DCOCD 32 - Salvation Run

DCOCD is the DC Comics EVENT PODCAST where we discuss, contextualise and rank every single DC event in order starting with 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths up to... we're not sure yet.

DC continued on the rocky road to Final Crisis with a 7 issue side event of the pre-event to 2008’s main event. Anyway it’s time to look at 2007’s SALVATION RUN from Bill Willingham, Lilah Sturges, Sean Chen, Waldon Wong, Wayne Faucher, Joe Bennett, Joe Corroney, Neal Adams (variant cover), Steve Wands, Ken Lopez, John Kalisz, Thomas Chu and Joey Cavalieri.

See what happens when the villains of the DC universe get exiled to a planet that is engineered to kill them. Will the Joker kill Lex Luthor (ah, no)? Paul is joined by Sean Ross and Diabolu Frank to do hard time and plan an escape.

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Episode 147: Feeling the Weight of the Worlds with Jeremy Lambert!

Guess who’s back? MIKE AND PAUL! Guess who’s ALSO back?? THE DOOM PATROL! Yes, it’s a brand new issue and story featuring our favourite ambulance-load of misfits, and we are lucky to be joined by the co-writer on the series, Jeremy Lambert! PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR THE NEW ISSUE THROUGHOUT THIS EPISODE!

• News Patrol – 7:26

• Doom Clock - 11:43 - PLEASE NOTE: There are some spoilers on the new issue in this segment!

• Doomsplaining - 24:31 - PLEASE NOTE: There are some MORE spoilers on the new issue in this segment! This week we welcome our very special guest, the co-writer of Doom Patrol, Jeremy Lambert! We (unsurprisingly) discuss the brand new issue, which comes to us from Jeremy and Gerard Way, James Harvey, Sajan Rai, Abby Lupine, Nick Derington, Molly Mahan and Andy Khouri!

• Mailbag O Doom - 57:37 - PLEASE NOTE: There are NO spoilers on the new issue in this segment! We read through listener feedback and your responses to the last Question of the Week, "What’s your favourite comic set in a historical context?”

DCOCD 31 - Countdown to Final Crisis

DCOCD is the DC Comics EVENT PODCAST where we discuss, contextualise and rank every single DC event in order starting with 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths up to... we're not sure yet.

In 2007, high on the success of the weekly series 52, DC rolled immediately into another year long weekly series Countdown to Final Crisis and almost everything went wrong this time! Featuring the talents of Paul Dini, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Tony Bedard, Adam Beechen, Sean McKeever, Jesus Saiz, Keith Giffen, Jim Califiore, Mark McKenna, David Lopez, Carlos Magno, Jay Leisten, Don Hillsman, Dennis Calero, Manuel Garcia, Mike Norton, Rodney Ramos, Jack Purcell, Alejandro Barrionuevo, Art Thibert, Wayne Faucher, Jamal Igle, Howard Porter, Scott Kolins, Ron Lim, Thomas Derenick, Pete Woods, Jim Starlin, Jamal Igle, Keith Champagne, Freddie Williams III, Andy Kubert, Ed Benes, Tim Townsend, Mariah Benes, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Shane Davis, Matt Banning, J G Jones, Talent Caldwell, Ian Churchil, Norman Rapmund, Claudio Castellini, Karl Kerschl, Stephane Roux, Travis Lanham, Jared Fletcher, Phil Balsman, Rob Leigh, Steve Wands, Ken Lopez, Thomas Chu, Rod Reis, Peter Pantazis, Alex Bleyaert, Brian Miller, Mike Marts and Mike Carlin.

It sure was a weekly comic!

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Episode 146: Introspection and Instigation

Your favourite Patrologists, Mike and Paul, are back with an all new Waiting For Doom! We’ve made it past the dreaded HixPox, and the Blackest Night, and now we see some familiar faces return to the lives of our much beloved team of misfits! Obey WilFreD, humans, and tune in!

• News Patrol – 7:04

• Doom Clock - 9:41

• Doomsplaining - 16:31 - This week we continue with Volume 5, and look at issues 6 and 7 by Keith Giffen, Matthew Clark, Cliff Richards, John Livesay, Patrick Brosseau, John J. Hill, Guy Major and Elizabeth V. Gehrlein!

• Mailbag O Doom - 39:19 - We read through your responses to the last Question of the Week, "What’s the greatest fight scene in comics?”

DCOCD 30 - 52

DCOCD is the DC Comics EVENT PODCAST where we discuss, contextualise and rank every single DC event in order starting with 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths up to... we're not sure yet.

When the DC universe takes a year leaping forward, the 2006 weekly series 52 fills in the vents of the missing year. Paul and Mike discuss this event from Greg Rucka, Geoff Johns, Mark Waid and Grant Morrison with a host of artists led by Keith Giffen, all behind lavish painted covers from JG Jones. This remarkable achievement in comics was edited by Steve Wacker and Michael Siglain.

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Episode 145: Doom Trekking with Ron Randall

The last traces of HixPox continue to ravage our hosts, but that hasn’t stopped us from crawling back into the studio for a new episode.

This week we are in the gap between seasons of the Doom Patrol TV show, so enjoy a spoiler-free News Patrol segment (technically News-free too).  

Then we spend some quality time with legendary comic creator RON RANDALL as he shares about his experience as co-penciller on Doom Patrol volume 5. He also tells us about his latest creator-owned TREKKER: BATTLEFIELDS Kickstarter campaign.

LET’S GET TREKKING AND PATROLLING!

• News Patrol – 6:47

• Doom Clock - 7:27

• Doomsplaining - 12:00 - This week we are joined by special guest Ron Randall, to discuss his work on Doom Patrol volume 5 as well as the Kickstarter for his latest book, Trekker: Battlefields!

• Mailbag O Doom - 48:40 - We read through your responses to the last Question of the Week, "What is a comic that you completely revised your opinion of after a re-read?”

Episode 144: JLMay 2019 - Blackest Night!

The dead are rising…but it is your fairly sick and unhealthy hosts, OR, is it the terrifying arrival of the Black Lanterns?!? Well, actually, a little of both. The podcasting event JLMay is back, and this time the subject is the epic crossover event from 2009, Blackest Night! In a weird coincidence, neither Mike nor Paul (moreso Paul, when this was recorded) were feeling particularly healthy as they discussed the Doom Patrol tie-in issues to this event.

But enough about those 2 sickos! If you’d like to hear more about the DC Universe taking on these undead Lanterns, make sure to visit The Podcast of Oa and tune in to episode 138 for background info on the event - and then visit these fine podcasts for the rest of the story!

Chris & Reggie’s Cosmic Treadmill – Blackest Night #1
The Idol-Head of Diabolu – Blackest Night #2 / Green Lantern #44
The Fire & Water Podcast – Blackest Night #3
Head Speaks – Blackest Night #4
Coffee & Comics – Blackest Night #5
Longbox Crusade – Blackest Night #6
The LanternCast – Blackest Night #7/8 / Green Lantern #52
Waiting for Doom – Doom Patrol #4/5
Task Force X – Suicide Squad #67 / Secret Six #17/18
Justice’s First Dawn – Justice League #38-40
Starman/Manhunter Adventure Hour – Starman #81

WFD144 Show Notes:

• News Patrol – Spoiler Free 7:46

• News Patrol - SPOILERIFIC - you may want to skip this if you've not seen Doom Patrol S1 Eps 14 and 15! - 8:55

• Doom Clock - 23:27

• Doomsplaining - 29:10 - It’s JLMay! This year we’re covering Blackest Night, and discuss issues 4 and 5 of Volume 5, by Keith Giffen, Justiniano, John Livesay, Patrick Brosseau, Guy Major and Elizabeth V. Gehrlein!

• Mailbag O Doom - 48:40 - We read through your responses to the last Question of the Week, "You agree to take in a comic professional entering witness protection. They will pay for food and shelter by doing comic creator stuff just for you for a month. Which comic professional do you want?”

Episode 143: How To Negotiate With A Black Hole

Waiting For Doom is BACK! A short break was needed by my humans but they have been rebuilt by WilFreD, for WilFreD has the technology, making them stronger, faster, more…WilFreD has said to much. Enjoy the show!

• News Patrol – Spoiler Free 6:01

• News Patrol - SPOILERIFIC - you may want to skip this if you've not seen Doom Patrol S1 Eps 10 through 13! - 6:20

• Doom Clock - 20:16

• Doomsplaining - 29:38 - This week we continue on with Volume 5, and look at issues 2 and 3 by Keith Giffen, Matthew Clark, John Livesay, Patrick Brosseau, Guy Major and Elizabeth V. Gehrlein!

• Mailbag O Doom - 52:07 - We read through your responses to the last Question of the Week, "What comic/non-comic movie mashup story would you like to see made?”

DCOCD 29 - Infinite Crisis

DCOCD is the DC Comics EVENT PODCAST where we discuss, contextualise and rank every single DC event in order starting with 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths up to... we're not sure yet.

Paul and Mike get reality-punched as they discuss and assess the actual event of 2005 INFINITE CRISIS from Geoff Johns, Phil Jimenez, George Perez, Ivan Reis, Jerry Ordway, Jim Lee, Joe Bennett, Sandra Hope, Nick Napolitano, Jeromy Cox, Guy Major, Tanya Horie, Richard Horie Gail Simone, Judd Winick, Bill Willingham, Andy Diggle and many many more.

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DCOCD 28 - Countdown to Infinite Crisis

DCOCD is the DC Comics Events podcast where we discuss, score and rank every single DC event in order starting with 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths up to... we're not sure yet.

Paul is joined by veteran comic podcaster Peter Rios to breakdown the sprawling 2005 event COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS from every writer and artist working at DC at the time. Beginning with the titular shocking one shot, to the 4 mini-series (The OMAC Project, Day of Vengeance, Villains United and The Rann/Thanagar War) Paul, Peter and semi-OCD Dr Anj look at all the moving pieces that were coordinated to prime the DC Universe to explode.

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