422 | Comics, Giant Monsters And Xenorama

The discussion starts off with reprints from the golden and silver age, then moves on to a couple of bronze age characters. Giant monsters, animated series, artist’s work we didn’t care for at first and Xenorama bring up the second half.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Hellflowers

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Silver Age.

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327 | Athena Finger

You may not be familiar with Bill Finger, but you certainly know his work, as it has permeated cultures around the world. Athena Finger joins us to talk about the man who’s identity has remained a secret for decades, but that is all beginning to change.

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Batman Started By Bob Kane And Created By Bill Finger.

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34 | Racial Minorities And Other Clumsy Portrayals

Warning: Technical Issues continue. We apologize for the terrible sound quality. We promise, next episode will be better!

Racial minorities have often been clumsily-portrayed in mainstream comics. Rook, Dallas, and guest podcasters Courtney and Hashbrowns discuss two of the most recent: Green Lantern’s coming out in Earth 2 by DC Comics, and the wedding of Northstar in Astonishing X-Men by Marvel Comics.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Jill Sobule

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The Original Green Lantern, Alan Scott.