Archive for 2021



Actor Joseph David-Jones drops by the Lair to chat about bringing the DC Comics superhero Connor Hawke to life on Arrow. We’re also taking a look at his new CW sci-fi mystery drama 4400, talkin’ about nipples on Bat suits (!) – AND…you’ll find out the superhero he’d like to bring to life on the big screen!

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Date: December 11, 2021







Comic Book Central begins Year 9 with voice directing legend, Andrea Romano! Andrea takes us through her career in animation from the Hanna-Barbera years through the classic shows Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series!

Photo courtesy Warner Bros.
Images TM & copyright © Warner Bros.

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Stuff year heard on the show:

Get tickets to Return of the Jedi Live in Concert with Damon Gupton
Get tickets to The Music of John Williams with Damon Gupton

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Date: December 4, 2021







Let the celebration begin! It’s the colossal Comic Book Central 8th anniversary special! Guests from the worlds of Black Lightning, The Flash, Scooby-Doo, Condorman, The Greatest American Hero…PLUS voiceover artists, top comic book and pop culture podcasters, and much more. It’s my look back at the best moments of the past year on the show!
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Date: November 8, 2021







Stargirl writer/producer Steve Harper joins me in the Lair! We’re not only diggin’ deep into Steve’s longbox collection of comics, we’re diggin’ deep into the mythos of Stargirl, Eclipso, Paintball, and one of the most talked-about comic book TV episodes of all time!

Photo courtesy Steve Harper
Image TM & copyright © The CW, Warner Bros.

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Stuff you heard on the show:
Buy the Smallville 20th anniversary Blu-ray set from WB
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Date: October 23, 2021







Singer, songwriter, and now actress MASUMI is my guest this week! We’re talkin’ all about her incredible music, you’ll get an EXCLUSIVE listen to a new song, and we’ll find out about her action-packed acting debut in the film adaptation of the graphic novel Samurai Shirô – Yakuza Princess!

Photo TM & copyright Diana Ragland
Image TM & copyright © Magnolia Pictures, Darkside Books

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Yakuza Princess

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Date: October 9, 2021







Podcast Appreciation Week concludes on Comic Book Central with the World’s Greatest team-up of Jay Towers and Jim Bowers! Jay and Jim fly from their Fortress of Solitude to the Comic Book Central Lair to chat about Christopher Reeve, Richard Donner, Superman: The Movie and their super show, the Caped Wonder Superman Podcast!

Photo and podcast image TM & copyright © Jim Bowers

Caped Wonder Superman Podcast
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Stuff you heard on the show:

Superboy: The Legacy Podcast
The Chronic Rift Network
The Batcave Podcast
The OSI Files
The Shazam/Isis Podcast
The IndyCast
Mitch & Ed’s Excellent Adventure

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Date: September 25, 2021







Podcast Appreciation Week continues on Comic Book Central with the super producer/host of Superboy: The Legacy Podcast, Sam J. Rizzo! Sam flies into the Lair to talk about his show chronicling tales of the Boy of Steel from the TV series, Superboy!

Photo and image TM & copyright © Sam J. Rizzo

Superboy: The Legacy Podcast

Stuff you heard on the show:
The Chronic Rift Network
The Batcave Podcast
The OSI Files
The Shazam/Isis Podcast
The IndyCast
Mitch & Ed’s Excellent Adventure
CapedWonder Superman Podcast
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Date: September 23, 2021







Podcast Appreciation Week continues on Comic Book Central with my Bat chum from the Batcave Podcast, John S. Drew! We’re talking about his Bat-tastic show, his podcast featuring sensational 70s Saturday morning icon Shazam, and the brilliantly bionic OSI Files!
Photo and images TM & copyright © John S. Drew

The Chronic Rift Network
The Batcave Podcast
The OSI Files
The Shazam/Isis Podcast

Stuff you heard on the show:
The IndyCast
Mitch & Ed’s Excellent Adventure
Superboy: The Legacy Podcast
CapedWonder Superman Podcast
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Date: September 20, 2021







Podcast Appreciation Week begins on Comic Book Central with the man behind the world’s #1 Indiana Jones fan podcast, The IndyCast, Ed Dolista! Ed swings into the Lair to talk about how he started podcasting about the famed fictional archaeologist/adventurer. And you’ll find out about his latest pop culture journey, Mitch and Ed’s Excellent Adventure!

Images TM & copyright © Ed Dolista

The IndyCast
Mitch and Ed’s Excellent Adventure

Stuff you heard on the show:

The Batcave Podcast
The OSI Files
Superboy: The Legacy Podcast
CapedWonder Superman Podcast


Date: September 18, 2021







Hollywood icon Alan Oppenheimer is here! Alan drops by to talk about his time patching up the Six Million Dollar Man, getting wild in Westworld, voicing Mighty Mouse, Ming the Merciless, and Skeletor. PLUS, we talk about his return to the world of He-Man in Kevin Smith’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation!

Images TM & copyright © Universal

Stuff you heard on the show:

Cincinnati Comic Expo

The IndyCast

The Batcave Podcast

Superboy: The Legacy Podcast

CapedWonder Superman Podcast

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Date: September 11, 2021






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