The Earth Station DCU Episode 399 – Homecoming
Release Date: 01/06/2025
The Earth Station DCU Podcast
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are sharped dressed men. Selina Kyle heads to Tokyo, seeking an old ally and a moment of respite, But her enemies are already one step ahead, forcing her into a high-stakes game of survival in Catwoman #71, 72, & 73. Nightwing gets caught up in an escalating crime war when he discovers gang members mutated into monstrous forms in Nightwing 121, 122, & 123. Deathstroke teams up with Clock King and Psycho-Pirate when he manipulates Killer Frost into going bad once again in Titans #18, 19, & 21. All this plus, DC News,...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are just a bunch of regular guys. Batman and his allies must defeat the Blakksun twins if he is ever going to make it home from space in Batman: Off-World #6. Oliver Queen and Hal Jordan find themselves at a crossroads and only teaming up together once more will save them from the mysterious bounty hunter known as Deathstroke the Terminator in Green Lantern/Green Arrow: World's Finest Special #1. Batgirl and Jimmy Olsen team-up with the Super-Pets to save Superman, Batman, and Robin in Batman/Superman: World's Finest #34. A...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs stumble through the dark until the lights come on. It's the match of the millennium to determine who is the single greatest hand-to-hand fighter in the Universe...Black Canary or the deadly Lady Shiva in Black Canary: Best of the Best #1, 2, and 3. Batman and Robin investigate a mysterious blood-draining killer named Asema, while Bruce also continues to take a youth serum to enhance his abilities in Detective Comics #1092 & 1093. Batman investigates the murder of Mayor Nakano seemingly at the hands of Jim Gordon, while the Court...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs visit the new JLU Watchtower. Jefferson Pierce’s new mission to help metahumans before they become a danger to themselves or others. However, his daughter, Anissa (Thunder), comes to him for help as she struggles with her dangerous new powers. Meanwhile, the Masters of Disaster threaten the fragile coexistence between humans and metahumans in Black Lighting #1, 2, and 3. A grisly murder shakes the Watchtower and the DC Trinity tasks The Question Renee Montoya to investigate in The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1, 2, & 3....
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are attending a perfectly good wedding. Poison Ivy and Swamp Thing investigate a mysterious disturbance in the Green—something is wrong with the trees, and a presence is screaming out in pain, leaving behind a trail of carnage in Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1. Gotham is plunged into chaos as Ra’s al Ghul arrives, forcing Batman to turn to unlikely allies—including his Rogues Gallery—to save the city. Meanwhile, the Justice League faces an existential crisis as Brainiac warns them of the impending arrival of the...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are attending a perfectly good wedding. Poison Ivy and Swamp Thing investigate a mysterious disturbance in the Green—something is wrong with the trees, and a presence is screaming out in pain, leaving behind a trail of carnage in Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1. Gotham is plunged into chaos as Ra’s al Ghul arrives, forcing Batman to turn to unlikely allies—including his Rogues Gallery—to save the city. Meanwhile, the Justice League faces an existential crisis as Brainiac warns them of the impending arrival of the...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs know that your always our hero. A mysterious crime boss known as The General emerges in Gotham, While Batman must adjust to life with his new partner Robin in Batman and Robin: Year One. When an ancient and powerful werewolf threatens Gotham, Batman must turn to Zatanna and John Constantine for help. When Batman gets bit by the creature, can even the scientist known for becoming the Man-Bat help Batman from transforming into a dangerous monster in Batman: Full Moon? Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth where darkness has prevailed,...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs take a deep dive into Mark Waid's weekly run on Action Comics. We review and discuss the 12 issue event where Superman goes on a mission into the Phantom Zone and comes across his old pal Mon-El that was lead poisoned when he was Superboy. We also continue our review of Superman & Lois Season 4. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:00:51 DC News 0:03:48 Action Comics 0:22:56 Superman S4 Ep2 – A World Without 0:41:32 Show Close Links ...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs go Absolute as well as dive into the last season of Superman and Lois. It's Batman vs. Alfred Pennyworth as both attempt to track down the Black Mask gang in Absolute Batman #1, 2, 3 where Batman is without a mansion, without his wealth, and without his butler! Superman's parents, belong to the working class after being ostracized by the scientific elite for their outspoken views. On Earth, Superman fights against corporate exploitation, helping miners in Brazil while grappling with his own internal conflicts in Absolute Superman...
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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs wrap up various miniseries we've been reviewing. The Justice Society of America regroups after their last battle and Stargirl gives a graduation speech in Justice Society of America #12. As threats from the past resurface in his present, Batman must work alongside strange new heroes to save the day—including the steel-hearted sheriff of Smallville in Batman: Gotham by Gaslight – The Kryptonian Age #3, 4 ,5 ,6. Slade Wilson and his unlikely band of allies hack and slash their way through the zombie-ridden streets of Gyllenhjem to...
info_outlineThis Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs are coming home to watch the Penguin. Since Slade Wilson abandoned his mission to capture the boy of color, Vandal Savage hires his daughter, Rose, to complete the mission in Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2. Batman, Robin, and Superman arrive at Themyscira to help Wonder Woman solve a murder in Batman/Superman: World's Finest #30. Dick Grayson works with Boston Brand aka Deadman to overcome his fear of heights and then realizes the truth about his parents death in Nightwing #117. Superman and Zantanna search for the map of Modru Superman #17. Raven reveals herself to the Titans to be the Dark Winged Queen in Titans #14. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!
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Table of Contents
0:00:00 Show Open
0:01:00 DC News
0:03:46 Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2
0:08:28 Batman/Superman: World's Finest #30
0:13:32 Nightwing #117
0:19:32 Superman #17
0:21:40 Titans #14
0:27:10 The Penguin S1 Ep5 – Homecoming
0:47:22 Show Close
Links
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #30
Strange Adventures #216 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick)
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