This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are attending a perfectly good wedding. Poison Ivy and Swamp Thing investigate a mysterious disturbance in the Green—something is wrong with the trees, and a presence is screaming out in pain, leaving behind a trail of carnage in Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1. Gotham is plunged into chaos as Ra’s al Ghul arrives, forcing Batman to turn to unlikely allies—including his Rogues Gallery—to save the city. Meanwhile, the Justice League faces an existential crisis as Brainiac warns them of the impending arrival of the Anti-Monitor in Batman: Dark Ages #5 & 6. When a deadly group of assassins known as the Unburied targets Batgirl Cassandra Cain, Lady Shiva intervenes, forcing Cassandra to work alongside her estranged mother in Batgirl #1,2, and 3. the JSA investigates a break-in at the observatory of Ted Knight, the original Starman only to discover evidence of the Injustice Society of America and that some JSA members have gone missing in JSA #1, 2, and 3. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:00:58 DC News
0:09:36 Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1
0:13:25 Batman: Dark Age #5 & 6
0:18:28 Batgirl #1, 2, 3
0:22:26 JSA #1, 2, 3
0:28:22 Superman S4 Ep4 – A Perfectly Good Wedding
0:49:48 Show Close
Links
Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1
Swamp Thing #47 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Superman: The Wedding Album #1
Earth Station DCU/BatChums Patreon
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are attending a perfectly good wedding. Poison Ivy and Swamp Thing investigate a mysterious disturbance in the Green—something is wrong with the trees, and a presence is screaming out in pain, leaving behind a trail of carnage in Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1. Gotham is plunged into chaos as Ra’s al Ghul arrives, forcing Batman to turn to unlikely allies—including his Rogues Gallery—to save the city. Meanwhile, the Justice League faces an existential crisis as Brainiac warns them of the impending arrival of the Anti-Monitor in Batman: Dark Ages #5 & 6. When a deadly group of assassins known as the Unburied targets Batgirl Cassandra Cain, Lady Shiva intervenes, forcing Cassandra to work alongside her estranged mother in Batgirl #1,2, and 3. the JSA investigates a break-in at the observatory of Ted Knight, the original Starman only to discover evidence of the Injustice Society of America and that some JSA members have gone missing in JSA #1, 2, and 3. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:00:58 DC News
0:09:36 Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1
0:13:25 Batman: Dark Age #5 & 6
0:18:28 Batgirl #1, 2, 3
0:22:26 JSA #1, 2, 3
0:28:22 Superman S4 Ep4 – A Perfectly Good Wedding
0:49:48 Show Close
Links
Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1
Swamp Thing #47 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Superman: The Wedding Album #1
Earth Station DCU/BatChums Patreon
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs know that your always our hero. A mysterious crime boss known as The General emerges in Gotham, While Batman must adjust to life with his new partner Robin in Batman and Robin: Year One. When an ancient and powerful werewolf threatens Gotham, Batman must turn to Zatanna and John Constantine for help. When Batman gets bit by the creature, can even the scientist known for becoming the Man-Bat help Batman from transforming into a dangerous monster in Batman: Full Moon? Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth where darkness has prevailed, humanity struggles to survive in a corrupted wasteland. Legends speak of a hero wielding a mystical green flame—the Green Lantern—who could restore light to the world. A desperate mother seeks her help against monstrous creatures that steal children under the cover of night in New Camelot. Rina, struggling with post-event depression, is hesitant to take up the mantle again, but her young mentee, Lunette, is eager to fight for hope in a world consumed by darkness in Green Lantern: Dark. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:00:56 DC News
0:06:00 Batman and Robin: Year One #1, 2, 3, 4
0:12:28 Batman: Full Moon #1, 2, 3
0:14:56 Green Lantern: Dark #1, 2
0:23:24 Superman & Lois S4 Ep3 – Always My Hero
0:36:38 Show Close
Links
Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #13 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Adventures of Superman #424 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs take a deep dive into Mark Waid's weekly run on Action Comics. We review and discuss the 12 issue event where Superman goes on a mission into the Phantom Zone and comes across his old pal Mon-El that was lead poisoned when he was Superboy. We also continue our review of Superman & Lois Season 4. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:00:51 DC News
0:03:48 Action Comics
0:22:56 Superman S4 Ep2 – A World Without
0:41:32 Show Close
Links
Superboy #89 (Vol 1, 1969) (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs go Absolute as well as dive into the last season of Superman and Lois. It's Batman vs. Alfred Pennyworth as both attempt to track down the Black Mask gang in Absolute Batman #1, 2, 3 where Batman is without a mansion, without his wealth, and without his butler! Superman's parents, belong to the working class after being ostracized by the scientific elite for their outspoken views. On Earth, Superman fights against corporate exploitation, helping miners in Brazil while grappling with his own internal conflicts in Absolute Superman #1, 2, & 3. Instead of being raised on Themyscira, Diana is taken to Hell by Apollo and entrusted to Circe, who becomes her adoptive mother in Absolute Wonder Woman #1, 2, &3. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:00:54 DC News
0:05:08 Absolute Batman #1, 2, 3
0:17:39 Absolute Superman #1, 2, 3
0:26:40 Absolute Wonder Woman #1, 2, 3
0:37:20 Superman & Lois S4 Ep1 - The End & the Beginning
0:56:48 Show Close
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Batman #1 (2011-2016) (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Superman #1 (2011-2016) (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Wonder Woman #1 (2011-2016) (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Death of Superman (Drew's Read More Comics Pick)
The Death and Life of Superman: A Novel (Drew's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs wrap up various miniseries we've been reviewing. The Justice Society of America regroups after their last battle and Stargirl gives a graduation speech in Justice Society of America #12. As threats from the past resurface in his present, Batman must work alongside strange new heroes to save the day—including the steel-hearted sheriff of Smallville in Batman: Gotham by Gaslight – The Kryptonian Age #3, 4 ,5 ,6. Slade Wilson and his unlikely band of allies hack and slash their way through the zombie-ridden streets of Gyllenhjem to bring an end to magus Viktor of House Fries' icy grip on the realm in Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #3, 4 ,5 ,6. Plastic Man, struggling with his unstable powers and searching for a cure for his condition, steals Uranium from the Metal Men, believing a nuclear explosion will save him in Plastic Man No More! #2, 3, 4. Zatanna's ex-boyfriend John Constantine whisks her away learning that the casters originally sent him to kill her. Instead, John casted a spell that hid her from her father, who had been stealing her power in Zatanna: Bring Down the House #4 & 5. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:04 DC News
0:08:50 Justice Society of America #12
0:12:43 Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #4, 5, 6
0:21:46 Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #3, 4 ,5 ,6
0:31:18 Plastic Man No More! #2, 3, 4
0:35:56 Zatanna: Bring Down the House #4 & 5
0:40:44 Show Close
Links
Justice Society of America #12
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #4
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #5
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #6
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #3
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #4
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #5
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #6
Zatanna: Bring Down the House #4
Zatanna: Bring Down the House #5
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Justice League Dark Vol. 1: The Last Age of Magic (Drew's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs put on their power rings as we catch up on Green Lantern and other titles. Batgirl Casandra Cain goes undercover by herself to help find some missing Amazonians in Birds of Prey #14, 15, 16. Green Arrow investigates a series of murders linked to Horton Chemical, a company that Oliver Queen briefly owned in Green Lantern #18. The Renegade Green Lanterns confront Lord Premier Thaaros revealing his corruption in Green Lantern Civil Corps Special #1. Red Lantern Mogo destroys Thanagar, but is saved by Red Lantern Sinestro who helps save Oa in Green Lantern #16, 17, 18. A new terrorist group calling themselves The Green Knight begins blowing up building in Gotham and claiming that Poison Ivy is their leader in Poison Ivy #26, 27, and 28. Nightwing puts a stop to Heartless in Nightwing #118 and then deals with a gang war in Nightwing #119 & 120. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:02 DC News
0:07:48 Birds of Prey #14, 15, 16
0:10:58 Green Arrow #18
0:12:36 Green Lantern Civil Corps Special #1
0:19:35 Green Lantern #16, 17, 18
0:30:22 Poison Ivy #26, 27, 28
0:35:55 Nightwing #118
0:39:34 Nightwing #119 & 120
0:44:20 Show Close
Links
Green Lantern Civil Corps Special #1
Green Lantern the Sinestro Corps War #1 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (Drew's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs know that catching up is hard to do. The Justice League and The Justice Society team up to take on Eclipso in Batman/Superman: World's Finest #31, 32, & 33. Selena Kyle undergoes brain surgery performed by Hush in Catwoman #68 and then goes on the run in Catwoman #68 & 69 when her life is threatened by an assassin. The Speed Force gives birth to a new creation in The Flash #13. Wally West splits himself into two beings with the help of his future son...one to go on vacation with the family and the other to help out the Justice League in The Flash #14 & 15. Freddy Freeman gains mysterious powers and starts calling himself The Commander, a higher ranking title than The Captain and the two start fighting over the affections of the girl next door, while Mary Marvel deals with Dr. Georgia Sivana in Shazam! 15, 16, 17, & 18. The Titans take on Trigon in Titans #15. Donna Troy takes over as leader of the Titans and goes up against Clock King in Titans #16 & 17. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:00 DC News
0:04:26 Batman/Superman: World's Finest #31, 32, 33
0:07:44 Catwoman #68
0:10:42 Catwoman #69 & 70
0:13:18 The Flash #13
0:15:20 The Flash #14 & 15
0:21:56 Shazam! #15, 16, 17
0:29:42 Titans #15
0:31:45 Titans #16 & 17
0:37:32 Show Close
Links
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #31
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #32
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #33
The Flash: Rebirth (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs focus on the DC Trinity! Following the Events of Absolute Power, The newly formed Justice League Unlimited must face off against Darkseid who has combined himself with the Spectre in DC All In Special #1. Superman finds himself an unwilling combatant in a war of a thousand worlds! Either he completes the challenges, or we lose the cities of Paris, Chicago, and Kandor in Action Comics #1069. Batman investigates a new mystery involving a series of murders targeting young criminals, while also grappling with his aging body and the invention of a new serum that can make him younger in Detective Comics #1090 & 1091. Batman investigates the murder of Mayor Nakano which leads him back to Jim Gordon. The Court of Owls has a new leader, while the Riddler has seems to gone straight with a new tech company in Batman #153 & 154. When an unexpected fire breaks in the sub-basement of the Sacred Heart Medical Center during a fundraiser, Bruce and Damien soon figure out it wasn't an accident in Batman and Robin #14 & 15. Superman and Superwoman fight against Doomsday, while a mysterious being known as the Time Trapper asks for Superman's help in Superman #19 & 20. The Sovereign strikes back against Wonder Woman the only way he can...her heart in Wonder Woman #14. While Diana babysits, The Wonder Girls strike the Sovereign where it hurts...his piggybank in Wonder Woman #15. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:02 DC News
0:04:27 DC All In Special #1
0:09:52 Action Comics #1069
0:12:58 Detective Comics #1089
0:14:50 Detective Comics #1090 & 1091
0:17:55 Batman #153 & 154
0:24:32 Batman and Robin #14 & 15
0:26:58 Superman #19 & 20
0:30:18 Wonder Woman #14
0:35:42 Wonder woman #15
0:38:32 Show Close
Links
Booster Gold #1 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
Wonder Woman #1 (Drew's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs have Absolute Power! Hal Jordan and Wally West steal the Batplane in an attempt to reach the Earth Power Battery and recharge Hal's power ring while trying to escape the Amazos in Green Lantern #15. Jon Kent deals with the aftermath of being under the control of the Brainiac Queen in Absolute Power: Super Son #1. Superman and Zatanna team up on a quest to obtain the mystical map of Mordru which leads to a confrontation with Neron who demads a moral compromise in Superman #18. Amanda Waller escalates her war against the heroes by targeting Themysicra, meanwhile on Gamorra, the crime syndicate returns and puts Steve Trevor in a precarious situation in Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6. Diana teams up with Robin Damian Wayne to infiltrate Amanda Waller's secret prison on the island of Gamorra in Wonder Woman #13. Amanda Waller's Task Force VII continues its mission to siphon metahuman powers by going after the Global Guardians in Absolute Power: Task Force VII #7. Amanda Waller's journey reaches its climax as her past and present collide in Absolute Power: Origins #3. The Heroes come together to stop Amanda Waller once and for all in Absolute Power #4. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:00 DC News
0:08:36 Green Lantern #15
0:18:18 Absolute Power: Super Son #1
0:24:48 Superman #18
0:27:52 Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6
0:32:10 Wonder Woman #13
0:34:30 Absolute Power: Task Force VII #7
0:35:48 Absolute Power: Origins #3
0:39:10 Absolute Power #4
0:47:59 Show Close
Links
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #7
Legends #1 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are joined by Mike Gordon, co-host of the BatChums podcast, for an in-depth discussion about the thrilling season finale of The Penguin. Together, they dive into the twists, turns, and standout moments of the show, sharing their insights and opinions on how the season wrapped up and what it could mean for the future of the series. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:38 DC News
0:06:00 The Penguin S1 Ep8 – A Great or Little Thing
1:11:05 Show Close
Links
BatChums (Mike's Shout Out)
The Penguin Vol. 1: The Prodigal Bird (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
The Penguin Vol 2: All Bad Things (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Drew's Read More Comics Pick
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs breakout their top hats. When the Penguin is in trouble, The Help calls in Batman to save him in The Penguin #12. When Ras Al Ghul battles Robin Damien Wayne for control of his body, the BatFamily steps in to help in The Boy Wonder #5. During a mission with the Justice League, Plastic Man suffers catastrophic cellular damage, leading to his body breaking down. As he grapples with his deteriorating condition, Plastic Man tries to make amends for his past and save his son, who might have inherited more than just his superpowers in Plastic Man No More! #1. Batman and Catwoman are on a mission to retrieve a Mother Box from a crypt on the dead world of Czarnia. They face off against Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad, who are determined to stop them in Batman #152. The Birds of Prey travel through the portal again and this time the Pocket Dimension has become a Spirit World version in Birds of Prey #13. Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes have come from the 31st century to imprison Mordru and restore the timeline. The Legion get into a battle with Justice Society of America who have voted to give Mordru a chance to change his future in Justice Society of America #11. After all the damage done by the battle with Woodrue and the Mushroom Zombies, Ivy can't handle all the cleanup by herself. She asks Harley, Janet, Killer Croc, and Solomon Grundy to help her in Poison Ivy #25. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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Table of Contents
0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:04 DC News
0:04:32 The Penguin #12
0:10:39 The Boy Wonder #5
0:13:20 Plastic Man No More! #1
0:17:47 Batman #152
0:21:56 Birds of Prey #13
0:26:02 Justice Society of America #11
0:28:36 Poison Ivy #25
0:31:36 Absolute Power #3
0:38:54 The Penguin S1 Ep7 – Top Hat
0:55:54 Show Close
Links
Justice Society of America #11
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs celebrate 400 episodes! Batman brings home a new partner in Batman: Dark Age #5. Batman is going after the Blakksun Mining Company, but Ione has other plans for him when she claims the bounty on his cowl in Batman: Off-World #5. It is Zatanna versus bunnies as she heads down the rabbit hole in a fight for her life and her inability to perform real magic is put to the test in Zatanna: Bring Down the House #3. It's Chaos versus Order as Gotham City is on the brink with Only the Batman standing in the way in Detective Comics #1088. Linda risks everything to get Wally West back from the Arc Angles in The Flash #12. The Amazo Robot, Velocity, chases down the last free speedster Barry Allen, who steals a kiss from the love of his life, Iris in Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5. Amanda Waller creates her first version of Task Force X in Absolute Power: Origins #2. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:21 DC News
0:05:48 Batman: Dark Age #4
0:11:06 Batman: Off-World #5
0:14:35 Zatanna: Bring Down The House #3
0:19:18 Detective Comics #1088
0:24:01 The Flash #12
0:25:35 Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5
0:36:13 The Penguin S1 Ep6 – Gold Summit
0:54:44 Show Close
Links
Zatanna: Bring Down The House #3
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5
Forever Evil (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are coming home to watch the Penguin. Since Slade Wilson abandoned his mission to capture the boy of color, Vandal Savage hires his daughter, Rose, to complete the mission in Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2. Batman, Robin, and Superman arrive at Themyscira to help Wonder Woman solve a murder in Batman/Superman: World's Finest #30. Dick Grayson works with Boston Brand aka Deadman to overcome his fear of heights and then realizes the truth about his parents death in Nightwing #117. Superman and Zantanna search for the map of Modru Superman #17. Raven reveals herself to the Titans to be the Dark Winged Queen in Titans #14. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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Table of Contents
0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:00 DC News
0:03:46 Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2
0:08:28 Batman/Superman: World's Finest #30
0:13:32 Nightwing #117
0:19:32 Superman #17
0:21:40 Titans #14
0:27:10 The Penguin S1 Ep5 – Homecoming
0:47:22 Show Close
Links
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #30
Strange Adventures #216 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
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