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Issue #106 - "Black Characters"

Doctor DC Podcast

Release Date: 02/27/2019

Issue #481 - “The 12 Episodes of DocMas VIII: Part 6 Issue #481 - “The 12 Episodes of DocMas VIII: Part 6"

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The countdown is nearly over. And something is wrong. Another lost episode has clawed its way out of the Speed Force, this one barely holding together, like it’s been caught between timelines for too long. Glitches are more frequent. Questions are answered twice. Segments echo and collapse into each other. Producer Richard appears and disappears mid-sentence. Time has no meaning. We don’t know how this episode came back. We’re not sure we came back. One thing is clear: the podcast is breaking. And someone—some thing—is pushing it toward collapse. This is the final lost episode before...

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The podcast is in flux. As the Speed Force continues to wreak havoc on the podcast, the chrono-audio instabilities in the timeline are shaking loose hosts and summoning others. Not a true guest, with proper guest credit, but a completely different host entirely. Another lost episode shakes loose from the void as Producer Richard vanishes entirely. Is he dead? Is he lazy? It's impossible to tell. But one thing is certain...the April to May to 500 is straining the very structure of the show. Can we even make it to 500? And if we do...at what cost?   Intro Music by  Find more great...

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Issue #90 - “The 12 Episodes of DocMas II: Part 4 Issue #90 - “The 12 Episodes of DocMas II: Part 4"

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The Speed Force is getting weirder. Chrono-audio instability is increasing, and with it, the timeline of the podcast continues to unravel. Another lost episode from the same past DocMas™ has re-emerged, fully formed but with some... irregularities. Distortions. Echoes. Time travel awareness, and references to the past and the future. We don't know why the Speed Force is doing this, but someone—or something—is clearly orchestrating these recoveries. The delay of episode 500 is no longer a glitch. It's a strategy. The past continues to bleed into the present.   Intro Music by ...

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Issue #89 - “The 12 Episodes of DocMas II: Part 3 Issue #89 - “The 12 Episodes of DocMas II: Part 3"

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As we approach the 500th episode, an unstable surge in chrono-audio energy has begun to affect the timeline of the podcast—classic Speed Force nonsense. According to leading experts (Cosmic DC), the Speed Force has become self-aware and is now deliberately opening micro-temporal rifts to delay the release of episode 500. Why? Unknown. Possibly out of fear. Possibly out of pettiness. Possibly because Producer Richard once called it “a narrative crutch to explain his failure.” Whatever the cause, as we begin careening toward 500,  these long-lost episodes are now being flung back into...

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This week we talk all about the blanks of all time! Join us as we decide who is the most, best, worst, etc... ever! Intro Music by    To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On   On On our Or check out our new And our 

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This week The Doctor and Producer Richard talk all about Japan and Japanese Characters in DC! Intro Music by    To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On   On On our Or check out our new And our 

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This week Producer Richard discussed the body horror New 52 Batman reboot story "Faces of Death". Intro Music by    To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On   On On our Or check out our new And our 

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Kyle and Richard catch up and discuss their personal comic opinions. Intro Music by    To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On   On On our Or check out our new And our 

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This week we talk about the Bat Family! Intro Music by    To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On   On On our Or check out our new And our 

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This week we weirdly answer space questions meant to be about Marvel comics and attempt to answer them in context of DC... Intro Music by    To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On   On On our Or check out our new And our 

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In this week's issue, we discuss black characters in DC. From groundbreaking to misguided, from Milestone to Tyroc. But first, we break down the latest in DC news. 

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News and Notes

(1:30) Matt Fraction and Greg Rucka Writing Superman Spinoff Series

(4:05) Classic Batman Villain to Return in Detective Comics Annual 2

(6:19) Doomsday Clock to Reveal Truth Behind Rebirth

(9:49) Bendis Says Superboy Will Get New Codename

(12:05) Matt Reeves Claims Batman Movie Will Focus on Detective Mode

(15:43) Jason Mamoa Teases Future of the DCEU

(20:15) Batman: Damned Cancelled

(20:50) DCEASED

(28:51) New Details For Young Animal Titles

(31:05) Batman/TMNT 3 Coming This Spring

(32:44) DC to Release 25 Cent One Shot Comic

(34:43) Batman: TAS New Action Figures

(36:05) Wal-Mart To Carry New DC Collectible Collection

(37:56) CW's The Flash To Lose Cisco

 

Black Characters

(44:30) Explaining Icon.

(49:50) Thoughts on black characters taking over mantles from white characters.

(57:40) Thoughts on the new Spawn movie.

(60:15) Favorite look for Cyborg.

(64:35) Good entry points for iconic black characters.

(68:42) What black DC characters need a movie or TV adaptation?

(75:54) Favorite black Milestone hero.

(79:08) Reimagining a DC character as a person of color.

(86:45) Where Static has been recently and fan-casting a live action version.

(93:19) Thoughts on Tanya Spears.

(96:03) Characters reimagined as black.

(101:10) Defining John Stewart.

(106:06) Did the evolution of technology world-wide lead to Cyborg being included in the Justice League or is he a "diversity hire"?

(109:04) Least liked black character.  Black character with the most untapped potential.

(113:08) Making Mister Terrific more present in the DCU.

(121:16) Is New 52 Wally West as fast as the other Wally West?

(122:05) Is Detective John Jones canonically black or white?

(124:16) Is Icon from Krypton?

(126:41) Richard's true feelings on the Black Lightning show.

(130:38) The worst example of a black character naming convention.

 

Dial Doc

(133:59) Insell Duck

(135:22) Solid State

 

Characters, Places, Things

Batwing (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Black Canary (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Black Lightning (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Black Manta (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Connor Hawke (PreFlashpoint) (Arrowverse)

Cyborg (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth) (DoomPatrolTV) (DCEU)

Icon (Dakotaverse) (Rebirth)

John Stewart (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Kaldur'ahm (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth) (DCAU)

Martian Manhunter (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Mister Terrific (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Rocket (Dakotaverse) (DCAU)

Shazam (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Starfire (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth) (TitansTV)

Static Shock (Dakotaverse) (Rebirth)

Tanya Spears

Tyroc

Val-Zod

Vixen (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth) (Arrowverse) (DCAU)

Wallace West

 

Recommended Reading & Viewing

Black Lightning (TV Series)

Black Lightning Vol 1

Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands

Green Lantern Corps Vol 3

Justice Society of America Vol 3

Worlds' Finest Vol 1

 

Media

Milestone Media

Spawn

 

People

Donald Glover (Instagram) (Twitter) (Website)

Dwayne McDuffie (Wiki)

William Jackson Harper (Instagram) (Twitter)

Zazie Beatz (Instagram)