DC Sampler: Birth of the Silver Age

So also new this year, uh, c- as sort of a fun little thing to talk, uh, get people talking about the ep- the books that we're going to be reading, uh, we're gonna do a little quiz each, with each episode, uh, just talki- with some questions that you can answer by reading the books.

Or maybe you already know them because, you know, you've read these books before or because, uh, you know, you just are that up on DC Comics.

Uh, so we're not gonna be talking about the, the questions specifically in the episodes, but we are gonna be discussing the answers to each of those questions as we go through the episode.

So you can, if you've taken the quiz and, and wanna know, just stick with us as we go through the episode and you'll be able to hear how you did on the quiz as we talk about each of the books.

All right, also new this year, we're going to be doing a quiz with each episode.

So if you've read the books or maybe you're just, uh, a fount of DC knowledge, uh, you can test that knowledge with some questions that, uh, go over the books that we're going to be reading each week.

So we've got a handful of questions.

We'll do this with each episode.

So if you...

Uh, Dan, let's talk about these real quick.

One question from each of the five books.

So what super slow villain was Barry Allen's first adversary? Know this one? Do you remember it?

I don't remember it 'cause it was, like, three weeks ago, two weeks ago that I read the book.

The Turtle.

The Tu- Oh, yeah.

To what century did the Legion of Super-Heroes take Superboy after coming to Smallville? It's the 30th.

Action Comics 252 features the first appearance of Supergirl.

What DC supervillain also debuted in this issue? Metallo.

There's a different story in there that also has the debut of Metallo.

Uh, why was Fer- Carol Ferris angry at Green Lantern after their first meeting? It was because he wasn't paying enough attention to her while kissing her, so he noticed there was a missile about to cra- crash into the, into like some building, and he went to save the building and she got angry at him.

So as of the end of the issue, she's not talking to him.

Um-

Yes

... and who was the first chairman of the Justice League? Amanda Waller.

I actually know this.