Issue #64 - "Archnemeses”

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Hello Residents! This issue we discuss the ying to each of our heroes’ yangs, the villains who oppose/mirror/complete their heroes like no one else can! But first, we read Green Lantern Earth One: Volume 1, and we let you know what we thought!

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SHOW NOTES (courtesy of Josh Gill)

The Doctor’s Pulls

(2:40) Green Lantern: Earth One

Arch-enemies

(25:01) Who is Martian Manhunters opposite? Does G’nort have one?

(30:10) How good could Prometheus be if DC had not dropped the ball?

(36:31) Who’s the Doctor’s nemesis?

(46:23) What examples show the lines blur from jealousy, admiration, or hubris that cause a mirrored villain?

(52:25) Which villain creeps you out or that you fear the most when they show up?

(56:37) Other than the Joker, who is Batman’s most interesting or greatest archenemy?

(1:00:11) What’s more compelling? Straight evil, polar opposites, or antiheroes? The villain you love to hate or hate to love?

(1:05:55) Does a hero need an arch-nemesis or opposite to be successful? Who has the weakest/lamest arch-nemesis?

(1:17:44) Can an arch-villain ever win?

(1:21:35) Each superhero has an arch-nemesis, but who are they? Lightning round!

Characters, Places, Things

Anti-Monitor (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Anton Arcane (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Arisia Rrab
Black Adam (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Black Canary (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Black Manta (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Brick
Cluemaster (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Count Vertigo (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Court of Owls
Creeper (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Despero (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Doctor Dome
Doctor Psycho (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Earth-1
Flamingo (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
G’nort (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Gary Callahan
Gorilla Grodd (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Green Arrow (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Hugo Strange (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Hunter Zolomon (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Jessica Cruz
Joker (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Kilowog
Lady Shiva (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Lex Luthor (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Ma’alefa’ak (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Manhunters
Martian Manhunter (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Masked Marauder
Merlyn (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Midnighter (Wildstorm) (Rebirth)
Mister Freeze (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Penguin (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Professor Pyg (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Prometheus (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Proteus
Quentin Turnbull
Riddler (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Scarlet Skier (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Sinestro (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Spider Jerusalem
Tarpit (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Two Face (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Vandal Savage (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)
Ventriloquist (DCAU)
Victor Zsasz (Pre-New 52) (Rebirth)