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Joshua Williamson's Flash Volume 13 to Volume 15 from 2023-09-01T02:31:43
Apologies for the delayed release. Baby Dpalm came a bit early and so we've been on a little hiatus Thankfully we recorded the final episode in our Flash series earlier in the month. So without fur...
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Joshua Williamson’s Flash Volumes Year One&Volume 12 from 2023-07-30T23:03:39
We know last episodes we covered Year One but we decided to revisit that volume as well as volume 12 of the Williamson run of The Flash. Year One was worth a revisit because it not only reestablish...
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Joshua Williamson’s Flash Volumes 10, 11&Year One from 2023-06-10T07:58:40
We delayed the release of this episode until Kriss was out of town. We also timed it right around the time the Flash review dropped. Enjoy.Post Flash War, Barry turns back into a student and has to...
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Joshua Williamson's Flash Volumes 7 - 9 - Character Corner #111 from 2023-05-23T00:46:41
We're back with more of Joshua Williamson's Flash run. This time we're talking volumes 7 to 9 (issues 39 to 57). Williamson's run really feels like a great jumping on point for the Flash. Since it'...
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Joshua Williamson's Flash Volumes 4 to 6 - Character Corner #110 from 2023-03-31T22:53:56
We promised 2 episodes in March and we're squeezing it right in there at the 11th hour. But we're back for the next set of issues from the Joshua Williamson Flash run. We first stop over at Batman ...
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Joshua Williamson's Flash Volumes 1 - 3 - Character Corner #109 from 2023-03-25T21:21:18
We finally get back into recording Character Corners and it still takes me 2 weeks to release the episode. Smh. Sorry for the delay folks but we're finally hitting the Joshua Williamson run of The ...
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She-Hulk Attorney at Law - Character Corner #108 from 2022-10-28T10:42:20
Now that the first season of the She-Hulk series on Disney+ is over, now is a great time to talk about She-Hulks comic book history. The timing has nothing to do with the fact that Kriss is late on...
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Dick Grayson/Nightwing from 2022-08-25T11:58:11
Kriss and Dpalm are back and this time we're revisiting a character we've spent some time talking about before: Dick Grayson aka Nightwing. We've covered Dick before in our previous Robin Part 1 Ch...
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SDCC 2022 Announcements&Trailers from 2022-07-28T11:03:24
Life has gotten really busy for Kriss and Dpalm so the regular Character Corner schedule has been a bit hectic these last few months. But thankfully Marvel has swooped in for a rescue by announcing...
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 10: Secret Wars - Character Corner #106 from 2022-06-14T01:02:02
We wrap up our Avengers part of our Hickman series with the 9-issue Secret Wars event that sees Hickman rebuild the Marvel Universe first in Doom's vision then from Reed's. Secret Wars is one of th...
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Interview: Nubia and the Amazons feat. Stephanie Williams from 2022-06-08T23:25:44
Stephanie Williams is a comic book historian and pop culture critic who has written for SYFYFANGRRLS, The A.V. Club, Nerdist, Den of Geek, and Rotten Tomatoes. Stephanie is also a comic creator wit...
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 9: Time Runs Out from 2022-05-20T13:40:22
With the mention of the word "Incursions" in Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness its timely for us to reach the "Time Runs Out" portion of our Into the Hickmanverse series. This is the lead...
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Moon Knight - The Fist of Khonshu from 2022-04-27T01:09:16
We're back with another Character Corner episode and this time we're talking about the character Moon Knight. Or should we say the characters Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley. Moon Knight is ...
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 8: Avengers&New Avengers Part 3 from 2022-03-31T10:28:37
We're getting closer to the end of out Hickman Marvel series and things are starting to fall apart for everyone. In the two series we watch as Steve not only remembers what the Illuminati did to hi...
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Legion of Super-Heroes Part 2 - Reboots and More Reboots from 2022-03-16T10:56:26
Reboots are a thing that happens all the time in comic books. But there are reboots and retcons and then there's what DC Comics did with the Legion of Super-Heroes. I take back what I said during p...
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 7: Avengers Part 2 - Infinity from 2022-02-25T22:36:49
We're back for Part 7 of our Into the Hickmanverse series as we got through the world in Marvel that Hickman has built. After looking at what we have remaining, there will be 11 total parts. We'll ...
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The Legion of Super-Heroes Part 1: The Great Darkness Saga from 2022-02-01T03:37:38
So for the 100th episode of the Character Corner, Kriss&Dpalm are finally back on the DC side and we decided we didn't want to make it easy on ourselves and so we’re tackling the Legion of Super-He...
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Pull List: So Many Comics, So Little Time - Character Corner #99 from 2022-01-17T23:52:24
First Character Corner episode of 2022 and it's a Pull List. There are a lot of comics for Kriss and Dpalm to talk about. The biggest problem? There are so many great and good comics out right now....
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 6: Avengers&New Avengers Part 1 from 2021-12-30T14:35:30
We're ending 2021 with the beginning of the end. We've started Hickman's epic Avengers/New Avengers run. This is one of our favorite runs. We've covered it several times from Comic Book Book Clubs ...
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Shang-Chi Master of Kung Fu from 2021-11-30T03:11:43
Kriss and Dpalm are finally back with a new Character Corner episode. This time we're talking about the Marvel Master of Kung Fu himself, Shang-Chi. We decided to wait until after we talked about t...
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 5: Ultimate Universe from 2021-11-01T02:03:12
We're back with part 5 of our Into the Hickmanverse series. This time Hickman teams up with Bendis again to dive into the Ultimate universe. But before we do that, we first have to address how we g...
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Into the Hickmanverse: Fantastic Four Part 2 from 2021-10-22T19:27:27
The latest part of our Into the Hickmanverse series by wrapping up his Fantastic Four run. This covers both Fantastic Four and FF (Future Foundation). We kick everything off with the new series, FF...
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Into the Hickmanverse: Fantastic Four Part 1 from 2021-08-31T10:31:53
We're finally back to our series covering Jonathan Hickman's Marvel runs. This time we're revisiting his great Fantastic Four run. We start first with the Dark Reign mini-series and then cover issu...
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Black Widow - Natasha Romanoff from 2021-08-22T15:50:15
We're back with another Character Corner, this time to talk about Natalia Romanova aka Natasha Romanoff aka The Black Widow. On the surface this seems like a pretty straight forward character. A fo...
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Fireworks - Pull List # 9 from 2021-08-02T13:13:31
We're finally back with a new Pull List and there's a lot to talk about. We're really in the new Golden Age of comics. The biggest problem is there are just too many good books to read. The X-Men&X...
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Invincible Volumes 21 to 25 - Comic Book Book Club from 2021-07-13T10:18:11
All good things must come to an end and so it is with our read through the Invincible series. Now it's well known that even the best series have a hard time sticking the landing. How did Invincible...
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 2: S.H.I.E.L.D from 2021-06-29T01:33:53
Now the fun begins. Secret Warriors gave us a taste of what was in that crazy brain of Hickman. S.H.I.E.L.D. is where we really start to see things form. This is the series that will have readers g...
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Into the Hickmanverse Part 1 - Secret Warriors: Wheels within Wheels from 2021-06-04T11:28:19
So it's time to dive into something really good. We're starting our "Into the Hickmanverse" series where we cover the major Marvel runs of Jonathan Hickman. Now if you've been a long time listener,...
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Invincible Volume 16 to 20 from 2021-05-30T23:11:54
So we're getting close to the end of our Invincible Comic Book Book Club and it would be an understatement to say things have escalated. To be honest, things get so intense in these 5 volumes, I wa...
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Invincible Volume 11 to 15: Whole Lot of Problems from 2021-04-28T10:44:53
One of the biggest differences between the Invincible comic series and the Amazon Prime Video adaptation is the pace. The comic really doesn't give you a chance to catch your breath. And just to be...
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Barry Allen and the Flash Family Part 2 from 2021-04-13T10:25:16
We're finally back with part 2 of our Barry Allen and the Flash family Character Corner series. We handle this episode a little different than our typical episodes. While we still bring up issues t...
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Bald Headed Bastards - Pull List # 8 from 2021-03-25T17:00:31
It's the battle of the bald headed bastards (no not Kriss&Dpalm), Zordon and Professor Xavier. Who is more likely to put your kids in a dangerous, life threatening situation? We've determined they'...
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Invincible Volumes 6 to 10 - Comic Book Book Club from 2021-03-07T14:09:41
We're back with the next 5 volumes of Invincible and cover volumes 6 through 10. Invincible is an interesting series because it's able to navigate accelerated storytelling with seeding things that ...
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Barry Allen and the Flash Family Part 1 from 2021-02-18T11:32:14
This feels like a long time coming. It's actually quite amazing that it's taken us this long to cover Barry Allen. We're slowly making our way through the original seven members of the Justice Leag...
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Invincible Volume 1 to 5 - Comic Book Book Club from 2021-02-02T19:38:02
Is World Domination a father-son bonding activity? Kriss and Dpalm dive into Robert Kirkman's Invincible with the first five volumes. The first 5 volumes of this series are a great introduction to ...
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Scarlet Witch and Vision - Marvel's Odd Couple from 2021-01-17T01:33:05
First Character Corner of 2021 and we timed it to come out the same weekend that Marvel premieres its first Disney+ TV series: WandaVision. So, of course we had to tackle the Wanda Maximoff, The Sc...
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The Hickmanverse - Pull List # 7 from 2020-12-31T19:29:55
We're cutting it close but we're squeezing in a final Character Corner/Pull List episode of 2020. This has been a long, stressful year that's disrupted our normal schedule but we didn't want to cl...
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Miles Morales Brooklyn's Spider-Man from 2020-11-20T11:30:20
With the release of the Miles Morales: Spider-Man game for Playstation 4&5, it's the perfect time to do a follow-up on Miles Morales. Back in 2015 we did a Character Corner on Miles (Listen here). ...
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It All Matters - Pull List #6 from 2020-10-27T11:00:11
It’s that time again…time for another episode of the Pull List one the Character Corner podcast. Kriss caught up on what Scott Snyder did on Justice League and is doing with his anti-Crisis Crisis,...
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Superman Part 2 Beacon of Humanity from 2020-10-20T10:30:48
It is good to be back. After taking an impromptu hiatus in September we're back with a new episode of the Character Corner. We're wrapping up our Superman series with Part 2. We pick up right whe...
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Superman Part 1: It's a Bird, It's a Plane from 2020-08-31T12:00:10
We're back with another Character Corner episode. This time we're diving into the first part of a two part series on the man himself, Superman. Created in 1938 by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, Supe...
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Beware the Trees - Pull List #5 from 2020-08-05T21:00:25
Covid made the release of comics a little wonky. But we're finally getting back to a normal schedule so the Pull List is back. We actually have a lot of books to talk about. One thing we do ask tho...
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Nick Spencer Run Part 3 Secret Empire from 2020-07-15T10:50:57
Kriss, Dpalm and Justin wrap up their revisit of Nick Spencer's Captain America run with the Secret Empire tie-in issues for both Captain America books as well as the Secret Empire cross-over event...
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Captain America Part 2 The Other Captains from 2020-06-30T20:56:05
Nothing like squeezing in one more Character Corner episode at the 11th hour. Anyway, Kriss and Dpalm are back with Part 2 of their Captain America Character Corner. In the first episode we covere...
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Captain America Part 1 Steve Rogers from 2020-06-17T10:11:02
We're back with a new episode of the Character Corner and this time we're covering the legend himself: Captain America Steve Rogers. This will actually be a two part episode with the second episode...
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The Incredible&Immortal Hulk - Character Corner #82 from 2020-05-30T11:24:39
We're finally back with a proper Character Corner. We get back to our roots with this episode. We're not doing Creator Spotlight runs or a Comic Book Book Club. No this time we're just going to tak...
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Tom King's Batman Run: Breaking the Bat - Comic Book Book Club from 2020-04-28T10:28:24
April has been a long year and so we're doing a bit of switching up. We were supposed to be doing a Hulk Character Corner this month but life was just so busy that didn't happen. We still wanted ...
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No New Comics - Pull List #4 from 2020-04-07T00:15:49
2020 has been a weird decade. Yes you read that right. We finally come back for a Pull List episode to discuss some of the comics we're reading only to record on April 1st and there be no new comi...
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Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps Vol 4 - 7 - Comic Book Book Club from 2020-03-07T14:09:16
On this episode we wrap up our read of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps with the last 4 volumes. Volume 4 FractureVolume 5 Twilight of the Guardians Volume 6 Zod's WillVolume 7 Darkstar...
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Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Vol 1 - 3 - Comic Book Book Club from 2020-02-18T16:07:14
On this episode we start the first of our two part Comic Book Book Club on the DC Rebirth run of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps. We've covered the Green Lanterns before in a regular Charact...
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Green Arrow Part 2 The Return of Oliver Queen from 2020-02-04T14:43
We’re back with part 2 of our Oliver Queen/Green Arrow Character Corner. We held off on it for a little bit so that we could record it after the final episode of CW’s Arrow. Watching Stephen Amell ...
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Green Arrow Part 1 The Emerald Archer - Character Corner #80 from 2020-01-14T13:59:11
We're kicking off 2020 by covering the Emerald Archer himself, Oliver Queen. With Arrow on CW coming to a close soon, we thought it would be a great time to talk about Oliver Queen. Green Arrow is ...
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Doomsday Clock Was Worth the Wait - Pull List #3 from 2019-12-31T14:30:57
It’s here! The last Character Corner and Pull List of 2019 (and the decade). We told you all we’d be back if Doomsday Clock stuck to it’s release date and guess what? It did. Not only that, but in ...
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Claremont X-Men Part 4 Birth of the Blue&Gold Teams from 2019-11-18T16:21:10
We’re finally here. The end of our Claremont X-Men run here on the Character Corner. We started this almost 6 months ago. To be fair we took a few detours and breaks but we’re wrapping it up now. H...
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Month of X - Pull List # from 2019-10-12T12:12:22
To Me My X-Fans! It's Month of X time. It’s finally here. It’s October so it's not only time for another episode of the Pull List but this is a special month. It’s the Month of X. We’re going to d...
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Claremont X-Men Part 3 - Sinister Saga - Character Corner #78 from 2019-09-25T12:10:55
We're back with the 78th episode of the Character Corner. We're almost to the end of our Claremont X-Men run. Picking up right where we left off after the Trial of Magneto with issue 201 and it's C...
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Wally West - Character Corner Short from 2019-09-05T12:06:17
We're back with another Character Corner short. This time Dpalm&Kriss are doing a short update on their favorite Flash: Wally West. Wally has been through so much. Is DC finally prepared to give Wa...
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New Mutants Part 1- Character Corner #77 from 2019-08-18T13:06:56
We're officially back with a new Character Corner episode. First off, we want to thank all the fans who nominated us for the Podcast Awards. We've made the final slate of 10 in the Entertainment ca...
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Doomsday Clock, House of X&Powers of X - The Pull List from 2019-08-12T11:21:26
So small announcement. Normally we discuss our comic pull lists at the end of each Mailbag on the Super Tuesday Recap podcast. But we've decided to do some reorganization and make the Pull List a s...
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Tim Drake Update - Character Corner Shorts from 2019-07-31T03:21:26
Our first foray into micro-pods, our Character Corner Shorts are small bites that will serve to update existing Character Corners. While this seems like an excuse for us to read more about characte...
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Claremont X-Men Part 2 - Solidifying The Character Traits We've Come to Know and Love from 2019-07-02T12:43:33
Kriss and Dpalm are back with part 2 of their Chris Claremont X-Men series. For this episode we pick up right after the end of the Dark Phoenix saga with issue 139 and go all the way through the ic...
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LGBTQ Characters and Moments in Comics from 2019-06-19T17:00:56
*EDIT* Correct Title is updated in all RSS Feeds Now Since it is Pride month we're taking a break from our Claremont X-Men series (I know I know, we just started it) to talk about LGBTQ characters ...
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Chris Claremont's X-Men Part 1 The Phoenix Saga - Character Corner #75 from 2019-05-22T23:42:43
We didn't plan this but its May and our 75th Character Corner just happens to be the start of our Chris Claremont X-Men series and Claremont started his 17 year X-Men run in May 1975. It's like we ...
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Iron Man Bonus: Tony's Garage from 2019-05-08T12:57:49
We promised a bonus episode and here it is. Fresh off of Endgame and our 2 part Iron Man series we jump into Tony Stark's garage. We go through some of his major armors and how some of them were re...
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Iron Man Part 2 I Am Iron Man - Character Corner #74 from 2019-04-23T11:44:20
Kriss and Dpalm are back right before the release of Avengers Endgame with the second part of their Iron Man deep dive. This is where the character of Tony Stark really gets interesting. Starting w...
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Iron Man Part 1 Tony Stark and His Bodyguard - Character Corner #73 from 2019-04-12T11:11:44
To celebrate the release of Endgame this month we're diving into the character that launched the MCU: Tony Stark aka Iron Man. Tony Stark is an interesting character for Marvel. On face value he mi...
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Captain Marvel Part 3: Billy Batson, Shazam&the Marvel Family - Character Corner #72 from 2019-03-24T11:40:09
Sorry for the delay folks but we're finally back to wrap up *checks notes* Captain Marvel Part 3? Or is this Shazam? Yeah we waste no time in this episode addressing the elephant in the room: What ...
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Captain Marvel Part 2 Monica Rambeau&Carol Danvers - Character Corner #71 from 2019-02-26T13:06:29
We're back to wrap up our two-part Captain Marvel series with two of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe: Monica Rambeau and Carol Danvers. These are not only some of the most power...
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Captain Marvel Part 1 The Life&Death of Mar-Vell - Character Corner #70 from 2019-02-13T12:34:54
Carol Danvers makes her live action debut as Captain Marvel next month. To prepare, Kriss and Dpalm are tackling the mantle of Captain Marvel. We're focusing on the three main characters to hold th...
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The History of Comics The Bronze and Modern Ages of Comics - Character Corner #69 from 2019-01-30T04:21:51
Kriss and Dpalm are back for the second part of their break down of the history of comic books. This episode we're tackling the Bronze Age and the Modern Age. Now the Bronze Age goes from approxima...
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The History of Comics Golden&Silver Ages - Character Corner #68 from 2019-01-20T15:17:34
The first Character Corner of 2019 is here! For this episode Kriss and Dpalm do something a little different and instead of focus on a particular character, they're breaking down the history of com...
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Aquaman Part 2 - Character Corner #67 from 2018-12-24T12:13:21
The last Character Corner of 2018! Kriss&Dpalm finish out 2018 with Part 2 of Aquaman and lets just say, shit gets a bit crazy from here. For the first time ever, we have to start the episode out b...
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Aquaman Part 1 Peter David's Aquaman Run - Character Corner #66 from 2018-12-15T16:55:02
Time to end 2018 with the final Character Corner subject of 2018: Aquaman. The King of the Seven Seas is getting his first solo film this month and so we're taking a look at the history behind Arth...
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The Doom Patrol - Character Corner #65 from 2018-11-21T17:00:28
We're back! This time instead of diving into your favorite, well-known characters, we're tackling a group that's a little less known: The Doom Patrol. This episode is bit different from other Chara...
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The Impact&Influence of Stan Lee - Character Corner #64 from 2018-11-16T15:23:52
The great Stan Lee passed on Monday (November 12th) at the age of 95, leaving behind a legacy and characters that will forever be remembered and timeless. Kriss and Dpalm talk about what impact Sta...
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Ultimate Spider-Man Part 2 - Character Corner #63 from 2018-11-14T16:36
We’re finally back with another Character Corner. Sorry for the delays, been having a lot going on outside of the network and so it’s taken us a while to get back to where we need to be. We’ll defi...
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Ultimate Spider-Man Part 1 - Character Corner #62 from 2018-10-17T12:02:12
In October 2000, Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley launched Ultimate Spider-Man and it quickly became the the ultimate success story for the ultimate line. Benis and Bagley held the record for t...
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Robins Part 2 Tim Drake&Damian Wayne - Character Corner #61 from 2018-10-03T12:28:36
We wrap up our discussion about the Robins with Tim Drake and Damian Wayne (with a slight detour to discuss Stephanie Brown). We've covered Tim, Stephanie before in their own Character Corners and ...
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Robins Part 1 Dick Grayson&Jason Todd - Character Corner #60 from 2018-09-19T12:52:32
Kriss and Dpalm are back with another Character Corner episode. This time its Part 1 of a two part series on the Robins. We’ve covered most of the Robins already in previous episodes like Batman's ...
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Hickman's Avengers Run From Everything Dies to Time Runs Out - Character Corner #59 from 2018-08-27T12:53:42
We wrap up our creator spotlight on Jonathan Hickman with him destroying and rewriting the Marvel Universe(s). Hickman's Avengers run is so good because it ties in with his previous work with the F...
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Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D. and Secret Warriors - Character Corner #58 from 2018-08-17T11:09:11
We’re continuing our look at Jonathan Hickman’s Marvel run by going all the way back to the beginning and talking about his Secret Warriors and S.H.I.E.L.D. runs. We only touch on a bit of Secret W...
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Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four Run - Character Corner #57 from 2018-07-16T19:14:12
We're continuing our Summer of Character Corner expansions with a new Character Corner/Comic Book Book Club hybrid. We're kicking off our discussion of Jonathan Hickman's Marvel run by discussing h...
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Chaos Theory, Last Stand of the Wreckers&Sins of the Wreckers - Comic Book Book Club from 2018-06-27T12:45:02
Kriss and Dpalm are back with another...wait...is this a Character Corner or a Comic Book Book Club? If you didn't know we're trying something new on the Character Corner podcast feed. We'll still...
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Transformers: Enter Unicron - Character Corner from 2018-06-06T16:00:24
In 2005, the Transformers comic license had found it's way to IDW Publishing and back into the hands of beloved Transformers scribe Simon Furman. Only, things didn't necessarily go according to pla...
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Cable (Nathan Summers) from 2018-05-18T10:41:36
With Deadpool 2 hitting theaters this weekend we've finally recorded our Character Corner episode on Nathaniel Christopher Charles Summers, aka, Cable. Now first off, we've touched on a lot of the ...
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Creator Spotlight: Samuel Stevquoah&Mill City’s Finest from 2018-05-02T11:18:52
%CODE_MCF% Kriss talks with Sam Stevquoah about his own production company's flagship animated project, Mill City's Finest. Sam describes Mill City's Finest as an "urban, superhero coming of age s...
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Thanos, the Infinity Stones and The Black Order - Character Corner #53 from 2018-04-28T11:36:38
Avengers Infinity War is in theaters now and is already crushing records (and souls). While you wait for Avengers 4 to come out, now is a perfect time to catch up on Thanos in the comics to see jus...
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Batman Part 3: The Man Behind the Mask - From Grant Morrison to Tom King from 2018-04-19T15:26:08
We finish up the Dark Knight himself with what might be the greatest and longest streak of great stories for a solo character. From the time Grant Morrison takes over Batman to today’s Tom King Run...
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Batman Part 2 - The Many Cowls of the Bat From the Small to Big Screen from 2018-04-03T14:57:33
%CODE_BAT2% We’re back with Part 2 of our Batman Character Corner. Part 1 focused mostly on the early comics up through the introduction of Tim Drake in Batman #440. For this episode, before divin...
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Marvel Studios&the MCU There Was an Idea - Character Corner #50 from 2018-03-20T13:28:37
It all started with an idea. 10 years ago Marvel Studios launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe and nothing was the same again. Ten years and 18 (soon to be 19) films and over 15 BILLION dollars. I...
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Batman The Dark Knight Part 1: Bill&The Bat - Character Corner from 2018-03-13T13:24:41
This time on the Character Corner we’re finally talking about The Batman. We’ve talked around Batman for a while now. We covered him a bit in our Suicide Squad Character Corner, then the Rogue Wars...
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Apocalypse vs Mister Sinister: Survival of the Fittest vs Genetic Manipulation from 2018-02-27T14:41:32
%CODE_APOCALYPSE% We're back with another Character Corner. This time we're doing double the trouble with two classic X-Men villains: Apocalypse and Mister Sinister. It's actually pretty fitting t...
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Lex Luthor - A Diabolical Genius with a Quest For Power Who is Truly Evil from 2018-02-02T17:33:38
*Note* Excuse the audio issues this episode. I was partly sick when recording this and didn't check my settings.* %CODE_LEXLUTHOR%We’re back! While our Summers Brothers episode was technically the ...
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Cyclops Was Right? - Essential Comic Books for Scott&Alex Summers from 2018-01-06T16:28:54
http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/6121556 We’re starting 2018 off right by going through the essential comic books for Scott Summers and Alex Summers. That’s right it's Cyclops and Havo...
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Heir to the Bat: Cassandra Cain&Kate Kane from 2017-12-17T15:24:01
We're back to wrap up our Batgirls Character Corner with two special characters: Cassandra Cain and Kate Kane. Now, Kate really isn't a Batgirl as she never took up the mantle and her origin as Bat...
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Batgirl: Barbara Gordon&Stephanie Brown - Character Corner from 2017-11-25T10:58:16
It's been a while but....WE'RE BACK! Feels like a while since we've done a Character Corner. But we're back now and it's time to enter once again into the Bat-Family, this time with the mantle of B...
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Thor Part 2: Thor Returns, The God Butcher, Jane Foster&More from 2017-10-31T12:00:26
Thor: Ragnarok drops this week and so it's time to wrap up our Thor Character Corner with part 2. First we quickly cover what happened when we last left Thor during part 1. Ragnarok happened and Th...
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Thor Part 1: Walt Simonson's Run&Ragnorak from 2017-10-17T13:03:48
We’re a few weeks out from Thor: Ragnarok being released so I guess it’s time to drop our latest Character Corner: Thor Part 1! First off, we recorded this over a month ago so please excuse any ou...
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Artist Spotlight-Tim Lewinson and Savage Empire from 2017-10-06T14:10:49
Journey with The Doctor and Tim Lewinson, writer and creator of Savage Empire, into a world of time rifts, urban warfare, and dinosaurs. Tim joins me to discuss his debut novel, how his work in vi...
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Character Corner: The Inhumans Royal Family from 2017-09-24T17:43:11
We’re back with another Character Corner and this time we’re covering the Inhumans. First off, let’s make it clear that we’re mainly focused on the Royal Family of the Inhumans. The “Nuhumans” or t...
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Peter Parker Part 3: Carnage, Ben Reilly, One More Day&More from 2017-09-05T19:27:11
*We start this episode with a special message about how to donate directly to black women affected by Harvey. Here are the links you need (they're case sensitive): Donate List: Bit.Ly/SupportBla...
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Artist Spotlight: Ashley Gonzales of Zeefa Studio from 2017-08-30T12:55:14
Welcome back to another artist spotlight from Awesome Con 2017. This time I sit down with Ashley Gonzales of Zeefa Studio, an artist whose fantasy based pieces find their way into your spirit. We...
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The Confusing History of Hawkman from 2017-08-22T13:02:55
%CODE_HAWKMAN% We took a little break but we’re finally back with another Character Corner. We still have to finish up our Peter Parker series but we wanted to take a bit of a detour from Marvel an...
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Awesome Con Artist Spotlight: PBS Media and Art Way Alliance from 2017-08-09T13:26:24
One of my goals at Awesome Con this year was to find and highlight creatives of color who were engaged in inspiring and interesting pursuits. There were so many individuals at the convention this ...
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Peter Parker Part 2 - The Hobgoblin Saga, Kraven's Last Hunt&Venom from 2017-07-05T15:19:37
We’re back for part 2 of our Character Corner series on the history of Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Our first part covered the teenage years of Peter Parker, the death of Gwen Stacy and the original...
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Teenage Peter Parker – With Great Power There Must Also Come Great Responsibility from 2017-06-17T13:24:48
http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/5456721 With Spider-Man: Homecoming right around the corner, we take a look at why Peter Parker, particularly teenage Peter Parker, is such an important...
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Wolverine’s Enemies – Sabretooth, Mystique, The Hand&More from 2017-05-31T12:56:50
We're back with another Character Corner, this time as a follow up to the Wolverine episode we did here. The first time we covered Logan, we didn't get a chance to go over in detail some of his rec...
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Green Lanterns Part 3 – War of Light, Blackest Night&More from 2017-05-09T12:41:30
%CODE1% We're finally ready to finish off the Green Lanterns. We continue with the rest of Geoff John's run through the War of Light, Blackest Night, Brightest Day all the way through New 52 and t...
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Green Lanterns Part 2 – Kyle Rayner, Rebirth&Sinestro Corps War from 2017-04-18T10:56:46
%CODE1% We're finally back for Part 2 of our Green Lanterns Character Corner. This time we talk about the aftermath of Hal Jordan destroying the Corps after becoming Parallax. Kyle Rayner becomes t...
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Heroes For Hire Part 2 Iron Fist&Colleen Wing from 2017-03-15T02:31:56
%CODE1% Kriss and Dpalm are back for the second part of our Heroes for Hire Character Corner. You can find Part 1 here.In this part, we talk about Danny Rand, Iron Fist, and the badass Samurai, Co...
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Wolverine – The Best There Is At What He Does from 2017-02-28T12:03:22
%CODE_Wolvie% He's the best there is at what he does and what he does isn't very nice. Our massive Character Corner on the X-Man named Wolverine. Despite becoming overused in the Marvel universe, t...
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Green Lanterns Part 1 – The Rise&Fall of Hal Jordan from 2017-02-14T11:42:48
%CODE1% Call this our Green Lantern Teaser. Kriss&Dpalm go over the early years of Green Lantern and the Green Lantern Corps and cover some of the basics you'll need for our massive second (and po...
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Colossus&Kitty Pryde – The Man of Steel&the Ninja from 2017-01-18T13:42:51
%CODE1% First Character Corner of 2017 is here! Kriss and Dpalm start the year off talking about Piotr Rasputin (Colossus) and Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat). We start with Giant Size X-Men #1 that gives ...
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Teen Titans Part 2: Technis Imperative, Young Justice&Graduation Day from 2016-12-23T13:25:27
%CODE1% Last Character Corner of 2016! We wrap up our Teen Titans coverage with a discussion with watching the Titans mature as well as the next generation (Young Justice) becoming the new Teen Tit...
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Teen Titans Part 1: Teen Titans vs Deathstroke from 2016-12-06T05:24:34
%CODE1% We're finally back with another Character Corner on the MTR Network. This episode is part one of our two-part Teen Titans series. In this first part we talk about the origins of the Teen Ti...
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James Roberts Interview – Transformers: MTMTE Season 2 from 2016-11-15T16:38:42
%CODE1% Dpalm is joined once again by James Roberts, author of IDW's critically acclaimed Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye comic series. On the heels of smashing final issue, Mr. Roberts is on...
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Doctor Strange – The Sorcerer Supreme from 2016-11-02T12:45:10
%CODE1% This Character Corner we take a trip to the mystical side of the Marvel Universe and talk about Doctor Stephen Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme. With Doctor Strange making his live action debu...
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The Justice Society of America – The First Superhero Team from 2016-10-25T00:50:45
%CODE1% New Character Corner time. This time Kriss&Dpalm tackle the first team of Superheroes, the Justice Society of America. These are heroes who heroes like Batman, Superman&Wonder Woman look up...
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Heroes For Hire Part 1: Luke Cage And Misty Knight from 2016-09-27T03:00:22
%CODE1% It's time for another Character CornerLuke Cage debuts on Netflix this Friday. Misty Knight will also make her live action debut in that 13 episode series. We decided that this is going to ...
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Ghost Rider – Spirits of Vengeance: Blaze/Ketch/Reyes from 2016-09-10T20:03:17
%CODE1% We're back with another episode of the Character Corner. This time Kriss&Dpalm step out of their comfort zone and deal with a character (or rather a set of characters) that they don't have ...
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Rogue War Part 3: The Flash’s Underrated Rogue Gallery from 2016-08-15T10:55:39
%CODE1% We end our 3 part Rogue War Character Corner special with the only group of villains to actually be Rogues (well at least part of them). They might have silly costumes and silly names but w...
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Rogue War Part 2 - Spider-Man Villains from 2016-07-20T13:39:50
Part 2 of our Rogue War Character Corner is here. This time we visit the Rogue Gallery of none other than Peter Parker, Spider-Man. Honestly, this is probably the most robust and well known set of ...
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Rogue War Part 1: Batman Villains from 2016-06-30T09:23:49
%CODE1% So here it is. Part One of our Rogue War Character Corners. First up, we talk about Batman's classic gallery of rogues. And when I say "talk" I really mean that. We put together 2 1/2 hours...
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Tuskegee Heirs: A Futuristic Comic with Links to the Past from 2016-06-28T09:26:50
%CODE1% The MTR Networksat down with Greg Burnham and Marcus Williams, the creators of a new comic launching in late July 2016, the Tuskegee Heirs. Driven by a desire to provide representation for...
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Superboy – The Metropolis Kid/Kon-El/Connor Kent from 2016-06-16T04:19:30
%CODE1% When Dpalm suggested we do Superboy for our next Character Corner, I was skeptical that we would be able to cover a whole show. Boy was I wrong. We ended up doing 90 minutes on Connor Kent ...
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Magneto The Master of Magnetism from 2016-06-01T01:57:21
%CODE1% We cover another X-Man villain turned...good? This time we cover Magneto, the greatest enemy of the X-Men. Magneto has a very interesting arc as a villain. He starts off as the perfect anti...
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Essential Comics for Marvel’s Black Panther from 2016-04-30T21:40:39
%CODECCBP% If you're looking for the essential marvel comics to read for Black Panther then look no further. With his first solo movie just over a month away, its time to revisit our Character Cor...
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Daredevil/Elektra/Punisher – The Depressing Life of Matt Murdock from 2016-03-27T19:04:56
%CODE1% This is a massive Character Corner episode. We cover 3 characters: Daredevil, Elektra and Punisher. This was a really great episode that allows us to dig into the depressing life of Matt Mu...
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Wonder Woman – Truth in the Trinity from 2016-03-19T20:08:39
%CODE1% This time Kriss&Dpalm cover Wonder Woman before her debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This is the oldest character we've done (She's been around since 1942) and we talk about how...
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Doctor Doom Part 3 God Doom from 2016-03-06T21:05:25
Dpalm and Kriss present the final part of their Character Corner series on Doctor Doom. During this final part we focus mainly on Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run that leads into New Avengers/...
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Doctor Victor Von Doom Part 2 from 2016-02-29T02:27:27
Dpalm and Kriss present part 2 of their character corner on Doctor Victor Von Doom. If you thought Doom was evil in part 1, he gets even worse. Doctor Doom decides that he needs to get back to his ...
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Deadpool The Merc with a Mouth from 2016-02-08T05:15:46
%CODE1% On this Character Corner Dpalm and Kriss cover the Merc with the Mouth, Wade Wilson aka Deadpool. Deadpool is a unique character in that you can pretty much read anything with Deadpool in i...
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Doctor Doom Part 1 from 2016-02-02T02:20:03
Dpalm and Kriss finally get around to their character corner on Doctor Victor Von Doom. We're going to have to break this up into two parts (maybe even three). For this first part we give a primer ...
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Transformers More Than Meets the Eye – James Roberts Interview from 2016-01-19T05:02:11
Photo by Alex Valente Join Kriss and Dpalm as they ring in the new year with Movie Trailer Reviews's first interview of 2016. The MTR crew sat down with the writer of IDW's Transformers More Than ...
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Rip Hunter Time Master&Vandal Savage from 2016-01-10T18:10:31
%CODE1% We do a dual episode this time to cover Rip Hunter and Vandal Savage as a primer for CW's upcoming Legends of Tomorrow. We talk about how there's some really good stories with Rip Hunter al...
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Emma Frost – From Villainess to Protector from 2015-12-17T05:12:23
%CODE1% We talk about our first X-Men/Mutant with this discussion on Emma Frost. Wecover her entire history from her being introduced as the White Queen of the Hellfire Club to her transition to be...
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Black Adam from 2015-11-29T18:38:40
%CODE1% On this Character Corner, we do our first solo episode on a villain. We talk about DC's Black Adam. Black Adam is such an interesting character because while a lot of what he does is wrong,...
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AKA Jessica Jones from 2015-11-15T18:19:37
%CODE1% Time for another Character Corner. This time we're discussing Jessica Jones and giving the rundown on what makes this character so different from those we've seen before. She'll make her li...
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Tim Drake – The Detective from 2015-10-18T21:40:04
%CODE1% We're finally back with a new Character Corner. This time we're here to discuss Tim Drake, the third Robin. We talk about how unfair it is for Tim to become the "Forgotten" Robin and how go...
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Character Corner: Black Female Comic Book Characters from 2015-09-17T17:49:37
%CODE1% Kriss and Dpalm are joined by N'jaila Rhee to discuss black female comic book characters. This is a little different from our usually Character Corners since we go through several differe...
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Miles Morales Spider-Man - Character Corner from 2015-09-03T03:36:22
We're back and this time it's to discuss Miles Morales, the Spider-Man from Marvel's Ultimate universe and soon to be MAIN Spider-Man of the All-New universe Marvel creates after Secret Wars. We ta...
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Character Corner: Amanda Waller&The Suicide Squad from 2015-08-13T03:51:58
%CODE1% Kriss and Dpalm discuss Amanda Waller and the Suicide Squad. We talk about the Amanda Waller's history and backstory and what led to her creating the Suicide Squad. We also discuss the chan...
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Sam Wilson - Falcon / Captain America from 2015-07-23T03:50:02
We're back to discuss the character of Sam Wilson, aka Falcon aka Captain America. This was an interesting and fun Character Corner to do because both Dpalm and I learned a lot of new things about ...
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Wally West The Fastest Man Alive - Character Corner #2 from 2015-07-02T11:43:18
Kriss&Dpalm are back to discuss Wally West, The Fastest Man Alive. Wally is the third person to take the mantle of the Flash. While the focus has been on Barry Allen recently, we talk about how Wal...
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Scott Lang (Ant-Man) The Accidental Avenger - Character Corner #1 from 2015-06-18T03:37:52
In our first episode of The Character Corner, Kriss&Dpalm discuss the character of Scott Lang (Ant-Man). We talk about how Scott's character has been a consistent presence in the Marvel Universe. ...
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