Chris And Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

This week, our comics enthusiasts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) have one last summer fling with the five-part series by Mark Millar and Terry and Rachel Dodson Trouble, which came out on Marvel's Epic imprint in 2003-2004. They'll recap every single issue of this controversial series, paying special vocal attention to issue #5. After a break, Reggie and Chris come to a shocking realization about Trouble, and then talk about the climate at Marvel and detail two fellows that were as innovative as they were crass. Plus: how to make $20.000 at Marvel Comics! It's a scintillating look at teenage sexual exploration that Chris and Reggie largely sidestep to avoid feeling like dirty old men! weirdsciencehistory@gmail.com @reggiereggie @AceComics weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com BREAK: Girl Crush Fashion Flipz commercial

We got... two tickets to Oa(dice), pack your rings we leave tonight! Substitute Lanterns Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) take you on a tour of one man's perceived failure when they (briefly) share the tragic tale of Emerald Twilight.  In the wake of Coast City's destruction, Hal Jordan ain't quite feeling himself... after an abuse of power gets the attention of the Guardians of the Universe, they decide it might be time to have a chat with the protector of Sector 2814... a decision that they will likely regret... should they live so long. In addition to covering the issues, our historians discuss the controversy both before... and after the story went to print.  What was Gerard Jones' original plan for the leadup to Green Lantern (vol.3) #50?  What does the A in H.E.A.T. stand for?  Are there any potential back-doors out of crossing Jordan...'s rubicon?  What the heck is a Malvolio?  Did the fellas use a lot of this information in their Green Lantern (vol.3) #51 episode???  Listen and find out

Whew! Cosmic Treadmillers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) pull into the last station on their tour of the 1985-86 landmark DC Comics 12-issue event, Crisis on Infinite Earths! After some recap, they dive into the longest, most detailed, and heavily "voiced" read of Crisis on Infinite Earths #12. Following a musical interlude, our weary duo look at the effects of this event and what they think are the positive- and anti-matters of this series--including their recollections of reading it for the first time! This concludes our 50th episode celebration. And look! We're already four episodes closer to a hundred. weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory @cosmictmill weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

There's an old saying that Pop-Culture is never as good as when you were 12 years old.  We're going to put that to the test today with this reupload of Real Comics History!  Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) discuss the year 1992, when Chris was a lad of only 12. Topics of conversation include the Death of Superman, the world's lamest Paul Revere, Image Comics, Rob Lee-Field (maaaaaan), speculation, trading cards, Wizard Magazine, and much much more.  It's a fun chat, and we hope you enjoy! Enjoying "Real Comics History"?  We'd love to here YOUR stories from 1992 (and any year!)  We mention a reddit at the end of the episode... but pretend we didn't!  Instead, you can get a hold of us at weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com or via twitter @reggiereggie & @acecomics -- Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #99 (November 27, 2016) -- For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

After an unplanned break, our intrepid Crisisteers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bring you the fourth of five installments about DC Comics' 1985-86 12 issue maxiseries event, Crisis on Infinite Earths! After some recap, our fellows read issues 9, 10, and pay special vocal attention to issue number 11, providing bios for each character we meet along the way! Including, to Chris' chagrin, the Spectre. Plus, at the very end of the episode: The Monitor Tapes! There's one episode left in this series, so you won't want to miss this! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory @cosmictmill weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com BREAK: Casey the Talking Toy Robot commercial - 1985...a robotic cassette TAPE player

In preparation of the King of Comics, Jack Kirby's 100th Birthday Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) have decided to reupload their (relatively short) chat about Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #1 from 1972.  Listen in wonderment as they dodge an anthropomorphic menagerie of critters and take that left-turn at Planet of the Apes! -- ***Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #91 (October 2, 2016) -- You can get a hold of us at weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com -- For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com - Currently featuring pictoral evidence of EVERY (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the enigmatic Monitor! -- Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill -- Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's m

Hello! Due to events beyond their control, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) had to pre-empt their planned episode of Cosmic Treadmill. In lieu of it, they present a segment recorded for the weirdsciencedccomics.com podcast several months ago: a look at the year 1985 as it relates to comic books--and themselves! They naturally discuss the debut of Crisis on Infinite Earths, but they also talk about some of their favorite issues from that year--including one that can be thanked or blamed for getting Reggie into superhero comics! It's a different kind of episode that is hoped will entertain while we regroup for the next installment of Cosmic Treadmill. Thanks for your support! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory @cosmictmill weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

What would you do if you were given the opportunity to sacrifice yourself for the lives of people you don't even know?  In this reupload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bow their heads to bid farewell to the World's Strangest Heroes as they shuffle (or blast!) off this mortal coil to save the lives of 14 complete strangers living in Codsville, Maine.  They also discuss some of the behind the scenes shenanigans leading up to this issue regarding the mysterious (or, not so mysterious) omission of Doom Patrol co-creator Arnold Drake! (Please note that around the four-minute mark, we refer to Arnold Drake and Leslie Waller's merged pen name (on It Rhymes With Lust) as Leslie Drake... when it was actually credited to Drake Waller) Whoops!  Wea culpa! -- ***Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #90 (September 25, 2016) -- You can get a hold of us at weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com -- For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com For Chris'

Whew! After that blitz of character information last episode, our Crisistorians Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) continue their journey through the 12-issue maxiseries Crisis on Infinite Earths and read some more maudlin issues: six and seven, with special "voice detail" on issue eight! You'll still get all the new character bios, but Chris and Reggie's take on the impact of these titles at the time, and when consumed after the fact. It's going to poke a hole in your Netherverse and rattle your Antimatter Cannon, you don't want to miss it! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory @cosmictmill weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com BREAK: Snippet of an interview with Marv Wolfman at East Coast Comic Con by ComicsVerse https://youtu.be/IFCK82fi2EU

This time out, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) have some secrets to share...about the landmark comics event from 1984, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars! First, a mention of the actual first event from Marvel Comics that happened two years earlier. Then, a discussion about the secret origins of the Secret Wars event and a run-down of every issue in the series! After the break, we take a look at the aftermath of Secret Wars and its lasting impact on the Marvel Universe and comics publishing as a whole, running down some of the biggest events from Marvel and DC from 1985 until today! It's a shocking episode with many twists and turns that are largely wiped away at the very end! Have a listen! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com   SOME SOURCES: Back Issue #82 (April, 2015) www.jimshooter.com Jim Shooter: A Second Opinion http://rsmwriter.blogspot.com/2016/06/jim-shooter-second-opinion.html Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel's Finest edition, 2000)   TAGS: comics, comic book history, history, Marv

To coincide with the Cosmic Treadmill's (ongoing) 50th Podiversary Crisis on Infinite Earths extravaganza, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) have decided to dive a bit deeper and discuss the DC Comics (pre-Crisis) Multiverse... like, all of it!  They will discuss the "main Earths" most fans already know about, while also covering the nearly one-hundred that were added after the fact in Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition (2005). Don't worry about commiting the name of that book to memory, you're likely to hear it a time or two during the show! Prepare to learn about the skatey-eight hundred times Superman and Lois Lane got married and had children... marvel at the thought of Superman and Batman acting as villains while Lex Luthor plays the hero.  Just Imagine a world where all coffee is decafinated and Superboy wears red instead of blue... okay, we made that last one up.  Listen as we spoil more formerly "imaginary stories" than you can shake a chunk of Red-K at... and much, much mor

This episode is a doozy! Our intrepid multiversal explorers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) forge ahead with their look at DC Comics' 1985-86 Universe-destroying and -reshaping maxi-series Crisis on Infinite Earths! Before diving into the comics for this segment, they detail the rest of the JLA/JSA/etc. crossovers not discussed in the last episode. Then, they read issues three through five of Crisis, lending their voice talents to #4 and providing biographical information for every character as they appear in the series. And we do mean EVERY character! It's the longest episode of Cosmic Treadmill yet and we're not even halfway through the series! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory @cosmictmill weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bring you the career and conjecture of famous comic book creator, John Byrne! We'll talk about Byrne's early days breaking into the comics industry, his seminal work on X-Men and Fantastic Four at Marvel, and then gush over his post-Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman reboot beginning with the Man of Steel miniseries! Then we'll go into his more recent career, and go into his infamous commentary for which he is probably known best these days. Prepare to get "Byrned" by one of comic books' most prolific and outspoken creators!   http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/gayguy1.htm "Gay Guy" origin comic   http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=151 Interview with Comic Book Resources, 2000   @JohnByrneSays Great aggregator of Byrne's original work and notable quotable   http://www.byrnerobotics.com The Official Website for John Byrne   weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com   Tags: John Byrne, comic book history, Weird Comics History, Chris Claremont, X-M

For the landmark 50th episode of Cosmic Treadmill, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) celebrate with the 50th anniversary celebration of DC Comics, and read issue #2 of Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez! After some creator bios and an exhaustive look at the conditions that created the DC Multiverse, our intrepid comics enthusiasts sift through every appearance of a central figure to Crisis--before the event ever happened! After a break, our Treadmillers summarize issue #1 and detail issue #2 of Crisis on Infinite Earths! And that's all we have time for this week--tune in next Sunday for part two of this series! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory @cosmictmill weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com BREAK: Talking with George Pérez/ SyFy WIRE

The first Weird Comics History two-parter fills out our "Old Home Week" (so, technically this is the fifth... and sixth one) as we discuss Julius Schwartz and the Silver-Age of DC Comics. ---------- Originally aired as segments during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast episodes #71 (May 15, 2016) and #72 (May 22, 2016) ---------- TAGS: DC Comics, Weird Comics History, Silver-Age, Julius Schwartz, Showcase, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Martian Manhunter, Justice League of America ---------- Check us out on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... just about anywhere you get podcasts, you get us! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory/ On Twitter: @CosmicTMill @reggiereggie @acecomics Weekly Writings - www.weirdsciencedccomics.com Daily Writings - www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

Old-Home Week continues as Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) briefly... ever so briefly, discuss how 50 cents could have either saved... or killed Batman's second sidekick!  They also reminisce about 1-900 numbers, so there's that. ---------- Originally aired as a segment on Weird Science DC Comics podcast, Episode 70 (May 8, 2016) ---------- TAGS: Batman, DC Comics, Weird Comics History, Jason Todd, 1-900 Numbers, Jim Starlin, 1980's, comic book gimmicks, Judd Winick, Infinite Crisis, Red Hood, Robin, Joker ---------- Find us, follow us, give us thumbs up and hearts at iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play and anywhere else you might find a couple of knuckleheads recording themselves chatting about comic books Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory/ Twitter @CosmicTMill @reggiereggie @acecomics Weekly Writings - www.weirdsciencedccomics.com Daily Writings - www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

As part of Weird Comics History's "Old Home Week" join Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) as they discuss the British Invasion of DC Comics during the 1980's.  They discuss some of the heavy-hitters to venture across the pond to produce some incredible work for old DC. They also both totally forget that Grant Morrison is Scottish.  Whoops!  Mea Culpa... or would that be Wea Culpa? ---------- Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #69 (May 1, 2016) ---------- TAGS: DC Comics, Weird Comics History, Karen Berger, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan ---------- Check us out on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... just about anywhere you get podcasts, you get us! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory/ On Twitter: @CosmicTMill @reggiereggie @acecomics Weekly Writings - www.weirdsciencedccomics.com Daily Writings - www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

Join Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) for some Weird Comics Prehistory... that is to say, a very early (and relatively short) installment of Weird Comics History!  This time around they discuss that strange time in which Marvel came thiiiiiiiiiiis close to licensing DC's characters! How can that be?  Well, hit that Play button and find out! ------------- Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #68 (April 24, 2016) ------------- TAGS: Weird Comics History, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, 1980s, Jim Shooter, John Byrne, Marvel's Superman, Warner Bros., J.J. Jackson ------------- Weekly Writings - www.weirdsciencedccomics.com Daily Writings - www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com ------------- Jim Shooter's Recollections:  http://jimshooter.com/2011/08/superman-first-marvel-issue.html/ http://jimshooter.com/2011/10/superman-first-marvel-issue-byrnes-plo.html/ Chris Coverage and Comparison of John Byrne's Man of Steel #1 http://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.co

Behold, the first ever episode of Weird Comics History... from back when it was a 15 minute-ish segment on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast.  Listen as Reggie (@reggiereggie) guides podcasting neophyte Chris (@AceComics) through his "first time out".   This inaugural auditory jem, we discuss the events leading up to... and falling out of the DC Explosion!   Marvel at the clunky stammering, behold Chris in all his mic-less glory!  Hey, at least it's just 15 minutes!   chrisandreggie.podbean.com weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) examine the little-known and once-used technique of "Gumping," that is to take a classic comic book (Amazing Spider-Man #47, for instance) and update it with new themes and characters like those that can be found in Deadpool #11 from 1997, written by Joe Kelly and drawn by Pete Woods! After some biographical information, it's on to the time-traveling, continuity-shattering events of the comic book to hand. Then, some wrap-up and a list of other comic book characters to break or obliterate the literary fourth wall. And finally: some listener mail! It's an episode jam-packed with silliness, so bring a happy attitude! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory @cosmictmill weirdsciencedccomics.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com BREAK: Joe Kelly promo for Free Comic Book Day 2013