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NML Crossing, Episode 022 - Batman: Shadow of the Bat #76 (1998)

Keeping up with the Aftershock theme thus far, this issue is another search-and-rescue... with a slight (and sobering) tweak on the formula.  What happens when a group of trapped partygoers run out of food?
Plus: A look at the first slew of Cataclysm ratings in Wizard Magazine, and a trip into Flashback Land for a peek Bat-adjacent USENET chatter circa early 1998!
All that plus a dip into the NMaiLbag!
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NML Crossing, Episode 021 - Detective Comics #722 (1998)

Another relatively quiet issue in the Aftershock Era, showing the softer side of the GCPD.
But, the real "meat" of today's episode is a deep-dive (perhaps TOO deep a dive) into the 1995 New York Magazine article that inspired the Cataclysm story to become a thing in the first place!  It's an eye-opening and sobering account of what could happen should a Gotham-esque earthquake hit Manhattan! 
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NML Crossing, Episode 020 - Batman #555 (1998)

The Aftershock Era rolls on with our titular hero doing a little search 'n rescue in the down below and running afoul of the Ratcatcher!  Lots of fun and interesting chatter to be had today!  Join us, won't you?
Plus: Even another extra-stuffed NMaiLbag! 
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NML Crossing, Episode 019 - Batman: Shadow of the Bat #75 (1998)

Kicking off the Aftermath Era, with an extra-sized issue of SotB!  We've got a pair of baddies to TAKE down... and a man who's lost it all to TALK down.  Lotta interesting chatter to be had today!
Also: Chatting up the Alan Grant letters pages! 
Plus: Yet another extra-stuffed NMaiLbag! 
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NML Crossing, Episode 018 - Robin #53 (1998)

It's taken us eighteen entire episodes, but we have finally arrived at the Cataclysmic conclusion!  Today we're going to find out who the Quakemaster REALLY is... or was... and, in so doing, your humble host (who is denser than most) will have to eat a little bit of crow!
Also: Batman meets a dog!
Plus: Another extra-stuffed NMaiLbag! 
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NML Crossing, Episode 017 - Batman: Arkham Asylum-Tales of Madness #1 (1998)

We enter "pink skies" territory with our third (of three) Cataclysmic one-shots.  This time out, we sit for story-time as some Arkham All-Stars attempt to regale a new security guard with their "Tales of Madness"... hey, that's the name of the book!
Plus: A return to an extra-stuffed NMaiLbag! 
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NML Crossing, Episode 016 - Catwoman #57 (1998)

All's I can tell ya is that today's issue happens... at some point after 7:03pm on the night of the verybadthing.  It's Catwoman vs. Poison Ivy, with Harvey Bullock as special guest referee... even though he's supposed to be in the middle of a Hard-Bock Hostage situation.  Oh well!
In addition to that, we'll be going through all the Cataclysmic bits from the 1998 Wizard Batman Special!  Lots of fun (though nebulous) data and information to comb through... lots of food for thought and room for me to baselessly speculate on what might've been going on in the Bat-Offices during the build to No Man's Land proper!
Big thanks to Adam for hooking me up with the Batman Wizard Special.  Please check out WIZARDS: The Podcast Guide to Comics at https://www.wizardscomics.com/
 
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NML Crossing, Episode 015 - Detective Comics #721 (1998)

More interesting clashes in vigilante-styles between Batman and the Huntress, and a look at some highly "inconvenient" post-Quake Gotham clean-up.  Also, we get a sorta-kinda out-of-nowhere zeroing in on the Quakemaster's lair!
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