The Alternate Reality

A bI-weekly round table podcast on comics, movies, wrestling, TV and other pop culture related foolishness. “The Alternate Reality” features the occasional guest and is powered by regular contributors including Larry Bocepheus" Evans, Rod Flash, Adan Alvarado, Eric Kallenborn, Ronell Whitaker, “Comicbookman” Tim Davis and others. Got a question or topic you’d like to hear discussed on a later podcast? Drop us a note at: [email protected].

Episode 111: Year of the Villain: The 8 Month Year 11/05/2019

Episode 111: Year of the Villain: The 8 Month Year The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss DC’s Year of the Villain event which has not yet set the comic’s world afire. Also discussed it the sister story: Event Leviathan. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/11911277

Episode 110: Disney’s Killing My Kids 10/19/2019

Episode 110: Disney’s Killing My Kids The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss George Lucas’ problems with the Disney Corporation’s handling of the Star Wars franchise since its sale. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/11705762

Episode 109: Fall Movie Preview-2019 09/21/2019

Episode 109: Fall Movie Preview-2019 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss the movies that will be playing in theaters for the autumn of 2019. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/11336837

Episode 108: Fall TV Preview-2019 09/17/2019

Episode 108: Fall TV Preview-2019 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss the four shows debuting on TV this fall that are comic or Science Fiction related: Emergence (ABC), Stumptown (ABC), Batwoman (CW) and Watchmen (HBO). /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/11280425

Episode 107: The Coming Wednesday Night Wars 09/02/2019

Episode 107: The Coming Wednesday Night Wars The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss the coming Wednesday Night Wrestling Wars between AEW and NXT as the two wrestling shows go up against each other on Wednesday Nights form 7:00pm to 9:00pm (cst). /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/11088953

Episode 106: Save Spiderman! 08/26/2019

Episode 106: Save Spiderman! Subtitle: We look at the Disney Sony Divorce over Custody of Spiderman /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10999529

Episode 105: In Memoriam-Harley Race & Ernie Colon 08/12/2019

Episode 105: In Memoriam-Harley Race & Ernie Colon The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash memorialize the life and career of wrestling legend “the King” Harley Race and comic artist Ernie Colon. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10862769

Episode 104: Marvel Cinematic Universe-Phase 4 08/05/2019

Episode 104: Marvel Cinematic Universe-Phase 4 Comicbookman, Rod Flash and Bocepheus look the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4 slate of announced films and streaming productions /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10779704

Episode 103: House of X 07/29/2019

Episode 103: House of X Comicbookman, Rod Flash and Bocepheus look the Fifth Age of Marvel’s X-Men as laid out by writer Jonathan Hickman in his books: House of X and Powers of X. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10695077

Episode 102: What Killed Vertigo Comics? 07/22/2019

Episode 102: What Killed Vertigo Comics? Comicbookman and Bocepheus look the history of DC’s Vertigo Comics imprint and how that history may have led to the imprints death. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10612199

Episode 101: Immortal Hulk 07/15/2019

Episode 101: Immortal Hulk Comicbookman, Bocepheus and Rod Flash look the superhero comic that is really A HORROR COMIC-the Immortal Hulk. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10527263

Episode 100: AEW 07/09/2019

Episode 100: AEW Comicbookman and Bocepheus and Rod Flash look at the biggest thing in professional wrestling: AEW (All Elite Wrestling). From “All In” to “Double or Nothing” to TNT this Fall, they discuss it all. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10451351

Episode 99: the Shazam Show 06/17/2019

Episode 99: the Shazam Show Comicbookman and Good Old JR look at the history of the Original Captain Marvel (aka “The Big Red Cheese”) looking at the lawsuits, movie serials, return to comics, tv series, Miracleman, movie and more. This is followed up with JR’s review of the film. You’ll find JR’s review of Shazam! at: /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/10178126

Episode 98: the Captain Marvel Show 04/22/2019

Episode 98: the Captain Marvel Show Comicbookman and Good Old JR look at the history of Marvel’s Captain Marvel (or Mar-Vell) from the characters inception triggered by a lawsuit to the Brie Larson movie. You’ll find JR’s review of Captain Marvel at: /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/9484304

Episode 97: Oscar Picks-2019 02/21/2019

Episode 97: Oscar Picks-2019 Comicbookman hosts the Fantastic Foursome of Bocepheus, Rod Flash, Big Tuna Vito and Good Old JR as they make and discuss their picks for the 91st Annual Academy Awards (aka: the 2019 Oscars). After listening to this episode stop by our website and read more about Bo, JR’s and Vito Carli’s picks for this year’s Oscars. You’ll find it at: /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/8733131

Episode 96: TOP 10 Comic News Stories of 2018 02/11/2019

Episode 96: TOP 10 Comic News Stories of 2018 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss the TOP 10 Comicbook News stories for 2018. Among the stores discussed are: the death of Stan Lee, the death of Steve Ditko, Brian Bendis’ Superman, Black Label fallout, CB Cebulski takes over Marvel Comics, comicsgate, Mark Waid’s lawsuit and more. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/8601446

Episode 95: In Memoriam-Stan Lee 01/14/2019

Episode 95: In Memoriam-Stan Lee The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash memorialize the life and career of Stanley Martin Lieber aka: Stan Lee. For the entire hour, they remember Stan, his impact on not just Marvel but the entire comics industry and what his legacy may be. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/8250512

Episode 94: All MEDIA/WRESTLING News-Late December 2018 12/26/2018

Episode 94: All MEDIA/WRESTLING News-Late December 2018 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss dice and slice recent media and fight news in this all non-comic news episode. Stories include: Walking Dead without Jesus, the future of Rambo and Rocky, WWE buys up as much talent as they can, Kingsmen 3, All In 2 Update, Disney Streaming and the Marvel exodus from Netflix and more /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/8040728

Episode 93: All COMIC News-Mid December 2018 12/17/2018

Episode 93: All COMIC News-Mid December 2018 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss dice and slice recent comic book news in this all comic news episode. Stories include: The current status of DC’s Black Label line, Old Man Quill, Daredevils return, Avengers No Road Home, Betty & Veronica Senior Year, Action Comics #1005 fallout, Turok returns and more /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7942574

Episode 92: In The News-Mid November 2018 11/19/2018

Episode 92: In The News-Mid November 2018 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss dice and slice recent wrestling, media, and comic news including: Ric Grayson, James Gunn on Suicide Squad, Kevin Owens on the shelf, the Goon moves to Albatross, Criminal returns to Image, Drowned Earth is only the start, Crown Jewel's fallout, Netflix dumps Luke Cage and Iron Fist and more /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7615397

Episode 91: Shaken Not Stirred-the James Bond Show 11/12/2018

Episode 91: Shaken Not Stirred-the James Bond Show The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss James Bond, the character, the franchise, the phenomenon. The character’s history and possible futures are discussed, spotlighting the interpretations over the years by artists both in front and behind the camera! /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7532840

Episode 90: In The News-Mid October 2018 10/26/2018

Episode 90: In The News-Mid October 2018 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss dice and slice recent wrestling, media, and comic news including: Batman the Damned delayed, Marvel’s 80th Anniversary, Buffy the Vampire Slayer moving to Boom, Humanoids superhero initiative, Star Wars TV on Disney Play, Lethal Weapon Season 3, Rey Mysterio returns to WWE, Fox Disney merger and more /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7327199

Episode 89: Super-Sized Pumpkin Spiced TV/Movie 2018 Preview 10/19/2018

Episode 89: Super-Sized Pumpkin Spiced TV/Movie 2018 Preview A Discussion of Movies and TV Shows to look out for in the Fall of 2018 /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7244201

Episode 88: In The News-Mid September 2018 09/24/2018

Episode 88: In The News-Mid September 2018 The Terrific Trio of , Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss dice and slice recent wrestling, media, and comic news including: Batman the Damned, Marvel’s aborted Vision mini-series, Freedom Fighter return to punch Nazi’s, Hit-Girl world-wide, Anthony Bourdin’s final recipes, Bond 25 has a director, Star Wars slows down, Caville Is still Superman, Randy Orton shakes the mayor’s hand, Fox’s X-Men at Disney and more /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7084518

Episode 87: In Memoriam-Heath, Severin & Friedrich 09/17/2018

Episode 87: In Memoriam-Heath, Severin & Friedrich The Dynamic Duo of Comicbookman and Bocepheus memorialize three recent deaths from the world of comics. For the entire hour they remember the lives of: Comic book artist’s Russ Heath and Marie Severin and Comic writer Gary Friedrich. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7054982

Episode 86: In The News-Mid September 2018 09/10/2018

Episode 86: In The News-Mid September 2018 The Dynamic Duo of Comicbookman and Bocepheus discuss dice and slice recent wrestling, media, and comic news including All In round-up, Neville's official WWE release, is Batman an atheist? The death of Poseidon, Warren Ellis goes to Cemetary Beach, Doom Patrol cast for DC Universe Streaming, Doctor Who and Shield return, Vision gets a new mini-series and more. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7028084

Episode 85: In The News-Early September 2018 09/03/2018

Episode 85: In The News-Early September 2018 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss dice and slice recent wrestling, media, and comic news including: Geoff Johns DC projects, Marvel Knights to celebrate its Anniversary with new specials and minis, Defenders return in one shots, Stan Lee gatekeeper update, Bewitched to return to TV, Colt Cabana sues CM Punk, Rhonda Rousey future matches and more. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/7000909

Episode 84: In The News-Mid August 2018 08/22/2018

Episode 84: In The News-Mid August 2018 The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss dice and slice recent wrestling, media, and comic news including: DC Bendis buyer’s remorse?, Saga taking a break, Marvel Knights anniversary, upcoming Batman comic projects, the Oscars reinvent themselves, Mad Max lawsuit, the future of AMC’s Walking Dead, James Gunn update, Cazz, the Hardy Boys coming up on the end and more. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/6954972

Episode 83: Top 10 Films of 2018 at the Mid Term 08/13/2018

Episode 83: Top 10 Films of 2018 at the Mid Term Comicbookman is joined by the Dynamic Duo of Good Old JR and the Big Tuna as they pick their choices for the Top 10 films of 2018 by the halfway point in the year. From art-house films to mainstream Hollywood fare, over 20 total films are ranked, discussed and debated over. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/6919220

Episode 82: Toxic Social Media 08/06/2018

Episode 82: Toxic Social Media The Terrific Trio of Comicbookman, Bocepheus, and Rod Flash discuss the recent spate of toxic social media events which have had an impact on comic fandom. These events culminate in the firing of director James Gunn from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie franchise but also include Brian Bendis’ departure from Facebook, Tom King’s death threats after Batman #50 and more. /episode/index/show/thealternatereality/id/6893572

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