# Absolute Batman Annual, Shredder, and The Mortal Thor (with HiFiMike)

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/comics-pull-ooza-7091476/absolute-batman-annual-shredder-and-the-mortal-thor-with-hifimike
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/comics-pull-ooza-7091476/absolute-batman-annual-shredder-and-the-mortal-thor-with-hifimike.md
Podcast: [Comics Pull-Ooza](https://stenobird.com/podcast/comics-pull-ooza-7091476)
Published: 2025-11-04T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://comics-pull-ooza.captivate.fm
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8abb60e8-f756-4313-84b3-c056bf88a41e.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/comics-pull-ooza-7091476/episodes/absolute-batman-annual-shredder-and-the-mortal-thor-with-hifimike
Duration seconds: 4950

## Resource

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This is Vime's Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness. This has nothing to do with the episode this week, its just interesting to think about. Best Books Absolute Batman Annual #1 Shredder #2 The Mortal Thor #3 Book Blurbs All New Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider #3 (try saying that 5 times fast. Its not that hard actually), Undeadpool #1, Rocketfellers #10, Black Cat #3, Space Ghost #4, Batman and Robin Year One #12, Supernatural #1, Creep Show Vol 4 #2 Uncle's One More Thing Final Fantasy (like all of it) Friends (The TV Show, not the concept, which is also a good thing) Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/comics-pull-ooza-7091476/episodes/absolute-batman-annual-shredder-and-the-mortal-thor-with-hifimike/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/comics-pull-ooza-7091476/absolute-batman-annual-shredder-and-the-mortal-thor-with-hifimike.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.