{"id":26,"date":"2008-04-05T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2008-04-05T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/04\/05\/tom-vs-the-jla\/"},"modified":"2008-04-04T20:55:10","modified_gmt":"2008-04-05T00:55:10","slug":"tom-vs-the-jla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/05\/tom-vs-the-jla\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom vs. The JLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Hey old school JLA fans &#8211; Check out this fun podcast that reviews each individual issue of the classic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comics.org\/series.lasso?SeriesID=1449\" title=\"JLA at Grand Comic Database\" class=\"broken_link\">Justice League of America<\/a> series.\u00a0 It&#8217;s called, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tomvsjla.libsyn.com\/\" title=\"Tom vs the JLA\">Tom vs. the JLA<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicspace.com\/tomkaters\/\" title=\"Tom Katers ComicSpace\" class=\"broken_link\">Tom Katers<\/a> (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aroundcomics.com\/\" title=\"Around Comics\" class=\"broken_link\">Around Comics<\/a>&#8221; podcast regular and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifanboy.com\/\" title=\"iFanboy\">iFanboy<\/a>&#8221; podcast occasional guest star) started this project as a written blog, but transitioned to 10-12 minute podcasts.\u00a0 He&#8217;s currently covering the issues in the early 200&#8217;s, but you can get podcasts going back to the 160&#8217;s.\u00a0 In addition to doing a great job with the story summaries, Tom celebrates the Bronze Age story tropes recognizing them within the context of the time the comic was published.\u00a0 Oh yeah, he&#8217;s damn funny too.\u00a0 Check out his podcast by <a href=\"http:\/\/tomvsjla.libsyn.com\/\" title=\"Tom vs. the JLA\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He did a really nice job covering one of my personal favorite JLA issues, <a href=\"http:\/\/tomvsjla.libsyn.com\/index.php?post_id=306418\" title=\"Tom vs the JLA #171\" class=\"broken_link\">issue #171 &#8211; The Murderer Among Us: Crisis Above Earth-One!<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" align=\"middle\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/jla171.jpg\" alt=\"JLA 171\" height=\"597\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-26\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/05\/tom-vs-the-jla\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-26\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/05\/tom-vs-the-jla\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/05\/tom-vs-the-jla\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/05\/tom-vs-the-jla\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-26\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/05\/tom-vs-the-jla\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey old school JLA fans &#8211; 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