HELLO GANG! Welcome back to Signal of DOOM! Tash and Dave dissect the latest and the greatest! We are covering the classic Batman: Contagion storyline, where the Clench consumes Gotham, and the entire Batfamily is called upon to ASSIST! Come with us on this JOURNEY into the dark soul of Gotham!
In other news, Dave brings in his bold new segment, LOCKDOWN LOUNGE, Dc switch up their distrubutoin model, and Bob Dylan has a new song out, I CONTAIN MULITUDES!
All this and more on the Signal of Doom!
TRADE OF THE WEEK: Batman: Contagion
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Hey gang! Here comes Episode 139! We cover Volume One of the Escape from New York comic, The Batman casting news, Dave learns about Lego, there’s a 2000AD best of anthology hitting stores, Connor isn’t DOWN on Cyberpunk 2077, AND MORE!
Stew is AWAY on SECRET GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, so Dave is loose and ALIVE, cutting a SOLO ALBUM – DEEP IN THE 70’s, with hot tea to soothe the throat! There’s much to discuss, from Zack Snyder cutting LOOSE with his Batman comments, WE’RE LIVING IN A F$CKING DREAMWORLD, there’s a new Lord of the Rings video game on the way, a new GUNSLINGER has been casino Buddy Holly and the Big O are on a HOLOGRAM TOUR!
There’s Walking Dead TV discussion, Star Wars and Avengers poster discussion, Mark Waid is writing A History of the Marvel Universe, and Adam the Computer has seen Shazam! ALL THIS AND MORE!
WELCOME to the 2ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY of SIGNAL OF DOOM! Dave and Stew would like to thank ALL the listeners, all the people we’ve had on, all the people who have done our SIDE SHOWS – every one of you has HELPED THIS SHOW. We love you.
This week we WRAP UP our long-haul Knightfall read, with KnightsEnd!
Dave is coming off a VIRUS and has LESS ENERGY but don’t worry – he still has plenty to say! Fist off, there’s a HUGE CAPTAIN MARVEL SPOILER REVIEW, so be alerted to this!
Then Dave talks at length about an awesome Ed Brubajer interview on Word Balloon, and the impact it has had. We talk about Captain Marvel numbers, IDRIS ELBA is the LEAD AND ONLY CANDIDATE to play HEADSHOT, in James Gunn’s Suicide Squad!
Spielberg v Netflix is a topic of the week, and the boys go back and forth on this – while also looking at the future of the cinema franchise model!
HUGE NEWS THIS WEEK! First off, WE LIVE IN A SIMULATION! Stew says this is MOST LIKELY! Secondly, Chuck Dixon’s NEW Bad Times book is available in PAPERBACK NOW, and on Kindle from Feb 28! Order here!
In other news, Dave is PROBABLY a NPC! Dave is seemingly ok with this. The boys review and discuss Black Widow by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, Dave swears to THE FLAG that he watch Doom Patrol, Stew confuses the Wilson Brothers, Sly Stallone is moving forward on a superhero project, it’s a “will-they/won’t-they” situation on an Obi-Wan TV series, and there’s some Wheel of Time movement! ALL THIS AND MORE!
WELCOME to another SIGNAL of DOOM, where a hung-over tired Dave fends off some little jabs and bombs LOBBED by STEW! The boys are back and we discuss Worlds Finest Volume 1, DC Elseworlds on CW, Stew gives us an Into the Spider-Verse review AND Dave talks about how much he prefers Batman in the 70’s!
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Signal of Doom.
This week Stew and returning co-host Simon Jones tackle the topics of this week, while giving Simon a chance to explain last weeks positive Predator review!
We also touch on spoilers from the Russo brothers, the walking dead, the joker, and the new captain Marvel trailer among others.
WELCOME GANG to another big SHOW, the last episode before Dave goes to Hawaii for his holiday and STEW TAKES OVER for 3 weeks!
Don’t worry kids, Dave will be back and is full of ranting this episode to make up for his up coming absence!
There was a big Kevin Smith presentation on the Dc Universe streaming service that is launching on batman Day, Sept 15 which we discuss in detail, Oscar Isaac is linked to The Batman, and there’s speculation Batfleck might be uninsurable for the Batman, if he is used at all.
We take a swing at the appalling standards of journalism at CBR, and there’s an interesting look at recent example of “Insult apology” by Bendis on Superman, while our favourite debate about ninjas makes a comeback!
RIP Gary Friedrich, Marie Severin , and Russ Heath. All legends, go in peace. You changed the world with your work.
Dave is excited about Red Dead Redemption 2, and the guys critique the upcoming Heroes in Crisis event by Tom King. Dave’s dad almost stopped the car when he heard Batman and Superman were headed for therapy!
Get ready for next week when Stew takes CONTROL! Aloha!
Its another BIG WEEK on Signal of Doom – coming to you HOT on a THURSDAY!
David busy reading about The Air War in Vietnam, Â Two Chris’s may DEPART Stark Trek 4, Ruby Rose takes a STAND, Â and Alan Horn meet with james Gunn to give him THE BAD NEWS!
There’s Rambo 5 chat, Disney streaming service details, Hydro Man, a really boring Old Man Logan 12 issue mega-thon, Â and Shuri is the Smartest MCU Character!
There’s also talk of a philosophical Batman point that was discussed on Chuck Dixon’s page, and the boys weigh up the Eaglemoss Legend of the Batman collection!
Plus Dave gets VERY EXCITED about the upcoming Tarantino movie as actors are supposedly revealed for the Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee roles!
HELLO FRIENDS! Its a BIG ONE this week as Dave & Stew cover CLASSIC Fantastic Four – The Coming of Galactus! Dave talks Mike Baron’s amazing Josh Pratt books, check them out, now on Amazon!
Then there’s a MOVIE REVIEW! Jurassic Snore! Dave has been blocked on Twitter by Al Ewing, the victim of BLOCKLISTS! Â There’s a Spider-Man sequel title which Dave doesn’t like, and John Bernthal is DOING ANOTHER EPISODE OF WALKING DEAD!
Stew is back in the BOARDROOM with the Fox Disney deal! Rupert is certainly COUNTING LOTS OF MONEY in his spacecraft circling Planet earth!
Lucas film has various reports out denying that solo spinoff movies are on hold – Dave isn’t buying what they are selling, but Stew claims to have the inside track!
Silk is potentially upcoming from Sony, and Kevin Fiege has PLENTY to say about the Marvel slate! There’s more Batman chat as Matt Reeves is looking like he’s doing a standalone series if reports are true – and Stew ain’t happy!
Dave has some news about the Sammy Davis Jr biopic, and then Stew has some MAJOR ISSUES with the upcoming Spielberg-Sam Mendes picture, 1917, and this leads into a fascinating debate over WW1 that was UNEXPECTED!
All this and MORE! Its the SIGNAL – we do this for YOU!
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