Chris And Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

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

Where was high school teacher and recovering vigilante, Helena Bertinelli at 7:03PM when the verybadthing happened?  Today we're going to find out!  We also discuss Chuck Dixon deftly flipping the script on the Bat vs. Man-ness of Bruce Wayne! Plus: Our first dip into the N-MaiLbag... which, uh, don't say that out loud.   https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Azrael was still coming out in 1998?  Oh yes... it was!  In fact, this is the first of many issues of the title we'll be discussing as part of our No Man's Land coverage!  I hope we survive the experience! Today, having just beaten the man who broke the bat, Jean-Paul arrives in Gotham just in time for that thing that happens in this story... to happen!  From there, he must chase and defeat Bane... again. https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Cataclysm reaches our flagship book, and its titular hero's story takes a backseat to Barbara Gordon's attempt at herding cats!  It's not the GCPD's finest hour... but, at least they're under good leadership! Also: some tangent-laden back issue bin chatter! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

In today's installment, Nightwing returns to Gotham and we get some great insight as to how the Cataclysmic Quake has affected the regular citizens of Gotham!   https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

At 7:03pm, Gotham City was rocked by a 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake... let's talk about it! Today we're looking at the opening chapter of Cataclysm, in a Bat-Book I didn't even realize was still a thing in 1998! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Welcome to a New Year... and a new project!  We're kicking off the Road to No Man's Land, with designs on covering every single chapter of the Batman Crossovent from Cataclysm to Endgame! Today's issue is a fun one, taking us back to those post-Zero Hour "Batman-as-Urban-Legend" days for a somewhat ephemeral romp, before hopping into an ominous pre-cataclysmic epilogue!   https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

With our four-part primer out of the way, we have finally arrived at the Dawn of DC Titans #1... which starts off with a (literal) BANG! Our heroes have their first "official" outing as a unit, have a run in with an unsavory agent, and lay the first brick in what looks to be quite the little mystery story! Are you a Titans fan, Titans-curious, or Titans Lapsed?  If so, I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this new Dawn of DC direction! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com