Sunday, July 6, 2025

Flopcast 687: Deathsquawk - The Comics of 1987

1987 was a transitional year in comic books. DC successfully relaunched Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Justice League in their new post-Crisis universe. Marvel started a new universe too, which they called, uh, "New Universe." Also at Marvel, Spider-Man got married, an event so big that an actual wedding ceremony was held at a baseball stadium. Meanwhile, Alan Moore wrapped up his brilliant run on Swamp Thing, American Splendor's Harvey Pekar appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, Max Headroom made the cover of Mad Magazine... and Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham met the nefarious Dr. Chickenstein. And hey, our pal Kevin Cafferty (from Gleaming the Tube and The Best Stuff in the World) is here to help us figure it all out! Because it's been 38 years, and comic book nerds like us are still waiting for the next issue of Sonic Disruptors...

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Show Notes

Hear more from Kevin Cafferty on his podcasts Gleaming the Tube and The Best Stuff in the World!

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Last week's guest, Luke Ski, has brought his podcast to the ESO Network! Listen to an even more specific discussion of movie title songs on Episode 5 with Kevin as Luke's guest.

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Two memorable Marvel stories from 1987...

...And a couple with limited importance to anyone but us:

Last, but not least, some significant crossovers: