House of Ultimates/Powers of Absolute

We recorded this just before SDCC. Hear our 100% accurate predictions! Did Superman already lose his cool new dog? When will they stop punching? Who is Jessica Cruz? Will Grodd be ok? How does Absolute Martian Manhunter wrap up? Who can we really trust is dead? Who is this Solomon Grundy guy?

All that and more, as we talk about Superman 20, Absolute Green Lantern 16, Absolute Martian Manhunter 12, Absolute Flash 17, and Absolute Green Arrow 2

Next time we’ll talk about Absolute Superman 21, Absolute Wonder Woman 21-22, Absolute Catwoman 2 and Absolute Batman 22

Theme: Gnome - Wenceslas

Outro: Gum - The Gloater

Recommendations - The Flash by Mark Waid, Ghost in the Shell 2027, The Furious 2025

What’s Selina’s story? Has she always been this good at what she does? What’s going on with Diana in hell? Will Barbara think she betrayed her? Is John’s power useless? Can Jo and Tomar Re ever come to an understanding? What will they do about the giant planet? If the Robins want to protect Gotham, why are they destroying it? Is Jack Grimm as scary as the Joker? What does Barbara think of her dad’s death? Can we trust the Rogues? Is this the 116th time we’ve asked that? Will lil Grodd be darksided?

This episode we talk about Absolute Catwoman 1, Absolute Wonder Woman 20, Absolute Batman 21, Absolute Flash 16 and Absolute Green Lantern 15

Next time we’ll talk about Absolute Superman 20, Absolute Green Lantern 16, Absolute Martian Manhunter 12, Absolute Flash 17 and Absolute Green Arrow 2

Check out János guesting on Posters In Crisis: https://pca.st/53m48js1

Theme: Gnome - Wenceslas Outro: Fishing for Fishies - King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

Recommendations - Tokyo These Days, The Fury of Firestorm, Star Trek Deep Space 9

Originally Recorded June 22, 2026

What’s the deal with Tomar Re? Does he have a backstory or something? Where’d Grodd go? How many more questions will Flash ask? Will he stop running away from Iris? Who will survive Absolute Martian Manhunter? Is Bruce ever going to not be going through it? Can anyone build Harley’s hammer? Will the penultimate issue still be that good? Is Despair-O making some points? No but maybe, wait, no. Who is Green Arrow? Why does Dinah care? How many archers even are there? 

This episode we talk about Absolute Green Arrow 1, Absolute Martian Manhunter 11, Absolute Batman 20, Absolute Flash 15, and Absolute Green Lantern 14

Next time we’ll talk about Absolute Catwoman 1, Absolute Wonder Woman 20, Absolute Batman 21, Absolute Flash 16, and Absolute Green Lantern 15

Theme: Gnome - Wenceslas

Recommendations - Elektra: Assassin by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz, The Point directed by Fred Wold, Sirens: Love Hurts by Tini Howard and Babs Tarr

What if you had two dads? What if they were Deathstroke and the Joker? Are people being forced to love Wonder Woman by some power working in the background? Or is she just that cool? Who are all of these people in Green Lantern? Does Superman punch Shazam farther than the Flash runs?

This episode we talk about Absolute Batman 19, Absolute Wonder Woman 19, Absolute Superman 19, Absolute Flash 14 and Absolute Green Lantern 13.

Next time we’ll talk about Absolute Green Arrow 1, Absolute Martian Manhunter 11, Absolute Batman 20, Absolute Flash 15 and Absolute Green Lantern 14.

Recommendations - The Voice Said Kill, The Question, Kowloon Generic Romance

Don't cry because it's over, smile because Reed Richards is dead (?)

We talk about Ultimates 23-24, Ultimate Endgame 4-5 and Ultimate Universe: Finale

The Ultimate Universe will be back! Will We? Absolutely not.

Recommendations: Send Help, Mind MGMT: New and Improved, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, M.A.S.H.

Intro: One Beer By MF Doom

Outro: Robot Stop By King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

Originally Recorded 7-6-2026 (before the big Marvel news broke)

Who are all of these new guys? Will there be even more new guys? Are most of them actually old guys? Who cares, they're new again! A skeleton can be a new guy, a woman can be a new guy, a skeleton can be a woman. You’re saying skelecan’t but I’m saying skelecan. It’s time to believe in women and believe in skeletons. Enjoy.

This episode we talk about Absolute Martian Manhunter 9 & 10, Absolute Wonder Woman 17 & 18, Absolute Superman 18, Absolute Flash 13 and Absolute Green Lantern 12.

Recommendations - Fury of Firestorm, Shade the Changing Man 1990, Tooth and Claw

What if Tony just built a Makerbuster? Why’d they do that to Spider-Man? Why are the X-men here? Does anyone need to be here? Did this need to be an event? Could Ultimates just have gotten its own ending? It’s the second to last one. Have fun.

We talk about Ultimates 21-22, Ultimate Endgame 3 and Ultimate Wolverine 15.

Next time we’ll talk about Ultimates 23-24, Ultimate Endgame 4-5 and Ultimate Universe: Finale

Recommendations: New Titans 2026, Die, Die: Loaded, JSA Year One, Robot Carnival

Intro: One Beer By MF Doom Outro: Robot Stop By King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Other songs and sounds: Porky Pig, X-Men Themes, Fantastic Four Theme, Spider-Man Theme Albums I listened to while Editing: Ghost Live in San Francisco 2017

Can Hawkman and Superman overcome their differences to take down Parasite? Does Superman even need Hawkman’s help? Can the power of friendship make that old man less conservative? Whatever happened with Medusa? Is Wonder Woman going to leave a plot thread hanging? Will Wally join the Rogues? What’s the deal with Ark M? Does it have anything to do with this wacky Joker guy? What does Jim Gordon know? Will Waylon find clothes that fit?

This episode we talk about Absolute Flash 12, Absolute Superman 17, Absolute Batman 17 & 18 and Absolute Wonder Woman Annual.

Our intro music is Atarashii Gakko! - Pineapple Kryptonite and our outro this week is Hanging On The Telephone by Blondie.

Next time we’ll talk about Absolute Martian Manhunter 9 & 10, Absolute Wonder Woman 17 & 18, Absolute Superman 18, Absolute Flash 13.

Recommendations - Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, Suicide Squad (Ostrander, McDonnell, Yale), Circe (Madeline Miller), Gosenzo-sama Babbanzai!

What’s going on in the Dome? Do we need to care? Are we satisfied with everything being wrapped up nicely in Spider-Man? Was it too convenient? What about X-Men’s dangling plot threads? Where did all of those come from? It's probably hard to end things. Do you like endings? Well, there are more ends to end and friends to friend. Listen and tell a friend. That’s a call to action. They tell you to do them. Who’s they? Action! You haven’t called them in a while. 

We talk about Ultimate Endgame 2, Ultimate X-Men 24, Ultimate Wolverine 14, and Ultimate Spider-Man 24.

Next time we’ll talk about Ultimates 20-22, Ultimate Wolverine 15-16, Ultimate Endgame 3

Recommendations: Preacher, 100 Bullets, Journal With Witch, DC’s New Frontier

Intro: One Beer By MF Doom

Outro: Robot Stop By King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

Other songs and sounds: Porky Pig, X-Men Themes, Fantastic Four Theme, Spider-man Theme

Albums I listened to while editing: Lighght by Kishi Bashi, Ultimate Spinach self titled album, Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads, Daddy’s Home by St. Vincent, and Butterfly 3000 and Teenage Gizzard both by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

What’s the deal with Hawkman? Is he a lost cause? Is Absolute Superman good now?? Is everyone in love with Wonder Woman? (yes) Would you go to your ex-wife’s safe house? What if it was to save your second or third best boy? Can you fix everything in a marriage in a single night? Even if your son has bad vibes? Would you go to hell to save your best boy? What if he’s a lizard? Of course you’d go to a military base to save your dad, right? Maybe not my dad. Probably Wally’s though. This episode we talk about Absolute Green Lantern 10 & 11, Absolute Superman 15 and 16, Absolute Flash 11, Absolute Batman 16, Absolute Wonder Woman 16, and Absolute Martian Manhunter 8.

NEXT TIME: Absolute Flash 12, Absolute Superman 8, Absolute Wonder Woman Annual, Absolute Batman: Ark M Special and Absolute Batman 17+18

Recommendations - Adult Swim’s The Elephant, Harley & Ivy: Life of Crime/Harley Quinn Annual 2024, Squirrel Girl (North, Henderson)