Chris And Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

Gotham City gets a visit from... a New Blood?! The Bruce Wayne Batman has his first team up with the man called Ballistic... and, well... that's about the size of it! Plus: A hoppin' NMaiLbag! NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Luck is for losers... but, luck'll beat skill any day! In today's episode we're checking in with a Professor called Arwin, who no longer believes in Darwin... and is looking to prove his own theory using the Caped Crusader as his test subject!  Lots of interesting food for thought... and, as has become a trend... plenty of callbacks to bits 'n bobs from that New York Magazine article! Plus: The return of the NMaiLbag, featuring a discussion of comic book annuals, that is as fun as it is frustrating! NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Back to the flagship for a (relatively) quiet issue, where we check in on the man behind the mask(s), Bruce Wayne, to see how he's handling the Aftershock Era.  We get a bit of tacked-on action, but this is mostly (thankfully) a character piece! NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Checking in with the Boy Wonder for a nice, quiet post-crossover issue, the likes of which we just don't get anymore!  Get nostalgic for the days before books were relaunched after every event, and we actually got to "take a breath" with our favorite heroes as they adjust to the next phase in their adventures. NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Keeping up with the Aftershock theme thus far, this issue is another search-and-rescue... with a slight (and sobering) tweak on the formula.  What happens when a group of trapped partygoers run out of food? Plus: A look at the first slew of Cataclysm ratings in Wizard Magazine, and a trip into Flashback Land for a peek Bat-adjacent USENET chatter circa early 1998! All that plus a dip into the NMaiLbag! NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Another relatively quiet issue in the Aftershock Era, showing the softer side of the GCPD. But, the real "meat" of today's episode is a deep-dive (perhaps TOO deep a dive) into the 1995 New York Magazine article that inspired the Cataclysm story to become a thing in the first place!  It's an eye-opening and sobering account of what could happen should a Gotham-esque earthquake hit Manhattan!  NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

The Aftershock Era rolls on with our titular hero doing a little search 'n rescue in the down below and running afoul of the Ratcatcher!  Lots of fun and interesting chatter to be had today!  Join us, won't you? Plus: Even another extra-stuffed NMaiLbag!  NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Kicking off the Aftermath Era, with an extra-sized issue of SotB!  We've got a pair of baddies to TAKE down... and a man who's lost it all to TALK down.  Lotta interesting chatter to be had today! Also: Chatting up the Alan Grant letters pages!  Plus: Yet another extra-stuffed NMaiLbag!  NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

It's taken us eighteen entire episodes, but we have finally arrived at the Cataclysmic conclusion!  Today we're going to find out who the Quakemaster REALLY is... or was... and, in so doing, your humble host (who is denser than most) will have to eat a little bit of crow! Also: Batman meets a dog! Plus: Another extra-stuffed NMaiLbag!  NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

We enter "pink skies" territory with our third (of three) Cataclysmic one-shots.  This time out, we sit for story-time as some Arkham All-Stars attempt to regale a new security guard with their "Tales of Madness"... hey, that's the name of the book! Plus: A return to an extra-stuffed NMaiLbag!  NML Crossing on Youtube https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

All's I can tell ya is that today's issue happens... at some point after 7:03pm on the night of the verybadthing.  It's Catwoman vs. Poison Ivy, with Harvey Bullock as special guest referee... even though he's supposed to be in the middle of a Hard-Bock Hostage situation.  Oh well! In addition to that, we'll be going through all the Cataclysmic bits from the 1998 Wizard Batman Special!  Lots of fun (though nebulous) data and information to comb through... lots of food for thought and room for me to baselessly speculate on what might've been going on in the Bat-Offices during the build to No Man's Land proper! Big thanks to Adam for hooking me up with the Batman Wizard Special.  Please check out WIZARDS: The Podcast Guide to Comics at https://www.wizardscomics.com/   https://gothamquake.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

More interesting clashes in vigilante-styles between Batman and the Huntress, and a look at some highly "inconvenient" post-Quake Gotham clean-up.  Also, we get a sorta-kinda out-of-nowhere zeroing in on the Quakemaster's lair! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

When methodologies clash!  Today's episode features a look into the secret diary of Stephanie Brown, the Spoiler... as she gets the opportunity to sit under a different sort of learning tree, and learns that the "by the book" Bat-stuff she's learned from Robin might not be the best way of vigilante-ing, especially in a post-Quake Gotham! Plus: A soul-bearing NMaiLbag! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Aka. Remedial-Theoretical Geology!  Come for the Bat-Talk, stay for the (heavily abridged) tangent regarding Crustal Displacement and the belly-contents of the Woolly Mammoth!  We get a whole lot of information this time out suggesting that our Big Bad might not be able to put his quakiness where his mouth is! Plus: A wonderfully fun stroll down pod-memory lane via the NMaiLbag! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

It's a chapter of reunions, and great leaps in Cataclysmic progression! Nightwing heads back to the Batcave, Robin returns to the Drake House, Alfred and Harold bust loose, and the Quakemaster's dire threat is delivered! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Welcome to Anthology Land, where we can take a peek into how some of the non-Bat-characters are handling the "new normal" post-the verybadthing that happened at 7:03pm.  It's very much a 90s anthology... so, prepare for a very "your mileage may vary" experience! Plus: A thought-provoking NMaiLbag For those playing along at home, the rest of this week's books are: Nightwing #20 Batman #554 Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma #1 Detective Comics #721 https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

As Gotham City continues to crumble, Batman realizes that times of crisis sometimes call for strange bedfellows to come together.  Also: Meet the... err... Quakemaster?! Plus - Some "fun" Bat-chat outta Wizard Magazine, and your comments! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Taking a look at the first (of three) one-shots tying into the Cataclysm event and finding out what happens at 7:03pm when the Verybadthing happens... at a prison full of violent, dangerous, and angry fellas!  Believe it or not, a humanoid bat-figure gets his land legs back and figures into things! Plus: a very special NMaiLbag! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Holy Red Sky Crossover, Batman! Today's chapter of Cataclysm... well, isn't really one!  We're going to be paying off an ongoing story arc in Robin, and getting our boy home in time to see the Gotham skyline engulfed in flame.  Please listen anyway... we've got NMaiLbag, and my usual bulletproof analysis.  Um, please listen anyway. https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Putting the C-A-T in Cataclysm, today we find out where Selina Kyle was at 7:03pm when the verybadthing happened! Plus: Another dip into the NMaiLbag! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com