Episode #015 - Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #04: In Praise of MikeAllred

Welcome to the of Secret Sagas of the Multiverse a Pulp 2 Pixel Podcast!

Secret Sagas of the Multiverse is a semi-regular comic book and pop-culture discussion show from the Pulp 2 Pixel Podcasts. I, Dr. G the Man of Nerdology, and my Rouges Gallery of co-hosts will examine a single geek culture topic in depth. We will discuss our personal histories with the topic and our general impressions and recommendations. We will cover topics as comics, movies, video games, RPG's, books, and TV.

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In this episode of Secret Sagas of the Multiverse we will be doing an In Praise of episode focusing on the career and works of Mike Allred. We will be looking at his independent work on his breakout series Madman, as well as his work for the big two Marvel and DC Comics. We will also talk about his movie work, in particular his film G-Men from Hell. You can find information on him and his career at http://www.aaapop.com/index.php, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Michael-AllredMadman-130305870344790/, or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/allredmd.

In addition, the opening music for this episode comes from Allred's band, The Gear's first album Son of Red Rocket 7. The music is excerpt from the track Astroesque.

Finally here is a link to the IMDB entry for G-Men From Hell the movie.

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Episode #013 - Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #03: Halloween is for Hellblazer

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Secret Sagas of the Multiverse is a semi-regular comic book and pop-culture discussion show from the Pulp 2 Pixel Podcasts. I, Dr. G the Man of Nerdology, and my Rouges Gallery of co-hosts will examine a single geek culture topic in depth. We will discuss our personal histories with the topic and our general impressions and recommendations. We will cover topics as comics, movies, video games, RPG's, books, and TV.

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In this episode, the 13th Pulp 2 Pixel Podcast, we will be celebrating the Halloween season with a discussion of Horror Comics as a genre and the character of John Constantine the Hellblazer specifically. In this discussion I will be joined by two of my Rogues Gallery of co-hosts: Dead Robin and Bing Zombie.

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Episode #012 - Welcome to Astro City #10: Vol.2 Issue #3: Adventures in Other Worlds

In this episode we will discuss volume 2 issue #3 of Kurt Busiek's Astro City titled "Adventures in Other Worlds." This episode features semi-regular co-host Han Solo the Dog in the role of comic relief and the third appearance of semi-regular co-host Bing Zombie.

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This podcast series is an issue by issue rating and review show for the creator owned series Kurt Busiek's Astro City. The series is the creation of writer Kurt Busiek and artists Brent Anderson on interior art with Alex Ross on character design and covers. The series examines the world of superheroes from different angles looking from a point of view of bystanders, supervillains, and the costs of being a superhero.
Your host Dr. G the Man of Nerdology and his Rogues Gallery of co-hosts will discuss plot, the art, the writing, and the impact of each issue. We will look at the influences of the series and on the series as it explores the superhero genre.

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Episode #011 - Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #02: BATMAN DAY!

Welcome to the second episode of Secret Sagas of the Multiverse a Pulp 2 Pixel Podcast!

Secret Sagas of the Multiverse is a semi-regular comic book and pop-culture discussion show from the Pulp 2 Pixel Podcasts. I, Dr. G the Man of Nerdology, and my Rouges Gallery of co-hosts will examine a single geek culture topic in depth. We will discuss our personal histories with the topic and our general impressions and recommendations. We will cover topics as comics, movies, video games, RPG's, books, and TV.

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In this episode we will be discussing the Worlds Greatest Dark Knight Detective: #BATMAN!Each of us will discuss our first impressions of the character in different media, our personal history with the character, our favorite Batman stories/creative teams & recommendations for new Batman fans.

This episode was recorded the day before and the day of #BatmanDay 9-26-15. The episode was recorded in two parts and included the full compliment of of co-hosts from the Rogues Gallery. For part 1, co-hosting duties fell to the returning co-host DJ Hegemoney.  I should warn that this episode had to be recorded on my iPhone while the two of us were on a road trip so the quality is the best I could coax out of the Audacity program in the time available. Part 2 is also recorded on my iPhone, however the quality is much improved. Part 2 features regular Pulp 2 Pixel co-host Dead Robin and another returning co-host Bing Zombie.

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Episode #007 - Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #01

Welcome to the first episode of Secret Sagas of the Multiverse a Pulp 2 Pixel Podcast!

If you are are a returning listener then don't worry. Welcome to Astro City will be returning to this feed next week with a new episode covering the Wizard #1/2 issue of Kurt Busiek's Astro City. After completing an amazing inaugural 6 episode run of Welcome to Astro City, Dead Robin and I , Doctor G the Man of Nerdology, decided to go with a palette cleanser episode. I had been playing around with the idea of a more relaxed general discussion format on a pop culture topic even before the release of the first episode of #WTAC. I also had the title ready so now seemed like the perfect time to give it a try.

Secret Sagas of the Multiverse is a comic book and pop-culture discussion show. I and my Rouges Gallery of co-hosts will take apart a single geek culture topic. We will discuss our person histories with the topic and our general impressions and recommendations. We will cover topics as comics, movies, video games, RPG's, books, and TV.

In the premiere episode of this series, Dead Robin and I will discuss the Justice League of America. We will discuss our personal continuity with the JLA from our first versions to our favorite versions and the creators that shaped them. Fans of the Detroit League and the Blue Beetle and Booster Gold era will love this episode. Also we chime in on the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the beginnings of the DC Cinematic Universe.

 
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Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #7: The Return of ROM and the Micronauts.

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Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #6: Return of the World’s Finest that Never Was!

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Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #5: Alpha Flight vs X-Men

I begin reading comics in 1980 but wouldn’t call myself a collector until 1986, Growing up during this time, I had a Classic X-Men run that covered the Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum run to the Claremont and John Byrne years ending a few issues after the “Dark Phoenix Saga”. I had also been collecting Uncanny X-Men run that was mainly Claremont and Marc Silvestri. With Claremont on words these three artists encompassed my personal X-Men continuity.

John Byrne’s run with the X-Men is my favorite part of that personal continuity by far. His pencils with the heavy brush of Terry Austin gave a weight to all the characters much like Neal Adams work. Byrne’s Wolverine is one of my favorite and I always felt truest visual expressions of the character. Wolverine is also the genesis of my love of all things Canadian. It is then little wonder Alpha Flight is my second favorite misfit team of Marvel Superheroes after the X-Men.

Though Guardian would first appear under the name Vindicator in Uncanny X-Men #109 in February of 1978, the actual Alpha Flight time would not appear until April of 1979 in Uncanny X-Men #120-121. I have a nod to the first battle in the middle digital art piece above. They would appear again in issues #139 and #140 in November and December of 1980 this times as allies to Wolverine and Nightcrawler as they hunt the Wendigo. In August of 1983 Alpha Flight would get their own series written and drawn by John Byrne.

 Alpha Flight could be described as the team that is trying it’s best to be the Avengers but keeps ending up being the Doom Patrol. One of the themes that reoccurs the most in the first 28 issue John Byrne run is that the members of Alpha Flight are the source of most of their problems. By issue #2 teammates are murderously turning on each other and that trend of internal fracturing continues throughout the run. Yet with all the internal strife and the barely a team aspect of this superteam, I still love these characters. Much of that love I am sure is coming from the beautifully rendered art of John Byrne through this era of the series. Also the occasional Wolverine cameo doesn’t hurt either.

Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #4: Defenders of the Earth

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Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #3: Doc Savage vs The Shadow

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Secret Origins

Welcome to the Pulp 2 Pixel Podcast Blog.

The endeavor you have before you is a a labor born out of many loves. It starts with my love of comic books, one of my earliest and greatest of nerd loves from my childhood, and my love of podcasts, my most recent of nerd loves. It also includes my love of hanging out with friends and talking about comics. I struck upon the obvious idea of bringing all of them together into one thing. So here I am. Starting a blog and recording podcast content.

Once I decided to go down this path, I came upon one of the biggest hurdles to making this podcast a reality. What was this new podcast going to be about? I thought about it for a long time, playing around with a number of different concepts and format types. I wanted to also be open for many different topics to cover. I finally settled upon the following concepts to cover on the podcast and the blog.

The Podcasts

#WTACS

This is the first of the two podcast series I have currently planned to produce. This series will cover an issue by issue review and discussion of the Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross, and Brent Anderson's masterpiece of superhero world building, Astro City. At the time of the writing of the post, I and my Rogues Gallery of co-hosts are currently recording episodes covering issues 1-6 of volume 1 of Astro City. 

#TPGS

The second series planned for the podcast will be an issue by issue review and critiques of Warren Ellis, John Cassaday, and Laura Martin's genere spanning deconstruction of the superhero, Planetary. This series will serve as counter point to Welcome to Astro City's look at that series reconstruction of the superhero genere.

The Blog

#ROTLLB

Just like the podcast end of this Pulp 2 Pixel Family of creative outings, I have two blog series planned for this website. The first is titled, Raiders of the Lost Longbox. This is planned as a personal look at the first comics that influnced my love of the medium until this day. I also plan to have contributing articles on this topic as well from my co-hosts and other guests. 

#SSOTM

The second planned series is a look at the ever growing world of comics and superheroes across multiple media formats. Here I will include reviews of games, cartoons, the ever growing crop of TV shows, and the blockbuster superhero movie industry.

It is an ambitious plan and I am only now at the first faltering steps of this creative journey. I hope you, my true believing lovers of comics and superheroes, will stick around to see where it goes.

Secret Sagas of the Multiverse #2: ROM the Spaceknight

My quest for rare gems of nerdy goodness from the Multiverse of Media from my childhood has unearthed the following gems: from the alliance of Marvel and Parker Brothers descends the alien Dire Wraith slayer Rom the Spaceknight!

As I stated in a previous post, I loved the character of Rom, but had never owned the action figure or comic. Aside from a few issues I read in passing off a spinner rack or from a friends collection, my only real knowledge of the character was from a few ads in the early 80's and his entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. OHOTMU was my gateway to so much of the Marvel Universe growing up through the 80's. The science and math nerd in me loved the codifying of superheroes that was done in these handbooks. Rom's entry was no exception.

Rom the Spaceknight Marvel comic series promo

Rom the Spaceknight Marvel toy ad

For me, I loved the concept of the cybernetic warrior from space come to Earth to fight the alien sorcerers known as the Dire Wraiths. The design on the comics version of the character was amazing. His implacable face plate had a Spider-Man full face mask quality, something that would be emphasized in the Steve Ditko run at the end of the Marvel series. 

Rom Space Knight Issue #1

Sadly, as you can see from the video ad, the toy itself was disappointing to say the least. Parker Brothers apparently cooled to the idea and cut back on the toys' development budget. So on that front, I feel I dodged a bullet. I would love to read more of the Marvel series; however, Marvel unfortunately no longer has the licensing rights. No reprints from them are forthcoming. Apparently Hasbro has the rights, but nothing has come of it so far.

Rom Spaceknight by Dan Morton

In the end, Rom the Spaceknight has been seemingly banished to an intellectual rights limbo worse than the one he sent the Dire Wraiths to with his Neutralizer. 

You can find a great video explaining the history of Rom the Spaceknight here.

Secret Sagas of the Multiverse! #1: Thundarr the Barbarian

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