Titan Up The Defense

In this, the second episode of their new show, Cory and Hub digress from their coverage of Champions and discuss the absolutely bonkers Silver Age gofers that is Action Comics #243. Digressions include: Super Lion's surprising pathos, burying scary media in your yard, 18th century fashion, and a bunch of other nonsense!

Our intrepid hosts, Hub and Cory, embark on a bold new adventure. They discuss The Champions #1 and indulge themselves in many digressions along the way. 

Welp, that's a wrap on Titan Up the Defense! For our final episode, we take a look at Teen Titan Spotlight #21, featuring the original Teen Titan lineup. We talk about Woodstock, the 60's vs the 80's, Arsenic and Old Lace, and probably a bunch of other stuff that I don't remember. Thanks so much for listening, everybody! We love you. Enjoy! Enjoy!

SMRASH! For the penultimate episode of TUtD, we set the wayback machine for 1971 and discuss Sub-Mariner #34, featuring the Defenders' precursor, The Titans Three! Topics include: Uh...stuff? Probably also things. Look, it's been a long couple of weeks, and I was drinking a fair amount of brandy. I think we talked about the Silver Surfer somewhere in there. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Hey, everybody! I goofed up when I uploaded this years Disco Barn and initially posted a version that was missing some bits. That version was only up a couple of hours, but if you downloaded when it was released and have an incomplete version of the show, please delete that version and re-download. That should fix things. Sorry about the inconvenience!

Welcome Back to the Disco Barn, once the most popular supernatural discotheque in all of rural New England. This year, the Haunted Disco Barn's owner and proprietor, Ezekiel P Shadowmaven, regales us with Punk is UnDead, a bone chilling murder mystery from the Barn's 1970's heyday. Happy Halloween! 

We get back to our roots, and read Adventure Comics #269, featuring the debut of the undisputed greatest Teen Titan, Aqualad! Hooray! There's also some fun stuff about Super Dogs, Space Pills, and stork rescue, but mostly we talk about the fact that one guy in the comic calls a mistake, "A costly boner." Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Bwahaha! We read Defenders (Vol 3) #1, by the creative team behind JLI! Topics of discussion include: Keith Giffen, revised jungle monarchy, Cory redeeming his Cory Points, and skeletal xylophonics. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Puff! We read Teen Titans: Year One #1! There's very little comic book in this comic book, so we talk about: Halloween 3, Great Danes, the Cory Point redemption process, horse flies, Dean Moon, and a bunch of other stuff. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

This is it! We read New Defenders #152, the final issue of the series! Hub and Cory look back on their journey and discuss: an odd costume decision, the final(ish) fates of our heroes, a disturbing potential band name, and much more! Enjoy Enjoy! And thank you.If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Hub and Cory take a look at everyone's least favorite bird themed teenage heroes(?) first encounter with the Teen Titans in The Hawk and the Dove #5! Topics include: a rad present, comic book pacifism, dumb birds, and what to do if someone drops a box on your brother's head. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Yowsers! After a longer than expected delay, we read New Defenders #151, the penultimate issue of the series! Topics include: komiks, the virtues of lying and stealing, accurate answers to banal questions, and even more tangents than usual. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

This week's recording went sideways on us, so we reached into the archives and pulled out this Bonus episode Cory and Hub recorded for Patreon a depressing number of years ago. They talk about Wonder Woman issues #265-266, and probably a bunch of other stuff as well. Who can remember? It was 2016, a year most of us have tried to blot out of our respective memories. We'll have the show back on track with a real episode next week, but in the meantime, do your best to Enjoy! Enjoy!If you want to listen to episodes like this sooner than 8 years after they were first released, you can become a patron of the show at patreon.com/ttwasteland.

The Doctor is in! For reason's Hub barely attempts to justify, he and special guest Sara Century discuss issues 25-41 of Dr. Fate! Topics include: feelings jars, progressive superhero comics, less progressive superhero comics, whether Chaos reigns (it does), and is Inza Nelson the greatest superhero? Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Set the Wayback machine for 1967 and grab your gearest go-go fins, because Hub and special guest MeganBob are talking about Aquagirl's debut in Aquaman 33! Topics include: underwater crime discotheques, BEM, donkey basketball, and why Silver Age comics were so weird. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Hoopla! We read the conclusion of Cloud's origin story in the double sized New Defenders #150! Topics include: clown history, Ralph Kramden's favorite poem, space Sasquatch stooges, and the unfortunate Poochy-ing of Over-Mindy. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

The OG Teen Titans are back! Are they still gear and ginchy? We find out when we read the new World's Finest: Teen Titans #1! Topics include: Walrus Kisses, it being too damn hot, #hashtags, and appropriate footwear for evil cults. Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

Veep Veep Veep! We read Defenders #149, and finally learn (some of) Cloud's origin! Topics include: Underwater sexism, Beast is the worst, The Beast Must Die is the best, Julie Andrew's imminent hip hop career, and floppy boots as a power play. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294

It's the end of an era! We wrap up our coverage of New Titans by talking about issues #86 & #87. Topics include: "funny funny" riddles, Sex-Reactors, walrus kisses as a panacea, bad babysitters, awkward tail placement, fake mustaches, and Tusky! Enjoy! Enjoy!If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294 

THOOM! We read the fun, farcical nonsense that was Defenders #148. Topics include: Smurf accents, laser honey, the return of Cutlass and Typhoon, Groucho Marx, and locked room mysteries. Enjoy! Enjoy! If you enjoy the show and would like access to bonus materials, please consider donating at patreon.com/ttwasteland You can get into touch with us at ttwasteland@gmail.com or Titan Up the Defense PO Box 20311 Portland, OR 97294