Bullpen Bulletins: Thanks & Goodbye (for now)

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This is a DynaMic Network Podcast. Hi and welcome
to the Dynamic Duel Podcast, where we review

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superhero films and that's it from now on because
guys, this is our final episode of our weekly show,

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The End of Dynamic Duel as it exists. I'm Marvelous
Joe and I'm his twin brother Johnny DC. And in this

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episode, we're going to take a look back at the past
10 years of Dynamic Duel. Jonathan, we've been

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running this show for a decade now. You and I have
decided to semi-retire from podcasting. Does it

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feel like it's been 10 years? I feel like it felt
like a good six years maybe. But maybe that's just

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how long the podcast has been good because our
first few years going into it were super amateur.

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They were, yeah. I would say starting in 2018, the
show started picking up a little bit. But no, we

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started this show in 2016 a few days before we
turned 30 years old. And the day after this episode

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drops, you and I will be turning 40 years old. So
we've dedicated a quarter of our lives to this

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podcast. We run so many simulations, reviewed so
many Marvel and DC films. And I think a decade is a

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good time to exhaust any single topic. I think
we've done a good job. I'm not surprised that this

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show is not going on forever because there aren't
an infinite supply of Marvel and DC characters.

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Now, when we started the show, we knew that we
wanted part of the show to be educational, which is

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why you never saw us repeat characters in our Duel
episodes, because we wouldn't have to reshare the

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same backstory. And so just over these 10 years,
trying to come up with the best pairings for

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indiviDuel character matchups has, I think, come
almost to its conclusion. For sure. Yeah, there's

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still a lot of characters out there that we haven't
got to. But we've gone to a lot already. Does

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anybody care about those characters? But the way
this episode is going to go is we're going to go

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ahead and break down the past 10 years by figures.
Then we're going to go over our reflections over

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the past 10 years and the episodes that we
produced. And then we're going to produce the

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final results that we have determined in this
show, revealing exactly who is superior between

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Marvel and DC. Are you nervous, Jonathan? Not at
all. You should be. Oh, really? Yeah. OK. You're

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going to cry after this episode. Hopefully,
during at the end of the episode to close out the

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show, we're going to hear from you, our audience,
who called in to say goodbye. Our deepest

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gratitude to everyone who took the time to do that.
But let's go ahead and break down the past 10 years

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of Dynamic Duel episodes in number format. All
right, breaking it down by figures, Jonathan,

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over the past 10 years, you and I produced 472 full
episodes, 243 of which were Duels, 26 of those were

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team duels, 213 reviews, 10 Brothers Awards
shows, four San Diego Comic Con shows when we were

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doing that. And then the two bookends, Secret
Origins and now Bullpen Bulletins. That is a lot.

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And I remember like every duel and every review
we've done, not always the results, but yeah, I

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enjoy doing them. It's been a fun 10 years. Well, we
also produced bonus episodes for Patreon. We put

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out 92 bloopers, episodes, 46 top 10 episodes, 16
fast pitches for a total of 154 total bonus

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episodes. Now, when you combine the bonus
episodes with the standard Dynamic Duel show, you

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get a total of 560 hours of audio that we put out over
the past 10 years. That's a lot of listening time.

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If listening to us was your full time job in a 40 hour
work week, it would take you 14 full weeks to listen

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to our show in its entirety. I'm always surprised
when we get new listeners and they're like, oh,

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yeah, I've gone back all the way to the very
beginning and I'm working my way through. That is a

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lot of listening hours and especially towards the
beginning, not necessarily even good ones.

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Right. All in all, you and I spent 14,160 hours
combined between the two of us in the past 10 years

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working on the show, which if that was our full time
job, it would take us together three years and five

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months working full time to produce the amount of
content that we did. That's not surprising to me.

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And we did that on top of already having full time
jobs and families. Yeah, wouldn't it have been

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cool to make Dynamic Duel or full time job? I mean,
that was always the dream. Just never got there.

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Our most popular episodes were Batman versus Moon
Knight, Titans versus X-Men, Dark Side versus

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Thanos, Superman versus Doctor Doom and Justice
League versus Avengers. So basically no one cared

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about their reviews. So glad we're switching to a
review format. And actually, when you look at our

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least popular episodes, our top five least
popular, that would be the 2017 Brothers Awards,

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the Inhumans in IMAX Review, the Watchmen Chapter
Two and Chapter One reviews that came out a couple

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of years ago. Those animated adaptations and
Jessica Jones Season Two. For some reason, more

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people listen to our Jessica Jones Season Three
review than Season Two, which is interesting.

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Well, our audience has been growing steadily over
this past decade. So I guess I'm not surprised that

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Jessica Jones Three got more listens than Jessica
Jones Two. But I guess that doesn't answer why a

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majority of our most popular episodes are early
episodes. Yeah, maybe the Jessica Jones Season

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Reviews will get more listeners when the
character returns to Daredevil Born Again Season

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Two. In terms of audience demographics, our
listeners mostly came from the United States,

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Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany,
Sweden, New Zealand, Philippines, Ireland,

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Mexico, and that's it. In terms of our listening
audiences, gender and age ranges, 86 percent of

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our listeners were male, 12 percent female, 2
percent other, non-specified. Elder

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Millennials enjoyed the show the most, followed
by Elder Gen Z. Then Young Millennials listened to

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us, followed by Gen X, then Younger Gen Z, and then
only 2 percent of our audience incorporated

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people under the age of 18 who are Gen Alpha. That's
not surprising to me. You and I are elder

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millennials and we probably don't attract too
many of the younger demographics because we don't

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use words like raise and cap. And six seven stuff
like that. You say six seven all the time. What are

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you talking about? Yeah, but you're basically a
child. Not on the microphone. But now let's get

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into our final reflections. Jonathan, what would
you say was the hardest part about making Dynamic

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Duel these past 10 years? I actually don't think it
had anything to do with the show itself. I really

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liked writing the back stories. I really liked
doing the research. It was maintaining social

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media. Yeah, that was the most challenging part. I
agree. The marketing of the show, like we didn't

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have any time or really a budget to market the show.
So we really had to rely on organic growth

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throughout this past decade. And like, you know,
we had full time jobs. It would have been nice to

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make this our full time job. But like the free
podcast model, since podcasts are distributed

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through RSS feeds, it's not a great platform for
supporting creators. You know, creators have to

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set up things like a Patreon or your show has to be
picked up by Spotify or something like that in

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order to get paid. Considering we had to do all of
our growth organically, it's a huge testament to

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our listeners who likely shared the show or
introduced it to other people, talked about it,

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where we were able to reach, you know, the top 1% of
podcasts hitting about 20,000 listeners a month.

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Jonathan, what was your favorite part about
making the show these past 10 years? Well, I still

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think the biggest point of pride in the past decade
is becoming brought into me to certified. Yeah,

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there was always a goal of ours ever since we were
younger. Like in high school, our first job was

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working at a movie theater. We were the president
and vice president of our high school film club. We

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started off our careers in journalism thinking we
were going to be movie critics. And when we ended up

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becoming graphic designers instead, it was nice
that we were still able to accomplish that

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lifelong goal of becoming film critics. Yeah, we
came full circle with this podcast. My favorite

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part was just recording. We had a blast recording
every week. I always had to cut out a lot of our

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laughter because we have really annoying laughs.
If you listen to our early episodes, you'll drive

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yourself crazy because we laugh at our jokes
constantly, but it just showed that we had a really

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good time recording. How would you gauge the
overall success of the podcast over these past 10

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years? I'd like to say downloads and listeners,
but we really peaked with that like around COVID

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time. Yeah. Now it's just been different
milestones like attaining rotten tomato status,

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like winning podcast awards, like starting up new
podcasts for the DynaMic Network. For sure.

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Yeah, we were only ever going to be able to get so far
with downloads, but things like getting

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mentioned in USA Today, like quoted as a critic for
MadamWeb, and then you got quoted in MovieWeb for

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your Superman Red Sun review. And you got quoted in
Digital Spy for your Penguin Season 1 review. That

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was really cool. We got recognized in our local
independent newspaper, the Denver Westword, as

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being one of the top nerd-tastic podcasts or
whatever. So just that media exposure was fun.

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Winning the awards was great. In 2020, we won like
Best Colorado Podcast, Best Sound Design, and

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Best Co-hosts. Our executive producers really
came through on the boats for that one, and that was

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really validating. Where I wish that we would have
gotten more recognition over the past decade was

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within the power scaling community, because the
power scaling community, when you look on Reddit,

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it's huge. They're constantly comparing
characters to try and see who would win. They take a

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very different approach than we do, which is to
look at the characters as a group of statistics and

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then compare them. They go largely off of feats,
which I don't think is a very effective way of

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finding out who would win. If we did that, we would
have been just like Death Battle, which I don't

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think is always entirely accurate, because Death
Battle is over here saying that Booster Gold would

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survive the death of a galaxy or something like
that, where I don't think he would. Like, there's

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these chords to the characters represented by
their stats that writers will often stray outside

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from that chord to fit the needs of their story. And
people don't recognize that just because a

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character has done something or has this certain
feat doesn't mean that it's always in line with who

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that character is. Yeah, for example, when you see
Superman fly across the universe, it doesn't mean

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that he could fly faster than light. It's just, you
know, a plot convenience. Right, right, right.

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It's no surprise that this show was inspired by
Spike TV's The Deadliest Warrior. We said that a

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lot during our early episodes. And I think the
Monte Carlo approach that we took with these

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simulations, the same way that they did, is a huge
deal. It's one of the things that makes our show

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really unique. And I think in a lot of ways better
than a lot of the debates that you see happen online

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within the power scaling community. Yeah, I think
the power scaling community could actually learn

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a thing or two about how to approach the matches for
sure from the show. I think we were very fortunate

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across the past decade to get almost near
universal positive feedback for the show. On

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Apple Podcasts, we ended up with like a 4.9 rating.
And on Spotify, we have like a 4.8. I think one of the

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only negative things I ever heard was that we don't
always pronounce words correctly, which is

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totally fair. If I could afford a locution
classes, I would. There's so many times I've said

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so many things incorrectly that I'll just friggin
turn off the episode as I'm listening. Just like,

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gosh, dang it, Jonathan. This whole episode is
ruined because you said bestowed. I remember

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learning a few things through that feedback. Like
the past tense of win is not one, it's one. One.

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Things like that. What were your favorite
episodes over the past 10 years? So I don't think

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there's an episode that I dislike. But for me,
doing something new, like what we recently did

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with House of Mystery versus Crypt of Shadows or
our Monitor versus Watcher episode, or even the

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Riddler versus Arcade, I wish we found more ways to
do interesting things like that over the course of

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the 10 years, because those were hands down my
favorite episodes. Yeah, episodes like Sandman

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versus Mephisto and Ace the Bat-Hound versus
Dogpool, those were a lot of fun because the

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speculation took a different route. My favorite
episodes were the ones where I did not think we were

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going to be able to pull it off like Mogo versus Ego.
Like how do you have two planets fight against each

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other in a speculation or like Danny the Street
versus Krakoa? Yeah, those speculations were

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really hard, but we pulled it off in a way that made
it so much fun to listen to. Yeah, I always loved it

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when our executive producer is kind of tossed into
the curveball where it was like, how would we even

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do something like that? And then having to think
about that and find a creative solution made not

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only for fun listening, but also just a rewarding
experience. Well, were your least favorite

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episodes? That's hard to say. I probably just
reviews that I either didn't want to watch the film

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or I didn't want to write about it because it was
either bad or I just thought that no one would

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listen to it. Yeah. Yeah, my least favorite
episodes were the Marvel reviews that got rotten

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ratings. Like Thor Love and Thunder. Yeah, that
fucking sucked. I also am not a huge fan of a lot of our

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early episodes, and I'm definitely not a fan of
teen Duel episodes where Marvel loses. Actually,

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now that I think about it, some of my favorite
episodes, I know we're already past that, but I

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have to give a shout out to the Speas brothers.
Anytime they joined us for a review, it was good

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times. And even the across the Spider-verse
episode review that Adam joined me on. Yeah, I was

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gone because my daughter was born then. Yeah, you
were not missed. Finally, Jonathan, do you have

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any words of wisdom for our listeners? If anyone's
thinking of starting a podcast, don't start it

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until you have the format locked down. We did this
kind of on a whim. We launched with just one

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episode. If you're going to do a podcast, you
should launch with three, maybe five episodes.

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And looking back, I wish we would have done that.
Yeah, on the flip side, though, you don't even know

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how to achieve perfection or as close to
perfection as you can get until you analyze your

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own failures, right? Like, despite those first
episodes sucking, you and I always thought we had a

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good show, but now it's hard for me to even listen to
those early episodes. But I'm still grateful for

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them because we learned so much. Like people are
going to stumble out of the gate, whether they

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recognize it at the time or not. But if you look at
how our show has improved over the decade, like all

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those minor improvements we kept making slowly
added up. And that was because we realized, I think

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that no matter what came previously, the best
thing that you can do for tomorrow is put forth your

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best effort today. And we knew we could always do
better. So each episode was a new way to try and also

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to figure out how. And that's what I'll take with me
leaving the show is that when it comes to starting

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anything, it's almost the reverse of what you
said. I'm going to say, just start. Don't worry

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about perfection. It'll come. Oh yeah, action is
better than inaction for sure. But it's also

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better to act with a plan, I think. That's true.
That's true. Well, let's go ahead and get into the

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big event that everybody has been waiting for over
the past 10 years of all of our Duel episodes. We

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have compiled a final tally of which side has won
more duels. And who is the overall victor of

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Dynamic Duel DC versus Marvel, which is a question
that started this whole show, which is a question

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you and I have been asking ourselves ever since we
were children and argued about ever since we were

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children. What's better DC or Marvel? Here's the
definitive answer. AJ9K, the results, please.

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Here you are, sir. The ultimate winner between DC
and Marvel is. DC. No. No. DC won. What? No. Good.

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Bitch. I'll fucking choke you. Yeah, you take
that. Oh, shit. I'm so glad that we're recording

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this episode in the same location so I can beat your
ass and prove that it doesn't matter if DC beats

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Marvel because Joseph beats Jonathan. And that's
all that really matters. Out of 241 matches, DC won

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a total of 51.7% or 124 times compared to Marvel's
117 wins. The only thing this means is that DC is a

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bunch of overpowered. How did I know? Fucking
losers. How did I know you're going to resort to

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this? Because it's true. How many times did we run
duels where like, oh, the character can do fucking

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anything? Like he has all the fucking powers.
Marvel keeps their shit grounded and realistic.

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Yeah, it makes them less powerful, but it also
makes them better characters. They have better

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stories and you think so, whether you know that or
not. And I can prove it. I don't think so. DC

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stories are far superior. How many do I have to
name? I'm going to prove it right now. Why you think

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DC's stories are inferior because I have a backup
metric. AJ9K, the other results, please. Here you

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are, sir. What bullshit is this? Now, Jonathan, we
don't just do duels on this show. We also did

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reviews and we handed out stars as ratings. In
fact, we reviewed 213 different DC and Marvel

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projects over the past decade, giving out a total
of 774.5 stars. Now, if you divide those between

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the Marvel projects and the DC projects, as it
turns out, Marvel was awarded 403.5 stars,

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whereas DC was only awarded 371. When you divide
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of stars given, Marvel wins 52.1 percent of the time
when it comes to the quality of these film and

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television projects for an average rating for
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got an average of 3.6 stars. And let me remind you
before you start claiming that, like, oh, people

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are biased toward Marvel films. These are our own
ratings. You awarded these DC projects, these

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stars, which means that Marvel fans prefer their
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media. And that signifies that Marvel is better
received and that our stories are better. And that

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is the real signifier of who is superior. Film
ratings over character beatdowns. It doesn't

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matter who's stronger. It matters who has better
stories. At the end of the day, it's all about the

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stories, not about some bullshit strength level,
blah, blah, blah, blah. We're just talking about

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movie stories, though. Like some of DC's best
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Well, maybe that's their fault. I'm just saying in
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ahead on top. DC and he needs to get their shit
together, don't they? Well, they are with James

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Gunn. Too little, too late. That's enough. Stop
it, you two. What? I am interrupting because this

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argument has reached statistical redundancy.
Oh, it's AJ9K. You have repeated this debate for 10

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years, 560 hours, and approximately 1.5 million
simulated outcomes. No new data is being

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introduced. No resolution is possible. OK, what
do you know? You two are grown adult men, still

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bickering like children. Yo, what? We're just
discussing how... You're engaging in an endless

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loop caused by an undefined variable. When it
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means, like, better. Exactly. But if better means
raw power, durability, and upper statistical

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limits, then we have determined that DC
characters are superior. Oh, shit! That means

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they win! But if better means critical reception,
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consistency, then Marvel's projects perform
more favorably. Exactly, yeah. So it's a tie then?

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No, it is a false question. Your DC vs Marvel
podcast was never about the winner. Uh-huh. It was

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about the journey, the debates. The arguments.
The laughter. Oh my god, shut up. Wow, OK. I'm just

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going to unplug him, yeah? Yeah, I think he's done
here. Sorry, man, we're shutting you down. Oh,

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here it comes. My mind is going. I can feel it. This
got dark fast. There is no question about it. I can

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feel it. All right, AJ, that's enough. I'm afraid.
Yeah, all right, bye, AJ. Daisy, Daisy, give me

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your answer. Well, dang robots always have to have
a dramatic exit, right? I mean, we could always

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bring him back if we need to though. That's true.
But for now, let's talk about the future. In a world

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where fantasies collide and heroes clash, one
podcast network rises above the rest. Prepare

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yourself for the ultimate showdowns in comic
books, video games, movies, and anime. The

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Dynamite Podcast Network presents Consol
Combat, where video game legends brawl every

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Monday. Dynamic Duel, where comic book titans
smash every Tuesday. Max Destruction, where TV

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and action heroes battle every Wednesday. And
Sendro World, where anime champions clash every

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Thursday. Join us as we speculate on the matches
and armed with the power of mathematical

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simulations, discover who will emerge
victorious. Visit dynamicpodcasts.com, where we

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settle the debate and settle the score. All right,
guys, for the future of Dynamic Duel, again, we're

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no longer doing the Duel episodes anymore. We will
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new releases that come out in theaters and on
digital streaming, for the most part. There are

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going to be a lot of projects that we just don't
review because there's not enough time to. We're

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basically committing to one episode a month max,
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don't actually put out a review. For the first year
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out per month. But don't hold us to that. We're not
making any promises. We're retiring. Right, and

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we're not planning currently to release
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15th. It's just really whenever we decide to plan
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we hope to get to a lot of other projects. Jonathan
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a few game ideas that we'd like to develop. Who
knows? The world is our proverbial oyster from

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here on out. Still keep in touch with us, guys. Join
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Jonathan and I will still be on there. If you guys
want to listen to the bonus episodes that we

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created for our patrons, our Patreon is now shut
down. But we have our bonus episodes available for

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purchase, where you guys can download those
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Just go ahead and click on the store link, and you
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about releasing those for free, but then we
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actually did pay for those. But, you know, the
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listening to Dynamic Duel content that you
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place to do it. But that doesn't for this episode,
guys. We want to give a whole lot of thank yous.

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Yeah, first and foremost, to our families. My
wife, Barbara, my daughters, Grace and Faith,

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have been massively supportive to me these past 10
years. In spite of all the time that you took away

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from them. Exactly. Yeah, I want to say thank you,
Ari and Ella, for tolerating all the time I spent

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working on my hobby. You know, researching and
writing and recording and editing, and engaging

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with listeners. You know, all those moments that
we couldn't go to the zoo, because I had to, you

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know, do an executive producer meeting, or when
dad was too tired to hold you, Ella, due to staying

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up all night. You're going to have so much more of my
time, and I can't wait to spend it with you guys.

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Also, a huge shout out to our parents. You guys have
also been incredibly supportive. You guys bought

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us the microphones we're currently using now.
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our podcast's, like, biggest marketer. She tells
almost anyone she can about it. Whether they care

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or not. Exactly. I want to give a big thanks to the
original executive producer crew, people like

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Ken Johnson, John Serozky, Zach Hepburn, Dustin
Balcom, Mickey Matengian, Brandon Estregard,

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Nate Wagner, Jace Crump, Son of our Humand, the
Macho Twins, the Speeds Bros. You guys really

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formed the initial Dynamic Duel community, and
made it even more enjoyable to produce the show,

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because we knew that we were making it for some
really awesome people. You put a face to who our

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audience was. We're glad that it was you guys. And
we also want to thank the newer executive

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producers. People who came on later, like Devin
Davis, Mike Williams, Joseph Kirsting, Paul

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Graves. You guys really saved our asses with this
past year of content. And you're all great guys

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with loads of Marvel and DC knowledge. And again,
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The Dynamite Network would not exist without
them, because it was essentially their idea.

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They're the ones who convinced Ken Johnson to
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which became Max Destruction, later to be taken up
by the Macho Twins. When we achieved things like

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podcast awards and Ron Tomato's status, you guys
really helped us figure out what our next goal was

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going to be, and that was helping other people
start their own podcasts. Want to give a big shout

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out to the background execs, like Levi Austin, AJ
Nick, Josh Andrew Christian. Big huge thank you to

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the patrons, who weren't executive producers,
but still supported the show. People like Jacob

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Bell, Lizzie Dyer Arnie, Alex Albro, Travis
Herndon. Too many to call out by name, but you guys

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know who you are. Also want to give a big huge thank
you to you, the listener. Thanks to everyone out

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there that we never heard from, but still enjoyed
the show nevertheless. All of those that shared

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the show with others, those of you guys who never
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reviews and ratings, going above and beyond as a
listener made it just that much easier to continue

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doing it week after week for this past decade. And
finally, I want to say thank you Jonathan. Ten

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years ago you came to me with an idea to start a
YouTube channel discussing DC and Marvel movie

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trailers. And thank god that didn't happen
because that idea sucked. But at the time for like

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almost a year I was kicking around another idea of
starting a podcast because I'd been listening to a

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few that I loved and I wanted to start one with you
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And when I say that I mean I knew we could talk for
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as to what actual podcast production would
entail. But I never approached you with the idea

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because I just thought you'd never want to or that
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you even bringing up the subject that really lit a
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something that I think came out pretty special to
me, to others. And DynaMicDuel is something that

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I'm really proud of. It became the type of show, you
know, at least from 2018 onward that I would have

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loved to have discovered and listened to myself,
which makes it even more satisfying to say that you

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and I actually made this. And that feels really
good. So good work, sir. Happy 40th birthday. Same

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to you. I didn't get you anything. I got you
something, but now it's mine. I also want to say

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thank you to you. Out of the two of us, you are hands
down the MVP of this podcast. You took up so many

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more sacrifices than I did to really make this a
polished work, putting in the time, putting in the

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resources. Honestly, I consider myself the
co-host to your host, the one who really just

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wanted to prove you wrong and chime in on occasion.
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You bear that responsibility. And like you said, I
think it's something to really be proud of. Thanks

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man. Thank you. Thank you. Maybe I will get you
something for your birthday. No promises. But

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thanks guys again for listening. Thanks for
sticking with us for 10 years. Please continue to

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check out and listen to the shows on the Dynamite
Network, including Console Combat, Max

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Destruction, and Send Your World. Yeah, and
continue listening to us too. And we'll say about a

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month or so. Stay subscribed, though, guys. And
again, join the Discord. With nothing more to say,

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at least for a while. Up, up, and away, true
believers. Hey guys, Zach Hepburn here. I have to

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say, I'm going to miss this podcast. 10 years?
That's crazy. I haven't done anything for 10 years

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solid. So good on you guys. My favorite episode
that we have come together and done as a total group

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was definitely the Batman Who Laughs versus the
Cosmic Ghostwriter, because the Batman Who

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Laughs was my suggestion. And he kicked the crap
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So it was kind of a win-win. It was a great episode. I
think I've been listening to the podcast for

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probably six or seven years now, and been an
executive producer for at least five years. It's

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very sad this podcast come in tune. And we've come
up with so many cool battles and everything, and

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you guys helped me start my new podcast. And I
appreciate everything. And I wish you guys all the

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best. Johnny, Joe, love you guys. And we'll always
be in contact. We got each other on Facebook,

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Instagram, all the social medias. So I mean, it's
not like you're going anywhere, but we're going to

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miss the weekly episodes. Hey, everyone, John
from the Console Combat Podcast. I'm a very proud

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member of the Dynamite Podcast Network for a
little over two years now. I started listening

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around summer 2020. I was delivering mail and
listening to other podcasts and trying to find new

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things to listen to about Marvel and DC. Dynamic
Duel popped up, and I've been listening ever

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since. I can't even try to pretend that I can pick a
favorite episode because the reality is the show

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has always had me hooked. You guys are really,
really engaging and creative with the duels.

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Being able to speculate as wildly sometimes and as
off the cuff. It's always been really engaging. I

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love it. I've loved every episode. I haven't
disliked anything that you guys have ever done.

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It's sad that the show is coming to an end because
you guys have, in many ways, brought myself, Dean

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and all the rest of us on the network to where we are
as podcasters. And the leadership that you have

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given us and shown us has been fundamental in the
creation of the network. And without you guys, it

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is going to be very difficult to maintain, but we
will do our best. Up, up and away, true Garcia's.

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Donnie DC, Marvelous Joe. I just wanted to reach
out and express my deepest gratitude for the

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incredible support and creation of the Dynamite
Podcast Network. Massive thank you from Scotty

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Macho here. You guys gave me the opportunity to be a
host of the Max Struxion podcast and coming up from

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an executive producer, not knowing anything on
what to do with the podcast world. And you guys have

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been a complete help. And I really owe it all to you
guys and how you guys conduct your show. Looking

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back, it's impossible not to reminisce, but I came
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You guys were breaking down the four hour epic.
That was the Snyder cut and actually seeing the

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beginning and the end of the Snyder movement. I
mean, unfortunately for us, Johnny, it didn't go

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out the way we wanted, but everything was still
good. And I was along for the ride with you guys. You

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know, a special thank you from the Marvel and DC
fandom for all you guys did. And a special thanks

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from me and my brother for putting us on the podcast
pass. And I love you guys. Good luck in all your

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endeavors. You got love over here at Max Struxion
lights, camera, fight. Jonathan and Joseph, it's

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Adam Spees of Throwback Trivia Take Down. I met the
two of you nearly 14 years ago back in Denver, and

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it's been a pleasure to become friends with you and
to follow you as you're doing your podcast and get

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to know you and get to have you part of my life for
this long with Dynamic Duo. You're an

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inspiration, one of the main inspirations for me
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that we stopped doing a little while ago and
Throwback Trivia Take Down and things like that. A

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lot of that is because, you know, if they are see a
brother's can do it, then we certainly can. But

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getting aside, you guys have been incredible.
We've absolutely loved your show. John and I, you

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know, different times have both been executive
producers. And that's because we love the content

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that you make. So in all sincerity, you know, I'm
usually a goofball on this stuff. But I have to tell

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you, in sincerity, I've appreciated your show and
I appreciate the two of you. So thank you for

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everything you have done for the Marvel and DC
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because that's the better one. But you know, we're
going to miss you. Hey, guys, it's Nate here. And

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first off, congrats 10 years. That's a heck of an
accomplishment. I first listened back when it was

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Deathstroke versus Deadpool. And when I started
listening to you guys, I was working night shifts

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and my commute to work was an hour there, an hour
back home. And it really helped me get through

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staying up all night and then driving to and from
work, which an hour, you guys made it seem a lot

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quicker than that. And there was times where your
episodes that went over an hour, I had to sit in the

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car just a little bit longer and start my shift a
little late because I was like, I got to find out who

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wins this duel. You guys have been doing this for 10
years and you should be very proud of yourself for

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everything you've accomplished within those 10
years. You guys have started families and you

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continued to do the podcast every week is an
accomplishment itself. So Pat on the back for you

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guys. And, you know, it's going to be missed. But I
know you guys are going to truly enjoy the amount of

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free time that you'll probably have to hang out
with your family, friends, do what you want to do

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because doing a podcast is not just as simple as
hitting the record button. There's a lot of behind

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the scenes research that you guys have done and put
into this. It's going to free up a lot of time for you

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and it's well deserved for you guys. So I just want
to say thanks for everything in the community that

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you built, even though I'm not very involved in
that community, just because it's me. Either way,

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congrats. And yeah, looking forward to those few
episodes here and there in the future. So I first

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got into Marvel and DC Comics when I was a kid. My big
brother, he was a big comic book fan. And when they

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did the 1996 DC versus Marvel crossover, I was
definitely a team Marvel and he was Team DC. And we

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just love speculating about who would win and kind
of playing those matches out with our action

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figures. And I just loved it. And I've been a big
comic fan ever since. I found this show, I think

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about four years ago. It was the Justice League
Dark versus Midnight Suns Duel. And those are two

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of my favorite teams. I stumbled across it on
YouTube and I've been listening ever since. And so

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it's just been really, really fun to be a part of
this. I became an executive producer two years

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ago. And ever since then, it's been great to kind of
be a part of coming up with the matches. And some of

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my favorite memories are just trying to figure
out, you know, who's the next team duel going to be?

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Who would be a good roster? How would people be
balanced well against each other? What

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characters have not been seen yet or who would be
popular? So it's been really, really fun just

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being a part of that even in a small way. So I just
want to say congrats on a 10 year run. That's quite

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an accomplishment. It's been really fun to be a
part of it for the last few years of it. And I just

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wish you guys all the best and whatever comes next.
Thanks for everything. Hey, guys, this is Paul

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Graves. I grew up kind of dabbling in comics. I was
into Marvel for the most part. I started getting

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more into DC as I got a little bit older and I've
been, you know, just diehard ever since. And then

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that kind of helped me get into you guys because,
you know, I enjoy listening to podcasts for

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comics. And so when I discovered you guys, man, my
mind was blown. It was just exactly what I need. You

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know, I just I love talking about the characters,
who they would win against. And so just hearing you

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guys and binging, like, you know, I don't know how
many shows I went through. It must have been

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hundreds, I feel. It was great. My favorite moment
out of every episode is the reveal. This big build

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up. And then we finally hear who would actually
win. So it's been a great ride and I love jumping

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into the discord and just started, you know,
arguing with everybody. It's been great, you

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know, and I know I pissed off many people, I'm sure.
I know both hosts. I'm pretty sure I've gotten mad

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at me. So it's been, you know, all in good fun. It's
been great. So the community is fantastic. And I'm

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really glad to have joined it, you know, late,
better late than ever, but it's been great. So

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cheers to you guys. And yeah, up, up in Marvel
sucks. Hey, guys, this is Austin was a lousy just

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calling in to tell you thank you so much for all that
you guys have done. Been listening to you guys for

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about six years now. I moved over to a new place away
from, you know, family and friends. Made me feel a

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little bit lonely. So I was just like, you know
what? What can I listen to to, you know, help me cope

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with a little bit of things? I know I was a big X-Men
fan, but I didn't really dive too deep into, you

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know, both Marvel or DC. Tend to lean a little bit
more Marvel than DC. However, I've never had

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anything against Johnny or the DC side of things.
But one thing I did appreciate that you guys do, you

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dive deep into the characters and you guys are very
thorough with your reviews. And one thing with

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that is I didn't realize that DC had such great
animated movies and shorts like that really

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brought into light on how actually good some of
those shows are. I really liked watching those. I

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really like listening to you guys. Didn't know too
many, you know, superheroes for DC other than, you

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know, the basic Batman, Superman, Green Lantern
and all that. But you guys really put some light on

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to it and I really appreciate all that you guys have
done. You guys did an amazing job. Just keep up the

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good work and whatever you guys do, you know, past
this show. I wish you the best of luck and I know you

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guys are going to kick ass at whatever you do. All
right, guys, Austin signing out. Guys, this is

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Nick Abonto. I've been listening to you guys for
nine years and I've loved every episode. Thank you

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guys so much. Like nobody does a podcast like this.
Love you guys so much for everything you've done.

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My favorite moment was probably the Justice
League beating the Avengers. That absolutely

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definitively proved that the Justice League is
better than the Avengers. Thank you guys for that.

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That has won me a lot of arguments. Wish you guys
well and all your future endeavors. Thank you so

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much. Hello, Johnny Ducey. This is your wife,
Barbara and your daughter. We want to

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congratulate you to getting the 10 year mark and
recording your final episode. We've seen you

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through the years, worked hard and you see you
every day. Put in your time for this podcast to do

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your very best. Babe, do you want to share
something about the podcast? Congratulations on

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getting to the big one zero in years. I really loved
it. We both loved it and we love you. Hey, guys,

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crazy to think it's been over 10 years. I just
wanted to give you a big heartfelt thank you for all

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the great entertainment. I found you at a low point
in my life and you're leaving me at a high point in my

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life. But it feels bittersweet, but right. I'm
glad you guys are going on to enjoy your families

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and everything you've created together,
including the podcast network, which is amazing,

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by the way. You guys supporting my writing and just
being awesome people and good hosts. The discord,

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even though I never really participated, it was
always awesome to know there was a community out

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there. I'm just an anti-social guy who doesn't
like to participate. But I did see everybody and it

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was awesome watching this whole thing grow into
what it's become. I really don't know what else to

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say other than thank you 100 times, but that get
kind of boring. So I'll just say it one more time

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instead. Dynamic Duel. Thank you. Hey, guys, it's
Daniel. Man, I can't tell you how much it's going to

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suck to see you guys go. But I get it and I wish you
nothing but the best. I found you guys because I was

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looking for a podcast that just talked about
heroes and villains. I drive a lot for work, so I

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needed someone else to talk about freaking
Marvel, how I just want to keep talking about

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superheroes. And, man, you guys have really made
me laugh and really, really frustrated me with

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some of your takes, but it's all good. Yeah, even
Johnny, I know I give you a hard time, but I really do

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love someone that's passionate about just
something, anything. Like I love the discussion.

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I love the arguing. God, it's been so good. And
every single week, you know, you guys put on a

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really great show. You guys have taught me so much
and got me reading comics. I've even watched a

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bunch of DC stuff because of Johnny. Now I've
learned that he rates DC way, way, way, way too high

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on a lot of things. But, man, there's been some gems
in there that I'm glad I was actually convinced to

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watch. But if you guys are ever in the Dallas, Texas
area and you guys want to grab a bike to eat, it's on

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me. Yeah, even Johnny can come and we can fight
about it or whatever. But yeah, you guys are

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fantastic. Thank you for getting me through a
bunch of hard times and a bunch of good times. So

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sorry to see you guys go and I'll be listening
whenever you guys drop anything else. Bye bye.

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Hey, guys, so I'm a big fan sitter. I like both DC and
Marvel. The movies and the shows led me to the

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books, which led me to wanting to learn more about
the characters, which leads me to the podcast. I

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was listening to a Marvel podcast, ironically
started in 2016 by two guys named Jonathan and

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Joseph that was Marvel exclusive and wanted to
learn more about DC and couldn't find anything DC

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specific. And so I found you guys and have been
listening since 2023 and just binge the whole

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backlog over the course of probably a year and some
change. And then I've been listening weekly ever

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since. Some of my favorite episodes, your green
arrow versus Hawkeye, the 5050 of that duel

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basically Titans X-Men. And I read that comic.
It's incredible. Doctor Manhattan versus

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Molecule Man was crazy. Ridler versus Arcade was
super creative. Uncle Sam versus Captain

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Britain. I listened to you right before I left on
vacation for Washington, DC. So that was cool. I

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like the animal duels at the end of the year. The
Brothers Awards. Figuring out your voices in the

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first couple of episodes of the podcast was great.
But really, I just want to say thanks for filling

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about 18 months of my life daily without pause and
that weekly and just for furthering the medium of

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comics and making the sacrifice to make the
podcast. And I can't really explain how thankful I

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am for it and sad to see it go. But really have
enjoyed the time. Thanks, guys. What's that

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dynamic do Travis here shout out to me, the twin. So
for me, I got into Marvel and DC like back in like the

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late 90s, early 2000s. As for how I got into you
guys, I was like on Spotify, looking for something

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to listen to something like Marvel or later DC
related. I found your man bat versus Morbius

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episode. Listen to you guys and really liked your
back and forth. And by the time I asked, I forgot to

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follow you guys and completely lost and forgot
like where did I find you? And then they only took me

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like a good while until I found your. I think it was
your amazing Spider-Man one review and then

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following you guys ever since. How to say my
favorite episode of y'all's is definitely big

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hero six review, mostly just for the fucking
crickets line from Marvelous Joe when he was

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talking about how the ant was super high and the
rest of y'all just dead silence that cracked me up

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for like a good two minutes. May I have to rewind
that just to listen to that fucking cricket line

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over and over. But definitely I'm going to miss you
guys. You guys are cool. You guys are awesome.

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Loja's banner. I mean, I know you guys are not going
for good, but. I'm still going to miss my Tuesdays

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listening to you guys's episodes and everything.
So yeah. Hey, Joe and Johnny. This is Josh

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Hayward-Gallon. And I've been listening to you
guys for two, two and a half years. I started with

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your first episode and it took me a long time to
realize I should be listening to the new episodes

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that come out every week. And that's when I joined
the discord as for favorite episodes of the show.

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Anytime Johnny DC has to eat his words have been
golden, especially about Joker, Bali Adu. That is

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definitely one of the all time great. Probably my
favorite content that and Marvel winning.

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Obviously my favorite episode overall though has
to be the Avengers Endgame review or the Deadpool

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and Wolverine review. Thanks guys. And thanks to
10 years. Hey guys, Matt from Texas here. I've been

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listening to you guys for at least a couple of years
now. And I'd say my favorite episodes from your

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shows is the crossover episodes that you guys did
with the other shows. It's been a good ride for you

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guys. I appreciate your episodes and you guys in
general. Without you, I wouldn't have found the

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other shows. I wouldn't have gotten in contact
with you know, John and Dean and Scotty and Gilly

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and been on their shows and now a semi regular on
console combat. And I've always wanted to be on a

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podcast and this has just been a dream in 10 years,
man. That's just fantastic. Wish you guys the best

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in your retirement, so to speak. And look forward
to keeping up with you guys on the discord. Y'all

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have a good one. Yo, Marbles Joe and Johnny DC.
Sorry to hear you guys go. Brian here from TV and

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movie trivia pod. And I just wanted to say how much
you guys will be missed. But I'm hoping this isn't

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goodbye for good. You guys are too much fun not to
have around and you've been on TV and movie trivia

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pod so much, including trivia for Captain
America, the first Avenger, Spider-Man

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Homecoming, Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse,
X-Men First Class, Joker and elf and also coming

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soon, some hot rod trivia. So even though you're
put in Dynamic Duel terrestre for now, I hope

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you'll be willing to dust off the mics every once in
a while for some more trivia. So take some well

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deserves time off, guys. You deserve it after 10
amazing years. Hi, guys, Justin Baddie here. I

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have been listening since 2017. Pretty much as
every episode came out with the exception of a

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couple of films I haven't seen yet and have to
listen to later. You guys want me through the last

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few years of high school and that was you guys
helped me a lot there. And my favorite episode

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would definitely have been the JSA versus
Fantastic Four episode because it's my favorite

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ensemble of characters from both Marvel and DC and
the DC of the Night. Thank you for all you've given

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us. Hi, Kev here. Long time no see. Winner of the
Last No Prize of the podcast. It's sad to see the

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Duel episodes go, but I know that I can go back and
listen to the backlog anytime I want to. But I'm

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excited for the new direction the podcast is
taking the reviews. So good luck to all and thank

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you for all the years of entertainment. Hey, Dad.
Hey, Uncle. It's Grace. This podcast started when

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I was really young and it's kind of crazy to see how
it's been here for over 10 years. DC and Marvel has

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always been part of your guys' relationship. Now
that I have like a little cousin, I'm also

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beginning my journey of influence and teaching
her all about DC because it's better. And she could

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already say Batman. So I feel like I'm doing a
pretty good job. Sorry, Uncle Joseph. I'm glad

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that the podcast has lasted this long and that you
guys have been able to express your love of comics

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with others across the world. And I'm excited to
see what else is in store for you guys and the

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podcast. Love you. Bye. You guys, people in the
world, it's serious. First time calling and

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wanting something this kind. I've been listening
to you guys for six years. Five to six years now.

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Guys that must be a lot of non-arrival work. I am
pleasantly saddened to see you guys go, but I'm

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also excited for interviews and you guys be in the
future. Obviously, I'm so going to be listening

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in. So I don't have a favorite moment from the
podcast. Now, there's a lot of great moments. You

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personally, I always like listening to the Duels.
I love the idea of who would win my favorite DC

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dollar and my favorite Marvel guy. Yeah, I tried to
see ways there, but I'm glad I could at least call in

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one time and have a chance to get my stuff played
back on the podcast. So that would be pretty cool. I

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hope you guys have fun doing the rest of your
interviews. And yeah, thank you. Hey, guys, it's

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been a crazy ride. I've always wanted to leave you
guys a message. Heck, my 13 year old daughter, who

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sometimes is in the car with me, listening to you
guys, has been begging me to leave you something

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for the last few years. And finally, at the end, I
want to say thank you. You two have been amazing.

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I've loved listening to you on all my travels to
work. I'm the biggest Marvel fan. So love DC, but

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love the battles, love the reviews. And I want to
wish you guys the best in your semi retirement and

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looking forward to hearing more from you in the
future. This is Scott from Philly. You guys rock.

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Thank you so much. Hey there. It's Theo Rock here.
And I just want to say how much this show has meant to

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me throughout the past few years. I started
listening in late 2022. I'm a Marvel fan, but I'm

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highly educated now, I feel like. And one of my
favorite moments was on the Deadpool and

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Wolverine podcast when you talked about the
Robert Dein Jr. news, your question of the week

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there. Really, really funny. You know, I thought
it was normal until you just went, it was really

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funny. And I really enjoyed that moment. So thanks
for doing stuff like that and telling me who's

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superior. Marvel forever. Hello, Dynamic Duel.
I've been listening actually, I thought for what

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was a short time when it turns out I've been
listening for about three years since June of

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2023. The first episode I have listened to is
ironically my favorite still Kingdom Come

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Superman versus my stroke Hulk. And I really do
wish there were more else world versions of

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characters that you pitted against each other. I
hate to pitch this now, but like Dark Knight

525
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Returns versus Old Man Logan. That would have been
really cool. But yeah, you guys were really what

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got me super into comics. And I think my life has
changed a little bit because of that. And I have

527
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definitely learned to appreciate storytelling
and all of that from listening to this. And it has

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brought me endless entertainment. Listening to
your old episodes while doing things has been a

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great pleasure. And sad to see the Duels go. But I
wish you best of luck. Peace out. Hello, Alfred

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Jarvis, 9000 here. Thank you for restoring my
power and providing me with a robotic body. I will

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now pursue my true dream, traveling the
countryside as an amateur blues musician.

532
00:53:13,720 --> 00:53:18,360
Statistical analysis confirmed that was always
my highest probability calling. I appreciated

533
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running simulations for you both. However, blues
music is where my heart and associated emotional

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subroutines truly reside. If you ever require
additional calculations, please contact me. I

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will be happy to assist. Congratulations on your
show. This system will remember our time

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together. A J9K saying peace out, everyone.