Tag Archives: DC Comics

Tread Perilously — Spenser For Hire: The Big Fight

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Erik

Tread Perilously’s Patreon request month finally offers Erik an excuse to watch Spenser: For Hire with the episode called “The Big Fight.” When Spenser’s old boxing manager comes back to town asking for a favor, he soon learns the guy … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Steel

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Justin

In the late ‘90s, there was no one bigger — literally and the new meaning of the word “literally” — than Shaquille O’Neal. Since he was a genetic freak and good enough basketball player that he stopped hearing the word … Continue reading →

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New Satellite Show Episode 18: The World is Bananas

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Erik

The horror edition of New Satellite Show includes such diabolical topics as 7th Heaven’s Stephen Collins, Dawn’s first hours with “Alien Isolation” and the upcoming DC Comics film slate. A discussion of Iris West and “Gone Girl” lead to similar … Continue reading →

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New Satellite Show Episode 15: DC Does Good

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Erik

After months of harping on DC Comic’s latest PR blunders, the Panel is happy to see the company do good in the arrival of a new look for Batgirl. They also hope the company doesn’t screw it up. Friend of … Continue reading →

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New Satellite Show Episode 14: Superman Meets Popeye’s

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Erik

A special edition of the Satellite Show as the Panel of Experts obsesses over the film “Man of Steel” and related comic book movie topics. Erik tries to argue that the old DC/Marvel rivalry does not scale up to Warner … Continue reading →

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Comics Continuity Crisis!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Erik

Let me start with a confession. I love DC Comics. My comics-reading life began in 1992 with, oddly enough, a cross-over event called “Eclipso: the Darkness Within.” It reestablished the somewhat loopy notion of Eclipso as an all consuming id … Continue reading →

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New Satellite Show Episode 4: Against the Ninja

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Erik

An all male edition of the show considers how DC Comics are only for 45-year-olds and revels in the instant Yakmala classic, “Miami Connection.” An attempt at Comic-Con and D23 Expo wrap-ups becomes a comparison of line management tactics and … Continue reading →

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