In this episode, Curt and Kevin make a left turn at Albuquerque to discuss a pair of stories featuring crossovers between DC Comics heroes and Looney Tunes characters: Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1 by Tom King and Lee Weeks, and Grant Morrison and Chas Truog’s The Coyote Gospel from Animal Man #5, published by DC Comics!
First, a fearsome hunter tracks his prey through the mean streets of Gotham City. His name is Elmer Fudd, and he’s hunting pwayboys … specifically, a biwwionaiwe by the name of Bwuce Wayne! When the urban vigilante crosses paths with Gotham’s Dark Knight Detective, Fudd and the Batman discover they have something in common: the femme fatale known as Silver St. Cloud!
Then, the hunter becomes the hunted as a crafty coyote (who bears a striking resemblance to a certain Warner Bros. character) is stalked by an unnamed man across the California desert. But a grief-stricken pursuer is the least of this wily carnivore’s worries as he endures an eternal cycle of death and resurrection at the hands of a capricious creator!
Can Animal Man, the Caped Crusader and their animated cohorts prevail against the unseen adversaries manipulating them from behind the scenes? And can they sneak their way into that superheroic sanctuary known as … The Comics Canon?
Things Discussed in This Episode:
- Shame on Griffin Newman!
- Corporate synergy
- Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
- Curt has a theory about Silver St. Cloud
- The artwork of Lee Weeks
- “Roadrunner” by The Modern Lovers
- Prometheus, Lucifer and Sisyphus
- Duck Amuck
- Our Ms. Marvel and The Dark Knight Returns episodes
- Dark Nights: Metal
- The Terrifics
- Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist
- The Flintstones by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh
- Upcoming DC/Hanna-Barbera crossovers
Join us in two weeks as we look forward to a little movie you may of heard of called Avengers: Infinity War with a look at the 1991 Marvel Comics miniseries The Infinity Gauntlet!
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