http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6791913/call-me-maybe-parody

HFF became a corporate sponsored bad guy, complete with a uniform resembling a NASCAR fire suit plastered with logos. As a low rent baddie for hire I think he can still work.

The Fisherman became the human host for an Elder god styled creature, and given the adventerous nature of Aquaman I think you could get a lot of mileage out of it. Especially with the mythology of old Atlantis being explored in the series I think it only makes sense to address their old gods, and Fisherman can fit in perfectly with that.

The last thing I’m in the mood for is scratching my head like after the “Lost” finale, screaming “where are my damn answers?!”

I echo the list of unanswered Firestorm questions that Shag read. I would add: how did Zithertech acquire the sole rights to develop Firestorm protocols, presumably granted to them by Martin Stein in his life? And, secondly, how did Martin Stein really “die”? (I put “die” in quotes because as we know now, he lives on in Firestorm’s quantum field.)

2. How about a Fire & Water Podcast fan acronym? Is Fred Willard an honorary FAWPer*?

3. Since Shag dropped in a random NPR reference, I don’t recall if I’ve ever mentioned that Ira Flatow’s voice sometimes reminds me of Rob.

4. Rob’s right that it’s Art T-Bear, per Wizard Magazine in the ’90s. Which got me saying Coo-Bear years ago for Kubert, and Rob knows is completely wrong. I blame the French-Canadians.

5. Peter David started the King Arthur parallels, but he employed subtlety. Jurgens, not so much.

6. There was a pre-Crisis Eradicator, although he was a Flash villain. There’s this Who’s Who podcast you guys should check out that will cover the guy in the next few months.

7. I LOVED the 1983 DC Sampler, which I got as a kid. I must reference this in my resume!

8. “Cooling off” timeline: The Dark Knight (2008.) Beginning of the Marvel Studios universe (2008.) The Avengers (two months ago.)

9. No love for Cutlass Pete, Rob? Piranha-Man? Thanatos? Yeah, the Aquaman rogues gallery is pretty ugh.

10. I mock the Firestorm rogues, as they thoroughly deserve derision. However, the passage of time has allowed their 70s/80s contemporaneous horribleness (referencing bit-based computing, the American Indian movement, cineplexes, etc.) to be dulled so thoroughly that the characters are partially validated by their irrelevance to modern times. They are effectively unique obscurities rather than bandwagon-hopping lame-os.

11. My employment of the “DC Challenge” was euphemistic, like “differently abled,” “Special Olympics” or “Written by Rob Liefeld.”

12. No, this is a Nuclear Sub.

13. Curiously enough, my girlfriend and I just rearranged our living room over the weekend with the aid of IKEA. There’s now room enough to dance without even moving the table. Either of us dancing would be aesthetically unfortunate, though. I’ll confess that my comic and toy boxes still smother the closet, and the area around my work desk is always a wreck.

*FWAP!

Like Robb said, that you guys try to keep the episodes at around an hour, and try not to go off on tangents, but Tangents and Off Topic talk is always really great listening!