It’s time for a new feature on the Showcase — 2 in 1 Retrospectives! With a Final Crisis brewing for the DC Universe, Blake and Chase dive into DC’s past to discuss the history of, high points from and ultimate ramifications of one of the greatest crossovers ever, the original Crisis on Infinite Earths. The guys talk about everything that led into the first Crisis, everything that happened to the story, and how its effects are still felt in the DCU’s stories today. In the pics, Chase pulls Sub-Mariner #6 from his pile of recent releases, while Blake finds himself a fan of the Young X-Men.
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Episode 63: What If?
It’s time to delve in to the depths of the Marvel Multiverse! This week, Chase and Blake talk about Marvel’s line of What If? comics. The guys give their favorite alternate-reality tales, talk about how the comics are published today, and share some of your e-mail. And this week, Chase has a special announcement you won’t believe! In the picks, Chase is all about Dead of the Night, while Blake throws props to Cemetery Blues.
Episode 62: Showcase Tangent II
Unable to meet with Chase to record this week, Blake recruits his girlfriend Erin to sit in on the second Showcase Tangent! Blake and Erin update you on their Buffy the Vampire watching and answer your questions! Chase does manage to chime in, however, giving his thoughts on Wildstorm Comics and The Authority. In this week’s picks, Chase throws support to Amazing Spider-Man, Erin is excited to be reading Strangers in Paradise Vol. 1, and Blake was taken by surprise by the coolness of Batman and the Outsiders #5.
Episode 61: Comic Book Weddings
It’s spring, the time a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love — and a friend of the Showcase is walking down the aisle this weekend! Chase and Blake prepare for the Bachelor Party by talking about their favorite comic book wedding stories, which superheroes work married and which ones don’t, and discuss love, families and everything that comes with taking the big plunge. In the picks, Blake digs Jeff Smith‘s RASL and Chase says farewell to Cable and Deadpool.
Episode 60: Green Arrow
After an inexplicable five-minute tangent about Lost, the guys get around to their second annual St. Patrick’s Day Green Tribute: Green Arrow. The guys talk about their favorite stories with the emerald archer, the different versions of the character, and how his transformation began the transformation of the entire DC Universe. In the picks this week, Chase loves the cover to Black Panther #34, while Blake tells us how Action Comics #862 is one comic that lives up to its name.
Episode 59: Western Comics
This week, as per your requests, the guys dive into Western Comics! Why does Blake love them? Why doesn’t Chase? We touch upon great western heroes from Jonah Hex to Bat Lash to The Lone Ranger to Zorro to less orthodox western yarns like Preacher, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty, The Kents and The Dark Tower. (And if you want our thoughts on the new Zorro comic, check our our mini-Episode 58.5.) After a feedback-sparked debate about the quality of children’s comics, the guys get to this week’s picks. Blake chimes in for Fantastic Comics #24 — the beginning of The Next Issue Project — and Chase starts to celebrate Fantastic Four #554… until he remembers reading it.
Episode 58.5: Justice League-The New Frontier and More!
It’s time for another between-episode bonus, as both Chase and Blake give their thoughts on the new direct-to-DVD film Justice League: The New Frontier. The guys talk about the movie, the adaptation of Darwyn Cooke‘s work, and the DVD as a package. But that’s not all! Our heroes also talk about the new Zorro comic from Dynamite Entertainment, Blake gets a sneak peek of the upcoming DC/Minx graphic novel Burnout and Aardvark-Vanheim‘s Glamourpuss, and Subculture gets a new life.
Episode 58: Wonder Woman
This week, the guys delve into the third member of the DC Trinity, the amazing amazon, Wonder Woman. The guys talk about their favorite stories with Princess Diana, the current state of her comic book, her upcoming adventures in Trinity, and just what makes it hard for writers to figure out what makes Wonder Woman tick. In the picks, Chase goes with Booster Gold #0 and Blake sends props to the recent original graphic novel Unbeatable.
Episode 57: Nightwing
Getting back to their geek roots, this week Chase and Blake take on the character who has been called the “Axis” of the DC Universe, the most famous sidekick of all time, and the lynchpin of some of DC’s most classic teams. Originally the first Robin, the boy wonder, now the man named Dick Grayson goes by Nightwing. Our guys shell out their favorite Nightwing stories, talk about what the character means to the DC Universe, and Chase makes the most unfortunate slip of the tongue in Showcase history! In the picks this week, the guys take time to pimp Subculture and Young Avengers Presents.
Episode 56: The Showcase Tangent
The Showcase Geeks have been having a lot of fun lately going through your messages and e-mails… so much fun, in fact, that this week we’re giving you the first-ever 2 in 1 Showcase Feedback Special! This week, you steer the conversation, as the guys answer an avalanche of questions and discuss comments on everything from Brand New Day to Exiles to the question of what the worst DC Comics crossover of all time really was. They spin off onto Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Lost, and Chase breaks the needle off the Geekometer with a classic Star Trek rant! In the picks this week, Chase presents Chronicles of Wormwood: The Last Enemy, while Blake bids a fond farewell to Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra‘s Vertigo mainstay, Y: The Last Man.
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