Our intrepid heroes invent a new bedroom maneuver. The Casefile: Batman 315-18. Current books: Catwoman, Batman, Batgirl, Batwoman, Red Hood & the Outlaws, Nightwing, Batman & Robin, & Dark Knight, all issue 6. The Character Spotlight shines upon Bane. Suggested topics of conversation include: keeping track of Riddle Me This questions, how one Batmans, Robin is dumb, and most-played songs in your iTunes.

The Band o' the Week is The Raconteurs, with their album "Broken Boy Soldiers"

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Our intrepid heroes want hand grenades. The Casefile: Batman 313-14, Detective 486-7. Current books: Dark Knight 5, Catwoman 5, Batman 5, Red Hood 5, Detective 6, Nightwing 5. Cluemaster's Challenge once more rears its ugly head.
Suggested topics of conversation: everyone needs a Samwise; cat invasion; Ghost Rider's PR agent; colored contacts; and whiny reviewers.
The Band o' the Week is Bruce Springsteen, with his Greatest Hits.


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Our intrepid heroes want some Batman footie pajamas. Current comics: Batman & Robin 5, Batwoman 5, Catwoman 5, Detective Comics 5, Batman Inc: Leviathan Strikes, Batgirl 5, and Dark Knight 4. The Casefile: Batman 311-12 and Detective Comics 484-5. Also, there's a new segment of prognostication.

Suggested topics of conversation: Batman hates dogs, the Spirit of Paperwork, DC's new logo, the 1st round of DC's New 52 cancellations, and cold remedies.

The Band o' the Week is Lupe Fiasco, with his album "Lasers"

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Our intrepid heroes wonder if Batman yelling at a suicidal is the best method of discouragement. The Casefile: Batman 309-10. Current books: Batman 4, Batman & Robin 4, Batgirl 4, Batwoman 4, Red Hood & the Outlaws 4, Nightwing 4, Detective Comics 4. We reveal our (and your) picks for best and worst of the Bat-universe for 2011.

Suggested topics of conversation include Batwoman's o-face, criminals who mean well, the chances of DC's relaunch success continuing, and kidnapped butlers.

The Band o' the Week is Bowling for Soup, with "A Hangover You Don't Deserve"

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Our intrepid heroes watch 1997's Batman & Robin so you don't have to; although, being a commentary, you may want to watch along. It's directed by Joel Schumacher and stars George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Alicia Silverstone.

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Our intrepid heroes are stunned at how not crappy some of these comics are. The Casefile: Batman 305-9. Current comics: Batman 3, Red Hood & the Outlaws 3, Dark Knight 3, Catwoman 3, Nightwing 3. Batman takes on Vincent van Gogh in the Beat Down.

Suggested topics of conversation: Christmas movies, DC's New 52 cancellation dead pool, Uncanny X-Force, and time-lapse construction photography.

The Band o' the Week is The Black Keys, with their album "El Camino"

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Our intrepid heroes are dumbstruck at the outstanding quality of the Casefile. Current comics: Batman & Robin 3, Batgirl 3, Batwoman 3, Dark Knight 3, Detective Comics 3. The Casefile: Batman 301-4. Cluemaster's Challenge once again rears its ugly head.

Suggested talking points: David Reed's reign of terror, traveling methods, and bad acid trips.

The Band o' the Week is Pistol Annies, with their album "Hell on Heels"

(The audio is a little wonky in places; sorry.)

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With 1 intrepid hero again MIA, Jonathan is joined by brave sidekick Eric to discuss Batman: Arkham City. It's a vidja game!

The music is "These Days," by the Black Keys

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Our intrepid heroes reach a milestone...IN THE FUTURE! Current comics: Batman 2, Batman & Robin 2, Catwoman 2, Nightwing 2, Red Hood 2, Detective Comics 2, Batgirl 2. The Casefile: Batman 299-300 and Detective Comics 482-3. The Countdown: Top 5 DC relaunch comics.


Suggested topics of conversation include lemonade vs. tea; comic creators need to quit whining; how to pronounce Bachalo; ideal housing; and filthy, filthy comic book sex.

The Band o' the Week is Coldplay, with Live 2003


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Our intrepid heroes are distracted by the cereals of the world. The Casefile: Detective Comics 480-1 & Batman 297-8. Current comics: Batman 1, Red Hood & the Outlaws 1, Batwoman 1, Bat-Wing 1, Nightwing 1, Dark Knight 1. Batman takes on the naval might of Cap'n Crunch. Suggested topics of conversation: the digital comics revolution(?); possible new podcasts; what will Apple do; and Batman's attempted murder felonies.

The Band o' the Week is Def Lepperd with their greatest hits collection "Rock of Ages"

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Our intrepid heroes learn some new words as a brave new (52) world dawns. The Casefile: Batman 295-6, Detective Comics 478-9. Current books: DC Retroactive Batman, Gates of Gotham, Detective Comics 1, Batman & Robin 1, Batgirl 1. The character spotlight shines on Mr. Freeze (he didn't drop out of evil medical school so you can call him doctor, mister). Suggested talking points: solving politics, childhood daredevilism, vacation, Batman is a jerk, and WORDS!

The Band o' the Week is Aerosmith, with their album "Rockin' the Joint"

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The DC relaunch poll blinded our intrepid heroes with science! The Casefile: Batman 293-4, Detective Comics 476-7, and Batman Family 13. Current comics: Detective Comics 881, Red Robin 26, Batman 713, Batgirl 24, Dark Knight 5, Gotham City Sirens 25, Batman Inc 8, Batman & Robin 26, and Birds of Prey 15. Rob tries to cheat in Cluemaster's Challenge. Suggested talking points include: old timey boxing, crazy baby faces, music for old people, and why coloring sucks.

The Band o' the Week is REM, with their album "Automatic for the People"

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Our intrepid heroes finally reach the good stuff in the Casefile...kinda. Current books: Detective Comics 879-80, Batman 712, Flashpoint: Batman 3, Batgirl 23, Birds of Prey 14, Dark Knight 3-4, and Gotham City Sirens 25. The Casefile: Batman 291-2, Detective Comics 474-5. Suggested talking points include: toxic trucking, ruining the magic, and why Superman is awful.

The Band o' the Week is The Killers, with their album "Sam's Town"


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Our intrepid heroes try to stay ahead of a tidal wave of current books. Current books: Batgirl 22, Batman 711, Batman Inc 7, Detective Comics 878, Gotham City Sirens 24, Batman & Robin 25, & Flashpoint: Batman 2. Suggested topics for conversation include: discipline, concert attendance, and the danger of doing fancy podcast episodes.


The Band o' the Week is Better Than Ezra, with their greatest hits album.

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Our intrepid heroes get caught up in a series of unfortunate events.

Featuring the voice talents of Brian Perillo & Count Nefaria (uncannyxcast.com), Ken Carden (twitter.com/@kenobi13), BJ Brink (bmfcast.com), Elizabeth "Mistress Lebeau" (culturalwormhole.com), Lenny Collard & Ryan McClees (dingoatemypodcast.blogspot.com), and Chris Partin (imageaddiction.net).

Soundtrack:
Morrissey, "I Will See You in the Far-Off Places"
Daft Punk, "Recognizer"
Tomoyasu Hotei, "Battle Without Honor or Humanity"
Blue Man Group, "Tension 2"
NIN, "Every Day is Exactly the Same"
Muse, "Knights of Cydonia"
Coheed & Cambria, "Welcome Home"
Alien Ant Farm, "Smooth Criminal"


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Our intrepid heroes ponder mysteries. Entirely too much time is spent discussing the DC relaunch. Current books: Detective Comics 877, Gotham City Sirens 23, Flashpoint 2, Flashpoint: Batman 1. The Casefile: Batman 287-8, Detective Comics 472-3Batman Family 12. In the Countdown, favorite Catwoman covers are listed.

The Band o' the Week is The Donnas, with their album "Spend the Night"


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Our intrepid heroes have a fit of the vapors. 

Current books: Batgirl 21, Batman 710, Birds of Prey 12, Batman & Robin 23, Batman Inc. 6. The Casefile: Batman 285-6, Batman Family 11, Detective Comics 470-1. Batman fights Oprah. Flashpoint 1 is also discussed. Suggested topics for conversation: hospital liaisons, yachting soirees, rescued by Thundercats, and porn in the woods.

The Band o' the week is Southern Culture on the Skids, with their album "Mojo Box"


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Our intrepid heroes try to understand the "Seed Force." The Casefile: Batman 283-4, Detective Comics 468-9, Batman Family 10. Current books: Batgirl 20, Batman & Robin 22, Birds of Prey 11, Red Robin 22, Batman 709, Gotham City Sirens 22, Batman Inc 5, Detective Comics 876. Suggested topics for conversation: Ultimate Batman, alternate footwear, complaint letters, and independent comics.

The Band o' the Week is Linkin Park, with their album "Minutes to Midnight."


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Our intrepid heroes try to sell Batman some magazine subscriptions. The Casefile: Batman 281-2, Detective Comics 466-7, and Joker 9. Current Books: Batman Inc. 4, Streets of Gotham 21, Batman: Dark Knight 2, Detective Comics 875, Gotham City Sirens 21. Cluemaster's Challenge makes an appearance, as does Would You Rather Riddle Me This. And there's an inordinate amount of X-Men talk.

The Band o' the Week is John "Cougar" Mellencamp with his album "The Best I Could Do."


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Our intrepid heroes find many things suspect, in both the real and fictional worlds. Current comics: Batgirl 19, Birds of Prey 10, Streets 20, Batman & Robin 21, Batman Inc. 3. The Casefile: Batman 279-80, Detective 464-5, Batman Family 9. Batman fights Luke Cage. Jonathan hates on Bendis, Rob hates on comics in general, there are some curious queries from listeners, and more.

The Band o' the Week is Dave Matthews, with his album Some Devil.


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Our intrepid heroes are puzzled by the crimes and misdemeanors of everyone's favorite hero. The Casefile: Batman 277-8, Detective Comics 462-3, and Joker 8. Current books: Batgirl 18, Gotham City Sirens 20, Birds of Prey 9, Detective Comics 874, and Batman 707. A new segment, Ask the Batmen, is tried out and makes Rob fear for the future of humanity. Jonathan still has a burning question about Ras al Ghul. People are murdered left and right.

The Band o' the Week is Van Halen, with their album 1984.


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Our intrepid heroes may be scraping the bottom of the barrel for the casefile. Current books: Batman & Robin 19, Batman 706, Streets of Gotham 19, Detective Comics 873, Gotham City Sirens 19. The Casefile: Joker 7, Batma Family 8, Detective Comics 461, Batman 276. Cluemaster's Challenge makes its triumphant return, the Superman Update makes its probable last appearance, and breakfast is discussed.

The Band o' the Week is Rage Against the Machine, with their album "Renegades."

(Please excuse the audio quality of this episode; there were technical difficulties. Things'll be back to their normal standards next time.)


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Our intrepid heroes need their steel. The Casefile: Joker 6, Batman Family 7, Detective Comics 460, and Batman 275. Current books: Detective Comics 872, Batgirl 17, Birds of Prey 7, Batman: Dark Knight 1, and Gotham City Sirens 18. Batman takes down Captain Planet and the Planeteers, and our heroes make a shocking discovery about said villain. The thrill is gone in the semi-official Superman Update, Rob tries to get Jonathan to go bankrupt buying original art, and more!

The Band o' the Week is Creedance Clearwater Revival, with their compilation "Chronicle"


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Our intrepid heroes end 2010 on a high note. Current issues: Batman 705, Batman & Robin 18, Birds of Prey 7, Batman Inc 2, and Streets of Gotham 18. Casefile: Joker 5, Batman Family 6, Batman 274, Detective Comics 459. The 2010 Batties are handed out, and there's a surprising amount of agreement on some of the categories. Jonathan self-medicates, and more!

Band o' the Week: Death Cab for Cutie, "Plans"


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Our intrepid heroes climb a veritable mountain of comics resulting from their long break between episodes. Current issues: The Return of Bruce Wayne 6, Batman: The Return, Batman Inc. 1, Batman 704, Detective Comics 871, Batgirl 15-16, Gotham City Sirens 17, Streets of Gotham 17, Birds of Prey 6, and Batwoman 0. The Casefile: Joker 4, Batman Family 5, Batman 273, and Detective Comics 458. Batman fights the Fantastic Four, Wizard World Atlanta adventures are recounted, and more!

The Band o' the Week is the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with their album Californication.

And don't forget to visit our website at batradia.com to vote in the Best of 2010 poll.


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On the last episode of the year (episode 41), we will be talking about our favorite Batman-related things from the year. Make your voice heard! To see the polls, click on "Read More."


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Coming together like four podcasting robot lions to form a slightly shorter than usual Voltron, Jonathan (The Bat-Radia), Louis (KwokTalk), Rob (The Uncanny X-Cast), and Ryan (A Dingo Ate My Podcast & The Big One Comic Podcast) joined forces to discuss ad naseum their favorite entertainments from 2010. Everything discussed is spoiled, so be warned.

If you like what you hear, and even if you don't, be sure to check out everyone's regularly scheduled shows, which can be found at batradia.com, kwoktalk.wordpress.com, uncannyxcast.com, dingoatemypodcast.blogspot.com, and bigonepodcast.blogspot.com, respectively.

Subjects discussed:

Video Games: NBA 2k11, Kinect, NBA Jam, Assassins Creed Brotherhood, Angry Birds, Call of Duty: Black Ops, & Alan Wake

Comics: X-Men, The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Hellblazer: City of Demons, Uncanny X-Men, G.I. Joe, The Boys, The Fantastic Four, & The Walking Dead

Music: Mumford & Sons, "Sigh No More"; The Dead Weather, "Sea of Cowards"; Kanye West, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"; & Regina Spektor, "Live in London"

Movies: Harry Brown, Shutter Island, Scott Pilgrim, Inception

TV: The Walking Dead, Mad Men, Modern Family, Sherlock, Luthor, Stargate Universe, & Venture Bros


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Our intrepid heroes confront the most pressing legal issue of the day, and then confront the most punishing fists of the day. Current comics: Bruce Wayne the Road Home Oracle and Ra's al Ghul, Detective Comics 870, and Batman and Robin 16. The Casefile: Joker 3, Batman Family 4, Batman 272, and Detective Comics 457. Brave sidekick Rene joins us to discuss and review the DC Animated feature Batman: Under the Red Hood. Other topics include The Walking Dead, Jonathan's sadness about the Superman creative team, musical ghosts, and more.


The Band o' the Week is Jimmy Eat World, with their album Bleed American.


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Our intrepid heroes boldly attack a veritable leaning tower of comics. In the Casefile: Joker 2, Batman Family 3, Batman 271, Detective Comics 456. Current books: Batman & Robin 15; Return of Bruce Wayne 5; and Bruce Wayne - The Road Home: Batman & Robin, Red Robin, Batgirl, Catwoman, Commissioner Gordon, and Outsiders. Suggestions are made for restructuring the Batman line; Jonathan reads the wrong comic; Batman takes down Freddy and Jason; and Riddle Me This: Would You Rather makes its return.

The Band o' the Week is Bowling for Soup, with their album "Sorry for Partyin'."


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Our intrepid heroes, uh...actually, I can't remember what all happened on this one. The only reason there's that title is because I wrote it down while we were recording. Anyway, discussed are: Batman 270, Detective Comics 455 and 869, Batman Family 1, Joker 1, Gotham City Sirens 16, and Streets of Gotham 16. Batman battles Chuck Norris, and there's a character spotlight on Huntress.

The Band o' the Week is R.E.M., with their aptly titled live album "Live."


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Our intrepid heroes are outside your window watching you, listening to every breath you take. While doing so, they quietly (so as not to alert you to their presence) discuss Batman 268-9 & 703; Detective Comics 453-4; Birds of Prey 5; Batman & Robin 14; and Batgirl 14. Batman takes on the A-Team, Riddle Me This gets a face-lift, the Countdown lists hopefully future guests, and there's plenty of Punisher and G.I. Joe talk.

The Band o' the Week is The Police, with their compilation album Every Breath You Take.


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