black Adam, tripping balls with the Defenders, the magic of DC Infinite Ultra, Resonator, Henry Cavill's Superman return, and Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer!

Books: Displacement OGN, Batman/Catwoman #1-12, GCPD: The Blue Wall #1, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #41-42, Captain Marvel #42, Batgirls #11, Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats #1, Defenders Beyond #4, Sunstone Vol. 1, Resonator #1-10, The Low, Low Road #1-6, Basketful of Heads #1-7

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On this episode of the podcast, we look at the critically panned DC comics adaptation of Green Lantern.  Did we agree with the critics or were we easier on the film than they were at the time?  Find out now!

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NEWS

1. Watch ‘Batman vs. Robin’ trailer for Mark Waid and Mahmud Asrar’s upcoming series
   1. DC Comics reveals [REDACTED] returns from [REDACTED] in ‘Batman vs. Robin’ preview
2. Marc Silvestri gets DC Black Label series ‘Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo’ #1
3. New Geoff Johns projects announced: JSA, Stargirl, and ‘The Golden Age’ one-shot
4. DC Comics celebrates the 90s!
   1. Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special
   2. WILDCATs
   3. Waller vs. Wildstorm
   4. Batman Spawn Complete Collection
5. Marvel releases November 2022 solicitations
   1. Marvel teases big plans for Captain America titles in November
   2. ​​Ryan North and Iban Coello to take over ‘Fantastic Four’ in November 2022
      1. Frank Miller crafts ‘Fantastic Four’ #1 variant cover for November launch
   3. Marvel goes ‘X-Treme’ this November with series of variant covers
   4. Gerry Duggan and Juan Frigeri launch ‘Invincible Iron Man’ #1 this December
6. BOOM! and Jason Aaron team up for ‘Once Upon a Time at the End of the World’ #1
7. Vault Comics sets September for 'Wasted Space: The Cosmic Collection' Kickstarter launch
8. Vault Comics announces 'Door to Door, Night by Night' horror series
9. ‘Creepshow’ #3 creative teams announced by Skybound Entertainment
10. IDW announces video game tie-in comic ‘Star Trek: Resurgence’ #1 for November 2022
11. Are the X-Men in trouble? Marvel teases an S.O.S. is coming January 2023
12. F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' gets comics adaptation 'Gatsby'

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. The Silver Coin #13 (Johnnie Christmas, Michael Walsh)
2. Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 (Tom King, Mitch Gerads)

Nathan:

1. Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 (Tom King, Mitch Gerads)
2. Do A Powerbomb #3 (Daniel Warren Johnson)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Strange #5 (Jed Mackay, Marcelo Ferreira)

Dave - Barbaric: Axe to Grind (Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden) 

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Minor Threats #1 (Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn)
• Nathan: Tales of the Human Target #1 (Tom King, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Greg Smallwood)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Carnage #5 (Maria Wolf)
• Nathan: The Swamp Thing #16 (John McCrea variant)

Interview: Curt Pires - New America #1--debuts August 23

1. To start, New America is a political thriller, would you say it’s a response to any specific moment in American history?
2. You’ve crafted New America with artist Luca Casalanguida. How long has the project been in the works?
3. Given the political underbelly of New America, do you hope the series could enact change in the real world?
4. There’s a lot of passion on the page, particularly a scene with a burning of something, when writing the first draft for this did you have to scale back your own passion, or lean into it?
5. It’s hard to shock me, but I honestly was taken aback by some of the violence. You see holes in people. What went into the choice to make the violence graphic?
6. Set in the future, how futuristic does New America get?
7. New America ends up on news channels come its release August 23, what’s your response? Do you go on the 24 hour news talk shows?
8. Curt you’re a busy guy, do you have other projects you’d like to talk about today?

Bam! Pow! We have a supersized episode for you because we are covering one of our favorite superheroes: Batman!!! Our March Madness winner, Batman (1989), was a pop culture phenomenon that inspired a whole new love for Gotham’s Caped Crusader. AND we are so lucky to be joined by our resident comic book and superhero expert: Ben! Ben walks us through the world of Batman comic storylines and their relationship to on-screen portrayals of the Dark Knight (and to help prep for all Batman trivia needs). We discuss our ideal Bruce Wayne/Batman and Joker characteristics, why we like Batman’s villains so much, our thoughts on the controversial casting, our appreciation for Tim Burton’s vision, and more! Ben also bestows upon us his ~definitive ranking~ of Batman adaptations. Our Bat Signal is up and we can’t wait for you to take flight with us in the quest to defend our love for this Batman movie! 

*NOTE: This episode contains explicit language and sensitive material

*NOTE FROM EMMA: At 5:35 “Catwoman” is meant to be said instead of “Batwoman”

* NOTE FROM ISABELLA: Shout-out to the actor who plays the waiter falling over in the museum scene- you did an awesome job!

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NEWS

• Zeb Wells named head ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ writer starting April 2022
  • John Romita Jr. named main artist on Amazing Spider-Man this April
• DC Comics launching 'Flashpoint Beyond' event on April 5th with Geoff Johns
• DC Comics First Look: I Am Batman #6 – Batman moves to NYC with Black History Month logo
• Second annual X-Men Election: Polls are now open through January 13
• New details emerge for April 2022’s return of ‘New Mutants’ #25
• ‘X-Force’ details surface in Destiny of X era series by Ben Percy and Robert Gill
• ‘Knights of X’ details surface in Destiny of X era ‘X-Men’ series
• 'X-Men ‘92: House of XCII' #1 miniseries launching 'House of X' story in April
• Marvel Comics and Webtoon team up on 'Eternals: The 500 Year War'
• Predator Writers Reach Settlement With Disney in Copyright Lawsuit
• Rob Liefeld Launching Comic ‘The Defiants’ as NFT

Top 2 most anticipated comics of 2022!

Dave: Sabretooth #1 - Victor LaValle / Leonard Kirk

Little Monsters #1 - Jeff Lemire / Dustin Nguyen

Nathan: Batman/Superman: World’s Finest - Mark Waid, Dan Mora

The Monkey Prince - Gene Luen Yang, Bernard Chang

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Robin & Batman #3 (Lemire, Nguyen)

Dave - Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes (2021) #1 (Bendis, Godlewski)

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes (2021) #1 (Bendis, Godlewski)
2. Star Wars #20 (Soule, Marco Castiello)

Nathan:

1. Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #1 (Zdarsky, de Latorre)
2. Rain #1 (Hill, Booer, Thorogood, O’Halloran)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: X Lives of Wolverine #1 (Ben Percy, Josh Cassara)
• Nathan: X Lives of Wolverine #1 (Ben Percy, Josh Cassara)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Miles Morales: Spider-Man #34 (Acuna Cover)
• Nathan: Shadowman #5 (Marks cover)

Off topic Top Shelf: Peacemaker

Show Notes:

Does Superman work best on TV as opposed to film? Why?

Let’s talk about the recent controversy with the show. What allegedly happened according to former writer Nadria Tucker?

https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/nadria-tucker-discusses-seemingly-out-of-nowhere-dismis-1846456451?fbclid=IwAR1Ipy9N1a0ECRsd-6f_3VkAIiYuG_pE7E1QP837lXy15LDAso16R8fhbj8

Episode recap:

“As Smallville celebrates its first Harvest Festival since Martha's passing, Clark is reminded what his mother meant to him and learns a lesson that will help him move past her death. Meanwhile, Lois makes a breakthrough in the investigation of Morgan Edge. Kyle tries to reconnect with Lana, but it seems like he might be falling back into his old ways.”

• Clark’s v/o with scenes of Smallville in slo-mo! YES PLEASE! More of this. Love that the fam is watching super-feats over breakfast. 
• “Back to 1949 when Smallville was established” - ACCURATE. Superboy #2, 1949, written by Jerry Siegel. 
• Are the Kents growing corn? 
• I like that the Jordan/Sarah romance is progressing in a realistically awkward but normal way. Clark’s dorky dad embarrassing exuberance was so perfect. 
• Jonathan’s life sucks in such a teenager “my life sucks” way. Lois handled the mom-advice to him like a champ. She didn’t react to his insult, and knows to just wait it out. Clark reacting to Jon’s unreasonable request of living at someone’s apt was to laugh. LOL Then Clark knowing he was drunk was also LOL. Good parenting just sending him home in an uber and then dealing with it later. No really. I love that last episode you thought Jonathan was being TOO good and here he flies off the handle. Yet he comes back and apologizes, no problem. Clark’s turn for some GREAT parenting. 
• The Morgan Edge/Lois/Smallville story is a great reason why Superman works best serialized (tv, radio, comics). It was good to see Kyle and Lois acting normal to each other. Beppo’s line “Big Reporter Energy” was amazing.
• Really enjoyed the flashback scenes and more Martha. It’s interesting that Martha was his main influence as a teen.I wonder if we’ll get to see more flashbacks with Jonathan. I didn’t need to see him fighting crime like a proto-Batman, I would’ve prefered super-feats that help people. But I love seeing Clark being affected by the stuff around him and thinking about the past. “He knew I was here for a reason” - reference to Glen Ford talking to young Clark in STM. You get the feeling that Martha was just an absolute amazing woman. She really had a rough time raising a teenaged powered Clark as a single mom. It was cool seeing Martha send him on his way with the Kryptonian crystal. Usually it’s Jonathan passing along advice for how to proceed with what he was meant to do. Now that I think about it though, Pa dies when Clark appears to be a Senior in STM, and in Smallville Pa died about halfway through the run of the show. Anyway what exactly did Martha want him to do? Go to the fortress? Go to the future to become a Legionnaire? Where did Clark go? For how long? I mean I guess in STM he goes to the fortress at 18 for 7 years. I think I prefer the comics version where Clark graduates, heads off for an extended gap year to figure it all out then goes to Met U to study journalism. Anyway this was a strange way to do the transition from Smallville to Superman. But it was interesting. I still don’t fully understand how Clark and Lana remember their whole lives with the boys. I read a rumor that this show actually operates outside the Arrowverse...
• I love Clark saving the day secretly AS CLARK because it would be weird if Superman happened to be in Smallville. “Is that frost?”
• There’s something about Captain Luthor lurking around, pretending to be a journalist that doesn’t feel right to me. It seems like he understands that this is a different earth that he was on and that Lois is a different Lois. So why doesn’t he understand that this Superman is different from the one on his earth. And WHY doesn’t he realize that when they first meet and Superman wants to just talk. I assume what will happen is that Superman killed HIS Lois and so he’s just blinded by rage. 

Reddit er den moderne atombombe, Mikkjal forstår aktier (måske), og Martin er “Um, actually…”-agtig når det kommer til superheltetegneserier. DSM elsker tangenter og sidespor, og begge dele er på menuen i afsnit 8!

Addendum: Den serie Mikkjal ikke kan huske hvad hedder, og som ikke hedder Tropic Thunder, hedder Thunder in Paradise.