Episode 109

In which The Off-Panelists decide to switch out the names of the innocent to protect themselves from copyright infringement, going as far as to reveal other offenders of the name-changing game to exonerate their own misdeeds! Listen in for another two-man episode, as the Southerner (Matt 'The Devil' Johnson) and the Sphinx (Wiegeabo 'The Damned' Kilijabob) make another brief return to the land of black and white uber-violence and hard-boiled narration to discuss the first trailer for Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, aswell as new footage for the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the league of former Lex Luthor actors coming to the defense of Jessie Eisenberg's casting, Michael B. Jordan's defense against the Human Torch controversy, and more news items from the world of funny books, before moving onto their books for the week including: Warren Ellis' debut issue of Moon Knight, Greg Rucka's new horror mystery Veil, Jason Latour's relaunch of Wolverine And The X-Men, and more! Good news, Martinez! You no longer have to burn in hell, somebody's taken your place!

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Episode 105

In which The Off-Panelists see the rise of a horrible new threat to the podcast's sanity: the return of the terrible trio! That's right, join the Southerner, the Scotsman, and the Sloth for a rousing discussion of outdated media entertainment devices and formats before launching into several alternate iterations of the podcasts. Finally regaining their senses in time to launch into the news items of the week, they shed some light on who's recently been cast as both the villainous Lex Luthor and Alfred Pennyworth in Zack Snyder's upcoming Batman/Superman movie and other not-as-important topics. This week's reviews include the latest Saga issue of Brian K. Vaughn's issue Saga, the latest Thor issue of Jason Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder, and the latest East of West issue of Jonathan Hickman's East of... well, you get the idea. Anyway, anyway, anyway, enjoy the show!

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Review: Superman - Speeding Bullets

Ah, the Elseworlds brand. Renowned for it's constant misses rather than a slew of hits, DC Comics' banner of off-shoot stories, featuring their most popular characters released of the constraints of regular continuity, gained it's height of popularity throughout the 1990's. The goal of the brand was to challenge contemporary ideas of such classics as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and The Justice League with alternate takes that varied from the subtle-yet-obvious to the drastically different. On a number of levels, it was an outlet for writers to go nuts with whatever crazy concept they had. What if Batman were a pirate? What if Superman were raised by Darkseid? What if Wonder Woman, an Amazon, was found roaming the Wild West? Those ideas and more were presented to the market, and for a time, fans ate it up. It was an idea filled with a combination of endless potential and plenty of margin for error. And often times, it was error that was presented. So by the time that the early 2000's hit, the idea of DC's Elseworlds was unsurprisingly all but a dead brand, with only a few being books released over a period of year until it was quietly abandoned.

Episode 79

In which the Off-Panelists whip 'em out and compare sizes, discovering that it's not about length when it comes to comics. Join the Spaniard, Sloth, Scotsman, and Southerner for a round of personal humiliation and geek speak before diving into the likes of the second chapter of Scott Snyder's The Wake, new Image title Lazarus, the first issue of the new Batman/Superman title, Waid's Daredevil, and more. All that and a sick girlfriend for your troubles. What more could anyone want?

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