Chris is on Infinite Earths

Friday, August 7, 2020

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 53 - Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Four

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #53

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Four of Five

Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December, 1985)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January, 1986)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February, 1986)

In addition to starting down the home-stretch of our Crisis on Infinite Earths coverage, I'd like to present you all with a short video I recorded yesterday regarding an update as well as a Cosmic Treadmill "Call to Arms".

The gist of the thing is, on September 13, 2020 I'll be putting up the FINAL episode of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill... and, in order to really do it right, I want to send this project off on as happy a note as possible. To do so, I need help. If you are a listener of the Cosmic Treadmill, and would like to share some of your memories of the show with me, I encourage you to reach out.

I figure there are three ways we could go about this...

If you record a bit of audio and send it to me, I can play it on the air
If you write something and send it to me, I can read it on the air
If you wanted to set up a call with me, where we can chat about the show and I can include that on the episode

Whatever is easiest for you, will be fine by me. If you're a listener with a story to tell, I really hope you reach out. I'm not putting any sort of time-restrictions on these segments... if you have a few words to share, or long stories... that works for me! If you happen to know any listeners, that may not be blog-readers, please pass this video along to them. Thank you!

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 52 - Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Three

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #52

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Three of Five

Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (September, 1985)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October, 1985)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (November, 1985)

Marv Wolfman & George Perez

Today we're revisiting the episode with those issues of Crisis folks seem to care most about... featuring the deaths of Supergirl and Barry Allen!

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 51 - Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Two

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #51

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Two (of Five)

Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June, 1985)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July, 1985)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August, 1985)

Marv Wolfman & George Perez

This is one of those episodes that we in the biz would call "a doozy"... technical term, of course. We're covering three issues of Crisis on Infinite Earths, including... the fifth one.

What's so special about the fifth one? That's not the "big issue", right? Well... if you're following along, or know anything about Reggie and my process, you'll know that we're giving bios and histories for every single character to show up in Crisis. That fifth issue... features that scene (included below), where like skatey-eight hundred major and minor DC characters all show up and meet up. We covered them all. It's nearly a three-hour endeavor, I hope you packed a lunch... or have an especially long commute.

Also: I neglected to mention this yesterday, but we prefaced our Crisis coverage in Episode 50 with an overview on the JLA/JSA crossovers of the Silver and Bronze Ages. This episode continues that tour, taking those crossovers right up to Crisis on Infinite Earths. We were eventually going to do complete Cosmic Treadmill episodes for each of the JLA/JSA crossovers... however, we only ever got around to doing one... but that's a story for another day.

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 50 - Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #50

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One (of Five)

Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April, 1985)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (May, 1985)

Marv Wolfman & George Perez

As we were approaching our landmark fiftieth episode of the Cosmic Treadmill, we racked our brains trying to decide the perfect "milestone" comic book event to cover. I mean, Crisis was probably the first thing that popped into both our minds... but, was that really "fiftieth episode" worthy? Like, shouldn't Crisis be saved for like our hundredth episode?

Well, the fact that we were a tiny comic book podcast that actually managed to make it fifty episodes when so many other shows peter out long before... and even fewer make it into the triple-digits, we decided not to put off a day that might've never come. It did, of course... but, that's a story for another day.

Morituri Mondays, Episode 24 - Strikeforce: Morituri #24 (12/88)

Morituri Mondays, Episode #24

Strikeforce: Morituri #24 (December, 1988)

“Goodbye, Blue Sky”

Written by James D. Hudnall

Pencils by John Calimee

Inks by Val Mayerik

Letters by Phil Felix

Colors by Max Scheele

Edits by Carl Potts

Chiefing by Tom DeFalco

Cover Price: $1.50 USD / $2 CAN / 50p UK

Release Date: August 2, 1988

The [controversial statement alert:] sorta-kinda underrated third-third of Strikeforce: Morituri rolls on... with another solid issue chock full of intrigue, aliens, and of course... death.

Cosmic Treadmill Presents... Comix Tawk, Episode 12: "The Softening of Comic Book Villainry"

Cosmic Treadmill Presents... Comix Tawk, Episode #12
"The Softening of Comic Book Villainry"

Welcome, friends... to the penultimate episode of Comix Tawk, wherein Reggie and I discuss the phenomenon of "softening" comic book villains. This can be due to a full-blown "face turn" for a bad guy... or, by a writer taking a particular interest in fleshing out a villain's backstory... to the point where readers might find it easier to relate to them... or at the very least, make the baddie harder to hate!