May 21, 2025

05/21/25 • 12 min

Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 21, 2025. Top stories include the time travelers behind Inferno, the true identity of Ares murderer, and an interview with Pulitzer-winning journalist and current Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief Lois Lane.

Comics Featured This Week:

Superman/Batman: World's Finest #39
Wonder Woman #21
New Gods #6
Detective Comics #1097
Nightwing #126
DC x Sonic the Hedgehog #3
Titans #23
Zatanna #4
Superman Unlimited #1

Additional voices by Ash Parrish and Gita Jackson.

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:

Superman/Batman: World's Finest #39
Wonder Woman #21
New Gods #6
Detective Comics #1097
Nightwing #126
DC x Sonic the Hedgehog #3
Titans #23
Zatanna #4
Superman Unlimited #1

Additional voices by Ash Parrish and Gita Jackson.

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

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May 14, 2025

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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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 28, 2025. Top stories include the replacement of Earth's sun, the broadly unrelated Heliophage locking our planet in permanent eclipse, and a fashion update from Harvey Firestorm on The Riddler's new look.

Comics Featured This Week:

Metamorpho, the Element Man #6
The Flash #21
Superman #26
Green Arrow #24
Justice League Unlimited #26
Absolute Wonder Woman #8
Absolute Martian Manhunter #3
Batman #160

Additional voices by 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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DC Action News - May 21, 2025

Transcript

For May 21st, 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.

Superman/Batman: World's Finest #39: Our top story -- Inferno revealed! The robe-wearing super-terrorists who have been attacking rainforests, political figures, and generally keeping the Justice League occupied in their new "Unlimited" configuration made their identities public this week as the original Legion of Doom, including