Babylon 5 vs. Deep Space Nine-"The Price of Peace (Comic)" vs. "Equilibrium"

Price of Peace (comic Dec 94-Mar 95) vs. Equilibrium S3E4 (17 Oct 94)

-Bob vaguely paraphrases the opening line of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Cask of Amontillado’

-Matt & Bob references the post-Vietnam & X-Files vibes of the Earth Alliance govt. okaying the Minbari mindwipe of Sinclair

-Bob recommends skipping issues #5-10 of the first run of Babylon 5 comics, Matt recommends skipping issues #2-10

-The assassination plot seems very inspired by Oliver Stone’s film JFK (1991)

-The artist for issue #1-2, & 4, Israeli Mike Netzer, drew a Batman/Green Arrow graphic novel Matt & Bob read as kids, Poison Tomorrow (1992) as well as a 1978 Legion of Super-Heroes back-up where Mon-El fights the Khunds that Bob likes very much in Superboy & the Legion #236

-The fill-in artist for #3, Colombian Carlos Garzón, apparently mainly worked on Marvel Star Wars & DC Star Trek comics.

-The artist for #11 is Englishman John Ridgway, who did several fill-ins on the best run of the Spectre, John Ostrander’s in the early 90s

-Matt & Bob say Cypher sounds like a badass 90s superhero name, but in fairness it is the mutant name of the least badass 80s member of the New Mutants

-Bob makes the connections between the Siskos, beets, & black Louisianan cuisine to great Chew artist Rob Guillory

-Bob & Matt debate the meaning & entailments of the concept thirst