Show notes
On this week’s episode of Indefensible Ink, it’s the first-ever edition of "Defensible Ink," whereby one of your hosts tries to defend a comic that’s been ignored or dismissed and make the case that it’s actually good. In this episode, Ryan and Justin explore a boyhood favorite of Ryan’s, Image Comics’ WildC.A.T.s from 1992: a series that, like many of its Image Comics brethren, was seen as flashy art slapped on a mediocre story and characters. Does the Jim Lee-drawn miniseries and its tales of superheroes and secret alien invasions still hold up? Or did pretty art and nostalgia mask a real C.A.T.-astrophe? (We’re pretty sure no one has used this pun in the last six months to describe a pop culture work.) Also covered in this episode: Justin and Ryan try to figure out the Vice President’s enumerated powers, Ryan reveals his potential stripper name, questionable ’90s ponytails, and a simpler time when your political career could be ended by misspelling “potato.” Discussed in this issue: WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams #1-4 (1992). Contents: 00:00 - Cold open: What are the lyrics to the WildC.A.T.s theme song? 03:48 - Theme and intro 05:25 - Background: Jim Lee and WildStorm 12:53 - Issue #1 29:04 - Issue #2 41:54 - Issue #3 53:30 - Issue #4 1:01:16 - Analysis 1:14:59 - Canon Fodder 1:20:17 - Recommendations 1:26:53 - Closing
