UBA #005.5 - Dear Emily

Uncovering the Bronze Age #005.5  - Dear Emily

Emily empties out her entire feedback bag in this episode, going over listener comments on her first batch of episodes. Much of the feedback involves her Halloween episode (episode #5), featuring her discussion of Dr. Fredric Wertham, Seduction of the Innocent, and the Comics Code.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:


Right-click to download episode directly

Promo: Parallel Lines: The Tangent Universe Podcast

Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com

We now have Facebook! "Like" us at http://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

QBP #047 - Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book Four

Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book Four, DC Comics, cover-dated April 1992.

"The Black Dragon," by Mike Grell, with art by Michael Davis Lawrence and Gray Morrow.

It's a brother versus brother showdown over control of a powerful sword? Will the man of peace and contemplation be victorious? Or will his power-mad brother retain control of Japanese organized crime? What about the two American vets -- what role will they play in all of this? And does Shado even dare take on the Yakuza, knowing that she is considered by them to be a traitor and enemy? Listen to the episode and find out!

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:



Right-click to download episode directly

Next Episode: Micronauts 9, Marvel Comics, cover-dated September 1979. 

Promo: Avengers Inspirations 

Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com

"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky
You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

QBP #046 - Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme #34

Quarter-Bin Podcast #46

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme #34, Marvel Comics, cover-dated March 1991.

"Is There a Doctor NOT in the House?" by Roy & Dann Thomas, with art by Dan Lawlis and Jim Sanders III, with Chris Ivey.

Strange, Druid, Doom, and Doom. There are so many doctors in this issue you'd think it was a medical convention. How many Doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb? That answer is sadly not revealed in this issue, but there are TWO Doctor Dooms in it! And did we mention the cameo appearance by Scarlet Witch? And the journey to Tibet? What can all this mean?

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:



Right-click to download episode directly

Next Episode: Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book #4, DC Comics, cover-dated April 1992. 

Promo: Unofficial Marvel 75 Countdown


Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com

"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky
You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

SS #031 - Coming Super-Attractions

Shortbox Showcase #31--Coming Super-Attractions

We don't usually talk about current and upcoming events, or comic book "news," but we are making an exception for this episode. After covering lots of feedback from lots of listeners, we talk about what we are looking forward to (and NOT) in the upcoming DC event Convergence and the two dozen new #1s that are coming up later in the year.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:


Right-click to download episode directly

Promo: Earning My Ears

Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com

We now have Facebook! "Like" us at http://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky

You can follow Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

QBP #045 - Thor #364

Quarter-Bin Podcast #45

Thor #364, Marvel Comics, cover-dated February 1986.

"Thor Croaks," written and drawn by Walter Simonson.

Thor has been turned into a frog. No, really, a frog. How did this happen? Is the God of Thunder really fighting rats in Central Park? Is that George RR Martin playing a flute in the sewers of New York City? And who will become the leader of Asgard in Thor's absence? Listen to the episode and find out!

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:


Right-click to download episode directly

Link: The Comics Alliance list of the 10 Awesome Moments From Simonson's Run on Thor

Promo #1: Radio Free Asgard
Promo #2: Mighty Marvel Geeks

Next Episode: Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme #34, Marvel Comics, cover-dated October 1991.
 
Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com

"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky
You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

SS #030 - Sailing our Ships

Shortbox Showcase #30-- Love is in the Air

It's the Valentine's Day episode! In this lovefest, Professor Alan and Emily talk about superhero relationships and marriages. Superman & Lois (or Lana or Lori Lemaris or Wonder Woman), Spidey & MJ, the Dibnys, Batman and Selena (or Talia), Sue Storm and her options .. we talk about it all.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:



Right-click to download episode directly

Promo: Two True Freaks

The song used in this episode was "About Love," by The Choir, from their 1990 album "Circle Slide." 
  

Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com

We now have Facebook! "Like" us at http://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky

You can follow Alan on twitter @ProfessorAlan

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

QBP #044 - Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book Three

Shado: Song of the Dragon, Book Three, DC Comics, cover-dated March 1992.

"A Force of Dragons," by Mike Grell,with art by Michael Davis Lawrence and Gray Morrow.

The Yakuza helicopters have landed at the monastery, to take out our little band of over-matched survivors. What chance do a Viet Nam burnout, a past-his-prime Korea vet and a mother and child have against the best assassins that the Japanese mob can find? And what trauma is that Viet Nam vet trying to escape from anyway? And did that one guy really just chop off that other guy's finger? Listen to the episode and find out!

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

 

Right-click to download episode directly

Next Episode: Thor #364, Marvel Comics, cover-dated February 1986. 

Promo #1: In Country
Promo #2: No Agenda

Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com

"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky
You can follow me on twitter @ProfessorAlan

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.