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Wayne Manor Memoirs
by Joe & Kendall
Wayne Manor Memoirs is a Batman research podcast dedicated to exploring the brightest, darkest, and strangest aspects of the Bat-Mythos. Join Joe & Kendall every other Friday as they deliver the bat-facts straight to your ears. Be prepared for discussions on first appearances, origins, story arcs,creators, retcons, and more!
Episodes
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Superman vs Spider-man
Holy (possible) resurrection Batman! After nearly a year of inactivity, Joe and Megan return to try their hand at a different format. This is a trial run Bat-Fanatics! Your feedback is welcome (and needed!). This... year... Joe & Megan tackle the historic first crossover between DC and Marvel,...
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The First Women of Batman
Welcome back Bat-Fanatics! Megan joins Joe for a very special episode dedicated to the first women to make their mark on Batman comics. Our suite of writers starts way back in the Golden Age with Ruth Lyons Kaufman. Then we visit the bronze age with Barbara Kesel before returning to the modern…
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B-Side: Unpopular Batman Opinions
Welcome to another B-Side Bat-Fanatics! Joe is joined by special guest (and friend of the podcast) Chris to discuss 11 unpopular opinions about Batman. Well, we think they're unpopular. If you agree with most of them, you're probably listening to the right Batman podcast! If you don't agree, send...
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Bookworm, False Face, and Zelda the Great
Joe & Kendall return, after an unexpected hiatus, to discuss the single appearances of Bookworm, False Face, and Zelda the Great in Season 1 of Batman '66. Plus, they're joined by Megan! Can the Terrific Trio remember how to record a podcast? Not really. Can Joe successfully edit the episode? No...
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Batman Kinda Sus
We're back, Bat-Fanatics, and rapidly (for us) approaching the culmination of Season 3! This time Joe and Kendall pull a fast one by picking a comic so recent it was only collected in trade a month ago, Batman: The Imposter. Those of you who loved The Batman will find several similarities within...
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Can't Harley Wait
Something seems off here, Bat-Fanatics, . . . apparently shenanigans are afoot on Earth-11! This time "Joe & Kendall" (really Megan & Chloe) meet-up to discuss Harleen, Stjepan Sejic's retelling of Harley Quinn's origin. This book has everything: sexy Harleen, sexy Joker, sexy nightmare…
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Dick Grayson: Sexy Spy
Holy Tom King, Bat-Fanatic. As often as we worship at the altar of Tom King, this particular series has been largely overlooked by Joe & Kendall (mostly Kendall). Joe read the first volume a few years ago, but Kendall had never read any of it! As the title implies, Dick Grayson leaves the life of...
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Bat-Radar February 2022
The Bat-Radar returns! This time Joe & Kendall dedicate an hour to a bevy of topics, including: new jobs, their most interesting reads from Feb 2022, and some killer TV. If that weren't enough, they also do their best to review every Bat-Book they are currently reading. Do they get them all? No.…
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Kamandi: The Apes of Wrath
The Devil, Watergate, Molemen, and MORE!!! Joe & Kendall return for their seasonal coverage of Jack Kirby's Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth! And as usual, they have a blast experiencing these banana pants stories. This time Kamandi must compete in a deadly Kentucky Derby, find the missing…
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Whose Year Three is This?
It's been a long time Bat-Fanatics, how have you been? Joe and Kendall have switched jobs, fought plagues, enjoyed holidays, and generally taken an unexpected break from podcasting. One month later, they release an episode recorded before CHRISTMAS. Ah well, that's quality right? We continue to...
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How to Kill Lord Death Man
Happy Holidays, Bat-Fanatics! You know, as we always say on this podcast, there is nothing that prepares you for this festive season more than taking a closer look at another psychopathic member of Batman's rogues gallery. This holiday season, the Calendar Man has stuffed your proverbial stocking...
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Being Brave & Staying Bold: S1 Ep 26 & S1 Recap
Welcome back to another OUTRAGEOUS episode of "Being Brave & Staying Bold," a bonus show from Wayne Manor Memoirs! Joe & Kendall have arrived at the end of season 1! It's time for the final showdown with Equinox! Can Batman & his allies defeat a man in perfect balance between order and chaos?...
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The Crisis in Rutland
Welcome back Bat-Fanatics for an episode of particularly weird proclivities! This time Joe & Kendall discuss the unofficial DC/Marvel Meta Crossover from the early 70s. This crossover, orchestrated by Steve Englehart, Len Wein, and Gerry Conway, takes place during the Rutland, Vermont annual...
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The World's Finest Team Up
Our Quadrology is over, which means it's time to return to our regularly scheduled, seemingly random, programming. This time Joe & Kendall take a crack at Superman: The Animated Series (STAS)! Turns out, this was another (unintentional) blind spot for Joe. Of course this is a Batman podcast (at...
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The Ol' Englehart & Rogers Treatment
We welcome back beloved Batman fan, and fan-favorite guest, Chris Schrader (Rogue's Gallery, Hey Do You Remember?, Strange Case of Lucy Chandler) to the podcast for the show stopping finale of the Hugo Strange Quadrology! It only took us 4 to 72 months to finish four REAL episodes of the podcast....
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B-Side: Suicide Squad (2016)
We're back for another B-Side! This time we take a left turn (or several left turns?) to discuss a film that offers some really high highs and some really low lows. Hot on the heels of The Suicide Squad, Joe & Kendall decided to discuss 2016's Suicide Squad. Part of the early attempt to establish…
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Apparitions of Hugo Strange
After much delay, Wayne Manor Memoirs brings you the flagship episode of our Hugo Strange Quadrology: Strange Apparitions. This run of comics, largely written by Steve Englehart with pencils by Marshall Rogers, spans Detective Comics #469 - 479 and includes: the introduction of Silver St. Cloud &...
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B-Side: Pulp
Welcome back to our second B-Side, Bat-Fanatics! What is the B-Side? This is the comics opinion show from Wayne Manor Memoirs for topics that: A) we don't really want to cover for the main show, B) come from way outside the Bat-Mythos (like maybe other companies), C) deserve more time than a...
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These Men are Monstrous
The Hugo Strange quadrology continues with Matt Wagner's Batman and the Monster Men! Can you really take 12 pages of Golden age content and transform it into a 6 issue mini-series? Joe and Kendall aim to find out. Set in the "modern" origin of Batman, this story falls between Year One and The Man...
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Bat-Radar: June 2021
Welcome Bat-Fanatics to the second episode of Bat-Radar. Those of you familiar with the show are used to the episodic musings of Joe & Kendall, but here is a full hour dedicated to their most interesting reads from June 2021. If that weren't enough, they also do their best to catalogue and review...
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Hugo Strange: The First Rogue
Welcome Bat-Fanatics to the first part of our Hugo Strange Quadrology! This episode will focus on the Golden Age origins of Dr. Hugo Strange. We'll follow this with a modern retelling of one of these classic tales then dive into the fan-lauded Englehart & Marshall run on Detective Comics from the...
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Bat-Radar: May 2021
Welcome Bat-Fanatics to our inaugural episode of Bat-Radar. Those of you familiar with the show are used to the episodic musings of Joe & Kendall, but here is a full hour dedicated to their most interesting reads from May 2021. If that weren't enough, they also do their best to catalogue and…
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The King's Bat
It's time for another installment of Talkin' Tom King! I mean… Wayne Manor Memoirs. This time Joe and Kendall revisit some of the one-shot (single issue) stories from Tom King's run on Batman. There are some great books in this selection, including two of their FAVORITE COMICS from King. Why?…
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B-Side: Our War on Joker
After 4 months in editing Hell, Joe and Kendall finally release the inaugural episode of the B-Side! What is the B-Side? Well, Bat-Fanatics, this is the comics opinion show from Wayne Manor Memoirs for topics that: A) we don't really want to cover for the main show, B) come from way outside the...
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Beyond the Joker's Return
What the shock? More Batman Beyond content? Oh yeah, Bat-Fanatics. We'll keep serving it as long as you keep eating it up. This time Joe & Kendall look at the direct to home video Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. This was another blind spot for Joe and it did NOT disappoint. I mean, the...
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Batman '66, The Comic! Part Deux
We hope you're ready for some '66 shenanigans Bat-Fanatics! This week Joe & Kendal are joined by special guest Megan to delve into the second volume of the Batman '66 comic series. They covered the first volume way back in episode 29! The second volume focuses on many of the one-arc villains from...
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It's a Trap!
Look, Bat-Fanatics! It's our first character episode of Season 3 and we choose… Dr. Trap? You know, the guy with the metal jaw who tried to kill Harley, Ivy, Selina, and Kite-Man in that one episode of the second season of the Harley Quinn TV show? THAT guy? Oh yeah, Bat-Fanatics. That guy. This…
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Wasteland Wonder Woman
Well, Bat-Fanatics, it isn't Batman, but he does make an appearance . . . so it counts! This time Joe and Kendall dedicate a whole episode to a Wonder Woman comic, specifically Wonder Woman: Dead Earth. Daniel Warren Johnson is both writer and artist on this wild, monster-filled ride. BEWARE!...
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These Legends Were Untold to Us
We return to 1980 to discuss the much beloved Untold Legends of the Batman! An adamant favorite amongst some of our more vocal Bat-Fanatics, this summary of Batman's Pre-Crisis origin has never been seen by Joe & Kendall . . . until now! What an amazing time capsule this book is! Written by Len...
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Return to Beyond
What the shock?! Yes, Bat-Fanatics, we return to the fan beloved animated series: Batman Beyond. This time Joe and Kendall review episodes 5-8, including the final fate of Mr. Freeze in the DCAU. These episodes really rip! And if the Bat-Fanatics need a reminder, while this is a delightful...
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Thrillkiller Needs its Double Zs
Welcome, Bat-Fanatics, to 1961, a transitionary period where the morality of the 50s is beginning to mingle with the sexual revolution. This is the setting of Howard Chaykin & Dan Brereton's Batgirl & Robin: Thrillkiller, a noir tale of corruption and murder in the dark heart of Gotham City. In…
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Being Brave & Staying Bold: Mayhem of the Music Meister!
Happy New Year Bat-Fanatics! Welcome to another OUTRAGEOUS (and long overdue) episode of "Being Brave & Staying Bold," a bonus show from Wayne Manor Memoirs! It's finally time for Joe and Kendall to discuss the musical masterpiece that is Mayhem of the Music Meister! Neil Patrick Harris joins as...
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Batman Returns . . . for Four Scenes
Bat-Fanatics, and welcome to the inaugural episode of Season 3! Another 50 episodes of Batman (or Batman adjacent) content is heading your way. And to start it off? A divisive Batman film for Joe & Kendall: Batman Returns! OF COURSE Joe and Kendall disagree about this film. Besides, they were...
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The Riddle of the Riddler
Rocking a major rogue can only mean one thing Bat-Fanatics! The end of Season 2 has arrived. This time we shine our light on the prince of the puzzlers, the king of conundrums: The Riddler! After Kendall's frigid fight with Mr. Freeze (formerly Mr. Zero) in Season 1, it's Joe's turn to resist the...
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Batman vs Predator
Welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 2, Bat-Fanatics, and thank you for hanging out with us for another rotation around the sun. To celebrate our galactic trek, Joe & Kendall dive into one of the oddest crossovers in comic history: Batman vs Predator. Penned by Dave Gibbons (of Watchmen…
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The Art of Jim Aparo
Welcome Bat-Fanatics to our first attempt at covering an influential Batman creator, and what a creator we've chosen! Back in one of our very first emails, Jose mentioned that Jim Aparo was his Batman artist. So, Joe and Kendall hit the books to learn all they could about Mr. Aparo! Turns out,...
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Being Brave & Staying Bold: S1 Ep 23 & 25
Welcome back to another OUTRAGEOUS episode of "Being Brave & Staying Bold," a bonus show from Wayne Manor Memoirs! As Joe & Kendall approach the end of season 1, we cover the final Kirby-esque episode of season 1, When OMAC Attacks! Then we follow it with some Batman Inception as Psycho Pirate...
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The Greatest Hero You've Never Heard Of!
Welcome, Bat-Fanatics, to another Booster-ific episode of the Booster Gold Gazette! I mean . . . uh . . . Wayne Manor Memoirs. This time Joe and Kendall delve into the (definitely not corporately sponsored) exploits of Booster Gold, the greatest hero you've never heard of! Oh, you've heard of…
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Tut Tut Tut!
Once again the delightful Megan joins Joe & Kendall to delve into Batman '66. Our focus? Victor Buono & his portrayal of King Tut! Easily the most successful of the "made for TV villains," King Tut is the only villain outside the Big Four to appear in every season of the show. In fact, King Tut...
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Meeting at the Manor with Sophie Campbell
Welcome Bat-Fanatics to the inaugural episode of Meetings at the Manor, our interview show! Each episode we invite a creator from nerd culture to Stately Wayne Manor to discuss their projects, career, and... anything else! This episode welcomes Sophie Campbell, current writer and artist on IDW's...
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Superman Smashes the Klan!
In light of recent events, Joe and Kendall pull an audible to discuss Superman Smashes the Klan. This started as a 16-episode story in the 1946 Adventures of Superman radio show titled "Clan of the Fiery Cross." The radio show used the story to bring the KKK's behavior out into the open and...
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The Gorilla Gang Goes Ape
Time to go bananas Bat-Fanatics! Spinning out of our Harley Quinn: Angry Bird episode, Joe and Kendall keep their promise and cover the Gorilla Gang. Buckle in folks, theirs is a long and storied history mired in complexity and depth. Just kidding. They've made two appearances and those…
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A 5-Way Revenge
Holy historically relevant comic Batman! Joe and Kendall are back to talk about Denny O'Neil's & Neal Adams' Batman #251: The Joker's Five-Way Revenge. The early 70s saw many attempts by Batman comics to distance themselves from Batman '66. This included omitting many of Batman's costumed…
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Being Brave & Staying Bold: S1 Ep 21 & 22
Welcome back to another OUTRAGEOUS episode of "Being Brave & Staying Bold," a bonus show from Wayne Manor Memoirs! As Joe & Kendall approach the end of season 1, we get to some of the most Kirby influenced episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. This time we visit a Mongul's Fourth World...
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The Batman Bop
Welcome to the club, Bat-Fanatics. Why don't you come on in and take a seat while Joe and Kendall play you a tune of dark knights, heroin, hallucinogens, and jazz. That's right, this episode we're looking at Batman: Jazz. Originally a special edition of Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman: Jazz is...
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Batmania '89
We know you've seen Batman '89, Bat-Fanatics, but fear not because Joe and Kendall barely focus on the plot! Instead they dive into the film's pop culture significance. Did you know this movie spawned one of the greatest cartoon series of all time? Of course. But did you know it also single...
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Being Brave & Staying Bold: S1 Ep 19 & 20
Welcome back to another OUTRAGEOUS episode of "Being Brave & Staying Bold," a bonus show from Wayne Manor Memoirs! Joe & Kendall continue to move through season 1 of their favorite Batman animated show, Batman: The Brave and the Bold. This time we're introduced to the 5th dimensional imp…
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Query of the Question
It's time for a word-class education, Bat-Fanatics. This time Joe and Kendall delve deep into the origins of Joe's favorite character: the Question. Born from the mind of Spider-Man artist Steve Ditko, the Question takes all of Ditko's Objectivism and splays him across the back-matter comic book...
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Batman Be Damned
Gather close Bat-Fanatics while Uncles Joe & Kendall share with you a story of death, rebirth, judgement, and… penises. That's right, this time we delve into the unreasonably infamous Batman: Damned. Written as a loose sequel to Azzarello & Bermejo's Joker, this title was the flagship that…
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The Last Boy on Earth: Still Getting Captured
Thanks to our listener Thomas Egan for being the single needed request to bring back Kamandi. Honestly, what's not to love?! Joe and Kendall continue their surprising investment in this comic by covering the next six issues. Remember the audio issues from the first part? Gone. Remember the over…
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Wayne Manor Memoirs is a Batman research podcast dedicated to exploring the brightest, darkest, and strangest aspects of the Bat-Mythos. Join Joe & Kendall every other Friday as they deliver the bat-facts straight to your ears. Be prepared for discussions on first appearances, origins, story arcs,creators, retcons, and more!
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