And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (Doom Patrol 110)

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Are you ready? Yeah. Are you with it? [00:00:02] Speaker B: Yeah. Okay, let's go. [00:00:04] Speaker A: You know what to do. [00:00:05] Speaker B: The whole world's watching and counting on you. And all you people listening out there. Everybody everywhere. Hang on, hang on, hang on. Welcome to Checkered Past, a loving postmodern examination of the. Go. Go. Check. Branded comic magazines published by DC Comics between February 1966 and August 1967. I'm Dr. Bob, and each week I'll be your guide on this trippy tour through 535 mid century masterpieces of graphic noveldom. This Week, Doom Patrol 110Cover Date March 1967Cover Price $0.12.Cover Artist Bruno Premiani Edited by Murray Boltanov Featuring Trial by Terror Written by Arnold Drake Art by Bruno Premiani Are you ready? Are you with it? Then away we go. Go. [00:01:00] Speaker C: If you're walking in the shadows then it's time that you get wise. I just forget about your troubles and open up your eyes. When you wear a smile the world will shout hooray. You gotta turn on the sunshine. You're gonna fl. [00:01:28] Speaker B: The Brotherhood of Evil discovers that the Doom Patrol is actually still alive and battles them once more. Meanwhile, the Chief deduces that the villain's weaponry had been tampered with by Madame Rouge, who is secretly infatuated with a member of the Doom Patrol. Actually, the Chief himself. Confused? Don't worry, I'll be right back with doctor Husband to explain everything. Once I had a secret love. [00:01:58] Speaker A: That. [00:01:59] Speaker B: Lived within the heart of me all too soon my secret love became impatient to be free. And so I told a friendly star way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are and why I'm so in love with you. Well, hello. Hi. [00:02:45] Speaker A: I haven't seen much of you today. [00:02:47] Speaker B: No, you haven't. Well, you've been sleeping well. [00:02:50] Speaker A: Yes, true that. [00:02:52] Speaker B: Well, I went to a toy show yesterday. [00:02:54] Speaker A: And what did I do yesterday morning? Oh, I. I stayed at the house. I stayed at the house and did yard work. And then I did my lecture notes for the week, which I finished. For the whole week? [00:03:06] Speaker B: Yes. [00:03:07] Speaker A: And then I went and grabbed my guitar and went and made music with family. [00:03:12] Speaker B: You sure did. [00:03:13] Speaker A: Yes, the family. The family White? Yes, actually, the Burns family. But we'll explain. Same exactly. [00:03:22] Speaker B: Well, I went to the toy show and it wasn't up to much, but then I went to Second Charles and got some toys. [00:03:27] Speaker A: You got some prizes. I was so happy for you. You got Toyman and Lex Luthor? [00:03:33] Speaker B: Yes, I got Lex Luthor and Toyman from the McFarland Super Friends. Line. And you don't even know what I did this morning. [00:03:38] Speaker A: No. What'd you do? [00:03:39] Speaker B: I went to Walmart. Did you? Yep. [00:03:42] Speaker A: Oh, okay. Did you buy any paper towels? [00:03:43] Speaker B: Well, first I went. I did buy paper towels. [00:03:46] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. Good for you. Because I went to the grocery store and I forgot. [00:03:49] Speaker B: First I went to Tractor Supply. [00:03:53] Speaker A: Oh, excuse me. [00:03:56] Speaker B: I went to Tractor Supply. [00:03:58] Speaker A: And what would be for? [00:04:00] Speaker B: Well, online, they had a little horse figurine. Not a little. It's one to nine scale. And I was very excited about it, and I went to the store in person to pick it up, and of course, they didn't have it on the floor. Then I went out into the parking lot and ordered it online and it said I could pick it up in the store. So after that, I went to Walmart for. To complete my purchases and then came back, and by the time I got back to Tractor Supply, I had a message that said, this item is not available. It will ship in four days. [00:04:42] Speaker A: Why are you buying a horse for days? [00:04:43] Speaker B: Well, then I canceled the order, and then I went on Amazon and ordered it from Amazon. It's still arriving in four days, but it was $20 cheaper. What did you buy at Walmart? [00:04:54] Speaker A: No, why are you buying a horse? [00:04:57] Speaker B: Just hang on. [00:04:58] Speaker A: Okay. [00:04:58] Speaker B: And then I went to Walmart and I got some red fabric. [00:05:02] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:05:02] Speaker B: And blue. What do they call it? Something seam tape or something. [00:05:08] Speaker A: Okay. [00:05:09] Speaker B: And some copper wire and fabric glue. I'm going to make a Comet, the super horse. And then I'll have all the super pets action figures that I want. [00:05:19] Speaker A: If you want me to sew a cape for it, I will. If you just make it the right size and cut it out. I can. I can sew. [00:05:25] Speaker B: I know you can sew, but it's got to have wire inside so you can pose the cape. [00:05:31] Speaker A: I can do that for you. [00:05:31] Speaker B: Okay, I didn't want to involve you. You're so busy. I looked up a tutorial on YouTube and. Oh, look, you know what? [00:05:39] Speaker A: I think you should do it yourself first. [00:05:41] Speaker B: Well, no, no. Indian giver. [00:05:44] Speaker A: No, I think you should do it yourself first and have fun and see if it's what you want. If it's not, why does Rima look like an old drag queen on your T shirt? [00:05:53] Speaker B: Listener? I'm wearing a Rima the Jungle Girl T shirt, which my friend Chuck from our sister podcast got me. And yes, it's not the classic Alex Toth design. [00:06:05] Speaker A: Super friends. [00:06:06] Speaker B: She does kind of look like she's got. [00:06:09] Speaker A: She's kind of muscular. And cut. And the. And the cut of her muscles makes her look old. [00:06:14] Speaker B: Well, it's. Her makeup's not doing her any favors. [00:06:17] Speaker A: No, she looks like. She looks like a serious drag queen. [00:06:20] Speaker B: Rema, the Jungle girl did not wear makeup, that's for sure. [00:06:23] Speaker A: All right. [00:06:25] Speaker B: You know, she's a literary figure. [00:06:28] Speaker A: Not that one on your T shirt. No, but that one doesn't even know. [00:06:30] Speaker B: What a book is. Remy. The Jungle Girl. [00:06:33] Speaker A: Unless it's a gossip magazine. Go ahead. [00:06:39] Speaker B: She appeared in a novel called Green Mansions. She was a South American woman who could speak to birds. [00:06:45] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:06:46] Speaker B: Yeah. And then she had seven issues of her own comic in the 70s, and I guess that's why she was on Super Friends, even though her comic took place in the early 1900s. [00:06:54] Speaker A: Oh, okay. Wow. [00:06:56] Speaker B: I know all about Rima. For a long time, I thought I was the only one that remembered her. [00:06:59] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:07:01] Speaker B: But now she's got her own T shirt. Look at that. [00:07:04] Speaker A: So let's see. What did I do yesterday? Since you asked. [00:07:07] Speaker B: I didn't, but go on. [00:07:10] Speaker A: Well, let's just skip it. [00:07:11] Speaker B: No, you worked in the garden. [00:07:14] Speaker A: I worked in the garden, but then. So your. Your cousin and her husband were here. Yes, for a few days. And they were here to play at a music festival in the mountains outside of Sharpsburg. At John Brown's historic bar. [00:07:29] Speaker B: Yes. [00:07:29] Speaker A: And so I went on Saturday and sat in a session for a couple hours with them and played guitar. Old time music, which is actually a lot of fun. It's really, really good music. Lively, comes from all over. Mostly the Appalachian region, from the north to the south, but it has its roots. And of course, Scottish and Irish and English music. So anyway, I just play the rhythm guitar. And I haven't played the rhythm guitar in a long time. And I was pretty rusty. And I had no idea that one of the people that was sitting in the session who pointed out that my D was sharp on my guitar, my D string was sharp. And I like, you know, I was so tired yesterday. I literally walked out of here without my tuner, without my chair. I was just. I don't know what was wrong with me. I didn't sleep well Friday night or last night. [00:08:22] Speaker B: Did you sit on the ground and play? [00:08:23] Speaker A: No. No. Luckily they had extra chairs. So anyway, I did bring a soft drink for myself on ice, some extra ice for the campers. Cause I know they've been there for a couple days. I brought them a big bag of ice and I brought tonic water. Cause Mary sue had said. She said you would Be a celebrated angel if you brought tonic water because they have cocktail hour there. [00:08:44] Speaker B: Sure. [00:08:45] Speaker A: So I did. I stopped and got a couple bottles of tonic water. Anyway, so I had a good time there. But anyway, I didn't realize my playing wasn't as great. I didn't realize that one of the people that was there in the session, that's a friend of Mike and Mar sue, is quite an accomplished player and a recording artist. And so he was very kind to put up with my playing, but apparently has an ear good enough to understand that. When I first started playing my first tune, I was adjusting to the fact that I play classical guitar nearly every day. And I pulled out my Martin Dreadnought and was playing and my fingers weren't moving around. And so some of the sound, the simple chords that I was to make were not so great. But I was like, I wish I had a group like this. I just love playing rhythm guitar. I really do. So then, let's see. This morning I went to church and I woke up and I was like a zombie. Like I haven't felt this way in a long time. Long term, I almost didn't go to church. I was like just a zombie. I don't think I woke up till. I mean, I went to church and I taught a lesson. I did a good job, but I kept it brief and came home and went right to bed and I slept two hours. You know, I feel fine now. But. [00:09:55] Speaker B: Yeah, well, did you read your comment? Because that. Oh yeah, right. [00:09:59] Speaker A: To sleep well the other morning. See, I haven't been sleeping well this past week. [00:10:03] Speaker B: Right. [00:10:03] Speaker A: The other morning I Woke up around 5am and I needed to go back to sleep. I wasn't due to wake up till 6:30. So I pulled out the comic that we already today and I couldn't make it past first page and went right to sleep. Yeah, so then I. Of course I pulled the comic out again yesterday and I was totally into it and I finished it today. [00:10:21] Speaker B: You said how much you enjoyed it. [00:10:25] Speaker A: I'm telling you, I think I really, really enjoyed Doom Patrol. I really do. Every time I pop into an issue, no matter when we are in the time period of writing it. Yes, I really enjoy it. [00:10:39] Speaker B: Well, I knew you loved Grant Morrison's Run, but I didn't know you liked Arnold Drake originally. [00:10:45] Speaker A: You know, it's not the silly. I mean it is somewhat silly, but it's also quirky in. In a sort of offbeat kind of like almost the. The. The writer knows that it's offbeat and quirky. [00:11:00] Speaker B: Sure. [00:11:00] Speaker A: Like, it's almost countercultural. It's kind of. I don't know if I'm using the right references here, but I think so. But I really like it. They make fun of each other and. Yeah, I. I love them. I love. I love reading them. So I was very excited when I started reading this. [00:11:19] Speaker B: Okay. Well, shall we? [00:11:23] Speaker A: The. Yeah, the. The. Yeah. I was going to say that everybody's over the top in a kind of Metalman sort of way, but not in a. In an annoying kind of way. [00:11:35] Speaker B: But not screaming at you. [00:11:37] Speaker A: No, no, no. But weeping. But it's almost like you could imagine the characters, especially like this Brainiac, as a Brainiac, or the Brain. [00:11:44] Speaker B: The Brain. [00:11:44] Speaker A: The Brain character being so extravagantly not sarcastic, but extravagantly critical of everyone and authoritarian. And you can almost imagine that the people that he's yelling at are, like, turning to the side of the camera and rolling their eyes saying, can you get this bitch? Get this bitch. Can you believe her? She's a mess. Like, it's almost written like that, you know? Yeah. So. Okay, let's go. [00:12:12] Speaker B: Well, it's doom patrol number 110, but we better do some catching up. Way back In Doom Patrol 107, the Doom Patrol battled Ultimax, giant mobile computer whose shrinking gas weapon reduced Elastigirl to nothingness. But she found herself captive on a subatomic world where she was condemned to death as a spy by the inhabitants. Meanwhile, Mento, who's Elastigirl's boyfriend, well, husband, now, continued his financial battle against Galtri, who is the foster parent of Beast Boy. Only he doesn't know he's Beast Boy. [00:12:49] Speaker A: Oh, he doesn't know? [00:12:50] Speaker B: No, that's a secret. [00:12:52] Speaker A: Okay. [00:12:54] Speaker B: But Mento was thwarted by Abu Hallam, who is a mysterious masked banking mogul. Then in dude patrol number 108, the king of the micro world fell in love with the last girl and defended her against his own subjects. And then, in the nick of time, Mento, using the reducing gas which had been duplicated by the Chief, arrived and returned her to Earth. Meanwhile, Robotman and Negative man fought a return fight with Ultimax, who was revealed as the Brain in disguise, and captured them with the aid of space alien Gargwax. At the same time, Mento was overcome by Abu Hallam, who was revealed to be Monsieur Mala, the Brain's associate in the Brotherhood of Evil. And Elastigirl was defeated by Madame Rouge, who's also in the Brotherhood of Evil. And then they sent a closed circuit broadcast message to the Chief telling him that the whole team had been captured, and the Chief sent Beast Boy to find them. But when Beast Boy arrived, all four of them appeared to be dead. Then, In Doom Patrol 109, Beast Boy returned the dead Doom Patrol members and Mento to the Chief's lab, where they were able to be revived due to an unknown party's sabotage of the Brotherhood's murder weapon. They kept their survival secret to lure their enemies into tipping their hand. Then the team battled Mandred, a giant Android created by Gargwax, who was sent to destroy the Chief and Beast Boy. Meanwhile, Mentos Estate continued legal action against GTry. Are we all caught up? [00:14:31] Speaker A: God, I'm glad you read that, because I remember all of it, but I didn't remember it all before you read it, and I kind of don't remember everything you just did, But I think we're all caught up. Yeah. [00:14:39] Speaker B: And somewhere in there, Beast Boy guest starred with the Teen Titans, but gtry would not allow him to join. Oh, well, no, that couldn't be, because he doesn't know he's Beast Boy, right? [00:14:49] Speaker A: That's great. [00:14:50] Speaker B: Never mind. I do know Beast Boy was appeared at the Teen Titans, though. [00:14:54] Speaker A: Look how quick I was to accept that. That you just said that and it wasn't correct. [00:14:58] Speaker B: I know. Shame on me. All right, do patrol number 110. Incredible. The judge awards Beast Boy to that champ fink Gultry. [00:15:11] Speaker A: Oh, I see you're on the COVID. [00:15:12] Speaker B: But which Beast Boy see it all in Trial by Terror, starring Robot Men, Elastigirl, Negative Men, and this creature on the COVID Have you ever seen that movie Robot Monster? [00:15:24] Speaker A: Nope. [00:15:27] Speaker B: I believe it's an Ed Wood feature. And he had a gorilla costume. All except for the head. So the monster, the robot monster is a gorilla costume with a diving helmet on top. Because they didn't know the gorilla had a clever plan by the Brotherhood of Evil, those federated finks to trap and destroy the Doom Patrol nearly succeeded. But only treachery within the Brotherhood saved the Doom Patrol. Believing all the other Doom Patrol members dead, the Brotherhood sent a man made monster, Mandred, to finish off the Chief. But unknown to them, the Doom Patrol has captured Mandred. Now an emergency meeting of the Brotherhood attempts to fit together the pieces of this deadly puzzle so that they may begin the final stage in their master plan, the trial by Terror. Brotherhood of Evil, of course, is Gargwax, the alien, Madame Rouge, the Brain, and Monsieur Amala, who are lovers, we find. [00:16:34] Speaker A: Out in Grant Moore's the Brain and Monsieur are lovers. Okay. [00:16:39] Speaker B: But we don't find that out till the 90s. 80s. 90s. [00:16:42] Speaker A: Okay. [00:16:44] Speaker B: All right. Gargwax has detected that Mandred is indeed alive, but somehow unable to act freely or contract. Gargwax. Madame Rouge says the Chief has captured him. And I warned you not to underrate the Chief, Brain. But the Brain is confident. In precisely 24 hours, we shall all pay a visit to Doom Patrol headquarters. But first, I have a little surprise to prepare. Meeting adjourned. Why precisely 24 hours? [00:17:21] Speaker A: I find that people who are authoritarians, who are also insecure and stupid, will often add superlatives or adjectives in to make what they have to say sound more important. [00:17:35] Speaker B: I don't. Do you? I can't think of any recent examples in the news to back up your claim. I guess you just have some kind of vast experience I don't know about. All right. When Madame Rouge and Monsieur Amala leave, Gargwax and Brain get into it. Gargwax insists that Madame Rouge is in love with the Chief. [00:18:04] Speaker A: Yes. [00:18:05] Speaker B: And orders the Brain to eliminate her. [00:18:07] Speaker A: Kill her. [00:18:08] Speaker B: Kill her. [00:18:09] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:18:12] Speaker B: Not so fast, says the Brain. Remember, you were driven from your own planet by the agencies of Life Law. One signal for me and they will come to destroy you. Now go. I have much to do. [00:18:24] Speaker A: Well, that's it for Gargwax for a long time. We won't see him for several pages. No. [00:18:29] Speaker B: Meanwhile, at the International bank, do you. [00:18:31] Speaker A: Suppose Gargwax just goes sit in another room in a chair? [00:18:35] Speaker B: He looks like he'd have to sit pretty soon because he's a big fella. [00:18:39] Speaker A: Yes. And he's wearing a very heavy robe. [00:18:41] Speaker B: Yes, very heavy. And he's got jacked up ears. I don't know if he had early ear modification or something. That didn't take. [00:18:51] Speaker A: He's got layers and layers on. [00:18:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:55] Speaker A: That looks very uncomfortable with fat perfumes. Yes, but he's got that. That big band around his midsection. Yeah. It's like some sort of ceremonial robe. [00:19:03] Speaker B: You should not crawl. [00:19:04] Speaker A: Attention. [00:19:05] Speaker B: Wear a wide belt if you're a larger person. I know. Certainly not a wide horse white belt. Okay. At the International bank, which operates as one of the Brotherhood's many fronts, it's Monsieur Mala in his costume as Abu Hallam, talking to Galtri, who. And apparently the bank has withdrawn financial support from Galtri. And he wants to know why. Because you know I can't stand against Steve Dayton. That's Mento. He's the world's Fourth richest man. And Monsieur Malice says we already helped you and you helped us catch the Doom Patrol. And now we're done with you. Yep, Doom Patrol is dead. Therefore, we have no further interest in covering up the thefts you have perpetrated against your young ward. Gar Logan. That's Beast Boy. And he's an inheritance child. And Galdry's been stealing the inheritance, apparently. Well, GI warns that they're going to rue the day that they abandoned him, and off he goes. Meanwhile, at DO Patrol headquarters. They are alive, actually. [00:20:16] Speaker A: They're actually alive. [00:20:17] Speaker B: Making plans against the Brotherhood. [00:20:21] Speaker A: Well, the Chief's at the computer. He's computer. [00:20:29] Speaker B: Alright. The Chief has a theory that will particularly interest Larry, AKA Negative Man. [00:20:36] Speaker A: Well, Negative man is. Well, what I was about to impose upon Negative man, retroactively impose a story upon Negative man and his romantic interests would not be applicable to this comic. [00:20:50] Speaker B: Not in this comic, no. Now, the Chief is holding up a computer punch card, so it must be true. As you know, the only reason you are alive today is that some member of the Brotherhood of Evil sabotaged the alien ray that would have killed you. I thought I knew who it was. And this confirms it. Beep boop, boop. Beep beep. [00:21:12] Speaker A: Punch, punch, punch. [00:21:13] Speaker B: Madame Rouge. [00:21:14] Speaker A: Where's the card? Madame Rouge. [00:21:16] Speaker B: Now, as to motive, the Machine agrees with me, based upon our encounters with her, that Madame Rouge is in love with you. [00:21:24] Speaker A: Larry Robertman says, har har har. Oh, Negative man has a positive charm. Looks like Negative Man's going whaaat? [00:21:33] Speaker B: Well, I was gonna say, maybe you're. [00:21:34] Speaker A: Not so far off doing that little fae. Little to the side. [00:21:37] Speaker B: Ah. Drop. Dad, stop. Maybe. [00:21:42] Speaker A: That was a good one. Stop. [00:21:46] Speaker B: Meanwhile, at the home of Steve Dayton, his wife, Rita Farr, who's Elastigirl. [00:21:53] Speaker A: Now, she knows that he's Mento, and he knows that she's. [00:21:56] Speaker B: Yes, yes. Remember their wedding? It was a big. [00:21:59] Speaker A: Yeah, that's right. They haven't kept a secret. [00:22:02] Speaker B: No. All right. Steve Dayton dismisses some gentlemen who are making plans to mop up the courtroom floor with Mr. Galtre, but reminds them that for the moment, the world must continue to believe that my wife and I, as well as the Doom Patrol, are dead. [00:22:21] Speaker A: Hmm. [00:22:23] Speaker B: All right. Now, would they talk a little bit? We don't need to discuss that. [00:22:29] Speaker A: No, no. Here we are outside in a courtyard with a rocket. Yes, this is the headquarters of the Doom of the Brotherhood of Evil. [00:22:40] Speaker B: They have a rocket ship on the launch pad. The ship is ready to go. But where's the Brain? [00:22:44] Speaker A: Well, he's inside already. He's the ship already. Monsieur, I believe he was the little surprise ready for us now. He has a little surprise ready for us now. [00:22:55] Speaker B: And later, in the deserted grounds of a once great state fair, that rocket ship is landing. I guess this is Seattle. [00:23:09] Speaker A: I guess. Why? Why does the Dude Patrol know to meet them there? No, they're not meeting them there. They're supposed to. [00:23:15] Speaker B: No, they're spying. [00:23:16] Speaker A: Right. [00:23:17] Speaker B: Chief's radar scope showed a spaceship headed for this very point that the people. [00:23:23] Speaker A: Who make the first sign of attack are the Doom Patrol members. That's what I thought was a little. My criticism of them. Elementman says let's. Let's. Let's not lose the element of surprise. So they're meeting them there to attack them. How do they know where they're going to be? Well, that's not clear. [00:23:47] Speaker B: Who. How does the Brotherhood know the Doom Patrol's there? [00:23:50] Speaker A: Well, the Brotherhood was going to meet the Doom patrol in exactly 24 hours. [00:23:54] Speaker B: No, they were going to go to the Doom Patrol headquarters. [00:24:00] Speaker A: But they're not at the Doom Patrol headquarters. They're in an abandoned amusement park. Do you understand what I'm saying? They were to go to. [00:24:08] Speaker B: Well, that's what. Yeah, I mean, I was wondering if the state fair or the World's Fair was their headquarters. [00:24:14] Speaker A: He said we shall. [00:24:15] Speaker B: I know that they live in a brownstone in the city. [00:24:17] Speaker A: Yeah, we shall all visit the Doom Patrol headquarters. But first, I have a little surprise to prepare. Right. [00:24:23] Speaker B: Well, because the Chief is still alive, as far as I know. So they were going to destroy the Chief. [00:24:29] Speaker A: Okay, but by landing their rocket ship in this abandoned park? [00:24:35] Speaker B: Well, yeah. [00:24:36] Speaker A: Sorry, I should have. I should have proceeded this entire question with this. Why are they in this park? It is they. They have a battle. [00:24:45] Speaker B: Yes. [00:24:45] Speaker A: Which we'll talk about. And then they leave. And then we go back to the Chief's place. They go headquarters? Doom Patrol. Like no one. No one says why they're there. [00:25:03] Speaker B: Well, maybe because it's abandoned and there's plenty of room for the Brain to try out his new body. [00:25:10] Speaker A: Okay, that's a good. Okay. [00:25:12] Speaker B: Which is the greatest brain in the universe, surmounting a body of pure light energy. That's. What he looks like is the robot monster from Robot Monster. He looks like a giant gorilla suit. But they didn't have the head, so they stuck the head of the Brain on top. [00:25:29] Speaker A: I have to say, it's incredible science of him to engineer something like this. A body made out of light energy. [00:25:36] Speaker B: He is a scientific genius. Now Robotman and Larry attack, surprising the brotherhood and revealing that they are alive after all. Robotman goes after the brain and is punched in the guts. And I don't know why he reacts in pain. I would think the advantage of having a robot body is that you do feel painful. [00:26:07] Speaker A: You don't feel pain. But have you noticed how femininely Elementman is drawn? [00:26:14] Speaker B: You mean Robiton? [00:26:15] Speaker A: No, feminine Elementman. Negativeman. Sorry? Negativeman. [00:26:19] Speaker B: Negativeman. [00:26:19] Speaker A: So look on page four. [00:26:21] Speaker B: Yes. [00:26:21] Speaker A: When he's holding back. Robotman. [00:26:23] Speaker B: Yes. [00:26:24] Speaker A: Look how he's leaning back from the hip and holding onto his shoulders. That is a feminine gesture. [00:26:29] Speaker B: Well, maybe they are broadcasting something about his future revelation. [00:26:33] Speaker A: Turn the page. [00:26:34] Speaker B: Yes. [00:26:35] Speaker A: Open hands forward, like that. Is it is a feminine gesture. It implies openness. [00:26:42] Speaker B: Well, his hands are bandaged up. I don't think he can. [00:26:46] Speaker A: Maybe not that one. How about this one, though? Look at this one. Back on one leg. Leg up in the air. Surprise. [00:26:51] Speaker B: Well, that's because Roboman's shoving out of the way. [00:26:57] Speaker A: I just. As someone who studied dance, I would say that a lot of negative men's corporeal poses. But I say corporeal meaning of course, not the actual negative men inside of Larry. Is it Larry? [00:27:18] Speaker B: Yes. [00:27:19] Speaker A: But Larry's poses are feminine sometimes. [00:27:27] Speaker B: Well, you know, in Grant Morrison's Run, the negative creature comes back to life and merges Larry and Dr. Eleanor Poole and they become a single fused, non binary being. [00:27:46] Speaker A: Yes. [00:27:47] Speaker B: You do remember that much? [00:27:48] Speaker A: I do. [00:27:49] Speaker B: So maybe this was all planned from the very beginning. [00:27:52] Speaker A: All right, I know listeners probably thinking you are really going out on a limb for this tutor. Just shut up and let it move on with the story. I've heard you. I'm moving on. I didn't say anything, but no listener did. Robotman got punched in the guts and then he goes oof. As if. [00:28:10] Speaker B: Well, now Larry's original plan, which is to send Negative man after. [00:28:14] Speaker A: I'm sorry, negative who? [00:28:15] Speaker B: Negativeman. [00:28:16] Speaker A: Oh, okay. [00:28:17] Speaker B: Or Negman, as Larry calls him. Okay, all right. And the brain is delighted. The two single greatest masses of living energy meet in mortal combat. [00:28:30] Speaker A: I think there's a great little sequence. [00:28:32] Speaker B: Of battle here between Negativeman and Negativeman's lifespan outside of Larry's body is limited to 60 seconds. [00:28:39] Speaker A: Amazing. [00:28:39] Speaker B: That's one minute in Earth time. [00:28:43] Speaker A: It took me two days to read this. [00:28:46] Speaker B: This page, these two pages. It did. Negativeman wraps himself around the energy body to crush it. But slowly the brain begins to resist the pressure and bursts out of the Negativeman bonds And then comes down on top of him with a mighty qum and a crapple criz. I call this a crickle crack. 10 billion units of amplified light energy in a single blow. [00:29:17] Speaker A: Well, as vital seconds of life trickle away from Negman's away comma. Negman returns from the attack with almost frightening results. And he throws himself into the brain's. [00:29:31] Speaker B: Body and shatters it to pieces. [00:29:33] Speaker A: But of course. [00:29:35] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:29:36] Speaker A: The light energy produces equally shocking reaction. [00:29:40] Speaker B: Back together, Negativeman tries to continue the battle. He's going to stand and fight, Even though his 60 seconds are running out. [00:29:51] Speaker A: Monsieur. [00:29:53] Speaker B: Monsieur Mala. [00:29:53] Speaker A: Mala decides then to take Larry Traynor's body and climb with his ape form. [00:30:00] Speaker B: Yes, With. [00:30:01] Speaker A: With. With Larry Trainor's body draped over his shoulder. He climbs with his ape form up to the top of the fair globe. [00:30:09] Speaker B: Yes. [00:30:10] Speaker A: And decides to just throw him off. Because that'll kill him. [00:30:13] Speaker B: Yeah, because he's. [00:30:13] Speaker A: Because he's life. Practically lifeless without Negative. [00:30:17] Speaker B: Then luckily, Robotman catches him and helpfully describes for us, the reader, that he dropped his arms the same instant that I caught you to cushion the shock. I'm glad that he explained that. Cause he would have gotten a strongly worded letter from Irene Fartnov. [00:30:34] Speaker A: Oh, absolutely, yeah. [00:30:36] Speaker B: That Larry should be dead from the fall anyway because he fell into a robot's arms. [00:30:40] Speaker A: But then Robotman. Robotman, sorry. Uses his magnetic feet to climb up the steel structure. [00:30:45] Speaker B: Yep. [00:30:46] Speaker A: Where Misha Amala is. [00:30:47] Speaker B: Yep. [00:30:47] Speaker A: And a battle ensues between Apeman and Robotman. [00:30:52] Speaker B: Shall we dance? Robotman says. Well, well, that'd be nice. I think Sumala would like a dance. [00:30:59] Speaker A: You can be assured that they're not going to be dancing the Watusi. [00:31:02] Speaker B: No, but this is another great fight scene. Masio Mala flings himself off the top of the globe, comes flying at Roboman. Robotman's got magnetic feet, so he can do a little bob and weave without falling off. Of course, Monsieur Amala is a gorilla, so he can snag one of the. [00:31:21] Speaker A: Beams as he's falling. [00:31:22] Speaker B: Yeah, like a jungle gym. Swing around, swings in a complete arc, knocks Robotman in the back. But Robotman's magnetic speed negative feet to. [00:31:31] Speaker A: Stay attached to the structure. And the battle continues. [00:31:35] Speaker B: At the last second, Monsieur Amala loses the game of chicken, ducks out of. [00:31:42] Speaker A: The way, catches a fist thrown at him by Robotman. Yes, the fist is still attached to Robotman, I must say. [00:31:49] Speaker B: Yes. At that very moment, Negativeman is preparing for the kill, but Robotman orders him. [00:31:59] Speaker A: Larry. [00:31:59] Speaker B: Oh, no, that's Larry. [00:32:00] Speaker A: Larry Trainor. Is to go. [00:32:01] Speaker B: You've got to return to my body. [00:32:03] Speaker A: I'm still so weak. [00:32:05] Speaker B: I'm gasping, I'm dying. All right, so negativeness back and. Well, look at his. Rob, I think you're on to something. [00:32:15] Speaker A: What? [00:32:16] Speaker B: Look at negative men standing there with his limp wrist. [00:32:19] Speaker A: I'm telling you, it's very feminine. As my mother would say. He tho fay my mother. God, I love her. God rest your soul. [00:32:33] Speaker B: Yes, all right. Wild, sure. [00:32:38] Speaker A: I've mentioned here before that my mother growing up. [00:32:40] Speaker B: Yes. [00:32:41] Speaker A: She. I don't think she actually knew I was. I was the gay. [00:32:44] Speaker B: A mother always knows. [00:32:46] Speaker A: Yes, but she used to say that gay men would say. Instead of say fella, she'd say she got her lisps all wrong. And she'd say, say fella. My mother. [00:32:59] Speaker B: All right. Larry is still weak. The brain's gonna kill him. But just then Robotman picks up M'sieu Amala tosses him. Tosses him right into the brain. [00:33:11] Speaker A: The body made of light energy and. [00:33:14] Speaker B: Museumala takes the full blast. [00:33:16] Speaker A: Knocks him out. Could have killed him. [00:33:19] Speaker B: So I don't know where Madame Rouge has been all this time, but she's sitting safe in the rocket ship. But he calls her. [00:33:25] Speaker A: Just knitting or something. [00:33:26] Speaker B: Yeah, you know, women. Doing her makeup. Switching up her lips. [00:33:30] Speaker A: Me too. I was gonna say just doing her makeup. [00:33:34] Speaker B: Well, he, the brain calls her. And she stretches her stretchy arm out to take Monsieur Mala back to the ship. [00:33:43] Speaker A: Larry Trainor snatches her arm. You get your hands off him. And she smacks him. She says. Because he says to her, you don't want to play hanky pank with these weirdo wrong o's anymore. Come to me little your lover boy. And she goes, what? I love you. [00:34:02] Speaker B: Smack. He says, don't fight it. It's written in the stars. He thinks the chief was right on with his theory. [00:34:09] Speaker A: So then perhaps you see this in the stars too, you gauze faced fool. [00:34:14] Speaker B: Gauze faced fool. [00:34:16] Speaker A: Nice. [00:34:16] Speaker B: You're nothing but a clown faced whore. [00:34:19] Speaker A: What's that from? [00:34:21] Speaker B: Someone called my sister a clown faced whore. And then our other friend. I can't do it, but I know he's listening. Does the voice of Jimmy Stewart saying, clown faced whore. I can't do Jimmy Stewart. [00:34:34] Speaker A: You're the one. A clown faced whore. [00:34:36] Speaker B: That's pretty good. [00:34:37] Speaker A: Oh, you're just a clown faced whore. [00:34:44] Speaker B: All right. [00:34:44] Speaker A: Clown faced whore. [00:34:45] Speaker B: I forgot they use it. Describe Aaron. [00:34:49] Speaker A: Oh my gosh, she's so pretty. Clown faced. [00:34:53] Speaker B: Well, I think they were in a fight or something. [00:34:55] Speaker A: Yes, they were. Yes, I know, I know. [00:34:58] Speaker B: A moment later, the Brotherhood escapes in their rocket ship. Robotman's beside himself with laughter because Larry got slapped by Madame Rouge. [00:35:09] Speaker A: Apparently, his bandage produces a bruise. [00:35:12] Speaker B: Yeah, he's got a black eye. A shiner. All right. At that very moment, Niles, Dr. Calder, the chief is entertaining Rita, who we learn is his favorite tea guest. [00:35:23] Speaker A: Oh, well, I'm sure she's a great conversationalist. [00:35:26] Speaker B: Well, she is telling him all about Steve, is convinced that he's got enough dirt on Galtrie to get the court to release. [00:35:32] Speaker A: Wait, don't they all live there? [00:35:34] Speaker B: Well, no. Rita's married to Steve now. They live. [00:35:36] Speaker A: Oh, that's right. I just observed that she had her purse beside her chair, and I was like, why is she bringing her purse inside her own house? [00:35:41] Speaker B: I believe it's called a pocket book. [00:35:44] Speaker A: Okay, okay. Looks like a purse to me, but. Well, agree to disagree. [00:35:50] Speaker B: Yes. That Steve's got enough dirt on Gi to get the court to release Beast Boy from his guardianship. And Chief reminds her that you must say Gar Logan, because we don't want his true identity revealed. Because that would blow the case. [00:36:05] Speaker A: Because she goes, oh, yes, you're right, of course. But the real problem is what will become of Gar once he's free. [00:36:11] Speaker B: Just then, Larry and Robotman come in and say, why not turn him over to Madame Rouge? I hear she's madly in love with him. Well, she's supposed to be in love with someone, and it sure ain't me. Look what she gave me to prove it. This shiner. [00:36:24] Speaker A: Shiner on my bandages. Okay, does he have. Yes, he has a solid body. [00:36:30] Speaker B: He does have a solid body, but it's horribly disfigured and scarred and radioactive. And that's why he has to wear bandages and I don't. If there's enough skin showing to show a black eye, then they're all in danger of dying of radiation. [00:36:43] Speaker A: Or maybe the radioactive blood came through and turned black when it touches bandages. [00:36:48] Speaker B: That could be okay. Or maybe she smeared her mascara right before she smacked him and just left mascara on his bandages. [00:36:57] Speaker A: Show. [00:36:57] Speaker B: You all right. The Chief says, that can't be. The computer definitely said that she was in love with you. I don't understand. I fed the computer every single fact concerning Madame Rouge and her meetings with the Doom Patrol. It must be a problem with the circuits. I'll check it out. Well, here we get the revelation from Rita. He really doesn't know what's wrong. [00:37:21] Speaker A: Well, a woman knows, of course. [00:37:23] Speaker B: You see, an electronic Brain is dependent upon the material fed into it. And that material is chosen by some human. In this case, the Chief. [00:37:33] Speaker A: Only the Chief subconsciously censored that material. You see, he can't think of himself as a romantic figure, so he left out certain pertinent facts. [00:37:44] Speaker B: You're saying Madame Rouge is in love with the Chief? Great jumping eggheads. [00:37:52] Speaker A: She can't be an exotic, worldly swinging chick like that. [00:37:56] Speaker B: Why not, you nut? He's only perhaps the world's greatest mind. Independently wealthy with millions from his inventions. And have you ever looked closely at that craggy, shaggy red beard? Wait. Here he comes. [00:38:11] Speaker A: The circuits check out perfectly. I'd have bet by bottom dollar that Madame Rouge is infatuated with Larry. Nothing else makes sense, does it? Well, does it? [00:38:20] Speaker B: Does it? Does it? [00:38:21] Speaker A: Tell me at once, folks, during this long and embarrassing pause for better station identification, let's see how the bitter half lives. [00:38:31] Speaker B: Well, the Brotherhood's back in their spaceship and Brain is blaming Monsieur Mala for ruining his greatest moment before getting thrown into his body by Robotman. I don't think it's Monsieur Mala's fault which Madame Rouge reminds him of. And Brain is not having any of it. She calls her Miss Lonely Hearts. Your childish emotions also extend to inefficient fools. Bunglers and. Stop. [00:39:03] Speaker A: Enough of this squabbling Brain. We have lost a skirmish, not a war. I suggest we go on the offense again by assisting Galtry once more. That's what's his name, Blackish brackish Gaultry. [00:39:14] Speaker B: Gargwax. [00:39:15] Speaker A: Gargwax. [00:39:17] Speaker B: Brain says we have no interest any longer in Galtry's court battle to retain Gar Logan. But Gargwax says we have. The enemy of. My enemy is my friend. And meanwhile, we also have a weapon right within Doo Patrol Headquarters. Headquarters? As you shall see. Yes. Remember that man Dread is tied up well. Chained to the floor. [00:39:38] Speaker A: Yes. [00:39:39] Speaker B: Manacled to the floor. [00:39:41] Speaker A: Purr, purr. [00:39:42] Speaker B: Man in the basement at DO Patrol Headquarters. [00:39:45] Speaker A: He's helpless. [00:39:46] Speaker B: He's helpless cuz he doesn't have his solar scepter which is the source of his limitless power. He's helpless to break the bands. He's failed his master Gargoire. [00:39:54] Speaker A: There's some sort of panel in the room. [00:39:56] Speaker B: Yep. [00:39:56] Speaker A: I don't know what it is, but he starts to feel energy. He says the solar energy. My great master has found a way to radio it directly to my body. I can feel the strength beginning to flow through me. [00:40:10] Speaker B: The broadcast energy has come to an end. Something limits the dosage. But There will be more. And already my strength begins to test these bands. Soon. Soon. [00:40:23] Speaker A: My goodness. Now we're going to the court. [00:40:25] Speaker B: Now we're going to court. I love a courtroom drama. All right. Steve says, I know you're surprised to see us here, counselor, but the Brotherhood of Evil now knows that the Doom Patrol survived their attack. So our secrets out. [00:40:40] Speaker A: Fine. Mr. Dayton, I'm quite proud of the case I've built, and I'm glad you'll be here to see it out. [00:40:46] Speaker B: Well, I'm afraid things may not be that simple. The Brotherhood is pretty probably backing Galtry again. [00:40:52] Speaker A: But I built an airtight case. What can they do? [00:40:56] Speaker B: Oh, you don't know the Brotherhood, my friend. [00:40:59] Speaker A: Then as the trial begins. Wait, you mean you deny that Galtri invested money through your bank? Don't do it. [00:41:08] Speaker B: I'm not gonna do it. It's an Asian gentleman, and they are. [00:41:12] Speaker A: He's written a dialogue. That's very. [00:41:18] Speaker B: Racist. [00:41:19] Speaker A: Yes. [00:41:19] Speaker B: Okay, we can say it. [00:41:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:41:21] Speaker B: All right. Well, apparently this witness has recanted his previous testimony. He previously divulged that Gaultry had invested money through the bank. Dirty money. The counselor says, you showed me the records last week. All of them were in Galtry's name. And now you've altered the evidence. That would seem that there would be some record. Record of that would have been entered into evidence. [00:41:47] Speaker A: Well, that's where the lawyer went wrong. [00:41:49] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:41:49] Speaker A: The judge says, do you have any proof that these documents have been tampered with? He says, well, no, your honor. Last week this man was a friendly witness. I had no reason to. Well, he should have actually had copies of that because he should have been able to submit that same evidence. He was required to submit that same evidence to the defense? [00:42:06] Speaker B: Actually, yes. [00:42:07] Speaker A: Yes. So this is comic book fiction. [00:42:10] Speaker B: Anyway, a pattern quickly begins to emerge. All the previous friendly witnesses are recanting their previous testimony and proclaiming that all the investments were in Gar Logan's name, not being stolen by Galtrie. [00:42:29] Speaker A: And so the verdict is both predictable and depressing. I have no alternative but to find with the defendant the boy Garlogan will continue in Nicholas Galtry country's custody until age 21. Well, no. Gar's having nothing about it incontrollable. He is. He kicks things over. He's just crazy. [00:42:50] Speaker B: I'll burn down the joint. I'll kill myself, and I'm not gonna live with that thieving fink. [00:42:56] Speaker A: Well. [00:42:58] Speaker B: All right. Steve understands that all of these witnesses were paid off, but he blames himself for letting others do his job from now on. I'll handle Mr. Galtre myself. Right. [00:43:10] Speaker A: That night, as Galtry continues to enjoy his victory. How about it, boy? Let's try to live together like two civilized, decent human beings. [00:43:20] Speaker B: I wish we could make out what comic Gara's reading. All right. Gara says yeah, okay. Well, there's only one civilized, decent human being in the room right now. Go find me another one. [00:43:33] Speaker A: Well, Daltrey has rigged up some sort of screen, some metal screen on the window to keep the boy from getting out. [00:43:41] Speaker B: He's had a steel door installed behind which you'll be locked every night. And the screen in the window is electrified. [00:43:48] Speaker A: You ain't getting out of this room, kid. Of course, remember, he doesn't know that the kid is Beast Boy. [00:43:53] Speaker B: No, he does not. So Gar changes into a butterfly. Well, that's too big to get through the electrified screen. Then he changes into a housefly that's also too big. Well, if he turns into a microbe, he can get through. The only problem is microbes are not self propelling. [00:44:13] Speaker A: So he needs to rig up a fan to blow himself through the screen and become Bug Boy, which he does. Don't you just love the way Beast Boy still maintains some of his characteristics when he becomes a beast? Like his head? [00:44:28] Speaker B: Like his mop of green hair? [00:44:29] Speaker A: Yes. Or like when he becomes a moth. He's got pants on. Do you see that? [00:44:34] Speaker B: I do. [00:44:36] Speaker A: When he becomes a fly, he has two feet and two hands. [00:44:39] Speaker B: Yes. I mean, I prefer, if I'm being honest, the new Teen Titans. When he returned under George Perez's artistic skill, when he would change it to an animal that was looked like the animal was just completely green. [00:44:59] Speaker A: Oh, okay. [00:45:01] Speaker B: Without the mop of green hair. [00:45:02] Speaker A: Okay. [00:45:03] Speaker B: Otherwise he's usually just a normal colored animal. Just with a green face and hair. [00:45:08] Speaker A: I just think it's clever. Silly. [00:45:11] Speaker B: It's very silly. I think it's kind of creepy, honestly. All right. He manages to get outside the window. Meanwhile, Mento is outside Galtry's house in his Mento costume. He's going to get the proof from Gahltry himself with the aid of a little mental magic. Also seems highly illegal that he's going to use mental coercion through his powers. [00:45:39] Speaker A: Well, he's not messing with Galtrie's mind. He's using his powers to take evidence. [00:45:44] Speaker B: I guess that's true. He uses his helmet to float up to the top building and finds Galtry in his office. [00:45:53] Speaker A: Blasts open Galtri's safe, and then what's weird is that Galtri yells out loud, out out loud, help my safe. It blew itself up. Who's going to help him? Well, Beast Boy's locked in his room. [00:46:09] Speaker B: Well, he doesn't know he's Beast Boy. [00:46:10] Speaker A: So what's his name? [00:46:11] Speaker B: Gar. [00:46:12] Speaker A: Gar. Gar. [00:46:14] Speaker B: His records are floating through the air. He must be losing his mind. The records are going out the window. He will be ruined. Ruined. So the papers must be under some kind of telekinetic control also, because they're flying out the window. All right. Meanwhile, Chief is still trying to figure out this computer error. [00:46:40] Speaker A: He does spend a lot of time eating. [00:46:42] Speaker B: Yes, well, he loves tea. The conclusion can only be as ridiculous though it may sound that Madame Rouge is actually in love with me. Just then, Garfield arrives, lands on the table and says, look out. You almost upset my beer. I do appreciate that. The Chief is drinking beer at his luncheon dinette table in a 100% authentic German beer stein with lid. And I know what I'm talking about, because my older brothers collected beer steins for some inexplicable reason, some of which I still have. [00:47:27] Speaker A: I know. Where are they? In the cabinet. [00:47:29] Speaker B: In a cabinet somewhere. [00:47:33] Speaker A: Do you really still have them? [00:47:35] Speaker B: I have three of them, I think, yeah. Want to drink a beer out of one tonight? [00:47:39] Speaker A: No. [00:47:40] Speaker B: It's awfully fun. Just because it keeps the flies out, right? You close the lid, and then when you're ready for a drink, you just open up the lid. It's like a Pez dispenser. For beer? [00:47:49] Speaker A: For beer. [00:47:51] Speaker B: All right. And what do you mean scaring an old man like this? Well, Gar makes himself a big Dagwood sandwich. [00:48:01] Speaker A: Doesn't that look good? [00:48:02] Speaker B: Literally. There's liverwurst, sardines, baked beans, pickled beets. [00:48:08] Speaker A: Some kind of gelatin mold, Limburger cheese, sardines, onions, ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise. [00:48:13] Speaker B: You know, limburger was my mother's first word as a baby. Only she said, lum. [00:48:17] Speaker A: More lump, more lum. [00:48:22] Speaker B: I'd eat that sandwich. [00:48:24] Speaker A: You know, I thought about it when I read this. I thought, yeah, I probably would eat that sandwich just to see what it tastes like. [00:48:31] Speaker B: Limburger cheese is legitimately delicious. Is it what it smells like? Yeah, it smells like feet. But it's so good, I wish I had some right now. I may send you to the store later. All right, let's get back to Madame Rouge, who's perhaps the most dangerous woman in the world. Suddenly, a red alert. [00:48:52] Speaker A: Clang, clang, clang. With the alert. [00:48:55] Speaker B: It's Mandred. He's bursting up through the floor. [00:48:59] Speaker A: Well, that's gonna cost money to fix. [00:49:01] Speaker B: It sure will. Gar says, I guess that Robotman and Negative man will dash in in a second to handle it. But they're at the movies. Uh huh. That checks out. [00:49:16] Speaker A: Okay. [00:49:17] Speaker B: All right. So Gar's gotta handle it. [00:49:23] Speaker A: Well, the reason that. So they need to radio. They need to radio them and Rebitman. But they're at the movies. So Gar says, look, I'll just change myself into a bitty sparrow. I'll fly across the room and signal them. [00:49:34] Speaker B: Yes, thus revealing his secret identity for the first time. Which, Mandred notes, will be of great interest to the brain. Because you see, in this time as Beast Boy, Gar wears a full face purple mask which disguises his. Because he's known to the world as a boy that was cured of a deadly disease in infancy that turned his hair and skin green. [00:50:08] Speaker A: Okay. [00:50:12] Speaker B: Now, I don't know how they explain that the boy in the purple face mask turns into animals with green face and hair, but I guess we don't need to explain that. [00:50:21] Speaker A: Yeah, sure. [00:50:21] Speaker B: In this world, in a world where robots go to the movies and bandaged freaks. All right. On the other side of town, in the middle of a crashingly dull film, it's a romantic drama. Apparently, from what we're seeing on the screen, the alarm beeps out. Robittman makes a big joke with a fellow moviegoer about who complains about the. [00:50:50] Speaker A: Beeping of the alarm. The fellow moviegoer. [00:50:54] Speaker B: Yes. They arrive. Well, they don't arrive yet. Back to headquarters. Mandred has picked up Chief in his wheelchair and is about to smash him down to the ground. Kill him and kill him. Just then, Garfield turns into a prehistoric reptile. Reptile. How fitting it is that a beast born before man's existence should be destroyed by man's greatest creation. Me. Mandred. Gar and Mandred go at it a little while, but Mandred now has his solar scepter. With energy running through his body, he can destroy Garfield in a single blow. He says Garfield holds his own, but there's no room to maneuver without tearing down the whole house. And Chief says, then get him out. Take him outside. Finish him off. Which he does. Yeah, by bursting through the floor outside. Yeah, I guess we'd call that pavement if it's outside. [00:51:58] Speaker A: Couldn't go through the door. [00:52:00] Speaker B: Apparently not. Well, no, he's a giant dinosaur and a giant robot or something. I don't know what Mandrit is. Is he a robot or is he some kind of artificial creature? [00:52:11] Speaker A: I don't know. [00:52:12] Speaker B: I don't remember. Garfield is blasted by the solar scepter and passes out, nearly unconscious, but still alive. Just then, Robotman, Negativeman and Elastigirl, who they picked up on the way and they start going after Mandred. [00:52:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:52:39] Speaker B: A mighty fight ensues. Everyone gets in their licks. But Mandred zaps Negativeman with his solar scepter and declares then that they are too evenly matched to make a decisive victory. But I shall return when my master has increased my energy tenfold. Then you die. [00:53:05] Speaker A: And then he uses his solar scepter to propel himself into space. But first into the air. But first. [00:53:10] Speaker B: Yes. And that's it. Days later in court. [00:53:16] Speaker A: That's it. End of fight. [00:53:20] Speaker B: Steve presents new evidence which will positively prove Galtre has been stealing millions from Garfield. The defense objects. I have evidence here which more directly pertains to the boy's welfare. [00:53:36] Speaker A: These secret photographs positively prove that Gar. [00:53:39] Speaker B: Logan is Beast Boy and that Steve. [00:53:43] Speaker A: Dayton and his wife have endangered the life of a minority. [00:53:46] Speaker B: Oh, brother. Steve thinks that does it. We're through. Mandred must have tipped off the Brotherhood of Evil about Beast Boy. Then they shot some secret photos. I'm just sick about this. Rita's sicker. I can't sit here and watch this happen. I'm sorry, Steve. I'll meet you at home. But Steve stalls for time and as the minutes flash by, tries one more desperate ploy, claiming that the photos are faked and who should waltz in. Just then, Beast Boy Waltz is in. [00:54:22] Speaker A: And Garfield is sitting right there in a suit at the table of the defense. [00:54:28] Speaker B: He says, sure, the photos are phony, because here I am and there's Gar Logan. And never the twain shall meet, like some goofball poet said. Gar is astonished. It's a duplicate. It's me. But it can't be, because I'm here and he's there and. What's going on here? I love Garfield's pose there, right? Like he's just stood up erect for the table, gasping with his mouth agape. [00:54:53] Speaker A: Mm. [00:54:54] Speaker B: All right. Beast Boy, quote, unquote, gets up on the judge's table and says, don't confuse Gar with the one and only Beast Boy Judge baby. The judge has no choice. It's apparent now that as Mr. Dayton maintained, those photographs were forgeries. In addition, the testimony against Nicholas Galtre is conclusive. Therefore, his custody of Garlogan is withdrawn. Hurrah. Beast Boy says thank me, too. I'm the boy who delivered the goods, you know. And then, a surprise. [00:55:33] Speaker A: Yes? [00:55:34] Speaker B: Steve announces that he and his wife would like to adopt Garfield. Garfield is not pleased with that. Don't do me any favors. He doesn't like Steve. [00:55:46] Speaker A: Oh, yeah? [00:55:47] Speaker B: Really? Nobody likes Steve. Except Rita, presumably. But Beast Boy leaves. Gar still doesn't understand. Steve thinks he knows the answer. And later, at the Dayton Mansion, we get the big reveal. [00:56:06] Speaker A: It is Rita. [00:56:08] Speaker B: Rita. She reduced herself and put on his Beast Boy outfit. It was the only way to break that crooked case. By acting illegally. And subterfuge. That's my wife. That's our girl. [00:56:29] Speaker A: It literally ends in hahas. [00:56:31] Speaker B: That's how it ends. Yeah. Well, this letter writer doesn't want much. Dear Editor, I want to give my cousin the best birthday present ever. So would you be kind enough to send him every issue of Doom Patrol and. Or all the vehicles used by the villains. A model of negative men leaving Larry's body. Another of Rita in her role of Elastigirl as she expands. Robotman displaying a feat of strength. And one of the chief, plus all his equipment. I would appreciate this very much. [00:57:03] Speaker A: Charles Taylor, Houston, Texas. [00:57:05] Speaker B: Well, Charles, unfortunately, the Doom Patrol was never popular enough to have any merchandise. What was that model company? Remco. Remco Models that did all the models. Dioramas. Oh, they had Batman and Robin and Superman. [00:57:20] Speaker A: Okay. [00:57:21] Speaker B: Superboy and Crypto and. [00:57:23] Speaker A: Sure. [00:57:23] Speaker B: Little model kits, you know. [00:57:25] Speaker A: Okay, I know. I don't know. I don't know who made them. Sorry, I just don't. [00:57:29] Speaker B: I don't either. I just said Remco. That might not be it, but a listener will know. [00:57:33] Speaker A: Okay. [00:57:34] Speaker B: Anything to add to our witty Ray Parte? [00:57:41] Speaker A: I'm glad to have read this. Well, what do we have next week? [00:57:45] Speaker B: Oh, that's what I was just looking up. You beat me to it. I'm sorry we're late this week, but we had such a busy week. [00:57:53] Speaker A: It's actually quite hard to find a time for the two of us to get together. Right now. [00:57:57] Speaker B: It is because it's the school year and I have two jobs. And because I'm so dedicated to both jobs, it takes a real mental toll. [00:58:09] Speaker A: Well, we just don't have the evenings free like we used to during the week. [00:58:11] Speaker B: No. [00:58:12] Speaker A: No. [00:58:12] Speaker B: Well. [00:58:13] Speaker A: And we used to record. Well, I would often record on Sunday afternoon like we are right now. [00:58:18] Speaker B: Sure. [00:58:18] Speaker A: But we haven't been able to make it work every single weekend. [00:58:21] Speaker B: No, because we're so selfish. We like to have our weekends free of any obligation. Next week is the Flash. [00:58:28] Speaker A: Oh good. I wonder if he'll be doing some helicopter arm action or kitty legs action. [00:58:33] Speaker B: Of course he will be. You can find us on social media, ogocheckpod. You can rate and review us wherever you get your podcast. You can find us on our sister podcast Nerd Orchestra. And you can find us right back here next week with the Flash. [00:58:47] Speaker A: The Flash. [00:58:50] Speaker B: Kicking arms of the universe. Byee. [00:58:54] Speaker C: You don't have to be a politician you can change it all with a sin and dispositions of a heaven and spread it all around. If you find yourself a frownin' just turn it upside down. When you wear a smile the world will shout hooray. You gotta turn on the sunshine. You gotta give in one time. You gotta turn on the sunshine. Push those blues away. Man, this dialectic's too much.