May 14, 2025

05/14/25 • 10 min

Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 14, 2025. Top stories include double doubles troubles, an update on the Vampire War from Count Jaffula, and Harvey Firestorm's review of Aquaman's new look.

Comics Featured This Week:

Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #2
Batman and Robin #21
Supergirl #1
Absolute Batman #8
Green Lantern Corps #4
Action Comics #1086
DC vs. Vampires: World War V #9
Aquaman #5

Additional voices by Brian Gleine and Ben Kahn.

DC Action News was created by Alex Jaffe, and is produced by Alex Jaffe and Esper Quinn.

DC Action News is a listener supported broadcast. Keep us running every week with your help at patreon.com/DCActionNews.

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Comics Featured This Week:

Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #2
Batman and Robin #21
Supergirl #1
Absolute Batman #8
Green Lantern Corps #4
Action Comics #1086
DC vs. Vampires: World War V #9
Aquaman #5

Additional voices by Brian Gleine and Ben Kahn.

DC Action News was created by Alex Jaffe, and is produced by Alex Jaffe and Esper Quinn.

DC Action News is a listener supported broadcast. Keep us running every week with your help at patreon.com/DCActionNews.

Support the show

Previous Episode

May 7, 2025

Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 7, 2025.

Comics Featured This Week:

Absolute Green Lantern #2
Absolute Superman #7
The DC All-In/Absolute Universe 2025 Free Comic Book Day Special
Justice League: The Atom Project #5
JSA #7
Two-Face #6
Poison Ivy #33
Black Canary: Best of the Best #6
Batgirl #7
Secret Six #3

DC Action News was created by Alex Jaffe, and is produced by Alex Jaffe and Esper Quinn.

DC Action News is a listener supported broadcast. Keep us running every week with your help at patreon.com/DCActionNews.

Support the show

DC Action News - May 14, 2025

Transcript

For May 14th, 2025, this is DC Action News, reporting bravely and boldly every Wednesday as the news breaks from the center of the multiverse. I'm Alex Jaffe.

FIRE AND ICE: WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER #2: Our top story: has someone you know been Freaky Fridayed? The New Kooey fundraising fair brought in record numbers after local hero liaison Fire was entangled in a sweater and burned off her clothes on stage in front of a family crowd. The incident has been attributed to a magically-induce