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Heroes Con 2019 - Part 4 Before the Panels - What I Bought (Jack Staff, Johnny Hiro, Luger, Skeleton Key, Avigon) Meet Betty Brown Ph.G - Tom Heintjes talked about the Betty Brown comic strip which ran from 1934 to 1948 in Drug Topics, a trade magazine for pharmacists Charles Vess and Bill Sienkiewicz - Bill and Charles talked about their work, what inspired them, and compared notes on other art related topics After the Panels - - Hogan’s Alley - - Before Superman - - Jack Kirby Museum - - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - - Spencer & Locke Links Cover Art: Heroes Con 2019 Program Guide by Sergio Aragones and Stan Sakai [1:16:12] - - - - -

Heroes Con 2019 - Part 3 Before the Panels - - Red Sonja/Vampirella, Howl at the Moon - - Crogan Adventure Series, movie posters, Santa Claus, The Black Thumb Society - Inkers John Beatty, Mike Royer, and Klaus Janson discussed their careers and the role of the inker with Mark Evanier Sketch-Off - Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Paul Pelletier, and Lee Weeks answered questions as they drew characters suggested by the audience Between the Panels - - - Phileas Reid Knows We Are Not Alone, Beowulf Celebrating the Legion of Super-Heroes - Artists Greg Laroque, Kieth GIffen and Joe Staton talked to moderator Nancy Northcott about their time working on the Legion of Super-Heroes All Hail Jack Kirby! - Mike Royer, Jim Amash, Rand Hoppe and Mark Evanier talk about Jack Kirby and the various roles he played in their lives as a writer, artist, mentor, and friend Links Cover Art: Heroes Con 2019 Program Guide by Sergio Aragones and Stan Sakai [1:05:53] - - - - -

Heroes Con 2019 - Part 2 Cartoonist Kayfabe Live - Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg talk memories of Heroes Cons past (bin diving, art auctions, travel companions), preview their other panels, and answer questions from the audience Walking and Talking with - - Ghost Hog, Mermin - Scott Fogg - Phileas Reid Knows that We Are Not Alone - Before Superman panel - Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson and Athena Finger talk about their grandfathers (Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and Bill Finger) and the era of comic books that predates Superman with Andrew Pepoy What I Bought - All-American Men of War, Supernatural Thrillers, Green Lantern, DC Comics Presents, Who’s Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes Links Cover Art: Heroes Con 2019 Program Guide by Sergio Aragones and Stan Sakai [38:15] - - - - -

Heroes Con 2019 - Part 1 Panel Previews - Three days, dozens of panels, and lots of decisions Links Cover Art: Heroes Con 2019 Program Guide by Sergio Aragones and Stan Sakai [35:58] - - - - -

What I Read - May 2019 00:00 What I Read (Part 1) - Lazarus (2013) 1, 2 - Astro Boy: The Greatest Robot on Earth - All-Star Squadron 36 09:00 What I Watched - Cowboy Bebop - Star Blazers 2199 - Future Man 13:55 What I Read (Part 2) - Captain America (1968) 269-272 Links Cover Art: Captain America (1968) 272 by Mike Zeck and John Beatty [42:45] - - - - -

What I Read - Mar Apr 2019 00:00 Ikigami (Episode 5: Life Out of Control) 08:00 Avengers: Under Siege 14:00 Twilight (1990) 1-3 17:45 Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (1994) 1-4 21:15 Captain America and the Defenders 30:20 Kurt Busiek’s Astro City (1996) 10, 11, 12, 1/2, 13 36:50 Batman and the Outsiders (1983) 1-4 42:40 Astro Boy: The Greatest Robot on Earth Links Cover Art: -- [50:39] - - - - -

What I Read - Feb 2019 00:00 Thoughts on podcasting and blogging about comic books 18:30 New Teen Titans Vol. 5: New Teen Titans (1980) 28 - 34, Annual 2 23:00 Captain America 24:00 Terry and the Pirates 29:45 Kurt Busiek’s Astro City (1996) 1-9 43:45 Deathlok (1990) 1-4 49:30 Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Episodes 1-4 Links Cover Art: -- [61:10] - - - - -

Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood 1-6 Jun-Nov 2000 By Greg Rucka, Rick Burchett, Terry Beatty (inks on 5-6) JLU: Double Date Written by Gail Simone Starring Huntress, Question, Green Arrow, Black Canary What Else I’m Reading - New Teen Titans, Astro City What I Bought - Brave and the Bold 151-200 Links --- Editor’s Notes: 1. The Huntress (Helena Wayne) was a member of the Justice Society in the late 1970s and early 1980s before she joined Infinity Inc. Cover Art: Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood 4 by Rick Burchett [38:19] - - - - -

Captain America (1981-1984) Part 2 Captain America 265-266 By David Anthony Kraft, Mike Zeck, John Beatty Cap teams up with Spider-Man and Nick Fury to battle SULTAN Jack of Hearts (1984) Limited Series By Bill Mantlo, George Freeman (with a little help on the inking from Eduardo Barreto and Hilary on the final issue) Comic Collection Analysis - Silver Age comic books What I Bought - House of Mystery 127, The Unexpected 107 Links --- Editor’s Notes: 1. It isn’t mentioned in the podcast but the Captain America story was also included in the Captain America Epic Collection: Dawn’s Early Light. 2. The Captain America story was 36 years old at the time this podcast was recorded. It is incorrectly referred to as being 16 or 17 years old in the podcast. 3. Jack of Hearts first appeared in Deadly Hands of King-Fu 22 (Mar 1976). His earliest appearances, in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (22-24, 26, 29-32), were reprinted in 2017 in the Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus Vol. 2. 4. There is one page in Mantlo: A Life in Comics dedicated to the Jack of Hearts. It didn’t really shed any new light on the history of the Jack of Hearts. He is compared to Rocket Raccoon who at the time the article was written (2007) had mostly been forgotten compared to the Jack of Hearts who went on to become a member of the Avengers (2000-2004). Rocket Raccoon made a comeback in late 2007 along with the new version of the Guardians of the Galaxy and has appeared regularly ever since in Marvel Comics. Cover Art: Captain America 266 by Mike Zeck and John Beatty [52:00] - - - - -

Comics in the 1970s - Ron Wilson, Elliott Maggin, Joe Staton, Keith Pollard, John Workman, and moderator Robert Greenberger discuss their memories of working at DC, Marvel, and smaller publishers and take questions from the audience about working in the comic book industry in the 1970s Baltimore Comic Con 2017 - 09/24/17 - [1:00:09] -