Superhero University

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes you through all the prolegomena you need to dive into the the best Batman story ever told! You’ll learn about the changes to the Dark Knight in a decade by decade look that culminates with a discussion of the themes present in the long...Read more

  Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he explains how the grand sweep of superhero history in all media made Infinity War an inevitably. It’s a Brief History of the Superhero Team Up Event covering everything from Secret Wars to Infinite Earths and all things in between. Superhero University is a Pulp...Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes you through the latest version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl! It’s the big finish! We’ll read through the final issue of this arc and then discuss the story’s overall structure, including some complex interplay between internal and external antagonists. To follow along, read the...Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes you through the latest version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl! Join in as Joshua finally runs into a couple of chapters of this story that are a little wobbly in a narrative sense and argues the merits of fair play mysteries! Barbara Gordon has...Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes you through the latest version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl! Join in as Joshua sifts through decades of continuity stuck in his head in order to realize that this issue he initially hated is actually pretty amazing! Barbara Gordon finds herself in a personal...Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes you through the latest version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl! It’s Batgirl v. Batgirl action in a battle for Burnside! Who is this new Batgirl out committing crimes and looking so good doing it? And what does she have to do with a hot...Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes you through the latest version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl! We’ve met Barbara’s new roommate and developed her supporting cast. Now we move from home to school as we meet Barbara’s work friends and finally figure out what her academic woes are all about. That and...Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes you through the latest version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl! Babs and her alter ego move into the trendiest borough of Gotham City, Burnside. Along with the new setting, Batgirl gets a new costume and a fresh supporting cast of friends, frenemies, and villains....Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes a deep dive into the latest origin for the Power Princess of Paradise Island in Wonder Woman Rebirth: Year One. Along the way, Unruh brings in some comments on the previous session’s lecture as well as explaining how he could forget the number of issues...Read more

Join Joshua Unruh, professional storyteller and superhero scholar, as he takes a deep dive into the latest origin for the Power Princess of Paradise Island in Wonder Woman Rebirth: Year One. Along the way, Unruh discusses some listener commentary on the previous session as well as how superhero stories ought to work. To follow along,...Read more