ARP - 08 - Knightfall part 1

DC comics published Knightfall in 1993 in Batman and Detective Comics. This story is one of the most famous Batman stories and we were excited to read and discuss this. In this episode, we talk about the key players (Batman, Bane, Robin, and Azrael) as well as the choices the writers made in telling the story.

Talking points

• Bad things

• Joker teaming up with Cornelius Stirk and Scarecrow (14:00)
• Too many references to 'exhausted' Batman (18:50)
• Where was the Bat-Family? (22:00)

• Good things
• Grounding in reality (26:30)
• Cameos (32:30)
• Porsche crash (33:10)

• General
• Fight differences between Batman issues and Detective issues (35:20)
• Villains used in the story (42:30)
• Robin's role (48:50)
• Bane (1:06:30)
• Azrael (Jean Paul Valley) (1:11:05)

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Our next podcast will be  November 3rd and it will be part 2 of Knightfall.


The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
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ARP - 07 - Winter Soldier

Marvel comics published the Winter Soldier story at the beginning of volume 5 of Captain America written by Ed Brubaker. This story was published in 2005 and 2006. John and Dylan discuss the story and give some real life examples of how the story relates to them.

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Talking points
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• Oradour-sur-Glane
• HUAC hearings
• Racial Slur
• Good mix of real history and comics history
• Bucky's recast role in WWII

Join us on October 20th as we begin our coverage of the Knighfall story arc that was partially the basis for The Dark Knight Rises film.

The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
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ARP - S04 - Comics News

Dylan and John discuss the latest news from DC and Marvel comics. We have put this out as quickly as possible to get our take out there before the news becomes old.

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 ARP - S04 - Comics News.mp3

Talking Points
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•  Ben Affleck as Batman in Man of Steel 2

• Marvel events surrounding shutting down the Ultimates universe

•  JH Williams and W Haden Blackman step down from Batwoman citing editorial interference

• DC solicits new artists to apply by drawing a page depicting Harley Quinn attempting suicide

Articles
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Batwoman
http://www.jhwilliams3.com/archives/1826
http://culturewarreporters.com/2013/09/06/dc-is-terrible-but-theyre-not-homophobes/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batwoman-authors-exit-claim-dc-621274
http://noncanonical.com/site/view/dc-anti-marriage-rule-is-actually-anti-character#sthash.vJhABP8z.sfju
http://guttersandpanels.com/gutters-and-panels/2013/3/23/the-new-52-timeline-of-departures

Harley Quinn
http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/dc-comics-kill-naked-harley-quinn-contest/
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/10/the-harley-quinn-tryout-page-debate-that-refuses-to-er-dc-comics-gail-simone-mark-waid-kurt-busiek/
http://dccomicsnews.com/2013/09/11/jimmy-palmiotti-clarifies-harley-quinn-try-out-controversy/?fb_source=pubv1
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/124016-dc-shocker-company-apologizes-for-harley-quinn-suicide-contest.html

Marvel
http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/is-the-marvel-universe-headed-towards-a-time-catastrophe



Join us on  October 6th for Captain America - Winter Soldier.


The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
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ARP - 06 - Wonder Woman

DC comics rebooted their continuity in 1986 with Crisis on Infinite Earths. Wonder Woman was killed in the mini-series and her book was not restarted until 1987. Join Dylan and John as they review and react to the first story arc from the reboot of Wonder Woman. Issues 1-7 give Wonder Woman's origin as well as follow her as she tries to save the world from Ares' evil plan.

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 ARP - 06 - Wonder Woman.mp3

Talking Points
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Complaints
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• A bit of sexism (Etta has to demand a weapon from Michaelis #5)
• Who was going to stop the Soviets from firing their missle?
• Ares' plan (nuclear war)   

Praises
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• Merging the Greek Mythology into Wonder Woman's origins.
• Wonder Woman figuring out how to use her powers.
• Wonder Woman having to learn English
• Re-design of Col. Trevor and Etta Candy

General
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• Grounding of the story in the cold war
• Wonder Woman not being a founding member of the Justice League
• William Moulton Marstan
• Bondage and symbolism

Join us on September 22nd for a supplemental covering some major comics news that has come out recently from Marvel and DC.

The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
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ARP - 05 - Armor Wars

Tony Stark goes crazy, attacking his allies and villains alike in a quest to recover his technology that he fears will fall into enemy hands and be used for evil. Does this arc work as a story or will it fall flat on its face. Join Dylan and John as they give their opinions on the good, the bad, and the interesting things from this classic Iron Man tale from 1987 and 1988.

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Topics
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• Titanium Man's lack of an extinguishing system
•  Stingray - one of the 10 worst Avengers
• Why did the Avengers not intervene?
• Litigation against Superheroes
• Iron Man jumping out of Stark's helicopter

Our next comic arc will be Wonder Woman -Gods and Mortals. This will be released on Sept. 8th.

The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
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ARP - S03 - Secret Origins

In this episode, Dylan and John recount their history with comics, how the podcast began and how they met. Other topics include the New 52 and Marvel Now as well as comic book movies and Superior Spider-man. There are minor spoilers for Superior Spider-man and Man of Steel.

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Arc Reactions Podcast - Supplemental 03 - Secret Origins.mp3

Topics:

1) Our personal comics history
2) Superior Spiderman
3) New 52
4) Marvel Now
5) Villians Month
6) Comic book movies
7) Comic book death

On August 25th, we will return with Armor Wars, a Iron Man story from Marvel Comics.

The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
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ARP - S02 - The Wolverine (film)

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!

This episode is heavy with spoilers about The Wolverine film that is in theaters now. I recommend downloading the podcast and saving it until you have watched the film. After you have watched the film, listen to this podcast and see if you agree, disagree, or learn something you didn't know about Wolverine.

 

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Arc Reactions Podcast - s02 - The Wolverine (film) 

 

 

Stay tuned this Sunday for supplemental #3 where we introduce ourselves a little more fully than we have so far in the podcast. We also discuss some topics that do not fit a specific story arc that we are going to cover.

 

The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:

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