ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
This episode includes Alpha Flight #41, Amazing Spider-Man #283-284, Animax #1, Batman #402, Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos #1, Classic X-Men #4, D.P. 7 #2, Daredevil #238, Defenders of the Earth #1, Elfquest #17, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #54, Groo the Wanderer #22, Howard the Duck: The Movie #1, Justice #2, Mark Hazzard: Merc #2-3, Marvel Saga #12-13, Mighty Thor #374, The 'Nam #1, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #13, Power Pack #27, Psi-Force #3, Strikeforce: Morituri #2, Super Powers #4, Uncanny X-Men #212, X-Factor #11, X-Men Annual #10, and more!
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• Animax, At The Movies, Batman, DC Comics, Defenders of the Earth, G.I. Joe, Howard the Duck, Marvel Comics, New Universe, Siskel & Ebert, Strikeforce: Morituri, Spider-Man, Super Powers, Thor, Wolverine, X-Factor, X-Men, Movies, Music, Comic Reader Résumé

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• The Enemy Within #1 by Ian Edginton & Vince Giarrano 00:00:36
• Billy & Arnie 00:09:56
• The Terminator: The Enemy Within #2 00:14:23
• Billy & The Terminator 00:19:08
• The Terminator: The Enemy Within #3 00:29:01
• The Terminator: The Enemy Within #4 00:33:04
• The Terminator: The Enemy Within TPB (1992) 00:39:55
• Terminal Cases 00:48:43
• San Diego Comic-Con Comics #1-3 00:53:30
• Dark Horse Comics #1-3 (1992) 00:55:55
• Prime Suspect #1 by John Arcudi & John Paul Leon 00:57:49
• Robocop: Prime Suspect #2 / Ill Mac on Robocop 00:59:59
• Robocop: Prime Suspect #3 01:07:01
• Robocop: Prime Suspect #4 01:08:53
• Robocop: Prime Suspect TPB (1993) 01:11:00
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• Amazing Heroes Preview Special #170 (1989) 00:01:40
• Wizard’s Alex Ross: Millennium Edition Special (1999) 00:03:42
• Cybernetic Childhood of Mr. Fixit 00:05:27
• Now What?! 00:13:50
• Prelude: The Terminator #13 (1989) 00:21:25
• Introduction by Brandon Graham (2013) 00:26:59
• Terminator: The Burning Earth #1 (1990) 00:30:22
• The Burning Earth #2 / Introduction by Jim Krueger (2003) 00:41:05
• The Burning Earth #3 / Foreword by Ron Fortier (2013) 00:55:08
• The Burning Earth #4 / Afterword by Alex Ross 01:08:16
• Terminator: The Burning Earth #5 (1990) 01:19:30
• Collected Editions & Sales Data 01:30:59
• Terminal Data 01:38:01
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Bloodlines: Outbreak is nearly over! Before the first quarter of the  event closes, we meet ex-S.W.A.T. officer Kelvin Mao in his insectoid  exoskeleton, and a new blond Batman who is never positively identified  throughout the story (with the reasons for his replacement only alluded  to.) Guess that means we should also look at the Batman: Sword of Azrael mini-series and do an overview of Knightfall/Knightquest/KnightsEnd to  better understand what Jean-Paul Valley is doing here. I once did a wine  tasting tour in the Jean-Paul Valley. That's a joke I now regret  because it conjures imagery I hadn't considered before making it. Where  was I again? These were not engaging stories, so I keep getting  distracted, but you can follow along with 1993's Batman Annual #17 at Scans Daily and get a deeper dive on the Azrael mini-series at NOT BLOG X.

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Podcast: Justice League Action upon The Transconsciousness Articulator

This time we revisit the Joe Kelly/ChrisCross issues of JLA #s 83 (September, 2003) and 90 (January, 2004) covering fantasy stories involving the World's Finest Trinity versus George Bush President Lex Luthor, as well as Diana and Bruce considering the  possibility of a romantic relationship. It's supposed to be a Martian  device facilitating this, but it sure sounds like more of a Paradise  Island or Kryptonian sort of thing. Then, Frank dishes on the first ten  episodes of the new Cartoon Network show Justice League Action. Finally, your comments are addressed, plus we run promos for Justice League Universe Podcast, The All-Star Comics Review Podcast, and the latest podcast about Wonder Woman, Lasso of Truth (not to be confused with the long running non-Amazonian podcast of nearly the same name.)

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The ancient immortal African mystic Doctor Mist was introduced in a cameo on the last page of 1978's The Super Friends #12 before continuing into appearances in The Super Friends #13 & 45-46 before officially forming the Global Guardians in DC Comics Presents #46. We cover these comics to varying degrees, but our primary focus is  the supposed true story of "Nommo," appended to tales starring Zatara  and Zatanna. Is Dr. Mist one of the most powerful and important figures  in the history of the DC Universe, or a sad and lonely fraud? You  decide, and you can follow along with our  reading of 1988's Secret Origins #27 at The Secret Origins Podcast.

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Podcast: The Mystery of Nubia

By all indications, 2017 needs a podcast dedicated to Queen Hippolyta's  "second," "other," "dark" daughter who debuted on November 7, 1972 in Wonder Woman #204, so we're "Introducing Nubia!" The soul sister of the Amazing Amazon went on to appearances in Wonder Woman #205-206, including a solo back-up story, plus cameos in Supergirl #9 and The Super Friends #25 before vanishing from comics entirely for twenty years (and  actually closer to a quarter century if you discount a single page of  one of those comics.) Despite barely escaping 1973 in comics, Nubia  managed to make appearances on television and in toy form when that was  an extremely rare accomplishment, and her origin has a massive impact on  Wonder Woman's own. Nubia was a contender, and we argue that she still  matters 45 years later on this episode!

Nubia is one of the least heralded but most valuable creations of Robert  Kanigher, and possibly his single most important contribution across  twenty years as a writer/editor of the Amazing Amazon (depending on how  much credit you extend him on Wonder Girl.) The world is still waiting  for Nubia to be fully embraced as a key component of Amazonian lore! For  more on Nubia, check out my 2012 article on her, newly revised with fresh scans to replace the busted embeds Comicvine left me with.

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After slipping to an unintentional monthly schedule with some  uncomfortable elements and unfortunate timing, the DC Bloodlines Podcast  returns for a thirteenth episode set on breaking its unlucky streak  (and nearly broke Diabolu Frank with all the editing it required.) In  this novel edition, special guest Pekita Trotamundos helps produce a  two-person radio drama in the style of ABC-TV's 1979 Saturday morning  favorite, The World's Greatest Super Friends. This is meant to  reflect the early appearances of Brazil's premier super-heroine in the  DC Universe, Beatriz da Costa, originally known as The Green Fury! Later  known as Fire, she was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon  for the comic book tie-in Super Friends #25, cover-dated October,  1979. After that brief cameo battling Superman, The Green Fury went on  to appear in issues #42-44, with her origin finally revealed in a full  length starring role in the series' final issue, the August 1981  cover-dated #47. Foregoing the usually biting commentary and  contemporary music soundtrack, this episode is a loose adaptation of  these stories featuring scores culled from numerous cartoon favorites of  the era. However, there is a political subtext that's hard to miss. For  a peek at the early Beatriz da Costa in action, here's a look at sample  pages from The Super Friends #43 at Scans_Daily.


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Podcast: DC's Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special (2016)

Along his way to covering DC Comics' special issue released to  commemorate the Amazing Amazon's three-quarters of a century in action,  Diabolu Frank lost his way and stumbled into so many outtakes from the 75 Birthdays-- The Secret Origins of Wonder Woman episode recording sessions that it became a second special its own self.

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This episode looks at Nik Mayak, a New Blood with extraordinary body  regeneration powers, supplemented by great agility and uncanny accuracy  with blowing blades. Debuting in 1993's Green Lantern Annual #2, we give an overview of the rest of his career in Eclipso Annual #1 & Bloodbath #1-2,  the Blood Pack mini-series, Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 & 39, Deathstroke the Terminator #49, Infinite Crisis #7, Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3D #1-2, and finally 2010's Adventure Comics #4-5. You can follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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The Guardians of the Universe chose Hal Jordan to be their Emerald  Gladiator for Space Sector 2814, wielder of a Power Ring that could  create jade energy constructs limited only by the bearer's willpower and  a necessary impurity that rendered it ineffective against anything  colored yellow. However, the day would come when Hal Jordan would  falter, and on that day his successor would rise to command the energies  derived from the Master Power Battery on Oa, and that man's name was  John Stewart...

This episode, we look at the 1970s adventures of Neil Adams' & Denny  O’Neil's Green Lantern John Stewart, DC Comics's first African-American  super-hero (unless you count Vykin the Black or Black Racer, which  virtually nobody does, despite Jack Kirby publishing them nearly a year  earlier.) Also, an obligatory history of that jerk Jordan, mostly  cribbed from Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones. You can follow along with our  reading at Scans_Daily. Also, check out the Neal Adams interview at Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood.

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Podcast: The Ironically Iconic Wonder Woman

This episode, Frank offers a rebuttal to Brigit McCone's "Unpopular Opinions" week article for the site B**** Flicks,  which took the character of Wonder Woman to task for the "revolutionary  banalities" of her "male-authored feminism," especially within the  context of the 1970s TV show.

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"He was a mystery to himself! Why-- young Adam Blake wanted to know--  was he so different from other people? How did it happen that there was  no one else like him in the whole wide world? Where did he really come from? Who was he? All these questions which  might have unsettled an ordinary mind-- only served to whet the brain  and steel the mettle of the extraordinary youth who, without knowing it,  was fated to fulfill a grand and awe-inspiring destiny on Earth-- as  Captain Comet-- First Man of the Future!"

This episode, we explore comics' first mutant super-hero, a prototype  from the Atomic Age who was a mental marvel and physical dynamo! Explore  his Strange Adventures from the June 1951 cover-dated ninth issue through the twelfth, plus comparisons to 1987's Secret Origins Annual #1. You can follow along with our reading at Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine.

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part. This episode includes Alpha Flight #36-37, Amazing Spider-Man #278-279, Avengers #269, Batman #397, Captain America #319-320, Conan the Barbarian #184, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #49, Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1, Marvel Saga: the Official History of the Marvel Universe #8, Misty #5-6, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #8-9, Solomon Kane #6, Spectacular Spider-Man #116, Uncanny X-Men #207, X-Factor #6, and more!
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• Avengers, Batman, Choose Your Own Adventure, DC Comics, G.I. Joe, Justice Society of America, Marvel Comics, Misty Collins, Sabretooth, Silver Sable, Solomon Kane, Spider-Man, Two-Face, X-Factor, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Podcast: The Second Coming of Robert Kanigher

This episode we look at the brief return of writer/editor Robert  Kanigher to the Wonder Woman series following a campaign by Gloria  Steinem to return the Amazing Amazon to her roots. Kanigher decided what  that meant was that he could recycle his own decades old scripts, so we  get to simultaneously cover 1973's Wonder Woman #207-208, but also the original presentations from Wonder Woman #37 (September-October 1949) #33 (January-February 1949) and #55  (September-October 1952) of "The Riddle Of The Chinese Mummy Case!" "The  Four Dooms" and "The Chessmen of Doom" by Robert Kanigher, Harry G.  Peter, Ric Estrada & Vince Colletta.

If that's not enough Wonder Woman podcasting for you, you might also try I'm Th' Gun's Happy 75th Wonder Woman: War of the Gods #1 (Sep. 1991) and Power of Fishnets 13: Wonder Woman's 75th Anniversary We don't have a Magic Sphere, so if you want to communicate with us about the podcast...

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This episode looks at the New Blood Myriad and the Cyborg Superman, neither of whom debuted in 1993's Superman Annual #5 (the only instance of that occurring in the Bloodlines annual event  that was specifically created to introduce new characters.) Getting to  know Hank Henshaw means going back to 1990 to cover Superman #42, Adventures of Superman #465 and especially Adventures of Superman #466, followed by Sasha Green's first (and technically last) appearance in Superman #77. Next we get to the actual story "Myriad!" followed by her cameo in Bloodbath Special #2 and her quasi-posthumous mentions in 1994's Action Comics #696 & 700 plus 1997's Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #7. Finally, an overview of Frank's reading of Superman comics overall,  as well as the career of Hank Henshaw specifically. This one gets  political, so if you're still hypersensitive about the concept of  President Trump, take heed. Bonus: Our podcast's debut appearance of the  most successful New Blood, Hitman! You can follow along with our  reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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Podcast: The 2016 Wonder Woman Trailers

This episode Frank looks at the teaser and first full trailers released for the 2017 feature film starring Gal Gadot.

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Finally, the DC Bloodlines Podcast reveals its greater scope than just  one 1993 event, but rather a mandate to cover the under-served DCU by  looking at the earliest published (and especially the unpublished)  comics of what was intended to be the first super-heroine series for a  character of African decent, Mari McCabe: The Vixen! We start with the  aborted 1978 first issue created by Gerry Conway & Bob Oksner from  the second Xeroxed collection of "Cancelled Comic Cavalcade" and the rejected early '80s "The Power Squad" proposal before her accessible comics debut in 1981's Action Comics #521 and her second team-up with Superman in 1984's DC Comics Presents #68, plus supplemental material from Back Issue Magazine #40!

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Podcast: 75 Birthdays-- The Secret Origins of Wonder Woman

October 25, 2016 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the release date for All-American Publications' All Star Comics #8, which featured the story "Introducing Wonder Woman" by her creators  William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter in her comics debut! In  acknowledgement, your regular host Diabolu Frank covers a variety of  different interpretations of Princess Diana of Paradise Island's origin  stories from Sensation Comics #1 (1942), Wonder Woman #1 (1942), Wonder Woman #23 (1947), Wonder Woman #45 (1951), Wonder Woman #98 (1958), Wonder Woman #105 (1959), DC Special Series #19 (1979), Wonder Woman #1 (1987), and  Secret Origins #6 (2014)! To break up all that information dumping and more treat this  momentous occasion as a true celebration, we've also enlisted a slew of  notable co-anchors to discuss a bunch of fun, accessible topics  relevant to new and old fans of the Amazon Princess! Hola!

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• Darren & Ruth Sutherland from Trekker Talk, Xenozoic Xenophiles, & Warlord Worlds
• Dr. Anj from Supergirl Comic Box Commentary
• Ryan Daly from Power of Fishnets, Give Me Those Star Wars, Midnight…The Podcasting Hour, & Secret Origins Podcast
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Sigh. It's time to deal with Courtney Mason, the heroine of The New Titans Annual #9 and her own sixteen issue series, Anima (we cover the first two issues.) Created by novelists Elizabeth Hand  & Paul Witcover, Anima was one of the highest profile and powerful  New Bloods, but also one of the most painful to actually read. Hope the  riot grrrl soundtrack helps us get through this one. You can follow  along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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The (finally bi-weekly as originally intended) podcast (not really)  dedicated to DC's New Bloods returns (for a second "season" of  indefinite length after a one-off in Spring 2015 & four episodes in  April)! We're (actually only one person involved) back with a show that  was 100% completed on May ‎15th but left on the shelf for nearly five  months because Frank got distracted by the next shiny object  (specifically, four Martian Manhunter podcasts for a JLA: Year One  crossover rather belatedly advertised within.)  But hey, it's funner and  longer than usual with lots of goofy voices and bad acting processed  through lame filters!

  Our subject is Nick Kovak, one of the most "successful" (highly relative  usage here) of the New Bloods as the stealth vigilante with vision  powers, Argus! As an advantageous byproduct of his mostly appearing in  Flash comics written by his co-creator Mark Waid during the arguable  heyday of Wally West's run, we'll get to touch on some actual well liked  comics for a change! This episode covers The Flash Annual #6, spotlight segments from Bloodbath Special #2, & Flash #86 (with notes related to #92-100, the introduction of Impulse and the  "Terminal Velocity" arc.) Oh, and a brief nod to the world's most  famous French-Canadian, in honor of Bass & Siskoid. You can follow  along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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Podcast: A Final Adventure of Wonder Woman (1985)

This episode finally, irrevocably breaks from its previous incarnation  as a podcast! A seasonal/bi-annual show no more! No longer only coming  out only when an issue of Wonder Woman '77 corresponds with the  episode number! This edition, we cover an entire story arc, encompassing  the entire (very brief) run of Wonder Woman's first female writer,  Mindy Newell! That's "Tropidor Heat" &  "A World in Chaos!" & "  To Everything a Season..." from Wonder Woman #326-328  (July-December, 1985) plus the concluding 48-page story of the original  volume, "Of Gods and Men," written by Gerry Conway! Don Heck draws most  of this swan song to the Pre-Crisis Amazing Amazon, with a little help  from Pablo Marcos. We also read excerpts from magazine articles and  letters columns contemporaneous to the end of this era, and look forward  to the next, which signals the changes coming to this show in  celebration of the 75th anniversary year!

In the meantime, do check out Wonder Woman: Warrior for Peace:  A podcast that explores the history of Wonder Woman on page and screen.  It's currently five episodes deep chronologically covering the Golden  Age, Iron Age, New 52, and 1970s TV show!

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Comics Bulletin & Alex Ross on the Cusp of J’onn J’onzz’s 61st Anniversary

On October 8, 2014, the website Comics Bulletin published a discussion between Bryan Stroud and the famous painter of Marvels and Kingdom Come in the article Alex Ross Talks About the Martian Manhunter on the Cusp of J’onn J’onzz’s 60th Anniversary.  Nearly two years later, with the Alien Atlas' next birthday imminent  and with the help of an online text-to-audio program, Diabolu Frank  joins their conversation...

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Podcast- Adjudicating J'Onn J'Onzz (ComicsVerse v Martian Manhunter)

The website Comicsverse,  "your source for in-depth comics analysis" very very briefly ran a  series of podcasts (exactly two to date, the last one in January) under  the banner "Best Underrated Characters in Comics." Mind, this is out of  80 shows in total, and there've been 19 since, so perhaps they just  abandoned the premise. I tend to think that's for the best, since I find  the title misleads one into thinking they're going to select a  character they find deserving of attention they haven't received and  tell you why they're boss.

Unfortunately, in the episodes shining a white hot interrogation lamp on  two heroes I'm very fond of, the shows instead felt like inquisitions  to determine whether they are in fact underrated, or just poo (with the  moderator's thumb on the scale weighing toward poo in both cases.) One  was Doctor Strange, and you should know by the subject of this blog who the other was...

Join me for a special feature length episode with Diabolu Frank for the  defense in the case of ComicsVerseS the Manhunter from Mars, but you  should lead with the prosecution's case before you allow me to retort! Superman, Batman, Aquaman, and the rest  of the Justice League will be called into question and occasionally  treated as hostile witnesses as part of The Trial of the Incredible Hulk Sleuth from Outer Space!


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THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FORGENERAL AUDIENCESBY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and mild language.

• The Terminator #11 (1989) 00:00:36
• Ron Fortier Then! 00:10:45
• The Terminator #12 (1989) 00:17:05
• Ron Fortier Speaks! 00:25:22
• The Terminator #13 (1989) 00:29:03
• And Now… Thomas Tenney! 00:35:43
• The Terminator #14 (1989) 00:37:39
• Why I Love Comics #199 with Ron Fortier! 00:42:51
• The Terminator #15 (1989) 00:45:14
• Final word with Ron Fortier! 00:56:16
• The Terminator #16 (1990) 00:57:39
• Terminal Data 01:04:02
• episode art gallery
• blog post




Comic Books, Now Comics, The Terminator (1984), Terminator NOW, Terminator Podcast,

ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and  professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an  applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike's Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis  point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a  "work history" of my fandom. In this second edition, I cover some more  general books I had lying around before I actively collected comics,  then zero in on purchases made roughly between March-May of 1982. I'm  also recycling some years old lo-fi audio recorded when I was doing  these things as YouTube videos, so please forgive the mess.

"Transcripts"

• March-May, 1982
• Episode Art Tumblr
• Comment on Résumé page or Rolled Spine Podcasts.

Podcast: Wonder Woman '77 Special #3

The currently but not indefinitely bi-annual Diana Prince Wonder Woman podcast returns to look at the third edition of the Wonder Woman '77 Special, as well as the February, 1978 cover-dated Wonder Woman Vol. 37 #240 by Conway & Delbo as a springboard for discussing the  Amazing Amazon's long but unrecognized military career in observance of  Independence Day 2016!

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and  professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an  applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis  point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a  “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively)  new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the  medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive  accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least  remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we  call back issues, books bought long after their publication date.  Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked  up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide  berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll  get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby”  spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life  (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neurosis.) It’s part  personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly a total wank  on my part.

The first episode of the podcast version of my old short-lived 2011  blog series re-purposes and re-edits the audio from the even  shorter-lived 2013 YouTube (barely) video adaptations of same, along  with supplemental material I recorded over a year ago that got shelved  when I realized that doing this wouldn’t be the effortless space-filling  regurgitation I’d hoped for as a stopgap while sweating over doing  other podcasts. The episode covers my earliest off the rack purchases in  January-February of 1982, as well as discussing a bunch of the comics  that had passed through my hands before this youthful indiscretion  became a full on addiction.

“Transcripts”

• January, 1982
• February, 1982
• Episode Art Tumblr
• Comment on Résumé page or Rolled Spine Podcasts.

Podcast- John Ostrander & Mark Verheiden at Comicpalooza 2016

Straight out of Comicpalooza - Texas' Largest Comic & Pop Culture Event comes new interviews with screenwriter/producer Mark Verheiden discussing his work on J'Onn J'Onzz and Zook in Secret Origins and Superman/Batman, then writer John Ostrander covering his three year run on the 1998 Martian Manhunter ongoing series.


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Podcast- JLA: Day Zero (1994)

The Manhunter from Mars offers a final supplemental postscript to JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event! Think of it as JuneLA, or maybe a JLMepilogue. In the third edition of JLA: Day One, Diabolu Frank discusses the controversial Zero Hour retcon of Triumph as a founding member of the Justice League, alongside the Post-Crisis Five and Superman, in Justice League America #92 (September, 1994)! Just keep telling yourself it never happened,  because it never did, right from the beginning! In fact, that was kind  of the whole point! Bookending that topic are excerpts from Chase #6 (July, 1998) and Martian Manhunter #17 (April, 2000) covering the retroactive continuity predecessors to  the JLA, the Justice Experience and their mysterious member Bronze  Wraith...

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Podcast- JLMay (1998)

JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event finally reaches  our humble blog full force! Since everyone else partnered up to cover  their chapters of the maxi-series, Diabolu Frank opted to call in his  super buddies at Rolled Spine Podcasts for a sort of hybrid show! Illegal Machine and Pekita Trotamundos lend  their voices to a radio play abridged adaptation of the tenth issue,  while their fellow Mister Fixit sticks around afterward to talk for a  bit about the Justice League of America!

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Podcast- JLA: Day Minus-One (1977)

The Manhunter from Mars offers a supplement to JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event! In the second edition of JLA: Day One Diabolu Frank discusses his (and apparently Comics Should Be Good's Brian Cronin's) favorite origin story for the team from  Justice League of America #144 (July, 1977)!  Another very important tale of the Sleuth from Outer Space, "The Origin  of the Justice League - Minus One!" offers a prequel to the better  known Silver Age story that firmly grounds the team (but especially  J'onn J'onzz) in the paranoid 1950s McCarthy era America! This setting  and the influence of the Steve Englehart/Dick Dillon story have  permeated the Alien Atlas' modern interpretation, arguably having more  impact on how the character is perceived by fans today than any comic  that preceded it!

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Podcast- JLA: Day One (1961)

The Manhunter from Mars offers a supplement to JLMay-- The JLA: Year One Podcast Crossover Event! In the first edition of JLA: Day One (1961) Diabolu Frank discusses one of the single most important tales of the  Sleuth from Outer Space, "The Unmasking of J'Onn J'Onzz," the solo story  that made it possible for the Alien Atlas to join the JLA! We also look  at the first version of the team's origin from Justice League of America #9 (February, 1962) with extensive critical commentary on the early years of the team and key revisions such as 1988's Secret Origins #32!

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Two flavors of vigilante are covered on this episode: the brutal anti-heroine Pagan (Marian Mercer, of Batman #479) and the incompetent New Blood civic pridester Joe Pubic Public (Nobody Cares, Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #1,) neither of whom had much of a career to speak of. Also, this is  the only Bloodlines story featuring Bruce Wayne before he had to file a  lawsuit against an unlicensed chiropractor from Santa Prisca. You can  follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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STEEL YOURSELF! Here is the first in what will become a recurring  instance of bifurcated broadcasting, as we not only look at the prickly  New Blood known as Edge, but also the rookie super-hero who hosted Tom  O'Brien's debut in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2, Iron  John! Well, you might not remember that short lived moniker, but surely  you know Dr. John Henry Irons, the armored engineer who stood as part of  the titular quartet from the epic storyline "Reign of the Supermen" who  briefly replaced the Last Son of Krypton following his presumed death  at the bony hands of Doomsday. We'll cover Steel's earliest career from  his cameo in Adventures of Superman #500 through his star turn in Superman: The Man of Steel #22-24, as well as an overview of his role in the DC Universe. You can follow along with our reading of the annual at Scans Daily.

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job. In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.
This episode includes Avengers #268, Conan the Barbarian #183, Elvira's House of Mystery #4, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #48, Marvel Saga: the Official History of the Marvel Universe #7, Masters of the Universe #2, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #7, Spectacular Spider-Man #115, Uncanny X-Men #206, Web of Spider-Man #16, X-Factor #5, and more!
“Transcripts”

• March, 1986
• Twitter
• #CRRésumé?
• rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com
• Comment on Résumé page or Rolled Spine Podcasts.
• DC Comics, Elvira, G.I. Joe, House of Mystery, Marvel Comics, X-Factor, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Still not guaranteeing this show as a weekly, but since I have a bunch  of Bloodlines already about wrapped and no time to work on any other  Rolled Spine Podcasts, you get this episode less than a week after the  last (a huge improvement on the previous "annual" schedule.) The  coverage of the 1993 event begins in earnest with Lobo Annual #1,  featuring the debut of Layla, the tougher than nails L.E.G.I.O.N. agent  with 'tude to spare! Not only can you follow along with most of her  origin story via Scans Daily, but also her key appearance in Lobo's Big Babe Spring Break Special.  Frank didn't find the latter until locking down this episode, and it  both completely contradicted a chunk of your host's assessment of  Layla's career and reaffirmed that the character's brief history is  probably too toxic for to be of much concern anyway.

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Almost a year after our secret trial episode during Super Blog Team-Up #6, The DC Bloodlines Podcast begins in earnest during another blog/podcast crossover, #BestEventEver,  devoted to the 1993 DC Comics annuals. In that vein, Diabolu Frank  spends this episode discussing the history of comic book annuals and the  direct sales market leading to The Chromium Age, including "Doomsday"  "Knightfall" & "The Clone Saga," before circling in on the 1993  character generating spectacles at DC and Marvel Comics. Going forward,  we'll look at each of the New Blood characters approximately but not  always exactly according to their order of appearance, as well as the  (sometimes barely) more established super-people they're paired with on  either a weekly or biweekly basis (I'm keeping my options open.) Plus,  we'll keep an eye on DC's 2016 revival mini-series as that comes out...

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Podcast: 60 Years of Martian Manhunter - 1957

After nearly a year, you'd be forgiven for thinking we were covering our  retrospective of John Jones' publication history in real time. Blame  our coverage of the current but increasingly finite ongoing Martian Manhunter maxi-series?  1957 offers a lot of repeats with slight variations on John Jones  stories, but also the debuts of pretty probationary policewoman Diane  Meade and TOR, Robot Criminal from Mars! Also, we look at the Sleuth  from Outer Space's international publication history, which started  quite early in Mexico and Australia, the latter proving the Martian  Detective his first ever cover appearance (a phenomena well known to  Aquaman, who turned up on lots of foreign editions in original  illustrations before fronting a book in his native country.) Also, ads  for our friend podcasts, Pulp 2 Pixel's Secret Sagas of the Multiverse and Count Drunkula's The Power of Fishnets. Please stick around to rank the Detective Comics stories from 1955-1957...

• Podcast: 60 Years of Martian Manhunter - 1955
• Podcast: 60 Years of Martian Manhunter - 1956
• Patrolwoman Diane Meade Commission by Marcio Takara 
• TOR, the Robot Criminal of Mars Commission by Sam Lotfi 

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Podcast: Martian Manhunter #6 (2016)

Frank summarizes and critiques the sixth issue of the "DC You" Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows, plus we catch up on a backlog of mail.

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Podcast: Martian Manhunter's 60th Anniversary Special Part Two (1993-2016) New York Times Program Synopsis:
A special which pays tribute to The Manhunter from Mars, the least  popular co-founder of the Justice League of America and one of the  greatest hanger-on associates to pop culture heroes of all time. The  special interweaves memorable moments from J'onn J'onzz's television  series, cartoons and comics highlighting his super powers, secret  identity, acts of heroism, and personal life. Also included are  comically inept text-to-audio vignettes featuring unrecorded guest stars  discussing the best super-hero ever of Middletown, U.S.A.

• 00:01:38 Prelude: My Name is J'Onn J'Onzz
• 00:06:50 Reevaluating the Martian Manhunter with Grant Morrison
• 00:09:54 Justice League Task Force with Peter David
• 00:16:41 JLA with Grant Morrison, Howard Porter & Kevin Smith
• 00:30:20 Martian Manhunter solo series with John Ostrander
• 00:36:28 Elseworlds with Howard Chaykin, Darwyn Cooke & Mark Waid
• 00:47:47 Martian Marvel Media with Carlo Barberi, J. M. DeMatteis, Carl Lumbly, Phil Morris, Bruce Timm & Stan Berkowitz
• 01:02:35 Bold New Directions with A. J. Lieberman, Paul Cornell, & Matt Kindt
• 01:14:39 Commercial Interruption featuring rolled spine podcast & The Fire and Water Podcast Network
• 01:18:13 The Friends & Enemies of Martian Manhunter  featuring Peter David, Phil Morris, Jim Starlin, David Harewood, Geoff  Johns & Mike Carlin
• 01:55:17 Stay Tuned following messages from LanternCast, The  Quarter Bin Podcast, Warlord Worlds, Pulp 2 Pixel Podcasts, Comic  Reflections,  King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun
• 02:01:10 60th Birthday Party with Rob Williams, Geoff Johns & Mike Carlin
• 02:14:27 Supergirl with David Harewood, Chyler Leigh, Melissa Benoist, Kevin Smith & Andrew Kreisberg
• 02:30:50 Blue Planet for a Green Man from a Red World with  Mike McKone, Peter David, J. M. DeMatteis, Howard Porter, David  Harewood, Andrew Kreisberg, & Lance Reddick

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Podcast: Martian Manhunter #5  & All-Star Section Eight #3 (2015)

Frank summarizes and critiques two comedic comics: the fifth issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows, plus the Alien Atlas'  cover-spotlighted appearance in All-Star Section Eight by Garth Ennis  & John McCrea!

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Podcast: Wonder Woman '77 Special #2

Five months later, the Diana Prince Wonder Woman podcast returns  for a second installment! We'll discuss that, including plans to rev up  the show's production in 2016. Diabolu Frank spends most of the episode  dressing down The Cheetah, then moves on to the brief return of the  1970s Wonder Woman television series' digital-first comic book  adaptation, as well as addressing your lengthy, lovely letters.

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Podcast: John Jones in Smallville, Part 1

Beginning this episode: an irregular series of shows covering  appearances by the Sleuth from Outer Space on the WB/CW's long-lived Superboy Clark Kent developing into Superman TV show Smallville.  This initial installment looks briefly at the show's formative  development, then summarizes John Jones' cameo debut in the sixth season  episode "Static," followed by the launch of the Martian-less not quite a  "Justice" League, and finally the full debut of the Manhunter as  portrayed by Phil Morris in "Labyrinth."

Podcast: Martian Manhunter #4 (2015)

Frank summarizes and critiques the fourth issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows! Also, a deeper, angrier  critique of the series and look at sales, plus a brief look at the Supergirl pilot.

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Podcast: Martian Manhunter #3 (2015)

Frank summarizes and critiques the third issue of the New 52/DC You Martian Manhunter series by Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows! Plus, Martian Mail covering the 60th Anniversary Special (Part 1.)

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THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR

GENERAL AUDIENCES

BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and mild language.

• “Demon Days” by Fred Schiller 00:00:29
• Rust by Steve Miller & John Statema 00:03:34
• Rust by Fred Schiller & Tony Akins 00:08:25
• The Terminator by Fred Schiller & Tony Akins 00:13:34
• The Terminator #8 (1989) by Jack Herman & Thomas Tenney 00:16:48
• Rust by Katherine Llewellyn & Vincent Locke 00:28:47
• The Terminator #9 (1989) by Ron Fortier & Thomas Tenney 00:34:52
• Why I Love Comics #199 with Ron Fortier! 00:39:39
• The Terminator #10 (1989) 00:46:34
• Rust after Now 00:52:44
• Terminal Data 00:57:07
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• The second ever adventure of Captain Atom by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko.
• From Charlton Comics' June 1960 cover-dated Space Adventures #34!
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Podcast: Martian Manhunter's 60th Anniversary Special Part One (1955-1993)

New York Times Program Synopsis:
A special which pays tribute to The Manhunter from Mars, the least  popular co-founder of the Justice League of America and one of the  greatest hanger-on associates to pop culture heroes of all time. The  special interweaves memorable moments from J'onn J'onzz's television  series, cartoons and comics highlighting his super powers, secret  identity, acts of heroism, and personal life. Also included are  comically inept text-to-audio vignettes featuring unrecorded guest stars  discussing the best super-hero ever of Middletown, U.S.A.

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Podcast: Sleuth from Outer Space Semicentennial

This week we discuss the only major acknowledgement of Martian  Manhunter's 50th anniversary to see print, the 2005 SDCC convention  program book, including a reading of the Mark Lucas article "Fear and  Loathing on Mars: The Long and Strange Trip of J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter  from Mars." We also searched the web for the 2006 blog post J. Caleb Mozzocco's Actually Essential Storylines: Martian Manhunter, as well as the DC Comics Martian Manhunter character page.

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