Listen Up Casuals

Listen Up Casuals! Welcome to a show for the casual fan. Love The Mandalorian but you've never watched Rebels or The Clone Wars? Watched both iterations of Hellboy but don't know which is more faithful to the comics? Love The Dark Knight but don’t understand why the Joker is such a big deal? Then this podcast is for you! Chris and Rocco break down your favorite shows and movies from the Geek perspective. Did they nail it? What was different? Did we love it or hate it? Tune in to find out! On this final episode of season 1, the dynamic duo talk one of Rocco's favorite heroes, Daredevil!

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KEY ISSUES

• DD #1 1964 - FA Daredevil was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby.
• AMS #16 - Spidey & DD 1964
• DD #16 - First John Romita Sr art
• DD #131 - First Bullseye
• DD #158 - first Frank Miller art
• DD #168 - FA Elektra 1981 - Frank Miller starts writing
• DD #170 - First run in with Kingpin (FA - AMS 50 1967)
• DD #174 - FA The Hand
• DD #176 - FA Stick
• DD #9 (1999) FA Echo

MODERN RUN(S)

• Frank Miller
• • Born again 1986 (#227–231)
  • Man without Fear 1993
• DD #500 - Becomes leader of the hand 2009
• Shadowland (DD 508-512 Andy Diggle; Shadowland mini and tie ins)
• Mark Waid 2011-2014
• Charles Soule 2015-2018
• Devil's Reign / Woman without Fear

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TV/MOVIES

• DAREDEVIL 2003
• NETFLIX DAREDEVIL 2015
• SPIDER-MAN - NWH/HAWKEYE

OTHER MEDIA

• In 1975, Angela Bowie secured the TV rights to Daredevil and the Black Widow for a duration of one year and planned a TV series based on the two characters.
• In 1983, ABC planned a live-action Daredevil pilot.
• Daredevil, portrayed by Rex Smith, appears in NBC's 1989 live-action television film The Trial of the Incredible Hulk. The Kingpin (John Rhys-Davies)
• Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
• In the 1980s, ABC had planned a Daredevil animated television series that would have featured a guide dog named "Lightning the Super-Dog".
• Spiderman and F4 animated 90's

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Listen Up Casuals! Welcome to a show for the casual fan. We break down your favorite comic book shows and movies and compare them to the comics they are based on. Did they nail it? What was different? Did we love it or hate it? Tune in to find out!

On the epic premiere of season 2 we discuss the hit HBOMax show Peacemaker!

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Intro

Origin: Peacemaker first appeared as a backup series in Charlton Comics' espionage-team title Fightin' 5 #40 (November 1966) and was created by writer Joe Gill and artist Pat Boyette.

Key Issues/Other Versions

Peacemaker v1 1967 (five issues)

Peacemaker v2 1988 (four issues)

Influence for The Comedian in Watchmen

#52 of 52 (Earth 4)

Pax Americana (Morrison’s Multiversity)

Mitchell Black (#3)

VIGILANTE #36-38 Vigilante vs Peacemaker complete story THE VIGILANTE (1983 DC)

Current SS runs and features

Disturbing the Peace - One-Shot

Commercial

Arrowverse

The Suicide Squad

Peacemaker

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Enjoy and take a listen to the other great shows on the DFAT ENTERTAINMENT podcast network! If you or someone you know is a fan of any of our podcasts show them some support with some apparel from White Imprints!

Listen Up Casuals! Welcome to a show for the casual fan. We break down your favorite comic book shows and movies and compare them to the comics they are based on. Did they nail it? What was different? Did we love it or hate it? Tune in to find out!

On this episode we talk about another character near and dear to Rocco's heart, Elektra! We talked Daredevil in S1 and we thought it was about time we talked about his counterpart. This season has been dubbed LUC Dark as we are talking all about your favorite vigilantes, assassins, sorcerers and more!

INTRO

What are you reading?

NEWS

• The Marvels
• Kraven rated R & details
• The Flash trailer 2
• Mangold Swamp Thing
• Penguin teaser
• Creature Commandos cast
• Blue Beetle ongoing SEPT
• Brzrkr: Poetry of Madness

See it or skip it?

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Character Origin in Comics

• First Appearance - Daredevil #168 (1964) Frank Miller introduces Marvel’s deadliest assassin. In a former lifetime she was a woman of privilege, a disciplined student of martial arts. But after her father’s death, Elektra focused solely on violence, masking her grief with rage
• Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #3 (1993) While students at Columbia, a Greek heiress and a blind law student fall hard for each other- and embrace the danger of young, reckless love.
• Daredevil #181 (1981) One of Frank Miller’s most famed Daredevil issues. Elektra and Bullseye engage in a ferocious battle. The death of Elektra.
• Daredevil #190 (1982) The Hand, an occult clan of ninjas, resurrects Elektra for their own nefarious means. Once she was a disciple of their shadowy order is she now The Hand’s greatest weapon? Elektra’s abilities take a supernatural turn.
• Elektra #1 (1996) first time having her own run.

Current Status in Comics

• Ongoing as Lady Daredevil, Queen of the Fist and Daredevil’s wife in current Daredevil ongoing run by Zdarsky. In current Daredevil, Matt and Elektra go on a quest with The Fist, enemy of The Hand to take The Hand down once and for all. Matt and Elektra are married and take on titles of Kind and Queen of The Fist. Elektra’s new alter ego as Lady Daredevil. This run continues to collide with current The Punisher run as Frank is High Slayer of The Hand.

CHARACTER DISCUSSION

Daredevil (2003)

• Jennifer Garner cast

Elektra (2005)

• Jennifer Garner reprises her role in a generally maligned movie

Netflix’s Daredevil Season 2 (2015) & Defenders (2017)

• Élodie Yung portrays Elektra back closer to her comic book origins
• Élodie Yung reprises her role as the villain w/ The Hand

Daredevil: Born Again? (2024)

• Bringing in Elektra?

Thunderbolts? (2024)

• Brief stint with the Thunderbolts in the comics.

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Listen Up Casuals! Welcome to a show for the casual fan. Love Daredevil but you've never read any of the comics? Watched both iterations of Hellboy but don't know which is more faithful to the comics? Love The Dark Knight but don’t understand why the Joker is such a big deal? Then this podcast is for you! Chris and Rocco break down your favorite shows and movies from the Geek perspective. Did they nail it? What was different? Did we love it or hate it? Tune in to find out! Get ready faithful listens because a SHINY NEW SEASON of Listen Up Casuals is coming soon!

On this Special Edition of LUC, Rocco and Chris welcome their good friend Ruben Romero who is currently Kickstarting the final chapters of The Illusion Witch. The Illusion Witch is also headed to comic book shops this June! Check out both at these links:

The Illusion Witch #1 on Previews (order it at your local comic shop!): https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR221302

The Illusion Witch Books 4 & 5 on Kickstarter (ENDS MONDAY April 25th!): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theagencysixcomic/the-illusion-witch-book-4and5?ref=user_menu

Enjoy and take a listen to the other great shows on the DFAT ENTERTAINMENT podcast network! If you or someone you know is a fan of any of our podcasts show them some support with some apparel from White Imprints!

Listen Up Casuals! Welcome to a show for the casual fan. We break down your favorite comic book shows and movies and compare them to the comics they are based on. Did they nail it? What was different? Did we love it or hate it? Tune in to find out!

Abra cadabra! Rocco and Chris are back and we are talking all about everyone's favorite cynical, chain smoking sorcerer, John Constantine. Tune in as we talk about his comic book origins, animated and live action appearances, and more! Welcome to LUC Dark.

INTRO

FCBD?

What are you reading?

NEWS

• Jim Lee promoted
• Krypto in Superman Legacy
• JSA members get their own minis
• DC Knight Terrors
• McFarlane Toys Gold Label Superman Unchained patina version -10k qty
• Marvel Star Wars xover event Dark Droids
• Daredevil Reborn to be affected by strike? Blade production halted.
• F4 castings?
• Midnight Suns P6?

COMMERCIAL

Character Origin in Comics

Swamp Thing #37 (1985) - created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, and John Totleben

Runs

Hellblazer (1988- 2013) 300 issues

Justice League Dark (2011)

Constantine (2013)

Constantine: The Hellblazer (2015)

The Hellblazer: Rebirth (2016)

Current Status in Comics

The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer (2019) - one-shot

John Constantine: Hellblazer (2019) - set in Sandman Universe - 12 issues

Hellblazer: Rise and Fall (2020) Tom Taylor - Black Label

Swamp Thing: Green Hell (2022-2023)

CHARACTER DISCUSSION

Keanu

• Constantine (2005)
• Newly announced sequel

Matt Ryan

• NBC show (2014)
• Arrowverse - Arrow (4th season), Legends of Tomorrow (3rd season and became regular on 4th)
• DC Animated movies
  • Justice League Dark (2017)
  • City of Demons (2018)
  • JLD: Apokolips War (2020)
  • The House of Mystery (2022)
• Harley Quinn S3E5 - “It’s a Swamp Thing”

Honorable Mentions

• The Sandman (Netflix) - Johanna Constantine and her identically named ancestor appear in The Sandman, both portrayed by Jenna Coleman
• John Constantine appears in The Sandman audio drama episode "Dream A Little Dream of Me", voiced by Taron Egerton.

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