THE FANDOM ZONE 175: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Parts 4 & 5" is Up!

"In the beginning, there was only one, a single black infinitude.  Then the infinitude found release, and finally, the darkness broke, filling it with life...with the Multiverse.  Every existence multiplied by possibility and spread out before space and time in infinite measure. Civilizations rose and fell...and rose again to cross realities grasping expanse.  Life, a precious gift persevering in the face of every obstacle...until, finally, the Age of Heroes was born."
-- Oliver Queen, Legends of Tomorrow: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 5"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with the 175th episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we're joined by DJ Nik from The Whiskey & Cigarettes Show and the Happiness in Darkness podcast to discuss the last two parts of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event, based on the classic 1985-86 DC Comics maxi-series and featured in episodes of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow!

In this episode, Jesse, Nik and I talk about things like the final two parts suffering from a month-log gap, the staff writers writing their respective episodes, Crisis on Infinite Earths writer Marv Wolfman writing a chapter of the CW crossover, speculating why George Perez wasn't included, Jesse not being impressed by Oliver's second death, the Monitor taking the place of Krona as the Anti-Monitor's creator, why we didn't need to see the Monitor's origin, Oliver becoming the new Spectre, "Crisis" borrowing a little from Avengers: Endgame, Grant Gustin's Arrowverse Flash meeting Ezra Miller's DC Extended Universe Flash, Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor, the quick battle between the Spectre and the Anti-Monitor, the power of positive thoughts, Marc Guggenheim not being a good Arrow writer historically, Diggle not being happy that Oliver died without him being there, the Flashes admiring the other's suit, Lex Luthor being revamped as John Byrne's Lex Luthor, the awkward moment when Marv Wolfman met The Flash and Supergirl after killing them off in Crisis, Heat Wave doing a book signing as romance novelist Rebecca Silver, Ryan Choi finally stepping up, wanting HBO to do a Crisis on Infinite Earths series like they did Watchmen, Oliver getting public redemption by the President, the new Berlantiverse multiverse, Oliver getting a memorial shrine and chair, Barry forming an unnamed Arrowverse Justice League, the Super Friends Hall of Justice homage, the horrible Gleek ending, our favorite quotes of each episode, and more!

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Your 2020 Geek Movie & TV Calendar

Once again, the new year brings us closer to The Films and TV Shows You've Been Dying to See for, Like, Forever.  If you enjoy sci-fi, fantasy and comic book based entertainment as I do, you already have several must-see flicks and television programs in the pipeline for 2020.  With that in mind, I thought I'd go ahead and give a helpful chronological rundown of which geek movie and TV goodness arrives when.  Some of these TV shows and films will be worth the long wait, others you wouldn't watch even if they were on Netflix, but each have their audiences and key target demographics.  Start planning your work vacation/sick/personal days accordingly.

JANUARY

1 - Doctor Who (TV)

9 - Star Trek Short Treks: Children of Mars (TV)

14 - Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow (Crisis on Infinite Earths Parts 4 & 5) (TV)

15 - The Magicians (TV)

19 - Batwoman, Supergirl (TV)

20 - Black Lightning (TV)

23 - Star Trek: Picard (TV)

24 - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV)

FEBRUARY

February 2020? - Last Week Tonight, The Umbrella Academy (TV)

4 - The Flash (TV)

7 - Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Movie)

14 - Fantasy Island (Movie)

21 - Bloodshot (Movie)

23 - The Walking Dead (TV)

MARCH

March 2020? - American Gods, Stargirl, What We Do in the Shadows (TV)

27 - Mulan (Movie)

APRIL

April 2020? - Harley Quinn, Star Trek: Discovery, Westworld (TV)

3 - The New Mutants (Movie)

8 - No Time to Die (Movie), Twin Peaks 30th Anniversary

MAY

May 2020? - Dune: The SIsterhood, Lucifer (TV)

1 - Black Widow (Movie)

9 - Artemis Fowl (Movie)

JUNE

June 2020? - Doom Patrol, Wynonna Earp (TV)

5 - Wonder Woman 1984 (Movie)

JULY

July 2020? - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Boys, Pennyworth (TV)
3 - Free Guy (Movie)
10 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Movie)
17 - Tenet (Movie)
31 - Morbius (Movie)

AUGUST

August 2020? - Mindhunter (TV)
21 - Bill and Ted Face the Music (Movie)

SEPTEMBER

September 2020? - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Simpsons, Stranger Things, Titans (TV)
18 - The King's Man (Movie)

OCTOBER

October 2020? - Castle Rock, The Walking Dead (TV)
2 - Venom 2 (Movie)

NOVEMBER

November 2020? - The Mandalorian (TV)
6 - The Eternals (Movie)
20 - Godzilla vs. Kong (Movie)

23 - Doctor Who 57th Anniversary

DECEMBER

18 - Dune (Movie)
25 - The Tomorrow War (Movie)

SOMETIME IN 2020 - BizarroTV, Helstrom, Invincible, Jupiter's Legacy, The Sandman, Strange Adventures, WandaVision (TV)

THE FANDOM ZONE 172: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Parts 1, 2 & 3" Is Up!

"Keep riding the lightning, son.  I know you'll make us all proud."
-- The Flash (Earth-90) to The Flash (Earth-1), The Flash: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with a very special episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we're joined by DJ Nik from The Whiskey & Cigarettes Show to discuss the first three parts of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event, based on the classic 1985-86 DC Comics maxi-series and featured in episodes of Supergirl, Batwoman and The Flash!

In this episode, Jesse, Nik and I talk about things like DJ Nik making his debut on The Fandom Zone Podcast, rereading the original Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, Crisis being adapted for television on The CW, former original TitanTalk member and Supergirl writer Jay Faerber, all the great cameos from previous DC Comics movies and TV shows, the destruction of Argo City and Earth-38 Superman and Lois sending their son Jonathan to Earth in an escape pod, Oliver passing on the Green Arrow mantle to his daughter Mia and his death scene, Kevin Conroy's amazing Batman voice, Brandon Routh reprising Superman, Kevin Conroy playing an older Batman who murdered criminals and Superman, Supergirl and Batwoman as the new Flash and Green Arrow, Heat Wave babysitting Jonathan, Tom Welling and Erica Durance reprising Smallville's Clark Kent and Lois Lane, John Constantine meeting Lucifer Morningstar, Oliver becoming the new Spectre, Black Lightning stepping up after learning his entire family has been destroyed, antimatter cannons being very bad for Flashes, John Wesley Shipp getting a heroic ending as the Flash from Earth-90, the Danny Elfman theme from The Flash, our favorite quotes of all three episodes, listener David K. Proctor being turned on to Watchmen, and more!

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The CW Arrowverse Casts Stephen Lobo as The Spectre

What the Spectre fears may destroy us all.

IGN has revealed that actor Stephen Lobo has been cast for the upcoming Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths" as Detective Jim Corrigan, better known to DC Comics fans as the supernatural antihero The Spectre.

According to the article, "the network isn't confirming whether The Spectre himself will appear, though given the character's role in the original Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, that seems a distinct possibility."

Executive producer Marc Guggenheim remarked, "Fans of the Crisis on Infinite Earths comic know the Spectre plays a pivotal role.  We’re thrilled Stephen is our Jim Corrigan."

Lobo, 45, is a Canadian-British actor probably best known as Matthew Kellog on the Syfy series Continuum.  He's appeared in episodes of Supernatural, The X-Files, Smallvillle, Fringe, Painkiller Jane, Colony, Zoo, Arctic Air, and The Dead Zone.

Created by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and artist Bernard Baily, The Spectre first appeared in 1940's More Fun Comics #52 as Jim Corrigan, a hard-boiled cop who was on his way to his engagement party until was he murdered by being stuffed into a barrel filled with cement and then drowned.  His spirit was refused entry into the afterlife however, instead being sent back to Earth by a supernatural entity referred to only as "The Voice" to eradicate evil.  Assuming the identity of The Spectre, Corrigan begins seeking vengeance against his murderers in grim, supernatural ways.  Breaking off his engagement with his fiancée Clarice, Corrigan continues his crusade, becoming the Spectre whenever he's needed.

During the event known as Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Spectre united superheroes and supervillains by warning them about the threat of the Anti-Monitor.  The heroes traveled back in time to stop the Anti-Monitor, while the villains traveled back in time to the ancient planet Oa to prevent renegade scientist Krona from creating the technology necessary for the Anti-Monitor's plan to succeed.  The villains failed, and Krona continued his experiment. The Anti-Monitor waited for Alexander Luthor to reopen the portal between the positive and antimatter universes, capturing the heroes, but the magically empowered Spectre created an energy overload which shattered space and time.  The five Earths merged into a single shared universe, and the superheroes returned to the present, with only those present at the dawn of time remembering the original realities.

In the current New 52 continuity, Corrigan is a Gotham City Police Detective whose fiancee is kidnapped.  Guided by the Phantom Stranger on the instructions of The Voice, the Stranger leads Corrigan to the abandoned warehouse where she is being kept, but this turns out to be a trap.  Jim Corrigan and his girlfriend are murdered by the kidnappers and he is then transformed into The Spectre, who accuses the Phantom Stranger of betraying him.  As the Spectre is about to attack the Phantom Stranger, The Voice intervenes and sends the Spectre off to inflict his wrath on those who are more deserving.

Lobo will be the second actor to portray The Spectre in live-action, after Emmett J. Scanlan in the NBC series Constantine.  The character has also appeared in the animated short DC Showcase: The Spectre (voiced by Gary Cole) and on the series Batman: The Brave and the Bold (voiced by Mark Hamill).

The "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event begins with the CW series Supergirl on December 8, 2019.

Your 2019 Geek Movie and TV Calendar

Once again, the new year brings us closer to The Films and TV Shows You've Been Dying to See for Like Forever.  If you enjoy sci-fi, fantasy and comic book based entertainment as I do, you already have several must-see flicks and television programs in the pipeline for 2019.  With that in mind, I thought I'd go ahead and give a helpful chronological rundown of which geek movie and TV goodness arrives when.  Some of these TV shows and films will be worth the long wait, others you wouldn't watch even if they were on Netflix, but each have their audiences and key target demographics.  Start planning your work vacation/sick/personal days accordingly.

JANUARY

1 - Doctor Who: Resolution, The Gifted (TV)

3 - Gotham, Star Trek Short Treks: Escape Artist (TV)

4 - Young Justice: Outsiders (TV)

6 - The Simpsons (TV)
13 - True Detective (TV)

14 - The Passage (TV)
15 - The Flash (TV)
16 - Deadly Class, Riverdale (TV)

17 - Star Trek: Discovery (TV)

18 - Glass (Movie), The Punisher (TV)

20 - Supergirl (TV)

21 - Arrow, Black Lightning (TV)

23 - The Magicians (TV)

FEBRUARY

10 - The Walking Dead (TV)

14 - Alita: Battle Angel (Movie)

15 - Doom Patrol, The Umbrella Academy (TV)

17 - Last Week Tonight (TV)

MARCH

March 2019? - Krypton (TV)

8 - Captain Marvel (Movie)

10 - American Gods (TV)

APRIL

April 2019? - Game of Thrones, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, Legion, Lost in Space (TV)

5 - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV), Shazam! (Movie)

12 - Hellboy (Movie)

26 - Avengers: Endgame (Movie)

MAY

10 - Swamp Thing (TV)

17 - John Wick 3: Parabellum (Movie)

31 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Movie)

JUNE

June 2019? - Preacher (TV)

7 - Dark Phoenix (Movie)

14 - Men in Black International (Movie)

21 - Toy Story 4

JULY

July 2019? - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Castle Rock, Wynonna Earp (TV)

4 - Stranger Things (TV)
5 - Spider-Man: Far from Home

26 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Movie)

AUGUST

2 - The New Mutants (Movie)

9 - Stargirl (TV)

SEPTEMBER

September 2019? - The Simpsons (TV)

6 - IT Chapter Two (Movie)

OCTOBER

October 2019? - The Flash, The Gifted, Titans, The Walking Dead (TV)

4 - Joker (Movie)

11 - Harley Quinn (TV), Zombieland 2 (Movie)

NOVEMBER

November 2019? - Star Trek: Picard

1 - Untitled Terminator Film (Movie)

8 - Kingsman 3 (Movie)

DECEMBER

20 - Star Wars: Episode IX (Movie)

SOMETIME IN 2019 - The Boys, Good Omens, Jessica Jones, Mindhunter, Pennyworth, Watchmen (TV) 

THE FANDOM ZONE 152: "What Comes After" is Up!

"It feels like it's ending."
"Little things do end, but it's never the end of everything...because we don't die.  It's not about you, or me, or any one of us.  It's about all of us."

-- Rick Grimes and Sasha Williams, The Walking Dead: "What Comes After" 

That's right, Karen and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

The Walking Dead 9x05: "What Comes After"

Legends of Tomorrow 4x03: "Dancing Queen"

The Gifted 2x06: "iMprint"

Daredevil 3x02: "Please"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like the George Burns Oh, God movies, the passing of Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis and I both attending the 1988 International Superman Exposition in Cleveland and meeting Stan Lee for the first time, the upcoming Rick Grimes spinoff movies, the return of Shane, Hershel and Sasha, homages to the original Walking Dead pilot episode, The Walking Dead Universe franchise, wondering what happened to Negan's bat Lucille, Lauren Cohan's last episode as Maggie Rhee, the six-year time jump, Judith becoming Mini-Carl, Nate & Gary's pointless mission to 760,000 BC, super-square Ray hanging with a '70s British punk band, wondering if new shapeshifter Charlie is actually female, Constantine's birth killing his mother, Constantine trying to kick his dad in the bollocks, hoping we'll see the Legends go back to see a Mucous Membrane concert, Shatter vs. Arseface, Reed wanting Thunderbird to teach him how to control his powers, the other two Stepford Cuckoos, wondering if Esme is going to die and be replaced by Mindee, wanting Jace to be killed off, Bullseye taking out Albanians attacking the Kingpin's convoy, the Toy Story 4 teaser trailer, finally seeing Foggy's family's butcher shop, Karen cougaring Foggy's brother Theo, some new feedback from Justina, our previous podcast Dangerous Habits: The Constantine Podcast, and more!

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Batwoman & Gotham City to Debut in 2018 Arrowverse Crossover

The Arrowverse is expanding to include Gotham City.

TVLine has word that this fall's crossover event between Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, and Arrow will introduce DC superhero Batwoman and Gotham City to the Arrowverse.

Speaking at The CW's Upfronts event, Arrow star Stephen Amell announced, "We will be doing another crossover event this fall on The CW [and] we will be introducing a new character.  We will be fighting alongside Batwoman."

CW president Mark Pedowitz added, "We’re adding the city of Gotham into the Arrowverse."  He also promised "another full-throttled action packed event."

Created in 1956 by Edmond Hamilton and Sheldon Moldoff, Batwoman first appeared in Detective Comics (vol.1) #233 as Kathy Kane, a wealthy heiress who gained great acrobatic skills during her career as a circus trapeze artist and stunt cyclist.  Becoming infatuated with the Batman, she fashioned herself a costume and secret hideout and started operating as Batwoman.  She upstaged Batman and his sidekick Robin in capturing crooks, but Batman eventually learned her true identity and tracked her to her secret cave hideout.  Showing her how easily it was for him to learn her identity, Batman pointed out that criminals could probably do it just as easily and tried to convince her to drop out of crime fighting.  Disobeying Batman's advice, she tried to capture mobster Curt Briggs.  During this caper, Batman went missing and Briggs, struck with amnesia, left thinking he was Batman. Ultimately the real Batman reappeared, and Biggs was turned over to the police.

Batwoman came out of retirement to aid Batgirl against Killer Moth and the Cavalier, but her return was never intended to be permanent.  Kathy Kane was then present at a surprise party for Bruce Wayne at Wayne Manor.  When Batwoman was later disintegrated into nothingness on Barbara Gordon's doorstep, Batgirl and Robin teamed-up to find the cure and restore Batwoman to her normal form.  Shortly after this, Batwoman met the Huntress from Earth-Two and aided her and Batwoman in capturing Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Madame Zodiac.  When the Freedom Fighters of Earth-X searched for a group of criminals known as the Warmakers, their search led them to the carnival owned by Kathy Kane. Kathy, as Batwoman, aided the Freedom Fighters and Batgirl in defeating the Warmakers.  In her last recorded adventure, Kathy Kane was murdered by the League of Assassins, who were being manipulated by Ra's al Ghul.  Her death was eventually avenged by Batman.

In 2006, the character was reinvented by Greg Rucka, Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen, making her debut in 52 #7 as Kate Kane.  In their early childhood, Katherine Rebecca "Kate" Kane and her sister Elizabeth "Beth" Kane were identical twins and were very close to each other.  On their twelfth birthday their military father couldn't come home so Kate and Beth were taken by their mother, Gabrielle "Gabi" Kane, to an expensive restaurant for chocolate and waffles, their favorite dish.  On the way to the restaurant, a group of gunmen attacked the family and took them hostage, killing their bodyguard in the process.  After learning of her family's kidnapping, Kate's father, Colonel Jacob "Jake" Kane, led a rescue mission to save his captured family, which ended with Kate's mother executed and Beth apparently killed after being caught in the crossfire between the kidnappers and soldiers.

Years later, Kate attended the United States Military Academy, West Point, where she received excellent grades and ranked at the top of her class.  However, when it was alleged that she was in a lesbian relationship with another student, Kate's commanding officer asked her to disavow the allegation.  Telling the officer that she refused to lie and violate the code of the Academy, Kate admitted to being lesbian and was forced to leave the school.  When she confronted her father with the news, he supported her and affirmed that she upheld her honor and integrity.  She then moved back to Gotham City, where she attended college and pursued a wild social lifestyle, consisting of parties and tattoos.  Kate was eventually pulled over for speeding by a young Renee Montoya, who was just a traffic cop at this point.  The two dated for several months but broke up following a fight where Kate berated Renee for keeping her sexuality hidden from her colleagues and family.  While attempting to call Renee and apologize for her behavior, Kate was attacked by a mugger who wanted her wallet and cell phone.  Using her military training, Kate easily defeated the criminal just as Batman arrived and helped her off the ground.  She was fixated by the Bat Signal as Batman departed the scene.

Inspired by her encounter with Batman, Kate began fighting crime using military body armor and weaponry stolen from her father's military base.  After being confronted by Jake, Kate accepted his offer for assistance and began an intense two years of training across the globe with her father's military friends.  Upon returning to Gotham, Kate discovered that her father has created a Batsuit for her, along with an arsenal of experimental weaponry based on Batman's known gadgetry and a bunker hidden in the Kane home.  She soon adopted the identity of Batwoman and was soon accepted as a member of the Batman family.

This will be the first time Batwoman will appear in live action, although the character has appeared in various animated projects including Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (voiced by Kyra Sedgwick), Batman: The Brave and the Bold (voiced by Vanessa Marshall), and Batman: Bad Blood (voiced by Yvonne Strahovski).

The next Arrowverse crossover should air on The CW sometime in November 2018.

THE FANDOM ZONE 135: "Chapter 9" is Up!

"So, I’m supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?"

-- David Haller to Cary Loudermilk, Legion: "Chapter 9" 

You guessed it, Karen and I are back with another episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Legends of Tomorrow 3x17: "Guest Starring John Noble"

Black Lightning 1x11: "Black Jesus: The Book of Crucifixion"

Legion 2x01: "Chapter 9"

Krypton 1x03: "The Rankless Initiative" 

Gotham 4x17: "Mandatory Brunch Meeting"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like Legion needing better episode titles, the Legends meeting a young Barack Obama, more of Karen's issues with shrinking people, Damien Darhk's inevitable betrayal, Heat Wave being a Lord of the Rings fan, John Noble as Denethor, the shady and thirsty vice principal Kara Fowdy, Jefferson Pierce being framed and getting a body cavity search, Thunder running down main street with a Black Lightning hologram, Legion being weird just for the sake of being weird, the organizational structure of Division 3, the Catalyst chattering teeth virus, the tale of the philosopher Zhuangzi who dreamt he was a butterfly, the mustached women known as the Vermillion, David and the waffle boats, Adam Strange becoming a shoplifter, the debut of Brainiac, Star Trek: The Next Generation not clicking until the third season, Eddie Murphy as Gumby, the Riddler being unable to tell Lee Thompkins he's in love with her, Jerome Valeska's twin brother Jeremiah, some new feedback from Justina, Arrow finally frustrating diehard fan Justina, offering my services as a writer to Arrow, Karen dealing with noisy trains, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the Season 3 finale of The CW's Legends of Tomorrow, and new episodes of The CW's Black Lightning, FX's Legion, and Fox's Gotham, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 133: "Krypton" is Up!

"I come from a planet called Earth, a time centuries from now, and I've come here to warn you -- Someone from the future is coming to destroy Krypton."
"Okay, right...Why?  Why would they do that?"
"Because where I'm from, your grandson becomes the greatest hero in the universe -- like, ever -- unless somebody changes things to make sure that he's never born."
"You all right?"
"I'm running out of time.  Take this.  You have to find the Fortress.  You have to save Superman."
-- Adam Strange and Seg-El, Krypton: "Pilot" 

With Karen still unavailable this week, I'm joined by Phil Perich from the Capes and Lunatics Podcast for the 3rd Anniversary episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Legends of Tomorrow 3x15: "Necromancing the Stone"

Black Lightning 1x09: "The Book of Little Black Lies"

Krypton 1x01: "Pilot"  (Series Premiere)

Gotham 4x15: "The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause"

In this episode, Phil and I talk about things like Karen still being unavailable, Matt Ryan's John Constantine becoming a regular cast member of Legends of Tomorrow Season 4, Constantine making a Doctor Who reference, a great Easter egg nod to the NBC Constantine series, Caity Lotz back in her Black Canary costume, more on Kid Flash assimilating to the Legends, wondering who will eventually end up as Black Canary, the CW Seed Constantine animated series, the contrast of Jennifer freaking out about having superpowers while Annisa embraces being a superhero, the Pierce family liking and getting along with one another more than the Queen family, Vixen and Supergirl existing on Black Lightning's Earth, wanting to see Metamorpho and the Outsiders, trying to round up Jesse Jackson, Adam Strange serving as a replacement Rip Hunter or Booster Gold, Daron-Vex and The Voice of Rao creating a theocracy on Krypton, that awkward moment when your military commander mother stabs you through the hand with a knife, Krypton having extreme climate change, the ticking clock of Superman's Back to the Future cape, Phil's theory of Seg-El and Lyta-Zod becoming the Kryptonian Nightwing and Flamebird, looking forward to finally getting a proper Brainiac, the neverending cycle of Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock butting heads and making up, the Penguin and the Riddler making up, Gordon's superpower being able to survive multiple gunshot wounds, that awkward moment when the Riddler goes to recruit Solomon Grundy only to find that Butch's personality has returned, some new feedback from Justina, John Byrne's limited series The World of Krypton, the movie adaptation of Ready Player One, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as a special guest host and I review new episodes of Fox's Lucifer, Syfy's Krypton, and The CW's Black Lightning and Arrow, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 132: "The Book of Revelations" is Up!

"This attempt at framing me.  You know what it proves?  I'm getting under someone's skin."
-- Jefferson Pierce, Black Lightning: "The Book of Revelations" 

With Karen unavailable this week, I'm joined by my Next Stop Everywhere and TitanTalk co-host Jesse Jackson for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Legends of Tomorrow 3x14: "Amazing Grace"

iZombie 4x03: "Brainless in Seattle, Part 1"

The Flash 4x16: "Run, Iris, Run"

Black Lightning 1x08: "The Book of Revelations"

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like sending all our love to Karen, the Legends meeting Elvis Presley, not having Elvis songs in an Elvis episode, Nate being an Elvis fan, Elvis' stillborn twin brother Jessie, Legends of Tomorrow making up an uncle that Elvis never had, Kid Flash quickly clicking with the Legends, the current best CW superhero shows, Ray's tiny lock box that can be easily carried away, Elvis' love of peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwiches, Liv's brain recipes of the week, iZombie handling comedic moments better than Gotham, Liv dragging Peyton to Human/Zombie Night at the Scratching Post, "The Trial of Barry Allen" storyline in both the comics and the TV show, the Thinker storyline running on way too long, Caitlin and Killer Frost being a Jekyll and Hyde character, Iris getting her soopah suit and running on water, Harry Wells' ominous intelligence cap, more on Mystery Girl, Jefferson passing on what he's learned as a superhero to his daughter Anissa, Gambi in the Lightning Cave, Jefferson geeking out that Annisa saved his life, finally getting some background on Peter Gambi, Mitchum Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls, Jennifer getting her Lightning powers, John Constantine becoming a regular character on Legends of Tomorrow Season 4, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as special guest Phil Perich and I review the series premiere of Syfy's Krypton, along with new episodes of The CW's Legends of Tomorrow and Black Lightning, and Fox's Gotham, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Conjures Matt Ryan's Constantine as Season 4 Regular

Well, it's not Constantine Season 2, but it's close.

Deadline has revealed that The CW series Legends of Tomorrow is making Matt Ryan's occult detective character John Constantine a full regular for the show's upcoming fourth season.  

According to the article, Ryan’s promotion from a recurring role to series regular is contingent on the show's Season 4 renewal. The article states The CW hasn't yet made renewals for next season but Legends and the rest of the network’s DC Comics series are fully expected to come back.

Ryan, 36, began appearing as John Constantine in the short-lived (but fondly remembered) NBC series Constantine, which ran for 13 episodes from 2014 to 2015 before being cancelled.  After appearing in the Arrow episode "Haunted" later in 2015, he returned to voice the character for the 2017 DC Comics animated movie Justice League Dark.  He then reprised Constantine in the Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 episodes "Beebo the God of War", "Daddy Darhkest" and "Necromancing the Stone", and voiced the character for a Constantine animated web series for CW Seed.

The character of John Constantine first appeared in The Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 in 1985 and was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben.  Based physically on the musician Sting, Constantine proved popular enough in 1988 to be spun off into his own VERTIGO series Hellblazer, which ran for an impressive 300 issues until earlier this year.  The replacement series Constantine immediately followed, after Constantine was brought back to the relaunched DC Universe as part of "The New 52" to lead the supernatural team Justice League Dark.  In DC's "Rebirth" era, Constantine currently appears in his latest monthly series, The Hellblazer, which just reached its twentieth issue.

THE FANDOM ZONE 130: "Daddy Darhkest" is Up!

"That was Rip.  This is John Constantine."
"Skinny Brit in a trench coat.  Same thing."
"Oh, doubtful, mate.  You see, I am an accomplished warlock, an expert of the occult, and a master of exorcism.  I'm also a Taurus for those of you taking notes."
-- Sara Lance, Mick Rory & John Constantine, Legends of Tomorrow: "Daddy Darhkest" 

Back in The Fandom Zone once again, Karen and I have returned with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Legends of Tomorrow 3x10: "Daddy Darhkest"  (Midseason Premiere)

Black Lightning 1x05: "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like more technical difficulties with Karen's sound card, my Constantine action figure's flaming cupcakes, wanting a Legends of Tomorrow soundtrack with songs used in the episodes, the Michael Keaton movie Mr. Mom, the return of Matt Ryan as John Constantine, Constantine flirting with Citizen Cold, why Heat Wave isn't homophobic, Mallus trolling Constantine about Astra, Amaya getting knowledge of the future from Kuasa, the Star Wars parody Thumb Wars, Sara reminding everyone she's bisexual and not a lesbian by shagging Constantine, Ava Sharpe doing her best Princess Leia hologram, Team Fandom Zone, Frozone looking for his super-suit, the famous Casey Kasem rant, Annisa shopping for her first Thunder costume, Tobias Whale and his sister confronting their abusive power, Jennifer breaking the wrist of a bully, Black Lightning being closer to the Marvel Netflix shows than the other CW superhero shows, some new Justina feedback, wanting our editor Rob to bring my TitanTalk podcast out of the darkness, and more!

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And if that isn't enough for you, you can also check us out on YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!  Oh, and if you're interested in an officially official Fandom Zone Podcast t-shirt that all the cool kids are wearing, you can get those on TeePublic HERE as well!  Feel free to post a picture on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back in two weeks as Karen and I review the Season 4 premiere of The CW's iZombie, the midseason premieres of AMC's The Walking Dead, Fox's Gotham and ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the sixth episode of The CW's Black Lightning, and new episodes of Fox's Lucifer and The CW's Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, and Arrow, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!