#66: Rocket Raccoon by Skottie Young, Microbiotic Star Wars, Less Dark Dave, Greg Rucka Batman

Hey gang! Well what a treat for listeners this week! Dave & Stew are back, this week discussing Rocket Raccoon Vol 1, by Scottie Young! There’s a SLEW of Warners/DC updates, Dave is deterined to be less dark, one week after calling all of existence “a joke”, Stew is back in the meeting rooms with Bob Iger on the pending Fox deal, there’s a a TON of Cineeurope news & spoilers, and Dave is determined to start his USA, USA chant!

In other news, Stan Lee has filed a restraning order against his former business manager,  Dave & Stew fantasize about what they would do if they somehow stumbled upon great wealth, and George Lucas apparently wanted a MICROBIOTIC Stars Wars! Mic Drop. Make of that what you will.

Geoff Johns has a new role at DC, a writer-producer deal which ours him at the helm of a Green Lantern Corps movie, and we break a major Hollywood Reporter article on the DC/Warners setup, with Walter hamada reportedly cleaing up “a shitshow”! Dave fears a less dark Batman will mean Batman Forever or Batman and Robin, so enjoy that debat, kids!

We also debut a new feature – CLASSICS CORNER! In this we will discuss a single issue from sometime int he past, often something with a bit of zing or pop to it! This week we cover Dectective Comics #757, a cool one-and-done Batman story by the mighty team of Greg Rucka and Rick Burchett!

Weekly Comics

Hawkman #1

Batman: Prelude to a Wedding – Batgirl vs the Joker

Deadpool Assassin #1

Thor #1

Classics Corner

Dectective Comics #757 (Airtime)

Trade of the Week

Rocket Raccoon by Skottie Young

Traders Post

Dakota North: A Design for Dying

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Thor: Worldengine, by Warren Ellis and others