Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #22

Wonder Woman Giant 2020

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Not quite two years later, Frank returns with special guest Jeffrey Brown (They/Them), who has also been waiting a couple years to hear this audio. A lengthy, roaming conversation on all things Amazing Amazon, including omnibuses, animation, and action figures.

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #21

Year of the Cheetah:

Priscilla Rich in The Silver Age

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Frank returns after a mere five months off to post an actual second episode in the same “Year of the Cheetah,” featuring another guest cameo from Wonder Woman: Warrior for Peace podcast’s Angela! The 2019 release of Wonder Woman 1984 is looking more like 2021, so we guess Warner Brothers plans to hold out until we at least finish covering the appearances of the original incarnation of the Cheetah. Gee, we hope it doesn’t hurt their pocket money in the meantime. Our coverage includes Priscilla Rich’s two published stories set on Earth-One during the Silver Age of Comics, Wonder Woman #160 & 166…

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #20

Year of the Cheetah:

Priscilla Rich in The Golden Age

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Frank returns after another year & a half’s sabbatical to find… the Wonder Woman: Warrior for Peace podcast had returned from its own year of absence. To celebrate our both running again, Angela has an opening cameo to foreshadow her continuing appearances in a series of Cheetah-centric episodes to tide you over while Wonder Woman 1984 keeps being delayed. I bet Warner Brothers wish they’d just released the sequel back in November of 2019 as originally planned. But we’re more interested in prequels today, as we travel back to the earliest stories of the original incarnation of the Cheetah. We cover every one of Priscilla Rich’s published Golden Age stories set on Earth-Two, including Sensation Comics #22 & 36, Wonder Woman #6, 28, 196, & 230, Comic Cavalcade #11, Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 & 9, and DC Special #3. Most especially, we survey the Wonder Woman newspaper strip from November 20, 1944-March 30,1945, the most exhaustive and involved version of the initial Cheetah saga.

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #19

The Cheetah Unleashed:

Barbara Minerva in the Post-Crisis DC Universe

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Frank returns after a year’s sabbatical to find… most of the other Amazing Amazon comics podcasters have podfaded and the movie sequel pushed back seven months to 2020? Perhaps now more than ever, the world is waiting for a Barbara Minerva / The Cheetah III podcast! This episode covers nearly every Cheetah story from 1986-2011, from her debut to her origin and overall career prior to the New 52 reboot! Included is Underworld Unleashed, a well regarded event mini-series from 1995, which a group of bloggers/podcasters join us in exploring for a crossover all our own!

Underworld Unleashed #BestEventEver

• 1995 Skybox DC Villains: The Dark Judgment Cheetah Trading Card #22
• 1996 Rogues Gallery #1: Cheetah by Cliff Nielsen
• Cosmic Treadmill ep. 109 – Underworld Unleashed #1 (1995)
• I’m The Gun!- Starman #13/Showcase ’95 #12
• The ’90s Revisited by Walt: Green Lantern #68
• Justice’s First Dawn Podcast – Extreme Justice 10 and 11
• JusticeTrek: The Podcast covers Justice League America #105 — the Killer Elite!, R.E.B.E.L.S. ’95 #13 — Earthbound! & Justice League America #106
• Pop-Culture Palace covers The Ray #18: Monsters, Abyss: Hell’s Sentinels & The Ray #19
• Relatively Geeky Presents brief looks at 27 of the Underworld Unleashed issues
• Between the Pages with a look at the “DC Villains: Dark Judgment” trading card set
• Martian Manhunter @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #18

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

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Pekita Trotamundos joins Frank to discuss Angela Robinson’s new film about Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston, his wife Elizabeth, and their extended family member Olive Byrne (as portrayed by Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall & Bella Heathcote.) We also look deeper into the factual history of the Amazing Amazon’s creation and charges of historical inaccuracy leveled against the docudrama.

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #17

Noble Pyrates All

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This episode, Frank covers the first major arc of the William Messner-Loebs run, “Exile in Space,” which ran in Wonder Woman vol. 2 (1987 series) #66-71 (1992-1993.) Since nobody actually refers to the “Space Pirates” story by that name, we’ll use the story title from #69 instead. This is one of Frank’s favorite legends of the Amazing Amazon, featuring art by Paris Cullins and a host of inkers, with an especially epic series of Brian Bolland covers. This time, the show will run without commercial interruption.

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #16

Whom Gods Destroy featuring Chris Claremont

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This episode, we look at a pair of the very few Elseworlds out-of-continuity “imaginary stories” with Wonder Woman as a billed star. First we adapt previous coverage of 2003’s The Blue Amazon one-shot special by Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier with art by Ted McKeever. The core of the episode is a fresh look at 1996’s Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy prestige format 4-issue mini-series by Chris Claremont, Dusty Abell and Drew Geraci. As a special bonus, coverage includes excerpts from a 2016 interview with the writer discussing this project.

This episode’s non-paying advertiser:

• Satin Tights: A Wonder Woman Podcast, covering the 1970s TV shows.

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #15

The Darkness Within (1992)

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Eclipso and The White Magician are the focus of our newest episode and latest entry into a social media crossover, Best Event Ever 2017. Besides the William Messner-Loebs scripted Wonder Woman Annual #3, we also see Princess Diana in Justice League America Annual #6, The Adventures of Superman Annual #4, and Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 plus the Justice League cartoon series episode “Eclipsed” from 2003. As a service to the event, we also look at the Eclipso-only stories from Deathstroke the Terminator Annual #1, The New Titans Annual #8, and of all things, Ambush Bug Nothing Special #1.

#BestEventEver Eclipso

• Hero History of Eclipso
  • Never-Ending Reading Pile

• Eclipso– Hero and Villain in One Man!
  • DC Bloodlines

• Eclipso ‘66 Merchandise on The Retroist
  • …What A Puzzling Beginning!
  • Playing Cards With Batman – Part One
  • Playing Cards With Batman – Part Two
  • The Brave and Bold #64

• Starman #42-45 on Chris and Reggie’s Cosmic Treadmill
  • Starman #42 (1992)
  • Starman #43 (1992)
  • Starman #44 (1992)
  • Starman #45 (1992)
  • Starman #42-45 Podcast

1. Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1

   ♦ Chris Is On Infinite Earths

♦ Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal

2. Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #1

   ♦ Resurrections-An Adam Warlock Podcast Episode 61

3. Green Lantern Annual #1

   ♦ For the Non-Discerning Reader

4. Detective Comics Annual #5

   ♦ For the Non-Discerning Reader

5. Superman Annual #4

   ♦ For the Non-Discerning Reader

6. Justice League America Annual #6

   ♦ Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal

7. The Demon Annual #1

   ♦ Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal

8. The Flash Annual #5

   ♦ Coffee & Comics Podcast

9. Action Comics Annual #4

   ♦ Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal

10. Wonder Woman Annual #3

    ♦ Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman

11. Green Arrow Annual #5

    ♦ Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal

12. Robin Annual #1

    ♦ Chris Is On Infinite Earths

13. Hawkworld Annual #3

    ♦ Pop Culture Palace Presents

14. Deathstroke: The Terminator Annual #1

    ♦ Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman

15. The New Titans Annual #8

    ♦ Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman

16. Justice League Europe Annual #3

    ♦ Resurrections-An Adam Warlock Podcast Episode 62

17. Batman Annual #16

    ♦ Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal

18. L.E.G.I.O.N. ’92 Annual #3

    ♦ I’m the Gun

19. The Adventures of Superman Annual #4

    ♦ Professor Alan’s Comic Book Reading Journal

20. Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2

    ♦ I’m the Gun

• Valor #1
  • For the Non-Discerning Reader

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #14

Spirit of Truth & Justice (2001-2007)

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JLMay 2017– The Justice maxi-series Podcast Crossover Event is over, but Frank offers a bitter little pill of an epilogue as he discusses Alex Ross’ Wonder Woman work in Kingdom Come along with synopses of Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth (2001) and Justice (2005-2007).

From here follow JLMay 2017 to these fantastic podcasts! Each will cover a different issue of JUSTICE and each will come out in May! And don’t forget to use the hashtag #JLMay when discussing on social media!

1. Aquaman and Firestorm: The Fire and Water Podcast ep. 193
2. Super Mates 70: The Husband & Wife Geekcast!
3. The Idol Head of Diabolu: A Martian Manhunter Podcast #30
4. Views from the Longbox Episode 263: A somewhat regular podcast about comic books.
5. Pulp 2 Pixel Podcast: Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #26
6. The LanternCast Episode #279: The Foremost Green Lantern Podcast on the Internet!
7. Shazamcast: Earth’s Mightiest Captain Marvel Podcast
8. Comic Reflections (Weekly Discussion of Gold, Silver, and Bronze age Comics)
9. Silver and Gold 28: The Booster Gold and Captain Atom Podcast
10. The Power of Fishnets 22: The Black Canary and Zatanna Podcast
11. Waiting for Doom (The Doom Patrol Podcast) Episode 95
12. Justice’s First Dawn: A Classic Justice League of America Podcast

This episode’s non-paying advertisers:

• Trekker Talk A fan podcast devoted to the adventures of 23rd century bounty hunter Mercy St. Clair from the pages of Trekker comics by creator, writter, and artist Ron Randall
• Coffee & Comics Podcast with Caffeinated Clinton Robison

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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast #13

Operation: Cheetah (1992)

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Finally, we’re talking about the William Messner-Loebs run on Wonder Woman, the host’s favorite series of Amazing Amazon adventures! Unfortunately, the transition out of George Pérez’s long and well regarded run isn’t the smoothest. We chart some of the bumps along the way from War of the Gods to Wonder Woman Special #1 & Wonder Woman (Vol. 2) #63. Bonus interview material read from Amazing Heroes #197 featuring Loebs, artist Jill Thompson, and editors Tom Peyer & Dan Thorsland discussing thoughts early in the run, story plans that never came about, and more!

This episode’s non-paying advertisers:

• Beetlemania! A podcast devoted to the legacy of the Blue Beetle.
• TreasuryCast

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