<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;  On this episode, we revisit that bygone era when Detective Comics Comics would use any excuse to feature gorillas on its covers with a furry foursome of titanic Silver and Golden Age tales: "The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City" (Batman #75), "Titano the Super-Ape" (Superman #127), "Menace of the Super-Gorilla" (The Flash #107) and "The Brotherhood of Evil" (Doom Patrol #86)!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Can DC's greatest (and strangest) heroes prevail against these powerful, petrifying primates? And can these heavy-duty hominids take up residence in that Gorilla City known as … The Comics Canon?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; In This Episode:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; The super-timely name on everyone's lips!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Curt and Kevin's last meals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Superman's foolproof plan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Great Scott! It must be … THE GORILLA!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Robotman? Total LOSER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Turok, Son of Stone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Amazing Spider-Man #130 "Betrayed!" and #136 "The Green Goblin Lives Again!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; The Flash: The Silver Age Vol. 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; The Doom Patrol #89 "The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Menace" and #90 "The Enemy Within the Doom Patrol"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; King Sorrow by Joe Hill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Special thanks to Robb Milne of &lt;a href= "https://marvelbythemonth.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Marvel by the Month&lt;/a&gt; for co-hosting on our special April 1st podcast crossover episode. And if you haven't already, check out &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/306-november-1977-home-are-the-heroes-repost/id1463455652?i=1000760091793" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Curt's crossover appearance&lt;/a&gt; on Marvel by the Month alongside Will Hines of Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics, and MbtM's Jamie Wenger &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hellsops-batman-hellboy-starman-crossover/id1316290447?i=1000758628308" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;crossing over on Screw It&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt; Join us in two weeks as we look back at the early days of the Punisher, including his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #129 and his origin in Marvel Preview #2!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; Until then:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "https://cbldf.org/contribute/donate-2/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://the-comics-canon.dashery.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comics-canon/id1074541605" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; Rate us on Apple Podcasts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:letters@comicscanon.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; Send us an email!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Hit us up on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/thecomicscanon/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt; or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/thecomicscanon.bsky.social" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; Bluesky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; And as always, thanks for listening!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Comics Canon

The Comics Canon

Episode 253: DC Superheroes vs. Super-Gorillas

APR 15, 202684 MIN
The Comics Canon

Episode 253: DC Superheroes vs. Super-Gorillas

APR 15, 202684 MIN

Description

On this episode, we revisit that bygone era when Detective Comics Comics would use any excuse to feature gorillas on its covers with a furry foursome of titanic Silver and Golden Age tales: "The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City" (Batman #75), "Titano the Super-Ape" (Superman #127), "Menace of the Super-Gorilla" (The Flash #107) and "The Brotherhood of Evil" (Doom Patrol #86)! Can DC's greatest (and strangest) heroes prevail against these powerful, petrifying primates? And can these heavy-duty hominids take up residence in that Gorilla City known as … The Comics Canon? In This Episode: The super-timely name on everyone's lips! Curt and Kevin's last meals Superman's foolproof plan Great Scott! It must be … THE GORILLA! Robotman? Total LOSER Turok, Son of Stone Amazing Spider-Man #130 "Betrayed!" and #136 "The Green Goblin Lives Again!" The Flash: The Silver Age Vol. 1 The Doom Patrol #89 "The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Menace" and #90 "The Enemy Within the Doom Patrol" King Sorrow by Joe Hill Special thanks to Robb Milne of Marvel by the Month for co-hosting on our special April 1st podcast crossover episode. And if you haven't already, check out Curt's crossover appearance on Marvel by the Month alongside Will Hines of Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics, and MbtM's Jamie Wenger crossing over on Screw It! Join us in two weeks as we look back at the early days of the Punisher, including his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #129 and his origin in Marvel Preview #2! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook or Bluesky! And as always, thanks for listening!