Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast - What if we covered Kingdom Come, the legendary Elseworlds tale? With SPECIAL GUEST ElliotComicArt (from DC Comics Kingdom Come #1-4)

What if we covered Kingdom Come, the legendary Elseworlds tale? With SPECIAL GUEST ElliotComicArt (from DC Comics Kingdom Come #1-4)

04/10/23 • 105 min

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Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast

This episode is as big as Lex Luthor's ego! We finally cover the legendary Elseworlds story Kingdom Come that sees DC Comics' holy trinity of Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman battling a new generation of meta humans, aging super villians, the United Nations and each other in Alex Ross and Mark Waid's epic tale of visions and visionaries. We talk through all four parts with special guest and Superman super fan Elliot from ElliotComicArt.

Ep. 92 What if we covered Elseworlds legendary tale KINGDOM COME from DC Comics?
With Special Guest Elliot of ElliotComicArt
Earth-22 as seen in Kingdom Come #1-4

On this jumbo size Dear Watchers we are covering one of the most iconic of all Elseworlds tales, Kingdom Come from writer/artist Alex Ross and writer Mark Waid. On this alternate Earth, a new generation of so-called heroes battle each other and the full villains that are left as the original JLA retreat into their later years. This all changes when a long absent Superman returns to reshape the planet but is he doing it for the better? The allstar comic cast also includes Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Lex Luthor, Captain Marvel, Green Arrow, Black Canary, The Spectre, The Sandman, Hawkman, Aquaman, Magog (in his debut) and so many others. We hear first-time reader Rob's reactions along with long time fan Guido as they cover all four parts of this epic story while also extensively covering the background behind this story and the histories of its two primary creators. We also speculate when we could see a Kingdom Come live-action or animated version in the future DCU.

Reading List:

Kingdom Come #1-4 (DC Comics 1996)

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Ep. 92 What if we covered Elseworlds legendary tale KINGDOM COME from DC Comics?
With Special Guest Elliot of ElliotComicArt
Earth-22 as seen in Kingdom Come #1-4

Reading List:

Kingdom Come #1-4 (DC Comics 1996)

Follow Elliot on Twitter and Instagram or visit his store.

Find us at https://linktr.ee/dearwatchersEmail [email protected]

Theme music is Space Heroes by MaxKoMusic (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0)

★ Support this podcast ★

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CREATOR INTERVIEW: Janice Chiang (comic book letterer for Marvel, DC, Storm King, & many more) *corrected audio issue

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You've heard her name mentioned in countless past Dear Watchers episodes so we were thrilled to sit down with legendary comic book letterer Janice Chiang to discuss her amazing life and career including her activist beginnings, her long tenure at Marvel, the role of a letterer and how it has changed in the digital age, breaking ground as a woman and Chinese-American in the comic book industry, how to stay current 40 years into a career and her current work with Sandy King and John Carpenter's Storm King Productions.

Ep. 91 Creator Interview with Janice Chiang (*this version corrected the audio issue the first download had)

Janice has over 40 years in the comic business, and has certainly had a significant impact on our listeners through her work on over 2000 books. Janice is a letterer and sometimes colorist who has worked primarily at Marvel starting in the early 1980s. She has worked on thousands of issues, including for Marvel: Iron Man, Ghost Rider, Alpha Flight, Conan, Defenders, Ka-Zar, Rom, Thor, Shang-Chi, Quasar, and of course the book that was an inspiration for us - What If. She has also worked with Stan Lee’s Pow Entertainment, Dark Horse, TokyoPop, Archie, plus a lot of work with Storm King, and for DC the Super Hero Girls book series, some early Milestone books, Batman, Impulse, Superman, and the recent Lazarus Planet one-shots. Two graphic novels she worked on were in the Four-Word Indie Awards chosen out of 2500 submissions, so Janice is on a hit streak! And wait that’s not all: she has been a community organizer!

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What if He-Man teamed up with the Thundercats? With SPECIAL GUEST Mike of Multiverse of Badness (from DC Comics He-Man / Thundercats #1-6)

ThunderCats hooooo! Or should we say, By the Power of Grayskull! Two 1980s icons join forces in He-Man / ThunderCats as the Masters of the Universe pair up with Lion-O and team to battle the combine forces of Skeletor and Mumm-Ra in this six-part comic book series from DC Comics. And speaking of joining forces, we are joined in this conversation by special guest Mike from Multiverse of Badness.

Ep. 93 What if He-Man teamed up with the Thundercats?
With Special Guest Mike of the Multiverse of Badness Podcast
Earth of an unknown designation as seen in He-Man / Thundercats #1-6

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