WARNING: Do not listen to this episode unless you have seen season three of the 2025 WBD/DC Studios series "Creature Commandos" or do not mind hearing key plot points.

In November 2022, James Gunn and Peter Safran were hired to lead the newly formed DC Studios. The pair had worked on several projects that were part of the “DC Extended Universe” or DCEU, including the film The Suicide Squad in 2021 and its spin-off series Peacemaker. This new universe was labeled as a reboot of DC stories, ending the string of films that included Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, etc. The first entry into the new “DC Studios” was the animated series Creature Commandos. The storyline of this show immediately tied into the aforementioned The Suicide Squad film, muddying continuity from the onset.

This episode of the podcast talks about Creature Commandos but also the DC Studios launch, which includes the 2025 Superman film and Season 2 of the show Peacemaker. (There are minor spoilers regarding Peacemaker, which has not aired its complete season 2.)

There are also continuing rumors regarding a potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery. Skydance (the company that bought Paramount/CBS) and Netflix are rumored to be interested in WBD.

All of this is covered in this episode. Ray Carsillo, a broadcaster and comedian who once worked for the show DC Daily on the now-defunct DC Universe app, joins the show to discuss the series and the state of this new universe.

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WARNING: Do not listen to this episode unless you have seen season three of the 2025 Amazon Prime series "Invincible" or do not mind hearing key plot points.

Invincible aired its third season in February/March of 2025. While it took a while to get reviewed on the podcast, it is exactly two hundred episodes after the season one review (Episode 239). It is created by Robert Kirkman and stars Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson/Invincible. In season 3, Mark continues to deal with the fallout from the show’s first two seasons. He has a budding relationship with Eve, a new stepbrother in Oliver, the Guardians of the Globe, the Teen Team, and a slew of villains set to take him down. It has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Annie Awards, and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series.

Joining the show to review Invincible season three is Luke Spears, a comics enthusiast and producer at WBZ Newsradio in Boston, Massachusetts.

In this episode, Spears discusses how season three was even darker than the first two seasons. They speculate on the final two announced seasons and what fans can expect for Mark and his friends and family.

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Sheldon Allen is the author of a new independent comic book series entitled They Choose Violence, presented by AWA Studios. Allen started in comics writing Spider-Man Unlimited for Marvel Comics as well as the Crucible series.

They Choose Violence follows Laneka, Deidre, and Karen, three Black HBCU friends turned accomplished professionals who band together to form a vigilante squad that targets White Supremacists deemed to have circumvented the justice system and gotten away with protected murder. Until they are forced to confront the consequences of their actions, a copycat killer whose signature contains a special message to them.

In this episode, Allen discusses the difference between writing for Marvel vs. a creator-owned book. He also discusses how he conceived of They Choose Violence, and what he hopes for the future of the story, both in comics and other forms of media.

This episode also includes thoughts on the opening episode of Season 2 of Peacemaker, including some spoiler comments from director James Gunn.

For more information on They Choose Violence, https://awastudios.com/series/they-choose-violence/.

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