Titan Up The Defense

It's the 300th episode of Titan Up the Defense! Hooray! As the traditional gift for a 300th anniversary is self indulgence, we celebrate by breaking format and talking about a quartet of Titans TV shows. Also, we drank a little too much, but that's hardly a break from our usual format. Thanks for all of your support over the years! Enjoy! Enjoy!  If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Kronk! Our heroes mix it up with their prefix pals the New Mutants (sort of) in New Defenders #129! Topics include: horny trains, Traveling Wilbury defamation, Hub's infatuation with crime, and arguably too much talk about the Bowery Boys. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Should you count your money while you're sitting at the table? We learn the answer to this question and many others when we read New Titans #68. Topics include: butt frosting, meth-head actors, and *sigh* the return of Danny Fucking Chase. Enjoy? Enjoy?If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Spuk! We read Defenders #128, and remember how last week I made our Manhattans too big? Well, it happened again. Topics of discussion include: Professor Power is a jerk, sports team affiliation reveal parties, Killa Beez/Killer Bees disambiguation, and a disappointing amount of bathroom talk. Sorry.If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Hide your computer secrets! We read New Titans #67. Topics include: I may have made these manhattans too large, big dicked robot jerkwads, rural Wyoming cults, leather couch reviews, and I definitely made these manhattans too large. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Niiiice! We celebrated Assistant Editor's Month by reading New Defenders #127! Topics include: Barthes/Barth disambiguation, inappropriate space karate comments, Marie Severin, and the perfect hangover day. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Love (or some approximation thereof) is in the air when we read New Titans #66! Topics include: the return of Eric Forrester, llamas, the return of Eric Forrester's penis, choosing your words carefully around Speedy, and robots being lactose intolerant. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

For Love! Cory is off dimension hopping again, so the brilliant Sara Century joins Hub to help him try to make sense of the 1984 Iceman miniseries. They talk about: psychedelic rugs, unsettling animation, terrible parents, queer subtext in Bronze Age comics, and what makes Bobby Drake such an interesting character. Enjoy! Enjoy! Find more of Sara's work at bitchesoncomics.com or queer spec.com If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Out with the old, in with the New Defenders! We read New Defenders #126, featuring the team's first full outing. Topics include: the joys of fresh produce, Nick Fury being bad at his job, Gargoyle's metal voice, and some timely Sling Blade/BlackBerry humor. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Schools in session as we read New Titans #65! Dick teaches Tim Drake a lesson about assumptions, and this issue teaches us a lesson about managing our expectations. We also learn about: Olympic sports, the sneakiest Pete, Colin Quinn's Robin cosplay, and pterodactyls being nasty freaks. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Yowww! We read New Defenders #125. This is it! The end of the original non-team! The birth of the new team! This double sized issue has a lot to talk about, so naturally we discuss: Bob Newhart's short lived 1992 sit-com, and the time that Columbo solved a murder at a rave. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

When is a rat not a rat? When it's an ancient Egyptian god/alien vampire mummy geologist! We read New Titans #64 and now our brains hurt. Topics include: refenestration, the McDonalds/Clive Barker connection, and so much more! Enjoy? Enjoy?If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Wunk! We read Defenders #124, and it's the end of the Defenders as we know them! Do we feel fine? Eh, mostly. We talk about: buff squirrels, elves with guns, replacement KISS members, and Cory's birthday. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Rats, and Bats, and Horses, Oh My! We read New Titans #63 and disagreed about its quality, but agreed that Speedy is the worst. Topics include: No, actually Deathstroke is the worst; Clive Barker's ubiquity; and STAR Labs' unique approach to security. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Wonk! We read Defenders #123, which exceeds recommended daily allowance of elves with guns, by at least two elves. Topics include: hat pronunciation, Ace Frehley Batman impressions, and the debut of a somewhat "nebulous" new character. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Oh yeah! We read New Titans #62 and talk about: rat kings, things to say when busting through walls, animal hoaxes, and the fact that nobody actually knows what a bat is. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Sweet Sassafras! Changes are afoot for our titular non-team in Defenders #122. Topics of discussion include: Vera Cantor deserves better; the Iceman showeth up; and the greatest trick the devil ever pulled off. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Holy dramatic conclusion of a storyline, Batman! We are joined by the amazing Sara Century who helps us wrap up our coverage of the A Lonely Place of Dying crossover with Batman #442! We talk about Sara's history with Batman and Tim Drake, brainstorm some ways to improve Two-Face, and discuss why the Joel Schumacher Batman movies are actually pretty fun. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Beezus and Ramona! We read the conclusion of the Miracle Man (but not that Miracle Man) saga in Defenders #121. Topics include: substitute swear words, colonialism, and Southeast NH's alternative music scene in the 1990s. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Holy prank phone call, Batman! We read Teen Titans #61, the penultimate chapter of the A Lonely Place of Dying crossover. Topics include: deadheading lilacs, Two-Face's other obsessions, the return of Dick Raven, and Yahoo Serious' filmography. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294