{"podcast":{"title":"Essential Issues: A DC Comics Podcast","slug":"essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850","podcast_index_feed_id":6465850,"rss_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a","website_url":"https://www.spiritblade.com/essential-issues-podcast/","image_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/~images/2344121772703976.jpeg","author":"Paeter Frandsen","episode_count":40,"summary":"Paeter Frandsen (Spirit Blade Productions) reacts to the latest releases on the DC Universe Infinite subscription service, geeking out as a fan and also exploring their moral and philosophical themes.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T04:18:08.584027+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850"},"episode":{"title":"Aquaman Dominates! (Essential Issues Podcast #035)","slug":"aquaman-dominates-essential-issues-podcast-035","published_at":"2026-01-17T20:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850/aquaman-dominates-essential-issues-podcast-035","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850","url":"https://www.spiritblade.com/essential-issues-podcast/2026/1/17/aquaman-dominates-essential-issues-podcast-035","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/static1.squarespace.com/static/53fb437de4b0e6c68d7c377a/t/6967fb529441472e128c043c/1768422284433/EIP_035-Aquaman_Dominates.mp3/original/EIP_035-Aquaman_Dominates.mp3","summary":"(TIME STAMPS BELOW!) DC KO's tie-ins are better than the main books? And Aquaman DOMINATES with his new powers! Could he win the entire KO tournament? Very possibly! In this extra-large \"catch-up\" installment I cover Ultra-Tier DC Universe Infinite releases from November & December! ‍ ‍ RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra November/December 2025, DCUI Standard May 2026, ‍ ‍ TIME STAMPS 00:01:09 Justice League Unlimited 12, DC KO 2, Superman Red And Blue 2025 Special 1, Superman Vs. Captain Atom 1, Action Comics 1092, Green Lantern Corps 10, Batman/Deadpool 1, Aquaman 12, Superman Unlimited 7, Red Hood Vs The Joker 1, The Flash 26-28, JSA 13 & 14, Cheetah & Cheshire Rob The Justice League 4 & 5 ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ GET THIS PODCAST 3 DAYS EARLY and enjoy exclusive rewards at https://www.patreon.com/spiritbladeproductions ‍ ‍ <a href=\" https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a \" title=\"Subscribe to my feed\" rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\"><img src=\"//feedburner.google.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:0\"/></a><a href=\" https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a \" title=\"Subscribe to my feed\" rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\">Subscribe in a reader</a> <a href=\" http://subscribeonandroid.com/feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a \" title=\"Subscribe on Android\"><img src=\" https://assets.blubrry.com/soa/BadgeLarge.png \" alt=\"Subscribe on Android\" style=\"border:0;\" /></a> ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ Open In i-tunes- itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast/id1697221899?mt=2 i-tunes Page Link- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast/id1697221899?mt=2 Get fun, exclusive rewards for your support! Visit: https://www.pa…","meta_description":"(TIME STAMPS BELOW!) DC KO's tie-ins are better than the main books? And Aquaman DOMINATES with his new powers! Could he win the entire KO tournament? Ver…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850/episodes/aquaman-dominates-essential-issues-podcast-035/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850/aquaman-dominates-essential-issues-podcast-035.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}