Doctor DC Podcast

Comedians and podcasters Jon Gabrus (High & Mighty) and Tom Goss (Mean Boys) joined us for a special episode live from the Yukon Comedy Festival to discuss DC's sidekicks!

Intro Music by Aaron Barry

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Intro

(1:45) Meet Tom Goss.

(6:45) Meet Jon Gabrus.

(12:30) Hot takes on Superman.

Sidekicks

(18:45) Is Harley considered a sidekick? Do any villains have sidekicks?

(27:05) Whose sidekick do we want to be?

(34:05) Sidekicks becoming enemies.

(37:35) Debuting a sidekick in the DCEU and giving a sidekick their own movie.

(40:50) Creating a sidekick.

(45:11) Assigning a sidekick to a different hero.

(53:28) Should sidekicks take over the mantle from their hero or become their own hero?

Dial Doc

(59:30) Creating an overweight sidekick for Flash.

(60:16) Insta-Gram

(61:50) Hacker sidekick for Cyborg

Characters, Places, Things

Alfred (Nolanverse)

Aqualad (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Harley Quinn (DCAU) (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Jimmy Olsen (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Mia Dearden (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Red Hood (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Rorschach

Scorn

Sinestro (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Speedy (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Wrath (Earth-One) (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Media

Dark Knight (film)

High and Mighty Podcast

Mean Boys Podcast

People

Jon Gabrus (Website) (Twitter) (Instagram)

Tom Goss (Twitter) (Instagram)

HAPPY DOCMAS! Each year, we record 12 episodes in one day, to be released in the 12 days leading up to Christmas.

This year is DocMas VII aka Dairy DocMas aka Moo Dairy Moo Problems - we'll be consuming 12 different milk products in one epic day of recording!

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This issue we trudge into the sixth episode of DocMas, our 12 issues of Christmas!

Intro music by Aaron Barry

Sponsored by Great Lakes Grooming Co.

Prescribed Reading from Issue #32:

House of Secrets vol. 1 #92 – The 1st appearance of Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing vol. 2 #21 – The Floronic Man discovers that Swamp Thing is not truly a mutated Alec Holland, but rather plant life that believes itself to have been a man

American Vampire – A new breed of vampire is created in the American Old West which is immune to sunlight

Preacher – A Texas preacher is possessed by a spirit born of an angel and a demon, granting him the power to dominate the minds of those who can hear and understand him

Wonder Woman vol. 5 #11 – The reveal that Wonder Woman has never truly returned to Themyscira

• http://observer.com/2017/12/writer-christopher-priest-on-his-first-justice-league-comic-for-dc/
• https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/12/06/priest-justice-league-arc-lost-people-vs-justice-league/

• https://www.amazon.com/Swamp-Thing-Vol-Saga/dp/0930289226
• http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Swamp_Thing_Vol_2_20
• Alan Moore
• • http://www.dccomics.com/talent/alan-moore
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
• The best single issue of Swamp Thing is the first appearance of Swamp Thing
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/House_of_Secrets_Vol_1_92
• Len Wein
• • http://www.dccomics.com/talent/len-wein
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Wein

• Todd McFarlane
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_McFarlane
  • https://mcfarlane.com/
• Image Comics
• • https://imagecomics.com/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Comics
  • http://imagecomics.wikia.com/wiki/Image_Comics_Database
• Hellblazer
• • http://vertigo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Constantine
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/John_Constantine_(Vertigo_Universe)
• Swamp Thing
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Olsen_(New_Earth)
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alec_Holland_(New_Earth)
• American Vampire
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/American_Vampire_Vol_1
  • http://vertigo.wikia.com/wiki/American_Vampire_Vol_1
• Preacher
• • http://vertigo.wikia.com/wiki/Jesse_Custer
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jesse_Custer_(Preacher...

In this very special issue, we discuss all the exciting DC Comics announcements made during the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, from comics to movies to TV!