Worst Collection Ever

Detective Comics #479 (1978)Clayface is out here being a sympathetic menace of sorts, just trying to get handsome again. But Batman and the GCPD will see to it that he loses everything and has to fake his death just to carry on.Also, DETECTIVE COMICS raised their page count (and their price!) so here’s a Hawkman back-up where our Thanagarian duo contend with a cloak-forward villain as well as unemployment.Highlights include:Batman continues to crash out over Silver St. CloudA mystery woman with a CATJim Gordon IS Dick TracyStephen King’s THINNERTraveling via pigeonLeonardo Da Vinci had a pistol?!?Also, Shawn and Jen hold a comic book garage sale and it went well!Promo: THE DETECTIVE PHASE (https://www.waitingfordoom.com/the-detective-phase)Continue the conversation with Shawn (@AngryHeroShawn) and Jen (@JenStansfield) on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected] Also, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Detective Comics #478 (1978)Let’s get to know Clayface a little better as we discuss Preston Payne aka Clayface III on this week’s episode, just in time for the new CLAYFACE movie (I know, right?) to hit theaters. Highlights include:Batman throws a fish tank at Richard DreyfussClayface III dips his hand in chili dog sauceBillionaire blames dead parents for dating woesRIP Commissioner Gordon’s mentorWhy is this DETECTIVE COMICS logo so hard to read?!?Urban blight in lower GothamAlso, Jen finds some Count Chocula and our hosts discuss the premiere season of CRYSTAL LAKE!Promo: THE DETECTIVE PHASE (https://www.waitingfordoom.com/the-detective-phase)Continue the conversation with Shawn (@AngryHeroShawn) and Jen (@JenStansfield) on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected] Also, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

ON THIS WEEK’S WORST COLLECTION EVER…..Midnight Sons Unlimited #2 (1993)Time for some horror anthology action as we cover the pretty rad story “Bloodbath” featured in this issue of MIDNIGHT SONS UNLIMITED starring Morbius, a tabloid news show and Jason Mewes!Highlights include:Morbius’s random new powers (???)Mayor Mamdani tackles NYC’s severed limb epidemicBaby ClayfaceType O Carolina HurricanesDisplay window TVs in the 80sStreet thugs with scurvyAlso, Shawn and Jen comment on some of the announcements out of NYCC, the new Marvel Midnight books and share some final thoughts on LANTERNS season 1 (spoilers probably)Promo: THE MONSTERS THAT MADE US (https://www.cageclub.me/monsters/) Continue the conversation with Shawn (@AngryHeroShawn) and Jen (@JenStansfield) on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected] Also, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Convergence: Wonder Woman #2 (2015)This Wonder Woman versus vampires situation keeps chugging along as Diana squares off against the fangin-and-bangin trio of Joker, Catwoman and Poison Ivy. It’ll probably get worse though because both Steve Trevor and Etta Candy are in a pretty dire situation. No one wins.Highlights include:Etta Candy loves the Joker’s comedyMarc Maron rides a kangarooCatwoman becomes a parade floatPoison Ivy is the BACKROOMS monsterBone splints…with actual bones!Wonder Woman needs to bust out some MK FatalitiesAlso, Shawn and Jen buy a few new books from Hall of Justice and comment on the ABSOLUTE BATMAN hiatus.Promo: PEACE BOUND AND DOWN (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/wonderwoman/)Continue the conversation with Shawn (@AngryHeroShawn) and Jen (@JenStansfield) on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected] Also, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Convergence: Wonder Woman #1 (2015)Spooky season has arrived so let’s see what’s what with this duo of books from DC’s Convergence event where versions of Gotham from different universes have to fight one another at the behest of some entity (and also Brainiac). This one is perfect for the season as Earth-One Wonder Woman squares off against an all-female doomsday cult and the Elseworlds Red Rain vampires!Highlights include:Wonder Woman cuts a promo on some street youthsEtta Candy joins a cultSteve Trevor chats with Bill CowherThe difference between “battle axe” and “old bag”Catwoman is a werewolfSacred chunnelsAlso, Shawn completes the REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN arc of books and shares a gross nursery rhyme from his youth.Promo: PEACE BOUND AND DOWN (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/wonderwoman/)Continue the conversation with Shawn (@AngryHeroShawn) and Jen (@JenStansfield) on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected] Also, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!