Bat Books For Beginners - 135 - Arkham Asylum: Living Hell

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell is a mini-series that gives us both a slice of life look into Arkham Asylum as well as a look at the magical side of DC comics. Join us along with our guest Cade from View From The Gutters. Join us as we dive into this interesting mini-series written by Dan Slott.

Dylan and John are back with another Bat Books For Beginners episode. Please visit www.thebatmanuniverse.net and check out all the Batman news, comics reviews, and podcasts they have to offer.

Direct link to the episode page: Bat Books For Beginners - Episode 135

Please leave us some feedback on the episode page and we will incorporate it into our next episode.

Arc Reactions Podcast will be back on November 1st with Who Is The Black Panther? from Marvel Comics.

ARP - 40 - Batman 66 Meets The Green Hornet

Batman Meets The Green Hornet in this miniseries within the Batman 66 universe. This comic is a sequel to the 2-part episode from the Batman 66 TV show. Does the comic provide anything other than a trip down memory lane? Dylan and John have a great time exploring this work and breaking down what it did well and where it fell flat. Also, John got to try out his Bill Dozer announcer voice in a special introduction to the episode.

Talking points
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BAD THINGS
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Batman talks down to Robin (19:48)

Story is too long (22:40)
   
Heroes have to fight before they work together (26:25)

   
GOOD THINGS
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Trip down memory lane (32:39)


GENERAL DISCUSSION
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Comics that continue where a popular TV series left off (37:58)
   
Was this a good story beyond being a trip down memory lane? (55:17)


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ARP-40-Batman66.mp3 


As mentioned in the episode
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Avengers Vs. X-men
The Star Wars
City On The Edge of Forever
Captain America - The Winter Soldier


Our next episode will be Arkham Asylum - Living Hell for Bat Books For Beginners on October 20th.

If you are in the Central Washington region, we will be at Central City Comic Con on October 24th and 25th. We would love to meet you there. Our table will be at 302 Flash Blvd in the convention hall.

We are also on Comics Podcast Network. Please go over there and check out our section as well as some of the other podcasts they host.


We would like to thank Packie Wambaugh for recording our intro and outro music for us.

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ARP - 39.1 - Erik Larsen Interview from Rose City Comiccon

At Rose City Comiccon, we were able to interview Erik Larsen about the founding of Image comics, his creator-owned comic Savage Dragon, and his creative process.

Our good friend Tobiah from View From the Gutters joined us for the interview and we thank him sitting in with Dylan and John.

Direct link to the episode page: Arc Reactions Podcast - 39.1 - Erik Larsen Interview.mp3

Arc Reactions Podcast will be back with a regular episode on October 4th with Batman 66 Meets The Green Hornet

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Bat Books For Beginners - 134 - Batgirl: A Knight Alone

The ongoing Batgirl title continues to move forward as Batgirl trains with Batman to regain her fighting ability. During the course of this story she confronts Lady Shiva and David Cain as well. The story ends with a big change for the character that I will not spoil here.

Dylan and John are back with another Bat Books For Beginners episode. Please visit www.thebatmanuniverse.net and check out all the Batman news, comics reviews, and podcasts they have to offer.

Direct link to the episode page: Bat Books For Beginners - Episode 134

Please leave us some feedback on the episode page and we will incorporate it into our next episode.

Be on the look out for a special Arc Reactions episode where we interview Erik Larsen, co-founder of Image Comics at Rose City Comiccon.

Arc Reactions Podcast will be back with a regular episode on October 4th with Batman 66 Meets The Green Hornet

ARP - 39 - City On The Edge Of Forever

IDW released Harlan Ellison's second draft of his script that became the episode City on the Edge of Forever from the original Star Trek television series. Join Dylan and John as they discuss the comic adaptation of Harlan's original vision for the story and how it compares to the episode we saw on TV back in the 60s. What parts of the original story did you like better than what we saw on TV? What did you think the TV show did better? Let us know your thoughts so we can share them on a future episode.

Talking Points
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BAD THINGS
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Kirk/Spock dynamic (30:10)


GOOD THINGS
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Beckwith (38:47)
Yeoman Rand (54:05)
Comparison to The Star Wars (57:27)


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ARP-39-CityOnTheEdgeOfForever.mp3

As Mentioned In This Episode
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ARP - 07 - Winter Soldier
ARP - 20 - The Star Wars

Our next episode will be Batgirl: A Knight Alone for Bat Books For Beginners on September 15th.

We are also on Comics Podcast Network. Please go over there and check out our section as well as some of the other podcasts they host.


We would like to thank Packie Wambaugh for recording our intro and outro music for us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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Bat Books For Beginners - 133 - Nightwing: Big Guns

Nightwing faces off with Dudley Soames who has a fancy new big gun. Dick Grayson is on his probation period as an officer and nearly gets his identity revealed. Listen to the episode and then let us know your thoughts about the story.

Dylan and John are back with another Bat Books For Beginners episode. Please visit www.thebatmanuniverse.net and check out all the Batman news, comics reviews, and podcasts they have to offer.

Direct link to the episode page: Bat Books For Beginners - Episode 133

Please leave us some feedback on the episode page and we will incorporate it into our next episode.

Arc Reactions Podcast will be back on September 6th with Harlan Ellison's City On The Edge of Forever

ARP - 38.1 - Fantastic Four film

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!

Coverage of Fox's Fantastic Four film reboot. Dylan and John are joined by Cade from View From the Gutters as well as their friends Charlie and Cat. Discussions include science fiction, Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, and the CGI used in the film.

We did not do any talking points for this episode. Instead we went around the table and each gave one bad point and one good point for the film.

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ARP-38-1-FantasticFourFilm.mp3

Our next release will be August 18th when we will be covering Nightwing - Big Guns for Bat Books For Beginners.

We want to thank Packie Wambaugh for composing our intro and outro music selections.

We are also now on Comics Podcast Network. Please go over there and check out our section as well as some of the other podcasts they host.

We look forward to hearing from you

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