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Who's Who in the DC Universe

Monday, September 15th, 2008 – running time 04:24
Conor breaks out the big gray binder of knowledge!

Way back in 1990, both DC and Marvel Comics published binder editions of their popular character dossier books. DC Comics' Who's Who in the DC Universe caught Conor's eye with its exciting art and ability to surprise. He collected all 16 editions in one book and he has carried his big gray binder of DC knowledge with him ever since. What secrets does the binder hold?

Highlights
marvel DC ( 1:26 ) color code ( 2:23 ) Justice League ( 2:56, 3:29 ) comic book ( 0:14 )

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" War."

" Okay it's Condo complex employment. I think employment is the small size version of life and -- comic book show. Last week a couple of the mideast Josh actually -- some goofy DC villains. And we've found those bills my big DC binder I don't territory you what is that these Brian you'll hear his right here it's heavy. It's as big binders full of these pages and what these pages contain. Our DC who's who and what those who was. Originally -- was comic book that -- each character then there profile on their biography or history of powers and then came all the pertinent information. Officially begun dossier -- that administrators of friends as a stream that's a huge debt and marvel at the same thing with the marvel at. And then in 1990. DC and also marvel actually came out with. Binder size. Loosely versions of the same thing exceed deals get them any real dimension it is indeed -- binder. Files basically all characters -- And it's a forceful straight victim of senior. But in 1990 I was thirteen -- discovered visas about three or four we'll call them issues and there was sixteen of them. And I was excited and and it would buy them up and then run home and take pen yeah and -- the paper off the suicide because. The market that was in the marvel DC was interest in the -- very exit report. You have almost the police lineup shot separate fronts chopped besides shot in the back shot them it was really boring in the back of the information. And to do with the DC that is they did that made big. Snapshots of protectors by the artist currently working -- notebooks so you have. Exciting. You know shots up action or whatever so that captured the character that was fun because -- there was more excitement just. This and then be. You would want to know who was drunk which character as he never did know and these DC ones -- trick -- because they were just loose pages. So you wouldn't actually know who drew -- how the page look until you've got it back to your house sort of plastic often you've got to look through it that's it was exciting is how like. If you are debates folk art differently in the news tonight I don't know what the players cars that look like mrs. -- thing you wouldn't notice part of a fund. This is sue for the that was a divided up into sections news and in fact it's almost color code snippets like geography with it. Where they would prof profile planet but what new earth legion or Krypton. Yeah heroes which is self explanatory you know your team's and supporting characters like -- later Alfred penny worth. And supernatural which was although it to vertigo characters because in 1990 it was still partisan world Seattle -- attack on people like doctors think things -- That you had villains and villain teams. Did you had. Technology section which we -- off the big -- covers look pictures of the bat cave at bat mobile -- the Justice League headquarters and you've just great great art in here and -- such things looking now. It almost all the bios may be 80% of important and mark wait who was a time working do you see editorially for the most part. And he's the guru DC history if you look at these -- what -- is almost the most common thing is sealed all this whole book. But also you have a lot of pop not -- working on this. So fantastic joke about Bryant on which is jumps off the page you agree. Batman from north grateful kept -- the bunch of them did this team titans and the budget that the -- used to the Justice League department and turn it basically it was how the funds are seeing words what the artists come up summoned. And then just read the bios and learning about this -- just a great way to learn about people you'd -- want to read about. About a lot of people had been reading at the time through his whose whose books a matter of fun and exciting and I feel like. How to bring the who's who back and I would love -- I don't want to -- joins -- I would love to make him to bind her with some new clothes and stuff to actually updated. Six inches of 1990 -- to. -- updates which is such a full a lot of people sort of exciting and took effect Tuesday and blood and blood which had no bio. He'll -- enough for a few months of this fire -- short but I'd love to see some more it is. If you have any whose memory you know -- contact that would dot com and you can check out more videos and let them where recent three dot com slash span. Thanks for watching."

" War."

" Okay it's Condo complex employment. I think employment is the small size version of life and -- comic book show. Last week a couple of the mideast Josh actually -- some goofy DC villains. And we've found those bills my big DC binder I don't territory you what is that these Brian you'll hear his right here it's heavy. It's as big binders full of these pages and what these pages contain. Our DC who's who and what those who was. Originally -- was comic book that -- each character then there profile on their biography or history of powers and then came all the pertinent information. Officially begun dossier -- that administrators of friends as a stream that's a huge debt and marvel at the same thing with the marvel at. And then in 1990. DC and also marvel actually came out with. Binder size. Loosely versions of the same thing exceed deals get them any real dimension it is indeed -- binder. Files basically all characters -- And it's a forceful straight victim of senior. But in 1990 I was thirteen -- discovered visas about three or four we'll call them issues and there was sixteen of them. And I was excited and and it would buy them up and then run home and take pen yeah and -- the paper off the suicide because. The market that was in the marvel DC was interest in the -- very exit report. You have almost the police lineup shot separate fronts chopped besides shot in the back shot them it was really boring in the back of the information. And to do with the DC that is they did that made big. Snapshots of protectors by the artist currently working -- notebooks so you have. Exciting. You know shots up action or whatever so that captured the character that was fun because -- there was more excitement just. This and then be. You would want to know who was drunk which character as he never did know and these DC ones -- trick -- because they were just loose pages. So you wouldn't actually know who drew -- how the page look until you've got it back to your house sort of plastic often you've got to look through it that's it was exciting is how like. If you are debates folk art differently in the news tonight I don't know what the players cars that look like mrs. -- thing you wouldn't notice part of a fund. This is sue for the that was a divided up into sections news and in fact it's almost color code snippets like geography with it. Where they would prof profile planet but what new earth legion or Krypton. Yeah heroes which is self explanatory you know your team's and supporting characters like -- later Alfred penny worth. And supernatural which was although it to vertigo characters because in 1990 it was still partisan world Seattle -- attack on people like doctors think things -- That you had villains and villain teams. Did you had. Technology section which we -- off the big -- covers look pictures of the bat cave at bat mobile -- the Justice League headquarters and you've just great great art in here and -- such things looking now. It almost all the bios may be 80% of important and mark wait who was a time working do you see editorially for the most part. And he's the guru DC history if you look at these -- what -- is almost the most common thing is sealed all this whole book. But also you have a lot of pop not -- working on this. So fantastic joke about Bryant on which is jumps off the page you agree. Batman from north grateful kept -- the bunch of them did this team titans and the budget that the -- used to the Justice League department and turn it basically it was how the funds are seeing words what the artists come up summoned. And then just read the bios and learning about this -- just a great way to learn about people you'd -- want to read about. About a lot of people had been reading at the time through his whose whose books a matter of fun and exciting and I feel like. How to bring the who's who back and I would love -- I don't want to -- joins -- I would love to make him to bind her with some new clothes and stuff to actually updated. Six inches of 1990 -- to. -- updates which is such a full a lot of people sort of exciting and took effect Tuesday and blood and blood which had no bio. He'll -- enough for a few months of this fire -- short but I'd love to see some more it is. If you have any whose memory you know -- contact that would dot com and you can check out more videos and let them where recent three dot com slash span. Thanks for watching."