Essential Issues: A DC Comics Podcast
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How DC Is "All In"! - (Essential Issues Podcast #022)
(TIME STAMPS BELOW!)DC's "All-In" initiative is looking to help new readers jump onboard, and has so far involved a mixed bag of intriguing, frustrating and mystifying. But when Dick Grayson loses, readers might win! (SEE TIME STAMPS!)RELEASE PERIODS
Comics MUST Reject Atheism! (Essential Issues Podcast #020)
(TIME STAMPS BELOW!)Jon Kent could be rebooted, DC missed some GREAT opportunities, Zero Hour is back, and Alan Scott effectively shows why comics can't work if atheism is true!That and MUCH MORE! (SEE TIME STAMPS!)RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra
Absolute Power Begins! (Essential Issues Podcast #019)
(TIME STAMPS BELOW!)The Absolute Power crossover event is here and making massive craters across the DCU! It's also giving readers some worthwhile things to think about long the way! That and MUCH MORE! (SEE TIME STAMPS!) RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI
Sapphire's Love & Absolute Power! (Essential Issues Podcast #018)
(TIME STAMPS BELOW!)A Batman saga ends and an earth-shattering crossover begins! And will REAL love finally be the center of Hal Jordan's relationship with Carol Ferris? That and MUCH MORE! (SEE TIME STAMPS!) RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra July 2
Gay Love & Trans Hate! (Essential Issues Podcast #017)
(TIME STAMPS BELOW!)This month, Alan Scott's Gay Retcon story wraps up on a note worth thinking about, and a DC Transgender character gets pretty hateful! But elsewhere in DC, marriage and family are valued, healthy relationships are explored, and some
Wonder Woman's "Bible Torture"! (Essential Issues Podcast #016)
(TIME STAMPS BELOW!)This month, Birds Of Prey mystifyingly objectifies women, Green Lantern shockingly referances a weird forgotten part of DC history, Batman has an important word for CHRISTIANS, and the Flash gets me to drop his book... by standing st
Batman's Word For Christians! (Essential Issues Podcast #015)
(TIME STAMPS BELOW!)This month, Birds Of Prey mystifyingly objectifies women, Green Lantern shockingly referances a weird forgotten part of DC history, Batman has an important word for CHRISTIANS, and the Flash gets me to drop his book... by standing st
Major Character Changes! (Essential Issues Podcast #014)
This month was a reminder that a number of DC's characters are going through significant changes, some even more than others! If you're not a fan of retconning... brace yourself! (SEE TIME STAMPS!) RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra March 2024, DCUI St
Reinventing Golden Age Heroes (Essential Issues Podcast #013)
This month, Empathy may be The Sandman's secret weapon, while Jay Garrick & Alan Scott reveal NEW old enemies! (SEE TIME STAMPS!) RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra February 2024, DCUI Standard July 2024,TIME STAMPS00:01:09 DCs How to Lose a Guy
Alan Scott Nerfs The Spectre (Essential Issues Podcast #012)
The culmination of Magog's origin arrives in Batman/Superman: World's Finest 22, Batman learns alien martial arts in Batman: Off-World 2 and Wonder Woman comforts (& "preaches" to?) a dying child in issue 4! In Alan Scott: Green Lantern 3 The Spectre is s