025 | Comics | Justice League Vol 1: Origin (DC Comics)

Today we sink our teeth into the New 52 flagship book: Justice League Volume 1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee.  We also take calls and letters about various subjects such as Kids Comics, Superhero movies, the Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover from IDW, and painted comics. Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 25 - Lockdown 00:36 - Intro01:47 - Don and Mike Talk at Once01:57 - Letter: Death/Violence and Kids Comics09:24 - Caller: Are Superhero Movies misleading about comics?13:45 - Letter: Doctor Who/Star Trek and Painted Comics16:20 - Intro to Justice League Vol 1 Geoff Johns/Jim Lee18:55 - Justice League Reads better as a Trade19:48 - Comparison to Avengers Movie20:27 - "And it's funny!" - The Characters23:38 - Batman/Green Lantern Storyline Symmetry25:08 - Strength of Darkseid as a Villian26:44 - Vic Stone/Cyborg Family Problems28:00 - Superman is downright scary28:57 - Jim Lee's Art and great colors29:15 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: [email protected] Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly