Jetpack Tiger: Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis

FINALLY! The long wait is over. Dashiell and Carlin have read the Man of Steel mini series written by Brian Michael Bendis. Hear what they think! Is Superman finally Dashiell's guy?

Batman Season 3 and DC's Legend of the Superheroes

Concluding an earlier discussion about the 1960s Batman series, Carlin and the kids have finally finished that series and discuss the oddities of season 3, only to follow that up with something even worse...1979's Legend of the Superheroes. Is Legend canon? Listen to our discussion on it to find out what we think.

Action Comics, part 2

Carlin and Dashiell further explore modern Superman comics leading up to the takeover by Brian Michael Bendis. In this episode, find out what Dashiell thinks of Action Comics 999-1000 and DC Nation #0.

Action Comics, part 1

As a way to share one of his life experiences, Carlin is jumping on the Brian Michael Bendis bandwagon as he takes over Superman comics. This is the first in a series of podcast episodes that will detail Carlin and Dashiell's journey reading Superman comics. First up, is the on-ramp to the Bendis takeover as they read Action Comics 993-998.

Batman (1989)

Annaliese finally watched the 1989 Batman movie. What does she think of this historic comic book film? Does it even mean anything to someone who lives in a world where 10 comic book movies are released each year?

Jetpack Tiger: Justice League Movie Review

Carlin and Dashiell made an outing to see Justice League. You've probably got your feelings about this team up of classic DC Comics characters, but what about the opinions of an almost nine-year-old boy? Was the movie a success for him? Listen to this extra long "Jetpack Tiger" and find out! NOTE: There are big spoilers for the movie in this.

Dragonfly Ripple, Episode 15: Bone and Alpha Flight

This episode is comics Comics COMICS! Michael and Carlin talk about how they got into collecting comics, what they imagined it would be like to pass their collections on to their kids, and whether or not that's really how it's going. Then Annaliese and David join the discussion to talk about Jeff Smith's Bone and John Byrne's Alpha Flight. In the Jetpack Tiger segment, Dash and Carlin cover The DC Comics Encyclopedia, then the gang wraps up with a dinner table discussion in which they create regional superhero teams for Florida and Minnesota.