Comments on: WHO’S WHO PODCAST: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe

By: Martin Gray

Martin Gray — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:32:42 +0000

OK, I’m a tad late, but it’s fun to catch up. I really dropped by to recommend the Arak series, but Luke has already said it better than I could – it really is a well-written, wonderfully drawn book with a flavour all its own. (One tiny point, Mrs Thomas is Dann, not Adrienne – perhaps Adrienne Roy was colouring.)

I think Marshall Rogers studied architecture, which may be why he did the ASS HQ.

I hated Sword of the Atom, it took away the point of the Atom by having everyone be the same size as everyone else. And what’s with a loincloth over tights? Plus, they made Jean a trollop.

By: WHO’S WHO CLASSIC – THE ATOMIC SKULL | FORTRESS OF BAILEYTUDE

WHO’S WHO CLASSIC – THE ATOMIC SKULL | FORTRESS OF BAILEYTUDE — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:01:45 +0000

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By: Siskoid

Siskoid — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:36:52 +0000

My contribution to the Who's Whoniverse : Who's Air Wave?

By: Shag

Shag — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:32:49 +0000

You guys are awesome! Thanks for all the comments! We really had a blast recording this! We’re hoping to get out another WHO’S WHO PODCAST in the next few weeks.

Thanks again!

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:08:34 +0000

Errr. Valda. Not Valka. Valka was the name of Kull’s god. Valda was the Iron Maiden from Arak, Son Of Thunder.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:30:44 +0000

One quick note about Arak, Son Of Thunder: his book was different from pretty much every other Sword & Sorcery book which DC published in so far as it did not take place in a “fantasy” setting. It actually was an “alternate history” title, taking place in a version of the real world, save for the fact that magic existed. Arak was a Native America found as an infant by a very lost tribe of Vikings, and raised among them. As a man, he would eventually find his way to the court of Charlemagne, and have adventures in the ruins of ancient Rome as well as the Byzantine Empire. His weapon of choice was his otomahuk, a small axe (eventually known as a tomahawk in English). His companion (and heroine in her own right) was Valka the Iron Maiden, a female knight in service of Charlemagne who was brutal and deadly with a sword.

Essentially the series gave Roy and Adrienne Thomas lots of opportunity to do historical research, and take said research and turn it slightly sideways in order to make S&S adventures out of it. It’s a good book, I think, but I like S&S, so there you go.

(In my mind I always have said “Air-Rack” when pronouncing his name.)

By: Siskoid

Siskoid — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:48:12 +0000

I used to flip the pages and imagine each entry as an action figure or playset. Each with its own special feature, like light-up hands for the guys who threw energy beams and stuff.

I tell you, the number of mental games I played with Who’s Who is almost infinite.

By: Keith Samra

Keith Samra — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:09:07 +0000

Awesome podcast Steam Boy’s. I loved it!!! I dont own any Who’s Who book’s, so im looking forward to experience them through the podcast’s if you guy’s continue on with it.

Listening to you guy’s made me think that Who’s Who would make an AWESOME action figure maxi line!… Get me Mattel on the line!

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:36:42 +0000

Luke, one of the great joys of comic collecting is cracking open a Who’s Who or OHOTMU and just paging through it. Look at the variety and exceptional quality of art. Stop and read an entry that catches your attention. Flip back and forth to compare the strength levels of characters X vs. Y (OHOTMU only.) Not only doesn’t it matter if they’re out of date– it’s better if they are. All that history, frozen in amber, often at a specific high or low point. The enormous concentration of information and images is glorious. Screw Wikipedia– the day I give these away is when you know it’s truly over for me.

Also, you called it on Angle Man. Some moron decides to make him look like an escapee from Spidey Super-Stories, and everybody forgets what his angle truly was.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:20:41 +0000

Listening to the episode now. I remember running across a run of these and OHOTMU in the dollar bin at my LCS, but I ended up not buying them just because I have so many dang comics, but this podcast is making me want to go back and try to find them again! I loved hearing you guys talk about the various entries and characters.

I do want to say that the Angle Man could be a useful villain if one sticks to his original concept as the guy who “knows all the angles.” I would use the character as a master planner type character who crooks would hire to plan their heists. He’d be super anal and pay lots of attention to even the smallest details. Like a mix between the modern takes of The Calculator (evil Oracle) and The Prankster (villain hired by other villains), but more brash and irritating.

Just a thought!

Thanks for the podcast guys!