Chris And Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

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

In which we wrap up our discussion on the four-part Dawn of DC Titans lead-in story arc, Rise of the Underworld!  What will SuperDick do with his powers?  Will he sell the soul of his nine-year old ward in order to keep them? Are you a Titans fan, Titans-curious, or Titans Lapsed?  If so, I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this arc and new direction for the team! https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Taking a look at the penultimate chapter of our Dawn of DC Titans "pre-req" story arc.  During which, your humble host can't help to fumble and stumble over his words as he attempts to adequately describe and define why this storyline feels like a "real" Titans story... and how it has the nebulous quality of "heart".  It's a(nother) half-hour of me rambling is what I'm trying to say -- join me, won't you? Are you a Titans fan, Titans curious, or Titans-Lapsed?  I'd love to hear your thoughts on this story and new-old direction for the fan-favorite team! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com https://chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

In which your humble host's inner comics cynic takes a good, hard look in the mirror! Taking a look at Part 2 of the Dawn of DC Titans "pre-req" story, and having an uncharacteristically great time with it!  Listen to me stammer on and on about how this feels like a "genuine Titans story", without being able to actually put into words what a "genuine Titans story" ought to feel like!  I guess it's just one'a those things where ya know it when ya see it! Are you currently reading, catching up on, or lapsed on the Titans?  I'd love to hear your thoughts! -- chrisisoninfiniteearths.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com

Long time, no see! Welcome to brand-new awkwardly-titled Lapsed-Type-Thing, wherein your humble host attempts to regain his footing on another once-loved property he'd abandoned - The Titans! Today, after a brief pre-ramble, we will discuss the first post-Dawn of DC issue of Nightwing (#101), along with the epilogue portion from Nightwing #100 while trying to reconcile who and what these characters are and how we got here! Are you reading the newest Titans volume?  If so, did you also read this arc in Nightwing?  I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Nothing lasts forever... not even our eXtended stay away from Otherworld! Today we join the KoX as deals and sacrifices are made in the name of mutant preservation.  We're at the halfway point here, let's keep chuggin' along! -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

Issues like this don't come around often enough!  This is the kind of story that Reggie and I would refer to as a "tentpole"... lots of great new information in this one!  Almost too much for your humble host's pea-sized brain to process! And so, Let's speculate... wildly! -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

Betcha won't listen to this episode! Today, we celebrate 365 episodes of X-Lapsed... you could listen to an episode every single day for an entire (non-leap) year, and never hear a repeat!  We're headed to Marsarakko for some good ol' battlin' to the death... and a little "unbeatable" gambling. It's a great, thought-provoking issue... I hope you'll join me! -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

It's a chase scene!  It's a FUN (and beautifully drawn) chase scene... but, it's still a chase scene.  Tune in and listen to me attempt to think up things to say about it! -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

Six-months later... and we're still in Shi'ar Space?!  I suppose it was silly of me to assume that my hiatus would somehow remove this story from my to-read pile, eh? Let's get reunited with Call Me Kate and her Crew! -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

Well, well, well... What do we have here? An episode of (original recipe) X-LAPSED?  What the hell YEAR is it? Today, we're back in the saddle... well, we're at least dusting off the old saddle, and checking out an already relatively ancient ish of Legion of X! Also: Your humble host asks for YOUR help in keeping him honest... are you bad enough dudes and dudettes to save a very stupid man's integrity?  -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

Welcome to the X-Universe, Alex Summers! That's right, today we meet Scott's never-before-seen Egyptian-blooded (?) brother, Alex... in a story that could very easily have fit into an episode of Batman '66. All that, plus we kick off our Origin of the Angel backup series, check in on some Steranko-debate in the Mutant Mail-Box, and discuss Stan's appeal for decency in the Bullpen/Soapbox section! -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

What would you get if you mixed the Juggernaut story from issue #46 with the Quasimodo epic from issue #48?  Well, probably the story we're looking at today... warts and all. Least we got Stan back to answering fanmail over in the Mutant Mail-Box... and the final chapter in the rollicking origin of the Beast! -- Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen