In this issue we ring in the new year! This week we are talking about second chances, bad guys gone good, good guys gone bad! Can these capes and cowls change there stripes, and for how long? But first we talk all that has been missed in DC comics, movies and TV news. All this and more in the newest issue of the Doctor DC Podcast! Sponsored by Great Lakes Grooming Co. Intro music by Aaron Barry Prescribed Reading from Issue #39: Zero Hour #1 – Parallax reveals himself as the mastermind behind the time crisis, using Extant as his minion Flash vol. 2 #31 – Pied Piper reforms and becomes a hero when he teams up with the Flash to defeat the Comforter Flash vol. 4 #8 – In the New 52, Pied Piper retains his past as a reformed Rogue Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 – Maxwell Lord is revealed as the mastermind behind the OMAC Project and kills Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle Justice League America vol. 1 Annual #4 – Major Disaster’s Injustice League reformed as the Justice League Antarctica Action Comics vol. 1 #560 – Ambush Bug, who has been a villain/antagonist until this point, finally appears as a hero trying to impress Superman Batman: Gotham Knights vol. 1 #61-65 – This arc explores Poison Ivy’s relationship to the orphans she “adopted” and protected during the events of “No Man’s Land” as well as her subtle shift to protagonist Identity Crisis #5 – A deranged and insane Shadow-Thief kills Firestorm using Shining Knight’s magic sword Final Crisis: Submit #1 – Black Lightning sacrifices himself fighting Darkseid’s Justifiers and tasks the villain the Tattooed Man with finding the remaining Justice Leaguers and saving the day SHOW NOTES (courtesy of Josh Gill) Legion of Superheroes premiers on Supergirl
- https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1722240/supergirl-is-finally-introducing-the-legion-of-super-heroes-heres-who-was-cast-first
- http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/01/10/supergirl-legion-of-super-heroes-extended-trailer/
- Reign
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Reign_(Prime_Earth)
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Reign_(Arrow:_Earth-38)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odette_Annable
- Mon El
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Lar_Gand_(Pre-Zero_Hour)
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mon-El_(Arrow:_Earth-38)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wood_(actor)
- Saturn Girl
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Imra_Ardeen_(Pre-Zero_Hour)
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Imra_Ardeen_(Arrow:_Earth-38)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Jackson
- Brainiac-5
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Querl_Dox_(Pre-Zero_Hour)
- https://www.cbr.com/supergirl-tv-brainiac-5-first-look/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Rath
- Matter Eater Lad
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Tenzil_Kem_(Pre-Zero_Hour)
- Bouncing Boy
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_Taine_(Pre-Zero_Hour)
- Legion of Substitute Heroes
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Legion_of_Substitute_Heroes_(Pre-Zero_Hour)
Disney purchased Fox
- http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/disney-fox-merger-deal-52-4-billion-merger-1202631242/
- http://collider.com/disney-fox-deal-explained/
- Gotham is unaffected
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- http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/01/04/gotham-safe-from-fox-disney-purchase/
Doomsday Clock ticking close to Golden Age and JSA
- http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/10/13/doomsday-clock
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock_(comics)
- Johnny Thunder Rebirth
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/John_Thunder_(Prime_Earth)
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Universe:_Rebirth_Vol_1_1
- Green Flame
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Starheart
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern/Superman:_Legend_of_the_Green_Flame
- Carter Hall
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Carter_Hall_(Prime_Earth)
- http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/12/20/hawkman-returns-dc-metal-4/
Killing Joke confirmed as part of Rebirth Continuity
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman:_The_Killing_Joke
- Darkseid War
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Justice_League:_Darkseid_War
- Mobius Chair
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mobius_Chair
- Three Jokers
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- http://www.techtimes.com/articles/160951/20160525/justice-league-50-finally-reveals-the-jokers-real-identity-sort-of.htm
- http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/25/dc-rebirth-introduces-mind-blowing-joker-twist
- Barbara Gordon
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Barbara_Gordon
Aquaman Images
- https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/12/07/sexy-shirtless-jason-momoa-aquaman/
WB release first look at Hawk & Dove
- http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/12/15/live-action-dcs-titans-first-look-hawk-and-dove
- Don Hall
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Donald_Hall_(New_Earth)
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths_Vol_1_12
- Crisis on Infinite Earths
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- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths <
