Episode Summary

On this episode of The Corner Box, hosts Ultimate John Barber and Absolute David Hedgecock get into the Ultimate and Absolute comic lines at DC and Marvel, the differences between Marvel and DC characters, how the new launches compare to the originals, and what does and doesn’t work in each new line, and John says something interesting.

Timestamp Segments

• [00:46] The Big Two’s new lines.
• [02:48] John’s inside knowledge on the Ultimate line.
• [04:03] DC characters vs Marvel characters.
• [09:05] Mark Bagley retires.
• [13:09] John says something interesting.
• [13:19] John joins the Ultimates line.
• [15:05] Why the Ultimate line was successful.
• [18:37] The conceits of the Ultimate line.
• [25:00] DC’s iconic miniseries.
• [26:01] Marvel’s miniseries.
• [28:42] The coherency of the Marvel and DC universes.
• [30:35] Marvel’s new Ultimates line.
• [33:53] Old vs New Ultimate Universe.
• [35:22] Spider-Man is like Shakespeare.

Notable Quotes

• “Accidents happened.”
• “There’s an iconic version of Batman. There’s not an iconic version of Spider-Man in the same way.”
• “This is like Shakespeare.”

Relevant Links

David's Fun Stuff!
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John is at PugW!
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Books Mentioned

• Absolute DC, All-Star Comics, Ultimate Comics.
• Absolute Batman (2024- ), by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta.
• Ultimate Black Panther (2024- ), by Bryan Hill & Stefano Caselli.
• Ultimate Spider-Man (2024- ), by Jonathan Hickman & Marco Checchetto.
• Ultimate X-Men (2024- ), by Peach Momoko.

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• All-Star Superman, by Grant Morrison & Frank Quietly.
• Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dark Knight Returns, Gotham by Gaslight, No Man’s Land, The Cult, The Killing Joke, Year One.
• Astonishing X-Men.
• Daredevil, by Frank Miller.