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1 | Show Number | Release Date | When to find the Award in the show | Issue(s) Covered | Co-host | Co-host's Pick | Shag's Pick | Winning Character(s) / Moment | Winner: Co-host or Shag? | How was the award winner decided? | Honorable mentions & Also-rans | ||||||||||||||||
2 | 1 | 3/20/2016 | 1h 10m 00s | Justice League 1 (May 1987) | Ryan Daly (sounding VERY tired and/or full of cold) | Oberon jumping on Guy & mauling his face | Guy comparing J'onn to the Jolly Green Giant | Oberon | Co-host | There was a moment of mutual surrender, before Shag graciously allowed Ryan to win. | The cover itself, the fight with the terorists, Batman parting the crowds like the Red Sea. | ||||||||||||||||
3 | 2 | 4/24/2016 | 1h 11m 47s | Justice League 2 (June 1987) | Michael Bailey | Dr Light's sarcasm at Batman saying "Please" after a request. | Guy & Batman arguing. | Batman | Shag | Michael Bailey agrees with Shag's choice. | - | ||||||||||||||||
4 | 3 | 5/22/2016 | 59m 23s | Justice League 3 (July 1987) | Tim Wallace | Batman calling back on a previous Star Trek reference | The Blue Beetle Bug screeching to a halt in mid-air to avoid entering Soviet air-space. | The Bug Ship | Shag | Shag allows Tim to make the call: he selects the air brake moment | - | ||||||||||||||||
5 | 4 | 6/19/2016 | 1h 54m 03S | Justice League 4 (August 1987) | Mike Gillis | Guy, in the dark, mocking Batman by holding up Bat-ears to the side of his head | Booster knocks out the Royal Flush Gang's Ten | Booster Gold | Shag | It was decided by Rock, Paper, Scissors. Yeah, really. | - | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Meanwhile: Annual #1 | 8/11/2016 | 1h 16m 07s | Justice League Annual 1 (1987) | Diabolu Frank | Under sufferance, Frank picks either the line about Southern Californian people being mindless drones, or Beetle's line about having monthly nervous breakdowns... but honestly, his heart isn't in it. | Batman allowing a discussion that gives the illusion that the team members are contributing to the decision making process, when he's already decided what is going to happen next. | Batman | Shag | As Frank is "being such a dillweed", Shag awards himself the win. Shag also states that "usually, I'd give it to the guest". Results thus far prove this to be inaccurate. | Star Trek/Twilight Zone confusion, Guy / Batman banter about monitor duty, Beetle talking about having nervous breakdowns, Booster failing to impress Black Canary, Dr Light kissing Batman, Mister Miracle comparing himself to Christ. | ||||||||||||||||
7 | 5 | 7/17/2016 | 1h 49m 37s | Justice League 5 (September 1987) aka "The One with the One Punch" | Chris Franklin | Black Canary's reaction to the infamous "One Punch" incident. | ...Shag concurs! | Black Canary | Both! | Mutual agreement. Peace & Universal Harmony break out across the podcast. | Creeper with the paint in the tree (possibly offered up ironically!) | ||||||||||||||||
8 | 6 | 8/26/2016 | 1h 06m 20s | Justice League 6 (October 1987) | J. David Weter | The dialogue after J'onn knocks Captain Marvel against a wall | Black Canary disputing her rescue by Mister Miracle | Captain Marvel | Co-host | Shag is talked into relenting | |||||||||||||||||
9 | 7 | 10/2/2016 | 1h 07m 02s | Justice League International 7 (November 1987) | Doug Zawisza | Mister Miracle interrupts his own eulogy | Scott Free on monitor duty taking phone abuse from Big Barda. | Mister Miracle | Shag | Doug folds like a cheap suit | - | ||||||||||||||||
10 | 8 | 10/30/2016 | 1h 16m 28s | Justice League International 8 (December 1987) aka "The One with the first Bwah-Ha-Ha" | Patrick Pence | The actual, original "Bwah-Ha-Ha" explosion as Booster fails to close the deal with Catherine Colbert | ...Shag concurs! | Booster Gold & Blue Beetle | Both! | Mutual agreement. Peace & Universal Harmony might've broken out across the podcast, had Shag not called his co-host "obnoxious". | - | ||||||||||||||||
11 | 9 | 12/4/2016 | 1h 3m 54s | Justice League International 9 (January 1988) | Chad Bokelman | The Manhunter taking Mister Miracle literally and repeating himself. | Blue Beetle writing the word HELP in his breath on the glass of the Bug | The Rocket Red Manhunter (Rocket Red #7) | Co-host | Chad challenges Shag's selection and Shag acknowledges that there's more laughs to be had from Chad's choice. | The ship stopping in mid-air, but the Manhunter's momentum carryign him forward, Scott Free tinkering with the back of an oblivious Manhunter's head. | ||||||||||||||||
12 | 10 | 1/1/2017 | 1h 54m 47s | Justice League International 10 (February 1988) | Michel Fiffe | Hawkman mocking Hawkwoman. | G'nortt's introduction. | The Hawks | Co-host | Michel tugs at Shag's heartstrings around Hawkwoman no longer being in the DCU. But Shag's so deferential to Michel throughout the show, this was only ever going to go one way. | - | ||||||||||||||||
13 | 11 | 3/12/2017 | 1h 17m 16s | Justice League International 11 (March 1988) | Kyle Benning | Booster throwing up and Beetle joking about Moby Dick... "Thar she blows!" | Dinah and Dimitri meeting for the first time. | Booster Gold | Co-host | Shag immediately relents to the more gut-busting humour of Blue & Gold | - | ||||||||||||||||
14 | 12 | 4/16/2017 | 1h 26m 00s | Justice League International 12 (April 1988) | Thom Zahler | Scott & Beetle chatting so much, the Bug nearly smashes into the side of a mountain. Martian Manhunter drily reminds them less chatter, more flying | Guy calling Metron "Metronome" | Martian Manhunter | Co-host | Shag's moment is dismissed as a "Bwah", rather than a "Bwah Ha Ha" | Star Trek references between Ted & Scott | ||||||||||||||||
15 | 13 | 7/9/2017 | 1h 23m 08s | Justice League International 13 (May 1988) | Aaron "Head" Moss | A mirrored joke between Oberon / Batman and then Rick Flagg / Amanda Waller : Oberon / Flagg talk about Bats/Waller needing a psychiatrist, then saying they misheard the word podiatrist. (It's a hard one to explain... you had to be there. Just read the damn book!) | ...Shag concurs! | An Oberon / Rick Flagg tie! | Both! | Mutual Agreement. Peace and Universal Harmony breakout across the podcast. Shag says this is the second time consensus has happened... but it's actually the third time! | - | ||||||||||||||||
16 | 14 | 8/20/2017 | 1h 06m 15s | Justice League International 14 (June 1988) | Xum Yukinori | G'nort's line "Gosh, I ddn't know power rings could sigh" | The omniscient narrator's hyperbole filled opening monologue | The Omniscient Narrator | Shag | Xum wriggles on the hook, even offering up an alternative moment, but Shag pulls rank and claims the win. | Barda putting mayonaise in the lasagna | ||||||||||||||||
17 | 15 | 10/22/2017 | 49m 07s | Justice League International 15 (July 1988) ... and NOT March 1988 as Shag says in the show intro. | Jay Jones | Exchange between Manga Kahn & his robot lackey, where Manga issues several rhetorical "WHAAAT?!" outbursts. | The long set up of the missing Guy Gardner. The final reveal is that Guy is hanging out and bugging Batman. | Guy Gardner & Batman | Shag | Jay just rolls over and Shag is only to happy to claim victory | El-Ron talking about warm milk. | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Meanwhile: Annual #2 | 11/19/2017 | 1h 04m 16s | Justice League Annual 2 (1988) | Jarrod Alberich | Batman showing up at the very end, seeing all the chaos, saying "No. Not today", and driving away. | ...Shag concurs! | Batman | Both! | Mutual Agreement. Peace and Universal Harmony breakout across the podcast. There's even a write in vote for this gag. | The Emmett Kelley joke, Guy trying to help with the barbecue grill, The Embassy freezer exclusively for J'onn's Eskimo Pies, Fire talking to Ice about her faux air of insecurity. Ice's "Nordic Look" trumping Bea at the modelling agency. The Joker's mercurial description of his first kill at the restaurant | ||||||||||||||||
19 | 16 | 1/21/2018 | 1h 29m 33s | Justice League International 16 (August 1988) | Mike Harlow | Booster & Beetle left behind in the hotel room. They want to be Bond, but they're really Abbott and Costello. | Batman, Beetle & Booster arguing about air sickness, vomit on shoes and inappropriate use of codenames on undercover missions. (Booster vomiting is becoming a running theme...) | Booster Gold & Blue Beetle | Co-host | Shag relents. A little reluctantly, but it's a relatively easy win for Mike, which he tries to milk for all it's worth. | - | ||||||||||||||||
20 | 17 | 3/18/2018 | 1h 13m 23s | Justice League International 17 (September 1988) | Joe Casey | The reveal of Wandjina in the alleyway. | Fire in her underwear rescued by Booster who stares at her behind | Wandjina | Co-host | Joe plays the "But I make comics" card... and Shag has no defence. | Beetle giving a story recap on Wandjina. | ||||||||||||||||
21 | 18 | 4/15/2018 | 1h 06m 59s | Justice League International 18 (October 1988) | Rob Williams | The cover : Guy's "Stan Laurel" look at the menace of Lobo. | Lobo threatening to kill Rocket Red, and G'nortt commenting about the effect on Dimitri's family. | G'nortt | Shag | Canadian Rob WIlliams demures to politeness and allows Shag's nominee to go through | The narrator's introduction, G'nortt checking his handbook. | ||||||||||||||||
22 | 19 | 5/13/2018 | 1h 31m 15s | Justice League International 19 (November 1988) | David Gallaher | Booster & Beetle character-rich disussions as they try to draft new League members. | Guy asleep in Booster's force bubble, butt in the air, drooling against the side of the forcefield | Guy Gardner | Shag | David had already mentioned this moment as his runner up, so the decision was an easy one | - | ||||||||||||||||
23 | 20 | 6/24/2018 | 1h 29m 30s | Justice League International 20 (December 1988) | Luke Daab | Hawkman being a blowhard after Blue Beetle curses... mildly. | Argument between J'onn and Barda | Hawkman | Co-host | Luke's lengthy explanation of his gag fails to win over Shag, but he permits Hawkman through as his time in the book is limited. Luke recognises the halfhearted nature of the win. | - | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Summer Sampler | 7/7/2018 | 2h 41m 22s | Mister Miracle Special (1987) | Chris Franklin | Barda punches her husband off panel | Funky Flashman's outrageously worded contract | Big Barda | Co-host | Shag immediately grants the award to Chris' pick, perhaps because it's an abbreviated episode. | - | ||||||||||||||||
25 | 21 | 7/29/2018 | 1h 09m 39s | Justice League International 21 (No cover date - Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey?) | Siskoid | No-one wants to hear about the forthcoming "Invasion". | Oberon coming across Darkseid, who is relaxing in an easy chair. | Darkseid | Shag | Shag protests wildly and Siskoid comes around, having previously identified the moment as one of his favourites in the issue. | Batman commenting on Rocket Red's integration into US culture. | ||||||||||||||||
26 | 22 | 8/19/2018 | 1h 19m 22s | Justice League International 22 (1988) | Paul Hix | Oberon running up the stairs as the tiny Khunds start shooting at up, yelling "Run Away!" | Oberon dropping a bowling ball down the stairs at the tiny Khunds with an evil look of retribution on his face | Oberon | Both! | Amongst slim pickings in this issue, Paul suggests merging the two "Slight Smile" moments to form one Bwah-Ha-Ha moment. ...Shag concurs. Mutual Agreement. Peace and Universal Harmony... etc. etc. | - | ||||||||||||||||
27 | 23 | 9/30/2018 | 1h 12m 08s | Justice League International 23 (January 1989) | Andrew Pottymouth Leyland | After leading the team for many months, J'onn understands why Batman is the way he is. | Guy tries to antagonize Mister Miracle, grinning a broad grin that celebrates his general dickishness | Guy Gardner | Shag | Andy begrudgingly gives Shag the win. Shag rubs Andy's nose in it. | - | ||||||||||||||||
28 | 24 | 10/28/2018 | 1h 37m 33s | Justice League International 24 (February 1989) | Keith G. Baker | Beetle & Ice chatting in the Bug. Ice reveals that in a former life, she was an Ice Goddess. After they rescue Max, Beetle reveals that he once dated an Ice Goddess... Janice from Hoboken. | Guy Gardner's slow realisation that there are Khund's in the embassy. | Guy Gardner | Shag | Keith negotiates the impossible (Shag to use the correct pronunciation of the word "Khund") by relinquishing the win. | - | ||||||||||||||||
29 | Meanwhile: Captain Atom | 12/30/2018 | 1h 17m 23s | Captain Atom: issues 10 thru 28 and Annual 2 | Martin Gray | Jack O'Lantern has Captain Atom in his power. | Captain Atom gleefully shares his history... we know that he's sharing the false "Charlton" history | Captain Atom & Jack O'Lantern | Both! | Shag realises that they've both kind of picked the same moment (out of a book with very few funny moments), so everybody wins. Mutual Agreement. Peace and Universal Harmony... yadda yadda yadda | - | ||||||||||||||||
30 | Meanwhile: Mister Miracle / Doctor Fate | 2/17/2019 | 49m 59s | A] Mister Miracle: issues 6 thru 8 | Tim Price | Ivo falling from the sky, wearing bunny slippers, flapping his arms in a vain attempt to increase his elevation | Barda speaking to Scott on the phone about when a wouldbe kidnapper tried to threaten her. Scott is more concerned for the kidnapper's welfare. | Big Barda | Shag | Tim had already identified the Barda moment as a favourite, so takes the moral high ground, and concedes to Shag. | - | ||||||||||||||||
31 | Meanwhile: Mister Miracle / Doctor Fate | 2/17/2019 | 1h 50m 55s | B] Doctor Fate issues 14 & 15 | Mike Harlow | Petey & Martian Manhunter in conversation. J'onn tells Petey that the strangeness he's witnessing from the JLI is nothing unusual... in fact, this is a Good Day. | Conflict between Guy Gardner & Martian Manhunter. J'onn threatens to report Guys behaviour to Batman. Guy sulkily sits back down. | Martian Manhunter | TIE! | Shag defers to Mike. Mike defers to Shag. A tie is declared, and J'onn - as the common link between the two jokes - is awarded the prize. | - | ||||||||||||||||
32 | 25 | 4/14/2019 | 54m 23s | A] Justice League 25 | Derek Crabbe (& his jacket) | Booster & Beetle tit-for-tat checking on each other's welfare during a battle. (The Jacket's thought's on the Award nominee were not recorded) | Beetle talking to the lab owner about "little green men from Mars", and the lab owner reminding him that J'onn J'onzz is from Mars. | Booster & Beetle | Co-host | Shag doubts the wit of his own selection on reading it out aloud | The creepiness / jokiness o the theramin sound as they entre the sewer system. Booster referring to Beetle as "General Patton". Guy reassuring J'onn that its OK that he doesn't wear a mask. | ||||||||||||||||
33 | 25 | 4/14/2019 | 2h 07m 33s | B] Justice League Europe 1 | Michael Bailey | Dimitri punking Animal Man by referencing classic Russian literature when telling Buddy the names of his sons | Catherine Colbert puts down Captain Atom with a solid burn | Catherine Cobert | Shag | Dimitri's joke is dismissed for being too cerebral. Catherine's joke is more 'Bwah Ha Ha". And lust had nothing to do with the decision. Honest. | |||||||||||||||||
34 | 26 | 5/19/2019 | 30m 54s | A] Justice League America 26 | Sean Ross | Beetle stabbing Max (which is apparently funny in a retroactive, schadenfreude "Screw You" to Countdown on Infinite Crisis - which NEVER. HAPPENED.) | Beetle downplaying Oberon's anger at Beetle falling asleep on Monitor Duty | Blue Beetle (Evil, Possessed, Creepy Beetle) | Co-host | Well, it wasn't a terribly funny issue anyway. Sean is like a dog with a bone - he's not letting go of his dark, revengeful moment. | |||||||||||||||||
35 | 26 | 5/19/2019 | 1h 23m 21s | B] Justice League Europe 2 | Matt Ev | Animal Man puts down Captain Atom's attack against the Wild Huntsman, questioning why he hadn't done it before. | Call & response gags of Elongated Man's nose-twitching and how Sue may or may not find it cute. | Ralph & Sue | Shag | Matt graciously defers to Shag | A visual gag of Metamorpho's hat being blown off & rescued during his fight. | ||||||||||||||||
36 | 27 | 6/23/19 | 59m 27s | A] Justice League America 27 | George O'Connor | Beetle feels impressed with himself for fighting Batman to a standstill when under the Queen Bee's hypnosis | Murph, Oberon & Amanda Waller being mean to one another, then Oberon following up back at the office in his offensive description of Waller. | Blue Beetle (Subdued, Unpossessed, Repentant Beetle) | Co-host | George proposes an arm-wrestle, but Shag LOLs at George's moment, and concedes defeat | |||||||||||||||||
37 | 27 | 6/23/19 | 1h 52m 41s | B] Justice League Europe 3 | Greg Araujo | The startling & contradicting juxtaposition of Captain Atom's snarky suggestion about the team blowing up The Dome, followed by the actual destruction of The Dome in an explosion, seperated by the turn of a single comic book page. | ...Shag concurs, and points out the importance of the page turn to add a vital beat to the gag. | Captain Atom & Power Girl | Both! | Although wanton property destruction is the theme of the joke, Mutual agreement. Peace & Universal Harmony break out. | The cover gag, Ralph's gag about "Keeping his wife" and Sue's repost. | ||||||||||||||||
38 | 28 | 9/29/19 | 45m 13s | A] Justice League America 28 | Scott Tipton | Final splash page: Barda's "Holy Moley!" reaction to the mysterious green "FWASH!"... | Ice reacts to the Black Hand's underwhelming, underperforming weapon. | Black Hand | Shag | Scott mounts no defense of his own pick and hands the win to Shag | |||||||||||||||||
39 | 28 | 9/29/19 | 1h 44m 13s | B] Justice League Europe 4 | Dr Anj | The Flash hits Jack O'Lantern with a super-speed punch, Animal Man praises Wally with the running gag about how Ralph doesn't rate him as a Flash over Barry Allen. Wally interrupts, saying "Don't. Say. It!" The art & lettering really add to the pacing of this gag. | Jack O'Lantern is renamed "Pumpkin Man" by Animal Man | Animal Man | Shag | Anj advises that Shag's pick was his close runner up, so is happy to accept it as the overall winner. Also, we like that Animal Man gets a win during his short run on the JLE. | |||||||||||||||||
40 | Meanwhile: Annual #3 | 10/20/19 | 53m 55s | Justice League Annual #3 | Al Sedano | J'Onn asks Oberon to "Write down his idea on a piece of paper, fold it up and I'll read it later." | ...Shag concurs! | Martian Manhunter | Both! | Shag says that both hosts picking the same moment happens rarely. It happens 21% of the time. Nevertheless, Mutual agreement. Peace & Universal Harmony break out across the podcast. | The Man I Never Was' - Oberon seeing J'Onn in his true Martian form for the first time comments "I feel like I saw my mother naked". 'Around the World with the JLI" - The Chief wishes the plague-wrath of "Several Obnoxious Gods" down on both the US and Russia. | ||||||||||||||||
41 | 29 | 11/24/19 | 32m 40s | A] Justice League America 29 | Bass LaBeque (?spelling of surname) | Beetle wants to forget reality and return to his illusion filled with beautiful women | Beetle worries about his friend Booster Gold going through the same deprogramming from the Queen Bee's mental attack by Kent Nelson that he has been subjected to. When Beetle hears Booster crying out in anguish when he realises that he's switched bodies with the aged Kent, Beetle smirks, knowing that his friend is going to be alright. | Blue Beetle | Co-host | Explaining his own selected joke, Shag manages to bore even himself, and Bass steals the glory. | - | ||||||||||||||||
42 | 29 | 11/24/19 | 1h 29m 41s | B] Justice League Europe 5 | Bob Fisher | Metamorpho's love for the Three Stooges. | Captain Atom returns to the Paris Embassy from New York, to find Ralph & Buddy chilling out outside, whilst inside the Embassy Metamorph & Java are trashing the place. | Animal Man | Shag | Bob picks the unexpected humour in Buddy & Ralph's casual banter. And the recurring Three Stooges jokes will make a return to fight for a Bwah-Ha-Ha award another time... | Metamorpho's awkwardness as the wife he's completely forgotton gets all smoochy with him. Ralph winding Java up about "Mrs. Metamorpho". | ||||||||||||||||
43 | 30 | 1/26/20 | 49m 38s | A] Justice League America 30 | Jennifer Swartz-Levine | Mister Miracle reminds Barda she's dealing with an unpowered punk. She assures him that she's aware of the mismatch... then proceeds to terrify the snot out of the poor guy, | ...Shag concurs! | Big Barda | Both! | Mutual agreement. Peace & Universal Harmony break out across the podcast. | Barda's line "With Darkseid, there is no right side" | ||||||||||||||||
44 | 30 | 1/26/20 | 1h 37m 31s | B] Justice League Europe 6 | David Ace Gutierrez | Power Girl's pratfall | Everyone's reaction to Miss Kessler reading out Major Disaster's 'secret' note. | Miss Kessler ( and the entire JLE & Injustice League) | Shag | David agrees that an entire page beats out a single (problematic) panel. Not that Shag lauds it over him or anything... | |||||||||||||||||
45 | 31 | 3/22/20 | 43m 15s | A] Justice League America 31 (The Teasdale Imperative Pt. 1) | Jose Rivera | Fire and Ice stand in their burned up appartment. Ice claims its a major disaster. Fire interprets that as the Injustice League guy. | Guy insults J'onn who responds by pulling Guy's rollneck up over his head. | Fire & Ice | Co-host | Shag supports the clever word play, and feels the gag supports the issues overall Fire & Ice theme. Jose nearly throws the win away by appreciating the visual humour. | |||||||||||||||||
46 | 31 | 3/22/20 | 1h 41m 10s | B] Justice League Europe 7 (The Teasdale Imperative Pt. 2) | Scott X | Out of an action-oriented issue, Booster demands a containment suit. Not that he's worried about becoming infected, more that he's going to smell bad after consorting with zombies. (Although... how fragrant is the inside of a hazmat suit anyway..?) | Wally psychoanalyses the reasons why Power Girl threw him bodily at Martian Manhunter. | JLA and JLE | TIE! | Shag asks Scott to make an argument for his selection. Scott doesn't really have one, and a diplomatic Tie for both JLE and JLA is declared. | |||||||||||||||||
47 | 32 | 4/19/20 | 46m 18s | A] Justice League America 32 (The Teasdale Imperative Pt. 4) | Jeff Messer | Teasedale's self-aware monologue recognising that he's turning into a comic book villain. | Captain Atom & Power Girl admonish each other for failing to catch a gas-canister projectile. | Captain Atom & Power Girl | Shag | Shag nearly talks himself out of his pick, whilst talking Jeff into choosing it. Shag likes winning, and accepts Jeff's capitulation. | |||||||||||||||||
48 | 32 | 4/19/20 | 1h 40m 53s | B] Justice League Europe 8 (The Teasdale Imperative Pt. 4) | Podcasting virgin Tim Price | Dimitri & Scott reminise about being home with their families... and commiserate about spening time with Oberon / in Moscow. | Out of the blue, Teasdale gets gore-splattered by the giant foot of a Godzilla sized Gray Man. | The splattered remains of Teasdale | Shag | Shag cites this very Spreadsheet in erroneously claiming that he's lost a lot of these contests recently. (The Leaderboard shows that he's still in the lead.) Tim graciously conceeds. | |||||||||||||||||
49 | Meanwhile: Justice League of America Unaired Pilot | 5/24/20 | 1h 26m 25s | That pinnacle of televisual artistry, the 1997 "Justice League of America" pilot TV show. Hoo Boy... | Chris Franklin & Max Romero & Rob Kelly | Both Max & Rob pick the interstitial interview with Barry, B.B. and Guy talk about J'onn and Guy mentions that he's green. Chris picks Tori's "Leonard Nemoy" response to J'onn's question about meeting an alien for the first time. | Ray talking about how - on first getting his powers - different body parts grew at different rates. If his vocal cords remained small, he speaks in a helium-squeak. | TV's Guy Gardner (who bears aboslutely no resemblance to the Guy in the comic books) | Co-Host | Thankfully, having a genuine majority vote for the first time ever spares us from a lengthy debate & argument over this episodes' winning moment. | Wally eating a seven course meal at superspeed leaving nothing for his new housemates, Ray failing to fix their TV, then showing up charred in the next scene, Ice's training montage, J'onn in the shape of B.B. asking if her costume chafes. | ||||||||||||||||
50 | Meanwhile: Moments of Vertigo | Award | Renamed | "The | One | Punch | Award" | See | Seperate | Sheet - tab | Below. | ||||||||||||||||
51 | 33 | 8/16/20 | 57m 36s | A] Justice League 33 | David Gallagher | "The Loveboat Scene": The inhabitants of Kooey Kooey Kooey launch into the theme of The Loveboat at the mention of Gavin McCloud. | Kilowog in the GLC Citadel all sad & alone. The moment is broken on the page turn by Guy Gardner socking him one in the jaw. | Beetle & Booster | Co-Host | David asserts that his moment is the best and Shag agrees without much in the way of argument. | Puck explaining how the islanders call all visitors "Honoured Ones"... even deceased goats. | ||||||||||||||||
52 | 33 | 8/16/20 | 1h 38m 34s | B] Justice League Europe 9 | Nicholas Prom | Ralph & Wally sharing Barry Allen stories: Wally describes a comical moment of the incompetence of the Rogues whilst Ralph rolls on the floor laughing. | Power Girl recovering from surgery, constantly interrupted by concerned heroes waking her up to tell her to save her strength. | Posthumous award to Barry Allen | Co-Host | In an issue with slim comedic pickings, even Shag doesn't really believe that PG has the best gag here. It's an easy win for Nicholas. | - | ||||||||||||||||
53 | 34 | 9/20/20 | 44m 47s | A] Justice League America 34 | Rob Kelly | On Kooey Kooey Kooey, Booster & Beetle don't think anything can get any worse... just as Aquaman shows up to give them a severe scolding. | At the NY Embassy, a furious Max discovers that Beetle & Booster have embezzled JLI funds. Oberon tries to defend the duo, if only to avoid being seen as an accessory to murder. | Beetle & Booster | Co-Host | Shag surrenders to Rob... which Rob appears to find strangely erotic. | - | ||||||||||||||||
54 | 34 | 9/20/20 | 1h 27m 25s | B] Justice League Europe | The Sutherlands | The Honeymooners-esque "Hey, Ralphie-boy!" delivered by Power Girl | Power Girl declaring war on Captain Atom after his power blasts embed her in the ceiling during a training exercise. | Power Girl & Captain Atom | TIE! | Shag announces a tie, as he's overwhelmed by the legendary niceness of The Sutherlands. | The Mattress delivery guy pours scorn on the powerful heroes making him lug a bulky mattress up to Captain Atom's bedroom. | ||||||||||||||||
55 | 35 | 10/25/20 | 37m 46s | A] Justice League America 35 | Zaki Hasan | The "Bwah Hurr Hurrrrm" moment where Booster describes the punishment Max will mete out on him & Beetle, specifically the chillingly prescient description of how Max will "put a bullet in his head" | Beetle angry at Major Disaster, demanding his lost money back even though they are adrift in the middle of the Pacific. | Beetle & Booster | Co-Host | The retrospective hand of history sits heavy on Shag's shoulders as - without argument or debate - he cedes the top spot to Zaki's fateful chilling pick. | |||||||||||||||||
56 | 35 | 10/25/20 | 1h 35m 23s | B] Justice League Europe 11 | Jimmy McGlinchey | Guy overhears Oberon & Captain Atom talking about Simon Stagg. Oberon suggests sending a member of the team who is "discrete & diplomatic". Guy bawls "I'll do it!!" scaring the bejeezus out of Oberon. | On the drive up to to Stagg's mansion, Rex promises to be the soul of discretion, but then immediately punches Java in the face, knocking him out with 'one punch'. | Metamorpho | Shag | Shag is feeling like he's given up too many of these battles recently (although check out the leaderboard... HE'S STILL WINNING!). Jimmy is too generous to see a grown man brought down so low. | |||||||||||||||||
57 | Meanwhile... Justice League International Special #1 | 11/22/20 | 39m 10s | Justice League International Special 1 (aka Mister Miracle #12 ½) | Joe Phillips | a] Scott's incredible 90's shirts b] Booster & Beetle doing the butt-bump | Shag puts up no opposing suggestion | Scott Free / Booster & Beetle get a win apiece | Co-host | Yeah, like Shag was gonna fight Joe Phillips for the win... | Joe nominates Funky Flashman eating caviar off an Oreo cookie as his runner up, | ||||||||||||||||
58 | 36 | 12/20/20 | 54m 02s | A] Justice League America 36 | Mike Gillis | The final sequence of G'nort offering the Scarlet Skiier a sidekick position, and Skiier pushes G'nort into the Pacific. | During their fight, G'nort advises the Skiier that his Uncle G'newman taught the class "Soliloquising whilst Getting Your Face Punched In" whilst forming a ring-energy fist with which to pound the Skiier into the subway system. | G'nort & The Scarlet Skiier | Co-host | There's a mature moment of mutual appreciation for each other's pick, but Shag ultimately sides with Mike as the shove-into-the-ocean sets up the future Skiier/G'nort relationship. | |||||||||||||||||
59 | 36 | 12/20/20 | 1h 56m 16s | B] Justice League Europe 12 | Gus Casals | Platinum quips "Watch your elements, pal" when Metamorpho grabs her during the fight with the Metal Men. | When Metamorpho chastises Iron for grabbing him at the start of the fight by advising the Metal Man that he has assaulted a member of an International peace-keeping group, Gold reminds Metamorpho that he already punched Guy Gardner into unconsciousness. | Platinum | Co-Host | Shag recognises that the convoluted nature of his moment diminishes how funny it is, and almost before he's finished explaining, he gives up the win to Gus. | |||||||||||||||||
60 | 37 | 1/24/21 | 51m 40s | A] Justice League America 37 | Nathaniel Wayne | Booster goes to lunch with Claire Montgomery. Booster's cool, flirty line is utterly dismissed by his new boss. | Mister Miracle watching Guy & Fire fighting off panel | Fire, Guy & Mister Miracle. | Shag | Nathaniel appreciates Shag's choice of the visual gag, to Shag's utter surprise. | |||||||||||||||||
61 | 37 | 1/24/21 | 1hr 47m 23s | B] Justice League Europe 13 | Matt Anderson | Captain Atom's attempts to speak French and mangling the language to such an exent that his efforts make no sense. "Boys & Girls, Six Dwarves are eating my aunt's toenails"! | The comedy of errors where the JLA smash into the Paris Embassy, the cat runs down the staircase, Captain Atom falls backwards down the stairs and the children in the tour party start screaming. | Combined JLE & JLA | Shag | Matt throws in the towel for the slow build up over two issues o the pay off of the Furballs saga. | |||||||||||||||||
62 | Meanwhile... | 2/28/21 | 56m 14s | A] Justice League America Annual 4 | Aaron Bias | Ralph, Sue & Rex Bwah-Ha-Ha as they review the membership of JLAntarctica | Max's memo to all embassies calling off the whole JLAnt episode | Ralph, Sue & Rex | Co-Host | Shag sags under the weight of 4 actual Bwah-Ha-Has. | |||||||||||||||||
63 | Meanwhile... | 2/28/21 | 1hr 53m 33s | B] Justice League Europe Annual 1 | Shawn Myers | Rex wishes "chaos & ineptitude" on the Doom Patrol or Titans | Ralph & Captain Atom wax metatextually about the group's hero shot | The whole of the JLE and Global Guardians teams | Shag | Shawn flatters Shag to get another co-host spot and Shag can't help himself but claim the win. | |||||||||||||||||
64 | Meanwhile… | 3/28/21 | "One | Punch | Awards" | issued: | See | seperate | spreadsheet | tab | |||||||||||||||||
65 | 38 | 5/23/21 | 49m 49s | A] Justice League America 38 | Carlin Trammel | The Spy Magazine article comparing Guy Gardner to a pineapple | The Spy Magazine article calling out Blue Beetle and the creditors of his recent bankruptcy. | Blue Beetle | Shag | Carlin just gives in, which is a shame as the pineapple thing was really funny! | |||||||||||||||||
66 | For reasons | explained | in the | Intro, JLE | issues will | henceforth have a | "One Punch Award" | rather than a | "Bwah Ha Ha" | award | |||||||||||||||||
67 | 39 | 6/20/21 | 38m 49s | A] Justice League America 39 | Michael Bailey | Amidst a fairly serious issue, the woman with the rolling pin gets Michael's vote. | Despero flying past the JLA shuttle, then Guy going past the shuttle in the opposite direction. You had to be there. | Blue Beetle & Mr Miracle | Shag | Michael can't quite bring himself to say Shag is right… but gives him the win. | |||||||||||||||||
68 | 40 | 7/18/21 | 53m 10s | A] Justice League America 40 | Dr G, (Man of Nerdology) | Opening panel of Blue Beetle trying to talk his way out of trouble. | … in the absence of any other options, Shag concurs! | Blue Beetle | Both! | It's an action packed, then tragic issue, so there's few options for the boys to choose. Mutual agreement. Peace & Universal Harmony break out across the podcast. | |||||||||||||||||
69 | 41 | 8/22/21 | 34m 10s | A] Justice League America 41 | Chris Hatton | Maximum Force flying into the Embassy on time so as to set a good example for America's Youth (despite murdering multiple victims) | … Shag concurs! | Maxwell Lord | Both! | Mutual agreement. Peace & Universal Harmony break out across the podcast. | |||||||||||||||||
70 | 42 | 9/19/21 | 39m 00s | A] Justice League America 42 | Doug Zawisza | Fire & El Diablo natter away in Spanish to the incomprehension & boredom of Blue Beetle. | … Shag concurs! (Which he says doesn't happen that often, but this is three in a row!) | Blue Beetle, Fire & El DIablo | Both! | Mutual agreement, Peace, Uinversal Harmony, yadda yadda yadda, buzz buzz buzz etc. | |||||||||||||||||
71 | Meanwhile… | 10/17/21 | 1h 00m 16s | Justice League Quarterly 1 | Martin Gray | Fire tells Ted not to get upset about The Conglomerate's great publicity. Until Conglomerate member Gypsy is seen endorsing a clothing line previously represented by Bea, at which point she loses it. | … guess what?! Shag concurs. Again! | Fire | Both! | Mutual Agreement, Peace, Harmony all that jazz. | L-Ron calling Maxwell Lord "Lord Maxwell" as a running gag. | ||||||||||||||||
72 | 43 | 12/19/21 | 43m 04s | Justice League America 43 | Pat Sampson | Sonar thinks the JLA laugh at him behind his back. When he asks J'Onn, he's told that they never even talk about him. | In the background of the bar scene, are Kiteman & Bug-Eyed Bandit. They go from disagreement, to argument, to knock-down fight about the result of a fight with Superman. | Sonar & Bug-Eyed Bandit + Kiteman. | TIE | Doug wants to give the win to Shag, just as Shag was going to give it up for Doug's moment. An honourable draw is agreed. | |||||||||||||||||
73 | 44 | 1/22/22 | 35m 59s | Justice League America 44 | Cindy Franklin | Amongst a wealth of funny moments, Cindy offers up three suggestions, one of which Shag agrees with: Fire tempting Beetle with her feminine charms on the pool table. | Shag's pick is the loser villains doing a spit take on hearing themselves mentioned on the TV News bulletin, but he abandons this choice to go along with Fire | Fire | Co-Host | Chivalrous Shag demures to the ladies choice. | |||||||||||||||||
74 | 45 | 2/20/22 | 39m 40s | Justice League America 45 | Matthew Cody | Guy crosses his heart & hopes to die, and promises to behave. Fire does a call back when she calls Guy's death wishful thinking. Shag adds a further later call back when Guy promises to die but take Beetle & Kilowog with him. | Shag struggles with his pick: a full page of Guy skating out onto the ice. | Fire & Ice | Co-Host | Shag's heart wasn't really in it, and he likes the running gag through the issue. | |||||||||||||||||
75 | 46 | 3/20/22 | 38m 11s | Justice League America 46 | Andy Kapellusch | Guy threatening the comic auctioneer by creating a ring construct tombstone with the engraving "R.I.P. Your Name Here" | Joe Jones being visited by Schmidt who blasts the nursing home with a massive bazooka. | Joe Jones & Schmidt | Shag | Andy folds like a cheap suit. | |||||||||||||||||
76 | 47 | 5/22/22 | 45m 30s | A] Justice League America 47 | Patrick Pence | J'Onn admonishes Guy who is extinguishing a fire with his ring. Guy sarcastically calls out "Sure thing, Skipper, and be sure to give my best to Gilligan!" | A concept: General Glory calling J'Onn "Skipper". | Guy Gardner | Co-Host | It's a weak pick and Shag knows it. | Guy attacking Orion shouting "You Killed My Hero!" | ||||||||||||||||
77 | Meanwhile… | 6/19/22 | 1h 09m 36s | Justice League Quarterly 2 | Jon & Maggie Schaefer-Hames | Maggie: Ice encases Heatwave's head in a block of ice, and has to be reminded at the end of the fight that he can't breathe. Jon: Background sight gag of Fire running back & forth | The Big Las Vegas reveal - Mr Nebula's tastelessness in all it's glory. | Ice | Co-Host | Shag gives in. Jon as a sensible husband defers to his wife's pick. Maggie celebrates the win. | Batman wandering into the embassy, seeing what's gong down and saying "…nah." | ||||||||||||||||
78 | 48 | 7/24/22 | 54m 07s | Justice League America 48 | Ryan Blake | The Überbot crushes a grimacing General Glory in his fist, and despite his agony the General soliloquises. At length. | A running gag: repeated callbacks to the boring ubiquity of over-done giant robots. | Überbot | Shag | Ryan bows to the solid running joke and Shag gracelessly accepts. | |||||||||||||||||
79 | 49 | 8/21/22 | 53m 35s | Justice League America 49 | Damian Drouet-Whiter | Schmidt goosestepping down to the basement, commenting on his own late aged weight gain & weakness. | General Glory falling 20 storeys and not one bit afraid - he's telling anyone that would listen about how he's going to get out of the predicament. | General Glory | Shag | Damian reluctantly concedes to Shag's pick | |||||||||||||||||
80 | 50 | 9/18/22 | 1h 07m 58s | Justice League America 50 | Captain Entropy | J'Onn speaks to Lightray & Orion, asking them to stay at the destroyed military base. Orion wants to be tearing limbs and spitting blood. J'Onn suggests he waits until after dinner. | The Kyle Baker mini-story at the end of the book. Or at least the first couple of pages. | The creators of the book in a meta-textual way. | Shag | Captain protests the alteration of the rules, Kirk-style but allows Shag's win. | |||||||||||||||||
81 | Meanwhile… | 10/23/22 | 1h 01m 25s | Justice League Quarterly 3 | Steve Givens | General Glory coming across as your racist uncle. | The montage of the classic league talking whilst the JLI leaguers do amusing things. | Classic post-Crisis JLA members | Shag | Steve's heart believes his pick is funnier, but as a good guest concedes that Shag's pick is better. | |||||||||||||||||
82 | 51 | 12/18/22 | 1h 05m 45s | Justice League America 51 | Jonathon Riddle | Black Hand diving murderously towards J'Onn, a waitress diving out of the way, spilling pasta all over the Maitre D'. | The slow revelation of how G'nort disrupted a performance of the musical "Cats". | Martian Manhunter, Black Hand & G'nort | Co-Host | Jonathon mounts a spirited defence of his pick as the page builds and builds and Shag is persuaded. | |||||||||||||||||
83 | 52 | 1/22/23 | 45m 52s | Justice League America 52 | Joe Tonello | Batman lamenting the realisation that being in proximity to the Embassy makes him feel physically unwell. | Kilowog completing the Alien Immigration Forms. | Kilowog | Shag | Shag threatens physical violence to get his way. Joe reminds him he does actual boxing training but allows Shag's pick anyway. | |||||||||||||||||
84 | Meanwhile… | 2/19/23 | 1h 13m 32s | Justice League America Annual 5 | Jon Wilson | Green Guru's philosophical musing that "Life is like an Oreo Cookie" | Mister Miracle thinking of ways to break Blue Beetle out of jail. | Martian Manhunter | Co-Host | Shag immediately gives the win to Jon | |||||||||||||||||
85 | 53 | 3/19/23 | 1h 11m 00s | Justice League America 53 | Michel Fiffe | Michel goes off piste and picks a letter from the letter column. But his back up pick is almost the same as Shag's, so… | J'Onn ready to quit and return to Mars when Blue Beetle tells him it was the "JLAnt" guys. | The Injustice League | Both! | With some minor negotiations, mutual agreement is reached. | Special award to Lon Wolf letter writer | ||||||||||||||||
86 | Meanwhile... | 4/23/23 | 55m 10s | Justice League Quarterly 4 | Mike Harlow | General Glory's concern about Max's alcohol consumption. | The scene where Petey talks a demon into leaving and saving the day. A great bit & not "Bwah Ha Ha" worthy. | General Glory & Max | Co-Host | Shag immediately recognises the supremacy of the alcoholism gag. | The Steven Segal fan club ad | ||||||||||||||||
87 | 54 | 6/18/23 | 1h 10m 20s | Justice League America 54 | Tim Levine | Blue Beetle's one-fingered salute | Fire's interview, in which the closed door suggests inappropriate workplace behaviour, after which Fire gets a raise. You write the gag yourself. | Fire & Blue Beetle | TIE | Tim casts doubt on Shag's moment pointing out the art of four Xeroxed shots of a closed door. Shag calls a Tie | Tasmanian Devil punching Guy | ||||||||||||||||
88 | 55 | 7/23/23 | 1h 00m 13s | Justice League America 55 | Devin Clancy | Final page news report with Big Sir standing guard over Max in hospital, but he changes the channel to watch cartoons. | The cover - 16 word balloons. | Elongated Man, Captain Atom, Ice & Blue Beetle. | Shag | Devin didn't realise the cover was in scope and gives it to Shag | |||||||||||||||||
89 | 56 | 8/20/23 | 1h 01m 45s | Justice League America 56 | Mike Atchison | Guy says trouble is his middle name, but J'Onn corrects him and says that in his personnel file it's Darrin, setting up a running joke with Beetle calling Guy "Darrin" and drops Bewitched references. | The reveal that it's the JLE who have also taken up residence in the Happy Harbour base. | Guy, J'Onn and Blue Beetle. | Co-Host | Shag once again lays it on thick, but Mike defends his pick as the true Bwah Ha Ha joke. Shag's long lost lust for Elizabeth Montgomery persuades him to give Mike the win. | The ducks. | ||||||||||||||||
90 | 57 | 9/17/23 | 45m 12s | Justice League America 57 | DC Dave | When Beefeater has no clue who Despero is, attacking him with his power staff. | …Shag concurs! | Beefeater | Both! | Mutual Agreement. Peace and Universal Harmony breakout across the podcast. There's even a write in vote for this gag. | |||||||||||||||||
91 | 58 | 10/22/23 | 1h 13m 56s | Justice League America 58 | Jake & Warren | Jake: Booster interrupts the fight between Lobo & Guy, with Lobo & Booster falling out of the sky. Warren: Lobo about to fight Booster Gold, Guy then attacks Lobo and flips him in the air. | Beetle flying the Bug muses that the chaos of the JLI's lives could only be created by a group of writers working together. | Blue Beetle | Shag | Shag pulls rank to declare this moment - in the week of Keith Giffen's death - the winner. Jake & Warren in full agreement. | Interaction between Beetle & Elongated Man. | ||||||||||||||||
92 | 59 | 11/19/23 | 44m 32s | Justice League America 59 | Mark Baker Wright | Metamorpho chastises Blue Beetle for joking about the seriousness of their situation. When Beetle says he's paid by the chuckle, Metamorpho snaps back "No wonder you're broke". | Shag nominates the cover… again. | Blue Beetle, Metamorpho, Martian Manhunter, Power Girl | TIE! | Mark responds that the cover's amusing but not Bwah-Ha-Ha-able. Shag offers a tie. | |||||||||||||||||
93 | 60 | 12/17/23 | 1h 08m 28s | Justice League America 60 | Joe Casey | Martian Manhunter's farewell page is not loquacious, just one word. "Goodbye" | Blue Beetle maintaining the Bug & being persecuted by Dimitri's kids. | Blue Beetle and Martian Manhunter | TIE! | ||||||||||||||||||
94 | Meanwhile… | 1/21/24 | 30m 28s | A] JLA 80 page Giant 1 | Matt Ev | Beetle, Booster & Black Canary pause as Guy leaves to go out for coffee. Dinah's look of shock & disgust is a masterpiece. | 9 panel grid of Martian Manhunter reading his book as chaos ensues behind him. | Black Canary & Martian Manhunter. | TIE! | Shag allows Matt to pick & he offers a tie. | |||||||||||||||||
95 | Meanwhile… | 1/21/24 | 56m 06s | B] Justice League Unlimited 43 | JT the Exterminator | Blue Beetle & Booster Gold jump into action. Beetle says "Consider this an impromptu audition." Booster replies "Not until you tell me what impromptu means." | Beetle & Booster want to join the team. Beetle is excited about the potential endorsement earnings and Wonder Woman wants to hit him. | Booster Gold & Blue Beetle | Co-Host | Shag can't allow Wonder Woman to get the award so gives the win to Booster & Beetle. | |||||||||||||||||
96 | Meanwhile… | 1/12/24 | 1h 40m 46s | C] DC Retroactive: JLA The 90's | Brett Young | Blue Beetle & Mister Miracle chatting over the monitor disagreeing over what is definitely not "Darkseid's Inhaler"! | Shag concurs… | Blue Beetle | TIE! | Mutual Agreement. Peace, Universal Harmony etc etc. | |||||||||||||||||
97 | Meanwhile… | 6/23/24 | Formerly Known As The Justice League 1-6 | Sean Ross | A bit of a challenging contest, this one, as everything goes up against The Greatest Gag Of The Millennium. Sean picks one of the other funny moments when Fire calls Wonder Woman a b!tçh (twice) and WW gets all precious about it. | Shag chooses The Greatest Gag Of The Millennium (A running gag of Fire telling Sue Dibny that Ralph is "a Four"). | Sue, Fire & Ralph | TIE! | There's not disagreement that can stand the all-conquering humour of this joke, so mutual agreement as before. | ||||||||||||||||||
98 | Meanwhile… | 7/21/24 | 1h 33m 17s | I Can't Believe It's Not The Justice League 1-6 | Michael Bailey | Booster and Beetle debating the relative merits of amnesia vs cardiac problems. | Sue Disney & Maxwell Lord arguing about Blackguard's bar next door. They snigger like third graders over the "Dick Hertz" thing. | It goes to a public vote. Great. That does wonders for my spreadsheet. Screw you, Michael Bailey. | At this point, who cares, really? | ||||||||||||||||||
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