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On the Stack podcast for the week of January 22, 2025, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Spider-Man #13, Absolute Wonder Woman #4, and so many more!
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Ultimate Spider-Man #13
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Checchetto
Absolute Wonder Woman #4
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Hayden Sherman
Void Rivals #16
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
The Terminator #4
Dynamite
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Lorenzo Re
X-Men: Xavier’s Secret #1
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Diógenes Neves
Black Canary: Best of the Best #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Ryan Sook
Ripperland #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Steve Orlando and John Harris Dunning
Art by Alessandro Oliveri
Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #3
IDW
By Tom Scioli
Amazing Spider-Man #66
Marvel
Written by Justina Ireland
Art by Andrea Broccardo
Detective Comics #1093
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Mikel Janín
The Patchwork Girl of Oz #1
Image Comics
By Otis Frampton
Lawful #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
Doctor Doom & Rocket Raccoon #1
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Will Robson
Green Arrow #20
DC Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Montos
Deadly Tales of the Gunslinger Spawn #2
Image Comics
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti
Art by Patric Reynolds
The Toxic Avenger #4
AHOY Comics
Written by Matt Bors
Art by Fred Harper
Wolverine: Revenge #4
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Greg Capullo
Justice League Unlimited #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
w0rldtr33 #12
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Nightwatcher #5
IDW
Written by Juni Ba
Art by Fero Pe
Uncanny X-Men #9
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Andrei Bressan
Little Batman Month One #3
DC Comics
Written by Morgan Evans
Art by Jon Mikel
Fantastic Four #28
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Steven Cummings
Hyde Street #3
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis
Black Hammer: Spiral City #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Teddy Kristiansen
Iron Man #4
Marvel
Written by Spencer Ackerman
Art by Javier Pina
Metamorpho: The Element Man #2
DC Comics
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Steve Lieber
Mystique #4
Marvel
By Declan Shalvey
Vicarious #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Eleonora Carlini
Archie Is Mr. Justice #2
Archie Comics
Written by Amanda Deibert
Art by Brent Schoonover
Hellverine #2
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Raffaele Ienco
Superman #22
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Dan Mora
In Bloom #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Michael W. Conrad
Art by John J. Pearson
TVA #2
Marvel
Written by Katharyn Blair
Art by Pere Pérez
Star Trek #28
IDW
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Tess Fowler
Power Rangers Prime #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Michael YG
On this week's live show, we're joined by guests Ben Kahn ("Mr. Muffins") and Chris Robinson ("ODB: A Lyrical Ruckus in the City")!
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Stephanie Williams chats with the podcast at Fan Expo New Orleans, the enduring legacy of Nubia, and much more.
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Mark Russell chats with the podcast on the con floor of Fan Expo New Orleans about his work on X-Factor, a conclusion to the trilogy that started with Superman: Space Age and Batman: Dark Age, and how to tackle satire in 2025.
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Jeremy Adams joins the podcast at Fan Expo New Orleans to talk about his work on Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum, Aquaman, and more.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of January 15, 2025, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Wolverine #1, Wonder Woman #17, and so many more!
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Ultimate Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Wonder Woman #17
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere
G.I. Joe #3
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
FML #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by David López
Rogue: The Savage Land #1
Marvel
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Zulema Scotto Lavina
The New Gods #2
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Evan Cagle, Jesse Lonergan
Behemoth #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Grant Sputore & Ryan Engle
Art by Jay Martin
Skin Police #4
Oni Press
Written by Jordan Thomas
Art by Daniel Gete
The Amazing Spider-Man #65.DEATHS
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Kev Walker
The Nice House By The Sea #5
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Finders Keepers #1
Image Comics
Written by Vita Ayala
Art by Skylar Patridge
From The World Of Minor Threats: The Brood #2
Written by Heath Corson
Story Plotting by Heath Corson, Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by I.N.J. Culbard
Storm #4
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Lucas Werneck
Challengers of the Unknown #2
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Sean Izaakse, Jorge Fornés, Amancay Nahuelpan
Shadow Of The Golden Crane #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Chris Roberson
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
The Moon Is Following Us #5
Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Daniel Warren Johnson And Riley Rossmo
Alien: Paradiso #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Edgar Salazar
Jenny Sparks #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jeff Spokes
Feral #9
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez
Star Trek: Lower Decks #3
IDW
Written by Ryan North
Art by Jack Lawrence
Exceptional X-Men #5
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Carmen Carnero
Nightwing #122
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Dexter Soy
Summer Shadows #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Harris Dunning
Art by Ricardo Cabral
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2
Marvel
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Eric Gapstur
Batman And Robin: Year One #4
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Chris Samnee
Witchblade #7
Top Cow/Image Comics
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Giada Belviso
Titans #19
DC Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Serg Acuña
Minor Arcana #5
BOOM! Studios
By Jeff Lemire
The Question: All Along The Watchtower #3
DC Comics
Written by Alex Segura
Art by Cian Tormey
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #15
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
On this week's live show, we're back from New Orleans and ready to tell all! Plus we take your audience questions and give away prizes and stuff.
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Marc Guggenheim joins the show live at Fan Expo New Orleans for a panel talking about the end of the Arrowverse, the revised legacy of Green Lantern, and his comic book work ranging from Torrent to the upcoming Jedi Knights from Marvel.
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Comic Book Club is live for the first time in years, in New Orleans, with special guests Gavin Guidry and Anthony Marques! Marques discusses his work at the Kubert School, Guidry discusses consulting on Uncanny X-Men as a New Orleans native, and chef Bret Macris of Shift in NOLA brings us a tasting menu throughout the show. Thanks to Brieux Carré for having us, and Fan Expo New Orleans, as well.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of January 8, 2025, we've got new comic book reviews for Aquaman #1, Magik #1, and so many more!
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Aquaman #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by John Timms
Magik #1
Marvel
Written by Ashley Allen
Art by Germán Peralta
The Lucky Devils #1
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
Those Not Afraid #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Patrick Piazzalunga
Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum #1 (In Stores January 15)
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by V. Ken Marion
New Champions #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Ivan Fiorelli with Ig Guara
Transformers #16
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
Kill All Immortals #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zac Kaplan
Art by Fico Ossio
Absolute Batman #4
DC Comics
Plot by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Gabriel Hernández Walta
Daredevil: Unleash Hell - Red Band #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Valentina Pinti, José Luís
Snotgirl #17
Image Comics
Written by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Art by Leslie Hung
Christmas 365 #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mikey Way and Jonathan Rivera
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Action Comics #1082 (In Stores January 15)
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Inaki Miranda
The Uncanny X-Men #8
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Javier Garrón
Juvenile #2
Image Comics
By Jesús Orellana
Barstow #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David Ian McKendry and Rebekah McKendry
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Zootopia #1
Dynamite
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Alessandro Ranaldi
What If…? Galactus Transformed Gambit?
Marvel
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Manuela García
Batman: Dark Patterns #2
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Hayden Sherman
Geiger #10
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Welcome to the Maynard #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Robinson
Art by J. Bone
All-New Venom #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Carlos Gómez
Jim Henson Presents #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Shannon Watters, Seanan McGuire, Jill Tew
Art by Max Sarin, Carola Borelli, Countandra
Batman and Robin #17
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Javi Fernández, Carmine Di Giandomenico
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #21
Image Comics
By Tyler Boss & Matthew Rosenberg
The Amazing Spider-Man #65
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Cafu
Living Hell #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Caitlin Yarsky
Altered States: Purgatori Grindhouse #1
Dynamite
Written by Ray Fawkes
Art by Alvaro Sarrasca
Sentinels #4
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Justin Mason
Black Lightning #3 (In Stores January 15)
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Fico Ossio
Where Monsters Lie: CULL-DE-SAC #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
NYX #7
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Enid Balám
Green Hornet / Miss Fury #1
Dynamite
Written by Alex Segura and Henry Barajas
Art by Federico Sorresa
DC vs. Vampires World War V #6
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg, Joey Esposito
Art by Otto Schmidt, Pasquale Qualano
Wolverine #5
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Martín Cóccolo
The Serpent In The Garden: Ed Grey And The Last Battle for England #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Ben Stenbeck
Archaic #2
AHOY Comics
Written by Melissa F. Olson
Art by Sally Cantirino
Survival Street: The Radical Left #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art by Abylay Kusainov
On our first live show of 2025, we're welcoming guests Jeff Parker ("Zootopia"), and Charles Soules & Ryan Browne ("The Lucky Devils")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of January 1, 2025, we've got new comic book reviews for Justice League: The Atom Project #1, The Ultimates #8, and so many more!
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Justice League: The Atom Project #1
DC Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott and John Ridley
Art by Mike Perkins
The Ultimates #8
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Juan Frigeri
Absolute Superman #3
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Deadpool/Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Joshua Cassara
Two-Face #2
DC Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Fábio Veras
Sam Wilson: Captain America #1
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak and Evan Narcisse
Art by Eder Messias with Valentine De Landro
Batman #156
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Cable: Love And Chrome #1
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Mike Henderson
JSA #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Diego Olortegui
What If…? Galactus Transformed Hulk #1
Marvel
Written by Mat Groom
Art by Lan Medina
Batgirl #3
DC Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
X-Factor #6
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Bob Quinn
Birds of Prey #17
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Sami Basri
The Avengers #22
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Farid Karami
Poison Ivy #29
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
X-Force #7
Marvel
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Jim Towe
SHAZAM! #19
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Dan McDaid
When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Gus Moreno
Art by Jakub Rebelka
We're breaking down every comic book movie and TV show coming out in 2025, from Fantastic Four vs. Superman, to Walking Dead Universe shows, DC animated shows, and much, much more.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of December 25, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Timeslide #1, Metamorpho: The Element Man #1, and so many more!
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Timeslide #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Metamorpho: The Element Man #1
DC Comics
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Steve Lieber
Void Rivals #15
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Hellhunters #1
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Adam Gorham
Absolute Wonder Woman #3
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Hayden Sherman
Geiger #9
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Paul Pelletier, Gary Frank
Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #1
Marvel
Written by Frank Tieri
Art by Michael Sta. Maria
Black Canary: Best of the Best #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Ryan Sook
Violent Flowers #4
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Kidpool / Spider-Boy #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Yost
Art by Nathan Stockman, Jed Dougherty, and Chris Campana
Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #4
DC Comics
Written by Jeph Loeb
Art by Cliff Chiang
Redcoat #8
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Bryan Hitch
West Coast Avengers #2
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Danny Kim
Justice League Unlimited #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Violator #4
Image Comics
Written by Marc Andreyko
Art by Gianerico Bonacorsi
X-Men #9
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Federico Vicentini & Ryan Stegman
Detective Comics #1092
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Mikel Janín
Hornsby & Halo #2
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Peter Snejbjerg
Amazing Spider-Man #64
Marvel
Written by Justina Ireland
Art by Gleb Melnikov
Superman #21
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Dan Mora
Dust to Dust #1
Image Comics
Written by JG Jones and Phil Bram
Art by JG Jones
Exceptional X-Men #4
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Carmen Carnero
The Flash #16
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Uncanny Valley #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Dave Wachter
Iron Man #3
Marvel
Written by Spencer Ackerman
Art by Julius Ohta, Jethro Morales
Green Arrow #19
DC Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Montos
The Creeping Below #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Vanesa Del Rey
Mystique #3
Marvel
By Declan Shalvey
Green Lantern Dark #2
DC Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Werther Dell’Edera
Lawful #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #3
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Domenico Carbone
We're counting down our top 15 comic books of 2024 on this week's special episode of the podcast. Plus we discuss some of the best graphic novels of 2024, and note some honorable mentions as well.
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15. Storm
Marvel Comics
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Lucas Werneck
14. Nightwing
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
13. The Power Fantasy
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Caspar Wjingaard
12. Once Upon a Time at the End of the World
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Aty by Nick Dragotta, Leila del Duca, Alexandre Tefengki
11. Birds of Prey
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Arist Deyn, Leonardo Romero, Javier Pina, David Lopez, Jonathan Case, Gavin Guidry, Robbi Rodriguez, Sophie Campbell, Edwin Galmon, Sami Basri
10. The Pedestrian
Magma Comix
Written by Joey Esposito
Art by Sean Von Gorman
9. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
IDW
By Patrick Horvath
8. Absolute Universe
DC Comics
7. Local Man
Image Comics
By Tony Fleecs & Tim Seeley
6. Deep Cuts
Image Comics
Written by Joe Clark and Kyle Higgins
Art by Diego Greco, Toby Cypress
5. Zatanna: Bring Down The House
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Javier Rodriguez
4. Fantastic Four
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gomez, Francesco Mortarino, Ivan Fiorelli, Steven Cummings
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
IDW
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Joelle Jones, Rafael Albuquerque, Cliff Chiang, Chris Burnham, Darick Robertson
2. The Boy Wonder
DC Comics
By Juni Ba
1. Ice Cream Man
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martin Morazzo
The One Hand/The Six Fingers
Houses of the Unholy
Peacemaker Tries Hard
Doom #1
Somna
Final Cut
Deadly Class Compendium
Hell to Pay: A Tale of the Shrouded College
Rare Flavours
The Deviant, Volume 1
Sunday
On the Stack podcast for the week of December 18, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for TVA #1, The New Gods #1, and so many more!
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TVA #1
Marvel
Written by Katharyn Blair
Art by Pere Pérez
The New Gods #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Jorge Fornés, Evan Cagle
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures - The Wedding Spectacular #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Daniel José Older
Art by Harvey Tolibao, Caio Filipe, Andy Duggan, Jo Migyeong, Toni Bruno, Megan Huang, Nick Brokenshire, Elisa Romboli
G.I. Joe #2
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
Ultimate Spider-Man #12
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Checchetto
Challengers Of The Unknown #1
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Sean Izaakse
Freddie The Fix #1
Image Comics/Ninth Circle
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Mike Perkins
From The World Of Minor Threats: Barfly #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Ryan Browne
Hellverine #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Raffaele Ienco
Green Arrow / Green Lantern: World's Finest Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Lucas Meyer, Travis Mercer
Deadly Tales of the Gunslinger Spawn #1
Image Comics
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti
Art by Patric Reynolds
Paranoid Gardens #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Art by Chris Weston
Psylocke #2
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Absolute Batman #3
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Nick Dragotta
Motherfu*kin Monsters #1
Image Comics
Written by J. Holtham
Art by Michael Lee Harris
House of Slaughter #28
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Daredevil #16
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder
Wonder Woman #16
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bruno Redondo, Khary Randolph
Standstill #5
Image Comics
Written by Lee Loughridge
Art by Andrew Robinson
Arcbound #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri
Art by Ryan Smallman
Blood Hunters #5
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Chris Capana and Robert Gill
Plastic Man No More! #4
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins, Jacob Edgar
The Sacrificers #13
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Black Hammer: Spiral City #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Teddy Kristiansen
Fantastic Four #27
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Steven Cummings
Batman and Robin: Year One #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Chris Samnee
The Power Fantasy #5
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Caspar Wjingaard
Vicarious #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Eleonora Carlini
Jenny Sparks #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jeff Spokes
The Moon is Following Us #4
Image Comics
By Daniel Warrern Johnson and Riley Rossmo
Power Rangers Prime #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Michael Yg
Nightwing #121
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Dexter Soy
The Rocketfellers #2
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Francis Manapul
Star Trek #27
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Mike Feehan and Tess Fowler
The Question: All Along The Watchtower #2
DC Comics
Written by Alex Segura
Art by Cian Tormey
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5
IDW
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Darick Robertson
Titans #18
DC Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Pete Woods
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2
IDW
Written by Ryan North
Art by Derek Charm
On our final live show of 2024, we're welcoming guests Ed Brisson ("SilverHawks") and Neil Kleid ("Kings and Canvas")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of December 11, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Universe: One Year In #1, Batman: Dark Patterns #1, and so many more!
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Ultimate Universe: One Year In #1
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp, Chris Condon
Art by Jonas Scharf, Alessandro Cappuccio
Batman: Dark Patterns #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Hayden Sherman
From The World Of Minor Threats: The Brood #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Heath Corson, Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum
Art by I.N.J Culbard
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Eric Gapstur
Superwoman Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Laura Braga, Nikola Čižmešija, Edwin Galmon
In Bloom #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Michael W. Conrad
Art by John J. Pearson
Laura Kinney: The Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Giada Belviso
Black Lightning #2
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Fico Ossio
Shiver Suspenstories #1
Oni Press
Written by Hunter Gorinson, Jason Aaron, Ben H Winters, Jay Stephens, George Northy, Johnny Craig
Art by Valeria Burzo, Kano, Peter Krause, David Lapham, Caitlin Yarsky, Johnny Craig
Infinity Watch #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Ruairi Coleman
Action Comics #1079
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki
Art by Michael Shelfer, Skylar Patridge
FML #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by David López
Petpool: Pool Party #1
Marvel
Written by Mackenzie Cadenhead
Art by Enid Balám
Batman and Robin #16
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Miguel Mendonça
Minor Arcana #4
BOOM! Studios
By Jeff Lemire
Calavera, P.I. #2
Oni Press
By Marco Finnegan
Alien: Paradiso #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Edgar Salazar
Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Lukas Ketner and Michele Bandini
Transformers #15
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
Skin Police #3
Oni Press
Written by Jordan Thomas
Art by Daniel Gete
Storm #3
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Lucas Werneck
DC vs. Vampires: World War V #5
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg, Matthew K. Manning
Art by Otto Schmidt, Acky Bright
Witchblade #6
Image Comics
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
The Terminator #3
Dynamite
Written by Declan Shalvey, Sal Crivelli
Art by David O’Sullivan, Colin Craker
Amazing Spider-Man #63
Marvel
Written by Justina Ireland
Art by Gleb Melnikov
Green Lantern #18
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico
The Fade #2
BOOM! Box
Written by Aabria Iyengar
Art by Mari Costa
Uncanny X-Men #7
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by David Marquez and Edgar Salazar
The Toxic Avenger #3
AHOY Comics
Written by Matt Bors
Art by Fred Harper
X-Factor #5
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Bob Quinn
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Greg Pak ("Sam Wilson: Captain America"), Daniel Kibblesmith ("The Powerpuff Girls Winter Snowdown Showdown"), and CRC Payne ("Batman: Wayne Family Adventures").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of December 4, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for All-New Venom #1, Two-Face #1, and so many more!
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All-New Venom #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Carlos Gómez
Two-Face #1
DC Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Fábio Veras
Snotgirl #16
Image Comics
Written by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Art by Leslie Hung
X-Men #8
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ryan Stegman
Absolute Superman #2
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Christmas 365 #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mikey Way and Jonathan Rivera
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Ultimates #7
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Juan Frigeri
Batman #155
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Fornés
Archaic #1
AHOY Comics
Written by Melissa F. Olson
Art by Sally Cantirino
Marvel Holiday Tales To Astonish #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan, Daniel Kibblesmith, Gene Luen Yang
Art by Phil Noto, Pat Olliffe, Dylan Burnett
JSA #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Diego Olortegui
Dread The Halls #0
Image Comics
Written by Jordan Hart & Chris Ryall
Art by Lee Ferguson, Jimmy Kucaj, Walter Pax, Fábio Veras
Avengers #21
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Valerio Schiti
Batgirl #2
DC Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
Juvenile #1
Image Comics
By Jesús Orellana
Wolverine #4
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Martín Cóccolo
DC's Batman Smells - Robin Laid An Egg #1
DC Comics
Written by Dorado Quick, Drew Maxey, Ricardo Sanchez, Alexis Quasarano, Marv Wolfman, James Reid, Zipporah Smith, Calvin Kasulke
Art by M.L. Sanapo, Marianna Ignazzi, Aaron Conley, Marcial Toledano Vargas, Paul Pelletier, Francesco Francavilla, Andrew Drilon, Anthony Marques
The Exorcism at 1600 Penn #2
IDW
Written by Hannah Rose May
Art by Vanesa Del Rey
NYX #6
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Michael Shelfer, Elisabetta D’Amico
Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Lukas Ketner, Michele Bandini
X-Force #6
Marvel
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Jim Towe
Hack/Slash - Body Bags #2
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Stefano Caselli with Steve Kurth
Birds of Prey #16
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Sami Basri
Top Cow Holiday Special 2024
Top Cow/Image Comics
Written by Marguerite Bennett, Marc Silvestri, Matt Hawkins
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro, Tona Valentino, Atilio Rojo
Survival Street: The Radical Left #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art by Abylay Kussainov
Little Batman: Month One #2
DC Comics
Written by Morgan Evans
Art by Jon Mikel
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #20
Image Comics
By Tyler Boss & Matthew Rosenberg
Poison Ivy #28
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Nightwatcher #4
IDW
Written by Juni Ba
Art by Fero Pe
‘Patra #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Robinson
Art by Scott Kolins
SHAZAM! #18
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Dan McDaid
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #14
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Naomi Franq
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Geoff Johns And Ivan Reis to talk about Ghost Machine's Hyde Street.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of November 27, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Justice League Unlimited #1, West Coast Avengers #1, and so many more!
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Justice League Unlimited #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
West Coast Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Danny Kim
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4
IDW
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Chris Burnham
Black Canary: Best of the Best #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Ryan Sook
Venom War #5
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Iban Coello
Hornsby & Halo #1
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Peter Snejbjerg
Green Arrow #18
DC Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Montos
The Uncanny X-Men #6
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Javier Garrón
The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Grey And The Last Battle for England #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Ben Stenbeck
Absolute Wonder Woman #2
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Hayden Sherman
Iron Man #2
Marvel
Written by Spencer Ackerman
Art by Julius Ohta
Welcome to the Maynard #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Robinson
Art by J. Bone
Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Lukas Ketner
Amazing Spider-Man #62
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Ed McGuinness
Void Rivals #14
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeph Loeb
Art by Mark Chiarello
Mystique #2
Marvel
By Declan Shalvey
Feral #8
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner & Tone Rodriguez
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #13
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Detective Comics #1091
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Mikel Janín
The Incredible Hulk #19
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Greg Pak, Torunn Grønbekk, Benjamin Percy
Art by Nic Klein & Danny Earls, Lan Medina, Lynne Yoshii
Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #4
Skybound/Image Comics
By Michael Walsh
The Carlyle School For Kings #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Nelson Greaves
Art by Davide Castelluccio
Nightwing #120
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Dexter Soy
Hyde Street #2
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis
Babs #4
AHOY Comics
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Superman #20
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Dan Mora
Grommets #6
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn
Art by Brett Parson
Red Before Black #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Goran Sudžuka
The Flash #15
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Violent Flowers #3
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Alex Segura ("Alter Ego") + Diana McCallum ("The Sex Lives Of Superheroes").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of November 20, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Spider-Man #11, The Question: All Along The Watchtower #1, and so many more!
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Ultimate Spider-Man #11
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by David Messina
The Question: All Along The Watchtower #1
DC Comics
Written by Alex Segura
Art by Cian Tormey
The Rocketfellers #1
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Francis Manapul
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles X Naruto #1
IDW
Written by Caleb Goellner
Art by Hendry Prasetya
Wolverine #3
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Martín Cóccolo
Milestone Universe: The Shadow Cabinet #1
DC Comics
Written by Joseph P. Illidge
Art by Darryl Banks and Atagun Ilhan
Barstow #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David Ian McKendry and Rebekah McKendry
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Ice Cream Man #42
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Venom War: It’s Jeff! #1
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Gurihiru
Wonder Woman #15
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Khary Randolph
Moon Dogs #1
Image Comics
Written by Tananarive Due
Art by Kelsey Ramsay
Batman and Robin: Year One #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Chris Samnee
Spider-Man Reign 2 #5
Marvel
By Kaare Andrews
Standstill #4
Image Comics
Written by Lee Loughridge
Art by Andrew Robinson
Imbokodo #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Thabo Rametsi and Thabiso Mabanna
Art by Katleco Motaung
Jenny Sparks #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jeff Spokes
Storm #2
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Lucas Werneck
Geiger #8
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Paul Pelletier
Titans #17
DC Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Pete Woods
The Moon Is Following Us #3
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo
Daredevil #15
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Luigi Zagaria
Action Comics #1076
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki
Art by Clayton Henry and Michael Shelfer, Meghan Hetrick
Nullhunter #2
Image Comics
Written by Michael Walsh
Art by Gustaffo Vargas
Vicarious #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Eleonora Carlini
Exceptional X-Men #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Carmen Carnero
House of Slaughter #27
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Convert #4
Image Comics
Written by John Arcudi
Art by Savannah Finley
Where Monsters Lie: CULL-DE-SAC #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Lawful #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
The Department of Truth #27
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Alison Sampson
Paranoid Gardens #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Art by Chris Weston
Sentinels #2
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Justin Mason
Star Trek #26
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Angel Hernández
The Power Fantasy #4
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Seance In The Asylum #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Leonardo Marcelo Grassi
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Robyn Warren ("Marvel Fitness Deck: Be the Hero of Your Exercise Adventure") and Mike Norton ("Archie Is Mr. Justice").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of November 13, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for G.I. Joe #1, Black Lightning #1, and so many more!
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G.I. Joe #1
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
Black Lightning #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Fico Ossio
Psylocke #1
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Star Trek: Lower Decks #1
IDW
Written by Ryan North
Art by Derek Charm
Transformers #14
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jason Howard
Absolute Batman #2
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Nick Dragotta
Amazing Spider-Man #61
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Ed McGuinness
Black Hammer: Spiral City #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Teddy Kristiansen
Terminator #2
Dynamite
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by David O’Sullivan
Action Comics #1075
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson
Art by Clayton Henry and Michael Shelfer, Skylar Patridge, Jon Bogdanove and Norm Rapmund
The Uncanny X-Men #5
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by David Marquéz
Wynd: The Power of Blood #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Dialynas
The Domain #5
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rachael Stott
Batman and Robin #15
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Javi Fernández
NYX #5
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Calavera, P.I. #1
Oni Press
By Marco Finnegan
Witchblade #5
Top Cow/Image Comics
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
Batman: Dark Age #6
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike Allred
Arcbound #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Frank Tieri
Character development by Tom Hardy
Art by Ryan Smallman
Violator #3
Image Comics
Written by Marc Andreyko
Art by John Wayshak
DC vs. Vampires: World War V #4
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg, Matthew K. Manning
Art by Otto Schmidt, Acky Bright
Helen of Wyndhorn #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Green Lantern #17
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico
Minor Arcana #3
BOOM! Studios
By Jeff Lemire
Summer Shadows #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Harris Dunning
Art by Ricardo Cabral
I Heart Skull-Crusher! #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Alessio Zonno
Toxic Avenger #2
AHOY Comics
Written by Matt Bors
Art by Fred Harper
Turtles of Grayskull #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Freddie E. Williams II
Katabasis #1 (out December 18, 2024)
Blackbox Comics
Written by Damien Becton
Art by Rodrigo Rocha
Kill Me & Other Curiosities (Out December 3, 2024)
Dark Horse Comics
By Chad Lambert
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests James Robinson and J. Bone ("Welcome to The Maynard"), and Wendy Martin ("Castle Swimmer").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of November 6, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Absolute Superman #1, The Ultimates #6, and so many more!
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Absolute Superman #1
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Rafa Sandoval
The Ultimates #6
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Juan Frigeri
FML #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by David López
JSA #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Diego Olortegui
Aliens Vs. Avengers #2
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Esad Ribić
Living Hell #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Caitlin Yarsky
Batgirl #1
DC Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
Kahhori: Reshaper Of Worlds #1
Marvel
By Ryan Little, Todd Harris, Arihhonni “Honni” David, David Cutler, Kelly Lynne D’Angelo, Jim Terry
The Fade #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Aabria Iyengar
Art by Mari Costa
Little Batman: Month One #1
DC Comics
Written by Morgan Evans
Art by Jon Mikel
Negasonic Teenage Warhead #1
Marvel
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Eleonora Carlini and Carola Borelli
Something Is Killing The Children #0
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’Edera
Batman #154
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
X-Men #7
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Netho Diaz
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Nightwatcher #3
IDW
Written by Juni Ba
Art by Fero Pe
Birds of Prey #15
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Sami Basri
Venom War #4
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Iban Coello
Duck and Cover #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Green Arrow 2024 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse, Amancay Nahuelpan
X-Factor #4
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Bob Quinn
Public Domain #10
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
Plastic Man: No More! #3
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins
The Avengers #20
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Farid Karami
The Sacrificers #12
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
Action Comics #1074
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki
Art by Clayton Henry and Michael Shelfer, Skylar Patridge
X-Force #5
Marvel
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Marcus To
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation #2
IDW
Written by Tom Waltz, Erik Burnham
Art by Vincenzo Federici, Mateus Santolouco
Poison Ivy #27
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Blood Hunters #4
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Robert Gill & Chris Campana
Skin Police #2
Oni Press
Written by Jordan Thomas
Art by Daniel Gete
SHAZAM! #17
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Dan McDaid
Gilt Frame #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt and Margie Kraft Kindt
Art by Matt Kindt
Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #2
IDW
By Tom Scioli
Writer Frank Tieri chats Arcbound and more at New York Comic Con 2024.
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Artist Danny Earls sits down with Comic Book Club at New York Comic Con 2024 to discuss his interconnecting covers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at IDW, his work on Hulk for Marvel, and transitioning from being a football star, to a comic book artist.
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Writer Tim Seeley sits down with Comic Book Club at New York Comic Con 2024 to talk about his work on the Peacemaker Special, the end of Local Man (for now) and much more.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of October 30, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Amazing Spider-Man #60, Poison Ivy / Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1, and so many more!
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Amazing Spider-Man #60
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Joe Kelly
Art by John Romita Jr., Ed McGuinness, Paolo Rivera, Todd Nauck, Patrick Gleason, Mark Buckingham
Poison Ivy / Swamp Thing: Feral Trees #1
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Mike Perkins
Devour #1
Image Comics/Ghost Machine
Written by Maytal Zchut
Art by Leila Leiz
Wolverine: Revenge #3
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Greg Capullo
Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeph Loeb
Art by Klaus Janson
Redcoat #7
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Bryan Hitch
Namor #4
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Paul Davidson and Alex Lins
Action Comics #1073
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki
Art by Clayton Henry and Michael Shelfer, Skylar Patridge
Feral #7
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez
NYX #4
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Enid Balám
The Nice House By The Sea #4
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Violent Flowers #2
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Ultimate X-Men #8
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
The Penguin Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Bill Finger, Alan Grant, Jason Aaron
Art by Howard Porter, Bob Kane, Sam Kieth, Jason Pearson
Kill All Immortals #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Fico Ossio
Survival Street: The Radical Left #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jim Festante And James Asmus
Art by Abylay Kusainov
Uncanny Valley #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Dave Wachter
The Carlyle School for Kings #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Nelson Greaves
Art by Davide Castelluccio
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Caroline Cash ("PeePee PooPoo"), and Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones ("Dracula: Book II - The Brides").
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Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wjingard sit down with the podcast at New York Comic Con 2024 for a big, spoiler-filled chat about The Power Fantasy #3 from Image Comics. How did they develop the world of the book? What's next after that big change at the end of the issue? Plus, Gillen chats about We Called Them Giants and the return of DIE, and Wjingard talks about whether there will be more Home Sick Pilots.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of October 23, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Absolute Wonder Woman #1, Iron Man #1, and so many more!
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Absolute Wonder Woman #1
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Hayden Sherman
Iron Man #1
Marvel
Written by Spencer Ackerman
Art by Julius Ohta
The Power Fantasy #3
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Caspar Wjingard
Detective Comics #1090
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Mikel Janín
Alien: Romulus #1
Marvel
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Daniel Picciotto
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3
IDW
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Cliff Chiang
Green Lantern Dark #1
DC Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Werther Dell’Edera
X-Men #6
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Netho Diaz
Voices In My Head #1
Image Comics
Written by Joe Pruett
Art by Andrew Robinson, Phil Hester, Juan Doe, Michael Gaydos, Bil Ruth
Green Arrow #17
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, Chris Condon
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Montos
The Avengers #19
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Farid Karami
The Feeding #1
Image Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Drew Zucker
Zatanna: Bring Down The House #5
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Javíer Rodriguez
X-Factor #3
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Bob Quinn
Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #3
Image Comics
By Michael Walsh
Action Comics #1072
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki
Art by Clayton Henry, Skylar Patridge
Grommets #5
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn
Art by Brett Parson
DC Horror Presents #1
DC Comics
Written by David Dastmalchian and Leah Kilpatrick, The Boulet Brothers
Art by Cat Staggs, Butch Mapa
Self Help #5
Image Comics
Written by Owen King and Jesse Kellerman
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
Nightwing #119
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Dexter Soy
Hack/Slash - Body Bags #1
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Stefano Caselli with Steve Kurth
Superman #19
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Dan Mora
The Moon Is Following Us #2
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo
The Flash #14
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Void Rivals #13
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Babs #3
AHOY Comics
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Convert #3
Image Comics
Written by John Arcudi
Art by Savannah Finley
Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #1
IDW
By Tom Scioli
Rook: Exodus #6
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jason Fabok
The Cursed Library #2: Omega
Archie Comics
by Eliot Rahal and Magdalene Visaggio
Art by Craig Cermak
Nullhunter #1
Image Comics
Written by Michael Walsh
Art by Gustaffo Vargas
You Never Heard Of Me #1 (Out November 20)
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Iolanda Zanfardino
Art by Elisa Romboli
The Sacred Damned #1
Image Comics
Written by Sabir Pirzada
Art by Michael Walsh
Standstill #3
Image Comics
Written by Lee Loughridge
Art by Andrew Robinson
Dead Eyes: The Empty Frames #2
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by John McCrea
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Brent Bristol ("Ordeal") + Patrick McDonnell ("Mutts")!
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Scott Snyder is a busy guy. From writing the multiple-sold-out Absolute Batman to launching new titles through Comixlogy, to books through DSTLRY, to writing an animated adaptation of his book Wytches, to his work with Tom Hardy and Frank Tieri on Arcbound, the guy is everywhere. When Comic Book Club caught up with Snyder, he was on the roof of a hotel in Midtown Manhattan, having just wrapped up an extended breakfast hang with students for one of his other ventures, Our Best Jackett, where he teaches the intricate art of comic book writing.
While we were there to talk primarily about Arcbound, which is coming from Dark Horse Comics on November 13, and to Kickstarter for a Deluxe Edition at a later date, we had to ask Snyder -- whose comic career really blew up with the release of Vertigo's American Vampire -- what he thought of the return of DC's beloved label at New York Comic Con.
"I literally teared up," Snyder said. "It means everything. They're being really creator-friendly with their deals and everything. This whole All In initiative, everything about it is trying to be why it's so fun to love DC Comics all around and to invite everybody in on every level. This wasn't part of it that I organized. It was a long time coming from amazing people there, but to see it roll out at the same moment we're trying to do this very big comprehensive, 'Welcome to comics. Everybody's included. There's every kind of book. Everything starts here.' [It] feels great."
For much more from Snyder including the success of Absolute Batman, his deal with Comixology, and how Tom Hardy called him on his family vacation in Hawaii, listen in.
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IDW's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is an enormous hit. Not only did the recently released trade of the "cozy horror" series hit number two on ICv2's sales charts, just below Marvel's monster hit Ultimate Spider-Man, but every issue of the initial series sold better than the last. And as just announced by IDW at New York Comic Con, not only is Beneath the Trees getting a sequel series titled Rite of Spring, but the publisher is essentially building a whole horror line around it called IDW Dark.
In Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, we meet Samantha, a normal bear living a normal life in a normal town. Except when she goes out of town, she uses the opportunity to unwind and brutally murder unsuspecting fellow animals. That is until another murderer appears in her hometown, unraveling her whole life.
While Horvath couldn't spill all the details about Rite of Spring, he is able to tease that we'll jump forward in time... If the first series was ostensibly set in the '80s, this is set in the '90s. And yes, the "Rite of Spring" title is purposeful on many levels. Not only will the setting be different, but the format will also be different. Instead of six issues, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring will run three double-sized issues. So the same page count, but a different release schedule.
In advance of the announcement, Comic Book Club sat down with Horvath in Artist Alley to discuss the success of Beneath the Trees, what to expect from the sequel, and much more.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of October 16, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Mystique #1, Wonder Woman #14, and so many more!
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Mystique #1
Marvel
By Declan Shalvey
Wonder Woman #14
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere
The Exorcism At 1600 Penn #1
IDW
Written by Hannah Rose May
Art By Vanesa Del Rey
Radiant Black #30
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa & Eduardo Ferigato
Radiant Black #30.5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa & Eduardo Ferigato
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Batman and Robin: Year One #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Chris Samnee
Where Monsters Lie: CUL-DE-SAC #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Destro #5
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Andrei Bressan
Crypt of Shadows #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando, Chris Condon, Jason Loo, Benjamin Percy
Art by Claire Roe, Djibril Morisette-Phan, Carlos Magno, Raffaele Ienco
Green Lantern #16
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos Halloween Special
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal, Soo Lee, Nick Robles, James Tynion IV
Art by Morgan Beem, Soo Lee, Nick Robles, Isaac Goodhart, Fernando Blanco
Local Man #25
Image Comics
By Tony Fleecs & Tim Seeley
Ultimate Spider-Man #10
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by David Messina
Action Comics #1071
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki
Art by Clayton Henry and Michael Shelfer, Skylar Patridge
The Domain #4
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rachael Stott
Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #4
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling & Ivan Fiorelli
Jenny Sparks #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jeff Spokes
The Uncanny X-Men #4
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by David Marquez
Violator #2
Image Comics
Written by Marc Andreyko
Art by Kyle Hotz
Wolverine #2
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Martin Cóccolo
Titans #16
DC Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Pete Woods
Spider-Man Reign 2 #4
Marvel
By Kaare Andrews
Witchblade #4
Image Comics
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising #2
Marvel
Written by Alex Segura
Art by Leonard Kirk
Ultramega #6
Image Comics
By James Harren
Blood Hunters #3
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Robert Gill
Star Trek #25
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Liana Kangas
Avengers Assemble #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Scot Eaton
Summer Shadows #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Harris Dunning
Art by Ricardo Cabral
The Department of Truth #26
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Alison Sampson
Barfly #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Ryan Browne
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Tim Leong ("Marvel Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Marvel Comics Universe") + Matt Bors ("Justice Warriors: Vote Harder") + Tiffany Babb ("The Comics Courier")!
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Joshua Williamson returns to the podcast for a special bonus episode teasing everything G.I. Joe for the upcoming Skybound and Image Comics series. Find out how he put the team together, how it ties into the greater Energon Universe, and much more.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of October 9, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Absolute Batman #1, Sentinels #1, and so many more!
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Absolute Batman #1
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Nick Dragotta
Sentinels #1
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Justin Mason
The Toxic Avenger #1
AHOY Comics
Written by Matt Bors
Art by Fred Harper
The Terminator #1
Dynamite
Written by Declan Shalvey, Sal Crivelli
Art by Luke Sparrow with Colin Craker
Green Lantern: Civil Corps Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Jeremy Adams
Art by Salvador Larroca
Blade: Red Band #1
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by C.F Villa
Seance In The Asylum #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Transformers #13
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jason Howard
The Ultimates #5
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Juan Frigeri
Crocodile Black #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Som
Batman: Full Moon #1
DC Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Stevan Subic
Exceptional X-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Carmen Carnero
Geiger #7
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Paul Pelletier
Minor Arcana #2
BOOM! Studios
By Jeff Lemire
Action Comics #1070
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki
Art by Clayton Henry, Skylar Patridge
Star Wars: Ewoks #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Álvaro López and Laura Braga
Public Domain #9
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
I Heart Skull-Crusher! #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Alessio Zonno
Batman and Robin #14
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Javi Fernández
The Amazing Spider-Man #59
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Scarlett #5
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Marco Ferrari
Duck and Cover #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Fantastic Four #26
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
DC vs. Vampires: World War V #3
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss
Art by Otto Schmidt, Tyler Boss
X-Force #4
Marvel
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Marcus To
Dracula: A Storybook Portfolio
Image Comics
By J.H. Williams III
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Anthony Del Col ("Romeo vs. Juliet: A Kill Shakespeare Story"), King Klaus ("Digital Bardos"), and John Jackson Miller ("Batman: Resurrection").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of October 2, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Absolute Power #4, DC All In Special #1, Storm #1, and so many more!
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Absolute Power #4
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
DC All In Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson
Art by Wes Craig and Daniel Sampere
Storm #1
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Lucas Werneck
Hyde Street #1
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis
DC Horror Presents: Creature Commandos #1
DC Comics
Written by David Dastmalchian
Art by Jesús Hervás
Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising #1
Marvel
Written by Alex Segura
Art by Leonard Kirk, Stefano Raffaele
Skin Police #1
Oni Press
Written by Jordan Thomas
Art by Daniel Gete
DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis #1
DC Comics
Written by Cavan Scott, Nathan Cayanan, Ashley Allen, Matthew Levine, Dan DiDio, Rachel Pinnelas, Dave Wielgosz, Rex Ogle
Art by Ario Anindito, V Ken Marion, Jose Luis, Jordi Tarragona, M.L. Sanapo, Will Robson, Sid Kotian, Adam Graphite
Ghost Rider: Robbie Reyes Special #1
Marvel
Written by Carlos Hernandez, Felipe Smith, Melissa Flores
Art by Moisés Hidalgo, Daniel Bayliss, Jan Bazaldua
The Creeping Below #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Vanesa Del Rey
Batman #153
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jiménez
Venom War #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Ivan Coello
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Nightwatcher #2
IDW
Written by Juni Ba
Art by Fero Pe
Justice Society of America #12
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Todd Nauck
Daredevil #14
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Luigi Zagaria
The Deviant #8
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Joshua Hixson
Birds of Prey #14
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Sami Basri
Get Fury #6
Marvel
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Redcoat #6
Ghost Machine/Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Bryan Hitch
The Nice House By The Sea #3
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
X-Men #5
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ryan Stegman
The Pedestrian #3 (Out October 16)
Magma
Written by Joey Esposito
Art by Sean Von Gorman
Plastic Man No More #2
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins
Poison Ivy #26
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Tamaki
Shazam! #16
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Dan McDaid
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Saurabh Bhatia (Comix.one) + Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski ("Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: The Goddess of Manhattan")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of September 25, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #1, Ultimate Spider-Man #9, and so many more!
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Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeph Loeb
Art by Eduardo Risso
Ultimate Spider-Man #9
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Checchetto
Turtles Of Greyskull #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Freddie E. Williams II
Violator: Origin #1
Image Comics
Written by Marc Andreyko
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Outsiders #11
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Robert Carey
Wolverine: Revenge #2
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Greg Capullo
Violent Flowers #1
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Survival Street: The Radical Left #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jim Festante and James Asmus
Art by Abylay Kussainov
Lobo Cancellation Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Kyle Hotz
Amazing Spider-Man #58
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian #1
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Terry and Rachel Dodson
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Usagi Yojimbo #1
BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Dogu Publishing
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Shawn Daley
Absolute Power Origins #3
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Alitha Martinez
Uncanny X-Men #3
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by David Marquez
Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #2
Skybound/Image Comics
By Michael Walsh
Helen of Wyndhorn #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #7
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Fran Galán
Avengers Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Salvador Larroca
Knights vs. Samurai #1
Image Comics
Written by David Dastmalchian
Art by Fede Mele
‘Patra #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Robinson
Art by Scott Kolins
Action Comics #1069
DC Comics
Written by Gail Simone, Rainbow Rowell
Art by Eddy Barrows, Cian Tormey
Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #3
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling and Ivan Fiorelli
Feral #6
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez
Kill All Immortals #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Fico Ossio
Green Arrow #16
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse and Amancay Nahuelpan
Chasm: Curse of Kaine #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Andrea Broccardo
Convert #2
Image Comics
Written by John Arcudi
Art by Savannah Finley
The Flash #13
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Ramon Pérez
Namor #3
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Paul Davidson and Alex Lins
Self Help #4
Image Comics
Written by Jesse Kellerman and Owen King
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
Titans #15
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
NYX #3
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Standstill #2
Image Comics
Written by Lee Loughridge
Art by Andrew Robinson
X-Force #3
Marvel
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Marcus To
Zatanna: Bring Down The House #4
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Javier Rodriguez
Phoenix #3
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Alessandro Miracolo
Old Dog: Operations #1
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey, PJ Holden, Rory McConville, Sumeyye Kesgin, Leonardo Romero, Alex Paknadel, Charles Soule
Art by Declan Shalvey, John McCrea, Matias Bergara, David O’Sullivan, Sumeyye Kesgin, Luke Sparrow, Triona Farrell, Chris Sprouse, Gavin Guidry
Predator Vs. Black Panther #2
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Sean Damien Hill, with Jonas Trindade
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests James Asmus and Jim Festante ("Survival Street") + Angel Fuentes, Amy Joscelyn, Luis S. Ramos (Panico Press) + Sal Crivelli ("Terminator")!
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We've picked the X-Men, and now it's time for a DC team with Comic Book Club's 2024 Justice League Team Draft! Each member of the podcast chooses their ideal Justice League team and tries to assemble the ultimate team of heroes -- or villains. Plus, we discuss who our Justice League would fight, and where they'd be based... And we fight, a bunch.
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Rules of the Justice League Draft (2024):
Justice League teams will be posted on social media and in Comic Book Club's Patreon Slack to vote on whose team is best, with the eventual pick discussed on our live show.
On the Stack podcast for the week of September 18, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Darth Vader #50, Destro #4 and so many more!
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Absolute Power: Super Son #1
DC Comics
Written by Sina Grace, Nicole Maines
Art by John Timms, Travis Mercer
Darth Vader #50
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Raffaele Ienco, Paul Fry, Luke Ross, Adam Gorham
Destro #4
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Andrei Bressan
Helen of Wyndhorn #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Dazzler #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Loo
Art by Rafael Loureiro
Multiversus: Collision Detected #1
DC Comics
Written by Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Jon Sommariva
The Tin Can Society #1
Image Comics
Written by Peter Warren
Art by Francesco Mobili
Paranoid Gardens #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Art by Chris Weston
Spirits of Vengeance #1
Marvel
Written by Sabir Pirzada
Art by Sean Damien Hill
Jenny Sparks #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jeff Spokes
Ice Cream Man #41
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kyla Vanderklugt
Art by Giorgio Spaelletta
Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Priest, Justina Irland
Art by Denys Cowan, Carlo Pagulayan
Superman #18
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell
Ultramega #5
Image Comics
By James Harren
Ultimate X-Men #7
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
Gilt Frame #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt and Margie Kraft Kindt
Art by Matt Kindt
Wonder Woman #13
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Tony S. Daniel, Khary Randolph
X-Factor #2
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Bob Quinn
The Power Fantasy #2
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
The Masked Macher #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David A. Goodman
Art by Alex Andrés
The Avengers #18
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Valerio Schiti
Falling in Love on the Path To Hell #4
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Garry Brown
Lawful #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
X-Men #4
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Netho Diaz
Babs #2
AHOY Comics
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
The Graveyard Club #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by R.L. Stine
Art by Carola Borelli
Witchblade #3
Top Cow/Image Comics
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Fred Van Lente and AJ Ampadu ("Resurgence of the Valiant Universe"), Darick Robertson and Stephen B. Jones ("Greaser: Gemini Blues"), and Erica Schultz ("Daredevil: Woman Without Fear")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of September 11, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Wolverine #1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 and so many more!
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Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Martín Cóccolo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2
IDW
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Transformers #12
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
Star Wars #50
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Madibek Musabekov
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Williams
Art by Khary Randolph
The Department of Truth #25
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Avengers Assemble #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Cory Smith
Summer Shadows #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Harris Dunning
Art by Ricardo Cabral
Spider-Man: Reign 2 #3
Marvel
Written and drawn by Kaare Andrews
Geiger #6
Image Comics/Ghost Machine
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
DC vs. Vampires: World War V #2
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss
Art by Otto Schmidt, Miquel Muetro
Fantastic Four #25
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gómez
Dead Eyes: The Empty Frames #1
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by John McCrea
Red Before Black #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Goran Sudžuka
Amazing Spider-Man #57
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Jonny Quest #2
Dynamite
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Sebastián Piriz
The Uncanny X-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by David Marquez
The Domain #3
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rachael Stott
Venom War: Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Art by Kev Walker
Green Lantern #15
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Fernando Pasarin, Montos
Profane #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Raül Fernandez
Ultimate Black Panther #8
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Stefano Caselli
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #12
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Ain’t No Grave #5
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Blood Hunters #2
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Robert Gill
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Alina Pete ("Indiginerds") and David Arnold & Jose Pimienta ("Luminous Beings")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of September 4, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Exceptional X-Men #1, Star Trek #500 and so many more!
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Exceptional X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Carmen Carnero
Star Trek #500
IDW
Written by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, Jody Houser, Stephanie Williams, Mike Chen, Magdalene Visaggio, Morgan Hampton, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly & Christopher Cantwell
Art by Leonard Kirk, Vernon Smith, Tench, Angel Hernandez, Megan Huang, Megan Levens, Davide Tinto
Plastic Man No More! #1
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins
Minor Arcana #1
BOOM! Studios
Written and drawn by Jeff Lemire
The Ultimates #4
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Phil Noto
Absolute Power #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Duck and Cover #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Star Wars: The Acolyte - Kelnacca #1
Marvel
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Marika Cresta
Poison Ivy #25
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson, Joanne Starer, Grace Ellis, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Dan Watters
Art by Marcio Takara, Haining, Biran Level, Atagun Ilhan, Dani
The Autumn Kingdom #1
Oni Press
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Christopher Mitten
Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #1
Marvel
Written by Thomas Krajewski
Art by Jason Muhr
The Penguin #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Rook: Exodus #5
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jason Fabok
Firefly: Malcolm Reynolds Year One #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Giovanni Fabiano
Venom War #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Iban Coello
Batman #152
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Mattia De Iulis
The Holy Roller #8
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman
Art by Roland Boschi
Animal Pound #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom King
Art by Peter Gross
Daredevil #13
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Chris Campana
Birds of Prey #13
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Gavin Guidry
The Infernals #5
Image Comics
Written by Noah Gardner and Ryan Parrott
Art by John J. Pearson with Lola Bonato
Uncanny Valley #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Dave Wachter
Get Fury #5
Marvel
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Justice Society of America #11
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Marco Santucci
Cruel Universe #2
Oni Press
Written by Stephanie Phillips, Ben H. Winters, Chris Condon, Christopher Cantwell
Art by Riley Rossmo, Leomacs, Javier Fernandez, David Lapham
Scarlett #4
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Marco Ferrari
My Adventures With Superman #4
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Pablo M. Collar
Public Domain #8
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
The Boy Wonder #5
DC Comics
By Juni Ba
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Dan Parent ("Archie: The Decision") and Tri Vuong ("The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of August 28, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Aliens vs. Avengers #1, Archie: The Decision #1 and so many more!
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Aliens Vs. Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Esad Ribić
Archie: The Decision #1
Archie Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Dan Parent
Absolute Power: Origins #2
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Alitha Martinez
BRZRKR: The Lost Book Of B #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1
Skybound/Image Comics
Written and drawn by Michael Walsh
Marvel 85th Anniversary Special #1
Marvel
Written by Ryan North, Iman Vellani & Sabir Pirzada, Alan Davis, Priest, Yuji Kaku, Steve Skroce
Art by Joshua Cassara, Stephen Byrne, Alan Davis, Carlo Pagulayan, Yuji Kaku, Steve Skroce
Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Ron Marz and Dan Jurgens
Art by Darryl Banks, Kelley Jones, Tom Grummett, Norm Rapmund, Jerry Ordway, Paul Pelletier, Howard Porter, Dan Jurgens, Brett Breeding
Void Rivals #12
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Sesame Street #1
Oni Press
Written by Joey Esposito
Art by Austin Baechle
Deadpool Team-Up #1
Marvel
by Rob Liefeld
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5
DC Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Pete Woods
Convert #1
Image Comics
Written by John Arcudi
Art by Savannah Finley
Hello Darkness #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Azam Raharjo, Frederik Hornung, Wes Craig, Robert Hack, Garth Ennis
Art by Azam Raharjo, Frederick Hornung, Wes Craig, Robert Hack, Becky Cloonan
Phases of the Moon Knight #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz, Benjamin Percy
Art by Manuel García, Rod Reis
Batman Off-World #5
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Doug Mahnke
The Sacrificers #11
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Chasm: Curse of Kaine #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Andrea Broccardo
The Nice House By The Sea #2
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Rogue Sun #21
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott and Nick Cotton
Art by Abel
The Incredible Hulk Annual 2024 #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Geoff Shaw, Sara Pichelli
Zatanna: Bring Down The House #3
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Javier Rodríguez
The Last Mermaid #6
Image Comics
By Derek Kirk Kim
X-Men #3
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ryan Stegman
Batman: Dark Age #5
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike Allred and Laura Allred
Grommets #4
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn
Art by Brett Parson
Amazing Spider-Man #56
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Lee Gatlin
Art by John Romita Jr., Andrés Genolet, Ramon Rosanas, Lee Gatlin
Gotham City Sirens #4
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Brandt&Stein, Daniel Hillyard
Something Is Killing The Children #40
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
NYX #2
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Green Arrow #15
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan
Fantastic Four #24
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gómez
The Butcher’s Boy #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Landry Q. Walker and Pannel Vaughn
Art by Justin Greenwood
Ultimate X-Men #6
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
The Flash #12
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Ramon Pérez, Vasco Georgiev
X-Force #2
Marvel
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Marcus To
Writer and artist Michael Walsh breaks down the first issue of Universal Monsters: Frankenstein from Skybound and Image Comics and teases what's next for The Silver Coin.
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Ian Flynn (Archie Comics) + Adam Lawson ("Kids and Monsters")!
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Benjamin Percy chats on the con floor at TerrifiCon 2024 about Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Hellverine, Predator, and more.
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Aaron Kuder discusses developing his own style, as well as his work on Daredevil and more at TerrifiCon 2024.
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Tim Seeley chats full spoilers for Local Man #13 at TerrifiCon 2024. Plus, Seeley discusses bringing back Hack/Slash for a Body Bags crossover, Archie Comics's Mr. Justice, Turtles of Greyskull, and more.
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Phillip Kennedy Johnson sits down at TerrifiCon 2024 to go full spoilers for this week's issues of Green Lantern: War Journal #12 and Crocodile Black #4. Plus, he teases what to expect from his DC All In run on Batman & Robin, coming later this year.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of August 21, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Wolverine: Revenge #1, Jenny Sparks #1 and so many more!
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Wolverine: Revenge #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Greg Capullo
Jenny Sparks #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jeff Spokes
Destro #3
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Andrea Milana
Predator vs. Black Panther #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Chris Allen, Sean Damien Hill, Craig Yeung, Lee Ferguson
Gotham City Sirens #3
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Matteo Lolli
Power Rangers Infinity #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Brandt&Stein
Ultimate Spider-Man #8
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Checchetto
Green Lantern: War Journal #12
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Patra #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Robinson
Art by Scott Kolins
Phoenix #2
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Alessandro Miracolo
Nightwing #117
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Huge Detective #1
Titan Comics
Written by Adam Rose
Art by Magenta King
Paranoid Gardens #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Art by Chris Weston
Scarlet Witch #3
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Russell Dauterman, Jacopo Camagni
Self Help #3
Image Comics
Written by Owen King and Jesse Kellerman
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
The Powerpuff Girls #2
Dynamite
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Karen S. Darboe & Helen Berti, Carlo Lauro & Giulia Lafranceschina
Superman #17
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell
Namor #2
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Paul Davidson and Alex Lins
Witchblade #2
Image Comics/Top Cow
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
Titans #14
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
Get Fury #4
Marvel
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Local Man #13
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Art by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Lawful #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
Wonder Woman #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Tony S. Daniel, Belén Ortega
Daredevil: The Woman Without Fear #2
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling
Black Cloak #7
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Meredith McClaren
Crocodile Black #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Som
Redcoat #5
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Andrew Currie and Bryan Hitch
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Hannah Klein ("Dying Inside") and Eliot Rahal ("The Cursed Library").
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Kyle Starks chats From The World of Minor Threats: Barfly, heading back to Where Monsters Lie, and whether there will be a Peacemaker Tries Hard 2 at TerrifiCon in Connecticut.
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Scott Snyder sits down at TerrifiCon 2024 to talk about DC All In, Absolute Batman, and a little bit about Prime Video's Wytches TV series.
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Jason Aaron joins the podcast at TerrifiCon to talk about all his upcoming and current projects, including TMNT, and Absolute Superman. Plus, we discuss his experiences at D23 and on the Superman set, as well as the end of Once Upon a Time at the End of the World.
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Charles Soule sits down with the podcast at TerrifiCon 2024 in Connecticut to chat about the end of his run on Star Wars for Marvel, Muse showing up in Daredevil: Born Again, and a little tease for his new series with Ryan Browne.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of August 14, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for DC vs. Vampires: World War V #1, X-Factor #1 and so many more!
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DC vs. Vampires: World War V #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Nightwatcher #1
IDW
Written by Juni Ba
Art by Fero Pe
X-Factor #1
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Bob Quinn
Houses of the Unholy
Image Comics
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Sean Phillips
Babs #1
AHOY Comics
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #4
DC Comics
Written by Pornsak Pitchetshote
Art by Claire Roe
The Ultimates #3
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Juan Frigeri
Gilt Frame #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt and Margie Kraft Kindt
Art by Matt Kindt
Jonny Quest #1
Dynamite
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Sebastián Piriz
From The World Of Minor Threats: Barfly #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Ryan Browne
Werewolf By Night Red Band #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Loo
Art by Sergio Dávila
Action Comics #1068
DC Comics
Written by Gail Simone, Rainbow Rowell
Art by Eddy Barrows, Cian Tormey
Kardak The Mystic #1
Archie Comics
Written by Joe Corallo
Art by Butch Mapa
Iron Fist 50th Anniversary Special
Marvel
Written by Chris Claremont, Alyssa Wong, Justina Ireland, Frank Tieri, Jason Loo
Art by Lan Medina, Von Randal, Elena Casagrande, Ty Templeton, Whilce Portacio
Transformers #11
Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
Kill All Immortals #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Fico Ossio
Spider-Society #1
Marvel
Written by Alex Segura
Art by Scott Godlewski
Gotham City Sirens #2
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Daniel Hillyard
Wolverine Annual 2024 #1
Marvel
Written by Ezra Claytan Daniels
Art by Yildiray Çinar
S.I.R. #1
BOOM! Studios
By Fell Hound
Sensational She-Hulk #10
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
Heartpiercer #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Gavin Smith
Falling In Love On The Path To Hell #3
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Garry Brown
Ultraman X Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom
Art by Francesco Manna
Green Lantern #14
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Marc Guggenheim
Art by Fernando Pasarin, Darick Robertson
The Immortal Thor #14
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Midst: Address Unknown
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Colin Lorimer
Art by Alejandro Aragón
Rifters #3
Image Comics
Written by Brian Posehn & Joe Trohman
Art by Chris Johnson
X-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ryan Stegman
Outsiders #10
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Robert Carey
Profane #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Raül Fernandez
The Amazing Spider-Man #55
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Emilio Laiso
The Domain #2
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rachael Stott
Into the Unbeing Part One #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Hayden Sherman
Fantastic Four #23
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gómez
Geiger #5
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Tracy Butler ("Lackadaisy, Volume 2"), Joe Corallo and Butch Mapa ("Kardak the Mystic"), and Christopher Butcher (Mangasplaining).
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On the Stack podcast for the week of August 7, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Uncanny X-Men #1, Absolute Power #2 and so many more!
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Uncanny X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by David Marquez
Absolute Power #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Scarlett #3
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Marco Ferrari
Red Before Black #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Goran Sudžuka
Venom War #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Iban Coello
Gotham City Sirens #1
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Matteo Lolli
The Deviant #7
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Joshua Hixson
Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Stefano Landini
Doctor Strange #18
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Batman #151
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Tini Howard
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Marianna Ignazzi
Free Agents #2
Image Comics
Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Niceiza
Art by Stephen Mooney
The Goon: Them That Don’t Stay Dead #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Eric Powell
Blood Hunters #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Robert Gill
Birds of Prey #12
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Javier Pina, Sophie Campbell, Gavin Guidry
Public Domain #7
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
A Vicious Circle #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Mattson Tomlin
Art by Lee Bermejo
The Avengers #17
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Valerio Schiti
My Adventures With Superman #3
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Pablo M. Collar
The Horizon Experiment Ashcan
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote, Sabir Pirzada, Tananarive Due, J. Holtham, Vita Ayala
Art by Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Michael Walsh, Kelsey Ramsay, Michael Lee Harris, Skylar Patridge
Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods #3 (In stores August 14)
Oni Press
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Dotun Akande
Daredevil #12
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder
Blue Beetle #11 (English)
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
Ain’t No Grave #4
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
The Pedestrian #2 (In stores September 11)
Magma
Written by Joey Esposito
Art by Sean Von Gorman
Spider-Man Reign 2 #2
Marvel
BY Kaare Andrews
The Boy Wonder #4
DC Comics
By Juni Ba
Lester of the Lesser Gods #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Eric Powell and Lucky Yates
Art by Gideon Kendall
Ultimate Black Panther #7
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Stefano Caselli
SHAZAM! #14
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Mike Scrase ("Zip") and Rodney Barnes ("Run, Fool!")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of July 31, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for X-Force #1, Department of Truth #24 and so many more!
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Brandon Chen ("Just a Goblin")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of July 24, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for NYX #1, Absolute Power: Origins #1 and so many more!
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NYX #1
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Absolute Power: Origins #1
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Alitha Martinez
Supermassive 2024
Image Comics
Written by Mat Groom, Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Melissa Flores, and Joe Clark
Art by Stefano Simeone
Nemesis: Rogue’s Gallery #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Valerio Giangiordano
Ultimate Black Panther #6
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Carlos Nieto
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #2
DC Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Max Raynor
The Six Fingers #5
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sumit Kumar
BRZRKR: A Faceful of Bullets #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Salvador Larroca
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Green Arrow #14
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse and Amancay Nahuelpan
Rook: Exodus #4
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jason Fabok
Epitaphs From The Abyss #1
Oni Press
Written by J. Holtham, Chris Condon, Stephanie Phillips, Brian Azzarello
Art by Jorge Fornés, Peter Krause, Phil Hester, Vlad Legostaev
Cruel Universe #1 (Out August 7)
Oni Press
Written by Matt Kindt, Corinna Bechko, Chris Condon, Ben H. Winters
Art by Kano, Caitlin Yarsky, Jonathan Case, Artyom Topilin
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #4
Marvel
Written by Tom Waltz
Art by Juan José Ryp
The Nice House By The Sea #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Self Help #2
Image Comics
Written by Jesse Kellerman and Owen King
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
Hello Darkness #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Robert Hack, Dave Cook, James Tynion IV, Sarah Anderson, Steve Orlando, Garth Ennis
Art by Letizia Cadonici, Robert Hack, David Cousens, Werther Dell’edera, Sarah Anderson, A.L. Kaplan, Becky Cloonan
Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Daniel José Older
Art by Luigi Zagaria & Eric Gapstur
Batman: Dark Age #4
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike Allred
Feral #5
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez
The Flash #11
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Ramon Pérez
The Sacrificers #10
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Zatanna: Bring Down The House #2
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Spawn Kills Every Spawn #1
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Rob “Sketchcraft” Duenas
Uncanny Valley #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Dave Wachter
Void Rivals #11
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! #4
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters and Ram V
Art by Matthew Roberts
Something is Killing the Children #39
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Local Man #12
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Art by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Bethanie Murguia ("Wagnificent") + Owen Rosenblum and Morgan Rosenblum ("Ramgod") + Ron Cacace (Alien Books/Valiant).
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On the Stack podcast for the week of July 17, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Namor #1, Paranoid Gardens #1 and so many more!
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Namor #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Paul Davidson and Alex Lins
Paranoid Gardens #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Art by Chris Weston
Dark Knights Of Steel: Allwinter #1
DC Comics
Written by Jay Kristoff, Tom Taylor
Art by Tirso, Riccardo Federici
The Powerpuff Girls #1
Dynamite
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Paulina Ganucheau
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (Out July 24, 2024)
IDW
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Joëlle Jones
Phoenix #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Alessandro Miracolo
Superman #16
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell
Wonder Woman #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Tony S. Daniel, Belén Ortega
Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Justina Ireland
Art by Marco Ferreira
X-Men: Blood Hunt - Laura Kinney The Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Robert Gill
Blood Hunters #4
Marvel
Written by Fabian Nicieza, Mary Sangiovanni, Erica Schultz
Art by Patch Zircher, Giada Belviso, Bernard Chang
Dracula: Blood Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Vincent Carratù
Destro #2
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Andrei Bressan
Ultimate X-Men #5
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
Nightwing #116
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
The Moon Is Following Us #1 (Out September 18, 2024)
Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Riley Rossmo and Daniel Warren Johnson
What If…? Aliens #5
Marvel
Written by Leon Reiser
Art by Guiu Vilanova
Green Lantern War Journal #11
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Biker Mice From Mars #1
Oni Press
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Francis Portela
The Power Fantasy #1 (Out August 7, 2024)
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Scarlet Witch #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Jacopo Camagni
The Rocketeer Breaks Free #1
IDW
Written by Stephen Mooney
Art by Staz Johnson
C.O.W.L. 1964 #1 (Out August 7, 2024)
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Alec Siegel
Art by Rod Reis
Titans #13
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Fishflies #7
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Star Trek Annual 2024
IDW
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelley
Art by Rachael Stott
The Incredible Hulk #14
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kenney Johnson, Ryan North
Art by Nic Klein, Javier Garron
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? # 19
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss
Art by Dylan Burnett
I Heart Skull-Crusher! #5
BOOM! Box
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Alessio Zonno
The Invincible Iron Man #20
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Andrea Di Vito
Redcoat #4
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Bryan Hitch
The Immortal Thor Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing, Derek Landy
Art by Juan Baldeón, Sara Pichelli
Lawful #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
Rifters #2
Image Comics
Written by Brian Posehn and Joe Trohman
Art by Chris Johnson
Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling
Into the Unbeing #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Hayden Sherman
Remote Space #2
Image Comics
By Cliff Rathburn
Heartpiercer #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Gavin Smith
Undiscovered Country #30
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Lenardo Marcelo Grassi
Gods Among Men #1
Cynation Comics
Written by Josh Mak
Art by Ben Sullivan
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Kelly Thompson and Paulina Ganucheau ("Powerpuff Girls"), and Jordan Morris and Bowen "Bones" McCurdy ("Youth Group").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of July 10, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for X-Men #1, Action Comics #1067 and so many more!
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X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ryan Stegman
Action Comics #1067
DC Comics
Written by Gail Simone, Rainbow Rowell
Art by Eddy Barrows, Cian Tormey
From The World Of Minor Threats: Barfly #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks, Patton Oswalt, and Jordan Blum
Art by Ryan Browne
Transformers #10
Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
The Ultimates #2
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Juan Frigeri
From The DC Vault: Death In The Family - Robin Lives! #1
DC Comics
Written by J.M. Dematteis
Art by Rick Leonardi
The Domain #1
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rachael Stott
The Incredible Hulk: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Danny Earl
Union Jack The Ripper: Blood Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Kev Walker
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Tom Waltz
Art by Juan José Ryp
The Avengers #16
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Green Lantern #13
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Marc Guggenheim
Art by Fernando Pasarin, Matthew Clark
Ain’t No Grave #3
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Kill All Immortals #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Fico Ossio
Amazing Spider-Man #53
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Todd Nauck, Ed McGuinness
Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #2
DC Comics
Written by Andy Diggle
Art by Leandro Fernández
Geiger #4
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Daredevil #11
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder
Monsters Are My Business #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Patrick Piazzalunga
Outsiders #9
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Precious Metal #2
Image Comics
Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art by Ian Bertram
Get Fury #3
Marvel
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Profane #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Raül Fernandez
Falling In Love On The Path To Hell #2
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Garry Brown
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse #3
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Netho Diaz
Crocodile Black #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Som
Five Stones
By E. Adam Farris
On the Stack podcast for the week of July 10, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for X-Men #1, Action Comics #1067 and so many more!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of July 3, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Absolute Power #1, Spider-Man: Reign 2 #1 and so many more!
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Absolute Power #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Spider-Man: Reign 2 #1
Marvel
By Kaare Andrews
Scarlett #2
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Marco Ferrari
Batman #150
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jiménez and Denys Cowan, Mike Hawthorne
Life of Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Ramón F. Bachs
ThunderCats: Cheetara #1
Dynamite
Written by Soo Lee
Art by Domenico Carbone
Local Man #11
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Art by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Birds of Prey #11
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Robbi Rodriguez, Javier Pina and Gavin Guidry
Rogue Sun #20
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott and Nick Cotton
Art by Abel
Amazing Spider-Man Annual 2024 #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Ron Lim, Sara Pichelli
Standstill #1 (Out August 21, 2024)
Image Comics
Written by Lee Loughridge
Art by Andrew Robinson
The Boy Wonder #3
DC Comics
By Juni Ba
Grendel: Devil’s Crucible - Defiance #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Matt Wagner
Justice Society of America #10
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín and Marco Santucci
Star Wars: Inquisitors #1
Marvel
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Ramon Rosanas
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 40th Anniversary Comics Celebration
IDW
Written by Kevin Eastman, Edgar Alan Poe, Jim Lawson, Tristan Jones, Gary Carlson, Chris Allan, Erik Burnham, Lloyd Goldfine, Ciro Nieli, Andy Suriano, Tom Waltz, Ronda Pattison
Art by Kevin Eastman, Jim Lawson, Paul Harmon, Frank Fisco, Chris Allan, Sarah Myer, Khary Randolph, Viro Nieli, Andy Suriano, Michael Dialynas, Pablo Tunica
My Adventures With Superman #2
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Pablo M Collar
Public Domain #6
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
Wolverine: Deep Cut #1
Marvel
Written by Chris Claremont
Art by Edgar Salazar
Poison Ivy #24
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Haining
Radiant Black #29
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
Radiant Black #29.5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa
Beyond The Pale #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christofer Emgård
Art by Tomás Aira
The Holy Roller #7
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman
Art by Roland Boschi
Doctor Strange #17
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Blood Hunters #3
Marvel
Written by Sean Kelley McKeever, Josh Trujillo, Erica Schultz
Art by Lan Medina, Claire Roe, Bernard Chang
Black Panther: Blood Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton
Art by Farid Karami
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #22
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Brent Peeples & Daniel Picciotto
Werewolf By Night: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Loo
Art by Adam Gorham
X-Men: Blood Hunt - Psylocke #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Lynne Yoshii
Shazam! #13
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Mike Norton
The Last Mermaid #5
Image Comics
By Derek Kirk Kim
Dark & Twisted: The Killing Hole
Storm King Comics
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Trevor Denham
The God List
Storm King Comics
Written by Steve Niles & Scott Hampton
Art by Scott Hampton
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Kevin Kleinrock and Diego Valenzuela ("Luchaverse") + Kyle Stück ("Hallowed")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of June 26, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1, Blood Hunt #4 and so many more!
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Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Nicole Maines, Chip Zdarsky
Art by Gleb Melnikov, Skylar Patridge, V Ken Marion
Blood Hunt #4
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pepe Larraz
The Department of Truth #23
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Zatanna: Bring Down the House #1
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Rare Flavours #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
Thanos Annual 2024 #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Salvador Larocca and Sara Pichelli
Grommets #2
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn
Art by Brett Parson
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #6
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Devmalya Pramanik
Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Germán Peralta
X-Men: Blood Hunt - Magik #1
Marvel
Written by Ashley Allen
Art by Jesús Hervás
Union Jack The Ripper: Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Kev Walker
Action Comics #1066
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Miguel Menconça, Laura Braga
Superman #15
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives #3
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters and Ram V
Art by Matthew Roberts
Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #2
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Federica Mancin
The Penguin #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Blood Squad Seven #2
Image Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Paul Fry
Lester of the Lesser Gods #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Eric Powell and Lucky Yates
Art by Gideon Kendall
Ultimate Black Panther #5
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Carlos Nieto
The Flash #10
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Ramon Pérez, Vasco Georgiev
The Sacrificers #9
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
Something is Killing the Children #38
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Daredevil #10
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Juann Cabal
Green Arrow #13
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan
X-Men ’97 #4
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Salva Espín
Void Rivals #10
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Giant-Size Little Marvels #1
Marvel
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Dax Gordine
William of Newbury #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Michael Avon Oeming
Superior Spider-Man #8
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Rook: Exodus #3
Image Comics/Ghost Machine
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jason Fabok
Hellverine #2
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Julius Ohta
Animal Pound #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom King
Art by Peter Gross
X-Men: Heir to Apocalypse #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Netho Diaz
W0rldtr33 #11
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
The Spectacular Spider-Men #4
Marvel
Written by Greg Weisman
Art by Humberto Ramos
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Michael Calero ("Quested")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of June 19, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime #1, Destro #1 and so many more!
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Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Francesco D’ippolito, Alessandro Pastrovichhio and Vitale Mangiatordi, and Giada Perissinotto
Destro #1
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Andrei Bressan
Batman #149
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Michele Bandini and Steve Lieber
Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor #1
Titan Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Kelsey Ramsay
Free Agents #1 (Out July 3, 2024)
Image Comics
Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza
Art by Stephen Mooney
The Sensational She-Hulk #9
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
Green Lantern: War Journal #10
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Misery #1
Image Comics
Written by Todd McFarlane
Art by Szymon Kudrański
Uncanny Valley #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Dave Wachter
Ultimate Spider-Man #6
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Checchetto
Nightwing #115
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
The Writer #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Josh Gad and the Berkowitz Bros.
Art by Ariel Olivetti
All The Things We Didn't Do Last Night (Out July 3, 2024)
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Doctor Strange #16
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Dracula: Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Black Panther: Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton
Art by Farad Karami
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Tom Waltz
Art by Juan José Ryp
Man’s Best #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Jesse Lonergan
Wonder Woman #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #10
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Amazing Spider-Man #52
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness and Todd Nauck
Redcoat #3
Image Comics/Ghost Machine
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Bryan Hitch
Titans #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
Joy Operations 2 #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Stephen Byrne
The Invincible Iron Man #19
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Andrea Di Vito
Witchblade (2024) #1 (Out July 17, 2024)
Image Comics/Top Cow
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
I Heart Skull-Crusher #4
BOOM! Box
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Alessio Zonno
The One Hand #5
Image Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Laurence Campbell
Captain Marvel #9
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Ruairí Coleman
The Pedestrian #1 (Out August 7, 2024)
Magma
Written by Joey Esposito
Art by Sean Von Gorman
Archie Comics: Judgment Day #2
Archie Comics
Written by Aubrey Sitterson
Art by Megan Hutchison
House of Slaughter #24
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
The Immortal Thor #12
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Pinti
Helen of Wyndhorn #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Feral #4
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez
The Displaced #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Elena Casalanguida
The Butcher’s Boy #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Landry Q. Walker and Pannel Vaughn
Art by Justin Greenwood
Arks Proximan #1
Written by R.J. Collins and Natalie Malla
Art by Erich Owen
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Chris Ryall, Owen King, and Jesse Kellerman ("Self Help")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of June 12, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #1, X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse #1, and so many more!
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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #1
DC Comics
Written by Andy Diggle
Art by Leandro Fernandez
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Netho Diaz
Transformers #9
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
Lawful #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
Green Lantern #12
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico, Kevin Maguire
G.O.D.S. #8
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
Remote Space #1
Image Comics
By Cliff Rathburn
Into the Unbeing #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Hayden Sherman
Outsiders #8
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Blood Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pepe Larraz
X-Men: Blood Hunt - Jubilee #1
Marvel
Written by Preeti Chhibber
Art by Enid Balám
Fantastic Four #21
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Daniel José Older
Art by Luigi Zagaria & Eric Gapstur
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #21
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Brent Peeples & Daniel Picciotto
Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Justina Ireland
Art by Marcelo Ferreira & Chris Campana
The Avengers #15
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Rifters #1
Image Comics
Written by Brian Posehn & Joe Trohman
Art by Chris Johnson
The Wicked Trinity #1
Archie Comics
Written by Sam Maggs
Art by Lisa Sterle
Suicide Squad: Dream Team #4
DC Comics
Written by Nicole Maines
Art by Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira
Giant-Size Daredevil #1
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Paul Davidson
The Deviant #6
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Joshua Hixson
Crocodile Black #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Som
Scarlet Witch #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Jacopo Camagni
Akogun: Britalizer of Gods #2
Oni Press
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Dotun Akande
Geiger #3
Image Comics/Ghost Machine
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Ultimate X-Men #4
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
Heartpiercer #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Gavin Smith
Ain’t No Grave #2
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Spider-Boy #8
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Jason Loo
Monsters Are My Business #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Patrick Piazzalunga
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Greg Pak ("Lawful") and Sam Maggs (Archie Comics "The Wicked Trinity")!
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Writer Kelly Thompson and artist Marco Ferrari join the podcast for a special bonus episode talking about Scarlett #1. The Energon Universe title revamps the classic G.I. Joe character for Skybound and Image Comics, and brings along some big surprises, twists, and cameos as it does. We discuss all of that with the team in our spoiler-filled podcast breaking down the first issues of the new miniseries -- so read it first, then listen here!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of June 5, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for X-Men #35, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Alpha, and so many more!
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X-Men #35
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Chris Claremont, Gail Simone, Jed MacKay
Art by Joshua Cassara, Phil Noto, Lucas Werneck, Leinil Francis Yu, Walter Simonson, Mark Brooks, John Romita Jr., Jerome Opeña, Luciano Vecchio, Stefano Caselli, Sara Pichelli, Salvador Larroca, Javier Garrón
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Alpha
IDW
Written by Jason Aaron, Tom Waltz
Art by Chris Burnham, Gavin Smith
The Ultimates #1
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Juan Frigeri
Batman #148
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jiménez
Scarlett #1
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Marco Ferrari
Blood Hunters #2
Marvel
Written by Kaare Andrews, Ann Nocenti, Erica Schultz
Art by Alex Lins, David Baldeón, Bernard Chang
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Tom Waltz
Art by Juan José Ryp
My Adventures With Superman #1
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Pablo M. Collar
Profane #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Raül Fernandez
Self Help #1 (Out June 19)
Image Comics
Written by Owen King & Jesse Kellerman
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
The Amazing Spider-Man #51
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness, Todd Nauck
DC Pride: A Celebration Of Rachel Pollack #1
DC Comics
Written by Rachel Pollack, Joe Corallo
Art by Scot Eaton, Michael Allred, Rye Hickman
Beyond The Pale #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Emgård
Art by Tomás Aira
The Infernals #4
Image Comics
Written by Noah Gardner & Ryan Parrott
Art by John J. Pearson with Lola Bonato
Get Fury #2
Marvel
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Birds of Prey #10
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Gavin Guidry, Robbi Rodriguez
Love Everlasting #15
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Cult of the Lamb #1
Oni Press
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Troy Little
Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #4
Marvel
Written by Sabir Pirzada and Iman Vellani
Art by Scott Godlewski
The Boy Wonder #2
DC Comics
By Juni Ba
Bear Pirate Viking Queen #2
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Jonathan Marks Barravecchia
Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
What If… Aliens? #4
Marvel
Written by Hans Rodionoff and Brian Volk-Weiss
Art by Guiu Villanova
Poison Ivy #23
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Haining
The Last Mermaid #4
Image Comics
By Derek Kirk Kim
Space Ghost #2
Dynamite
Written by David Pepose
Art by Jonathan Lau
SHAZAM! #12
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Mike Norton & Emanuela Luppacchino
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Eddie Ahn ("Advocate"), plus Dave Wachter and Tony Fleecs ("Uncanny Valley")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of May 29, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for X-Men: The Wedding Special #1, DC Pride 2024, and so many more!
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Full List of Comic Reviews for May 29, 2024:
X-Men: The Wedding Special #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen, Tini Howard, Tate Brombal, Yoon Ha Lee, Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Rachael Stott, Phillip Sevy, Emilio Pilliu, Stephen Byrne, Jenn St-Onge
DC Pride 2024
DC Comics
Written by Al Ewing, Ngozi Ukazu, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Jamila Rowser, Jarrett Williams, Nicole Maines, Clavin Kasulke, Melissa Marr, Phil Jimenez
Art by Stephen Byrne, Ngozi Ukazu, Claire Roe, Oneilljones, D.J. Kirkland, Jordan Gibson, Len Gogou, Jenn St-Onge, Giulio Macaione
Star Trek Celebrations
IDW
Written by Steve Orlando, Vita Ayala, Mags Visaggio, Stephanie Williams, Hannah Rose May
Art by Lauren Knight, Liana Kangas, Tench, Denny Minonne, Jack Lawrence
Ultimate Spider-Man #5
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by David Messina
Batman: Dark Age #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike Allred
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #15
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Illustrated by Nick Dragotta, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila Del Duca
Rise of the Powers of X #5
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Luciano Vecchio
The Flash #9
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Ramón Pérez and Vasco Georgiev
William of Newbury #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written and drawn by Michael Avon Oeming
Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton
Art by Farid Karami
Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Germán Peralta
Green Arrow #12
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Phil Hester, Sean Izaakse, Eric Gapstur
Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives #2
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Dan Watters and Ram V
Art by Matthew Roberts
Hellverine #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Julius Ohta
The Penguin #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De LaTorre
w0rldtr33 #10
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Avengers: Twilight #6
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Daniel Acuña
The Six Fingers #4
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sumit Kumar
Wolverine #50
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle, Larry Hama
Art by Geoffrey Shaw, Cory Smith, Daniel Picciotto, Javi Fernández
The Bloody Dozen: A Tale Of the Shrouded College #6
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque
On this week's live show, Josh Hicks ("HOTELITOR: Luxury-Class Defense and Hospitality Unit") + Carl Sciacchitano and David Sciacchitano ("The Heart That Fed").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of May 22, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Amazing Spider-Man #50, Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #7, and so many more!
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Amazing Spider-Man #50
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Marv Wolfman, Nikesh Shukla, Lee Gatlin, Joe Kelly
Art by Ed McGuinness, Terry Dodson, Chriscross, Lee Gatlin, Juan Ferreyra, Todd Nauck
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #7
DC Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Christian Duce
Archie Comics: Judgment Day #1
Archie Comics
Written by Aubrey Sitterson
Art by Megan Hutchison
Fall Of The House Of X #5
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Lucas Werneck & Stefano Caselli
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #6
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Cian Tormey
Blood Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pepe Larraz
Union Jack The Ripper: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Kev Walker
The Butcher’s Boy #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Landry Q. Walker
Art by Pannel Vaughn
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Federica Mancin
Green Lantern: War Journal #9
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Cobra Commander #5
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrea Milana
Sensational She-Hulk #8
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
Nightwing #114
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Blow Away #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Nicola Izzo
The Immortal Thor #11
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Valentina Pinti
Superman #14
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Miguel Mendonça
Superior Spider-Man #7
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage
Art by Mark Bagley
Void Rivals #9
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Predator: The Last Hunt #4
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Francesco Manna
Rook: Exodus #2
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jason Fabok
Titans #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
The Spectacular Spider-Men #3
Marvel
Written by Greg Weisman
Art by Humberto Ramos
Feral #3
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez
Something is Killing the Children #37
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’Edera
The Forged #8
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann
Art by Mike Henderson
Ultimate Black Panther #4
Marvel
Written by Bryan Edward Hill
Art by Stefano Caselli
Holy Roller #6
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman
Art by Roland Boschi
Wonder Woman #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega
Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #3
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Danny Kim
Rogue Sun #19
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott & Nick Cotton
Art by Marco Renna
Blue Book: 1947 #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, John Harris Dunning
Art by Michael Avon Oeming, John J. Pearson
X-Men ’97 #3
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Salva Espín
Local Man #10
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs, Tim Seeley
Art by Tony Fleecs, Tim Seeley
On this week's live show, Vera Brosgol ("Plain Jane and the Mermaid") + Aubrey Sitterson and Megan Hutchison ("Archie Comics: Judgement Day").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of May 15, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Doom #1, Action Comics #1065, and so many more!
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Doom #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Sanford Greene
Action Comics #1065
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Miguel Mendonça, Mirko Colak
Heartpiercer #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Gavin Smith
Dark Ride #12
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #3
Marvel Comics
Written by Sabir Pirzada and Iman Vellani
Art by Scott Godlewski
Uncanny Valley #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Dave Wachter
Green Lantern #11
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico and Amancay Nahuelpan, Kevin Maguire
Raise Hell! #1
ComiXology Originals
Written by Jordan Alsaqa
Art by Ray Nadine
What If…? Aliens #3
Marvel Comics
Written by Hans Rodionoff
Art by Giui Villanova
Precious Metal (Out 6/5)
Image Comics
Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art by Ian Bertram
Outsiders #7
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
House of Slaughter #23
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
Ultimate X-Men #3
Marvel Comics
By Peach Momoko
Ice Cream Man #39
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Suicide Squad: Dream Team #3
DC Comics
Written by Nicole Maines
Art by Eddy Barrows, José Luis
Napalm Lullaby #3
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Bengal
Briar #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins
X-Men Forever #4
Marvel Comics
Written by Kieorn Gillen
Art by Luca Maresca
Monolith #1
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Valerio Giangiordano
I Heart Skull-Crusher #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Alessio Zonno
Fishflies #6
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
The Displaced #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Redcoat #2
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Bryan Hitch
Lúz: La Luminosa
Written by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
Art by Elkys Díaz Nova
On this week's live show, Steve Orlando and Matthew Medney ("Gungnir") + Asia Simone ("Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur: Wreck and Roll").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of May 8, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for The Boy Wonder #1, Energon Universe 2024 Special #1, and so many more!
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The Boy Wonder #1
DC Comics
By Juni Ba
Energon Universe 2024 Special #1
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson, Robert Kirkman, Joshua Williamson
Art by Ryan Ottley, Lorenzo De Felici, Jason Howard
Transformers #8
Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
Amazing Spider-Man #49
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
The Avengers #14
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Blood Hunters #1
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell, Christos Gage, Erica Schultz
Art by Bob Quinn, Javier Garrón, Bernard Chang
Doctor Strange #15
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Dracula: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Daniel José Older
Art by Luigi Zagaria, Eric Gapstur and Scott Hanna
Venom #33
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Juan Ferreyra
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #6
IDW
By Patrick Horvath
Batman #147
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jiménez, Miguel Mendonça
Wolverine #49
Marvel
Written by Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoffrey Shaw
Crocodile Black #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Som
The One Hand #4
Image Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Laurence Campbell
Captain Marvel #8
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Ruairí Coleman
Birds of Prey #9
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Jonathan Case and Gavin Guidry
The Last Mermaid #3
Image Comics
By Derek Kirk Kim
Captain America #9
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Jesús Saiz
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Black, White & Green #1
IDW
Written by Declan Shalvey, Dave Baker & Jesse Lonergan, Gigi Dutreix and Lorenzo Hall, Paulina Ganucheau
Art by Declan Shalvey, Jesse Lonergan, Gigi Dutreix, Paulina Ganucheau
Poison Ivy #22
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Haining
X-Men Forever #3
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Luca Maresca
The Sacrificers #8
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
Monsters Are My Business #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Patrick Piazzalunga
Daredevil #9
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Juann Cabal
Shazam! #11
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
The Deviant #5
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Joshua Hixson
Deadpool #2
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Rogê Antônio
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #9
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Deadweights #2
AHOY Comics
Written by Tyrone Finch
Art by Sebastián Piriz
Giant-Size X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Ann Nocenti
Art by Lee Ferguson
Masterpiece #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
Fantastic Four #20
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gómez
On this week's live show, guests Eric Powell and Gideon Kendall (Dark Horse Comics "Lester of the Lesser Gods"), and Matthew Schofield ("Steamroller Man").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of May 1, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Blood Hunt #1, Superman: House of Brainiac #1, and so many more!
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Blood Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pepe Larraz
Superman: House of Brainiac Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, Mark Russell
Art by Steve Pugh, Edwin Galmon, Fico Ossio
Space Ghost #1
Dynamite
Written by David Pepose
Art by Jonathan Lau
Get Fury #1
Marvel
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Crave #6
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Harley Quinn 2024 Annual #1
DC Comics
By Erica Henderson
Deadpool/Wolverine: WWIII #1
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Adam Kubert
Lester of the Lesser Gods #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Eric Powell and Lucky Yates
Art by Gideon Kendall
Blood Squad Seven #1 (out 5/22)
Image Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Paul Fry
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Anniversary Special #1
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Will Sliney
The Flash 2024 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Scott Koblish, Amancay Nahuelpan, George Kambadais, and Tom Derenick
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Free Comic Book Day 2024
IDW
Written by Juni Ba, Paul Allor
Art by Fero Pe, Andy Kuhn
X-Men #34
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Joshua Cassara
Falling In Love On The Path To Hell #1 (out 6/5)
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Gary Brown
Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #5
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
DC's Spring Breakout #1
DC Comics
Written by Joey Esposito, Thomas Krajewski, Meghan Fitzmartin, James Reid, Mike W. Barr, Patrick R. Young, Morgan Hampton, Cameron Chittock
Art by Vasco Georgiev, Wes St. Clair, Gavin Guidry, Scott Kolins, Kenya Danino, Nico Bascuñán, Paul Pelletier, Marco Santucci
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #18
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
The Invincible Iron Man #18
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Creees Lee
Toxic Summer #1
Oni Press
By Derek Charm
The Incredible Hulk #12
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Nic Klein
Nightwing 2024 Annual #1
DC Comics
By Travis Moore
The Immortal Thor #10
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Carlos Magno
It's a Comic Book Club Crime Comics Spectacular! With guests Gary Phillips ("Cold Hard Cash"), Dennis Hopeless ("She's Running On Fumes"), Lee Loughridge ("Midstate"), and Rob Hart ("Blood Oath").
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Writer Dan Watters joins Alex for a special dive into Skybound's new book Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! What was it like collaborating with Ram V in a different way for this project? What is the enduring appeal of Gill-Man? Plus, a little bit about his upcoming run on Destro, as part of Skybound's Energon Universe.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of April 24, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #150, Spectregraph #1, and so many more!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #150
IDW
Written by Sophie Campbell
Art by Vincenzo Federici
Spectregraph #1
DSTLRY
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Christian Ward
Ultimate Spider-Man #4
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by David Messina
Batman: Dark Age #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike Allred
Grommets #1 (out 5/29)
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn
Art by Brett Parson and Moreno Dinisio
Daredevil #8
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed, Ann Nocenti, D.G. Chichester, Elsa Sjunnenson, Erica Schultz
Art by Tommaso Bianchi, Stefano Raffaele, Ken Lashley, Eric Koda, Jan Bazaldua
Dick Tracy #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Alex Segura and Michael Moreci
Art by Geraldo Borges
Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! #1
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Dan Watters and Ram V
Art by Matthew Roberts
Green Arrow #11
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur
Rise of the Powers of X #4
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by R.B. Silva
X-Men Forever #2
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Luca Maresca
Drawing Blood #1
Image Comics
Written by Kevin Eastman and David Avallone
Art by Ben Bishop
Somethings Is Killing the Children #36
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Feral #2
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez
Superior Spider-Man #6
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage
Art by Mark Bagley
The Flash #8
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Ramon Pérez and Vasco Georgiev
Duke #5
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
The Avengers #13
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #14
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Nick Dragotta, Alexandre Tefenkgi, and Leila del Duca
The Infernals #3
Image Comics
Written by Noah Gardner & Ryan Parrott
Art by John J. Pearson with Lola Bonato
Predator: The Last Hunt #3
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Eder Massias
The Penguin #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De LaTorre
The Forged #7
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann
Art by Mike Henderson
The Amazing Spider-Man #48
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Todd Nauck
Man’s Best #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Jesse Lonergan
w0rldtr33 #9
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
G.O.D.S. #7
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
The Ministry of Compliance #5
IDW
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
The Bloody Dozen: A Tale of the Shrouded College #5
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque
Rare Flavours #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
The Six Fingers #3
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sumit Kumar
On this week's live show podcast, guests Brian Michael Bendis ("Phenomena: Matilde's Quest"), plus Zack Quaintance ("Death of Comics Bookcase").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of April 17, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Nightwing #113, Cobra Commander #4, and so many more!
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Nightwing #113
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, Marv Wolfman, Michael W. Conrad
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo, Bruno Redondo, Howard Porter
Cobra Commander #4
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrea Milani
Roxxon Presents Thor #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Greg Land
Blow Away #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Nicola Izzo
Superman #13
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Ultimate Black Panther #3
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Stefano Caselli
Kill Your Darlings #8
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
The Displaced #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Elena Casalanguida
The Spectacular Spider-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Greg Weisman
Art by Humberto Ramos
Wonder Woman #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega
Hack/Slash: Back To School #4
Image Comics
By Zoe Thorogood
Giant-Size Hulk #1
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Andrea Broccardo
I Heart Skull-Crusher #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Alessio Zonno
Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Jamal Igle
Fall Of The House Of X #4
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Lucas Werneck and Jethro Morales
Batman: Off-World #4
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Doug Mahnke
Moon Man #2
Image Comics
Written by Scott Mescudi and Kyle Higgins
Art by Marco Locati
Spider-Woman #6
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Ig Guara
Animal Pound #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom King
Art by Peter Gross
Blue Book: 1947 #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michel Avon Oeming
Black Widow & Hawkeye #2
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Paolo Villanelli
Green Lantern: War Journal #8
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #2
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Danny Kim
Ain’t No Grave #1 (Out 5/8/24)
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Captain Marvel #7
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Helen of Wyndhorn #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Dead X-Men #4
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Juan Baldeón
Titans #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
Spider-Boy #6
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Paco Medina and Walden Wong, Julian Shaw
Lotus Land #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art by Caio Filipe
Avengers: Twilight #5
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Daniel Acuña
On this week's live show podcast, guests David Pepose ("Space Ghost") and Christof Bogacs ("Under Kingdom").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of April 10, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Action Comics #1064, Ultimate X-Men #2, and so many more!
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Action Comics #1064
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Ultimate X-Men #2
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
Uncanny Valley #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Dave Wachter
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #5
IDW
By Patrick Horvath
Bear Pirate Viking Queen #1 (On sale 5/1/24)
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Jonathan Marks Barravecchia
Aliens: What If…? #2
Marvel
Written by Hans Rodionoff & Leon Reiser
Art by Guiu Vilanova
Outsiders #6
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Rat City #1
Image Comics
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Zé Carlos
Resurrection of Magneto #4
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Luciano Vecchio
ThunderCats #3
Dynamite
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Drew Moss
The Whisper Queen #1 (On sale 5/1/24)
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Kris Anka
The Invincible Iron Man #17
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Patch Zircher
Suicide Squad: Dream Team #2
DC Comics
Written by Nicole Maines
Art by Eddy Barrows
Hercules #1
Dynamite
Written by Elliott Kalan
Art by George Kambadais
Transformers #7
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Jorge Corona
The Incredible Hulk #11
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Danny Earls
Batman / Dylan Dog #2
DC Comics
Written by Roberto Recchioni
Art by Gigi Cavenago and Werther Dell’edera
Deadweights #1
AHOY Comics
Written by Tyrone Finch
Art by Sebastián Piriz
Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #2
Marvel
Written by Sabir Pirzada and Iman Vellani
Art by Scott Godlewski
Phantom Road #10
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Green Lantern #10
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico, Kevin Maguire
Wolverine #47
Marvel
Written by Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoffrey Shaw
Monsters Are My Business #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Patrick Piazzalunga
I Hate Fairyland #13
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
The Amazing Spider-Man #47
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Todd Nauck
Sinister Sons #3
DC Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Dark Spaces: Dungeon #5
IDW
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Hayden Sherman
Weapon X-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Yildiray Çinar
Napalm Lullaby #2
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Bengal
The Batman: First Knight, Book Two
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Mike Perkins
Fantastic Four #19
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gómez
House of Slaughter #22
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
Night People #2
Oni Press
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
X-Men ’97 #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Salva Espín
On this week's live show podcast, guests Tessa Hulls ("Feeding Ghosts") and Alex Schumacher ("The Effects Of Pickled Herring").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of April 3, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Deadpool #1, SHAZAM! #10, and so many more!
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Deadpool #1
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Rogê Antônio
SHAZAM! #10
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Mike Norton
Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
The Immortal Thor #9
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Ibraim Roberson
Batman #146
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jiménez, Michele Bandini
Geiger #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Redcoat #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Bryan Hitch
Rook: Exodus #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jason Fabok
The Avengers #12
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Birds of Prey #8
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Javier Pina & David Lopez
Hack/Slash: Kill Your Idols #1
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Stefano Caselli
Captain America #8
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Carlo Magno
Kneel Before Zod #4
DC Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Dan McDaid
The One Hand #3
Image Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Laurence Campbell
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #4
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Poison Ivy #21
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Crave #5
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Case of the Missing Men (Out May 21)
Oni Press
By Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes
Void Rivals #8
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Doctor Strange #14
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
The Last Mermaid #2
Image Comics
By Derek Kirk Kim
The Sensational She-Hulk #7
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andres Genolet
Love Everlasting #14
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
X-Men #33
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Joshua Cassara
The Sacrificers #7
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
Deep Cuts #6
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Toby Cypress
On this week's live show podcast, guests Patton Oswalt, Scott Hepburn and Jordan Blum ("Minor Threats"), Alex Paknadel ("Cult of the Lamb"), and Dan Crothers and David Yu (VeVe).
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On the Stack podcast for the week of March 27, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for X-Men '97 #1, Batman: Dark Age #1, and so many more!
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Full List of Comic Reviews for March 27, 2024:
X-Men ’97 #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Salva Espín
Batman: Dark Age #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike Allred
The Goon: Them That Don’t Stay Dead #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Eric Powell
Duke #4
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
Jackpot & Black Cat #1
Marvel
Written by Celeste Bronfman
Art by Emilio Laiso
The Penguin #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by David Marquez, Sara Pichelli, Juann Cabal, Matt Horak, Luciano Vecchio, Federico Vicentini
Sam and Twitch: Case Files #1
Image Comics
Written by Todd McFarlane and Jon Goff
Art by Szymon Kudrański
Ultimate Spider-Man #3
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Checchetto
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #5
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Cian Tormey
G.O.D.S. #6
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
Local Man: Bad Girls
Image Comics
By Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
X-Force #50
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Robert Gill
Amazons Attack #6
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Cable #3
Marvel
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Scot Eaton, Lan Medina
Under York #1
Image Comics
Written by Sylvain Runberg
Art by Mirka Andolfo
Predator: The Last Hunt #2
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Francesco Manna
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #8
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Soo Lee
The Amazing Spider-Man #46
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Carmen Carnero
Green Arrow #10
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse
Wolverine #46
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle
Art by Cory Smith
Six Fingers #2
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sumit Kumar
The Incredible Hulk #10
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Danny Earls
Ghostbusters: Back In Town #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Blue Delliquanti
Rise of the Powers of X #3
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by R.B. Silva
Somna #3
DSTLRY
By Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay
Thunderbolts #4
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Geraldo Borges
The Flash #7
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Ramón Pérez
Superior Spider-Man #5
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage
Art by Mark Bagley
The Dead Lucky #12
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Daredevil #7
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder
Masterpiece #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
On this week's live show podcast, guests Steve Morger (Lake Como Comic Art Festival), Dennis Robinson ("Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 3"), and David Small ("Werewolf at Dusk").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of March 20, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Web Of Spider-Man #1, Wonder Woman #7, and so many more!
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Web Of Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Cody Ziglar, Steve Foxe, Stephanie Phillips, Greg Weisman, Alex Segura
Art by John Romita Jr., Eleonora Carlini, Ig Guara, Ed McGuinness, Eric Gapstur, Greg Land, Joey Vazquez, Salvador Larroca
Wonder Woman #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Guillem March
Man’s Best #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Jesse Lonergan
X-Men Forever #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Luca Maresca
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #25
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Steve Pugh, Dan Mora
Dawn Runner #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Evan Cagle
Star Wars Visions: Takashi Okazaki #1
Marvel
By Takashi Okazaki
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #6
DC Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Christian Duce
Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe Of Horrors: Fresh Meat #1
Archie Comics
Written by Amy Chase, Ryan Cady, Jordan Morris
Art by Federico Sabbatini, Chris Panda, Liana Kangas
Star Wars: Jango Fett #1
Marvel
Written by Ethan Sacks
Art by Luke Ross
Ape-ril Special #1
DC Comics
Written by John Layman, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Gene Luen Yang
Art by Karl Mostert, Phil Hester, Bernard Chang
The Infernals #2
Image Comics
Written by Noah Gardner & Ryan Parrott
Art by John J. Pearson with Lola Bonato
Captain Marvel #6
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Ruairí Coleman
Batman '89: Echoes #2
DC Comics
Written by Sam Hamm
Art by Joe Quinones
Lilo & Stitch #2
Dynamite
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Giulia Giacomino
The Invincible Iron Man #16
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Creees Lee
Green Lantern: War Journal #7
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
If You Find This, I’m Already Dead #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Dan McDaid
Resurrection of Magneto #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Luciano Vecchio
Justice Society of America #9
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín
Displaced #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Cobra Commander #3
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrea Milana, Annalisa Leoni
Fantastic Four #18
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gómez
Nightwing #112
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, Michael W. Conrad
Art by Sami Basri, Francesco Francavilla
Dutch #2
Image Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Simone Gane
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Lorenzo Tammetta
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #4
IDW
By Patrick Horvath
Superman #12
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by David Baldeón & Norm Rapmund
Kill Your Darlings #7
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #13
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Nick Dragotta
Midlife #6
Image Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Stefano Simeone
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #3
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
The Bloody Dozen: A Tale of the Shrouded College #4
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque
Titans #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
The Holy Roller #5
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman
Art by Roland Boschi
Lotus Land #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art by Caio Filipe
Something Epic #8
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudranski
On this week's live show podcast, guests Patrick Horvath ("Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees") + Mitchell Martinez ("Wannabes") + Tom Akel (Rocketship Entertainment).
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On the Stack podcast for the week of March 13, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #1, Helen of Wyndhorn #1, and so many more!
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Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Danny Kim
Helen of Wyndhorn #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Suicide Squad: Dream Team #1
DC Comics
Written by Nicole Maines
Art by Eddy Barrows
Black Widow & Hawkeye #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Paolo Villanelli
I Heart Skull-Crusher #1
BOOM! Box
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Alessio Zonno
Transformers #6
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Ultimate Black Panther #2
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Stefano Caselli
Batman/Dylan Dog #1
DC Comics
Written by Robert Recchioni
Art by Gigi Cavenago and Werther Dell’edera
Sons of Star Trek #1
IDW
Written by Morgan Hampton
Art by Angel Hernandez
Nacelleverse #0 (Out March 20)
Oni Press
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Rahmat Handoko, Rhoald Marcellius, Francis Portela, Diogenes Neves
Petrol Head #5
Image Comics
Written by Rob Williams
Art by Pye Parr
The Amazing Spider-Man #45
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Carmen Carnero
Fables #162
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
ThunderCats #2
Dynamite
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Drew Moss
The Wrong Earth: Dead Ringers #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Tom Peyer
Art by Jamal Igle
What If…? Venom #2
Marvel
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by Tadam Gyadu
The One Hand #2
Image Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Laurence Campbell
Action Comics #1063
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by John Timms
Avengers: Twilight #4
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Daniel Acuña
House of Slaughter #21
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
Dark Ride #11
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Fall of the House of X #3
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Lucas Werneck and Jethro Morales
Green Lantern #9
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Sam Humphries
Art by Xermánico, Yasmín Flores Montañez
Blue Book: 1947 #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
The Immortal Thor #8
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Ibraim Roberson
Our Bones Dust #4
Image Comics
By Ben Stenbeck
Outsiders #5
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Wolverine #45
Marvel
Written by Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoff Shaw
Dark Spaces: Dungeon #4
IDW
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Hayden Sherman
Fishflies #5
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Sinister Sons #2
DC Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Vasco Georgiev and David Lafuente
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #149
IDW
Written by Sophie Campbell
Art by Vincenzo Federici
I Hate Fairyland #12
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
On this week's live show podcast, guests Gerry Duggan ("X-Men", "Dark Room"), Megan Brennan ("Kira And The Maybe Space Princess"), and Max Brallier ("The Last Kids On Earth").
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On the Stack podcast for the week of March 6, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate X-Men #1, TMNT: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution #1, and so many more!
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Ultimate X-Men #1
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
TMNT: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution #1
IDW
Written by Tom Waltz and Kevin Eastman
Art by Esua & Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop
The Bat-Man: First Knight #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Mike Perkins
What If…? Aliens #1
Marvel
Written by Paul & Leon Reiser, Adam F. Goldberg, Hans Rodionoff and Brian Volk-Weiss
Art by Guiu Vilanova
Feral (Out March 27)
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez
Spectacular Spider-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Greg Weisman
Art by Humberto Ramos
Kneel Before Zod #3
DC Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Dan McDaid
Void Rivals #7
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods #1 (Out April 3)
Oni Press
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Dotun Akande
Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #1
Marvel
Written by Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada
Art by Scott Godlewski
Batman #145
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jiménez, Michele Bandini
Crave #4
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Weapon X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Yildiray Çinar
Birds of Prey #7
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Javier Pina
Love Everlasting #13
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Giant-Size Spider-Gwen #1
Marvel
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Alba Glez
Blue Beetle #7 (English)
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrían Gutiérrez, Natacha Bustos, Howard Porter, Cully Hamner, Scott Kolins
The Sentry #4
Marvel
Written by Jason Loo
Art by Luigi Zagaria
Cruella De Vil #2
Dynamite
Written by Sweeney Boo
Art by Mariana Puglia
The Avengers #11
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Poison Ivy #20
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Doctor Strange #13
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Underheist #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Maria & David Lapham
Art by David Lapham
The Sensational She-Hulk #6
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Ig Guara
Captain America #7
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Carlos Magno
Shazam! #9
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
Thanos #4
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Luca Pizzari with Germán Peralta
Pine & Merrimac #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Fran Galán
Daredevil: Gang War #4
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Sergio Dávila
Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum #2
DC Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Jesús Hervás
Venom #31
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Ken Lashley
Subgenre #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Wilfredo Torres
X-Men #32
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Phil Noto
On this week's live show podcast, we're guestless again so it's time for an extended Q!&A
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On the Stack podcast for the week of February 28, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for The Amazing Spider-Man #44, Room Service #0, and so many more!
Full List of Comic Reviews for February 28, 2024:
The Amazing Spider-Man #44
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Room Service #0
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Elsa Charretier
Amazons Attack #5
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Avengers: Twilight #3
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Daniel Acuña
Radiant Black #28
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
Radiant Black #28.5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa
What If…? Venom #1
Marvel
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by Jesús Hervás
Green Arrow #9
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse
Ice Cream Man #38
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Spider-Punk: Arms Race #1
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Justin Mason
The Flash #6
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Mike Deodato Jr.
Dead X-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Peter Nguyen, Bernard Chang & Guillermo Sanna
W0rldtr33 #8
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #1
Marvel
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Creees Lee
The Penguin #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Stevan Subic
Resurrection Of Magneto #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Luciano Vecchio
Hack/Slash: Back to School #3
Image Comics
By Zoe Thorogood
Punisher #4
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Dave Wachter
Jill and the Killers #2
Oni Press
Written by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs
Art by Roberta Ingranata
Power Pack: Into The Storm #2
Marvel
Written by Louise Simonson
Art by June Brigman
Duke #3
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
Carnage #4
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Pere Pérez
Rare Flavour #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
Wolverine #44
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle
Art by Cory Smith
Phantom Road #9
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Cable #2
Marvel
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Scot Eaton and Lan Medina
Undiscovered Country #28
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
The Invincible Iron Man #15
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Creees Lee
Deep Cuts #5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Juni Ba
The Immortal Thor #7
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Martín Cóccolo
On this week's live show podcast, Pete tests Justin and Alex in a no-holds-barred trivia showdown.
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On the Stack podcast for the week of February 21, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Spider-Man #2, Batman #144, and so many more!
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Ultimate Spider-Man #2
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Checchhetto
Batman #144
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Andrea Sorrentino
Blasfamous #1
DSTLRY
By Mirka Andolfo
Napalm Lullaby #1 (out March 6)
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Bengal
Predator: The Last Hunt #1
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Francesco Manna
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. King Kong #5
DC Comics
Written by Brian Buccellatto
Art by Christian Duce
Spawn #350
Image Comics
Written by Rory McConville and Todd McFarlane
Art by Brett Booth and Carlo Barberi
Guardians of the Galaxy Annual 2024 #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Kev Walker
Nightwing #111
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, Michael W. Conrad
Art by Sami Basri, Francesco Francavilla
Man’s Best Ashcan #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Jesse Lonergan
Cobra Commander #2
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrea Milana
Rise of the Powers of X #2
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by R.B. Silva
Wonder Woman #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega
Elvira Meets H.P. Lovecraft #1
Dynamite
Written by David Avallone
Art by Kewber Baal
Midlife #5
Image Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Stefano Simeone
Spider-Boy #4
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Paco Medina, Ty Templeton
Green Lantern: War Journal #6
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
The Holy Roller #4
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman
Art by Roland Boschi
The Incredible Hulk #9
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Danny Earls
John Constantine: Hellblazer - Dead in America #2
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Aaron Campbell
James Bond: 007 #2
Dynamite
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Rapha Lobosco
X-Force #49
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Robert Gill
Animal Pound #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom King
Art by Peter Gross
Captain Marvel #5
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Superman #11
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by David Baldeón
Lotus Land #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art by Caio Filipe
Daredevil #6
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder
Titans #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Stephen Segovia
Saint John #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brennan Wagner & Dan Schkade
Art by Dan Schkade
G.O.D.S. #5
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming returning guests Chris Condon (Oni Press' "Night People") and Tim Seeley ("Local Man," "Hack/Slash")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of February 14, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #1, Sinister Sons #1, and so many more!
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Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Lorenzo Tammetta
Sinister Sons #1
DC Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by David Lafuente
Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station
Skybound/Image Comics
Written by Joe Hill & Jason Ciaramella
Art by Michael Walsh
Night Thrasher #1
Marvel
Written by J. Holtham
Art by Nelson Dániel
Red Hood: The Hill #1
DC Comics
Written by Shawn Martinbrough
Art by Sandord Greene
If You Find This I’m Already Dead #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Dan McDaid
Night People #1 (out March 6)
Oni Press
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Brian Level
The Amazing Spider-Man #43
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Batman #143
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Andrea Sorrentino
Fire Power #30
Image Comics/Skybound
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Chris Samnee
The Displaced #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Luca Casaalnguida
Beware the Planet of the Apes #2
Marvel
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Álvaro López
Action Comics #1062
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by John Timms
The Last Mermaid #1 (out March 6)
Image Comics
By Derek Kirk Kim
Superior Spider-Man #4
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Batman: City of Madness #3
DC Comics
By Christian Ward
Blue Book: 1947 #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Fall of the House of X #2
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Lucas Werneck
Green Lantern #8
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Ron Marz
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Dale Eaglesham
Dutch #1
Image Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Simone Gane
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Outsiders #4
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Blood Commandment #4
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudrański
Masterpiece #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
Thunderbolts #3
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Geraldo Borges
I Hate Fairyland #11
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #7
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Soo Lee
Transformers #5
Image Comics/Skybound
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Wolverine #43
Marvel
Written by Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoffrey Shaw
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #148
IDW
Written by Sophie Campbell
Art by Vincenzo Federici
The Weatherman, Vol. 3 #2
Image Comics
Written by Jody LeHeup
Art by Nathan Fox
The Ministry of Compliance #3
Image Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Our Bones Dust #3
Image Comics
By Ben Stenbeck
The Bloody Dozen: A Tale Of The Shrouded College #3
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque
The Deviant #4
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion Iv
Art by Joshua Hixson
Petrol Head #4
Image Comics
Written by Rob Williams
Art by Rye Parr
Kill Your Darlings #6
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
It's a cascade of dudes on this week's live show podcast, as we're welcoming guests Jonathan Marks Barravecchia and Sean Lewis ("Bear Pirate Viking Queen"), Griffin Sheridan, Ethan Smith, and Bob Quinn ("Kill Your Darlings"), and Bob Fingerman ("That's Some Business You're In")!
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On the Stack podcast for the week of February 7, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Black Panther #1, ThunderCats #1, and so many more!
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Ultimate Black Panther #1
Marvel
Written by Bryan Edward Hill
Art by Stefano Caselli
ThunderCats #1
Dynamite
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Drew Moss
Batman #142
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Sorrentino
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Amy Jo Johnson & Matt Hotson
Art by Nico Leon
Star Wars: Mace Windu #1
Marvel
Written by Marc Bernardin
Art by Georges Jeanty
Birds of Prey #6
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Leonardo Romero
Gone #2
DSTLRY
By Jock
Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #1
Marvel
Written by Chris Claremont
Art by Edgar Salazar
DC's How to Lose a Guy Gardner in 10 Days #1
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter, Aaron J. Waltke, Danny Lore, Marguerite Sauvage, Alex Galer, Dennie Hopeless, Brendan Hay, George Mann
Art by Nick Robles, Ivan Shavrin, Brandt & Ro Stein, Marguerite Sauvage, Derek Charm, Baldemar Rivas, M.L. Sanapo, Leonardo Rodrigues
Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special #1
IDW
Written by Zoe Tunnell
Art by Sebastian Piriz
Love Everlasting #12
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Daredevil: Gang War #3
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Sergio Dávila
Kneel Before Zod #2
DC Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Dan McDaid
The Cull #5
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Mattia De Iulis
Doctor Strange #12
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Danilo S. Beyruth
Poison Ivy #19
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Saucer Country: The Finale #1
Image Comics
Written by Paul Cornell, Chris Ryall
Art by Ryan Kelly, Nelson Daniel
Alien #4
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo
Red Hood: The Hill #0
DC Comics
Written by Shawn Martinbrough
Art by Tony Akins
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #3
IDW
By Patrick Horvath
The Sensational She-Hulk #5
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Ig Guara
Rogue Sun #18
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
House of Slaughter #21 Ashcan
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
Captain America #6
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Lan Medina
SHAZAM! #8
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Goran Sudžuka
Bloodrik #3
Image Comics
By Andrew Krahnke
Pine & Merrimac #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Fran Galán
Thanos #3
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Luca Pizzari and Germán Peralta
Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum #1
DC Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Jesús Hervás
Crave #3
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Fantastic Four #17
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Carlos Gómez
Dark Spaces: Dungeon #3
IDW
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Hayden Sherman
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #12
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Nick Dragotta, Alexandre Tefenkgi
X-Men #31
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Phil Noto
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guest Nate Powell to talk about his new Abrams book "Fall Through".
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is on your ideal X-Men team? Each member of the podcast has their own choices, but will they get to pick who they want? Plus, we defend those choices, and offer up some ideas for what villains our teams would take on, and more.
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Rules of the X-Men Draft (2024):
X-Men teams will be posted on social media and in Comic Book Club's Patreon Slack to vote on whose team is best, with the eventual pick discussed on our live show.
On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 31, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Titans: Beast World #6, Lilo & Stitch #1, and so many more!
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Titans: Beast World #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Reis, Lucas Meyer, Eduardo Pansica
Lilo & Stitch #1
Dynamite
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Giulia Giacomino
Dead X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Jonas Scharf, Bernard Chang, Vincenzo Carratù
DC Power 2024 #1
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisin, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Lamar Giles, John Ridley, Deron Bennett, Shawn Martinbrough, Alitha Martinez, Jarrett Williams, Greg Burnham, Brandon Thomas
Art by Jamal Campbell, Asiah Fulmore, Sean Damien Hill, Edwin Galmon, Denys Cowan, Tony Akins & Moritat, Alitha Martinez, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Jahnoy Lindsay, Khary Randolph & Serg Acuña
Local Man #9
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Art by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Drive Like Hell #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Avengers Inc. #5
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Leonard Kirk
Batman and Robin 2024 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Howard Porter
The Dead Lucky #11
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Somna #2
DSTLRY
Written and Drawn by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay
Spider-Boy #3
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Paco Medina and Ty Templeton
Batman: Off-World #3
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Doug Mahnke
Foul Mouth #1
Written by Steve Urena
Art by Sarah Davidson
The Incredible Hulk #8
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Nic Klein
w0rldtr33 #7
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Avengers: Twilight #2
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Daniel Acuña
Batman/Superman: World's Finest 2024 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid and Cullen Bunn, Dennis Culver, Stephanie Williams, Christopher Cantwell
Art by Edwin Galmon, Travis Mercer, Rosi Kämpe, Jorge Fornes
Quest #5
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Luna and Crystal Wood
Art by Jonathan Luna
Carnage #3
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Pere Pérez
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #4
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Cian Tormey
Wolverine #42
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle
Art by Cory Smith
Dark Ride #10
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War #2
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Caio Majado
Trinity Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega
Duke #2
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
On this week's packed live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (Oni Press' "Jill and the Killers"), Dave Baker ("Mary Tyler MooreHawk"), and Micah Phillips ("Orange Flavor")!
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It's time for Comic Book Club's 2024 comic book TV preview, and we're breaking it all down from The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, to Marvel Zombies, and several non-zombie shows. Here's what we're most hyped for, including Agatha: Darkhold Diaries to Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, as well as a lot of speculation about possible -- and announced -- release dates for all 19 shows.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 24, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ghost Machine #1, Resurrection of Magneto #1, and so many more!
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Ghost Machine #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi, Lamont Magee, Maytal Zchut
Art by Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Jason Fabok, Francis Manapul, Peter Snejberg, Ivan Reis
Resurrection of Magneto #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Luciano Vecchio
Amazons Attack #4
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Universal Monsters: Dracula #4
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Power Pack: Into The Storm #1
Marvel
Written by Louise Simonson
Art by June Brigman
Green Arrow #8
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Wiliamson
Art by Phil Hester
Star Trek: Defiant Annual 2024
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Ramon Rosanas
Superior Spider-Man #3
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
The Flash #5
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Mike Deodato Jr.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #147
IDW
Written by Sophie Campbell
Art by Vincenzo Federici
The Immortal Thor #6
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Martín Cóccolo
The Penguin #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Stevan Subic
Holy Roller #3
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman
Art by Roland Boschi
Punisher #3
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Dave Wachter
Titans: Beast World #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Reis, Eduardo Pansica
Titans: Beast World Tour - Star City #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, Ryan Parrott, Robert Venditti, Brandt & Stein
Art by Jamal Campbell, Roger Cruz, Gavin Guidry, Brandt & Stein
Spider-Woman #3
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Carola Borelli
Damn Them All #12
BOOM! Studios
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
Daredevil: Black Armor #3
Marvel
Written by D.G. Chichester
Art by Netho Diaz
Lotus Land #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art by Caio Filipe
G.O.D.S. #4
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Andrew Krahnke ("Bloodrik") + Heath Amodio ("Copycat")!
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It's time for the two thousand twenty-fourth edition of Comic Book Club's comic book movie preview, and we're looking at all five comic book flicks hitting in 2024. Between Madame Web, Deadpool 3, Kraven the Hunter, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Venom 3, what are we most hyped for? What are we worried will fail? We discuss it all.
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2024 Comic Book Movie Release Schedule:
Madame Web - February 14, 2024
Deadpool 3 - July 26, 2024
Kraven The Hunter - August 30, 2024
Joker: Folie à Deux - October 4, 2024
Venom 3 - November 8, 2024
On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 17, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Cobra Commander #1, Avengers: Twilight #1, and so many more!
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FULL LIST OF COMIC REVIEWS FOR JANUARY 17, 2024:
Cobra Commander #1
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrea Milana
Avengers: Twilight #1
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Daniel Acuña
John Constantine: Hellblazer - Dead in America #1
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Aaron Campbell
The Weatherman, Vol. 3 #1
Image Comics
Written by Jody LeHeup
Art by Nathan Fox
Cemetery Kids Don't Die #1 (out February 7)
Oni Press
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Daniel Irizarri
Jackpot #1
Marvel
Written by Celeste Bronfman
Art by Joey Vazquez with Eric Gapstur
Wonder Woman #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega
The Colonized: Zombies vs. Aliens
Image Comics
Written by Chris Ryall
Art by Drew Moss
Golgotha Motor Mountain #1 (out March 6)
IDW
Written by Matthew Erman, Lonnie Nadler
Art by Robbi Rodriguez
Cable #1
Marvel
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Scot Eaton
Green Lantern: War Journal #5
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
The Deviant #3
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Joshua Hixson
Miracleman: The Silver Age #7
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #4
DC Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Christian Duce
Phantom Road #8
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
The Invincible Iron Man #14
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Bryan Valenza
Nightwing #110
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Sami Basri
Kill Your Darlings #5
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
Guardians of the Galaxy #10
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Kev Walker
Superman #10
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Bruno Redondo and Caio Filipe
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #17
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Fantastic Four #16
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Superman Lost #10
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Priest
Art by Carlo Pagulayan and José Luis
The Enfield Gang Massacre #6
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Daredevil #5
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Farad Karami
Titans #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Travis Moore
Our Bones Dust #2
Image Comics
By Ben Stenbeck
The Amazing Spider-Man #42
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
The Bloody Dozen #2
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque
Black Hammer: The End #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Malachi Ward
Alien #3
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo and Declan Shalvey
Kaptara: Universal Truths #6
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarksy
Art by Kagan McLeod
X-Men #30
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Phil Noto
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Minh Lê ("Enlighten Me") + Charles Soule (Star Wars, "Eight Billion Genies")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 10, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Spider-Man #1, Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe #1, and so many more!
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Ultimate Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Marco Chechhetto
Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe #1
Titan Comics
Story by Zack Snyder
Written by Magdalene Visaggio
Art by Clark Bint
Action Comics #1061
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by John Timms
Moon Man #1 (out January 31)
Image Comics
Written by Scott Mescudi and Kyle Higgins
Art by Marco Locati
James Bond: 007 #1
Dynamite
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Rapha Lobosco
Transformers #4
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Rise of the Powers of X #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by R.B. Silva
Fables #161
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Acid Chimp vs. Business Dog #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell, Bryce Ingman
Art by Steve Pugh, Peter Krause
Midlife (Or How To Hero At Fifty) #4
Image Comics
Written by Brian Bucellato
Art by Stefanl Simeone
The One Hand #1 (out February 7)
Image Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Laurence Campbell and Lee Loughridge
The Six Fingers #1 (out February 21)
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sumit Kumar and Lee Loughridge
Giant-Size Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Iban Coello
Green Lantern #7
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, David LaFuente
Disney Villians: Cruella de Vil #1
Dynamite
Written by Sweeney Boo
Art by Miriana Puglia
Crave #2
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
The Infernals #1 (out February 14)
Image Comics
Written by Noah Gardner & Ryan Parrott
Art by John J. Pearson
Star Wars #42
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Steven Cummings
Outsiders #3
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Adventureman: Ghost Lights #1
Image Comics
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by Terry and Rachel Dodson
The Cabinet #1 (out February 14)
Image Comics
Written by David Ebeltoft
Art by Jordan Hart
Thunderbolts #2
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Geraldo Borges
Titans: Beast World #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
Petrol Head #3
Image Comics
Written by Rob Williams
Art by Pye Parr
Tear Us Apart #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jay Baruchel and Van Jensen
Art by Alessandro Micelli
The Sentry #2
Marvel
Written by Jason Loo
Art by Luigi Zagaria with David Cutler
Blood Commandment #3
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudrański
Subgenre #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Wilfredo Torres
Wolverine #41
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle
Art by Geoffrey Shaw and Cory Smith
Bloodrik #2
Image Comics
By Andrew Krahnke
Masterpiece #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
Daredevil: Gang War #2
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Sergio Dávila
Fishflies #4
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Jill and the Killers #1 (out January 31)
Oni Press
Written by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs
Art by Roberta Ingranata
Spider-Gwen: Smash #2
Marvel
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Enid Balám
Deep Cuts #4
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Ramon Perez
Captain Marvel #4
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Jan Bazaldua
The Sacrificers #6
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
The Sensational She-Hulk #4
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Ig Guara
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Joshua Williamson ("Duke," "Cobra Commander") + Dave Maass ("Death Strikes: The Emperor Of Atlantis")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 3, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Fall of the House of X #1, Kneel Before Zod #1, and so many more!
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Fall of the House of X #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Lucas Werneck
Kneel Before Zod #1
DC Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Dan McDaid
Pine & Merrimac #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Fran Galán
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Batman #141
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Dustin Nguyen
Paklis #0
Image Comics
By Dustin Weaver
Beware the Planet of the Apes #1
Marvel
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Álvaro López
Birds of Prey #5
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Arist Deyn
The Ministry of Compliance #2
IDW
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Marvel Meow #1
Marvel
By Nao Fuji
Poison Ivy #18
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Luana Vecchio
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #11
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Nick Dragotta and Alexandre Tefenkgi
Thanos #2
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Luca Pizzari
Shazam #7
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Goran Sudžuka
Drive Like Hell #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Fantastic Four #15
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Titans: Beast World Tour - Atlantis #1
DC Comics
Written by Sina Grace, Frank Tieri, Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Riccardo Federici, Valentine De Landro, M.L. Sanapo
The Midnite Show #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Brian Hurtt
Love Everlasting #11
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Time Traveler Tales #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Dave Scheidt
Art by Kelly and Nichole Matthews
Captain America #5
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Lan Medina
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
The Amazing Spider-Man #41
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Mortal Terror #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon
Art by Peter Bergting
Doctor Strange #11
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Danilo S. Beyruth
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests John Ridley ("The Ministry of Compliance") and Cliff Bleszinski ("Scrapper")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 27, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Duke #1, Timeless #1, and so many more!
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Full List of Comic Reviews for December 27, 2023:
Duke #1
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
Timeless #1
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Juann Cabal
Action Comics Annual 2023 #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Max Raynor
The Book of Butcher #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Star Wars: Dark Droids #5
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Luke Ross
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #3
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Cian Tormey
Holy Roller #2
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman
Art by Roland Boschi
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War #1
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Caio Majado
Amazons Attack #3
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Terrorwar #8
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Dave Acosta
X-Force #47
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Daniel Picciotto
Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #4
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Danny Kim and Stephen Segovia
Local Man #8
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Art by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
The Sensational She-Hulk #3
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
Green Arrow #7
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Trevor Hairsine
Universal Monsters: Dracula #3
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Predator vs. Wolverine #4
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Ken Lashley, Kei Zama, Gavin Guidry
Justice Society of America #8
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín
Giant Robot Hellboy #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Duncan Fegredo
Spider-Woman #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Carola Borelli
The Flash #4
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Mike Deodato Jr.
w0rldtr33 #6
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Immortal X-Men #18
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Juan José Ryp
The Penguin #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Captain Marvel #3
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Ruairí Coleman and Jan Bazaldua
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #6
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren
Carnage #2
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Pere Pérez
Titans: Beast World #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Lucas Meyer
Avengers Inc. #4
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Leonard Kirk
Titans #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Travis Moore
On this week's live podcast, we're breaking down our list of the BEST COMICS OF 2023!
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THE 15 BEST COMICS OF 2023:
15. Danger Street #3 - Pete
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
14. She-Hulk/The Sensational She-Hulk - Alex
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Luca Maresca, Andrés Genolet, Joe Quinones
13. Poison Ivy - Justin
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
12. Know Your Station *Fan Pick* - Alex
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Liana Kangas
11. Batman: One Bad Day - Clayface - Justin
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Xermanico
10. The Cull - Alex
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Mattia De Iulis
9. Disney Villains: Maleficent - Pete
Dynamite
By Soo Lee
8. Uncanny Spider-Man - Alex
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Lee Garbett
7. Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent - Pete
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Clayton Henry
6. Local Man - Alex
Image Comics
By Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
5. Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees - Justin
IDW Publishing
By Patrick Horvath
4. The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing - Pete
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Francesco Francavilla
3. Once Upon a Time At The End Of The World - Alex
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila del Duca, Nick Dragotta
2. The Seasons Have Teeth - Justin
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sebastián Cabrol
1. Transformers - Pete
Image Comics/Skybound
By Daniel Warren Johnson
On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 20, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Original X-Men #1, Animal Pound #1, and so many more!
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Original X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Greg Land
Animal Pound #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom King
Art by Peter Gross
Batman: Off-World #2
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Doug Mahnke
Star Wars Revelations 2023 #1
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule, Marc Bernardin, Alyssa Wong, Greg Pak, Ethan Sacks, Cavan Scott, Marc Guggenheim
Art by Andrea Di Vito, Chriscross, David Baldeón, Salvador Larroca, Will Sliney, Marika Cresta, Salva Espín
Shift #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo, Francesco Manna & Danilo Beyruth, Geraldo Borges, Chris Evenhuis
Nightwing #109
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Stephen Byrne, Sami Basri
Uncanny Spider-Man #5
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Lee Garbett and Simone Buonfantino
Borealis #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mark Verheiden and Aaron Douglas
Art by Cliff Richards
Superman #9
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Bruno Redondo
Alien #2
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo & Declan Shalvey
The Deviant #2
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Joshua Hixson
Spider-Boy #2
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Paco Medina, Ty Templeton
Wonder Woman #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega
Astonishing Iceman #5
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Vincenzo Carratú
Geiger: Ground Zero #2
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Catwoman #60
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Superior Spider-Man #2
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Star Trek #15
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Marcus To
Green Lantern: War Journal #4
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Uncanny Avengers #5
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Javier Garrón
Kaptara: Universal Truths #5
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Kagan McLeod
Jay Garrick: The Flash #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Diego Olortegui
The Incredible Hulk #7
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Nic Klein
Canary #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written Scott Snyder
Art by Dan Panosian
Rare Flavours #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Michele Bandini, Trevor Hairsine
Doctor Strange #10
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Lotus Land #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Darcy Van Pelgeest
Art by Caio Filipe
Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong #3
DC Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Christian Duce
G.O.D.S. #3
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
Kill Your Darlings #4
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
Titans: Beast World Tour - Central City #1
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier, Jarrett Williams, Alex Paknadel, A.L. Kaplan
Art by Scott Koblish, George Kambadais, Serg Acuña, A.L. Kaplan
The Amazing Spider-Man #40
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Newburn #13
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Daredevil: Black Armor #2
Marvel
Written by D.G. Chichester
Art by Netho Diaz
Star Trek: Defiant #10
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Mike Feehan & Pow Rodrix
Wolverine #40
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Ibrahim Moustafa
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Rich Douek and Alex Cormack ("Drive Like Hell") + Jeffrey Brown ("Mandalorian and Child")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 13, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Masterpiece #1, Moon Knight #30, and so many more!
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Masterpiece #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
Moon Knight #30
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Action Comics #1060
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nicole Maines and Steve Orlando, Joe Casey
Art by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Fico Ossio, Dan McDaid
Underheist #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Maria & David Lapham
Art by David Lapham
Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Michele Bandini & Trevor Hairsine
Spider-Gwen: Smash #1
Marvel
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Enid Balám
House of Slaughter #20
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Batman: City of Madness #2
DC Comics
By Christian Ward
Daredevil: Gang War #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Sergio Dávila
Kill More #3
IDW
Written by Scott Bryan Wilson
Art by Max Alan Fuchs
Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #2
DC Comics
By Rafael Grampá
Punisher #2
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Dave Wachter
Dark Spaces: Dungeon #2
IDW
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Hayden Sherman
Danger Street #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
The Immortal Thor #5
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Martín Cóccolo
From The World Of Minor Threats: The Alternates #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Tim Seeley
Art by Christopher Mitten, Tess Fowler
DC's 'Twas The Mite Before Christmas #1
DC Comics
Written by Zipporah Smith, Rob Levin, Ethan Sacks, Natalie Abrams, Jillian Grant, Michael W. Conrad, Josh Trujillo, Sholly Fisch
Art by Logan Faerber, Bob Quinn, Soo Lee, Marcus “Mas” Smith, Rebekah Isaacs, Gavin Guidry, Andew Drilon, Juan Bobillo
Rogue Sun #17
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel, Marco Renna
Detective Comics #1079
DC Comics
Written by Ram V, Dan Watters
Art by Jason Shawn Alexander, Liam Sharp, Juan Ferreyra
White Widow #2
Marvel
Written by Sara Gailey
Art by Alessandro Miracolo
Zawa + The Belly of the Beast #2
BOOM! Studios
By Michael Dialynas
Green Lantern #6
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Xermánico, Scott Godlewski, David LaFuente
Guardians of the Galaxy #9
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Kev Walker
The Enfield Gang Massacre #5
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Radiant Black #27
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
Radiant Black #27.5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Thobias Daneluz
Outsiders #2
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Luke Cage: Gang War #2
Marvel
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Ramón F. Bachs
Phantom Road #7
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Speed Force #2
DC Comics
Written by Jarrett Williams
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo & Francesco Mortarino
Operation Sunshine #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks
Art by David Rubín
Superman Lost #9
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Dan Jurgens, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Brett Breeding
Captain America #4
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Lan Medina
Titans: Beast World #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Reis
Titans: Beast World Tour - Gotham #1
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Grace Ellis, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Sam Maggs, Kyle Starks
Art by Miguel Mendonça, Daniel Hillyard, Ivan Shavrin, PJ Holden, Kelley Jones
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Austin McKinley ("RIOT Force") + Tas Mukanik ("Lost Time") + Joe Nicklo ("Surviving Comics")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 6, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1, Thunderbolts #1 and so many more!
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Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Michele Bandini
Thunderbolts #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Geraldo Borges
Time Travelers Tales #1
Dark Horse Comics
Created by Karl Jacobs
Written by Dave Scheidt
Art by Kelly and Nichole Matthews
Titans: Beast World Tour - Metropolis #1
DC Comics
Written by Nicole Maines and Steve Orlando, Dan Jurgens, Zipporah Smith and Joshua Willamson
Art by Fico Ossio, Anthony Marques with Joe Prado and Wade Von Grawbadger, Edwin Galmon
Titans: Beast World Tour - Waller Rising #1
DC Comics
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Keron Grant
The Sentry #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Loo
Art by Luigi Zagaria
ORCS! The Gift #1
Kaboom!
By Christine Larsen
Subgenre #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Wilfredo Torres
Batman #140
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Mike Hawthorne
The Invincible Iron Man #13
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
Transformers #3
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Stranger Things: The Voyage #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Michael Moreci
Art by Todor Hristov
Birds of Prey #4
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Leonardo Romero
The Amazing Spider-Man #39
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Creepshow Holiday Special
Image Comics
Written by Daneil Kraus, James Asmus
Art by Jonathan Wayshak, Letizia Cadonici
Poison Ivy #17
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Luana Vecchio
Daredevil #4
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Germán Peralta
Blood Commandment #2
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudrański
Shazam! #6
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Fantastic Four #14
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Kill Your Darlings #3
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
Sacrificers #5
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
The Midnite Show #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Brian Hurtt
The Avengers #8
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Petrol Head #2
Image Comics
Written by Rob Williams
Art by Pye Parr
The Space Between #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Corinna Bechko
Art by Danny Luckert
X-Men #29
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Cassara
Midlife (Or How To Hero At Fifty!) #3
Image Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Stefano Simeone
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guest Ed Brubaker to discuss his new book Where The Body Was, from Image Comics! Plus, updates on the Amazon TV series version of Criminal, Batman: Caped Crusader, and the reveal of his next upcoming book with Sean Phillips.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of November 29, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Titans: Beast World #1, The Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War - First Strike #1, and so many more!
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Titans: Beast World #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Reis
The Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War - First Strike #1
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells with Cody Ziglar
Art by Joey Vazquez with Julian Shaw
BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Mattson Tomlin
Art by Rebekah Isaacs
Batman '89: Echoes #1
DC Comics
Written by Sam Hamm
Art by Joe Quinones
X-Men Blue: Origins #1
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Wilton Santos and Marcus To
Alice Never After #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalletta and Cyril Glerum
City Boy #6
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Minkyu Jung
Gang War: Luke Cage #1
Marvel
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Ramón F. Bachs
Something is Killing the Children #35
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Action Comics #1059
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Gene Luen Yang, Dan Parent
Art by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Viktor Bogdanovic, Marguerite Sauvage
Howard The Duck #1
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Daniel Kibblesmith, Jason Loo, Merritt K
Art by Joe Quinones, Annie Wu, Derek Charm, Will Robson
Slow Burn #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ollie Masters
Art by Pierluigi Minotti
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Cian Tormey
Spider-Woman #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Carola Borelli
Fire Power #29
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Chris Samnee
Amazons Attack #2
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Local Man #7
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Art by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Detective Comics #1078
DC Comics
Written by Ram V, Dan Watters
Art by Jason Shawn Alexander, Caspar Wijngaard
Predator vs. Wolverine #3
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Ken Lashley, Hayden Sherman, Kei Zama
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #16
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Green Arrow #6
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse, Phil Hester, Trevor Hairsine
Captain America #3
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Jesús Saiz
Swan Songs #5
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Alex Eckman-Lawn
The Flash #3
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Mike Deodato Jr.
Drive Like Hell #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #4
Marvel
Written by Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada
Art by Carlos Gómez & Adam Gorham
The Penguin #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Shawn Kittelsen & Eric Zawadzki ("Heart Attack") + Chris Supino ("Blitmap").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of November 22, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Batman: Off-World #1, Daredevil: Black Armor #1, and so many more!
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Batman: Off-World #1
DC Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Doug Mahnke
Daredevil: Black Armor #1
Marvel
Written by D.G. Chichester
Art by Netho Diaz
Mortal Terror #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon
Art by Peter Bergting
Hack/Slash: Back to School #2
Image Comics
By Zoe Thorogood
Catwoman #59
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars - Battleworld #1
Marvel
Written by Tom DeFalco
Art by Pat Olliffe
Lunar Lodge #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tyler Marceca
Art by Mirko Colak
Void Rivals #6
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Green Lantern: War Journal #3
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
The Sensational She-Hulk #2
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell, Bobby Wilson
Art by Andrés Genolet, David Cutler
The Alternates #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Tim Seeley
Art by Christopher Mitten
Uncanny Spider-Man #4
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Lee Garbett
Kaptara: Universal Truths #4
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Kagan McLeod
Jay Garrick: The Flash #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Diego Olortegui
Immortal X-Men #17
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Juan José Ryp
Darkling #1
Archie Comics
Written by Sarah Kuhn
Art by Carola Borelli
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #2
DC Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Christian Duce
Captain Marvel #2
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Justice Society of America #7
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Marco Santucci
The Amazing Spider-Man #38
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Kill Your Darlings #3
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
Nightwing #108
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, Michael W. Conrad
Art by Stephen Byrne, Serg Acuña
Avengers Inc. #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Leonard Kirk
Universal Monsters: Dracula #2
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Wonderland: Child of Madness #1
Zenescope
Story by Dave Franchini, David Wohl & Raven Gregory
Written by Raven Gregory
Art by Giada Belviso
Superman #8
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Gleb Melnikov, Norm Rapmund, David Baldeón, and Jamal Campbell
The Incredible Hulk #6
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Nic Klein
By a Thread #2
ComiXology
Written by Scott Snyder & Jack Snyder
Art by Valeria Favoccia
The Devil That Wears My Face #2
Mad Cave Studios
Written by David Pepose
Art by Alex Cormack
Titans #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Nicola Scott
The Invincible Iron Man #12
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Ig Guara
Giant Robot Hellboy #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Duncan Fegredo
Wonder Woman #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere, Belen Ortega
Wolverine #39
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Black Hammer: The End #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Malachi Ward
Moon Knight: City of the Dead #5
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Marcelo Ferreira
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Sarah Kuhn (Archie Comics' "Darkling") + Jordan Thomas ("The Man From Maybe") + Nicholas Tana ("eJUNKY")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of November 15, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Outsiders #1, Carnage #1, and so many more!
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Outsiders #1
DC Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Robert Carey
Carnage #1
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Pere Pérez
Lotus Land #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art by Ciao Filipe
Speed Force #1
DC Comics
Written by Jarrett Williams
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Superior Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley, Nathan Stockman
Parliament of Rooks #1
ComiXology
By Abigail Jill Harding
Batman and Robin #3
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Simone Di Meo
Alien #1
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo and Declan Shalvey
The Bloody Dozen #1 (Out 12/13)
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque
Danger Street #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Star Wars Visions: Peach Momoko #1
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
Geiger: Ground Zero #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Detective Comics #1077
DC Comics
Written by Ram V, Dan Watters
Art by Jason Shawn Alexander, Caspar Wjingaard
Deadpool: Seven Slaughters #1
Marvel
Written by Cullen Bunn, Justina Irelan, Rob Liefeld, Cody Ziglar, Steve Foxe, Gail Simone, Marc Guggenheim
Art by Phillip Sevy, Greg Land, Chad Bowers, Federica Mancin, Gerardo Sandoval, David Baldeón, Whilce Portacio
Dutch #0
Image Comics
Written by Chap Yaep, Joe Casey
Art by Nathan Fox
Green Lantern #5
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Xermánico, David Lafuente
Star Wars: Dark Droids #4
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Luke Ross
A Haunted Girl #2
Image Comics
Written by Ethan Sacks and Naomi Sacks
Art by Marco Lorenzana
Superman Lost #8
DC Comics
Written by Christopher Priest
Art by Carlo Pagulayan
Uncanny Avengers #4
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Javier Garrón
Fishflies #3
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
The Vigil #6
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Devmalya Pramanik
Daredevil #3
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder and Farid Karami
Something Epic #7
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudranski
Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2
DC Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Riley Rossmo
Fantastic Four #13
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Iban Coello
Earthdivers #12
IDW
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Davide Gianfelice
Terrorwar #7
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Dave Acosta
World's Finest: Teen Titans #5
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
The Immortal Thor #4
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Martín Cóccolo
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
The Cull #4
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Mattia De Iulis
Capwolf and The Howling Commandos #2
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Carlo Magno
Operation Sunshine #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks
Art by David Rubín
The Forged #6
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann
Art by Mike Henderson
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Nandor Shaffer ("The Fabled Offering") + Wells Thompson ("Depths") + Jason Michael Primrose ("The Arrival").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of November 8, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Punisher #1, Batman #139, and so many more!
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Full List of Comic Reviews for November 8, 2023:
Punisher #1
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Dave Wachter
Batman #139
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jorge Corona
Zawa + The Belly of the Beast #1
BOOM! Studios
By Michael Dialynas
Charred Remains #1 (Out 12/13)
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Anthony Cleveland
Art by Andrea Mutti
What If…? Dark: The Tomb of Dracula #1
Marvel
Written by Marv Wolfman
Art by David Cutler
Birds of Prey #3
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Leonardo Romero
Transformers #2
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
G.O.D.S. #2
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
Blue Beetle #3 (English Edition)
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
Nice Jewish Boys #1
ComiXology
Written by Neil Kleid
Art by John Broglia
The Enfield Gang Massacre #4
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Thanos #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Luca Pizzari
Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville #3
DC Comics
Written by Joanne Starer
Art by Natacha Bustos
Army of Darkness Forever #2
Dynamite
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Justin Greenwood
Phantom Road #6
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
The Amazing Spider-Man #37
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Poison Ivy #16
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Nights #2
Image Comics
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luigi Formisano
Guardians of the Galaxy #8
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Kev Walker
Shazam #5
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
The Hollywood Special #3
IDW
Written by Jeremy Lambert
Art by Claire Roe
Starsigns #6
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Shmed
Art by Megan Levens
Uncanny Spider-Man #3
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Javier Pina
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #12
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
Midlife (Or How To Hero at Fifty) #2
Image Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Stefano Simeone
X-Force #46
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Robert Gill
Dead Lucky #10
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Dark Ride #9
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
X-Men Red #17
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Yildiray Çinar
House of Slaughter #19
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Creepshow, Vol. 2 #3
Image Comics
Written by Zoe Thorogood, Joel Farrelly
Art by Zoe Thorogood, Goran Sudžuka
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Emmett Nahil ("Let Me Out") + Jonathan Baylis ("So Buttons")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of November 1, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Ultimate Universe #1, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Special #1, and so many more!
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Full List of Comic Reviews for November 1, 2023:
Ultimate Universe #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Stefano Caselli
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley, Joey Esposito, Ethan Sacks
Art by Miguel Mendonça, Ray-Anthony Height, Scot Eaton
Stranger Things: The Voyage #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Michael Moreci
Art by Todor Hristov
The Holly Roller #1 (On Sale 11/22)
Image Comics
Written by Andy Samberg and Rick Remender
Art by Joe Trohman
The Space Between #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Corinna Bechko
Art by Danny Luckert
Spider-Boy #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Paco Medina, Ty Templeton
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War - Scorched Earth #1
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard
Art by Mike Hawthorne with Nikola Čižmešija
Savage Red Sonja #1
Dynamite
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Alessio Petillo
Sacrificers #4
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
White Widow #1
Marvel
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Alessandro Miracolo
Detective Comics #1076
DC Comics
Written by Ram V, Dan Watters
Art by Jason Shawn Alexander, Christopher Mitten, Liam Sharp, Aditya Bidikar
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Scorpius Run #3
IDW
Written by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott
Art by Angel Hernandez
Doctor Strange #9
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Bloodrik #1 (on sale 12/6)
Image Comics
By Andrew Krahnke
It’s Jeff: The Jeff-Verse #1
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Gurihiru
Spirit World #6
DC Comics
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Haining
Red Light #1
AWA
Written by Sarah H. Cho
Art by Priscilla Petraites
Our Bones Dust #1 (on sale 12/6)
Image Comics
By Ben Stenbeck
The Avengers #7
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Supergirl Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Skyler Patridge
Tear Us Apart #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jay Baruchel and Van Jensen
Art by Alessandro Micelli
Life House (on sale 12/20)
Image Comics
Based on Life House by Pete Townshend
Story by James Harvey and David Hine
Script By David Hine
Art by James Harvey and Max Prentis
X-Men #28
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Joshua Cassara
The Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, Karl Kesel
Art by Travis Moore, Jon Bogdanove, Jerry Ordway, Tom Grummett, Brett Breeding
The Allnighter #11
ComiXology
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jason Loo
Scarlet Witch #10
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Sara Pichelli
The Midnite Show #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Brian Hurtt
Where The Body Was (on sale 12/13)
Image Comics
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Sean Phillips
On this week's Stack podcast for the week of October 25, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Captain Marvel #1, Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #1, and so many more!
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Captain Marvel #1
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #1
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Cian Tormey
Universal Monsters: Dracula #1
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Marvel Zombies: Black, White, And Blood #1
Marvel
Written by Garth Ennis, Alex Segura, Ashley Allen
Art by Rachael Stott, Javi Fernández, Justin Mason
Wonder Woman #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King, Josie Campbell
Art by Daniel Sampere, Vasco Georgiev
Crave #1 (Out November 29)
Image Comics
By Maria Llovet
Hallows’ Eve: The Big Night #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling
Amazons Attack #1
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Vasco Georgiev
The Deviant #1 (Out 11/15)
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Joshua Hixson
Captain America #2
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Jesús Saiz
Action Comics #1058
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Gene Luen Yang, Greg Hahn
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Viktor Bogdanovic, Travis Mercer
Slow Burn #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ollie Master
Art by Pierluigi Minotti
Petrol Head #1 (Out 11/8)
Image Comics
Written by Rob Williams
Art by Rya Parr
The Immortal Thor #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Martín Cóccolo
Giant Robot Hellboy #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Duncan Fegredo
Paladin of Axes #1
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by David O’Sullivan
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War - Red Hood #2
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Nikola Čižmesija
The Amazing Spider-Man #36
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Ice Cream Man #37
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Drive Like Hell #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #3
Marvel
Written by Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada
Art by Carlos Gómez and Adam Gorham
Detective Comics #1075
DC Comics
Written by Ram V, Dan Watters
Art by Francesco Francavilla, Aaron Campbell
Kaptara, Vol. 2: Universal Truths #3
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Kagan McLeod
Green Arrow #5
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse & Phil Hester and Ande Parks
Uncanny Avengers #3
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Emilio Laiso
Star Trek #13
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Marcus To
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #15
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Beneath The Tress Where Nobody Sees #2 (Out 12/6)
IDW
By Patrick Horvath
Predator vs. Wolverine #2
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Ken Lashley, Andrea Di Vito, Hayden Sherman
Radiant Black #26A
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
Radiant Black #26B
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa
Power Girl #2
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Eduardo Pansica
Uncanny Spider-Man #2
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Lee Garbett
Star Trek: Holo-ween #4
IDW
Written by Christopher Sequeira
Art by Joe Eisma
The Schlub #3
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Stegman and Kenny Porter
Art by Tyrell Cannon
Tales of the Titans #4: Starring Beast Boy
DC Comics
Written by Andrew Constant
Art by Brandt & Stein
Something is Killing the Children #34
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Killadelphia #31 (Out 11/15)
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Jason Shawn Alexander & Germán Erramouspe, Syzmon Kudranski
The Flash #2
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Mike Deodato Jr.
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #10
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Leila Del Duca, Nick Dragotta
Newburn #12
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Kill More #2
IDW
Written by Scott Bryan Wilson
Art by Max Alan Fuchs
The Penguin #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
I Hate Fairyland #10
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
Rare Flavours #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
Black Hammer: The End #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Malachi Ward
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #7
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by Chris Burnham
Alice Never After #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Dan Panosian, Girgio Spalletta
The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child #4
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Eddie Klinker and Jimmy Kucaj ("The Devil Paid Men")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of October 18, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1, Sensational She-Hulk #1, and many more!
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Full List of Comic Reviews for October 18, 2023:
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Christian Duce
Sensational She-Hulk #1
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell, Jessica Gao
Art by Andrés Genolet
Hack/Slash: Back To School #1
Image Comics
By Zoe Thorogood
Jay Garrick: The Flash #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Diego Olortegui
Spine-Tingling Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Juan Ferreyra
Subgenre #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Wilfredo Torres
Superman #7
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Gleb Melnikov, Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, and Edwin Galmon
Moon Knight #28
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Frederico Sabbatini
Headless Horseman Annual 2023
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Lukas Ketner, Angela Slatter, Christie Porter and Phillip Sevy, Olivia Stephens, David Dastmalchian and Leah Kilpatrick
Art by Lukas Ketner, Valeria Burzo, Phillip Sevy, Olivia Stephens, Tyler Crook
Catwoman #58
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Nico Leon
The Incredible Hulk #5
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Vita Ayala
Art by Travel Foreman, Alitha E. Martinez
Swan Songs #4
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Fables #160
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
The Invincible Iron Man #11
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Andrea Di Vito
Rogue Sun #16
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel, Marco Renna
Green Lantern: War Journal #2
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Crypt of Shadows #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing, Sarah Gailey, Steve Orlando, Cavan Scott, Declan Shalvey
Art by Paul Azaceta, Paul Davidson, Devmalya Pramanik, Alex Lins, Eder Messias
Scrapper #4
Image Comics
Written by Cliff Bleszinski and Alex De Campi
Art by Ryan Kelly and Jordie Bellaire
Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #5
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren
Scarlet Witch #9
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando, Juan Ponce
Art by Lorenzo Tammetta & Sara Pichelli, Ig Guara
Kill Your Darlings #2
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Robert Quinn
Titans #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Nicola Scott
Children of the Vault #3
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Luca Maresca
Hexagon Bridge #2
Image Comics
By Richard Blake
Fear The Funhouse Presents… Toybox of Terror #1
Archie Comics
Written by Timmy Heague, Danielle Paige, Michael Northrop
Art by Ryan Caskey, Tango, Ryan Jampole
The Forged #5
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann
Art by Mike Henderson
Avengers Inc. #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Leonard Kirk
Star Trek: Holo-ween #3
IDW
Written by Christopher Sequeira
Art by Joe Eisma
Local Man #6
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Art by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Daredevil #2
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder
In Hell We Fight #5
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Jok
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Hope Larson ("Be That Way") + Chris O'Hara ("Artificial") + Elias Shockey & Atagun Ilhan ("The Greylock").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of October 11, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for The Amazing Spider-Man #35, Batman: City of Madness #1, and many more.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #35
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Patrick Gleason
Batman: City of Madness #1
DC Comics
By Christian Ward
By A Thread #1
ComiXology
Written by Scott Snyder and Jack Snyder
Art by Valeria Favoccia
Army of Darkness Forever #1
Dynamite
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Justin Greenwood
Destiny Gate #1
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Cady
Art by Christian DiBari
The Superior Spider-Man Returns #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage
Art by Giuseppe Camúncoli, Humberto Ramos, Mark Bagley, Ryan Stegman
Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #1
DC Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Riley Rossmo
The Ministry of Compliance #1 (Out 11/15)
IDW
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Blood Commandment #1 (Out 11/1)
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudrański
Capwolf and the Howling Commandos #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Carlos Magno
Superman Lost #7
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Carlo Pagulayan, Lee Weeks
Operation Sunshine #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks
Art by David Rubín
Undiscovered Country #26
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli * Leonardo Marcello Grassi
City Boy #5
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Minkyu Jung
Venom #26
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Julius Ohta
Smash #1 (out 10/18 in the UK and digital, 11/29 in the US)
2000 AD
Written by Paul Grist
Art by Anna Morozova
Quest #3
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Luna and Crystal Wood
Art by Jonathan Luna
Green Lantern #4
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Xermánico, David Lafuente
Guardians of the Galaxy #7
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Kev Walker
From The World Of Minor Threats: The Alternates #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Tim Seeley
Art by Christopher Mitten, Tess Fowler
Fishflies #2
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Danger Street #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Star Wars: Dark Droids #3
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Luke Ross
House of Slaughter #18
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Something Epic #6
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudranski
Batman and Robin #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Simone Di Meo
The Avengers #6
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay, Kalinda Vazquez
Art by Ivan Fiorelli, Alba Glez
Murder Inc.: Jagger Rose #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Starsigns #5
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Megan Levens
World's Finest Teen Titans #4
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
Blade #4
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Valentina Pinti with Elena Casagrande
The Hunger and the Dusk #3
IDW
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Chris Wildgoose
The Cull #3
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Mattia De Iulis
X-Men Red #16
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing, Raphale Draccon & Carolina Munhóz
Art by Yikdiray Çinar, Marcelo Costa
Star Trek: Holo-ween #2
IDW
Written by Christopher Sequeira
Art by Joe Eisma
Cereal, Vol. 1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Peter Snejbjerg
Wolverine #38
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Claire Lordon ("One in a Million"), George Papandreou ("Typical Campus"), and Nick Goode ("Sussex").
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Writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson returns to the podcast to help break down all the big, spoilery moments in Skybound and Image Comics' Transformers #1! On the podcast, Johnson discusses how he joined the Energon Universe line of titles, which started with Void Rivals, and continues with the blockbuster Transformers #1. He also breaks down the huge character deaths in the issue, as well as giving us a few shoulder-wiggles about what's coming up next in Transformers. Does it connect to the upcoming Duke series? So grab your Truck Daddy and get ready for a deep dive into Transformers #1!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of October 4, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Transformers #1, G.O.D.S. #1, and many more.
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Full List of Comic Reviews for October 4, 2023:
Transformers #1
Image Comics/Skybound
By Daniel Warren Johnson
G.O.D.S. #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
Batman #138
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez
The Midnite Show #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Brian Hurtt
Clementine Book Two
Image Comics/Skybound
By Tillie Walden
Aliens Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Danny Earls
Birds of Prey #2
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Leonardo Romero
Midlife (Or How To Hero At Fifty!), out 10/11
Image Comics
Written by Brian Buccellato
Art by Stefano Simeone
The Devil That Wears My Face #1
Mad Cave
Written by David Pepose
Art by Alex Cormack
X-Men #27
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Phil Noto
Blue Beetle #2
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
Sacrificers #3
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
Star Trek: Holo-Ween #1
IDW
Written by Chris Sequeira
Art by Joe Eisma
Doctor Strange #8
Marvel
Written by Jed Mackay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
DC’s Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun #1
DC Comics
Written by Ellen Tremiti, Kenny Porter, Michael W. Conrad, Christopher Sean and Laneya, Gregory Burnham, Adam F. Goldberg and Hans Rodinoff, John Arcudi
Art by Tyler Crook, Riley Rossmo, Christopher Mitten, Dexter Soy, Alex Galer, Danny Earls, Shawn McManus
The Enfield Gang Massacre #3
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Alice Cooper #1
Dynamite
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Edu Menna
Immortal X-Men #16
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Lucas Werneck
Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville #2
DC Comics
Written by Joanne Starer
Art by Natcha Bustos
Spellcasters: Major League Magic
Saturday Originals
Written by Seth Singleton
Art by Georges Duarte
Abbott: 1979 #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Sami Kivelä
Fantastic Four #12
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Iban Coello
Peacemaker Tries Hard #6
DC Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Steve Pugh
Tear Us Apart #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jay Baruchel and Van Jensen
Art by Alessandro Micelli
Vampirella: Dead Flowers #1
Dynamite
Written by Sara Frazetta & Bob Freeman
Art by Alberto Locatelli
X-Force #45
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Robert Gill
Poison Ivy #15
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Scorpius Run #2
IDW
Written by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott
Art by Angel Hernandez
Ranger Academy #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Maria Ingrande Mora
Art by Jo Mi-Gyeong
Shazam #4
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Star Trek Defiant #8
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Mike Feehan
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #11
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
On this week's packed live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Camrus Johnson ("Tower"), Laurie Foster ("Hearteater"), and Richard Pace ("Coven: A Book of 100 Witches").
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Radiant Black is splitting into two series. Marvel's Kid Venom is getting collected. A.I. is under fire by comic creators. All this on Comic Book Club News for October 3, 2023.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of September 27, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for The Flash, Ultimate Invasion, and many more.
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Full List of Comic Reviews for September 27, 2023:
The Flash #1
DC Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Mike Deodato Jr.
Ultimate Invasion #4
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Bryan Hitch
Hack/Slash: Back to School #1, on sale 10/18
Image Comics
By Zoe Thorogood
Power Girl #1
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Eduardo Pansica
Invincible Iron Man #10
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
A Haunted Girl #1, on sale 10/11
Image Comics
Written by Ethan Sacks and Naomi Sacks
Art by Marco Lorenzana
Stuff of Nightmares: Red Murder #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by R.L. Stine
Art by Adam Gorham
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War - Red Hood #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Nikola Čizmešjas
Miracleman: The Silver Age #6
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman
Art by Mark Buckingham
Doctor Who: Once Upon a Time Lord #1, on sale 10/31
Titan Comics
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Christopher Johns & Matthew Dow Smith, Mike Collins
Star Trek #12
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Angel Unzueta
Star Trek: Day of Blood: Shaxs’ Best Day #1
IDW
Written by Ryan North
Art by Derek Charm
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #6
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by Chris Burnham
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #2
Marvel
Written by Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada
Art by Carlos Gómez & Adam Gorham
Fire Power #27
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Chris Samnee
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
The Penguin #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Marvel Unleashed #2
Marvel
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Jesús Hervás
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #14
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Creed: The Next Round #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan and Jai Jamison
Art by Paris Alleyne, Lea Caballero, Wilton Santos
Action Comics #1057
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Magdalene Visaggio
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Matthew Clark
Jean Grey #2
Marvel
Written by Louise Simonson
Art by Bernard Chang
The Dead Lucky #9
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Alice Never After #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Giorgio Spalletta and Cyril Glerum, Dan Panosian
Tales of the Titans #3 - Starring Donna Troy
DC Comics
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Kath Lobo, Bob Quinn
Blade #3
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Elena Casagrande with Valentina Pinti
The Schlub #2
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Stegman and Kenny Porter
Art by Tyrell Cannon
Black Hammer: The End #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Malachi Ward
Green Arrow #4
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse
Realm of X #2
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Diógenes Neves
Newburn #11
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
The Hollywood Special #2
IDW
Written by Jeremy Lambert
Art by Claire Roe
The Immortal Thor #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Martín Cóccolo
Void Rivals #4
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Maleficent #5
Dynamite
By Soo Lee
The Avengers #5
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Kaptara: Universal Truths #2
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Kagan McLeod
On this week's live talk show and podcast, we're welcoming guests Jarret Keene, Ph.D. ("Hammer of the Dogs") and Patrick McDonnell ("The Super Hero's Journey").
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Jamal Igle returns to Comic Book Club, this time at Baltimore Comic Con. Igle discusses what an Artist Alley table is like for a journeyman creator, as well as what's coming up for Ahoy's The Wrong Earth.
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Hunter Gorinson, President and Publisher at Oni Press joins the podcast at Baltimore Comic Con to talk about big changes at the publisher. After taking over at Oni last year, Gorinson now has big plans to get the company back to basics -- and prepped for the future, with a slate of new titles. And while Gorinson preps the New Class for Oni Press, he's still keeping an eye on the past. Specifically, we discuss the continuing bans on Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer... And what's coming up for the 20th anniversary of Scott Pilgrim?
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We're back on schedule with Marvel's Fall of X with the debut of Uncanny Spider-Man. How does the weird mash-up of X-Men ideas and Spider-Man ideas work? Pretty well, we think, particularly given Nightcrawler's mix of humor and pathos.
Over in Uncanny Avengers #2, the mystery of Captain Krakoa's identity deepens. Wolverine #37 sends the hero on a journey to Japan and beyond that only tangentially connects to Fall of X. Dark X-Men #2 turns Havok into a zombie and Archangel into a golden skull dude. And Alpha Flight #2 is arguably the most X-Men book of them all.
Before we get into any of that, though, we discuss the big news that the Krakoan Era of the X-Men will begin to end in January... As well as what that might mean for Marvel's mutants going forward.
Plus, we discuss what's next in the Fall of X reading order: Invincible Iron Man #10, Jean Grey #2, Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #2, and Realm of X #2.
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Mark Waid sits down with the podcast at Baltimore Comic Con to talk about his prolific work at DC, and much more. What's it like writing Black Label for Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor? How about the ties between Batman/Superman: World's Finest and World's Finest: Teen Titans? And why is Shazam now The Captain? Plus, what's up with Waid's "sneaky DC crossover"?
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of September 20, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Wonder Woman, Captain America, and many more:
Wonder Woman #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Daniel Sampere
Captain America #1
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Jesús Saiz
Rare Flavours #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
Green Lantern: War Journal #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Montos
Predator Versus Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Ken Lashley, Greg Land, Andrea Di Vito
Madam Satan: Hell on Earth #1
Archie Comics
Written by Eliot Rahal
Art by Vincenzo Federici
Catwoman #57
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Nico Leon
Uncanny Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Lee Garbett
Nights #1 (Out October 11)
Image Comics
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luigi Formisano
Nightwing #106
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, Michael W. Conrad
Art by Stephen Byrne, Srg Acuna
Alpha Flight #2
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Scott Godlewski
Junior Baker: The Righteous Faker #1
Image Comics
Written by Joe Casey
Art by Ryan Quackenbush
Superman #6
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Gleb Melnivkov
Dark X-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Jonas Scharf
Edenwood #1 (Out October 18)
Image Comics
By Tony S. Daniel
The Vigil #5
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Sid Kotian, Dev Pramanik
Loki #4
Marvel
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Germán Peralta
Nocterra #16
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Titans #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Nicola Scott
Guardians of the Galaxy #6
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Alex Lins
Monarch #6
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Alex Lins
Dark Spaces: Dungeon #1 (Out October 11)
IDW
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Hayden Sherman
Uncanny Avengers #2
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Javier Garrón
Something Is Killing The Children #33
BOOM! Studios
Written By James Tynion IV
Art By Werther Dell’Edrera
Terrorwar #6
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahemd
Art by Dave Acosta
Wolverine #37
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Savage Squad 6 #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Brockton McKinney
In Hell We Fight #4
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Jok
The Amazing Spider-Man #34
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Patrick Gleason
The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child #3
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
Fishflies #2
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Earthdivers #10
IDW
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Emily Schnall
Tenement #4
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Stranger Things #3
IDW
Written by Cameron Chittock
Art by Fero Pe
Scrappers #3
Image Comics
Written by Cliff Bleszinski & Alex De Campi
Art by Ryan Kelly & Jordie Bellaire
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Laini Taylor and Jim Di Bartolo (Billie Blaster And The Robot Army From Outer Space), Steve Urena ("Foul Mouth") and Josh Tuininga ("We Are Not Strangers"). Plus we'll have audience questions, prizes, and much more.
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We're checking in with writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson at Baltimore Comic Con, his home con. Johnson helps break down his epic run on Action Comics, and what's next for Superman -- and the Super family. Plus, we discuss his horror-inflected run on Hulk. And, we get a little tease of what's next with his creator-owned work!
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Torunn Grønbekk is ready to bring the Carnage at Baltimore Comic Con. We talked to the writer about her upcoming run on the Marvel series, and why people find serial killers so fascinating. Plus, a lot of discussion of the Fall of X tied Realm of X, her run on Venom, Red Sonja... And of course, her deep ties to Thor.
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We're doing a big ol' Fall of X catch-up episode, kicking it off with Ms. Marvel The Mutant #1. Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani and writer Sabir Pirzada take on Kamala Khan's new status quo... Kamala is now both an Inhuman and a Mutant. Only, it's not a great time to be a member of the X-Men (is there ever a good time?). In the first issue of the new miniseries, Kamala is feeling that pressure... We dive into whether this is another star-driven vanity piece or a fresh new take on the marvelous Ms. Marvel.
In the second week of comics we missed, we're diving into the wedding of Emma Frost and Tony Stark in X-Men #26. Meanwhile, Professor Xavier is growing a healthy-looking beard in Immortal X-Men #15. And catching up to this week, Astonishing Iceman #2, Children of the Vault #2, X-Force #44, and X-Men Red #15.
Plus, we discuss what's next in the Fall of X reading order: Alpha Flight #2, Dark X-Men #2, Uncanny Avengers #2, Uncanny Spider-Man #1 and Wolverine #37.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of September 13, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Daredevil, Batman and Robin, and many more:
Daredevil #1
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Aaron Kuder
Batman and Robin #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Simone Di Meo
Kill More #1
IDW
Written by Scott Bryan Wilson
Art by Max Alan Fuchs
Alligator Loki #1
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Bob Quinn
Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #1
DC Comics
By Rafael Grampá
From The World Of Minor Threats: The Alternates #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Tim Seeley
Art by Christopher Mitten, Ian Herring, Tess Fowler
Star Trek: Picard’s Academy #1
IDW
Written by Sam Maggs
Art by Ornella Greco
Creepshow, Vol. 2 #1
Image Comics
Written by Garth Ennis, Phil Hester
Art by Becky Cloonan, Phil Hester
Avengers Inc. #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Leonard Kirk
World's Finest: Teen Titans #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
Hexagon Bridge #1
Image Comics
By Richard Blake
House of Slaughter #17
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Werewolf By Night #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Fran Galán
Superman Lost #6
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Carlo Pagulyayan
Coda #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Matías Bergara
Venom #25
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Sergio Dávila & Sean Parsons, Ken Lashley, Cafu, Julius Ohta
Danger Street #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Saint John #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Dan Schkade & Brennan Wagner
Art by Dan Schkade
Astonishing Iceman #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Green Lantern #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Xermánico, Montos
I Hate Fairyland #9
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
Damn Them All #8
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
Children of the Vault #2
Marvel
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Luca Maresca
Something Epic #5
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudranski
Murder Inc.: Jagger Rose #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
X-Men Red #15
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Yildiray Çinar
Mech Cadets #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
The Enfield Gang Massacre #2
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
X-Force #44
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Robert Gill
Dark Ride #8
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
The Incredible Hulk #4
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Travel Foreman
The Cull #2
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Mattia De Iulis
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On this week's packed live show, we're welcoming a ton of guests: Mat Groom ("Inferno Girl Red") + Winston Gambro ("Haunted House: A Love Story") + Brian Rea and Lucienne Brown ("Fixing Flamingos").
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Newly minted Ringo Award winner Evan "Doc" Shaner joins the boys at this year's Baltimore Comic Con. From how Darwyn Cooke influenced his art, to his critically acclaimed work on DC Comics' Strange Adventures and The New Champion of Shazam, we discuss it all. Plus, a little tease for his upcoming Black Label book, which he's writing and drawing.
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Even Tony Fleecs was surprised by the huge sales numbers for Stray Dogs: Dog Days, which we found out when we caught up with the writer/artist at Baltimore Comic Con. Plus, how did Fleecs and Tim Seeley pull off that absolutely bonkers Image Comics crossover in Local Man Gold? And Fleecs also teases his upcoming run on Dynamite's Army of Darkness Forever.
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Writer David Pepose has a new take on The Punisher, but it might not be what you're expecting. We caught up with him at Baltimore Comic Con to find out what's new with this brand-new character, and asked the important questions, like: Is his chest an outlet? Plus, how Scarlet Scarab ended up entering the Marvel Universe, comic book style. And a little bit about his upcoming horror book, The Devil That Wears My Face.
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Comic Book Club caught up with artist Caitlin Yarsky at Baltimore Comic Con 2023 to chat about the past, present, and future of her work. In the con floor interview, Yarsky discusses her work with Sean Lewis on Coyote and Bliss, as well as working on Superman and Wonder Woman -- and how the two processes are different. She also helps tease an upcoming issue of Swan Songs with W. Maxwell Prince, and how she's tackling her own, creator-owned work. Plus, Pete and Caitlin bond over garbage plates.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of September 6, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Birds of Prey #1
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Leonardo Romero
Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Omega #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoff Shaw
Tear Us Apart #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jay Baruchel and Van Jensen
Art by Alessandro Micelli
Kill Your Darlings #1
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan
Art by Bob Quinn
Blue Beetle #1
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
Scarlet Witch #8
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Lorenzo Tammetta & Sara Pichelli
Hunt for the Skinwalker #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Valeria Burzo
The Sacrificers #2
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville #1
DC Comics
Written by Joanne Starer
Art by Natacha Bustos
Fantastic Four #11
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Iban Coello
Firefly: The Fall Guys #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Jordi Pérez
Quest #2
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Luna and Crystal Wood
Art by Jonathan Luna
Star Wars: Dark Droids #2
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Luke Ross
Batman #137
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez
Masters of the Universe: Forge of Destiny #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Eddie Nunez
Swan Songs #3
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Filipe Andrade
The Amazing Spider-Man #33
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Patrick Gleason
City Boy #4
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Minkyu Jung
Wag #1
ComiXology
Written by Scott Hoffman
Art by Juan Bobillo
Untold Tales of I Hate Fairyland #3
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young, Dean Rankine, Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá
Art by Rachele Aragno, Dean Rankine, Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá
Moon Knight #27
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Federico Sabbatini
Justice Society of America #6
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Marco Santucci
Purr Evil #2
Image Comics
Written by Mirka Andolfo
Art by Laura Braga
Doctor Strange #7
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Peacemaker Tries Hard #5
DC Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Steve Pugh
Survival #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Bryndon Everett
X-Men #26
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Jim Towe and Javier Pina
Poison Ivy #14
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Barnstormers #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tula Lotay
Immortal X-Men #15
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Paco Medina
Shazam #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #9
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Leila Del Duca
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #10
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
Buffy: The Last Vampire Slayer #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Oriol Roig, Nicola Izzo
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests... Mel Valentine Vargas (Candlewick's "Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel"), and Simon Hanselmann and Josh Pettinger (Fantagraphics "Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of August 30, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1
Marvel
Written by Iman Vellani & Sabir Pirzada
Art by Carlos Gómez & Adam Gorham
Knight Terrors: Nights End #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Howard Porter, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Nesi
Black Hammer: The End #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Malachi Ward
Marvel Age #1000
Marvel
Written by Mark Waid, Ryan Stegman, Rainbow Rowell, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Steve McNiven, Jason Aaron, J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio, Ryan Stegman, Marguerite Sauvage, Michael and Laura Allred, Adam Kubert, Steve McNiven, Pepe Larraz, Kaare Andrews
Action Comics Presents: Doomsday Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira, Max Raynor
Kaptara Volume 2: Universal Truths #1
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Kagan McLeod
Ultimate Invasion #3
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Bryan Hitch
G’norts Illustrated Swimsuit Issue #1
DC Comics
Written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson, Steve Orlando, John Layman
Art by Meghan Hetrick, Paul Pelletier
Local Man Gold
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs & Tim Seeley
Art by Tony Fleecs & Tim Seeley
The Incredible Hulk #3
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Nic Klein
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War - Battle Lines #1
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Tini Howard
Art by Mike Hawthorne
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Special #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott, Amy Jo Johnson, Melissa Flores, Mat Groom, Maria Ingrande Mora, Mairghread Scott
Art by Eleonora Carlini, Hendry Prasetya, Marco Renna, Francesco Mortarino, Jo Mi-Gyeong, Daniel Bayliss
Blade #2
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Elena Casagrande
Catwoman Uncovered #1
DC Comics
Written by Arianna Turturro
Art by PJ Holden
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees #1 (out October 18)
IDW
By Patrick Horvath
w0rldtr33 #5
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Wolverine #36
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoff Shaw
The Riddler: Year One #6
DC Comics
Written by Paul Dano
Art by Stevan Subic
Alice Never After #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Dan Panosian and Giorgio Spalletta, with Cyril Glerum
Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #5
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Jahnoy Lindsay
The Hunger and the Dusk #2
IDW
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Chris Wildgoose
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #4
DC Comics
Written by James Tunion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherrn
Cosmic Detective (out September 20)
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt
Art by Dave Rubin
Witches of Brooklyn: Spell of a Time (out September 5)
Random House
By Sophie Escabasse
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On this week's new live show podcast, we welcome guests Tom Scioli ("I Am Stan") + Scott Bryan Wilson and Max Fuchs ("Kill More")!
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Iron Man officially joins the Fall of X as we continue our podcast dedicated to the events of Marvel's X-Men line. Picking up after the Hellfire Gala, Iron Man, and Emma Frost hide in the sewers as we catch up to the present continuity. Meanwhile, Jean Grey gets her own solo series from Louise Simonson, despite being a sexy skeleton. In Realm of X, several mutants are trapped in Vanaheim. And we find out why the X-Men's elite protection squad didn't do anything during the Hellfire Gala in X-Force #43. Plus, we discuss what's next in Marvel's Fall of X reading order.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of August 23, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Captain America Finale
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Carmen Carnero
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Scorpius Run #1
IDW
Written by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott
Art by Angel Hernandez
The Schlub #1
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Stegman and Kenny Porter
Art by Tyrell Cannon
The Immortal Thor #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Martín Cóccolo
The Penguin #1
DC Comics
Written By Tom King
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Newburn #10
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Marvel Unleashed #1
Marvel
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Jesús Hervás
Dark Knights of Steel #12
DC Comics
Written By Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
Scrapper #2
Image Comics
Written by Cliff Bleszinski and Alex de Campi
Art by Ryan Kelly and Jordie Bellaire
Jean Grey #1
Marvel
Written by Louise Simonson
Art by Bernard Chang
Batman: The Brave And the Bold #4
DC Comics
Written By Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, Ed Brisson, Rob Williams, Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Kelley Jones, Pasquale Qualano, Stefano Landini, Belén Ortega
Ice Cream Man #36
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Realm of X #1
Marvel
Written by Toren Grønbekk
Art by Diógenes Neves
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #5
DC Comics
Written By Dennis Culver
Art by Chris Burnham
Terrorwar #5
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Dave Acosta
The Amazing Spider-Man #32
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Patrick Gleason
Knight Terrors #4
DC Comics
Written By Joshua Williamson
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Caspar Wjingaard
Knight Terrors: Action Comics #2
DC Comics
Written By Leah Williams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Vasco Georgiev, Mico Suayan, Fico Ossio
Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker #2
DC Comics
Written By Tim Seeley
Art by Acky Bright
Knight Terrors: Detective Comics #2
DC Comics
Written By Dan Watters
Art by Riccardo Federici, Mike Perkins & Stefano Raffaele
Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn #2
DC Comics
Written By Tini Howard, Leah Williams
Art by Hayden Sherman, PJ Holden
Knight Terrors: Titans #2
DC Comics
Written By Andrew Constant
Art by Scott Godlewski and Mike Norton
The Invincible Iron Man #9
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
Firepower #26
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Chris Samnee
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Moon Knight: City of the Dead #2
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Marcelo Ferreira
Rogue Sun #15
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel, Marco Renna
Earthdivers #9
IDW
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Riccardo Burchielli & Patricio Delpeche
Deadpool #10
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Luigi Zagaria
The Dead Lucky #8
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Stranger Things #2
IDW
Written by Cameron Chittock
Art by Fero Pe
X-Force #43
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Robert Gill
Tales Of Syzpense #2
Image Comics
Written by T.P. Louise, Chris Ryall
Art by Ashley Wood, Nelson Dániel
Creed: The Next Round #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan, Jai Jamison
Art by Wilton Santos, Valentine De Landro
Indigo Children #6
Image Comics
Written by Curt Pires and Rockwell White
Art by Alex Diotto
Star Trek #11
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Angel Unzueta
The Bone Orchard Mythos: Tenement #3
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
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On this week's comic book talk show slash podcast recording, guests Emily Ettlinger ("Skeleanor The Decomposer") + Justin Jordan, and André Lavoie ("Chase & Catch")!
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We continue our journey through Marvel's Fall of X with four new reviews: Uncanny Avengers #1, Alpha Flight #1, Dark X-Men #1, and X-Men Red #14. Steve Rogers reunites the Avengers Unity Squad, but who is the new Captain Krakoa? Alpha Flight faces a schism up North... Or do they? Madelyn Pryor and Havok form their own Dark X-Men, with devastating consequences. And meanwhile, there's a war on Mars. Plus, we discuss what's next in the Fall of X reading order.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of August 16, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Uncanny Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Javier Garrón
The Penguin #0
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Belén Ortega
The Cull #1
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Mattia De Iulis
Disney Villains: Hades #1
Dynamite
Written by Elliot Kalan
Art by Alessandro Ranaldi
Alpha Flight #1
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Scott Godlewski
The Vigil #4
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Dev Pramanik
Starsigns #4
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Megan Levens
The Hollywood Special #1
IDW
Written by Jeremy Lambert
Art by Claire Roe
Dark X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Jonas Scharf
Tales of the Titans #2 Starring Raven
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Eleonora Carlini
In Hell we Fight #3
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Jok
Spider-Man #11
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Luciano Vecchio
Hawkgirl #2
DC Comics
Written by Jadzia Axelrod
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan
Antarctica #2
Image Comics
Written by Simon Birks
Art by Willi Roberts
Alien #5
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo
Knight Terrors: Punchline #2
DC Comics
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Lucas Meyer
Knight Terrors: Catwoman #2
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Leila Leiz
Knight Terrors: Superman #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
Knight Terrors: Wonder Woman #2
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell, Stephanie Williams
Art by Juan Ferreyra, Meghan Hetrick
Knight Terrors: Nightwing #2
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Daredevil #14
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
I Hate Fairyland #8
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
Ghost Rider #17
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoff Shaw
Brynmore #2
IDW
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Damien Worm
X-Men Red #14
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Yildiray Çinar
Something Epic #4
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudranski
The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
Groot #4
Marvel
Written by Dan Abnett
Art by Damian Coucerio
Sirens of the City #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Joanne Starer
Art by Khary Randolph
Loki #3
Marvel
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Germán Peralta
Void Rivals #3
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
Disney Villians: Maleficent #4
Dynamite
By Soo Lee
Death of the Venomverse #2
Marvel
Written by Cullen Bunn, David Michelinie, Taigami
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Justin Mason, Taigami
Savage Squad 6 #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Robert Venditti & Brockton McKinney
Art by Dalts Dalton
Something is Killing the Children #32
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #2
Marvel
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Manuel García
My Brilliant Friend: The Graphic Novel (out October 10)
Europa Editions
By Chiara Lagani and Mara Cerri
Based on the Novel by Elena Ferrante
Translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein
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On this week's new live podcast recording, guests Oscar Osorio ("A Never-Ending Adventure") + Jon Klassen ("The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale")!
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Professor Xavier's job is beach as we review two new Fall of X issues on our X-Men dedicated podcast. After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Professor X is all alone to protect Krakoa in Immortal X-Men #14. Meanwhile, Sebastian Shaw is making some big, stupid moves. And then over in Children of the Vault #1, we meet the Marvel Universe's latest hero team, with some big Thunderbolts vibes. Plus, we discuss what's coming up next in the Fall of X reading order.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of August 9, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Superman 2023 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Mahmud Asrar, Edwin Galmon, Caitlin Yarsky, Max Raynor, and Jack Herbert
The Amazing Spider-Man #31
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Dan Slott, Celeste Bronfman, Albert Monteys, Cale Atkinson
Art by John Romita Jr. & Emilio Laiso (with Zé Carlos), David Lopéz, Mark Bagley, Alba Glez, Paco Medina, Albert Monteys,, Cale Atkinson
Mech Cadets #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
World's Finest: Teen Titans #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Max Rebo #1
Marvel
Written by Daniel José Older
Art by Paul Fry
The Enfield Gang Massacre #1
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Danger Street #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
The Avengers #4
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Vampirella/Dracula: Rage #1
Dynamite
Written by Christopher Priest
Art by Christian Rosado
Spirit World #4
DC Comics
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Haining
Guardians of the Galaxy #5
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Kev Walker
Killer Queens 2 #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Bradley Clayton
Knight Terrors #3
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, D’stefano Nesi and Caspar Wijngaard
Knight Terrors: Zatanna #2
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by David Baldeon
Knight Terrors: Green Lantern #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Alex Segura
Art by Eduardo Pansica, Jordi Tarragona & Julio Ferreira, Mario “Fox” Foccillo
Knight Terrors: Robin #2
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Miguel Mendonça
Knight Terrors: Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Roger Cruz
Knight Terrors: The Flash #2
DC Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Daniel Bayliss & Tom Derenick
Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Geoff Shaw
Barnstormers #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tula Lotay
Swan Songs #2
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Caspar Wjngaard
Star Wars #37
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Madibek Musabekov
Damn Them All #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
Survival #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Bryndon Everett
Untold Tales of I Hate Fairyland #2
Image Comics
By Morgan Beem, Dean Rankine, Dax Gordine
House of Slaughter #16
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Murder Inc.: Jagger Rose #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Establishing Shot
Written by Will O’Mullane
Art by Alfie Gallagher, Lane Lloyd, Edison Neo, Daniel Romero, Butch Mapa, Clark Bint
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On this week's new live show, we're welcoming guests Angel Fuentes (Panico Press) + Tracy Butler ("Lackadaisy") + Ramzee ("Mega City Max")!
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Fall of X continues with two new issues this week, X-Men #25 and Astonishing Iceman #1. We take a deep dive into the fallout from the Hellfire Gala on this week's podcast, including some of the big choices for Kate Pryde in X-Men, and how Iceman is even alive after what Nimrod did to him. Plus we discuss Easter eggs for other X-Men events, whether Fall of X is an event or more of a vibe, and what's next in the Fall of X reading order.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of August 2, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Star Wars: Dark Droids #1
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Luke Ross
The Sandman Universe: Thessaly Special #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Maria Llovet
Sacrificers #1
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Max Fiumara
Death of the Venomverse #1
Marvel
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Gerardo Sandoval
Peacemaker Tries Hard #4
DC Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Steve Pugh
Buffy: The Last Vampire Slayer #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Oriol Roig
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz, Celeste Bronfman
Art by Julian Shaw, David López
Adventures of Jon Kent, Superman #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Clayton Henry
Quest #1
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Luna and Crystal Wood
Art by Jonathan Luna
Astonishing Iceman #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
City Boy #3
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Minkyu Jung
Fire and Ice #1
Dynamite
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Leonardo Manco
Fantastic Four #10
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Leandro Fernandez
Justice Society of America #5
DC Comics
Written by Goeff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín and Jerry Ordway
Mother Nature #1 (Out August 8)
Titan
Written by Jamie Lee Curtis and Russell Goldman
Art by Karl Stevens
Moon Knight #26
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Federico Sabbatini
Knight Terrors: Ravager #2
DC Comics
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Dexter Soy
Knight Terrors: The Joker #2
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Knight Terrors: Batman #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Guillem March, Trevor Hairsine
Knight Terrors: Black Adam #2
DC Comics
By Jeremy Haun
Knight Terrors: Poison Ivy #2
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Atagun Ilhan
X-Men #25
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Stefano Caselli
Love Everlasting #10
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Doctor Strange #6
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Juan Gedeon
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Scarlet Witch #7
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Lorenzo Tammetta & Sara Pichelli
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #8
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Leila Del Duca
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On this week's live show, guests Jamie Rotante and Vin Lovallo (Archie Comics) + Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Bob Quinn ("Kill Your Darlings")!
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On a special mini-review episode of our comic book review podcast, we're diving right into Marvel's Hellfire Gala (2023) #1. What did we think of this game-changing kick-off to the Fall of X event? What does it mean for the end of the Krakoa era of Marvel's mutant X-Men? And what's coming next with Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant? We discuss that in this Fall of X spoiler-filled discussion, including big moments with Jean Grey, Iceman, Firestar, Professor X, Wolverine -- and a ton of speculation about how it all might end.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of July 26, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Bryan Hitch
Ultimate Invasion #2
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Bryan Hitch
Purr Evil #1
Image Comics
Written by Mirka Andolfo
Art by Laura Braga
Alice Never After #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Dan Panosian and Girogio Spalletta
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #3
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver, Ed Brisson, Christopher Cantwell, Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Otto Schmidt, Jeff Spokes, Javier Rodríguez, Jorge Molina
The Incredible Hulk #2
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Nic Klein
W0rldtre33 #4
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness
BOOM! Studios
By Steve Skroce
Knight Terrors #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, and Caspar Wijngaard
Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn #1
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard, Leah Williams
Art by Hayden Sherman, Ben Templesmith
Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker #1
DC Comics
Written by TIm Seeley
Art by Ricky Bright
Knight Terrors: Action Comics #1
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Vasco Georgiev, Mico Suayan and Fico Ossio
Knight Terrors: Titans #1
DC Comics
Written by Andrew Constant
Art by Scott Godlewski
Knight Terrors: Detective Comics #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Riccardo Federici
Predator #5
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Netho Diaz
Newburn #9
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
The Neighbors #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Wolverine #35
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Poison Ivy Uncovered #1
DC Comics
Written by Jessica Berbey
Art by Claire Roe, et al
Tenement #2
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Creed: The Next Round #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan and Jai Jamison
Art by Wilton Santos and Joe Jaro
The Avengers #3
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Indigo Children #5
Image Comics
Written by Curt Pires & Rockwell White
Art by Alex Diotto
The Amazing Spider-Man #30
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Rogue Sun #14
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel and Marco Renna
The Seasons Have Teeth #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sebastián Cabrol
Avengers Beyond #5
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
Klik Klik Boom #2
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Doug Dabbs
Hallow’s Eve #5
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling
Old Dog #6
Image Comics
By Declan Shalvey
I Am Iron Man #5
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Dotun Akande
The Dead Lucky #7
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
She-Hulk #15
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Vactor (The Vactor-Verse Podcast) + Scott Hoffman ("Nostalgia").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of July 19, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Blade #1
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Elena Casagrande
Hawkgirl #1
DC Comics
Written by Jadzia Axelrod
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan
Locke & Key: 15th Anniversary “Only Bad” Edition
IDW
Written by Joe Hill
Art by Gabriel Rodriguez
Radiant Black #25
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa & Eduardo Ferigato
Moon Knight: City of the Dead #1
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Marcelo Ferriera
Tales of the Titans - Starring Starfire #1
DC Comics
Written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Art by Javier Rodriguez
Impact Winter: Rook #1
Image Comics
Written by Travis Beacham
Art by Andrea Milana
Star Trek: Day of Blood #1
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
Art by Ramon Rosanas
Star Wars: The Rebellion #1
Marvel
Written by Alex Segura
Art by Matt Horak, Brent Peeples & Rafael Pimentel
The Vigil #3
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Lalit Kumar Sharma, Sid Kotian
Red Sonja #1
Dynamite
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Walter Geovani
Scrapper #1
Image Comics
Written by Cliff Bleszinski & Alex de Campi
Art by Sandy Jarrell
Black Panther #2
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Chris Allen
All Eight Eyes #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Money #1
ComiXology
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Simulation Theory #1
ComiXology
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Daryl Knickrehm
Knight Terrors: Catwoman #1
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Leila Leiz
Knight Terrors: Superman #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Tom Reilly
Knight Terrors: Wonder Woman #1
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell, Stephanie Williams
Art by Juan Ferreyra, Meghan Hetrick
Knight Terrors: Nightwing #1
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Knight Terrors: Punchline #1
DC Comics
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Luca Meyer
Guardians of the Galaxy #4
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Kev Walker
The Vampire Slayer #16
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Kath Lobo
I Hate Fairyland #7
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
Alien #4
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo
A Vicious Circle
BOOM! Studios
Written by Mattson Tomlin
Art by Lee Bermejo and Grant Goleash
Nocterra: Nemesis Special
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel
Art by Liam Sharp
Something is Killing the Children #31
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
TerrorWar #4
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Dave Acosta
Victory #2
Dynamite
Written by David Walker
Art by Taylor Esposito
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On this week's live comic book talk show podcast, we're welcoming guest Jeff Ryan ("Father And Son Issues: The Secret History of Spider-Man")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of July 12, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Stranger Things #1
IDW/Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cameron Chittock
Art by Fero Pe
Fallen Friend: The Death Of Ms. Marvel #1
Marvel
Written by G. Willow Wilson, Mark Waid & Saladin Ahmed
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa, Humberto Ramos & Andrea Di Vito
World's Finest: Teen Titans #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
Fishflies #1
Image Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Sirens of the City #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Joanne Starer
Art by Khary Randolph
Panya: The Mummy’s Curse #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Chris Roberson
Art by Christopher Mitten
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #1
Marvel
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Manuel García
Knight Terrors #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Caspar Wijngaard
Knight Terrors: Zatanna #1
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by David Baldeón
Knight Terrors: The Flash #1
DC Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Daniel Bayliss
Knight Terrors: Robin #1
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Miguel Mendonça
Knight Terrors: Green Lantern #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Alex Segura
Art by Eduardo Pansica, Mario “Fox” Foccillo
Knight Terrors: Shazam #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Roger Cruz
The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
Web of Carnage #1
Marvel
Written by Ram V with Christos Gage
Art by Francesco Manna & Zé Carlos
Cat Fight #2
IDW
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Ilias Kyriazis
What If…? Dark: Loki #1
Marvel
Written by Walter Simonson
Art by Scot Eaton
Spirit World #3
DC Comics
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Haining
The Rocketeer In The Den of Thieves #1
IDW
Written by Stephen Mooney
Art by David Messina
Scarlet Witch #6
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Lorenzo Tammetta & Sara Pichelli
Starsigns #3
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Megan Levens
The Hunger and the Dust #1
IDW
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Chris Wildgoose
Antarctica #1
Image Comics
Written by Simon Birks
Art by Willi Roberts
Loki #2
Marvel
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Germán Peralta
Earthdivers #8
IDW
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Riccardo Burchielli
Immortal X-Men #13
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Lucas Werneck
Dark Ride #7
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Star Trek #10
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Mike Feehan
Groot #3
Marvel
Written by Dan Abnett
Art by Damian Couceiro
Something Epic #3
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudranski
Hellboy In Love #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
Art by Matt Smith
The Amazing Spider-Man #29
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
In Hell We Fight #2
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Jok
The Great British Bump-Off #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Allison
Art by Max Sarin
Deep Cuts #3
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Diego Greco
Murder Inc.: Jagger Rose #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Haunt You To The End #2
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Cady
Art by Andrea Mutti
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On this week's new live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Shane Berryhill ("Comic Books Kill") + Meghan Boehman and Rachel Briner ("Dear Rosie")!
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On a special bonus episode of Comic Book Club, we're chatting with Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips about their That Texas Blood spinoff series The Enfield Gang Massacre from Image Comics.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of July 5, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Knight Terrors: First Blood #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Howard Porter
Knight Terrors: The Joker #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Knight Terrors: Batman #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Guillem March, David LaFuente
Knight Terrors: Poison Ivy #1
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Atagun Ilhan
Knight Terrors: Ravager #1
DC Comics
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Dexter Soy
Knight Terrors: Black Adam #1
DC Comics
By Jeremy Haun
Captain America #750
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi, Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly, Stephanie Williams, J.M. DeMatteis, Dan Jurgens, Cody Ziglar, Gail Simone
Art by R.B. Silva, Carmen Carnero, Rachael Stott, Sara Pichelli, Dan Jurgens, Marcus Williams, Daniel Acuña
Barnstormers #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tula Lotay
Swan Songs #1
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martin Simmonds
Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest #1
Marvel
Written by Ann Nocenti
Art by Paolo Villanelli
Peacemaker Tries Hard #3
DC Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Steve Pugh
Untold Tales Of I Hate Fairyland #1
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young, Dean Rankine
Art by Aaron Conley, Dean Rankine
X-Men: Before The Fall - The Sinister Four #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Paco Medina
Steelworks #2
DC Comics
Written by Michael Dorn
Art by Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes and Max Raynor
Weird Work #1
Image Comics
Written by Jordan Thomas
Art by Shaky Kane
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Clayton Henry
Thor Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, Al Ewing
Art by Ibraim Roberson, Martín Cóccolo
Phantom Road #5
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Once Upon A Time At The End Of The World #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Leila Del Duca
Clobberin’ Time #5
Marvel
By Steve Skroce
No/One #4
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Brian Buccellato
Art by Geraldo Borges
Survival #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Bryndon Everett
Daredevil #13
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
I Hate This Place #10
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
Hairball #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Spider-Man #10
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott & Christos Gage
Art by Mark Bagley
Torrent #5
Image Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Justin Greenwood
Mosely #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Rob Guillory
Art by Sam Lofti, Rob Guillory
Doctor Strange #5
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Blood Tree #6
Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Maxim Šimić
Maleficent #3
Dynamite
By Soo Lee
Fantastic Four #9
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Love Everlasting #9
Image Comics
Written by Tomm King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Star Trek: Defiant #5
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Angel Unzueta
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of June 28, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Creed: The Next Round #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan and Jai Jamison
Art by Wilton Santos
X-Men: Before the Fall: The Heralds of Apocalypse #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Luca Pizzari, Stefano Landini & Raphael Pimento
The Riddler Year One #5
DC Comics
Written by Paul Dano
Art by Stevan Subic
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King, Ed Brisson, Christopher Cantwell, Joëlle Jones
Art by Mitch Gerads, Jeff Spokes, Javier Rodríguez, Joëlle Jones
She-Hulk #14
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
Brynmore #1
IDW
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Damien Worm
Blue Book #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Genevieve Valentine
Art by Michael Avon Oeming, Ming Doyle
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red #3
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron, Daniel Warren Johnson, Marc Bernardin
Art by Leonard Kirk, Daniel Warren Johnson, Stefano Raffaele
Action Comics #1056
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Dorado Quick
Art by Rafa Sandoval & Max Raynor, Lee Weeks, Yasmín Flores Montañez
Power Rangers Unlimited: The Coinless #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Adam Cesare
Art by Moisés Hidalgo
Indigo Children #4
Image Comics
Written by Curt Pires & Rockwell White
Art by Alex Diotto
Daredevil & Echo #2
Marvel
Written by Taboo & B. Earl
Art by Phil Noto
Fables #159
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
The Neighbors #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Local Man #5
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Art by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley
Silk #2
Marvel
Written by Emily Kim
Art by Ig Guara
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by David LaFuente
Vanish #8
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
City Boy #2
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Minkyu Jung
Avengers Beyond #4
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
The Seasons Have Teeth #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sebastián Cabrol
W0rldtr33 #3
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
The Amazing Spider-Man #28
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Green Arrow #3
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse
Alien #3
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo
Hell to Pay #6
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Will Sliney
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #14
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by Zé Carlos
Good Deeds #2
IDW
Written by Che Grayson
Art by Kelsey Ramsay
Predator #4
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Netho Diaz
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On this week's live show, guests Ed Gross ("Voices from Krypton: The Unofficial Unauthorized History of Superman") + Ayize Jama-Everett ("The Last Count of Monte Cristo") + Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez ("La Borinqueña Volume 1 Omnibus").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of June 21, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Ultimate Invasion #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Bryan Hitch
Wonder Woman #800
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Tom King
Art by Joëlle Jones, Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Nick Robles, Todd Nauck, Skylar Patridge, Cully Hamner & Jen Bartel, Daniel Sampere
Tenement #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Wild’s End #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Abnett
Art by I.N.J. Culbard
The Incredible Hulk #1
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Nic Klein
Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #3
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Jahnoy Lindsay
Tales of Syzpense #1
Image Comics
Written by T.P. Louise, Chris Ryall
Art by Ashley Wood, Nelson Dániel
Camp Pickens #1
Archie Comics
Written by Jordan Morris, Blake Howard, Tim Seeley
Art by Diana Camero, Carola Borelli, Mike Norton
Scarlet Witch Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Carlos Nieto
Nightwing #105
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
I Hate Fairyland #6
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
Victory #1
Dynamite
Written by David Walker
Art by Brett Weldele
The Avengers #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Titans #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Nicola Scott
Arcade Kings #2
Image Comics
By Dylan Burnett
Starfinder: Angels of the Drift #1
Dynamite
Written by James L. Sutter
Art by Edu Menna
Guardians of the Galaxy #3
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Kev Walker
Superman #5
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell
Rogue Sun #13
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel, Marco Renna
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #1
IDW
Written by Frank Tieri
Art by Inaki Miranda
Hallows’ Eve #4
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling
Cyborg #2
DC Comics
Written by Morgan Hampton
Art by Tom Raney
TerrorWar #3
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Dave Acosta
The Vampire Slayer #15
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Kath Lobo
I Am Iron Man #4
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Dotun Akande
The Vigil #2
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Lalit Kumar Sharma
Scar #3
Dynamite
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Trevor Fraley
All Eight Eyes #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Piotr Kowalski
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On this week's live podcast, guests James Aquilone ("Dead Detectives Society") + Van Jensen (Zoop's "Stardust Anthology") join the show!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of June 14, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Black Panther #1
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Chris Allen
Void Rivals #1
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
DC Pride Through The Years #1
DC Comics
Written by William Messner-Loebs, Greg Rucka, Steve Orlando & Vita Ayala, Tim Sheridan
Art by Greg LaRocque, J.H. Williams III, Jamal Campbell, Cian Tormey
Marvel Voices: Pride #1
Marvel
Written by Mary Chieffo, Marieke Nijkamp, Stephanie Williams, Katherine Locke, Shadi Petosky, Sarah Gailey, H.E. Edgmon, Stephen Byrne, Steve Foxe
Art by Pablo Collar, Héctor Barros, Joanna Estep, Roberta Ingrantza, Bailie Rosenlund, Lorenzo Susi, Stephen Byrne, Rosi Kampe
Battle Chasers #10
Image Comics
Written by Joe Madureira
Art by Ludd Lullabi
Spider-Man India #1
Marvel
Written by Nikesh Shukla
Art by Abhishek Malsuni
Xino #1
Oni Press
Written by Melissa Flores, Phil Hester, Jordan Thomas, Christopher Condon
Art by Daniel Irizarri, Phil Hester, Shaky Kane, Nick Cagnetti
Doctor Strange #4
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Andy MacDonald
Waller vs. Wildstorm Book Two
DC Comics
Written by Spencer Ackerman and Evan Narcisse
Art by Jesús Merino
Klik Klik Boom #1
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Doug Dabbs
Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Jesse Lonergan
Captain Marvel #50
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Javier Pina & David Lopez
Superman Lost #4
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Crlo Pagulayan
Old Dog #5
Image Comics
By Declan Shalvey
The Great British Bump-Off #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Allison
Art by Max Sarin
Captain America: Cold War Omega
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by Carlos Magno
Static Team-Up: Anansi #1
DC Comics
Written by Evan Narcisse
Art by Charles Stewart III
Haunt You To The End #1
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Cady
Art by Andrew Mutti
Murder Inc: Jagger Rose #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Wolverine #34
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Monarch #5
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Alex Lins
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #3
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren
Star Trek #9
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Mike Feehan
The Amazing Spider-Man #27
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Something Epic #2
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudraanski
Green Lantern #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Xermánico, Montos
Nostalgia #1
ComiXology
Written by Scott Hoffman
Art by danijel Žeželj
Clobberin’ Time #4
Marvel
By Steve Skroce
Spirit World #2
DC Comics
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Haining
Savage Squad 6 #1 (Out June 28)
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Brockton McKinney
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Tillie Walden ("Clementine" Book Two) + Alex Maleev ("The Marvel Art of Alex Maleev").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of June 7, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Loki #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Germán Peralta
Steelworks #1
DC Comics
Written by Michael Dorn
Art by Sami Basri
In Hell We Fight #1
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Jok
Fence: Redemption #1
BOOM! Box
Written by C.S. Pacat
Art by Johanna The Mad
X-Men: Before the Fall: Mutant First Strike #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Valentina Pinti
New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative #1
DC Comics
Written by Ashley Allen, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Jarred Lujan, Greg Burnham, Jarod Pratt, Zipporah Smith, Julio Anta, Morgan Hampton, Jerome Rhett, Nathan Cayanan, Jordan Clark, Dorado Quick
Art by Yasmín Flores Montañez, Atagun Ilhan, Kameron White, Marcus “Mas” Smith, Daimon Hampton, Lucas Silviera, Andrea Rosales, Tiah Ankum, Petterson Oliveira, Anthony Fowler Jr., Miguel C. Hernandez, Charles Stewart III
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #6
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Leila Del Duca
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. Street Fighter #1
IDW
Written by Paul Allor
Art by Ariel Medel
Groot #2
Marvel
Written by Dan Abnett
Art by Damian Coucerio
The Flash #800
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Geoff Johns, Si Spurrier
Art by Fernando Pasarin, Todd Nauck, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Scott Kolins, Mike Deodato Jr.
Phantom Road #4
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Bettie Page #1
Dynamite
Written by Mirka Andolfo & Luca Blengino
Art by Elisa Ferrari with Mara Angelilli & Tommaso Ronda
Spider-Man #9
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Darick Robertson
Love Everlasting #8
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Maleficent #2
Dynamite
By Soo Lee
Deadpool: Badder Blood #1
Marvel
Written by Rob Liefeld and Chad Bowers
Art by Rob Liefeld
Poison Ivy #13
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara, Guillem March, Kelley Jones, A.L. Kaplan
I Hate This Place #9
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Aryom Topilin
Star Trek: Defiant #4
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Angel Unzueta
Fantastic Four #8
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Starsigns #2
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Megan Levens
Hairball #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Daredevil #12
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
Dark Knights of Steel #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Jasmine Putri
Blood Tree #5
Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Maxim Šimić
Breath of Shadows #5
IDW
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #13
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Art by Alina Erofeeva
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #9
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
Nocterra #15
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Survival #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Bryndon Everett
The Invincible Iron Man #7
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
Peacemaker Tried Hard #2
DC Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Steve Pugh
Almighty #5
Image Comics
By Edward Laroche
Batman #136
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarksy
Art by Belén Ortega, Jorge Corona
Hell to Pay #5
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Will Sliney
The Joker Uncovered #1
DC Comics
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Andy Schmidt to discuss Luciano Vecchio’s Sereno and more from CEX Publishing.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of May 31, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Punisher #12
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta
DC Pride 2023 #1
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison, Jeremy Holt, Leah Williams, Mildred Louis, Rex Ogle, Christopher Cantwell, Nicole Maines, Nadia Shammas, A.L. Kaplan, Josh Trujillo
Art by Hayden Sherman, Paulina Ganucheau, Bruka Jones, A.L. Kaplan, Don Aguillo, Andrew Drilon, Mildred Louis, Stephen Sadowski, Skyla Patridge, Rye Hickman
Cat Fight #1
IDW
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Ilias Kyriazas
The Amazing Spider-Man #26
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Power Girl Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Leah Williams, Joanne Starer
Art by Marguerite Sauvage, Natacha Bustos
Starstorm #1
Image Comics
By Drew Craig
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #13
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by R.B. Silva
Torrent #4
Image Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Justin Greenwood
Avengers Beyond #3
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
Star Trek Annual 2023
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Rachael Stott
Local Man #4
Image Comics
By Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Doctor Strange #3
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay, Amy Chu
Art by Pasqual Ferry, Tokitokoro
W0rldtr33 #2
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Alien #2
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrew Broccardo
Deep Cuts #2
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Helena Masellis
Clobberin’ Time #3
Marvel
By Steve Skroce
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On this week's live podcast, Logan Rodgers and Jason Holtzman ("Tales from the Cloakroom Volume 2") join the show. Plus, we're welcoming guest Jorge Molina (Zoop's "ZURDO: The Art of Jorge Molina").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of May 24, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Fury #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Scot Eaton & Cam Smith, Tom Reilly, Adam Kubert, Ramon Rosanas
Supermassive 2023
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Melissa Flores, Mat Groom
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
City Boy #1
DC Comics
Written by Geg Pak
Art by Minkyu Jung
Storm #1
Marvel
Written by Ann Nocenti
Art by Sid Kotian
Vanish #7
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Action Comics #1055
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Dorado Quick
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Yasmín Flores Montañez
Daredevil & Echo #1
Marvel
Written by Taboo & B. Earl
Art by Phil Noto
Terrorwar #2
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Dave Acosta
Nightwing #104
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, C.S. Pacat
Art by Travis Moore, Daniel Hor
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red #2
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron, David Pepose, Victoria Ying
Art by Leonard Kirk, Alessandro Vitti, Marika Cresta
Indigo Children #3
Image Comics
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Rockwell White
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #3
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by Chris Burnham
Thor #34
Marvel
Written by Toren Grønbekk
Art by Juan Gedeon with Sergio Dávila
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #13
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Green Arrow #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse
The X-Cellent #3
Marvel
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Michael Allred
The Forged #3
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann
Art by Mike Henderson
All Eight Eyes #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Hallows’ Eve #3
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Brian Reber
Radiant Pink #5
Image Comics
Written by Meghan Camarena & Melissa Flores
Art by Emma Kubert
007: For King And Country #2
Dynamite
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Girogio Spalletta
The Neighbors #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Hellcat #3
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins
Justice Society of America #4
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín and Jerry Ordway
Blue Book #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Steve Foxe
Art by Michael Avon Oeming, John McCrea
Harrower #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Justin Jordan
Art by Brahm Revel
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Geoff Mosse and Patrick Hernandez ("Spider Web") and Russell Nohelty ("Lucifer Licorice") join us for this week's live podcast taping.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of May 17, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
The Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Titans #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Nicola Scott
Arcade Kings #1
Image Comics
By Dylan Burnett
Good Deeds #1
IDW
Written by Che Grayson
Art By Kelsey Ramsay
Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider #1
Marvel
Written by Howard Mackie
Art by Daniel Picciotto
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King, Ed Brisson, Chritopher Cantwell, Dan Mora
Art by Mitch Gerads, Jeff Spokes, Javier Rodríguez, Dan Mora
Ice Cream Man #35
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Jinx: A Cursed Life #1
Archie Comics
Written by Magdalene Visaggio
Art By Craig Cermak
Hulk Annual #1
Marvel
Written by David Pepose, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Caio Majado, Travel Foreman
Cyborg #1
DC Comics
Written by Morgan Hampton
Art by Tom Raney
Little Monsters #13
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Maleficent #1
Dynamite
By Soo Lee
Fantastic Four #7
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Iban Coello
The Vigil #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Lalit Kumar Sharma
Dark Ride #6
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Miss Truesdale and the Dall of Hyperborea #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art By Jesse Lonergan
The Seasons Have Teeth #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Watters
Art By Sebastián Cabrol
Guardians of the Galaxy #2
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing and Colllin Kelly
Art by Kev Walker
Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #2
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Jahnoy Lindsay
Elvira in Monsterland #1
Dynamite
Written by David Avallone
Art By Kewber Baal
Mosely #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Rob Guillory
Art By Sam Lofti
She-Hulk #13
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet & Joe Quinones
Wonder Woman #799
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad
Art by Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Meghan Hetrick, Juan Ferreyra, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson & Paulina Ganucheau
The Vampire Slayer #14
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art By Kath Lobo
Planet of the Apes #2
Marvel
Written by David F. Walker
Art by Dave Wachter
Superman #4
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell and Nick Dragotta
House of Slaughter #15
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art By Antonio Fuso
Predator #3
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Netho Diaz
Earthdivers #7
IDW
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art By Riccardo Burchielli
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #12
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Alina Erifeeva
Drowse
Written by Frank Verano and Nick Klinger
Art by Jaime Huxtable
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On this week's live show podcast: Asa Wheatley ("Saga of the Shield Maiden") + Jason Copland (Zoop's "Full Tilt").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of May 10, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Green Lantern #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Xermánico, Montos
Amazing Spider-Man #25
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Rainbow Rowell
Art by Kaare Andrews & John Romita Jr., Álvaro López
Something Epic #1
Image Comics
By Szymon Kudranski
Ghostlore #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Leomacs
Spirit World #1
DC Comics
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Haining
Silk #1
Marvel
Written by Emily Kim
Art by Ig Guara
Phantom Road #3
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Murder Inc. Jagger Rose #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #2
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Patricio Delpeche
Wolverine #33
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy, Gene Luen Yang
Art by Juan José Ryp, Peter Nguyen
Nocterra #14
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
King Kong: The Great War #1
Dynamite
Written by Alex Cox
Art by Tommaso Bianchi
Stargirl: The Lost Children #6
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Todd Nauck
Miracleman #5
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman
Art by Mark Buckingham
Junkyard Joe #6
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Star Trek: Defiant #3
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Ángel Unzueta
Superman Lost #3
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Carlo Pagulayan
The Invincible Iron Man #6
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Andrea Di Vito
Monarch #4
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Alex Lins
Scar #2
Dynamite
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Trevor Fraley
Gotham Academy: Maps of Mystery #1
DC Comics
Written by Karl Kerschl, Becky Cloonan and Brendan Fletcher
Art by Karl Kerschl
I Am Iron Man #3
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Dotun Akande
Old Dog #4
Image Comics
By Declan Shalvey
The Great British Bump-Off #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Allison
Art by Max Sarin
Danger Street #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Extreme Venomverse #1
Marvel
Written by Ryan North, Mirka Andolfo, Leonardo Romero
Art by Paulo Siqueira, Nico Leon, Leonardo Romero
Daredevil #11
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo
Art by Rafael De Latorre, Lynne Yoshii
Uncanny Avengers FCBD #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman
Art by Joshua Cassara, Javier Garrón, Valerio Schiti
The Umbrella Academy FCBD
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, Bartosz Sztybor
Art by Gabriel Bá, Fabio Violante
Spider-Man/Venom FCBD
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Al Ewing, Jonathan Hickman
Art by Patrick Gleason, Cafu, Bryan Hitch
Conan The Barbarian FCBD
Titan Comics
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Rob De la Torre
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On this week's new live show: Rodney Barnes ("Blacula: Return of The King") + Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming (Dark Horse Comics' "Murder Inc.: Jagger Rose").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of May 3, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
SHAZAM! #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Starsigns #1
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Megan Levens
Sons of X #1
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Phil Noto
Peacemaker Tries Hard #1
DC Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Steve Pugh
Survival #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Bryndon Everett
Carnage Reigns Alpha
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel & Cody Ziglar, David Pepose, Cheryl Lynn Eaton
Art by Julius Ohta, Travel Foreman, Paris Alleyne, Will Robson
Poison Ivy #12
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Radiant Black #24
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Groot #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Abnett
Art by Damian Couceiro
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #8
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
Love Everlasting #7
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Star Wars: Lando #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Álvaro López
Batman #135
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Jorge Jimenez, Mikel Janín
Scarlet Witch #5
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Russell Dauterman
Batman and The Joker: The Deadly Duo #7
DC Comics
By Marc Silvestri
Spider-Man #8
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Clayton Henry
Blood Tree #4
Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Maxim Šimić
Hairball #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins
I Hate This Place #8
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Lost Summer #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Lauren Knight and Lea Caballero
Almighty #4
Image Comics
By Edward Laroche
Where Monsters Lie #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
The World of Tomorrow
Uncharted Wilderness Studio
Written by Giles Clark
Art by Kenan Halilović
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On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Neil Kleid ("The Phoenix Chase") + Stephan Franck ("Palomino")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of April 26, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Green Arrow #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Sean Izaakse
Alien #1
Marvel
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Andrea Broccardo
Blue Beetle Graduation Day #6
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron, Peach Momoko, Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Leonard Kirk, Peach Momoko, Klaus Janson
Action Comics #1054
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Dorado Quick
Art by Max Raynor, Dan Jurgens, Yasmín Flores Montañez
Sins of Sinister: Dominion #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Paco Medina & Lucas Werneck
Deep Cuts #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Danilo Beyruth
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #2
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by Chris Burnham
Doctor Strange #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry
The Neighbors #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #4
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson, Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Josie Campbell
Art by Cian Tormey, Alitha Martinez, Caitlin Yarsky
Avengers Beyond #2
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
Blue Book #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Lonnie Nadler
Art by Michael Avon Oeming, Jenna Cha
The Riddler: Year One #4
DC Comics
Written by Paul Dano
Art by Stevan Subic
Clobberin’ Time #2
Marvel
By Steve Skroce
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #12
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
The Invincible Iron Man #5
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
Torrent #2
Image Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Justin Greenwood
Mary Jane & Black Cat #5
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Indigo Children #2
Image Comics
Written by Curt Pires & Rockwell White
Art by Alex Diotto
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #12
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by R.B. Silva
Local Man #3
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Art by Tony Fleecs
Daredevil #10
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
Vanish #6
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors ("Justice Warriors")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of April 19, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #1
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Jahnoy Lindsay
Avengers Assemble Omega
Marvel
Written By Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder, Dexter Vines, Ivan Fiorelli, Javier Garrón, Jim Towe & Alex Sinclair
Terror War #1
Image Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Dave Acosta
All Eight Eyes #1
Dark Horse
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Piotr Kowalski
DC Silent Tales #1
DC Comics
By Gustavo Duarte
Punisher #11
Marvel
Written By Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz, Paul Azaceta
Summoners War: Awakening #1
Image Comics
Written by Justin Jordan
Art by Luca Claretti
The Cult of That Wilkins Boy #1
Archie Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Dan Schoening
She-Hulk #12
Marvel
Written By Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet & Joe Quinones
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine and Lucas Meyer
No/One #2
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Brian Buccellato
Art by Geraldo Borges
The Vampire Slayer #13
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Kath Lobo
Red Goblin #3
Marvel
Written By Alex Paknadel
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Wonder Woman #798
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Josie Campbell
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Caitlin Yarsky
The Forged #2
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann
Art by Mike Henderson
Harrower #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Justin Jordan
Art by Brahm Revel
The X-Cellent #2
Marvel
Written By Peter Millgan
Art by Mike Allred and Laura Allred
Superman #3
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell
Hitomi #5
Image Comics
Written by HS Tak
Art by Isabella Mazzanti
House of Slaughter #14
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
The Amazing Spider-Man #24
Marvel
Written By Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Nightwing #103
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, C.S. Pacat
Art by Travis Moore, Vasco Georgiev, Eduardo Pansica
Rogue Sun #12
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
Hellcat #2
Marvel
Written By Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins
Dead Seas #5
IDW
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Nick Brokenshire
Tower #3
A Wave Blue World
Written by Camrus Johnson & Kelsey Barnhart
Art by Chriscross
Hallows’ Eve #2
Marvel
Written By Erica Schultz
Art by Brian Reber
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On this week's packed live show, we're welcoming guests Mark Russell ("Second Coming: Trinity") + J.C. Barbour, And Wes Watson ("Count Dante")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of April 12, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Guardians of the Galaxy #1
Marvel
Written by Collin Kellly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Kev Walker
W0rldtr33 #1 (out April 26)
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Fernando Blanco
Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #3
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Cian Tormey, Alitha Martinez
Star Wars: Ewoks #1
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Lee Garbett & Java Tartaglia, Paulina Ganucheau, Kyle Hotz & Rachelle Rosenberg, Caspar Wijngaard
The Giant Kokju #1
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Scott Koblish
Superman Lost #2
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Carlo Pagulayan
Captain America: Cold War Alpha
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly & Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by Carlos Magno, Guru e-FX
Eight Billion Genies #8
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
Danger Street #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Stone Heart #2
Image Comics
By Emma Kubert
Predator #2
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Netho Diaz
The Sandman Universe: Night Country - The Glass House #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren
Hexware #5
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Zulema Scotto Lavina
Know Your Station #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Liana Kangas
Fantastic Four #6
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Nocterra #13
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Briar #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Germán García
Little Monsters #12
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #3
Marvel
Written by John Jennings
Art by Valentine De Landro
The Seasons Have Teeth #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Sebatián Cabrol
Radiant Black #23
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
The Great British Bump Off #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Allison
Art by Max Sarin
Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #3
Marvel
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Karen S. Darboe
All Against All #5
Image Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
James Bond 007: For King and Country #1
Dynamite
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Giorgio Spalletta
Phantom Road #2
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo #1
IDW
By Stan Sakai
Black Cloak #4
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Meredith McClaren
Star Trek #6
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Ramon Rosanas
Monarch #3
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Alex Lins
Star Trek: Defiant #2
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Angel Unzueta
Dark Ride #5
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Kroma #4
Image Comics
By Lorenzo De Felici
Two Graves #6
Image Comics
Written by Genevieve Valentine
Art by Ming Doyle and Annie Wu
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On this week's new live show podcast, Curt Pires returns to discuss Image Comics' "Indigo Children"!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of April 5, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Planet of the Apes #1
Marvel
Written by David F. Walker
Art by Dave Wachter
Poison Ivy #11
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #1
IDW
Written by Mike Chen
Art by Angel Hernandez
Radiant Pink #4
Image Comics
Written by Meghan Camarena & Melissa Flores
Art by Emma Kubert
Spider-Man #7
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg, Ryan Cady
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Will Robson
Lamentation #1 (Out May 3)
Oni Press
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Arjuna Susini
Love Everlasting #6
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
I Am Iron Man #2
Marvel
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Dotun Akande
Batman #134
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Miguel Mendonça
Disney Villains: Scar #1
Dynamite
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Trevor Fraley
King Spawn #21
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis with Todd McFarlane
Art by Javi Fernandez
Captain America; Sentinel of Liberty #11
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
Fables #158
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Junk Rabbit #1
Image Comics
By Jimmie Robinson
Wolverine #32
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Batman and The Joker: The Deadly Duo #6
DC Comics
By Marc Silvestri
Hairball #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Blood Tree #3
Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Maxim Šimić
Scarlet Witch #4
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Sara Pichelli
Where Monsters Lie #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Clayton Henry
Hell to Pay #4
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Will Sliney
The Amazing Spider-Man #23
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Stillwater #18
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Mosley #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Rob Guillory
Art by Sam Lotfi
I Hate This Place #7
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
Breath of Shadows #3
IDW
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Almighty #3
Image Comics
By Edward Laroche
Koschei in Hell #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Ben Stenbeck
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On this week's new live show, we're welcoming guests Matt D. Wilson (Zoop's "Imposter Syndicate") + Daniel Kibblesmith (Archie Comics "Archie's Super Mecha Teens")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of March 29, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Avengers Beyond #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
Waller vs. Wildstorm #1
DC Comics
Written by Spencer Ackerman and Evan Narcisse
Art by Jesús Merino
Indigo Children #1
Image Comics
Written by Curt Pires & Rockwell White
Art by Aex Diotto
Clobberin’ Time #1
Marvel
By Steve Skroce
Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #2
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Cian Tormey and Emanuela Lupacchino
Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures #1
IDW
Written by David M. Booher & Sam Maggs
Art by George Kambadais
It’s Jeff #1
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Gurihiru
Action Comics #1053
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Leah Williams
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Marguerite Sauvage
Rocketman & Rocketgirl #1
Dynamite
Written by Jacob Edgar
Art by Jordi Perez
Something is Killing the Children #30
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Wether Dell’Edera
Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace #1
Marvel
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Alessandro Miracolo
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1
DC Comics
Written by Dennis Culver
Art by Chris Burnham
It’s Only Teenage Wasteland #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Jacoby Salcedo
Local Man #2
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Art by Tony Fleecs
Daredevil #9
Marvel
Written by Chp Zdarsky
Art by Manuel Garcia
Dark Knights of Steel #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Putri
The Approach #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley
Art by Jesús Hervás and Lea Caballero
Hellboy in Love #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Golden
Art by Matt Smith
The Invincible Iron Man #4
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
Gotham City: Year One #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Phil Hester
Blood Stained Teeth #10
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patrick Reynolds
Deadpool #5
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Martín Cóccolo
Dead Seas #4
IDW
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Nick Brokenshire
Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker #5
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Manuel Garcia
Stargirl: The Lost Children #5
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Todd Nauck
Once Upon a Time At The End of the World #5
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
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On this week's live show: Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Penguin's "Danger and Other Unknown Risks") + Jessi Sheron (Zoop's "The Other Happy Place")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of March 22, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Doctor Strange #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pasqual Ferry, Andy MacDonald and Ian Herring
Batman - One Bad Day: Ra’s Al Ghul #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Reis
The Neighbors #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Punisher #10
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz & Paul Azaceta
Milestone 30th Anniversary Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Evan Narcisse, Nikolas Draper-Ivey, Stephanie Williams, Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Atagun Ilhan, Chriscross, Nikolas Draper-Ivey, Yasmín Flores Montañez, Sean Damien Hill
Dead Romans #1
Image Comics
Written by Fred Kennedy
Art by Nick Marinkov
She-Hulk #11
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
DC's Legion of Bloom #1
DC Comics
Written by Ashley Allen, Kenny Porter, Zac Thompson, Calvin Kasulke, Julio Anta, Cavan Scott, Travis Moore, Dave Wielgosz
Art by Isaac Goodhart, Brian Level, Hayden Sherman, Vitor Cafaggi, Allen Passalaqua, Atagun Ilhan, Travis Moore, Riley Rossmo
Order & Outrage #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jim Starlin
Art by Rags Morales
Wasp #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Kasia Nie
Nightwing #102
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, C.S. Pacat
Art by Travis Moore, Eduardo Pansica
Blue Book #2
Dark Horse
Written by James Tynion IV, Michael Avon Oeming
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Undiscovered Country #24
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
The Amazing Spider-Man #22
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Wonder Woman #797
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Josie Campbell
Art by Amancay Naheulpan, Caitlyn Yarsky
Earthdivers #6
IDW
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Davide Gianfelice
Vanish #5
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Swamp Thing: Green Hell #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Doug Mahnke with Shawn Moll
Damn Them All #6
IDW
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
Torrent #2
Image Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Justin Greenwood
GCPD: The Blue Wall #6
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Tower #2
A Wave Blue World
Written by Camrus Johnson & Kelsey Barnhart
Art by Chriscross
Inferno Girl Red #3
Image Comics
Written by Mat Groom
Art by Erica D’Urso
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine and Luca Meyer
Immortal Sergeant #3
Image Comics
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Ken Niimura
Superman #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell
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On this week's show, we're welcoming guests Doug Bratton ("Isolation") + Richard Mommsen ("By Water: The Felix Manz Story") to chat about their books!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of March 15, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Wolverine #31
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
No/One #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Brian Buccellato
Art by Geraldo Borges
Superman Lost #1
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Carlo Pagulayan
Hellcat #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Alex Lins
Star Trek #5
IDW
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Ramon Rosanas & Erik Tamayo
Star Trek: Defiant #1
IDW
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Ángel Unzueta
The Forged #1
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka, Eric Trautmann & Mike Henderson
Art by Mike Henderson
The X-Cellent #1
Marvel
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Michael “Doc” Allred
Multiversity: Harley Screws Up The DCU #1
DC Comics
Written by Frank Tieri
Art by Logan Faerber
Art Brut #4
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Secret Invasion #5
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Francesco Mobili
Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #1
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson, Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Cian Tormey, Alitha Martinez
Monarch #2
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Alex Lins
The Vampire Slayer #12
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Hannah Templer
Avengers Forever #15
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder
Justice Society of America #3
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín and Jerry Ordway
Nocterra #12
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
BRZRKR #12
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
Red Goblin #2
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Danger Street #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
I Hate Fairyland #5
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
House of Slaughter #13
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
All Against All #4
Image Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Harrower #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Justin Jordan
Art by Brahm Revel
TMNT: The Last Ronin - The Lost Years #2
IDW
Written by Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz
Art by SL Gallant and Ben Bishop
Little Monsters #11
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Behold, Behemoth #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Nick Robles
Black Cloak #3
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Meredith McClaren
Spy Superb #3
Dark Horse Comics
By Matt Kindt
Hexware #4
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Scotto Lavina
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On this week's new live show podcast, we're welcoming guest Benjamin Morse to chat all about Zoop's "We Are Scarlet Twilight"!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of March 8, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Clayton Henry
Predator #1
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Netho Diaz
Stone Heart #1
Image Comics
By Emma Kubert
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #6
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
X-23: Deadly Regenesis
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Edgar Salazar
A.R.C. #1
Image Comics
Written by Matt Hawkins, Ryan Cody & Paul Feinstein
Art by Atilio Rojo
Static: Shadows of Dakota #2
DC Comics
Written by Nikolas Draper-Ivey and Vita Ayala
Art by Nikolas Draper-Ivey
The Amazing Spider-Man #21
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Blood Tree #2
Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Maxim Šimić
Batman and The Joker: The Deadly Duo #5
DC Comics
By Marc Silvestri
Avengers #66
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Javier Garrón
Almighty #2
Image Comics
By Edward Laroche
Batman #133
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Michael Mendonça
Scarlet Witch #3
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Sara Pichelli
Gospel #5
Image Comics
By Will Morris
Poison Ivy #10
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #2
Marvel
Written by John Jennings
Art by Valentine De Landro
Rogue Sun #11
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
Fantastic Four #5
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Two Graves #5
Image Comics
Written by Genevieve Valentine
Art by Ming Doyle
Mary Jane & Black Cat #4
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Know Your Station #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Liana Kangas
Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #2
Marvel
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Karen S. Darboe
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On this week's new live show: Ben Goldsmith ("Seance Room") + Steve Horton (Zoop's "Nine Lives") + Laurie Foster ("Cthulu is Hard to Spell") + Archie Bongiovanni (Abrams ComicArts "Mimosa").
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of March 1, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
The Human Target #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Rogue & Gambit #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Carlos Gómez
Phantom Road #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Gabriel H. Walta
Shazam: Fury of the Gods Special - Shazamily Matters #1
DC Comics
Written by Zachary Levi, D.J. Cotrona and Colleen Doran, Faith Herman and Amanda Deibert, Tim Seeley, David F. Sandberg and Scott Kolins, Ross Butler and Josh Trujillo, Grace Caroline Currey, Adam Brody and Kenny Porter, Henry Gayden
Art by Freddie Williams II, Erica Henderson, Jorge Corona, Scott Kolins, Andrew Drilon, Damian Fulton, Mike Norton, Scott Godlewski
Hallows Eve #1
Marvel
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Michael Dowling
Skull and Bones: Savage Storm #1
Image Comics
Written by John Jackson Miller & James Mishler
Art by Christian Rosado
Stargirl: The Lost Children #4
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Todd Nauck
Murderworld: Game Over #1
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub and Ray Fawkes
Art by Netho Diaz, Lorenzo Tammetta
Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer Special #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Joe Jaro, Maria Keane, Lea Caballero
Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #3
DC Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Jeff Stokely
I Am Iron Man #1
Marvel
Written by Murex Ayodele
Art by Dotun Amanda
Where Monsters Lie #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #4
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
Cosmic Ghost Rider #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Juan Cabal, Jonas Scharf
Radiant Black #22
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Eduardo Frigate & Zé Carlos
The Riddler: Year One #3
DC Comics
Written by Paul Dano
Art by Stevan Subic
Spider-Man: Unforgiven #1
Marvel
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Sid Kotian
I Hate This Place #6
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
Action Comics #1052
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Leah Williams
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Marguerite Sauvage
Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clones #1
Marvel
Written by Emily Kim
Art by Ken Zama
Koshchei in Hell #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Ben Stenbeck
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #10
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
Breath of Shadows #2
IDW
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Spider-Man #6
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Micol Ostow and Jamie Rotante (Archie Comics "Betty: The Final Girl") + Claire Napier (Zoop's "The Magic Necklace")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of February 22, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Superman #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jamal Campbell
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Blue Book #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Local Man #1
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Tony Fleecs, Tim Seeley
New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1
Marvel
Written by Charlie Jane Anders
Art by Enid Balám
Lazarus Planet Omega #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Gene Luen Yang
Art by Riccardo Federici and Mike Perkins, Billy Tan
X-O Manowar: Unconquered #1
Valiant
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Liam Sharp
Tower #1
A Wave Blue World
Written by Camrus Johnson & Kelsey Barnhart
Art by ChrisCross
The Amazing Spider-Man #20
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Terry Dodson
Batman: One Bad Day - Clayface #1
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Xermânico
Black Cloak #2
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Meredith McClaren
Damn Them All #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
Deadpool #4
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Martin Coccolo
Wonder Woman #796
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Paulina Ganucheau
Junkyard Joe #5
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker #4
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Manuel Garcia
Nightwing #101
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, C.S. Pacat
Art by Travis Moore, Eduardo Pansica
Radiant Pink #3
Image Comics
Written by Meghan Camarena & Melissa Flores
Art by Emma Kubert
Specs #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Chris Shehan
Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #4
Marvel
By Tradd Moore
GCPD: The Blue Wall #5
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Undiscovered Country #23
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Something is Killing the Children #29
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Punisher: War Journal - Base #1
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Djibril Morissette-Phan
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine
Inferno Girl Red #2
Image Comics
Written by Mat Groom
Art by Erica D’Urso
Youth Season 3 #2
Comixology
By Curt Pires
She-Hulk #10
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
Immortal Sergeant #2
Image Comics
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Ken Niimura
The Ones #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Jacob Edgar
Superman: Space Age #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike “Spike” Allred
Ice Cream Man #34
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Hellboy in Love #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Golden
Art by Matt Smith
Immoral X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Paco Medina
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Justin Ciardullo ("The Ballad of Gia & Frankie") + Erik Radvon ("LadyDarke")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of February 15, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Avengers Forever #14
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jim Towe
Torrent #1
Image Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Justin Greenwood
Icon Vs. Hardware #1
DC Comics
Written by Reginald Hudlin and Leon Chills
Art by Denys Cowan and Yasmín Florez Montañez
Fantastic Four #4
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Iban Coello
Rockstar and Softboy Go To Space #1
Image Comics
By Sina Grace
Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley, Dennis Culver, A.J. Kaplan, Alyssa Wong
Art by Baldemar Rivas, Chris Burnham, A.J. Kaplan, Haining
The Invincible Iron Man #3
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #11
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Danger Street #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Murderworld: Moon Knight #1
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub and Ray Fawkes
Art by Luca Pizzari
The Last Barbarians #1
Image Comics
Written by Brian Haberlin with Hannah Wall
Art by Brian Haberlin
Swamp Thing: Green Hell #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Doug Mahnke
Mary Jane & Black Cat #3
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Vincenzo Carratù
Hexware #3
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Zulema Scotto Lavina
Wasp #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Kasia Nie
Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2 #7
Image Comics
Written by Jody Leheup
Art by Nil Vendrell
Nightcrawlers #1
Marvel
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Paco Medina
Eight Billion Genies #7
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
Wolverine #30
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
The Dead Lucky #6
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
The Vampire Slayer #11
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Hannah Templer
Art Brut #3
Image Comics
Written by W Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Mosely #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Rob Guillory
Art by Sam Lofty
I Hate Fairyland #4
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
House of Slaughter #12
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Fuso
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On this week's live podcast recording, we're interviewing guests Rich Davis ("Prometheus in Chains") + Cici Affini ("Mythfall")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of February 8, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Static: Shadows of Dakota #1
DC Comics
Written by Nikolas Draper-Ivey and Vita Ayala
Art by Nikolas Draper-Ivey
Red Goblin #1
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Monarch #1
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Alex Lins
Harrower #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Justin Jordan
Art by Brahm Revel
Lazarus Planet: Next Evolution #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V, Brandon T. Snider, Chuck Brown, Delilah S. Dawson
Art by Lalit Kumar Sharma, Laura Braga, Alitha Martinez, Brandt & Stein
Bishop: War College #1
Marvel
Written by J. Holtham
Art by Sean Damien Hill
Know Your Station #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Liana Kangas
The Amazing Spider-Man #19
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Terry Dodson
Two Graves #4
Image Comics
Written by Genevieve Valentine
Art by Annie Wu
Alien #6
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Julius Ohta
Gotham City: Year One #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Phil Hester
Space Job #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David A. Goodman
Art by Álvaro Sarraseca
Gospel #4
Image Comics
By Will Morris
Miracleman: The Silver Age #4
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman
Art by Mark Buckingham
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #5
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jody Houser
Art by Caio Filipe
All Against All #3
Image Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Daredevil #8
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
Batman #132
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Miguel Mondonça
Koshchei in Hell #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Ben Steinbeck
Blood Stained Teeth #9
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patric Reynolds
Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Paco Medina
Poison Ivy #9
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
It’s Only Teenage Wasteland #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Jacoby Salcedo
Little Monsters #10
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Secret Invasion #4
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Francesco Mobili
Batman and The Joker: The Deadly Duo #4
DC Comics
By Marc Silvestri
Spy Superb #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Matt Kindt
Namor: The Sub-Mariner - Conquered Shores #5
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Pasqual Ferry
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On this week's live show, we're joined by guests Ari Gross ("Awakening") + Cam Kerkau (Zoop's "Gilgamesh") to talk - get this - comics!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of February 1, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Star Wars: Sana Starros #1
Marvel
Written by Justina Ireland
Art by Pere Pérez
The Flash: One-Minute War Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Fernando Pasarin, Serge Acuña, Lisandro Estherren, George Kambadais
Almighty #1
Image Comics
By Edward Laroche
Avengers #65
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Javier Garrón
Where Monsters Lie #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1
Marvel
Written by Danny Lore
Art by Karen S. Darboe
Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn #1
DC Comics
Written by Alex Segura, Alex Paknadel, Greg Pak, Dennis Culver
Art by Clayton Henry, Christopher Mitten, Minkyu Jung, Jesús Marino
Blood Tree #1
Image Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Maxim Šimić
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #9
Marvel
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Carmen Carnero
Breath of Shadows #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #1
Marvel
Written by John Jennings
Art by Valentine De Landro
DC Power: A Celebration #1
DC Comics
Written by Evan Narcisse, Lamont Magee, Stephanie Williams, Brandon Thomas, Dorado Quick & Jordan Clark, Morgan Hampton, Chuck Brown, John Ridley, N.K. Jemisin
Art by Darryl Banks, Chriscross, Alitha Martinez, Natasha Bustos, Clayton Henry, Valentine De Landro, Patterson Oliveira, Olivier Coipel, Jamal Campbell
Radiant Black #21
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa & Eduardo Ferigato
Scarlet Witch #2
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando, Stephanie Williams
Art by Sara Pichelli, Chris Allen
Young Hellboy #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola and Thomas Sniegoski
Art by Craig Rousseau
Demon Wars: Down in Flames #1
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
DC's Harley Quinn Romances #1
DC Comics
Written by Alexia Quasarano, Zipporah Smith, Amanda Deibert, Frank Allen, Raphael Draccon and Carolina Manhóz, Greg Locker, Jessica Berbey, Ivan Cohen
Art by Max Sarin, Will Robson, Adriana Melo, John McCrea, Ig Guara, Greg Locker, Priscilla Petraites, Fico Ossio
Rogue Sun #10
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Marco Renna
The Approach #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley
Art by Jesús Hervás and Lea Caballero
Dark Web: Finale #1
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Adam Kubert & Francesco Mortarino with Scott Hanna
Batman: Legends of Gotham #1
DC Comics
Written by Andy Diggle
Art by Karl Mostert
Minor Threats #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
Star Trek #4
IDW Publishing
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Ramon Rosana & Oleg Chudakov
Briar #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Germán García
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On this week's live show: guests Anish Patel ("Final Nine") + Jeff Messer (Zoop's "Sex, Spies & Rock n' Roll") + Jason Inman ("Super Best Friend")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 25, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Sins of Sinister #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Lucas Werneck
Batman: One Bad Day - Catwoman #1
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Inferno Girl Red #1
Image Comics
Written by Erica D’urso
Art by Mat Groom
Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods #1
DC Comics
Written by Francis Manapul, Dan Watters, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Josie Campbell
Art by Francis Manapul, Max Dunbar, Jack Herbert, Caitlin Yarsky
The Amazing Spider-Man #18
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Archie Vs. The World #1
Archie Comics
Written by Aubrey Sitterson
Art by Jed Dougherty
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Thor #30
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Nic Klein
Justice Society of America #2
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín, Jerry Ordway and Scott Kolins
Darkwing Duck #1
Dynamite
Written by Amanda Deibert
Art by Carlo Lauro
Dead Seas #2
IDW
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Nick Brokenshire
Murderworld: Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub and Ray Fawkes
Art by Carlos Nieto
Action Comics #1051
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Leah Williams
Art by Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Marguerite Sauvage
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Years #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz
Art by SL Gallant and Ben Bishop
Behold Behemoth #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Nick Robles
Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #3
Marvel
By Tradd Moore
The Human Target #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Youth Season 3 #1
Comixology
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Alex Diotto
Hell To Pay #3
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Will Sliney
All-Out Avengers #5
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #3
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
Rick & Morty #1
Oni Press
Written by Alex Firer
Art by Fred C. Stressing & Gina Wynbrandt
Junkyard Joe #4
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
X-Terminators #5
Marvel
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Carlos Gómez
The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #2
DC Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Jeff Stokely
Hitomi #4
Image Comics
Written by HS Tak
Art by Isabella Mazzanti
Damn Them All #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
Gargoyles #2
Dynamite
Written by Greg Weisman
Art by George Kambadias
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On this week's live show we're welcoming back guest Matt Kindt to discuss his new Dark Horse Comics books "Spy Superb", "Hairball" and more.
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 18, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Nightwing #100
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo, Scott McDaniel, Rick Leonardi, Eddy Barrows, Javier Fernandez, Mikel Janín
Wasp #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Kasia Nie
Immortal Sergeant #1
Image Comics
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Ken Niimura
The New Champion of Shazam #4
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Evan “Doc” Shaner
Punisher #9
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta
White Savior #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Eric Nguyen and Scott Burman
Art by Eric Nguyen
Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton #1
DC Comics
Written by Nicole Maines, C.S. Pacat, Frank Barbiere, Leah Williams
Art by Skylar Patridge, Scott Godlewski, Sami Basri, Marguerite Sauvage
The Invincible Iron Man #2
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
Kroma #3
Image Comics
By Lorenzo de Felici
The Vampire Slayer #10
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Hannah Templer
Batman - One Bad Day: Bane #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Howard Porter
Namor: The Sub-Mariner - Conquered Shores #4
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Art Brut #2
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Stargirl: The Lost Children #3
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Todd Nauck
Deadpool #3
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Martin Coccolo
Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2 #6
Image Comics
Written by Jody Leheup
Art by Nil Vendrell
Fables #157
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Avengers Forever #13
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder
Old Dog #3
Image Comics
By Declan Shalvey
The Flash #791
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Roger Cruz
Dark Web: X-Men #3
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Rod Reis & Phil Noto
I Hate Fairyland #3
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
GCPD: The Blue Wall #4
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Hulk #11
Marvel
By Ryan Ottley
Hexware #2
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Scotto Lavina
The House of Slaughter #11
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Antonio Faso
Alien #5
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Julius Ohta
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #10
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Eddie Klinker ("Space Pilots")!
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On this week's Stack podcast for the week of January 11, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:
Lazarus Planet Alpha
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Gene Luen Yang
Art by Ricardo Federici, Billy Tan
Predator #6
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Kev Walker
Black Cloak #1
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Meredith McClaren
Spy Superb #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Matt Kindt
Wonder Woman #795
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Paulina Ganucheau
The Avengers: War Across Time #1
Marvel
Written by Paul Levitz
Art by Alan Davis
Two Graves #3
Image Comics
Written by Genevieve Valentine
Art by Ming Doyle
The Human Target #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
The Amazing Spider-Man #17
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Mary Jane & Black Cat #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Vincenzo Carratú
Dark Web: Ms. Marvel #2
Marvel
Written by Sabir Pirzada
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Gospel #3
Image Comics
By Will Morris
The Flash #790
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Roger Cruz
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #2
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Federico Vicentini
Dark Ride #4
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Batman and The Joker: The Deadly Duo #3
DC Comics
By Marc Silvestri
Daredevil #7
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rafael De Latorre & Marco Checchetto
The Dead Lucky #5
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Specs #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Chris Shehan
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2
Marvel
Written by Jordan Ifueko
Art by Alba Glez
Danger Street #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Blood Stained Teeth #8
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patric Reynolds
Something is Killing the Children #28
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Monica Rambeau: Photon #2
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Ivan Fiorelli & Luna Maresca
Ten Thousand Black Feathers #5
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Know Your Station #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Liana Kangas
Wolverine #29
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
All Against All #2
Image Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
The Ones #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Jacob Edgar
Little Monsters #9
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
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On this week's live podcast recording, we're welcoming guests Kelly Thompson & Meredith McClaren (Image Comics "Black Cloak") + Kraig Rasmussen (Zoop's "Odds & Ends").
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got a ton of new comic book day reviews for you. Check out the full list of new comics for January 4, 2023 below:
Scarlet Witch #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Sara Pichelli
Mosely #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Rob Guillory
Art by Sam Lofti
Batman #131
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Miguel Mendonça
Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings #1
Marvel
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Michael Yg
Scotch McTiernan’s Holiday Party
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan & Brian Posehn
Art by Scott Koblish
Poison Ivy #8
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Atagun Ilhan
Joe Fixit #1
Marvel
Written by Peter David
Art by Yildiray Çinar
Radiant Pink #2
Image Comics
Written by Meghan Camarena & Melissa Flores
Art by Emma Kubert
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #4
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Francesco Francavilla
The Avengers #64
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Javier Garrón
It’s Only Teenage Wasteland #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Jacoby Salcedo
Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker #3
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Manuel Garcia
Gotham City: Year One #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Phil Hester
Fantastic Four #3
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Iban Coello
The Approach #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Haun and Jason S. Hurley
Art by Jesús Hervás and Lea Caballero
Secret Invasion #3
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Francesco Mobili
Dark Knights of Steel #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
Spider-Man #4
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Stillwater #17
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #8
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Adam Gagnon ("Social Studies") and Louis Southard (Zestworld "Villains Seeking Hero")!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're not only reviewing the regular rundown of weekly comic books, we're also revealing some of our favorite original graphic novels and trade collections of 2022.
Here's the rundown of books we reviewed that came out this week:
Timeless #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Patch Zürcher & Salvador Larroca
The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #1
DC Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Jeff Stokely
Book of Slaughter #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Murderworld: Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub & Ray Fawkes
Art by Farid Karami
John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Marco Santucci
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #1
BOOM! Studios/IDW
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Dan Mora
The Amazing Spider-Man #16
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee #1
DC Comics
Written by Michael Uslan, Mark Waid, Stephanie Williams, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad, Kenny Porter, Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, Zac Thompson, Meghan Fitzmartin, Steve Orlando, Jerry Ordway
Art by Lee Weeks, Kevin Maguire, Belén Ortega, Pablo M. Collar, Karl Mostert, Juan Ferreyra, Hayden Sherman, Anthony Marques, Max Dunbar, Jerry Ordway
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Miracleman #3
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman
Art by Mark Buckingham
Action Comics #1050
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Tom Taylor and Joshua Williamson
Art by Mike Perkins, Clayton Henry and Nick Dragotta
The Roadie #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Fran Galán
Venom #14
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Bryan Hitch
The Riddler Year One #2
DC Comics
Written by Paul Dano
Art by Stevan Subic
Plush #2
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Daniel Hillyard
She-Hulk #9
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
The Nice House on the Lake #12
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Frankenstein: New World Order #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski
Art by Peter Bergting
X-Terminators #4
Marvel
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Carlos Gómez
Tim Drake: Robin #4
DC Comics
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Riley Rossmo
Damn Them All #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
Harley Quinn #25
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Matteo Lolli & David Baldeón
All-Out Avengers #4
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
DC vs. Vampires #12
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Dark Web: X-Men #2
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Rod Reis & Phil Noto
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #3
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by Nicola Scott
Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #2
Marvel
By Tradd Moore with Jennie Eckwall
Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #2
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutiérrez
...and our picks for best graphic novels and trade collections of 2022, in no particular order:
It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
Image Comics
By Zoe Thorogood
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Drawn and Quarterly
By Kate Beaton
Clementine, Book One
Image Comics
By Tillie Walden
The Night Eaters: She Eats The Night
Harry N. Abrams
Written by Marjorie Liu
Art by Sana Takeda
Enter The Blue
Z2 Comics
By Dave Chisholm
Salamandre
Berger Books
By I.N.J Culbard
Fantastic Four: Full Circle
Harry N. Abrams
By Alex Ross
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Felipe Andrade
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton: Volume One
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Volume 1 and 2
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
IDW Publishing
Story by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Tom Waltz
Script by Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz,
Pencils and Inks by Esau Escort, Ben Bishop, Isaac Escorza and Kevin Eastman
Karmen
Image Comics
By Guillem March
The Nice House on the Lake, Volume 1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno
Batman: Killing Time
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by David Marquez
The Me You Love in the Dark
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Newburn, Volume 1
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Made in Korea
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by George Schall
Black Widow: Die By The Blade
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Rafael de Latorre, Elena Casgrande, Rafael Pimentel
Home Sick Pilots Volume 3: Three Chords and the End of the World
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wjingaard
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On the last live Comic Book Club of 2022, we're welcoming guest Kyle Starks to talk about his upcoming book from Dark Horse Comics, "Where Monsters Lie". Plus, we're revealing our picks for Best Comic Books of 2022!
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The Best Comic Books of 2022:
15. That Texas Blood
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Sean Phillips
14. Ice Cream Man
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
13. Catwoman: Lonely City
DC Comics
By Cliff Chiang
12. I Hate This Place
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
11. Superman: Son of Kal-El
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by John Timms, Cian Tormey et al
10. Deadly Class
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
9. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by Gene Ha, Nicola Scott
8. The Closet
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Gavin Fullerton
7. DC vs. Vampires
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Matt Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
6. The Massive-verse
Image Comics
5. Nightwing
Image Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo et al
4. Punisher
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesus Saiz, Paul Azaceta
3. Rain
Image Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Based on the story by Joe Hill
Art by Zoe Thorogood
2. The Human Target
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
1. Do A PowerBomb!
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing a ton of comics that came out this week on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (and the day before, but who's counting):
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Juan Sampere, Jack Herbert, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Cam Smith, and Rafa Sandoval
Avengers Forever #12
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder
Dead Seas #1
IDW
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Nick Brokenshire
Kroma #2
Image Comics
By Lorenzo De Felici
Dark Web: Ms. Marvel #1
Marvel
Written by Pirzada
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Catwoman #50
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Nico Leon, Inaki Miranda & Juan Ferreyra
Break Out #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Wilton Santos
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #9
Image Comics
Written by Sweeney Boo with Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss
Art by Sweeney Boo
Dark Web: Mary Jane & Black Cat #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Vincenzo Carratú
Stargirl: The Lost Children #2
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Todd Nauck
Something is Killing the Children #27
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Rogue Sun #9
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Marco Renna
X-Men Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Andrea Di Vito
Nightwing #99
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo, Geraldo Borges
The Vampire Slayer #9
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Hannah Templer
Junkyard Joe #3
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Gold Goblin #2
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Lan Medina
GCPD: The Blue Wall #3
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Hitomi #3
Image Comics
Written by HS Tak
Art by Isabella Mazzanti
Alien #4
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Julius Ohta
DCeased War of the Undead Gods #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine & Neil Edwards
Trve Kvlt #5
IDW
Written by Scott Bryan Wilson
Art by Liana Kangas
Vanish #4
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Wolverine #28
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Batman vs. Robin #4
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski
The Department of Truth: Wild Fictions Special
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Namor: Conquered Shores
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Pasqual Ferry
BRZRKR #11
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
I Hate Fairyland #2
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
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On this week's live comic book talk show and podcast recording, we're welcoming guests Dennis Robinson ("Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey") and James III (Archie Comics' "Bob Phantom")! Plus prizes, Q&A and more.
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got a ton of new comic book day reviews for you. Check out the full list of new comics for December 14, 2022 below:
The Invincible Iron Man #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Juan Frigeri
Batman/Spawn #1
DC Comics
Written by Todd McFarlane
Art by Greg Capullo
A Vicious Circle #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Mattson Tomlin
Art by Lee Bermejo
Art Brut #1
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Danger Street #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Monica Rambeau: Photon #1
Marvel
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Luca Maresca with Ivan Fiorelli
Assassin’s Apprentice #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Robin Hobb and Jody Houser
Art by Ryan Kelly
Two Graves #2
Image Comics
Written by Genevieve Valentine
Art by Annie Wu
Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund
The Amazing Spider-Man #15
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Ed McGuinness
Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs #2
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Pugh
Radiant Black #20
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Harley Quinn Uncovered #1
DC Comics
Written by Dave Wielgosz
Art by Riley Rossmo
Specs #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Chris Shehan
Gospel #2
Image Comics
By Will Morris
WildC.A.T.s #2
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Stephen Segovia
Leonide The Vampyr: A Christmas For Crows
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Rachele Aragno and Mike Mignola
Ten Thousand Black Feathers #4
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Superman: Son of Kal-El #18
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey and Ruairí Coleman
Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2 #5
Image Comics
Written by Jody Leheup
Art by Nil Vendrell
Wonder Woman #794
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Paulina Ganucheau
Hell to Pay #2
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Will Sliney
Deadpool #2
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Martin Coccolo
Dark Ride #3
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker #2
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Manuel Garcia
Love Everlasting #5
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Dark Web: X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Rod Reis
Ice Cream Man #33
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
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On this week's live podcast recording, we're welcoming guests W. Maxwell Prince and Martín Morazzo to talk about Image Comics' new remastered take of their first book together "Art Brut" (and maybe a little bit about "Ice Cream Man" too).
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We've got so many new comic books to review on today's Stack podcast. Here's the full new comics list from new comic book day, Wednesday December 7:
Do a Powerbomb #7
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Dark Web #1
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Adam Kubert
Gargoyles #1
Dynamite
Written by Greg Weisman
Art by George Kambadais
Batman #130
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Leonardo Romero
Thanos: Death Notes #1
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk, Christopher Cantwell, J. Michael Straczynski, Kyle Starks
Art by Andrea Do Vito, Travel Foreman, Geoff Shaw, Ron Lim
Know Your Station #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Liana Kangas
Nocterra: Val Special
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel
Art by Francis Manapul
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Fredircio Vincentini
Poison Ivy #7
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Atagun Ilhan
It’s Only Teenage Wasteland #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Jacoby Salcedo
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1
Marvel
Written by Jordan Ifueko
Art by Alba Glez
All Against All #1
Image Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel
Art by Caspar Wjingaard
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #3
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
Avengers #63
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Javier Garrón
Radiant Pink #1
Image Comics
Written by Meghan Camarena & Melissa Flores
Art by Emma Kubert
Gotham City: Year One #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Phil Hester
Daredevil #6
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Behold, Behemoth #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Nick Robles
Hexware #1
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Zulema Scotto Lavina
Punisher #8
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta
Batman and the Joker: The Deadly Duo #2
DC Comics
By Marc Silvestri
Little Monsters #8
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Fantastic Four #2
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Iban Coello
Rick and Morty vs. Cthulu #1
Oni Press
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Troy Little
That Texas Blood #20
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Predator #5
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Kev Walker
The Ones #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Jacob Edgar
The Least We Can Do #4
Image Comics
Written by Iolanda Zanfardino
Art by Elisa Romboli
Secret Invasion #2
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Francesco Mobili
Hellboy in Love #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Golden
Art by Matt Smith
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #7
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
Undiscovered Country #22
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
X-treme X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Chris Claremont
Art by Salvador Larocca
Shock Shop #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Danny Luckert, Leila Leiz
Spider-Man #3
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Earthdivers #3
IDW Publishing
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Davide Gianfelice
The Variants #5
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Phil Noto
Blood Stained Teeth #7
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patric Reynolds
Tiger Division #2
Marvel
Written by Emily Kim
Art by Creees Lee
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest John Dunning (Dark Horse Comics "Wiper")!
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On this week's packed Stack podcast:
Avengers Assemble Alpha
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie & Alex Sinclair
Justice Society of America #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mikel Janín
Plush #1
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Daniel Hillyard
Cat-Man and Kitten #1
Dynamite
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Joseph Cooper
Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker #1
Marvel
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Manuel Garcia, Ramón F. Bachs
Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #1
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrián Gutierrez
Bob Phantom #1
Archie Comics
Written by James III
Art by Richard Ortiz and Juan Bobillo
Star Trek #2
IDW Publishing
Written by Colin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Oleg Chudakov
Flawed #3
Image Comics
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Prenzy
The Approach #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley
Art by Jesús Hervás and Lea Caballero
Spider-Men: Double Trouble #1
Marvel
Written by Mariko Tamaki & Vita Ayala
Art by Gurihiru
Superman: Kal-El Returns Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Sina Grace, Marv Wolfman, Alex Segura
Art by Clayton Henry, Dean Haspiel, Jack Herbert, Fico Ossio
20th Century Men #4
Image Comics
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Saipan Morian
Koshchei In Hell #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Ben Stenbeck
Strange Academy: Finals #2
Marvel
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Humberto Ramos
Nightwing 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, Jay Kristoff, C.S. Pacat
Art by Eduardo Pansica, Inaki Miranda
Stillwater #16
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Damn Them All #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
X-Terminators #3
Marvel
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Carlos Gómez
Detective Comics 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Christopher Mitten & Rafael Albuquerque with Hayden Sherman
Lovesick #2
Image Comics
By Luana Vecchio
The Roadie #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Fran Galán
Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Choi, Matthew Rosenberg, J. Scott Campbell, Greg Pak, Warren Ellis, Ed Brisson, Christos Gage, Brett Booth, Meghan Fitzmartin, Dan Abnett, Joshua Williamson
Art by Jim Lee, Stefano Landini, J. Scott Campbell, Minkyu Jung, Bryan Hitch, Mike Henderson, Dustin Nguyen, Jeff Spokes, Brett Booth, Will Conrad, Neil Googe, Jonboy Meyers
Rogue Sun #8
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
Dead Mall #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Adam Cesare
Art by David Stoll
DC's Grifter Got Run Over By a Reindeer #1
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Williams, Max Bemis, Dave Wielgosz, Scott Bryan Wilson, John Layman, Michael W. Conrad, Cavan Scott, Derek Fridolfs
Art by David Lapham, Pablo M. Collar, PJ Holden, Skylar Patridge, Juan Doe, Brennan Wagner, Fico Ossio, Carlos D’Anda and Dustin Nguyen
The Dead Lucky #4
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Unbreakable Red Sonja #2
Dynamite
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Giovanni Valletta
Batgirls 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Robbi Rodriguez
Briar #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Germán García
Nubia and the Justice League Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Stephanie Williams
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Alitha Martinez
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming back Cecil Castellucci to discuss iHeart's "Nicki Fix's Time Mix", as well as her Berger Books/Dark Horse Comics graphic novel "Shifting Earth".
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got new comic reviews for:
Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid, Delilah S. Dawson, Dennis Culver
Art by Freddie E. Williams II, Jack Herbert
Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #1
Marvel
By Tradd Moore
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Alexander Tefenkgi, Nick Dragotta
Vanish #3
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Action Comics #1049
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Mike Perkins, David Lapham
Star Wars: Yoda #1
Marvel
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Nico Leon
Star Wars: Revelations #1
Marvel
Written by Marc Gugenheim
Art by Salvador Larroca & Guru-eFX, Pere Pérez & Dono Sánchez-Almara, Emma Kubert, Wayne Faucher & Dono Sánchez-Almara, Paul Fry
The Vampire Slayer #8
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Claudia Balboni
Eight Billion Genies #6
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
The Amazing Spider-Man #14
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Michael Dowling, Kyle Hotz, Terry Dodson, Ryan Stegman
The Human Target #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
What’s the Furthest Place From Here #8
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Ricardo López Ortiz and Tyler Boss
All-Out Avengers #3
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
DC vs. Vampires #11
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matt Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt, with Francesco Mortaring & Pierluigi Casolino
Hitomi #2
Image Comics
Written by HS Tak
Art by Isabella Mazzanti
Alien #3
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Julius Ohta
Wildfire #5
IDW Publishing
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Hayden Sherman
Miracleman #2
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman
Art by Marc Buckingham
The Department of Truth #22
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Daredevil #5
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rafael De Latorre
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Mike Davenport (Lead Writer and Creative Director, Marvel Universe Online)!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Stargirl: The Lost Children #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Todd Nauck
I Hate Fairyland #1
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Brett Bean
Blade: Vampire Nation #1
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Dave Wachter
Batman: One Bad Day - Mr. Freeze #1
DC Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Matteo Scalera
Kroma #1
Image Comics
By Lorenzo De Felici
Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Steven Cummings
Nightwing #98
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Voyagis #1
Image Comics
By Sumeyye Kesgin
Gold Goblin #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Lan Medina
GCPD: The Blue Wall #2
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2 #4
Image Comics
Written by Jody Leheup
Art by Nil Vendrell
Captain America and the Winter Soldier Special #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Kev Walker
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine and Neil Edwards
Namor: Conquered Shores #2
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Resident Alien: The Book of Love #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Peter Hogan
Art by Steve Parkhouse
Murderworld: Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub & Ray Fawkes
Art by Jethro Morales
Ten Thousand Black Feathers #3
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Trve Kvlt #4
IDW Publishing
Written by Scott Bryan Wilson
Art by Liana Kangas
Iron Man #650
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell, Murewa Ayodele, Kurt Busiek
Art by Angel Unzueta, Dotun Akande, Benjamin Dewey
Junkyard Joe #2
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Something is Killing the Children #26
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
She-Hulk #8
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Sean Jackson ("Marvel Mazes") + B. Clay Moore (Zoop's "The Whistling Skull")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Fantastic Four #1
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Ivan Coello
The New Golden Age #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Diego Oloetegui with JP Mayer and Scott Hanna, Jerry Ordway, Steve Lieber, Todd Nauck, Scott Kolins, Viktor Bogdanovic, Brandon Peterson and Gary Frank
Gospel #1
Image Comics
By Will Morris
Black Panther: Unconquered #1
Marvel
Written by Bryan Hill
Art by Alberto Foche
The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson
Art by Brett Breeding, Tom Grummett, Butch Guice, Jon Bogdanove
The Knight and the Lady of Play #1
Image Comics
By Jonathan Luna
A.X.E.: Judgment Day - Omega
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Gigi Villanova
Wonder Woman #793
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Emanuella Lupacchino, Paulina Ganucheau
Two Graves #1
Image Comics
Written by Genevieve Valentine
Art by Ming Doyle and Annie Wu
Sabretooth & The Exiles #1
Marvel
Written by Viktor LaValle
Art by Leonard Kirk
WildC.A.T.S. #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Stephen Segovia
Skullkickers Super Special #1
Image Comics
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Edwin Huang
Spider-Man #2
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
The Nice House on the Lake #11
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Do A Powerbomb #6
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Star Wars: The High Republic #2
Marvel
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Ario Anindito
Batman vs. Robin #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Dark Ride #2
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Wolverine #27
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Superman: Son of Kal-El #17
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey and Ruairí Coleman
Kaya #2
Image Comics
By Wes Craig
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #6
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #6
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Daniel Sampere and Rafa Sandoval
Radiant Black #19
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Specs #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Chris Shehan
Afterschool #4
Image Comics
Written by Leon Hendrix III
Art by Eric Zawadzki
Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell, A.A. Rubin, Carrie Harris
Art by Steve Pugh, Richard Williams, Carol Lay
3Keys #2
Image Comics
By David Messina
Minor Threats #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
Love Everlasting #4
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Shock Shop #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Danny Luckert, Leila Leiz
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On this week's new live show, we're welcoming guests Will Morris ("Gospel") + Paul Cornell (Zoop's "Saucer Country").
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Deadpool #1
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Martin Coccolo
Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #1
DC Comics
By Marc Silvestri
The Ones #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Jacob Edgar
Hell to Pay #1
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Will Sliney
Secret Invasion #1
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Francesco Mobili
The New Champion of Shazam! #3
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Evan “Doc” Shaner
Behold Behemoth #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Nick Robles
Quick Stops #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kevin Smith
Art by Jeremy Simser
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind #1
Marvel
Written by Kevin Shinick
Art by Gerardo Sandoval
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #2
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
Old Dog #2
Image Comics
By Declan Shalvey
Tiger Division #1
Marvel
Written by Emily Kim
Art by Crees Lee
Dark Knights of Steel #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
That Texas Blood #19
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Punisher #7
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta
Gotham City: Year One #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Phil Hester
Antioch #2
Image Comics
Written by Patrick Kindlon
Art by Marco Ferrari
Survival Street #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art by Ably Kussainov
She-Hulk #7
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Luca Maresca
Batman #129
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Leonardo Romero
Blood Stained Teeth #6
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Mack Chater
Predator #4
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Kev Walker
Earthdivers #2
IDW Publishing
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Davide Gianfelice
Little Monsters #7
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
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On this week's live show: Dan Price ("Bigfoot Knows Karate") + Dr. Suzy Stein and Mr. Fernando Perez (Heavy Metal's "Mark of Kings")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
The Riddler: Year One #1
DC Comics
Written by Paul Dano
Art by Stevan Subic
Star Trek #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Ramon Rosanas
A.X.E.: Judgment Day #6
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Valerio Schiti with Ivan Fiorelli
Punchline: The Gotham Game #1
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard and Blake Howard
Art by Gleb Melnikov
Dead Mall #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Adam Cesare
Art by David Stoll
Strange Academy Finals #1
Marvel
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Humberto Ramos
The Human Target #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Damn Them All #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Charlie Adlard
The Variants #4
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Phil Noto
DC vs. Vampires #10
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Lovesick #1
Image Comics
By Luana Vecchio
New Mutants #31
Marvel
Written by Charlie Jane Anders
Art by Alberto Alburquerque, with Ro Stein and Ted Brandt
Catwoman: Lonely City #4
DC Comics
By Cliff Chiang
The Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1
Archie Comics
Written by Eliot Rahal, Sina Grace, Casey Gilly, Craig Boldman
Art by Vincenzo Federici, Corin Howell, Liana Kangas, Pat & Tim Kennedy
Wolverine #26
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Tim Drake: Robin #2
DC Comics
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Riley Rossmo
Vanish #2
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
X-Terminators #2
Marvel
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Carlos Gómez
Action Comics #1048
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Mike Perkins, David Lapham
Rogues’ Gallery #4
Image Comics
Written by Hannah Rose May
Art by Justin Mason
The Roadie #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Fran Galán
Flawed #2
Image Comics
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Prenzy
The Vampire Slayer #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Claudia Balboni
Sins of the Black Flamingo #5
Image Comics
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Travis Moore
Bloodshot Unleashed #2
Valiant
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by Jon Davis-Hunt
Creepshow #2
Image Comics
Written by David Lapham and Maria Lapham, Steve Foxe
Art by David Lapham, Erica Henderson
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On this week's episode, we're coming in hot with our live reaction to Black Adam, now in theaters. We'll be going full spoilers to discuss the movie, as well as the news that James Gunn and Peter Safran are taking over the future of the DC Cinematic Universe, so get ready for the hierarchy of power in the Comic Book Club podcast universe to change!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Deadly Class #56
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
Miracleman #1
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman
Art by Mark Buckingham
GCPD: The Blue Wall #1
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stefano Raffaele
Public Domain #5
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
Crypt of Shadows #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing, Danny Lore, Rebecca Roanhorse, Chris Condon, Chris Cooper, Adam Warren
Art by Ramon Bachs, Karen S. Darboe, Geoff Shaw, Ibrahim Moustafa, Fran Galán, Adam Warren
Rogues #4
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Leomacs
The Silver Coin #15
Image Comics
By Michael Walsh
Avengers #61
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Flashpoint Beyond #6
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Tim Sheridan and Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico, Mikel Janín and Gary Frank
Ten Thousand Black Feathers #2
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Alien #2
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Julius Ohta
Batman: One Bad Day - Penguin #1
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith
Crashing #2
IDW Publishing
Written by Matthew Klein
Art by Morgan Beem
Midnight Suns #2
Marvel
Written by Ethan Sacks
Art by Luigi Zagaria
Black Adam #5
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Trve Kvlt #3
IDW Publishing
Written by Scott Bryan Wilson
Art by Liana Kangas
Predator #3
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Kev Walker
Nightwing #97
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Hellboy in Love #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Golden
Art by Matt Smith
X-Men #16
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Joshua Cassara
DUO #6
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Khoi Pham
Eve: Children of the Moon #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Victor LaValle
Art by Jo Mi-Gyeong
Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by B. Earl and Taboo
Art by Juan Ferreyra
Fables #156
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine
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On this week's live show, guests: Jordan D. White (Editor, Marvel's X-Men) + Ali Solomon ("I Love(ish) New York City")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Wakanda #1
Marvel
Written by Stephanie Williams, Evan Narcisse
Art by Paco Medina, Natacha Bustos
Batman Incorporated #1
DC Comics
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by John Timms
Once & Future #30
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
Hack/Slash: Hot Shorts #1
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Jim Terry, Tim Seeley and Daniel Leister
Namor: Conquered Shores #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Superman: Son of Kal-El #16
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey and Ruarí Coleman
The Approach #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley
Art by Jesús Hervás and Lea Caballero
Hitomi #1
Image Comics
Written by HS Tak
Art by Isabella Mazzanti
Star Wars: The High Republic #1
Marvel
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Ario Anindito
The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #2
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Juan Ferreyra
Scotch McTiernan’s Halloween Party #1
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan & Brian Posehn
Art by Scott Koblish
Punisher: War Journal - Brother #1
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Rafael T. Pimentel
DC's Terrors Through Time #1
DC Comics
Written by Paul Levitz, Sholly Fisch, Peter V. Nguyen, Zac Thompson, Charles Skaggs, Jeremy Haun, Matthew Levine, Tim Seeley
Art by Raül Fernandez, Luciano Vecchio, Peter V. Nguyen, Andy McDonald, Tom Mandrake, Juan Doe, Jorge Corona, Kelley Jones
Do a Powerbomb #5
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
The Amazing Spider-Man #11
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Wonder Woman #792
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Marguerite Sauvage, Paulina Ganucheau
Love Everlasting #3
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Daredevil #4
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rafael De Latorre
The Jurassic League #6
DC Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson and Juan Gedeon
Art by Juan Gedeon
Maskerade #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kevin Smith & Andy McElfresh
Art by John Sprengelmeyer
All-Out Avengers #2
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
Batman vs. Robin #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Mahmud Asrar
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Matt Lesniewski ("Faceless and the Family")!
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On this week's packed Stack podcast:
Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Mark Bagley
Dark Ride #1
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Carmine di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla
Unbreakable Red Sonja #1
Dynamite
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Giovanni Valletta
Miracleman #0
Marvel
Written by Neil Gaiman, Ryan Stegman, Peach Momoko, Jason Aaron, Mike Carey, Ty Templeton
Art by Paul Davidson, Ty Templeton, Mark Buckingham, Ryan Stegman, Peach Momoko, Leinil Francis Yu
Kaya #1
Image Comics
By Wes Craig
Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V, Alex Paknadel, Dan Watters
Art by Daniel Bayliss, Tom Derrick, George Kambadais, Brent Peeples
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #5
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Daniel Sampere
Leonide The Vampyre: Miracle at the Crow’s Head
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Rachele Aragno
A.X.E.: Starfox #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
3Keys #1
Image Comics
By David Messina
Sweetie: Candy Vigilante #1
Dynamite
Written by Suzanne Cafiero
Art by Jeff Zornow
Gotham City: Year One #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Phil Hester
Minor Threats #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
Ant-Man #4
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Tom Reilly
Junkyard Joe #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Siren’s Gate #1
Dynamite
By Shannon Maer
Poison Ivy #5
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Survival Street #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art by Ably Kussainov
Hulk #9
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Ottley
Revolvers #1
Image Comics
Written by John Zuur Platten
Art by Christian Dibari
Batman #128
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Leonardo Romero
Shock Shop #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Danny Luckert, Leila Leiz
Garbage Pail Kids: Origins #1
Dynamite
Written by Adam F. Goldberg and Hans Rodionoff
Art by Jeff Zapata
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #5
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
That Texas Blood #18
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
MIND MGMT: Bootleg #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Jill Thompson
The Dead Lucky #3
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Nyx #10
Dynamite
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Marc Borstel
Night of the Ghoul #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Francesco Francavilla
Rogue Sun #7
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott & Nick Cotton
Art by Zé Carlos
Earthdivers #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Stephen Graham Jones
Art by Davide Gianfelice
Golden Rage #3
Image Comics
Written by Chrissy Williams
Art by Lauren Knight
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Erik Burnham
Art by Tim Lattie
Undiscovered Country #21
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
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On this week's live comic book podcast, we're welcoming guests Ryan Silbert and Luke Lieberman ("Alliances: Orphans") + Mathew Klickstein (Fantagraphics "See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, And The Triumph Of Geek Culture").
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Tim Drake: Robin #1
DC Comics
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Riley Rossmo
Onyx One Shot
Image Comics
Created and Produced by Chris Ryall and Gabriel Rodriguez
The Roadie #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Fran Galán
Dark Spaces: Wildfire #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Hayden Sherman
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead #1
DC Comics
Written by Bruce Campbell
Art by Eduardo Risso
Flawed #1
Image Comics
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Prenzy
Briar #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Germán García
DC vs. Vampires #9
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Old Dog #1
Image Comics
By Declan Shalvey
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #100
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Moisés Hidalgo and Marco Renna
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #6
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Maria Llovet
Sins of the Black Flamingo #4
Image Comics
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Travis Moore
Superman: Space Age #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike Allred and Laura Allred
Stillwater #15
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
The Human Target #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
I Hate This Place #5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
Ant-Man #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Tom Reilly
The Nice House on the Lake #10
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Eight Billion Genies #5
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
Defenders Beyond #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Javier Rodriguez
Action Comics #1047
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Riccardo Federici, David Lapham
The Department of Truth #21
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Thunderbolts #2
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Sean Izaakse
The Vampire Slayer #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Sonia Liao
Skybound Presents Afterschool #3
Image Comics
Written by Jill Blotevogel
Art by Marley Zarcone & Lisa Sterle
The Amazing Spider-Man #10
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Nick Dragotta
House of Slaughter #9
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Lazarus Risen #7
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Michael Lark
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Blaise Hemingway, Writer; Bryan Unkeless, Producer; Bryce Anderson, Production Executive ("Runner") + Joe Corallo ("The Never Ending Party").
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On this week's Stack:
Creepshow #1
Image Comics
Written by Chris Burnham, Paul Dini and Stephen Langford
Art by Chris Burnham, John McCrea
X-Terminators #1
Marvel
Written by Leah Williams
Art by Carlos Gomez
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti, Paul Dini, Rafael Sacvone, Sam Humphries, Stjepan Sejic, Rob Williams, Stephanie Phillips, Cecil Castellucci, Kami Garcia, Mindy Lee & Terry Dodson
Art by Chad Hardin, Guillem March, Rafael Albuquerque, Erica Henderson, Stjepan Sejic, John Timms, Riley Rossmo, Dan Hipp, Mico Suayan & Jason Badower, Terry Dodson
Stuff of Nightmares #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by R.L. Stine
Art by A.L. Kaplan
Vanish #1
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Titans United: Bloodpact #1
DC Comics
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Luca Meyer
Judgment Day #5
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Valerio Schiti
BRZRKR #10
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2 #2
Image Comics
Written by Jody Leheup
Art by Nil Vendrell
Batman: One Bad Day - Two-Face #1
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Javier Fernandez
Chilling Adventures Presents… Weirder Mysteries #1
Archie Comics
Written by Frank Tieri, Ron Robbins, Joanna Starer
Art by Federico Sabbatini, Juan Bobillo, Ryan Jampole
Public Domain #4
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
Frankenstein: New World Order #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski
Art by Peter Bergting
DUO #5
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Khoi Pham
The Deadliest Bouquet #2
Image Comics
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Carola Borelli
Nightwing #96
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Rogues’ Gallery #3
Image Comics
Story by Declan Shalvey and Hannah Rose May
Written by Hannah Rose May
Art by Justin Mason
Black Adam #4
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Ice Cream Man #32
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran
Fables #155
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Beware the Eye of Odin #4
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Tim Orlando
Batman: The Knight #9
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
20th Century Men #2
Image Comics
Written by S. Morian
Art by Deniz Camp
The Lonesome Hunters #4
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
Radiant Black #18
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Laurence Holmes
Art by Stefano Simeone
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On this week's live podcast recording, we're welcoming guests Declan Shalvey (Image Comics "Old Dog") + Mike Speer ("CWL")!
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Batman vs. Robin #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Midnight Suns #1
Marvel
Written by Ethan Sacks
Art by Luigi Zaharia
Ten Thousand Black Feathers #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Vampirella: Mindwarp #1
Dynamite
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Benjamin Dewey
The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #1
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
Daredevil #3
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rafael De Latorre
The Least We Can Do #1
Image Comics
Written by Elsa Romboli
Art by Iolanda Zanfardino
Maskerade #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kevin Smith & Andy McElfresh
Art by John Sprengelmeyer
Judgment Day #4
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Valerio Schiti
Wonder Woman #791
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Marguerite Sauvage, Paulina Ganucheau
Love Everlasting #2
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
Predator #2
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Kev Walker
The Jurassic League #5
DC Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson and Juan Gedeon
Art by Juan Gedeon
Above Snakes #3
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Hayden Sherman
The Amazing Spider-Man #9
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Patrick Gleason
Superman: Son of Kal-El #15
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #11
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Castle Full of Blackbirds #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola and Angela Slatter
Art by Valeria Burzo
The Silver Coin #14
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Michael Walsh
Young Hellboy #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola and Thomas Sniegoski
Art by Craig Rousseau
Do A Powerbomb #4
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Matthew Rosenberg (Image Comics "What's The Furthest Place From Here?") + Chris Giliberti and Phil Jimenez (Zestworld) + Giles Clarke ("ROUGAROU")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Batman: Dear Detective #1
DC Comics
By Lee Bermejo
Alien #1
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Julius Ohta
Antioch #1
Image Comics
Written by Patrick Kindlon
Art by Marco Ferrari
Poison Ivy #4
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
All-Out Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Greg Land
Shock Shop #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Danny Luckert
Flashpoint Beyond #5
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Tim Sheridan and Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico and Mikel Janín
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #4
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
The Dead Lucky #2
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
The New Champion of Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Evan “Doc” Shaner
Punisher #6
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz & Paul Azaceta
Golden Rage #2
Image Comics
Written by Chrissy Williams
Art by Lauren Knight
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #4
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Daniel Sampere
She-Hulk #6
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Luca Maresca
Once & Future #29
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
Black Adam: The Justice Society Files - Atom Smasher #1
DC Comics
Written by Cavan Scott, Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Travis Mercer, Marco Santucci
Twig #5
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Kyle Strahm
MIND MGMT: Bootleg #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by David Rubin
Batman #127
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Belén Ortega
That Texas Blood #17
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
The Ward #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Andres Ponce
Sword of Azrael #2
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Nikola Čižmešija
Survival Street #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art by Abylay Kussainov
Dark Knights of Steel: Tales from the Three Kingdoms #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor, Jay Kristoff, C.S. Pacat
Art by Caspar Wjingaard, Sean Izaakse, Michele Bandini
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Jim Festante & James Asmus (Dark Horse Comics' "Survival Street")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Amazing Fantasy #1000
Marvel
By Ho Che Anderson, Jordie Bellaire, Kurt Busiek, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marco Checchetto, Jim Cheung, Michael Cho, Clayton Cowles, Olivier Coipel, Rachel Dodson, Terry Dodson, Anthony Falcone, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Hickman, Armando Iannucci, Richard Isanove, Klaus Janson, Todd Klein, Ariana Maher, Frank Martin, JP Mayer, Steve McNiven, Todd Nauck, Sonia Back, Mike Pasciullo, Jay David Ramos, Rachelle Rosenberg, Rainbow Rowell, Joe Sabino, Dan Slott, Ryan Stegman, Matthew Wilson
Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Brandon Peterson, Will Conrad, Max Raynor and Miguel Mendonça
Thunderbolts #1
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Sean Izaakse
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #5
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren, Aaron Campbell
Ant-Man #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Tom Reilly
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Tee Franklin, Alexia Quasarano, Conner Shin, Jimmy Mosqueda, Jamiesen Borak
Art by Max Sarin, OneillJones, Erica Henderson, Logan Faerber, PJ Holden, Jon Mikel
The Variants #3
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Phil Noto
Wonder Girl 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Joëlle Jones, Douglas Marques
Art by Eli Lenox, Adriana Melo, Sweeney Boo, Ben Dewey
House of Slaughter #8
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
The Flash 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Serg Acuña
Alice Ever After #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Giorgio Spalletta, Dan Panosian
Harley Quinn 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Simone Bounfantino, David Baldeon
The Vampire Slayer #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Sonia Liao
DC: Saved by the Belle Reve #1
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Brendan Fletcher, Tim Seeley, Peter J. Tomasi, Dave Wielgosz, Art Baltazr & Franco, Brandon Thomas, Dan Watters, Andrew Aydin
Art by Karl Kerschl, Scott Kolins, Max Raynor, Mike Norton, Art Baltazar, Craig Cermak, Juan Ferreyra, Nelson Daniel
Breakout #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Wilton Santos
Trouble
Marvel
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson
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On this week's live podcast: guests Quinn Johnson, Robert Q. Atkins and Caroline Shuda ("Elders of the Runestone") + Rich Watkin ("Digital")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Fantastic Four #46
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Cafu
Tales of the Human Target #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Kevin Maguire, Mikel Janín, Rafael Albuquerque, Greg Smallwood
Deadly Class #55
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
Wynd: The Throne In The Sky #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Dialynas
Damage Control #1
Marvel
Written by Adam F. Goldberg & Hans Rodionoff, Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie
Art by Will Robson, Jay Fosgitt
Fables #154
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Public Domain #3
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
Book of Shadows #2
Valiant Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Vicente Cifuentes
AXE: Judgment Day #3
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Valerio Schiti
The Swamp Thing #16
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Rogues’ Gallery #2
Image Comics
Story by Hannah Rose May & Declan Shalvey
Written by Hannah Rose May
Art by Justin Mason
Minor Threats #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Art by Scott Hepburn
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings #2
Marvel
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Marcos To
Olympus Rebirth #1
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Radiant Black #17
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa
Stranger Things: Kamchatka #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Michael Moreci
Art by Todor Hristov
Defenders Beyond #2
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Action Comics #1046
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Fico Ossio, David Lapham
Sins of the Black Flamingo #3
Image Comics
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Travis Moore
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Amanda Deibert
Art by Lucas Marangon
The Department of Truth #20
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
The Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel To Be Kin #4
Dark Horse Comics
By Geof Darrow
I Hate This Place #4
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
The Lonesome Hunters #3
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
Beware The Eye of Odin #3
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Tim Odland
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Guest Julian Hanshaw (Top Shelf "Free Pass") joins this week's live show to talk sex, politics, and tech.
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerads
Avengers: 1,000,000 BC
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Kev Walker
Chilling Adventures Presents… Jinx: Grim Fairy Tales #1
Archie Comics
Written by Magdalene Visaggio, James III, Joe Carallo
Art by Craig Cermak, Eva Cabrera, Evan Stanley
Do A Powerbomb #3
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
AXE: Death To The Mutants #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Guiu Villanova
DUO #4
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Khoi Pham
20th Century Men #1
Image Comics
Written by Deniz Camp
Art by S. Morian
Nightwing #95
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
X-Men: Unlimited - X-Men Green #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Emilio Laiso
Parasomnia #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Andrea Mutti
The Silver Coin #13
Image Comics
Written by Johnnie Christmas
Art by Michael Walsh
Black Adam #3
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Edge of Spider-Verse #2
Marvel
Written by Mallory Rosenthal, Ramzee, Dan Slott, Chris Giarrusso
Art by Ig Guara, Ruairí Coleman, Paco Medina, Chris Giarrusso
Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2 #1
Image Comics
Written by Jody Leheup
Art by Nil Vendrell
Batman: The Knight #8
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
Hulk #8
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates and Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Martin Coccolo
Undiscovered Country #20
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Daredevil #2
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Ann Nocenti
Art by Marco Checchetto, Chip Zdarsky
Aquaman and The Flash: Voidsong #3
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Above Snakes #2
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Hayden Sherman
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On this week's live show, guests Russell Nohelty ("Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter") + Ramzee ("Edge of Spider-Verse")!
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On this week's comic book review show:
Predator #1
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Kev Walker
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine
Love Everlasting #1
Image Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Elsa Charretier
MIND MGMT: Bootleg #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Matt Lesniewski
Ghost Rider: Vengeance Forever #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Juan José Ryp
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Green Lantern #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jeremy Adams
Art by Fernando Blanco, Jack Herbert
The Deadliest Bouquet #1
Image Comics
Written by Erica Schultz
Art by Carola Borelli
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. 1957: Falling Sky
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
Art by Shawn Martinbrough
Judgment Day #2
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Valerio Schiti
The Jurassic League #4
DC Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson & Juan Gedeon
Art by Juan Gedeon & Jon Mikel
Eight Billion Genies #4
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
The Ward #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Andres Ponce
Punisher #5
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta
Wonder Woman #790
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, José Luis & Eduardo Pansica, Paulina Ganucheau
Slumber #6
Image Comics
Written by Tyler Burton Smith
Art by Vanessa Cardinali
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #3
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
Superman: Son of Kal-El #14
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
Unnatural: Blue Blood #2
Image Comics
Written by Mirka Andolfo
Art by Mirka Andolfo, Ivan Bidarella
The Amazing Spider-Man #7
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Naomi Season Two #6
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker
Art by Jamal Campbell
Giant-Size Gwen Stacy #1
Marvel
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Todd Nauck
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On this week's live podcast, we're welcoming guests Scott Bryan Wilson and Liana Kangas (IDW's "TRVE KVLT")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
The New Champion of Shazam #1
DC Comics
Written by Josie Campbell
Art by Evan “Doc” Shaner
Golden Rage #1
Image Comics
Written by Chrissy Williams
Art by Lauren Knight
Sword of Azrael: Dark Knight of the Soul #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Nikola Čižmešija
Sword of Azrael #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Nikola Čižmešija
The Dead Lucky #1
Image Comics
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by French Carlomagno
Black Adam: The Justice Society Files - Cyclone #1
DC Comics
Written by Cavan Scott, Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Maria Laura Sanapo, Marco Santucci
20XX: Transport #1
Image Comics
By Jonathan Luna
Flashpoint Beyond #4
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Tim Sheridan and Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico and Mikel Janín
Survival Street #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art by Ably Kussainov
Stillwater #14
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Batman: Killing Time #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by David Marquez
Frankenstein: New World #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski
Art by Peter Bergting
Little Monsters #6
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
DC vs. Vampires #8
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Edge of Spider-Verse #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott, Alex Segura, Karla Pacheco, Dustin Weaver
Art by Martin Coccolo, Caio Majado, Pere Pérez, D.J. Bryant
Once & Future #28
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
The Closet #3
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Gavin Fullerton
Aquaman: Andromeda Book Two
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Christian Ward
Demon Wars: The Iron Samurai #1
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
Twig #4
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Kyle Strahm
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #3
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Daniel Sampere
That Texas Blood #16
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Poison Ivy #3
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
The Scumbag #14
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Roland Boschi
Batman #126
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Belén Ortega
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Matt Kindt (Flux House, MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG) + Dan Panosian ("Urban Barbarian") + The Valderrama Bros. (Dark Horse Comics "Giants, Volume 2: Ghosts of Winter")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Ant-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Tom Reilly
Superman: Space Age #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Mike and Laura Allred
Book of Shadows #1
Valiant Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Vicente Cifuentes
Public Domain #2
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
The Amazing Spider-Man #6
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Daniel Kibblesmith, Jeff Loveness, Dan Slott
Art by Ed McGuinness, David Lopez, Todd Nauck, Marcos Martin
DC Mech #1
DC Comics
Written by Kenny Porter
Art by Baldemar Rivas
I Hate This Place #3
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
Something is Killing The Children #25
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
The Variants #2
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Phil Noto
Action Comics #1045
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Will Conrad, David Lapham
Sins of the Black Flamingo #2
Image Comics
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Travis Moore
The Vampire Slayer #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Puste
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #3
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by R.B. Silva & Zé Carlos
Batman: One Dark Knight Book Three
DC Comics
By Jock
Beware The Eye of Odin #2
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Tim Odland
House of Slaughter #7
BOOM! Studios
Story by James Tynion IV & Sam Johns
Script by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
Iron Cat #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pere Pérez
Deadly Class #54
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
Blink #1
Oni Press
Written by Christopher Sebela
Art by Hayden Sherman
The Swamp Thing #15
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Radiant Black #16
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa
The Wrong Earth: Meat #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Tom Peyer
Art by Greg Scott
The Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #4
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren
Radiant Red #5
Image Comics
Written by Cherish Chen
Art by David LaFuente
A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #10
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Rogue Sun #6
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Dennis Hopeless (Vault Comics "Heart Eyes") + Christopher Sebela (Oni Press " Blink")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War #1
DC Comics
Written by Alex Paknadel & Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Pasquale Qualano
Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings #1
Marvel
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Marcus To
Rogues’ Gallery #1
Image Comics
Story by Hannah Rose May and Declan Shalvey
Written by Hannah Rose May
Art by Justin Mason
Young Hellboy #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola and Thomas Sniegoski
Art by Craig Rousseau
Artemis Wanted #1
DC Comics
Written by Vita Ayala
Art by Skylar Patridge
Defenders Beyond #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Prophet #1
Image Comics
By Rob Liefeld
The Lonesome Hunters #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
DUO #3
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Khoi Pham
Alien Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Salvador Larroca
Blood Stained Teeth #4
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patric Reynolds and Christian Ward
Faithless III #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Maria Llovet
The Jurassic League #3
DC Comics
Written by Juan Gedeon and Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Rafa Garrés
The Silver Coin #12
Image Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Michael Walsh
Alice Ever After #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Giorgio Spalletta
Black Adam #2
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Do A Powerbomb #2
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Grim #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Flaviano
Nightwing #94
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Geraldo Borges
Afterschool #2
Image Comics
Written by Kate Herron & Briony Redman
Art by Leila Leiz
Aquaman and The Flash: Voidsong #2
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Ice Cream Man #31
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martįn Morazzo
Fables #153
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Skybound X #25
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman, Joshua Williamson, Lorenzeo De Felici, Mac Smith
Art by Ryan Ottley, Andrei Bressan, Lorenzo De Felici and Mac Smith
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #5
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
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On this week's new live show, guest Kenny Malone (NPR's PLANET MONEY) discusses creating a new take on the "classic" hero Micro-Face!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Star Wars: The Mandalorian #1
Marvel
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Georges Jeanty
Dark Crisis - Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King, Brandon Thomas
Art by Chris Burnham, Fico Ossio
Impact Winter #1
Image Comics
Written by Travis Beacham
Art by Stephen Green
Daredevil #1
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto, Rafael De Latorre
Superman: Son of Kal-El #13
DC Comics
Written by Nicole Maines and Tom Taylor
Art by Clayton Henry
Flavor Girls #1
Archaia
By Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky
X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Kris Anka, Russell Dauterman, Matteo Lolli & CF Villa
Rogues #3
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Leomacs
Above Snakes #1
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Hayden Sherman
Avengers/X-Men/Eternals: Eve Of Judgment #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Wonder Woman #789
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino & Eduardo Ponsica, Paulina Ganucheau
7174 Presents Haunted Universus #1
Image Comics
By T.P. Louise and Ashley Wood
Punisher #4
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesús Saiz & Paul Azaceta
Wonder Woman Evolution #8
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Mike Hawthorne
Eight Billion Genies #3
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
Wolverine #23
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Adam Kubert
Naomi Season Two #5
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker
Art by Jamal Campbell
Justice Warriors #2
Ahoy Comics
Written by Matt Bors, Ben Clarkson, Kirk Vanderbeek, Robert Jeschonek
Art by Ben Clarkson, Matt Bors, Peter Bagge
Undiscovered Country #19
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Slumber #5
Image Comics
Written by Tyler Burton Smith
Art by Vanessa Cardinali
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Matthew Arnold ("Eden") + Jason Starr ("The Next Time I Die")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Stranger Things Summer Special #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Keith Champagne
Art by Caio Filipe
Black Adam: The Justice Society Files: Hawkman #1
DC Comics
Written by Cavan Scott and Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Scot Eaton, Maria Laura Sanapo, Travis Mercer, Jesús Merino and Marco Santucci
Jane Foster: The Mighty Thor #2
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Michael Dowling
Mind MGMT Bootleg #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Farel Dalrymple
The Joker #15
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Sweeney Boo
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #2
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
Starhenge - Book One: The Dragon And The Boar #1
Image Comics
By Liam Sharp
Dark Crisis #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Daniel Sampere
Avengers Forever #7
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder
Closet #2
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Gavin Fullerton
Suicide Squad: Blaze - Book 3
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Aaron Campbell
The Amazing Spider-Man #5
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
That Texas Blood #15
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Flashpoint Beyond #3
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Jeremy Adams and Tim Sheridan
Art by Xermánico and Mikel Janín
Little Monsters #5
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Batman: Killing Time #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by David Marquez
Twig #3
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Kyle Strahm
Poison Ivy #2
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Once & Future #27
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
DC vs Vampires #7
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
The Ward #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Andres Ponce
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
IDW Publishing
Story by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz and Andy Kuhn
Art by Kevin Eastman, Esau & Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop
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On this week's packed live show, we're welcoming guests Joshua Kemble ("Jacob's Apartment") + C.K. Lawson & Aubrey Lyn Jeppson ("Scott Snyder Presents Tales from the Cloakroom") + Caro Howell (Director, The Foundling Museum)!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
The Variants #1
Marvel
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Phil Noto
Batman/Catwoman #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Public Domain #1
Image Comics
By Chip Zdarsky
Buffy ’97 #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Lambert
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
Iron Cat #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Pere Pérez
The Swamp Thing #14
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Sins of the Black Flamingo #1
Image Comics
Written by Andrew Wheeler
Art by Travis Moore
Hellboy And The B.P.R.D.: Old Man Whittier #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #2
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by R.B. Silva
Action Comics #1044
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Riccardo Federici and Will Conrad, David Lapham
Ghost Cage #3
Image Comics
Written by Nick Dragotta and Caleb Goellner
Art by Nick Dragotta
Seven Secrets #18
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
She-Hulk #4
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Luca Maresca
Batman: Fortress #2
DC Comics
Written by Gary Whitta
Art by Darick Robertson
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #7
Image Comics
Written by Josh Hixson and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
BRZRKR #9
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
The Avengers #57
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Javier Garrón
DC vs. Vampires: Killers #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Mike Bowden with Eduardo Mello
The Department of Truth #19
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
The Vampire Slayer #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Michael Shelfer
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #9
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Pearl #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Gaydos
Silver Surfer: Requiem
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Esad Ribic
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On this week's live show podcast, we're welcoming guests Cavan Scott ("The Ward", "Star Wars: The High Republic") + Kylar Merrell ("Fletcher Cross")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Black Adam #1
DC Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Lan Medina
The Lonesome Hunters #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Crook
Beware The Eye of Odin #1
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Tim Odland
Milestones in History #1
DC Comics
Written by Reginald Hudlin, Alice Randall, Amy Chu, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Pat Charles, Karyn Parsons, Touré, Melody Cooper
Art by Johnny Lindsay, Eric Battle, Maria Laura Sanapo, Ron Wilson, Don Hudson, Jamal Yaseem Igle, Arvell Jones, Francesco Francavilla, Ray-Anthony Height, Dominike “Doom” Stanton, Leon Chills
Miles Morales: Spider-Man And Moon Girl #1
Marvel
Written by Mohale Mashigo
Art by Ig Guara
The Wrong Earth: Confidence Men #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Leonard Kirk
I Hate This Place #2
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Topilin
Aquaman and The Flash: Voidspring #1
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Vasco Georgiev
Immortal X-Men #3
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Lucas Werneck
Deadly Class #53
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
Something is Killing The Children #24
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen's Boss Perry White #1
DC Comics
Written by Matt Fraction, Elliot S! Maggin, Neil Kleid, Brian Michael Bendis, Ivan Reis
Art by Steve Lieber, Curt Swan, Dean Haspiel, Joe Prado
The Amazing Spider-Man #4
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Radiant Red #4
Image Comics
Written by Cherish Chen
Art by David Lafuente
Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel To Be Kin #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Geoff Darrow
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #1
DC Comics
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Laura Braga
Home Sick Pilots #15
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wjingaard
Earth-Prime: Heroes Twilight #6
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Hersh and Thomas Pound
Art by Will Robson, Pablo M. Collar
Nocterra #11
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Nightwing #93
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Newburn #8
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
DUO #2
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Khoi Pham
The Silver Coin #11
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Walsh
Fables #152
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
Rogue Sun #5
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel & Simone Ragazzoni
Batman: The Knight #6
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
Blood Stained Teeth #3
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patric Reynolds
The Demon
DC Comics
By Jack Kirby
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On this week's live podcast recording: Curtis Clow (Dark Horse Comics "Beastlands") + Henry Zebrowski & Marcus Parks ("The Last Comic Book On The Left")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Do A Powerbomb #1
Image Comics
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Hulkling & Wiccan #1
Marvel
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Jodi Nishijima
DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Belén Ortega, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque
Seven Sons #1
Image Comics
Written by Robert Windom & Kelvin Mao
Art by Jae Lee
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carmen Carnero
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #3
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren, Francesco Francavilla
Undiscovered Country: Destiny Man One-Shot
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Wolverine #22
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Adam Kubert
Superman: Son of Kal-El #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
Radiant Black #15
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins & Alec Siegel
Art by Eduardo Ferigato & Marcelo Costa
Naomi: Season Two #4
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker
Art by Jamal Campbell
Slumber #4
Image Comics
Written by Tyler Burton Smith
Art by Vanessa Cardinali
Wonder Woman #788
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Paulina Ganucheau
Eight Billion Genies #2
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
The Jurassic League #2
DC Comics
Written by Juan Gedeon and Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Juan Gedeon
Batman: Universe
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Nick Derington
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On this week's new live show podcast: guests Marika McCoola and Aatmaja Pandya ("SLIP") + Ruben Najera ("The Best Archie Comic Ever")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Dark Crisis #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Daniel Sampere
Fortnite x Marvel: Zero War #1
Marvel
Written by Christos Gage & Donald Mustard
Art by Sergio Dávila
Poison Ivy #1
DC Comics
Written by G. Willow Wilson
Art by Marcio Takara
Jane Foster: The Mighty Thor #1
Marvel
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Michael Dowling
Multiversity: Teen Justice #1
DC Comics
Written by Ivan Cohen & Danny Lore
Art by Marco Failla
The Ward #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Andres Ponce
Flashpoint Beyond #2
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Tim Sheridan and Jeremy Adams
Art by Xermánico and Mikel Janín
Afterschool #1
Image Comics
Written by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead
Art by Greg Hinkle
Earth Prime: The Flash #5
DC Comics
Written by Jess Carson and Emily Palizzi
Art by David Lafuente, Pablo M. Collar
The Never Ending Party #1
ComiXology Originals
Written by Rachel Pollack and Joe Corallo
Art by Eva Cabrera
Dark Knights of Steel #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Nathan Gooden
Archie & Friends: Summer Lovin’ #1
Archie Comics
Written by Tee Franklin, Tom Defalco
Art by Dan Parent, Kennedy Bros.
Aquaman: Andromeda #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Christian Ward
That Texas Blood #14
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Batman: Killing Time #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by David Marquez
Twig #2
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Kyle Strahm
Champions
Marvel
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Humberto Ramos
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On this week's live show, guests Skottie Young and Kyle Strahm join to talk about their new Image Comics book, "TWIG"!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, Jeremy Adams, Chuck Brown, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Stephanie Phillips
Art by Dan Jurgens, Rosi Kämpe, Fico Ossio, Leila Del Duca, Clayton Henry
Avengers Forever #6
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jim Towe
The Phalanx #1
Image Comics
By Jonathan Luna
Shadow War Omega #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Stephen Segovia, Mike Henderson, Howard Porter
Captain Marvel #38
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Juan Frigeri & Álvaro López
The Closet #1
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Gavin Fullerton
Action Comics 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Si Spurrier
Art by Dale Eaglesham, Ian Churchill
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #38
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Christopher Allen, Alberto Foche
Little Monsters #4
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
The Nice House on the Lake #9
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Batman 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by John Timms
A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #8
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Stranger Things: Kamchatka #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Michael Moreci
Art by Todor Hristov
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #6
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
We Have Demons #3
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Gary Dufner and Phil Avelli ("It's Monkey Time")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Devil’s Reign: Omega #1
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Jim Zub, Rodney Barnes
Art by Rafael De Latorre, Luciano Vecchio, Guillermo Sanna
Pearl #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Gaydos
Unnatural: Blue Blood #1
Image Comics
Written by Mirka Andolfo
Art by Mirka Andolfo, Ivan Bidarella
Batman: Fortress #1
DC Comics
Written by Gary Whitta
Art by Darick Robertson
Ice Cream Man #30
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Legion of X #1
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Jan Bazaldua
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Night of the Cyclops #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola and Olivier Vatine
Art by Olivier Vatine
Stillwater #13
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
DC vs. Vampires - Hunters #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Neil Googe
The Vampire Slayer #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Sonia Liao
Blood-Stained Teeth #2
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patric Reynolds
Spider-Man 2099: Exodus #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Dave Wachter
Step by Bloody Step #4
Image Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Matias Bergara
The Swamp Thing #13
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Rogue Sun #4
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
Something is Killing The Children #23
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Radiant Red #3
Image Comics
Written by Cherish Chen
Art by David Lafuente
Action Comics #1043
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Ricardo Federici and Will Conrad
Newburn #7
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
The Department of Truth #18
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
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On this week's live show, guests Christian Ward & Patric Reynolds (Image Comics' "Blood Stained Teeth") + Ron Cacace & Vin Lovallo ("Bite Sized Archie")!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
Earth-Prime: Stargirl #1
DC Comics
Written by James Robinson and Paula Sevenbergen
Art by Jerry Ordway
Savage Avengers #1
Marvel
Written by David Pepose
Art by Carlos Magno
House of Slaughter #6
BOOM! Studios
Story by James Tynion IV & Sam Johns
Script by Sam Johns
Art by Letizia Cadonici
DUO #1
DC Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Khoi Pham
I Hate This Place #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Artyom Toplin
Breakout #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Wilton Santos
Shadow War Zone #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, Nadia Shammas, Ed Brisson, Stephanie Phillips
Art by Otto Schmidt, Sweeney Boo, Mike Bowden, Ann Maulina
The Fox #1
Archie Comics
Written by Dean Haspiel, Vito Delsante, Alex Toth
Art by Dean Haspiel, Richard Ortiz, Alex Toth
Alice Ever After #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Giorgio Spalletta
King Spawn #10
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Javi Fernandez
Fables #151
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham
The Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel To Be Kin #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Geof Darrow
A Town Called Terror #2
Image Comics
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Szymon Kudranski
Nightwing #92
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
The Wrong Earth: Purple #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Stuart Moore, David Hyde
Art by Fred Harper, Carol Lay
Bolero #5
Image Comics
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luana Vecchio
Batman: The Knight #5
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
Black Hammer Reborn #12
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Rain #5
Image Comics
Story by Joe Hill
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Zoe Thorogood
Wonder Woman: Evolution #7
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Stefano Raffaelle
Slumber #3
Image Comics
Written by Tyler Burton Smith
Art by Vanessa Cardinali
Asterios Polyp
By David Mazzucchelli
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Sean Dicker ("Uncovered Grave") + Samuel Sattin ("Osamu Tezuka’s UNICO")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
The Jurassic League #1
DC Comics
Written by Juan Gedeon & Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Juan Gedeon
FCBD Judgment Day #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen, Danny Lore, Gerry Duggan
Art by Dustin Weaver, Karen S. Darboe, Matteo Lolli
Archie Meets Riverdale #1
Archie Comics
Written by Daniel Kibblesmith
Art by Pat & Tim Kennedy
FCBD Dark Crisis #0
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver
Art by Jim Cheung, Chris Burnham and Rafa Sandoval
Hulk vs. Thor: Banner of War Alpha
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Martin Coccolo
Eight Billion Genies #1
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Ryan Browne
Wonder Woman #787
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Paulina Ganucheau
FCBD Spider-Man/Venom #1
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Al Ewing and Ram V
Art by John Romita Jr., Stefano Raffaele
Grim #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Flaviano
Suicide Squad: Get Joker #3
DC Comics
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Alex Maleev
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #1
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi
Art by R.B. Silva
Avatar: Adapt or Die #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Corinna Bechko
Art by Beni R. Lobel
Seven Secrets #17
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Naomi: Season Two #3
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker
Art by Jamal Campbell
Moon Knight: Black, White and Blood #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman, Marc Guggenheim, Murex Ayodele
Art by Chris Bachalo, Jorge Fornés, Dotun Akande
Jenny Zero: Volume II: Homeland Insecurities #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney
Art by Magenta King
Crossover #13
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #2
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren, Andrea Sorrentino
Shang-Chi #12
Marvel
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Marcus To
Tales From Harrow County #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Emily Schnall
Superman: Son of Kal-El #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
Nocterra #10
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Catwoman: The Catfile
DC Comics
Written by Chuck Dixon
Art by Jim Balent
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On this week's live comic book podcast, we're welcoming guests Ibrahim Moustafa ("Retroactive") + Serena Sanchez ("Black Rhapsody")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Flashpoint Beyond #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Jeremy Adams and Tim Sheridan
Art by Xermanico and Mikel Janin
Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1
Marvel
Written by Nyla Rose and Steve Orlando
Art by David Cutler
Metal Society #1
Top Cow
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Guilherme Balbi
Archer & Armstrong Forever #1
Valiant
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Marcio Fiorito
Nubia Coronation Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Williams and Vita Ayala
Art by Marguerite Sauvage, Colleen Doran, Darryl Banks, Jill Thompson and Alitha Martinez
Twig #1
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Kyle Strahm
Spider-Man 2099: Exodus Alpha
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Paul Fry
Earth Prime: Legends of Tomorrow #3
DC Comics
Written by Daniel Park and Lauren Fields
Art by Paul Pelletier, Jose Luis
Frontiersman: Lock-Up Special #1
Image Comics
Written by Patrick Kindlon
Art by Nicolò Assirelli
Batman #123
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Howard Porter, Trevor Hairsine
Little Monsters #3
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
One-Star Squadron #6
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Lieber
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #7
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Batman: Killing Time #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by David Marquez
Deadly Class #52
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
Once & Future #25
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
Radiant Black #14
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa and Eduardo Ferigato
JLA: Rock of Ages
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Howard Porter
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On this week's live podcast recording, we're welcoming guests Neil Kleid & Andrea Mutti ("The Panic") + Dean Haspiel & Vito Delsante ("The Fox: Family Values")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
The Amazing Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by John Romita Jr.
Justice League #75
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Blood Stained Teeth #1
Image Comics
Written by Christian Ward
Art by Patric Reynolds
Thor #24
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates, Walter Simonson, Dan Jurgens, J. Michael Straczynski, Al Ewing, Jason Aaron
Art by Nic Klein, Walter Simonson, Dan Jurgens, Olivier Coipel, Lee Garbett, Das Pastoras
Trial of the Amazons #2
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Vita Ayala, Stephanie Williams, Joëlle Jones
Art by Elena Casagrande, Laura Braga, Skylar Patridge, Adriana Melo and Joëlle Jones
Something is Killing the Children #22
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Knights of X #1
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Bob Quinn
The Joker #14
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Alex Paknadel
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Vasco Georgiev
Ghost Cage #2
Image Comics
Written by Nick Dragotta and Caleb Goellner
Art by Nick Dragotta
BRZRKR #8
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
Carnage #2
Marvel
Written by Ram V
Art by Francesco Manna
Rogues #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Leomacs
Step By Bloody Step #3
Image Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Matias Bergara
Punisher #2
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesus Saiz and Paul Azaceta
Dark Knights of Steel #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
Rogue Sun #3
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
The Swamp Thing #12
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
We Have Demons #2
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo
Detective Comics #1059
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Nadia Shammas, Sina Grace
Art by Ivan Reis, David Lapham
Newburn #6
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Action Comics #1042
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge
Art by Riccardo Federici, Adriana Melo
The Scumbag #13
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Roland Boschi
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Nick Pitarra ("Ax Wielder Jon")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Captain America #0
Marvel
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi, Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Matt De Iulis
Catwoman Lonely City #3
DC Comics
By Cliff Chiang
Wolverine #20
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Adam Kubert
The Nice House on the Lake #8
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
The Vampire Slayer #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Michael Shelfer
Wonder Woman Evolution #6
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Mike Hawthorne
The Collector #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Will Conrad and Rod Monteiro
Art by Will Conrad
Nightwing #91
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Geraldo Borges
The Secret History of the War on Weed #1
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan & Brian Posehn
Art by Scott Koblish
Robins #6
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Baldemar Rivas
Bolero #4
Image Comics
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luana Vecchio
Batman: The Knight #4
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
Ice Cream Man #29
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Earth-Prime: Superman and Lois #2
DC Comics
Written by Jai Manison, Adam Mallinger and Andrew N. Wong
Art by Tom Grummett
Black Hammer Reborn #11
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Slumber #2
Image Comics
Written by Tyler Burton Smith
Art by Vanessa Cardinali
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Stranger Things: Kamchatka #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Michael Moreci
Art Todor Hristov
Home Sick Pilots #14
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest David F. Walker, co-creator of "Naomi", "Bitter Root" and writer of "Imposter Syndrome" on Zoop!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
Flashpoint Beyond #0
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Eduardo Risso
Elektra #100
Marvel
Written by Ann Nocenti, Declan Shalvey, Chris Giarrusso, Ty Templeton
Art by Sid Kotian, Stefano Raffaele, Chris Giarrusso, Ty Templeton
A Town Called Terror #1
Image Comics
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Szymon Kudranski
The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Lisandro Estherren, Yanick Paquette
Eternals #11
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Guiu Villanova
Breakout #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Wilton Santos
Wonder Woman #786
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Rosi Kämpe, Paulina Ganucheau
X-Men ’92: House of XCII
Marvel
Written by Steve Foxe
Art by Salva Espin
The Wrong Earth: Fame & Fortune #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell, David Hyde
Art by Michael Montenat, Marco Finnegan
Suicide Squad: Blaze, Book Two
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Aaron Campbell
Rain #4
Image Comics
Written by David M. Booher, based on the story by Joe Hill
Art by Zoe Thorogood
Superman: Son of Kal-El #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
King Spawn #9
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Thomas Nachlik
Batgirls #5
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Jorge Corona
Nocterra #9
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Naomi: Season Two #2
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker
Art by Jamal Campbell
Fun with Little Archie & Friends Special #1
Archie Comics
Written by Shannon Watters, J. Torres, Jamie L. Rotante
Art by Erin Hunting, Adrian Ropp, Agnes Garbowska
Image Comics 30th Anniversary Anthology #1
Image Comics
By Geoff Johns, Andrea Mutti, Rob Leigh, Declan Shalvey, Clayton Cowles, Wyatt Kennedy, Luana Vecchio, Wes Craig, Jason Wordie, Skottie Young, Nate Piekos, Mirka Andolfo, Chiara Di Francia, Fabio Amelia, Brendan Fletcher, Erica Henderson, Kyle Higgins, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte, Katia Ranalli, Becca Carey, Patrick Kindlon, Maurizio Rosenzweig, Jim Campbell and Dean Haspiel
Batman/Catwoman #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Batman: Dark Victory
DC Comics
Written by Jeph Loeb
Art by Tim Sale
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On this week's live podcast, we're welcoming guests James Kochalka ("Glork Patrol") and Nate Cosby ("Alter Ego")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Devil’s Reign #6
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, Book Two
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by Gene Ha
Alice Ever After #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Giorgio Spalletta and Dan Panosian
Spider-Punk #1
Marvel
Written by Cody Ziglar
Art by Justin Mason
One-Star Squadron #5
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Lieber
LEGO Ninjago: Garmadon #1
Image Comics
By Tri Voung
Marauders #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Eleonora Carlini
Batman: Killing Time #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by David Marquez
Little Monsters #2
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
X-Men Red #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Stefano Caselli
Batman Beyond Neo-Year #1
DC Comics
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Max Dunbar
Loaded Bible: Blood of My Blood #2
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley & Steve Orlando
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
Earth-Prime Batwoman #1
DC Comics
Written by Natalie Abrams and Kelly Larson, Camrus Johnson
Art by Clayton Henry, Michael Calero
Last Flight Out #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
Spider-Man: Reign
Marvel
Written by Kaare Andrews
Art by Kaare Andrews with Jose Villarubia
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests: Plaid Klaus ("Hive Mind") + Juan Espinosa ("Adventures of a System Admin") + Justin Belmont and Pops Van Zant ("Smokes the Fox", "Weaponized Werewolf").
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On this week's comic book reviews:
Immortal X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Lucas Werneck
Shadow War Alpha #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Viktor Bogdanovic
Something is Killing the Children #21
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Hulk: Grand Design - Monster #1
Marvel
By Jim Rugg
Sensational Wonder Woman Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Paul Sevenbergen, Scott Kolins, Stephanie Phillips
Art by Paul Pelletier, Scott Kolins, Alitha Martinez
Step by Bloody Step #2
Image Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Matías Bergara
Iron Fist #2
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Michael Yg & Sean Chen
Batman: One Dark Knight Book Two
DC Comics
By Jock
A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #6
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
The X-Cellent #2
Marvel
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Michael Allred and Laura Allred
The Swamp Thing #11
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Rogue Sun #2
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
Dark Ages #6
Marvel
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Iban Coello
Newburn #5
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Season of the Bruja #1
Oni Press
Written by Aaron Durán
Art by Sara Soler
Captain Marvel #37
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Julius Ohta
Radiant Black #13
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
The Harbinger #6
Valiant
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Robbi Rodriguez
Hulk #5
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Ottley
Zombies vs. Robots Classic #1
Image Comics
Written by Chris Ryall
Art by Ashley Wood
X-Men Unlimited: Latitude #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Declan Shalvey
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming the architect behind Marvel's Punisher, Avengers, and Avengers Forever, Jason Aaron!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Rogues #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Leomacs
We Have Demons #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo
Wolverine: Patch #1
Marvel
Written by Larry Hama
Art by Andrea Di Vito
Ghost Cage #1
Image Comics
Written by Nick Dragotta and Caleb Goellner
Art by Nick Dragotta
The Human Target #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Count Crowley #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David Dastmalchian
Art by Lukas Ketner
Venom: Lethal Protector #1
Marvel
Written by David Michelinie
Art by Ivan Fiorelli
Armorclads #1
Valiant
Written by J.J. O’Connor and Brian Buccellato
Art by Manuel Garcia
Action Comics #1041
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge
Art by Dale Eaglesham and Will Conrad, Adriana Melo
Stranger Things: Kamchatka #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Michael Moreci
Art by Todor Hristov
Detective Comics #1058
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Fernando Blanco
Bolero #3
Image Comics
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luana Vecchio
Aquamen #2
DC Comics
Written by Chuck Brown and Brandon Thomas
Art by Sami Basri
The Department of Truth #17
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Fornés
Black Hammer Reborn #10
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Clear #5
ComiXology Originals
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Francis Manapul
My Bad #5
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell & Bryce Ingman
Art by Peter Krause, Joe Orsak
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
First Second
Written by Clint McElroy and Carey Pietsch
Art by Carey Pietsch
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming back Alex Segura to discuss his new novel "Secret Identity"!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Dan Mora
Carnage #1
Marvel
Written by Ram V, David Michelinie, Ty Templeton
Art by Francesco Manna, Ron Lim, Ty Templeton
Slumber #1
Image Comics
Written by Tyler Burton Smith
Art by Vanessa Cardinali
Wonder Woman #785
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Rosi Kämpe, Paulina Ganucheau
The Silver Coin #10
Image Comics
By Michael Walsh
Eternals: The Heretic #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Ryan Bodenheim & Edgar Salazar
The Clay People: Colossus #1
Image Comics
Written by Matt Hawkins
Art by Christian Dibari
Robins #5
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Baldemar Rivas
Rain #3
Image Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Zoe Thorogood
Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher #1
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Stillwater: The Escape #1
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo, Andrew Wheeler, Ethan Young
Art by Ramón K. Perez, Jason Loo, Soo Lee, Ethan Young
Wonder Woman Evolution #5
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Mike Hawthorne
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #5
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Nightwing #90
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Geraldo Borges
Home Sick Pilots #13
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Detective Comics #1057
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Fernando Blanco
King Spawn #8
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Javier Fernandez
Daredevil Ultimate Collection Vol. 1
Marvel
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by David Mack, Joe Quesada, Alex Maleev
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On this week's live show, we're breaking the bat with Dr. Travis Langley, author of "Batman and Psychology"!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Punisher #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jesūs Saiz and Paul Azaceta
Trial of the Amazons #1
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala, Joëlle Jones, Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan
Art by Laura Braga, Skylar Patridge, Joëlle Jones and Elena Casagrande
Little Monsters #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Captain Carter #1
Marvel
Written by Jamie McKelvie
Art by Marika Cresta
Naomi Season Two #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker
Art by Jamal Campbell
Radiant Red #1
Image Comics
Written by Cherish Chen
Art by David LaFuente
Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse #1
Marvel
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Jodi Nishijima
The Joker #13
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Belén Ortega
New Masters #2
Image Comics
Written by Shobo Coker
Art by Shof Coker
Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca #1
Marvel
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by David Messina
Superman: Son of Kal-El #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Devil’s Reign #5
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
Batgirls #4
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Jorge Corona
Sabretooth #2
Marvel
Written by Victor LaValle
Art by Leonard Kirk
Detective Comics #1056
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Fernando Blanco
Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Joe Jaro
Superman vs Lobo #3
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley & Sarah Beattie
Art by Mirka Andolfo
Oblivion Song, Volume 1
Image Comics
Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Lorenzo De Felici
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Brittany Matter and Dailen Ogden ("Dead Dreams: The Lucid Chronicles") + Jarrett J. Krosoczka ("Lunch Lady")!
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On a special bonus episode of Comic Book Club, we're breaking down all the big moments in The Batman. Spoiler warning on because we're discussing everything from Robert Pattinson's Bruce, to Zoë Kravitz's Catwoman, to that Arkham inmate, and much, much more.
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On this week's comic book review Stack:
Strange #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Marcelo Ferreira
Batman: Killing Time #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by David Marquez
What If… Miles Morales… Became Captain America?! #1
Marvel
Written by Coby Ziglar
Art by Paco Medina
War for Earth-3 #1
DC Comics
Written by Robbie Thompson and Dennis Hopeless
Art by Steve Pugh, Dexter Soy, Brent Peeples
Avengers Forever #3
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder
Loaded Bible: Blood of my Blood #1
Image Comics
Written by Steve Orlando & Tim Seeley
Art by Giuseppe Cafaro
Dark Knights of Steel #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
She-Hulk #2
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Rogê Antônio
Rogue Sun #1
Image Comics
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Abel
The Nice House on the Lake #7
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Daredevil: The Woman Without Fear #3
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Crossover #12
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates, Robert Kirkman
Art by Geoff Shaw
One-Star Squadron #4
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Lieber
Alien #10
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Salvador Larroca
Nocterra #8
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Monkey Prince #2
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Bernard Chang
Newburn #4
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Detective Comics #1055
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan, Fernando Blanco
Sunstone Volume 1
Image Comics
By Stjepan Sejic
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Sean Lewis ("King Spawn", "The Scorched") + Jon Westhoff ("Drumsticks of Doom")!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
Ghost Rider #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Cory Smith
Aquamen #1
DC Comics
Written by Chuck Brown and Brandon Thomas
Art by Sami Basri
Step By Bloody Step #1
Image Comics
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Matias Bergara
All New Firefly #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Jordi Pérez
Carnage Forever #1
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Edgar Salazar
Task Force Z #5
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira with Matt Santorelli, and Jack Herbert
Supermassive One Shot
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Matt Groom
Art by Francesco Manna with assitance from Melania Palladino with Simone Ragazzoni and Marcelo Costa, Abel & Erica D’urso
BRZRKR #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
The Human Target #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Rockstar and Softboy #1
Image Comics
By Sina Grace
House of Slaughter #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV and Tate Brombal
Art by Chris Shehan
Detective Comics #1054
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Max Raynor, Fernando Blanco
Bolero #2
Image Comics
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luana Vecchio
The Killer: Affairs of the State #1
Archaia
Written by Matz
Art by Lucas Jacamon
Action Comics #1040
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge
Art by Riccardo Federici, Adriana Melo
Deadly Class #51
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
Black Hammer Reborn #9
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
DC vs. Vampires #5
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt and Simone Di Meo
Orphan and the Five Beasts #4
Dark Horse Comics
By James Stokoe
Refrigerator Full of Heads #4
DC Comics
Written by Rio Youers
Art by Tom Fowler
Joy Operations #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Stephen Byrne
Catwoman #40
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Nico Leon
The Department of Truth #16
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Alison Sampson
Marvel Knights Marvel Boy
Marvel
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by J.G. Jones with Ryan Kelly
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Tim Seeley ("Robins") + Zackary Marois ("Sonderon") + Cherish Chen ("Radiant Red").
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Iron Fist #1
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Michael Yg
Robins #4
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Baldemar Rivas
Primordial #6
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Fantastic Four #30
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Rachael Stott
Detective Comics #1053
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Max Raynor, Fernando Blanco
Home Sick Pilots #12
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Hulk #4
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Ottley
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Rain #2
Image Comics
Story by Joe Hill
Adaptation by David M. Booher
Art by Zoe Thorogood
Venom #5
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Bryan Hitch
What’s the Furthest Place From Here? #4
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Nightwing #89
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
King Spawn #7
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Javi Fernandez and Thomas Nachlik
King Conan #3
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
The Silver Coin #9
Image Comics
Written by Vita Ayala
Art by Michael Walsh
Batman: The Knight #2
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarksy
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #5
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Chris Ryall and David Booher ("Rain"), plus Nat Towsen (Botnik Studios)!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Justice League 2022 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Sanford Greene
Secret X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Francesco Mobili
Suicide Squad: Blaze #1
DC Comics
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Aaron Campbell
Devil’s Reign #4
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
The Joker #12
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Belén Ortega
Maestro: World War M #1
Marvel
Written by Peter David
Art by Germán Peralta
Wonder Woman #784
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Vita Ayala
Art by Marcio Takara, Skylar Patridge
Archie Love & Heartbreak Special
Archie Comics
Written by Thomas Pitilli, Stephanie Cooke, Sina Grace
Art by Thomas Pitilli, Lisa Sterle, Iolanda Zanfardino
Detective Comics #1052
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Max Raynor, Fernando Blanco
Faithless III #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Maria Llovet
Batman/Catwoman #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
The Scorched #2
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Stephen Segovia
Superman: Son of Kal-El #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Joe Jaro
Batgirls #3
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Jorge Corona
Radiant Black #12
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Meghan Camarena
Art by French Carlomagno
Empowered Omnibus Volume 1
Dark Horse
By Adam Warren
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On this week's comic book review Stack:
Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Fonteriz and Carlos Magno
Monkey Prince #1
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Bernard Chang
New Masters #1
Image Comics
Written by Shobo Coker
Art by Shof Coker
The X-Cellent #1
Marvel
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Michael Allred and Laura Allred
Detective Comics #1051
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Max Raynor, Fernando Blanco
Geiger: 80 Page Giant #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi, Sterling Gates, Leon Hendrix III, Pornsak Pichetshote, Janet Harvey Nevala, Jay Faerber
Art by Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Peter Snejbjerg, Kelley Jones, Staz Johnson, Sean Galloway, Megan Levin, Joe Prado, Paul Pelletier
Savage Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Gerardo Sandoval
One-Star Squadron #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Lieber
Newburn #3
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Sabretooth #1
Marvel
Written by Victor LaValle
Art by Leonard Kirk
Nocterra #7
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
World of Krypton #3
DC Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Crossover #11
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
Dark Knights of Steel #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bengal
The Scumbag #12
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Roland Boschi
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LaToya Morgan, writer of BOOM! Studios' "Dark Blood", joins the live show to chat about her book. Plus prizes, Q&A and more!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Saga #55
Image Comics
Art by Fiona Staples
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Peacemaker: Disturbing The Peace #1
DC Comics
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Garry Brown
X Deaths of Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Federico Vicentini
Dark Blood #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan
Art by Moisés Hidalgo
Batman/Catwoman Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King, Ram V, Walter Simonson
Art by John Paul Leon, Bernard Chang, Shawn Crystal, Mitch Gerads, Dave Stewart
Night of the Ghoul #4
ComiXology Originals
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Francesco Francavilla
Mary Jane & Black Cat #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
House of Slaughter #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV and Tate Brombal
Art by Chris Shehan
Superman and Robin Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Viktor Bogdanovic
Once & Future #24
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
Devil’s Reign #3
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
Clear #4
ComiXology Originals
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Francis Manapul
Detective Comics #1050
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Mark Waid, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Ivan Reis, Dan Mora, Fernando Blanco
Rick & Morty Presents Hericktics Of Rick #1
Oni Press
Written by Amy Chu and Alexander Chang
Art by Sarah Stern
Black Panther #3
Marvel
Written by John Ridley, Juni Ba
Art by Juan Cabal with Ibrahim Moustafa, Juni Ba, Germán Peralta
The Human Target #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Stray Dogs: Dog Days #2
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner
Marauders Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Creees Lee
Task Force Z #4
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Eddy Barrows & Kieran McKeown
Ice Cream Man #28
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Avengers Forever #2
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder with Carlos Magno
Action Comics #1039
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge
Art by Riccardo Federici, Adriana Melo
Deadly Class #50
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
DC vs. Vampires #4
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Simone di Meo
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Rhys Prosser ("NJXP") + Chris Dunn (WWE, Vice)!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
She-Hulk #1
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Rogê Antônio
Batman: The Knight #1
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
Bolero #1
Image Comics
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luana Vecchio
X Lives Of Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Joshua Cassara
Wonder Woman #783
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Vita Ayala
Art by Marcio Takara, Skylar Patridge
Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines #1
Image Comics
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art by Carlos Pacheco
Silk #1
Marvel
Written by Emily Kim
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
Superman: Son of Kal-El #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
Angel #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Daniel Bayliss
Ben Reilly: Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by J.M. DeMatteis
Art by David Baldeón
Home Sick Pilots #11
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wjingaard
Robins #3
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Baldemar Rivas
Cursed Pirate Girl: The Devil’s Cave #1
Archaia
By Jeremy A. Bastian
Silver Surfer: Rebirth #1
Marvel
Written by Ron Marz
Art by Ron Lim
Primordial #5
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Wonder Woman: Evolution #3
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Mike Hawthorne
King Spawn #6
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Javi Fernandez
Detective Comics #1049
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Ivan Reis, Fernando Blanco
A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #4
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araúgo
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
The Silver Coin #8
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Michael Walsh
Nightwing #88
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Excellence #12
Image Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Khary Randolph
Catwoman #39
DC Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Nico Leon
Regarding the Matter of Oswald’s Body #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Spider-Man: The Other
Marvel
Written by J. Michael Straczynski, Peter David & Reginald Hudlin
Art by Mike Wieringo, Pat Lee & Mike Deodato Jr.
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On this week's live talk show, we've got guests Warwick Johnson-Cadwell ("Falconspeare") + Rich Wojcicki ("Deadbeats & Miscreants").
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Scott Godlewski
Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #1
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarksy
Art by Rafael De Latorre
Scorched #1
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane
Art by Stephen Segovia and Paulo Siqueria
Batgirls #2
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Jorge Corona
Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1
Marvel
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Davide Tinto
Rain #1
Image Comics
Written by Joe Hill and David M. Booher, Chris Ryall
Art by Zoe Thorogood, Ashley Wood
The Joker #11
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Belén Ortega
King Conan #2
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Stillwater #12
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Detective Comics #1048
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Ivan Reis, Fernando Blanco
Dark Ages #4
Marvel
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Coello
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #3
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Robin and Batman #3
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
The Thing #3
Marvel
Written by Walter Mosley
Art by Tom Reilly
The Department of Truth #15
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by David Romero
Hell Sonja #1
Dynamite
Written by Christopher Hastings
Art by Pasquala Qualano
Undiscovered Country #18
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Joe Jaro
Nyx #3
Dynamite
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Marc Borstel
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests James Aquilone ("Kolchak The Night Stalker") + Mark Russell (DC's "One-Star Squadron" and "Batman: Urban Legends")!
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On this week's comic book reviews, we're breaking down:
Darkhold: Omega
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Cian Tormey
Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel
Art by Denys Cowan
Elektra: Black, White & Blood #1
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule, Leonardo Romero and Declan Shalvey
Art by Mark Bagley, Leonardo Romero and Simone D’Armini
Superman: Son of Kal-El #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by John Timms
Inferno #4
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti and Stefano Caselli
Monkey Meat #1
Image Comics
By Juni Ba
World of Krypton #2
DC Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Apache Delivery Service #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Black Widow #13
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Rafael T. Pimentel
Dark Knights of Steel #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
One-Star Squadron #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Lieber
Captain America/Iron Man #2
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Angel Unzueta
Detective Comics #1047
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Ivan Reis, Fernando Blanco
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, VOLUME 1
Viz
By Inio Asano
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Stu Taylor ("Octobriana With Love") to talk about cold war scams, David Bowie and more.
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing some new books that came out this week, AND checking back in with some of our favorite graphic novels and trade collections that were released this year.
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Timeless #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Kev Walker, Greg Land & Jay Leisten, Mark Bagley & Andrew Hennessy
Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Doug Mahnke
Stray Dogs: Dog Days #1
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner
Devil’s Reign #2
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
The Human Target #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Power Rangers Universe #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Nicole Andelfinger
Illustrated by Simone Ragazzoni
DC vs. Vampires #3
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Ice Cream Man #27
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Action Comics #1038
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge
Art by Miguel Mendoça, Adriana Melo
Once & Future #23
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
BEST TRADES OF 2021
Far Sector
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisin
Art by Jamal Campbell
The Good Asian
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi and Lee Loughridge
Rorschach
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Strange Adventures
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star
Marvel
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Barbalien: Red Planet
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tate Brombal
Art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta
BRZRKR
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
Bliss
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
The Immortal Hulk
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
Monsters
Fantagraphics
By Barry Windsor-Smith
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Simon & Schuster
Written by Rebecca Hall
Art by Hugo Martinez
Run: Book One
Abrams Books
Written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Art by L. Fury and Nate Powell
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On this week's live podcast, we're counting down the best comic books of 2021! Plus, guest Lee Durfey-Lavoie ("Just Roll With It") joins the show!
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The Best Comic Books of 2021:
13) Man-Eaters: The Cursed
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Kate Niemczyk and Lia Miternique
12) That Texas Blood
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
11) The Silver Coin
Image Comics
Written by
Art by
10) Once & Future
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
9) The Six Sidekicks Of Trigger Keaton
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
8) Made in Korea
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by George Schall
7) Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
6) Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone
IDW/DC Comics
Written by Joe Hill
Art by Gabriel Rodriguez
5) Stray Dogs
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner
4) Nightwing
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
3) The Other History Of The DC Universe
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi
2) Home Sick Pilots
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wjingaard
1) The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
BOOM! Studios
Written by
Art by
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Avengers Forever #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Aaron Kuder
Batman: One Dark Knight #1
DC Comics
By Jock
Ms. Marvel #1
Marvel
Written by Samira Ahmed
Art by Andrés Genolet
Robins #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Baldemar Rivas
The Amazing Spider-Man #82
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Jorge Fornés
Catwoman Lonely City #2
DC Comics
By Cliff Chiang
King Conan #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Wonder Woman Evolution #2
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Mike Hawthorne
Eat the Rich #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
Batman/Catwoman #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Liam Sharp
House of Slaughter #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV and Tate Brombal
Art by Chris Shehan
Nightwing #87
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #3
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Refrigerator Full of Heads #3
DC Comics
Written by Rio Youers
Art by Tom Fowler
That Texas Blood #13
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
The Harbinger #3
Valiant Comics
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Robbi Rodriguez
Catwoman #38
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Radiant Black #11
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Marcelo Costa
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Victoria Grace Elliott ("Yummy: A History of Desserts")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Batgirls #1
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Jorge Corona
Wastelanders: Wolverine #1
Marvel
Written by Steven S. DeKnight
Art by Ibrahim Moustafa
Cloaked #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Richardson
Art by Jordi Armengol
Tis the Season To Be Freezin #1
DC Comics
Written by Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, Rich Bernatovech, Tee Franklin, Tara Roberts, Amedeo Turturro, Bobby Moynihan, Jeff Trammell, Andrew Wheeler
Art by Jordan Gibson, Travis Mercer, Yancy Labat, Eric Battle, Jason Howard, Pop Mhan, Justin Mason, Meghan Hetrick
The Thing #2
Marvel
Written by Walter Mosley
Art by Tom Reilly
The Joker #10
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg, Sam Johns
Art by Francesco Francavilla, Belén Ortega
BRZRKR #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
Hulk #2
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Ottley
Wonder Woman #782
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Vita Ayala
Art by Marcio Takara, Skylar Patridge
Mazebook #4
Dark Horse Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Defenders #4
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Robin and Batman #2
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Adventureman #7
Image Comics
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by Terry and Rachel Dodson
The Firefly Holiday Special
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeff Jensen
Art by Jordi Pérez, Vincenzo Federici, Fabiana Mascolo
Newburn #2
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jacob Phillips
Primordial
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
FAB: Pandora
Storyworlds
Written by Ramzee
Art by Stefano Simeone
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On this week's episode, join us with guests Peggy Li (Jewelry Designer, with pieces on Riverdale, Titans, Buffy and more) + Jared Beloff ("Marvelous Verses")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Devil’s Reign #1
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
One-Star Squadron #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Lieber
Crossover #10
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
Captain America/Iron Man #1
Marvel
Written by Derek Landy
Art by Angel Unzueta
Made in Korea #6
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by George Schall
World of Krypton #1
DC Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Mike Avon Oeming
Inferno #3
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by R.B. Silva, Stefano Caselli & Valerio Schiti
Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Casey Gilly
Art by Joe Jaro
What’s The Furthest Place From Here #2
Image Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Tyler Boss
Giant-Size Black Cat #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Steve Pugh
The Silver Coin #7
Image Comics
Written by Ram V.
Art by Michael Walsh
Buckhead #1
BOOM! Box
Written by Shobo
Art by George Kambadais
Amazing Fantasy #5
Marvel
By Kaare Kyle Andrews
Batman #118
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jorge Molina and Mikel Janín
Post Americana #7
Image Comics
By Steve Skroce
Archie’s Holiday Magic Special #1
Archie Comics
Written by Micol Ostow, Michael Northrop and J Torres
Art by Gretel Lusky, Arielle Jovellanos and Dan Schoening
The Swamp Thing #10
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
The Scumbag #11
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Roland Boschi
Nyx #2
Dynamite
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Marc Borstel
Dark Knights of Steel #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat) + John Luzar ("Odd Yarns")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Avengers #50
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron, Christopher Ruocchio
Art by Aaron Kuder, Carlos Pacheco, Ed McGuinness, Javier Garrón, David Baldeón, Steve McNiven
Justice League Incarnate #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver
Art by Brandon Peterson, Andrei Bressan and Tom Derenick
The Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Marcelo Ferreira
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by Phil Jimenez
Darkhold: Black Bolt #1
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by David Cutler
Batman Fear State Omega #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Riccardo Federici, Christian Duce, Ryan Benjamin, Guillem March, Trevor Hairsine
King of Spies #1
Image Comics
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Matteo Scalera
Wonder Woman 2021 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Andy MacDonald
Deadly Class #49
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
The Joker 2021 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Francesco Francavilla
The Me You Love In The Dark #5
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
The Human Target #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
The Department of Truth #14
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by John J. Pearson
Nightwing 2021 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Cian Tormey
Chu #10
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Dan Boultwood
Justice League Dark 2021 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V and Dan Watters
Art by Dan Watters
The Magic Order 2 #2
Image Comics
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Stuart Immonen
Batman 2021 Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Ricardo López Ortiz
Once & Future #22
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
Action Comics #1037
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge
Art by Miguel Mendoça, Adriana Melo
Dirtbag Rapture #3
Oni Press
Written by Christopher Sebela
Art by Kendall Goode
Saga of the Swamp Thing Volume 2
DC Comics
Written by Alan Moore
Art by John Totleben, Stephen Bissette
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On this week's live show, we're joined by Humanoids' Mark Waid to talk the new book "The History of Science Fiction"!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
Hulk #1
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Ottley
Catwoman #37
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Nina Bakeuva, Laura Braga & Geraldo Bonges
Grrl Scouts: Stone Ghost #1
Image Comics
By Jim Mahfood
Black Panther #1
Marvel
Written by John Ridley
Art by Juan Cabal
DC vs. Vampires #2
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Decorum #8
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mike Huddleston
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop #1
Marvel
Written by Marieke Nijkamp
Art by Enid Balám
That Texas Blood #12
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Checkmate #6
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
House of Slaughter #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV & Tate Brombal
Art by Chris Shehan
Task Force Z #2
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Eddy Barrows
Night of the Ghoul #2
ComiXology
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Francesco Francavilla
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Robins #1
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Baldemar Rivas
Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf #1
Titan Comics
Written by Jody Houser
Art by Roberta Ingranata
Wonder Woman: Evolution #1
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Mike Hawthorne
Getting Dizzy #1
BOOM! Box
Written by Shea Fontana
Art by Celia Moscote
Superman: Son of Kal-El #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by John Timms
King Spawn #4
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Javier Fernandez
Batman #117
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jorge Corona
Eat The Rich #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
Nubia and the Amazons #2
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Williams and Vita Ayala
Art by Alitha Martinez
Maw #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by A.L. Kaplan
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Primordial #3
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
The Nice House on the Lake #6
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Clear #2
ComiXology
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Francis Manapul
Nightwing #86
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Robbie Rodriguez
Refrigerator Full of Heads #2
DC Comics
Written by Rio Youers
Art by Tom Fowler
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On this week's live show: Dave Thomas (SCTV, "The Many Lives of Jimmy Leighton")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Venom #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing and Ram V
Art by Bryan Hitch
Robin and Batman #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Nyx #1
Dynamite
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Marc Barstool
The Thing #1
Marvel
Written by Walter Mosley
Art by Tom Reilly
Undiscovered Country #17
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Wonder Woman #781
DC Comics
Written by Michael W. Conrad & Becky Cloonan, Vita Ayala
Art by Marcio Takara, Skylar Patridge
Regarding the Matter of Oswald’s Body #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Stillwater #11
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Eternals #7
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Esad Ribić
6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #6
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
The Joker #9
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Stefan Raffaele, Rosi Kämpe
What’s the Furthest Place From Here? #1
Image Comics
By Tyler Boss and Matthew Rosenberg
Alien #8
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Salvador Larocca
Sea of Stars #11
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron and Dennis Hallum
Art by Stephen Green
Superman vs Lobo #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie
Art by Mirka Andolfo
PhenomX #1
Image Comics
Written by John Leguizamo, Aram Rappaport, Joe Miciak and Damian Slattery
Art by Chris Batista
Action Comics #1036
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Sean Lewis
Art by Daniel Sampere, Sam Basri
Man-Eaters: The Cursed #5
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Kate Niemczyk
Batman: The Imposter #2
DC Comics
Written by Mattson Tomlin
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #2
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
The Saga of the Swamp Thing, Volume 1
DC Comics
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Stephen Bissette and John Totleben
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming back guest Matthew Rosenberg ("What's The Furthest Place From Here?")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
The Human Target #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Greg Smallwood
Newburn #1
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Nadia Shammas
Art by Jacob Phillips, Ziyed Yusuf Ayounb
My Bad #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell, Bryce Ingman, Scott Morse
Art by Peter Krause
Dark Knights of Steel #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Yasmine Putri
Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1
Archie Comics
Written by Eliot Rahal, Evan Stanley, Amy Chu, Pat & Tim Kennedy
Art by Vincenzo Federici, Evan Stanley, Derek Charm, Pat & Tim Kennedy
The Magic Order 2 #1
Image Comics
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Stuart Immonen
The Swamp Thing #9
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
A Thing Called Truth #1
Image Comics
Written by Iolanda Zanfardino
Art by Elisa Romboli
Arkham City: The Order of the World #2
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Dani
Crossover #9
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
Batman #116
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jorge Corona
Radiant Black #9
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
Dirtbag Rapture #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christopher Sebela
Art by Kendall Goode
Frontiersman #2
Image Comics
Written by Patrick Kindlon
Art by Marco Ferrari
Amazing Fantasy #4
Marvel
By Kaare Kyle Andrews
The Silver Coin #6
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, Chris Hampton
Art by Michael Walsh, Gavin Fullerton
Last Flight Out #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Eduardo Ferrigato
Primordial #2
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
Lucky Devil #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Fran Galán
The Me You Love In The Dark #4
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Orphan and the Five Beasts #3
Dark Horse Comics
By James Stokoe
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics' "Newburn")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Batman: The Long Halloween Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeph Loeb
Art by Tim Sale
Inferno #2
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Stefano Caselli
Batman/Fortnite: Foundation #1
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder, Christos Gage and Donald Mustard
Art by Joshua Hixson
House of Slaughter #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV and Tate Brombal
Art by Chris Shehan
Task Force Z #1
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Eddy Barrows
The Harbinger #1
Valiant Comics
Written by Collin Kelly
Art by Jackson Lanzing
DC vs. Vampires #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
Chu #9
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Dan Boultwood
The Amazing Spider-Man #77
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Sara Pichelli
Adventureman #6
Image Comics
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by Terry and Rachel Dodson
Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Ronan Cliquet
Stranger Things: Tomb of Ybwen #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
Deathstroke Inc #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Howard Porter
Black Hammer Reborn #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Malachi Ward & Matthew Sheean, and Rich Tommaso
Daredevil #35
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Stefano Landini w/Francesco Mobili
Echolands #3
Image Comics
By J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman
Checkmate #5
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
Once & Future #21
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
Aquaman: The Becoming #2
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Diego Olortegui and Skylar Partridge
Dark Blood #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan
Art Moisés Hidalgo
Black Widow #12
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Elena Casagrande
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On this week's live podcast taping: Douglas Wolk ("All of the Marvels") + Duane Murray and Shawn Daley (Top Shelf's "A Better Place")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Catwoman: Lonely City #1
DC Comics
By Cliff Chiang
Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog #1
Image Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes & Jason Shawn Alexander
Art by Patric Reynolds and Jason Shawn Alexander
Nubia and the Amazons #1
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Williams and Vita Ayala
Art by Alitha Martinez
Gunslinger Spawn #1
Image Comics
Written by Todd McFarlane and Ales Kat
Art by Brett Booth, Thomas Nachlik, Philip Tan and Kevin Keane
Refrigerator Full of Heads #1
DC Comics
Written by Rio Youers
Art by Tom Fowler
The Death of Doctor Strange #2
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Lee Garbett
Green Lantern #7
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Tom Raney and Marco Santucci
Ice Cream Man #26
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Nightwing #85
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Robbie Rodriguez
Thor #18
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Pasqual Ferry and Bob Finn
Batman #115
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad
Art by Bengal & Jorge Jimenez, Jorge Corona
Made in Korea #5
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by George Schall
Batman vs Bigby: A Wolf in Gotham #2
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Brian Level
The United States of Captain America #5
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Dale Eaglesham
Batman/Catwoman #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Liam Sharp
King Spawn #3
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Javi Fernandez
Catwoman #36
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Nina Vakeuva and Laura Braga
Eat the Rich #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
Black Manta #2
DC Comics
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Valentine de Landro
That Texas Blood #11
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Maw #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by A.L. Kaplan
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On this week's live show, join guests Olivia Stephens ("Artie and the Wolf Moon") + Mark Sable ("Chaotic Neutral")!
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On today's Stack podcast:
The Immortal Hulk #50
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
Strange Adventures #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #9
Archie Comics
Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Art by Robert Hack
The Amazing Spider-Man #76
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Patrick Gleason
Wonder Woman #780
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Travis Moore, Steve Pugh
Star Trek: The Mirror War #1
IDW
Written by Scott & David Tipton
Art by Gavin Smith
X-Men #4
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Javier Pina
The Joker #8
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Guillem March, Rosi Kämpe
Mazebook #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Superman and the Authority #4
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Mikel Janín
Home Sick Pilots #10
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
I Am Batman #2
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Stephen Segovia
The Unbelievable Unteens #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Tyler Crook
Batman: The Imposter #1
DC Comics
Written by Mattson Tomlin
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
Black Hammer Reborn #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Ordinary Gods #4
Written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark
Art by Felipe Watanabe
Man-Eaters: The Cursed #4
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Lia Miternique
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Lesly Julien ("Savage Wizard") + Frank Barbiere ("Astonishing Times") and Curt Pires ("Lost Falls")!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
The Amazing Spider-Man #75
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells, Kelly Thompson
Art by Patrick Gleason, Travel Foreman, Ivan Fiorelli
Are You Afraid of Darkseid? #1
DC Comics
Written by Elliott Kalan, Kenny Porter, Calvin Kasulke, Dave Wielgosz, Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, Ed Brisson, Terry Blas, Jeremy Haun
Art by Mike Norton, Max Dunbar, Rob Guillory, Pablo M. Collar, Jesús Hervás, Tony Avīna, Garry Brown, Tony Akins
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #1
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by André Lima Araújo
Eternals: Celestia #1
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Key Zama
Last Flight Out #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
Arkham City: The Order of the World #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Dani
Dirtbag Rapture #1
Oni Press
Written by Christopher Sebela
Art by Kendall Goode
Defenders #3
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Lucky Devil #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Fran Galán
The Nice House on the Lake #5
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Dark Ages #2
Marvel
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Coello
The Swamp Thing #8
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
The Me You Love in the Dark #3
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Batman #114
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Brandon Thomas
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jason Howard
Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1
DC Comics
Written by Michael W. Conrad & Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire, Amy Reeder, Mark Waid, Tom King, Vita Ayala, Steve Orlando, Stephanie Phillips, G. Willow Wilson
Art by Jim Cheung, Paulina Ganucheau, Marissa Louise, José Luis Garcia-López, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Isaac Goodhart, Laura Braga, Marcio Takara, Meghan Hetrick
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Sophie Escabasse ("Witches of Brooklyn: What The Hex?!") + Koren Shadmi ("Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Inferno #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Valerio Schiti
The Sandman Universe/Locke & Key: Hell and Gone #2
DC Comics/IDW
Written by Joe Hill
Art by Gabriel Rodriguez
Stranger Things: Tomb of Ybwen #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Diego Galindo
Echolands #2
Image Comics
By J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman
The Amazing Spider-Man #74
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer with Christos Gage, Sean Ryan, Zeb Wells
Art by Marcelo Ferreira, Mark Bagley, Zé Carlos, Dio Neves, Carlos Gómez, Ivan Fiorelli and Humberto Ramos, Todd Nauck, Gustavo Duarte
Deathstroke Inc #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Howard Porter
Undiscovered Country #16
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Thor #17
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Michele Bandini
Die #20
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Stephanie Hans
Darkhold Alpha
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Cian Tormey
The Good Asian #5
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #30
Marvel
Written by Saladin Ahmed, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kemp Powers and Jeff Loveness. Cody Zigler
Art by Carmen Carnero, Sara Pichelli, Anthony Piper
Checkmate #4
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
The Department of Truth #13
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Amazing Fantasy #3
Marvel
By Kaare Kyle Andrews
Crossover #8
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
BRZRKR #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
Adventureman #5
Image Comics
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by Terry and Rachel Dodson
Something is Killing the Children #20
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Deel’edera
Children of the Plague #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Robert Love
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On this week's live show, guests Max Allan Collins ("Fancy Anders Goes to War," "Road to Perdition") + Ryan Silbert and Luke Lieberman ("Stan Lee's Alliance: A New Reality")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
The Death of Doctor Strange #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Lee Garbett
Aquaman: The Becoming #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Diego Olortegui
Frontiersman #1
Image Comics
Written by Patrick Kindlon
Art by Marco Ferrari
Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #1
DC Comics
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Brian Level
Alien #7
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Salvador Larroca
King Spawn #2
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane
Art by Javi Fernandez
Once & Future #20
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
X-Men #3
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Pepe Larraz
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Eat The Rich #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1
Marvel
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Bob Quinn
Nightwing #84
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Robbie Rodriguez
Radiant Black #8
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Dark Blood #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan
Art by Moisés Hidalgo
Catwoman #35
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Nina Vakueva
Stillwater #10
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Black Hammer Visions #8
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by David Rubín
Batman #113
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Brandon Thomas
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jason Howard
Chu #8
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Dan Boultwood
Superman: Son of Kal-El #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by John Timms
That Texas Blood #10
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
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On this week's new live show: Tony Fleecs ("Stray Dogs") + Patrick Kindlon and Marco Ferrari ("Frontiersman")!
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On this week's comic book podcast:
Fantastic Four #35
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott, Jason Loo, Mark Waid
Art by John Romita Jr., Jason Loo, Paul Renaud
Rorschach #12
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Primordial #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Andrea Sorrentino
I Am Batman #1
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Olivier Coipel
Eternals: Thanos Rises #1
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dustin Weaver
Wynd #10
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Dialynas
Wonder Woman #779
DC Comics
Written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Travis Moore, Paulina Ganucheau
Maw #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by A.L. Kaplan
Titans United #1
DC Comics
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by José Luis and Jonas Trindade
Man-Eaters: The Cursed #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Lia Miternique
Wakanda: The Last Annihilation #1
Marvel
Written by Evan Narcisse
Art by Germán Peralta
Bermuda #3
IDW
Written by John Layman
Art by Nick Bradshaw
Superman and the Authority #3
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Mikel Janín and Travel Foreman
Home Sick Pilots #9
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
The Joker #7
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Guillem March, Sweeney Boo
Seven Secrets #12
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
The Scumbag #10
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Matías Bergara
Ninjak #3
Valiant Comics
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Javier Pulido
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Scott Zakarin (creator, "Superhero Diaries") and Don Jeanes (Batman)!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for:
Black Manta #1
DC Comics
Written by Chuck Brown
Art by Valentine de Landro
Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #1
Marvel
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Germán García
Mazebook #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Infinite Frontier #6
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Xermánico
Conan The Barbarian #300
Marvel
Written by Jim Zub, Larry Hama, Dan Slott, James Owsley
Art by Cory Smith, Paul Davidson, Marcos Martin, Roberto De La Torre
Last Flight Out #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Eduardo Ferigato
The Swamp Thing #7
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Star Trek: The Mirror War #0
IDW
Written by Scott & David Tipton
Art by Carlos Nieto
The Nice House on the Lake #4
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
The Me You Love In The Dark #2
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Green Lantern #6
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Marco Santucci, Tom Raney
6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #4
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
Suicide Squad: Get Joker #2
DC Comics
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Alex Maleev
Ordinary Gods #3
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Felipe Watanabe
Batman #112
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Brandon Thomas
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jason Howard
Deadly Class #48
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
Batman/Catwoman #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Liam Sharp
Excellence #11
Image Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Khary Randolph
Mamo #3
BOOM! Box
By Sas Milledge
The Unbelievable Unteens #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Tyler Crook
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Dave Scheidt and Miranda Harmon ("Mayor Good Boy"), as well as guest host Nat Towsen!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
Batman Fear State Alpha #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Riccardo Federici
Dark Ages #1
Marvel
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Ivan Coello
The Beauty: All Good Things
Image Comics
Story by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley
Art by Matthew Dow Smith, Jeremy Haun & Danny Luckert
Infinite Frontier #5
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Jesús Merino, Paul Pelletier, Tom Derenick
Captain Marvel #32
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Sergio Dávila
Geiger #6
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Lucky Devil #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Fran Galán
Aquaman 80th Anniversary #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Parker, Marguerite Bennett, Geoff Johns, Cavan Scott, Michael Moreci, Dan Watters, Stephanie Phillips, Dan Jurgens, Shawn Aldridge, Chuck Brown, Brandon Thomas
Art by Evan “Doc” Shaner, Trung Le Nguyen, Paul Pelletier, Scot Eaton, Pop Mahn, Miguel Mendonca, Hendry Prasetya, Steve Epting, Tom Derenick, Valentine de Landro, Diego Olortegui
Sinister War #4
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson and Nick Spencer
Art by Mark Bagley, Dio Neves and Marcelo Ferreira
Sweet Paprika #2
Image Comics
By Mirka Andolfo
Black Hammer Reborn #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Static Season One #3
DC Comics
Written by Vita Ayala
Art by Nikolas Draper-Ivey, Chriscross
Undiscovered Country #15
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Groo Meets Tarzan #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier
Art by Sergio Aragonés and Thomas Yeates
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Trung le Nguyen ("The Magic Fish") + Eric Powell ("Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
King Spawn #1
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis, Todd McFarlane
Art by Javi Fernandez, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan, Brett Booth
Superman vs. Lobo #1
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie
Art by Mirka Andolfo
Ice Cream Man #25
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Winter Guard #1
Marvel
Written by Ryan Cady
Art by Jan Bazaldua, Djibril Morissette-Phan
Wonder Woman #778
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Travis Moore, Paulina Ganucheau
Made in Korea #4
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by George Schall
Darkhawk #1
Marvel
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Juanan Ramírez
Echolands #1
Image Comics
Written by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman
Art by J.H. Williams III
Cable Reloaded #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Bob Quinn
Wonder Girl #3
DC Comics
Written by Joëlle Jones
Art by Joëlle Jones and Adriana Melo
St. Mercy #1
Top Cow
Written by John Zuur Platten
Art by Atilio Rojo
Alien #6
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Salvador Larroca
Superman ’78 #1
DC Comics
Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Wilfredo Torres
The Department of Truth #12
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Robin #5
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Gleb Melnikov
Once & Future #19
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
Chu #7
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Dan Boultwood
Superman: Son of Kal-El #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by John Timms
Amazing Fantasy #2
Marvel
By Kaare Andrews
Mother of Madness #2
Image Comics
Written by Emilia Clarke & Marguerite Bennett
Art by Leila Leiz
The Invincible Red Sonja #4
Dynamite
Written by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti
Art by Moritat
Dark Blood #2
Image Comics
Written by Latoya Morgan
Art by Walt Barna & Moisés Hidalgo
Something is Killing the Children #19
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
That Texas Blood #9
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
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On this week's live show: Shane Berryhill ("Jacin and the Olympians") + J.H. Williams III & W. Haden Blackman (Image Comics "Echolands")!
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Mark Crilley ("My Last Summer With Cass") + Chad Sell ("The Cardboard Kingdom: The Roar of the Beast")!
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On today's comic book podcast:
Kang The Conqueror #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carlos Magno
Killer Queens #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Claudia Balboni
Second Chances #1
Image Comics
Written by Ricky Mammone
Art by Max Bertolini
Eat The Rich #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
Superman and the Authority #2
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Mikel Janín, Fico Ossio, Evan Cagle, and Travel Foreman
Home #5
Image Comics
Written by Julio Anta
Art by Anna Wieszczyk
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Radiant Black #7
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Nightwing #83
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Nocterra #6
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Batman/Catwoman #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Home Sick Pilots #8
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Clayton Henry
Ascender #18
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
At by Dustin Nguyen
Catwoman #34
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Fernando Blanco
Time Before Time #4
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville
Art by Joe Palmer
Bermuda #2
IDW
Written by John Layman
Art by Nick Bradshaw
Lazarus Risen #6
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Michael Lark
Black Hammer Visions #7
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cecil Castellucii
Art by Melissa Duffy
Man Eaters: The Cursed #2
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Lia Miternique
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #5
Oni Press
Written by Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee
Art by Chris Samnee
Kang The Conqueror #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carlos Magno
Killer Queens #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Claudia Balboni
Second Chances #1
Image Comics
Written by Ricky Mammone
Art by Max Bertolini
Eat The Rich #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
Superman and the Authority #2
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Mikel Janín, Fico Ossio, Evan Cagle, and Travel Foreman
Home #5
Image Comics
Written by Julio Anta
Art by Anna Wieszczyk
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Radiant Black #7
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Nightwing #83
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Nocterra #6
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Batman/Catwoman #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Home Sick Pilots #8
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Clayton Henry
Ascender #18
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
At by Dustin Nguyen
Catwoman #34
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Fernando Blanco
Time Before Time #4
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville
Art by Joe Palmer
Bermuda #2
IDW
Written by John Layman
Art by Nick Bradshaw
Lazarus Risen #6
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Michael Lark
Black Hammer Visions #7
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cecil Castellucii
Art by Melissa Duffy
Man Eaters: The Cursed #2
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Lia Miternique
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #5
Oni Press
Written by Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee
Art by Chris Samnee
Kang The Conqueror #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carlos Magno
Killer Queens #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Claudia Balboni
Second Chances #1
Image Comics
Written by Ricky Mammone
Art by Max Bertolini
Eat The Rich #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
Superman and the Authority #2
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Mikel Janín, Fico Ossio, Evan Cagle, and Travel Foreman
Home #5
Image Comics
Written by Julio Anta
Art by Anna Wieszczyk
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Radiant Black #7
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Nightwing #83
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Nocterra #6
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Batman/Catwoman #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Home Sick Pilots #8
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Clayton Henry
Ascender #18
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
At by Dustin Nguyen
Catwoman #34
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Fernando Blanco
Time Before Time #4
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville
Art by Joe Palmer
Bermuda #2
IDW
Written by John Layman
Art by Nick Bradshaw
Lazarus Risen #6
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Michael Lark
Black Hammer Visions #7
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cecil Castellucii
Art by Melissa Duffy
Man Eaters: The Cursed #2
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Lia Miternique
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #5
Oni Press
Written by Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee
Art by Chris Samnee
Kang The Conqueror #1
Marvel
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Carlos Magno
Killer Queens #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David M. Booher
Art by Claudia Balboni
Second Chances #1
Image Comics
Written by Ricky Mammone
Art by Max Bertolini
Eat The Rich #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Sarah Gailey
Art by Pius Bak
Superman and the Authority #2
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Mikel Janín, Fico Ossio, Evan Cagle, and Travel Foreman
Home #5
Image Comics
Written by Julio Anta
Art by Anna Wieszczyk
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Radiant Black #7
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Nightwing #83
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Nocterra #6
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Batman/Catwoman #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Home Sick Pilots #8
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Clayton Henry
Ascender #18
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
At by Dustin Nguyen
Catwoman #34
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Fernando Blanco
Time Before Time #4
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville
Art by Joe Palmer
Bermuda #2
IDW
Written by John Layman
Art by Nick Bradshaw
Lazarus Risen #6
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Michael Lark
Black Hammer Visions #7
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cecil Castellucii
Art by Melissa Duffy
Man Eaters: The Cursed #2
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Lia Miternique
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #5
Oni Press
Written by Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee
Art by Chris Samnee
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Batman '89 #1
DC Comics
Written by Sam Hamm
Art by Joe Quinones
Defenders #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Javier Rodríguez
Pennyworth #1
DC Comics
Written by Scott Bryan Wilson
Art by Juan Gedeon
Runaways #100
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
FCBD21 Suicide Squad/King Shark Special
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley, Brian Azzarello
Art by Scott Kolins, Alex Maleev
The Unbelievable Unteens #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Tyler Crook
FCBD21 Batman Special Edition
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley, James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Travel Foreman
Six Sidekicks #3
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
I Am Batman #0
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Travel Foreman
The Silver Coin #5
Image Comics
Written by Michael Walsh
Art by Michael Walsh with Gavin Fullerton
Rorschach #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Ordinary Gods #2
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Felipe Watanabe
Wonder Woman #777
DC Comics
Written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Emanuela Luppcahino, Paulina Ganucheau
The Joker #6
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Guillem March, Sweeney Boo
Infinite Frontier #4
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Paul Pelletier, Jesús Merino, Xermanico
Detective Comics #1041
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Dan Mora, Darick Robertson
Hardware Season One #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Denys Cowan
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Sal Crivelli (ComicPop) + Nandor Fox Shaffer ("Man-Child") + Kyle Higgins ("Ordinary Gods")!
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On a special bonus episode of Comic Book Club, we're talking all about the newly released The Suicide Squad! Does James Gunn's reboot work? Who are the best -- and worst -- characters? And much, much more as we break the movie down.
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On this week's comic review Stack:
American Vampire 1976 #10
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Suicide Squad: Get Joker #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Alex Maleev
Spirits of Vengeance: Spirit Rider #1
Marvel
Written by Taboo & B. Earl
Art by Paul Davidson
The Me You Love In The Dark #1
Image Comics
Written by Skottie Young
Art by Jorge Corona
Lucky Devil #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Fran Galán
Batman #111
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #1
Marvel
Written by Tom Taylor, Ed Brisson, James Stokoe
Art by Phil Noto, Whilce Portacio, James Stokoe
Trover Saves The Universe #1
Image Comics
By Tess Stone
Transformers: King Gridlock #1
IDW
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Agustin Padilla
Crush and Lobo #3
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan
Geiger #5
Image Comics
By Geoff Johns & Gary Frank
Seven Secrets #11
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
The Nice House on the Lake #3
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
The Good Asian #4
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Green Lantern #5
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Tom Raney, Marco Santucci, Andy MacDonald
Seven to Eternity #17
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Jerome Opeña
The Swamp Thing #6
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Stillwater #9
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Wynd #9
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Dialynas
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Alex Schumacher (MR. BUTTERCHIPS) + John Luzar (MARGUERITE VS THE OCCUPATION)!
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On this week's comic book review podcast, we're breaking down:
Superman: Son of Kal-El #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by John Timms
Amazing Fantasy #1
Marvel
By Kaare Andrews
Groo Meets Tarzan #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier
Art by Sergio Aragonés and Thomas Yeates
Sweet Paprika #1
Image Comics
By Mirka Andolfo
The Other History of the DC Universe #5
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi
Betty Ray Bill #5
Marvel
By Daniel Warren Johnson
The Department of Truth #11
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Strange Adventures #11
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Black Cat #8
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Made in Korea #3
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by George Schall
Infinite Frontier #3
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Paul Pelletier, Jesús Merino, Tom Derenick, Xermanico
That Texas Blood #8
Image Comics
By Chris Condon & Jacob Phillips
Batman: Reptilian #2
DC Comics
Written by Gary Ennis
Art by Liam Sharp
Head Lopper #16
Image Comics
By Andrew Maclean
Something is Killing the Children #18
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Checkmate #2
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
The Scumbag #9
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Jonathan Wayshak
Good Luck #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Matthew Erman
Art by Stefano Simeone
Vinyl #2
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Daniel Hillyard
BRZRKR #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #4
Image Comics
Written by Matt Fraction, David F. Walker
Art by Steve Lieber, Matthew Clark
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On this week's live show we're welcoming guests Ira Marcks ("Shark Summer") + Jeffrey Brown ("A Total Waste of Space-Time")!
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On this week's comic book review Stack:
Superman and the Authority #1
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Mikel Janín
Moon Knight #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio
Mother of Madness #1
Image Comics
Written & Created by Emilia Clarke & Marguerite Bennet
Art by Leila Leiz
Blue and Gold #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Ryan Sook
Thor Annual #1
Marvel
By Aaron Kuder
Syphon #1
Image Comics
Story by Mohsen Ashraf
Written by Patrick Meaney & Mohsen Ashraf
Art by Jeff Edwards
Shazam #1
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Clayton Henry
Home Sick Pilots #7
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
X-Men Legends #5
Written by Peter David
Art by Todd Nauck
Chu #6
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Dan Boultwood
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Undiscovered Country #14
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Nightwing #82
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo, Rick Leonardi and Neil Edwards
Radiant Black #6
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Darko Lafuente
Dark Blood #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Latoya Morgan
Art by Walt Barna
Deadly Class #47
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
Shadecraft #5
Image Comics
Written by Joe Henderson
Art by Lee Garbett
Save Yourself #2
BOOM! Box
Written by Bones Leopard
Art by Kelly & Nichole Matthews
Home #4
Image Comics
Written by Julio Anta
Art by Anna Wieszczyk
Black Hammer Reborn #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Time Before Time #3
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey & Rory McConville
Art by Joe Palmer
Bermuda #1
IDW
Written and Letters by John Layman
Art by Nick Bradshaw
Compass #2
Image Comics
Written by Robert MacKenzie & David Walker
Art by Justin Greenwood
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests André Darlington ("Gotham City Cocktails") + Official CBC Chef Bret Macris!
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On this week's comic book reviews, we're breaking down:
Sinister War #1
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Mark Bagley
Wonder Woman #775
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Andy MacDonald, Paulina Ganucheau
The Silver Coin #4
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art and letters by Michael Walsh
Ninjak #1
Valiant Comics
By Jeff Parker and Javier Pulido
Aliens Aftermath #1
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Dave Wachter
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The Joker #5
DC Comics
Written by Matthew Rosenberg with James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Francesco Francavilla, Sweeney Boo
HAHA #6
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran
Seven Secrets #10
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Friday #3
Panel Syndicate
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Marcos Martin
Scream #1
Marvel
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Christopher Mooneyham
Rorschach #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Six Sidekicks #2
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
Barbarella #1
Dynamite
Written by Sarah Hoyt
Art by Madibek Musabekov
Thor #15
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Michele Bandini
Infinite Frontier #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Paul Pelletier, Jesús Merino, Zermánico
Man-Eaters: The Cursed #1
Image Comics
Written by Chelsea Cain
Art by Lia Miternique
Black Hammer Visions #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Malachi Ward and Matthew Sheean
Mouse Guards: The Owlhen Caregiver and Other Tales #1
BOOM! Studios
By David Petersen
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests J.K. Woodward ("The Con-a-Sutra") + Ray Fawkes ("One Line")!
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On this week's comic book reviews:
X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Pepe Larraz
Masters of the Universe Revelation #1
Dark Horse Comics
Story by Kevin Smith & Rob David
Script by Tim Sheridan
Art by Mindy Lee
The Nice House on the Lake #2
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Nocterra #5
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Extreme Carnage Alpha
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Manuel Garcia
Mamo #1
BOOM! Box
By Sas Milledge
The Good Asian #3
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
The Swamp Thing #5
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by John McCrea
Monday Monday: A Rivers of London Story #1
Titan Comics
Written by Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel
Art by José María Beroy
Geiger #4
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Captain America #30
Marvel
Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Art by Leonard Kirk
WWE: The New Day - Power of Positivity #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Evan Narcisse & Austin Walker
Art by Daniel Bayliss
Karmen #5
Image Comics
By Guillem March
Green Lantern #4
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Tom Raney & Marco Santucci
Wynd #8
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Dialynas
Post Americana #6
Image Comics
By Steve Skroce
The Avengers #46
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Javier Garrón
Ordinary Gods #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Felipe Watanabe
The Worst Dudes #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Aubrey Sitterson
Art by Tony Gregori
Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #6
DC Comics
Concept by Donald Mustard
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Reilly Brown
Jenny Zero #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney
Art by Magenta King
Life is Strange: Coming Home #1
Titan Comics
Written by Emma Vieceli
Art by Claudia Leonardi
Wonder Girl #2
DC Comics
Written by Joëlle Jones
Art by Joëlle Jones and Adriana Melo
Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
Art by Benjamin Dewey
Batman #110
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Tori Sharp ("Just Pretend") + James Albon ("The Delicacy")!
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SHOW RUNDOWN
INTRO:
Patreon Thank Yous
What are we drinking?
The Smoke Pellet, from Gotham City Cocktails
GUESTS:
Tori Sharp ("Just Pretend")
Out now from Little Brown
+ James Albon ("The Delicacy")
Out now from IDW/Top Shelf
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
TRIVIA
Win a $25 gift card from Midtown Comics
Today’s Contestant: Jonathan McCool
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WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN STORES
OUTRO
Next week’s guests:
J.K. Woodward ("The Con-a-Sutra")
+ Ray Fawkes ("One Line")
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On this week's comic book reviews, we're tackling:
The United States of Captain America #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell, Josh Trujillo
Art by Dale Eaglesham, Jan Bazaldua
Infinite Frontier: Secret Files #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas, Joshua Williamson, Stephanie Phillips, Dan Watters
Art by Valentine De Landro, Inaki Miranda, Stephen Byrne, Phil Hester, Christopher Mitten
Power Rangers Unlimited #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Frank Gogol
Art by Simone Ragazzoni
Beta Ray Bill #4
Marvel
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Crossover #7
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Phil Hester
Catwoman Annual 2021 #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Kyle Hotz, Fernando Blanco & Juan Ferreyra
Parasomnia #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Andrea Mutti
Black Cat Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Joey Vazquez
Made in Korea #2
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by George Schall
Daredevil #31
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Mike Hawthorne
Specter Inspectors #5
BOOM! Box
Written by Bowen McCurdy & Kaitlyn Musto
Art by Bowen McCurdy
The Department of Truth #10
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tea Time #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Mirka Andolfo
Art by Siya Oum
That Texas Blood #7
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Jordan Morris and Tony Cliff ("Bubble") + RAMZEE ("FAB")!
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On this week's comic book reviews podcast:
Infinite Frontier #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Xermanico
Gamma Flight #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing and Crystal Frasier
Art by Lan Medina
Stray Dogs #5
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner
Heroes Return #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Ed McGuinness
Sea of Stars #10
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron and Dennis Hallum
Art by Stephen Green
Batman: Reptilian #1
DC Comics
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Liam Sharp
Vinyl #1
Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Daniel Hillyard
Fantastic Four: Life Story #2
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Sean Izaakse
Shadecraft #4
Image Comics
Written by Joe Henderson
Art by Lee Garbett
Checkmate #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Chris and Laura Samnee
Art by Chris Samnee
Undiscovered Country #13
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Good Luck #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Matthew Erman
Art by Stefano Simeone
Ascender #16
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Wonder Woman #774
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Andy MacDonald, Paulina Ganucheau
Home Sick Pilots #6
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Something is Killing the Children #17
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’Edera
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On this week's live show, guests Dave Baker & Nicole Goux ("Everyone is Tulip").
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing:
Venom #200
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates with Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Ryan Stegman, Kev Walker, Denilo S. Beyruth, Ron Lim, Gugu Vilanova, Gerardo Sandoval and Mark Bagley
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Bilquis Evely
Compass #1
Image Comics
Written by Robert MacKenzie & David Walker
Art by Justin Greenwood
Static: Season One #1
DC Comics
Written by Vita Ayala
Art by Chriscross
Save Yourself #1
BOOM! Box
Written by Bones Leopard
Art by Kelly & Nichole Matthews
Planet-Size X-Men #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Pepe Larraz
Norse Mythology #1
Dark Horse Comics
Story and Words by Neil Gaiman
Script and Layouts by P. Craig Russell
Captain America Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Marco Castiello
Home #3
Image Comics
Written by Julio Anta
Art by Anna Wieszcyzk
BRZRKR #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Art by Ron Garney
The Silver Coin #3
Image Comics
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Michael Walsh
Catwoman #32
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Evan Cagle
Seven Secrets #9
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Alien #4
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Salvador Larroca
Radiant Black #5
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Eduardo Ferigato & Marcelo Costa
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
Stillwater #8
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K Perez
Demon Days: Mariko #1
Marvel
By Peach Momoko
Nightwing #81
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Time Before Time #2
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville
Art by Joe Palmer
Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #5
DC Comics
Concept by Donald Mustard
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Christian Duce
Ultramega #4
Image Comics
By James Harren
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On this week's live show we're welcoming guests Julio Anta ("Home") + Dani Hedlund (The Literary Tarot)!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
Far Sector #12
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisin
Art by Jamal Campbell
X-Men #21
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Nick Dragotta, Russell Dauterman, Lucas Werneck & Sara Pichelli
Birthright #50
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Wonder Woman #773
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Travis Moore, Paulina Ganucheau
Six Sidekicks #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Chris Schweizer
The Joker #4
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Guillem March, Mirka Andolfo
The Good Asian #2
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Rorschach #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Geiger #3
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
The Secret Land #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Christofer Emgård
Art by Tomás Aira
Karmen #4
Image Comics
By Guillem March
Wynd #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michale Dialynas
Black Hammer Visions #5
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kelley Thompson
Art by Leonardo Romero
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On this week's live show, we're joined by guests Joshua Williamson ("Birthright") + Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan ("Wonder Woman")! NOTE: Apologies about the audio issues this episode.
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
The Nice House on the Lake #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Iron Man Annual #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ibraim Roberson
Crush and Lobo #1
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Amancay Nahuelpan
The Amazing Spider-Man #67
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Marcelo Ferreira with Carlos Gómez
DC Horror Presents The Conjuring: The Lover #1
DC Comics
Written by David L. Johnson-McGoldrick & Rex Ogle, Scott Snyder
Art by Mike Spicer, Denys Cowan, Dave Johnson
North Force #0
Image Comics
By Erik Larsen
Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #4
DC Comics
Concept by Donald Mustard
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Reilly Brown
Basilisk #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Jonas Scharf
The Swamp Thing #4
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Rick & Morty: Rick’s New Hat #1
Oni Press
Written by Alex Firer
Art by Fred C. Stresing
Batman #109
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
The Invincible Red Sonja #2
Dynamite
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner
Art by Moritat
Green Lantern #3
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Tom Raney and Marco Santucci
Bliss #8
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Nocterra #4
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Deadly Class #46
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig
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On this week's live show we're welcoming Chris Walker, founder of Urbanime and Chris Dunn, a former writer for the WWE.
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Black Panther #25
Marvel
By Ta-Nehisi Coates, Daniel Acuña and Brian Stelfreeze
Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Easton
Art by Fico Ossio
The Department of Truth #9
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Reptil #1
Marvel
Written by Terry Blas
Art by Enid Balám
Batman/Superman #18
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Ivan Reis and Jose Luís
Made in Korea #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Holt, Ron Chan
Art by George Schall, Ron Chan
The Other History of the DC Universe #4
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Beta Ray Bill #3
Marvel
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Strange Adventures #10
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Alien #3
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Salvador Larocca
Shadecraft #3
Image Comics
Written by Joe Henderson
Art by Lee Garbett
Stargirl Spring Break Special #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns, Brec Bassinger
Art by Todd Nauck, Bryan Hitch, Fred Hembeck
Something is Killing the Children #16
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Robin #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Gleb Melnikov
HAHA #5
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Gabriel Hernández Walta
Harley Quinn #3
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Riley Rossmo
The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #5
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by r.m. Guéra
Action Comics #1031
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Daniel Sampere, Mike Oeming
Ascender #15
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests James Emmett & Erica Schultz ("Deadliest Bouquet") + Glenn Head ("Chartwell Manor")!
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On this week's Stack review show:
Wonder Girl #1
DC Comics
By Joëlle Jones
Shang-Chi #1
Marvel
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Dike Ruan
Rangers of the Divide #1
Dark Horse Comics
By Megan Huang
Home #2
Image Comics
Written by Julio Anta
Art by Anna Wieszcyk
Nightwing #80
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Fantastic Four: Life Story #1
Marvel
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Sean Izaakse
Radiant Black #4
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Catwoman #31
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Fernando Blanco
The Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1
Marvel
Written by Alex Paknadel and Al Ewing, David Vauhan
Art by Juan Ferreyra, Kevin Nowlan
Ultramega #3
Image Comics
By James Harren
Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #3
DC Comics
Concept by Donald Mustard
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Reilly Brown
Stillwater #7
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #3
Oni Press
By Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee
The Scumbag #8
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Alex Riegel
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ram V
Art by Filipe Andrade
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On this week's big live show, guests Stan Stanley ("The Hazards of Love") + Tom Peyer ("Penultiman")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
X-Corp #1
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Alberto Foche
Time Before Time #1
Image Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville
Art by Joe Palmer
Wonder Woman #722
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
Art by Travis Moore
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: King’s Ransom #1
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Rogê Antônio, with Carlos Gomez & Zé Carlós
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #25
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Lambert
Art by Valentina Pinti
The Joker #3
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Guillem March, Mirka Andolfo
Ice Cream Man #24
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Rorschach #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Heroes Reborn #2
Marvel
Written by Jason Aron
Art by Dale Keown with Carlos Magno, Ed McGuinness
Geiger #2
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Superman #31
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Sean Lewis
Art by Scott Godlewski and Norm Rapmund, Sami Basri
Karmen #3
Image Comics
By Guillem March
Batman: The Detective #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Andy Kubert
Spider-Man: Spider’s Shadow #2
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarksy
Art by Pasqual Ferry
Seven Secrets #8
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
American Vampire 1976 #8
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Birthright #49
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Justice League: Last Ride #1
DC Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Miguel Mendonça
Magic #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Ig Guara
Future State: Gotham #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver
Art by Giannis Milonogiannis
The Silver Coin #2
Image Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Michael Walsh
Proctor Valley Road #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Grant Morrison and Alex Child
Art by Noami Franquiz
Black Hammer Visions #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Diego Olortegui
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Olivia Cuartero-Briggs ("Silver City") + Daniel Warren Johnson ("Murder Falcon," "Beta Ray Bill")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Heroes Reborn #1
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Ed McGuinness
The Good Asian #1
Image Comics
Written by Pornsak Pinchetshote
Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
The Invincible Red Sonja #1
Dynamite
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner
Art by Moritat
Eve #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Victor LaValle
Art by Jo Mi-Gyeong
The Swamp Thing #3
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
The Last Witch #5
BOOM! Box
Written by Conor McCreery
Art by V.V. Glass
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha
Marvel
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Steve McNiven
Nocterra #3
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Batman #108
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
DIE #16
Image Comics
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Stephanie Hans
Suicide Squad #3
DC Comics
Written by Robbie Thompson
Art by Eduardo Pansica
Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
Art by Benjamin Dewey
Bliss #7
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Green Lantern #2
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci
Wynd #6
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Dialynas
Fear Case #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler and Hilary Jenkins
Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #2
DC Comics
Concept by Donald Mustard
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Reilly Brown
Dead Dog’s Bite #3
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Boss
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On this week's packed podcast, we're welcoming guests Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher ("The Black Ghost") + Brian E. Lau and Hallea Jones ("Staunch Ambition")! Plus, Hallea teases Eden's role on Locke & Key season 2.
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It's the Season One finale of Invincible and the truth about Omni-Man finally comes out on "Where I Really Come From." With Nolan revealed, it's a knock-down, drag out fight between him and Mark for the fate of Earth, with devastating results. And in the aftermath, we get some teases about what may be coming down the road in Invincible Season 2 and 3.
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On this week's Stack podcast:
The Marvels #1
Marvel
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art by Yildiray Cinar
Robin #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Gleb Melnikov
Shadowman #1
Valiant Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Jon Davis-Hunt
Helm Greycastle #1
Image Comics
Story by Henry Barajas
Art by Bryan Valenza and Rahmat M. Handoko
Black Widow #6
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Rafael de Latorre
Batman/Superman #17
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Ivan Reis
Summoner War: Legacy #1
Image Comics
Written by Justin Jordan
Art by Luca Claretti
Beta Ray Bill #2
Marvel
By Daniel Warren Johnson
Action Comics #1030
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad
Art by Daniel Sampere, Michael Avon Oeming
Crossover #6
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
X-Men Legends #3
Marvel
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The first (?) season of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier concludes with an epic fight in New York City as we recap "One World, One People." With the Karli and The Flag-Smashers attempting to kidnap the GRC, it's up to Sam to put on his new Captain America suit and save the day. Meanwhile, Bucky has some amending of his own to do, Sharon Carter pulls off her mask, literally and figuratively, and John Walker reaches a crossroads. Let's break down all the Easter eggs, future MCU teases (is US Agent a villain, or a hero?) and much more from the finale of Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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Nolan just wants to have a nice chat with his son Mark and things get in the way as we recap Invincible Episode 7, "We Need To Talk." With Debbie onto Omni-Man, the former hero tries to track down his son to tell him the truth, but Mark is busy with problems with Amber -- and then Eve. Meanwhile, Robot finally reveals his plan for Rex's blood, leading to a conflict with the Mauler Twins. And Cecil pulls out all the stops to prevent Nolan from reaching his son.
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Sam grapples with whether he should take Captain America's shield, and seeks out an old contact for advice as we recap The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5, "Truth." With John Walker on the run for killing Nico, Bucky and Sam team up to take him down, leading to a massive status quo change for the wannabe Cap. Meanwhile, back in Louisiana, Sam's sister doesn't want to sell the family boat. And the Flag-Smashers make their move, thanks to a returning super-villain. We break down all the Falcon and the Winter Soldier Easter eggs and comic book references in the episode, from Julia Louis-Dreyfus's surprise cameo as Contessa Allegra Valentina de Fontaine, to whether she's playing Madam Hydra, to John Walker's new shield and much, much more.
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Mark visits college and encounters some killer cyborgs as we recap Invincible Episode 6 "You Look Kinda Dead". After recovering from the attack on Machinehead, Mark wants a change of pace, so heads on a college tour with William and Amber, but things don't go well. Atom Eve decides to make a real difference in the world. And Debbie closes in on Nolan's secret, with devastating results.
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On a very special live show, we're welcoming the team from Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone to preview the upcoming, epic crossover series: writer Joe Hill, artist Gabriel Rodriguez and editor Chris Ryall.
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Invincible teams up with supervillain Titan and learns things aren’t always what they seem as we recap episode 5, “That Actually Hurt.” Mark is busy balancing training with Omni-Man, and dating Amber — poorly — but takes a break to help Mahershala Ali’s Titan with a local crime boss. Meanwhile, Debbie is growing increasingly suspicious of her husband. And the Guardians of the Globe learn an important lesson about teamwork.
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Things get real dark, real quick as John Walker comes for the Flag-Smashers on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 4, “The Whole World is Watching.” With the Dora Milaje on the hunt for Zemo, the pressure is on for Sam and Bucky to try to turn Karli Morganthau, or take her down. And once the new Captain America and Battlestar get into the mix, things get complicated — and tragic. Let’s break down all the Turkish delight — sorry, Easter eggs, Marvel comic book references and much more.
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: Welcome to MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel, the MCU, and right now, Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And we are going to be talking about the fourth episode of the series, The Whole World is Watching. And it is true, this is a big show, lots of people watching, the whole world in fact, has been tuning in for every episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. And that’s what the title is mostly about, is the ratings for the show, which we know of course are through the roof. So that’s very exciting.
Justin: That’s right. Anytime you can just guess about your ratings and throw that in the title.
Pete: It’s a boss move, it’s a boss move for sure.
Justin: It’s a baller move. Like of shows are like, “Whoops, no one watched and we’re canceled. Episode four.”
Alex: That was my favorite show for a really long time. I wish they hadn’t titled it that because I feel like more people have watched and it wouldn’t have gotten cancelled.
Justin: Anytime you can throw a “Whoops” in there at the beginning of anything, you’re really speaking to the people.
Alex: It was actually originally called, “Whoops Friends.”
Justin: Whoops, we’re friends. I mean that’s sort of what it was about.
Alex: Kind of, they just met. They were on a break.
Justin: Whoops, we’re podcasters. That’s us. That’s what this is.
Alex: Now requisite spoiler warning here. If you haven’t watched the fourth episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier please go do that because we’re going to spoil the heck out of it. But first a little pluggy poo over here of this-
Justin: Pluggy poo? We have not vetted that term.
Pete: And what just happened?
Alex: I’m just playing around with some stuff.
Justin: Sorry, Alex its just son who’s talking right now?
Alex: If you haven’t checked it out already, we did an interview with Olli Haaskivi, who is the actor who played Dr. Wilfred Nagel on the last episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Now, if you’re only subscribed, we rolled this out a bunch of different places. We usually roll these episodes out in the Comic Book Club feed and then the Marvel Vision feed. The Olli Haaskivi episode is exclusive to the Marvel Vision feed. So if you’re listening on Podcasts, go check it out over there. It was super fun. And I think we got a lot of interesting information about how it works, particularly for one scene or slightly more than one scene actor on a Marvel show. I thought it was-
Pete: It was really cool to talk to him. And after talking to him and then kind of re-watching his stuff, he’s a really good actor, like what he is and then what he became. Wow. Pretty awesome.
Alex: I mean, I’ll tell you when I was putting together the thumbnail for the episode and grabbed the still of Dr. Wilfred Nagel, I looked at it and there was a brief moment of like, “Is this not the guy? Would somebody do a weird prank to get us interview somebody as a fake Dr. Wilfred Nagel?”
Justin: But honestly, I think a lot of the interview really lets us in on the acting process.
Alex: Yeah, you were very excited to talk acting with somebody.
Justin: As a classically trained actor. I’ve talked to YouTube bozos.
Alex: You were like, “Ooh! Yeah, I know what you’re talking about!”
Justin: I was not woo-hooing.
Alex: You were like a little boy jumping up and down talking to him.
Justin: Sure, I was jumping up and down a little bit and going like this.
Alex: “I know what you’re talking about!”
Justin: Definitely. And getting into this episode, we’re talking about today, our guy was in the Previously On just dominating.
Alex: He was. I was like, “That’s our best friend right there.”
Justin: That’s exactly what I said.
Alex: Whoops! Friends.
Justin: Whoops, we’re friends.
Alex: So, let’s talk about this episode. Lots of stuff going on in this one. Interestingly, not a lot of Easter eggs necessarily. You know, we’ve been talking about the Easter eggs, the Marvel comics references. There were a couple there, but it wasn’t the speculation, a million thing that we’ve expected from Wanda Vision, not even the level of the last couple of episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, though, there are a couple of things. Pete, what did you want to call out? What’s the Easter Egg? [crosstalk 00:04:01] that they went to Wakanda? That was a good Easter egg.
Pete: But don’t spoil all the things I want to talk about at once you fucking dick, but I was going to say Zemo was hiding candy like it was Easter. So come on. [crosstalk 00:04:13].
Alex: Well, that actually was the one thing that I felt like was a weird little Easter egg there. I don’t know about you guys, but I associate Turkish Delight most with the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. And I think if you’ve read the book or you’ve seen the movie, you know what it is, it’s this candy that he has there, but it’s one of those things that I think everybody that I’ve ever talked to have the same experience reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, because you hear about the White Queen gives Turkish Delight to this character, Edmund and tempts him and brings him over to her side and you hear about it, but they don’t describe it. And it’s this mysterious thing from childs that have- it’s clearly the most delicious candy of all time, but you have no idea what it is.
Justin: And honestly, in reading the book, I imagined it as sort of like a brownie because I love brownies. And I feel like it’s the kind of thing at that age where it’s like, what would tempt you to go with the bad guy? And I was like, “Well, brownies would, that’s for sure.”
Pete: At one point I was like, “Are we just in a giant ad for Turkish Delight right now? Like, this show is basically hinging on how great Turkish Delight is.”
Alex: So I’ll tell you what, it’s not great.
Justin: The actual candy Turkish Delight, it’s like a Jolly Rancher, basically.
Pete: Hey, Jolly Ranchers aren’t bad.
Alex: No, it’s fine. [crosstalk 00:05:29]
Justin: You’re not going evil for a Jolly Rancher.
Alex: If someone like Baron Zemo would take a bunch of Turkish Delights, throw it at me, I would be like, “All right. I’ll tell you literally whatever you want.”
Justin: I’ll invite you to my friend’s secret funeral.
Alex: Depending on how hungry I am, I might.
Justin: Hungry? For a Jolly Rancher? That’s not a meal. Jolly Rancher’s an anti-meal.
Alex: I’ll tell you what, we’re getting wildly off track here. But I have one cavity that I’ve gotten filled in, in my entire life. That was because there was a period of time I had a sack of Jolly Ranchers and I was like, “Well, I could just have these instead of-“
Pete: A sack? Are you Santa Claus? Who walks around with a sack?
Alex: I got a huge variety pack of Jolly Ranchers. And I was home and instead of brushing my teeth, I was like, “I’ll just pop a Jolly Rancher.”
Pete: How is that instead of brushing your teeth?
Alex: In my head it was like gum or mints, but instead I was having a Jolly Rancher and it just didn’t occur to me and I got a cavity.
Pete: You went to Cornell. How are you this dumb?
Justin: And you used to floss with Twizzlers, right?
Alex: Big gaps in my teeth.
Justin: Wow. Only one cavity. I’ve had way more cavities. And I always blame it on, I grew up on well water, which doesn’t have fluoride, which strengthens your teeth. I just add old dirt in there now. But last I went to the dentist, I went to the dentist recently cause true fans of the show will know that I had a broken tooth that had dropped off on this very podcast. And like our second episode, went to the dentist, no cavities.
Alex: Wow. Good for you. Also, no teeth.
Justin: Also no teeth. I’m out of teeth. That’s a big factor. It’s just one big cavity.
Pete: That was a real scary moment for me. When I was talking to you and your tooth was missing, I had to talk to a bunch of people about it. Like, cause I really questioned my beliefs and stuff like that because it was like, I have trusted the words that come out of your mouth for years. And then when you had just a tooth missing, I all of a sudden didn’t trust who you were or what you were about. It was a real thing.
Justin: The importance of a full set of teeth cannot be overstated.
Pete: I didn’t know I would be so shook. Yeah. But then, reverse-
Alex: Sorry, not to get back to Falcon and the Winter Soldier or anything, but actually to revisit the Turkish Delight. I think Baron Zemo is kind of getting, pulling the most focus in this show right now. Who knows if he’s going to show up going beyond this because he escapes at the end of the episode, but it’s wild to me how much he more is getting out of these episodes and out of these arcs than even Sam and Bucky are.
Pete: And the choices that he’s making and like the way he interacts with people. It’s not the Zemo that I know. It’s been very kind of cool to see this other side of Zemo, and when he crushed up the serum, I was like, “Oh, shit, look at this guy doing the right thing.”
Justin: I think for me, the main reason why Zemo is sort of having the most interest and focus is because he has a plan and we don’t know what it is. And the rest of the characters don’t have a plan and seem sort of lost. And the dialogue they have, it’s very obvious what they’re just like, they’re doing a lot of exposition. So it feels like, ah, where’s the fun here? And then Zemo’s just wandering around, being weird with candy, breaking the serum.
Pete: Don’t mind me, I’m just going to escape through the bathroom.
Alex: Well, this gets to a bigger thing. And I really didn’t want Pete to yell at me in this episode, but it struck me with this episode in particular that this is going to come out much stronger than I mean it. If this wasn’t a Marvel show, I don’t think this would be good at this point. It has a chance to turn it around in the last two episodes. But particularly this episode felt very messy to me. There were a lot of things that I liked in individual moments, but just to talk about the arc of the episode, you start off with this great flashback scene of Bucky in Wakanda, getting his [crosstalk 00:09:24] hold on, hold on. This is exactly getting to the point. You’re actually getting to the point of what I’m saying. I love it, we get to see him breaking his programming, but the episode isn’t about Bucky.
Alex: So just from a structural perspective, we get this thing that follows up on the scene from the last episode. But Sam pulls a little more focus, which is good, mind you, Zemo pulls a little more focus, which as we talked about is fun, but structurally it’s kind of all over the place. There’s nothing, like you were saying, Justin, everybody’s sort of wandering everywhere. So you get this endorphin rush of, Oh, shit, we got to see Wakanda of these big fights of John Walker going bad by the end of the episode. And these are all good things from a Marvel fan perspective, but they’re not really amounting too much in terms of the show yet.
Justin: I mean, I agree. It’s sort of what we talked about in the previous episodes where it’s like, they’re putting so much on the table and it’s not about this. And they said it a ton in this episode.
Justin: Where you don’t have black and white, good guys, bad guys here. It’s all this gray area, verbatim said in this episode. And the only issue with that is it makes it much harder to explain the motivations of everyone. Cause you have to literally go through and be like, well, he’s doing this because of this. She’s doing this because of this, because we don’t have the classic hero-villain back and forth. This episode, I think was the hard one because it was the one where we’re starting to see our sides and it was confusing here. And you see in the characters like Bucky and Falcon, I spent a lot of the episode being like, “Okay, so, oh, okay, good, good. I’ll watch. Oh no. He’s okay. Good. Okay. Now.” And by the end of it, it’s like I see.
Pete: To talk a little bit about that gray area and the black and white, there was this amazing shot from above of Ayo and a Falcon kind of meeting. And it was like this right in the middle of the road, like white stone pebbles versus black stone pebbles.
Alex: I think you mean Bucky.
Pete: Bucky, sorry.
Alex: Bucky’s the one with the metal arm. Falcon is the one with the wings. It’s confusing.
Pete: Not that confusing. Anyways, sorry I mixed it up. But I’m just saying that like that to me, like this whole like line in the ground, like all these different perspectives and in a superhero movie, or whatever, like Marvel kind of thing, you don’t get to stop and talk about consequences and what it means to be a hero and like these icons and how they can mean more and mean different things to different people. So the fact that like they do have those discussions and Falcon is flexing a little bit of his background of like talking to people who’ve been through shit was awesome.
Pete: It was this thing of like, we’re not going to just punch people in the face. We’re going to try to talk. We’re going to try to do the right thing here. The fact that Zemo isn’t justice. We want to kill him. We need him. We’re doing stuff with him. Like we’re trying to do it for a greater good, like it’s interesting. And I don’t, don’t throw this structural shit around solves, like this is some interesting shit where unlike an action movie, with the move things forward. We can sit and have little moments like this and they’re powerful and great.
Speaker 4: I agree that scene was that for me, it was one of my favorite scenes in the episode. I just want more of that focus back on Bucky and Sam, because like, we are going to get it, but that made this episode harder to enjoy because it was them sort of at the mercy of the plot when really like the idea of like Bucky being deprogrammed by Ayo. And that scene we got was awesome. I want to see a little more like repercussions of better, what that means to him and Sam. We touched it a little bit where he was sort of like trying to philosophize with Carly before he was interrupted by a Walker. That was cool. And then he had the sister thing felt a little bit out of nowhere, but like they were getting to something there that I think we’re going to pay off later, but it just felt like, and this is a term that I know Pete uses a lot. It felt like more of a middling episode.
Pete: Oh my God. First off, don’t put words to my mouth. I’ve never said that in my life. But I think that I can understand what you’re saying, but I completely disagreed because we had a lot of like reveals of who people are moving forward and how things are going to work. And some very interesting, powerful conversations that you don’t get a lot. So I ate the ship up and the Dora Milaje is showing up and just wracking shit. And the fact that fake Captain America was like, they weren’t even Schumer showed yours was really awesome. You know, like handled his shield that he used temporarily holding on to, in a way that he didn’t even know how to do. I mean, dismantled, where two soldiers armed that he didn’t even know was a thing. It was so powerful in many different ways. I had a great time.
Justin: I agree. That was badass. And honestly, the Walker stuff in this episode was really good. And I feel like this was sort of his episode putting him in a spot where he needs to be sort of the villain for the rest of the series.
Alex: Well, let me throw something out at you guys that in all honesty confused me, and maybe there is a straightforward explanation here, but I think to the point Justin was saying earlier, there’s a lot of back and forth. And this is what I’m getting at, not to harp on it too much with the structural thing, because I agree with you. There are fun sequences in here. There are things that I am enjoying. I am a Marvel fan. I am a sucker for this my entire life. So I’m never going to stop watching this forever. That’s fine. No, it’s true though. I feel like I needed to bed myself from feed who is like, how dare you? How dare you in kind of a joy, but not particularly loved this thing. Thor: the Dark World is not a good movie. I’ve still watched it several times.
Justin: That’s the ultimate credit you can drop. Hey bro, I’ve seen Thor: the Dark World more than once. So I get darkness.
Alex: No, that’s not what I’m saying. My point being like, I am a sucker for this stuff. It is fine. I’m not going to give up even if I don’t think it necessarily makes sense. And I honestly want to know if there’s an explanation here, because I was very confused by what was going on towards the end of the episode, where Karli came out and said, “Okay, our plan is we’re going to kill Captain America.” Right? And the Flag Smashers like, eh, that seems like maybe a little bit of a chess step too far. But it seems like by the point they got to that big fight where everybody going nuts towards the end that they were on board with it, at least in a certain sense, then add in that Falcon and Bucky come to talk to Karli in full costume.
Alex: Sharon is clearly tracking John Walker for them. So they must realize on some level that the flags bachelors are going for John Walker, not for them. I think though that it was never clearly established. So they’ll go after John Walker, we ended up in this fight. Karli comes out kills Battlestar, which is a whole separate thing that we definitely need to talk about here because that’s messed up. And that everybody who is onboard with the plan to kill Captain America is like, “Whoa, you killed Battlestar.” That’s a step too far and runs away. What’s going on there.
Pete: All right. There’s a lot to unpack there.
Alex: There is, this is true.
Pete: But I think Karli…
Alex: Explain it to me Pete.
Pete: Okay. So Karli didn’t know that the sidekick wasn’t powered up, she thought she was in like a super power kind of like fight. And they’re all like, okay, we’re going to follow Karli, but this is kind things you’re getting crazy right now. And I think once they see a normal person die that’s like them and who they’re fighting for, they all kind of stop and question their shit. And like, Yeah, I can see what you’re trying to say. But when you see that it does kind of be like “Whoa, whose side are we on?” because they had a lot of discussions leading up to this. And people were kind of backing away from Karli as the kind of shows this episode was going on because she was talking about like, “Oh she did kill that person.” “Oh she has gone too far.” Or maybe these ideas, so like, I think that’s why that moment kind of stopped people. And I couldn’t understand that wasn’t the original objective but when they saw that, that’s why there was pause.
Justin: Well, I think two things were happening there to echo what Pete’s saying. There’s the conversation that Sam has with Karli about supremacy. She sort of steps into saying some pretty supremacist things. And then she’s like catches herself, “Actually I’m not.” And then in that moment, when she may be at like violently strikes Battlestar and ends up maybe accidentally killing him, that’s her supremacy. She was not aware of what she’s wielding and she kills a person. And I think that’s when everyone was like, ah. Like a lot of political violence, terrorism, when you’re doing it from a distance like they did in last episode and killed those people remotely, it’s one thing. It feels like you’re supporting your cause when you’re in the room and your compatriot, your leader kills someone, it’s like, I don’t want this. I didn’t sign up for this.
Justin: I actually liked that moment because I thought it used a gray area of the Flag Smashers as like, “we feel we are now.” But then Captain America at the end, Walker kills one of their own. And you see the escalation happening here and you see they’re going to be hardened. When they were sort of soft and sort of regretting their violence for a second there, instantly they’re hardened by what, violence begets violence and Walker escalates that. I appreciate that moment. The other Walker stuff and like all the tracking, what you’re doing, I agree is a little confusing. I think Bucky and Sam are tracking Walker because they knew he was going to be a problem to them. Not because they thought he was a bad guy. It was just more like he’s the cop who’s watching us.
Pete: Yeah. [crosstalk 00:19:20] so they kind of want it… We’re talking about something that I want to back up the track a little bit. Falcon calls Sharon and Sharon’s like, “Yeah, I got a couple satellites under”. I don’t know who they think Sharon is, but I can not wait for the reveal of who Sharon is because she is running shit and like knows a lot, a little bit too much for maybe what’s going on. So I’m excited to see like a real Sharon reveal.
Justin: Get that SAT flex.
Pete: Yeah. I also think this episode was the king of small moments and I want to go back to the beginning like seeing the winter soldier cry when he’s like being said those words are loud was like really powerful and very, very cool.
Alex: And I was mostly surprised that when he cried, his tear didn’t turn to ice because of his ice powers. He’s the winter soldier, right?
Pete: That’s not a funny joke.
Speaker 4: Yeah. When Disney bought Marvel, I think he became Elsa from Frozen’s brother?
Pete: But also like he…
Alex: He want’s us to let it go.
Pete: We also saw that like he speaks Wakanda. I was so excited to get the Dora Milaje and see Wakanda and hear the music. It was really, really fantastic to kind of have those really just kind of small, amazing moments, very happy about it.
Alex: It was very nice. I did want to jump back to two things that you were talking about earlier. One, I wanted to talk about Sharon Carter. I know I threw out a speculation or just a thought about is she the power broker in the last episode. This episode, they keep doubling down on the Power Broker is upset without bringing the Power Broker on screen. So obviously that’s going to send theory mind into overtime. It’s entirely possible. It could just be a guy named the Power Broker and the should be going, but it feels like that has to be somebody right?
Justin: It has to be at this point especially this episode, the buildup of like, got an email from the Power Broker. It’s like too much hype to. And the email from that pic Karli got from the power brokers like, “Hey, I was serious about my last email”. So like, “Please give me back the serum.” They’re clearly keeping that going because they’re going to reveal. Do we have any guests?
Alex: Well I just want to mention that he definitely has read receipts on his emails? Right? That’s a Power Broker.
Justin: I know you read this, just please respond. Even if it’s just a no, just a quick no is all I want, just to know that you got it. Please confirm.
Alex: So I want to throw a theory out to you that I don’t know that necessarily makes sense. I don’t know where this rumor started from, but everybody seems very convinced that William Hurt’s Thunderbolt Ross is in this show somehow. I don’t know if somebody saw him on set or something like that. Here’s my thought, this is putting together a bunch of random things. But what if the PowerBroker is Thunderbolt Ross, right? Sharon is working for him. She was not ex-communicated at all. She in fact is double agenting it up for the US government at this point working for Thunderbolt as the Power Broker. And we end with some sort of reveal here where they capture Zemo make him work for them and they have a whole flip of the Thunderbolts thing where they’re good guys pretending to be bad guys.
Justin: I mean that would be cool. That feels a little wild to go that way. It feels like-
Pete: Two episodes left.
Justin: We need one more set up moment and another show or a movie to get to Thunderbolts I feel like? What about this? This feels the most obvious, it’s a Power Brokers Al Pacino as Mephisto.
Alex: That seems possible to me.
Justin: No.
Alex: I know there was a rumor that Kevin Feigi had a meeting with Al Pacino and he played the devil on One Division I think. [crosstalk 00:23:27] I didn’t watch all episodes of One Division. So I just kind of read the rumors and theories.
Justin: It makes sense to tie him into every Marvel series in a lot of ways. And I hear that AL Pacino’s playing Loki in the Loki show. What if it’s Nick Fury?
Pete: Could be Nick Fury.
Justin: Because I do think that he feels more like a reveal that fits in this side of the Marvel universe. William Hurt feels a little distant.
Alex: Right, I also don’t know, other than hardcore Marvel fans would be “Oh man, it’s William Hurt I love that guy.” But to be fair and I think this is part of the reason the rumors started. He has been very heavily tied to the Super Soldier Serum throughout the history of the MCU from Incredible Hulk to, that’s it.
Justin: I was going to say where is he going with this? From Incredible Hulk under William Hurt.
Alex: I also think it’s entirely possible it is Sharon Carter. She’s just like created this false identity to run shit in Madripore. The other thing that I wanted to talk to you guys about though that I do think is important to address is the death of Battlestar and specifically using the death of a black man to power the ark of a white man is pretty messed up.
Justin: I agree. I was very surprised when Battlestar, right before the scene when he died, they were doing some things. I was like, this feels like they’re setting him up to die. They wouldn’t do that. And then when they did, I was very surprised.
Pete: Also like it really drove me nuts that like when they went into the building, the fake Captain America like stopped at the stairs and just started looking up for some reason. Went about as he was going to sweep the place, you went in to sweep a place, you don’t stop and look up at the ceiling and just kind of pause. You’re supposed to be a team, you’re supposed to work together. You can’t just leave your wing man. I was just so upset that the fact that like he was so dumb.
Justin: For showbiz, it that feels like they want to talk about race in a real way. For this to happen, I got to think it has to be something they will reckon with going forward because otherwise, I don’t get it. So I don’t want to trust that things they’ve referenced go in the first three episodes leading us up to this, give me confidence they will reckon with this going forward.
Alex: I hope so. I definitely. I’m putting an asterisk on it to your point until the next episode to see how they follow up. But just on the surface, it definitely made me recoil quite a bit and not just because it was a dark moment for the show, but because of a greater world things. So we’ll revisit this discussion next episode and see what happens. A couple of other things I wanted to throw out on the same note with the end of the episode, in the comics, John Walker’s breaking point was his parents getting killed. He goes apeshit after that. He does the same thing here in this episode leading up to… I do think the best image in the entire episode was that last one of John Walker with the blood at the bottom of the shield, that was really, really well-framed and really well done.
Pete: It was so creepy in all the right ways, the way kind of hung on it. And then also he was just kind of tweaking out there. I was just like, it’s very powerful and very upsetting.
Justin: Yeah. To use Pete’s line of like this was an episode about the King of small moments, I think you said? Like the sequence that was great. The moment where like you see him bend the gun, I think and seems like, “Oh, shit”. He’s juiced up and then from that moment onto the last sequence, when you see him raise the shield and that moment. You actually get to see and make the choice to kill him, to kill the Black Smasher. That to me, I was like, Oh, very smartly done, very tense. And then to end it with that blood on the shield thing where it’s like, yes, that is and it really reflects on another great moment. The line, there’s never been another Steve Rogers. And that I thought was very cool and the conversation sort of midway through the episode with battle between Battlestar and Walker where they were like, “Hey, would you take the serum?” I thought that was really cool and it’s like, it doesn’t turn you, it doesn’t make you bad, it just heightens your qualities.
Justin: And then you hear their conversation, you’re like, “Oh, you don’t know that you have these bad qualities that it’s going to heighten when you inevitably take.”
Pete: Yeah and that’s a good question. Would you guys take the serum?
Alex: Well, actually I have a question before that question, because one of my huge bummers of the episode even beyond everything we’ve talked about is we didn’t get to see him take the serum. And I want to know how you take the serum?
Justin: I think it’s rectal insertion.
Alex: I was thinking either you drink it or maybe you eat the whole bottle and crunch it. I’m not 100% sure.
Justin: Yes like a gusher, you put the whole thing.
Pete: It seems like you would inject it.
Alex: But it didn’t have like an injecting thing. Was it just a bottle of Serum and then I guess you have to use a separate hypodermic with the doctor.
Justin: It comes with Turkey Baster and you just blast it into your…
Pete: In you’re what? I’m sorry.
Alex: [crosstalk 00:28:53] just like Fruit Gushers.
Justin: Exactly.
Pete: Just like Fruit Gushers.
Justin: You guys get the anal Gushers, right?
Pete: But regardless of how you take it, how would you guys take it?
Alex: Absolutely. No hesitation. I don’t know. That’s the long answer, if you had a chance to take a super soldier syrum that would make you super strong and extend your life, why would you not take it?
Pete: Oh my God. You would be so evil and so fucked up immediately.
Alex: It would just make me more me whatever I was.
Pete: I would just run away taking the seekers.
Justin: Super podcast. It wouldn’t be a super soldier serum would be super podcast or serum.
Alex: Wow, that guy would be talking for 24 hours. I can podcast this all day.
Pete: Oh boy.
Justin: Pete, would you take it?
Pete: I don’t know. And that’s the thing even Zemo paused. Like that’s how crazy question it is. And I appreciate the fact that I don’t think I could have made that decision like that, you know what I mean. Like I don’t know if I would have jumped on one of the vials and just immediately drank it. I like how they’re playing with the power of it a little bit.
Alex: Justin, you didn’t answer the question.
Justin: I just took it. You guys talking about it. I was like, wow, I’ve been holding onto this for awhile.
Pete: And I guess the second biggest question is, do you call your parents or anything kind of cute and adorable? Like TT, do you have a GAM GAM or anything like that in your family?
Justin: Never did growing up but now my mom insists that her grandchildren call her Meema. And I always say MIMA, and she’s like, “it’s not MIMA MEEMA.” And I’m like, “okay, it’s a child’s word. Tell me how to say it. Like, it’s your name.”
Alex: One last little Easter egg thing that I wanted to mention that is definitely not an Easter egg, but it perked up my ears nonetheless is when they were talking about the Global Repatriation Council and they were passing this at GRC. They called it the patch act at given that we have Madripoor and Wolverine’s code name and Madripoor patch. I was like, Oh, it’s definitely named after him and that I pause for a second. I was like, no, it is too early in the morning.
Justin: Oh yeah, Kevin Feige sitting in the master headquarters of the Marvel cinematic universe. He’s like, “how should we introduce Wolverine?” Like, let’s do it as the name of it and act in a small seated Falcon in the Winter Soldier.
Alex: Any other final thoughts before we start to wrap this up here, Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I can’t say enough about how crazy kind of things escalated in this episode and how interesting the addition to the Dora Milaje was such a fun escalation and all the right ways. I thought that it was just so great and I can’t get enough of it and I am hopefully for more, but I don’t know if we’ll get more,
Justin: I guess just two things I did like the joke about Zemo, do the stupid head tilt thing. That was a fun.
Pete: Another King of the small moments right there.
Justin: King of the small moments and I do think was that like a straight up Brule dig about his acting choice because it wasn’t about the character. That was about literally how he does it. That was very funny. But second, I like the jokes in this show, they’re funny, but it feels totally odd and it really made me think this series is sort of not the same tone as the Marvel movies at all. As much as everyone’s like, it’s like a Marvel movie, but in TV form. Like it’s actually not, it’s quite different. It’s like an espionage TV series and just featuring Marvel characters.
Alex: This gets to a bigger thing that is very rumory and I don’t know how true it is, but there was a lot of talk from folks that apparently they reshot a bunch of this show and reworked and rejiggered it. And there are points in this episode in particular I think and maybe the last episode where you can kind of see they overdubbed certain things. I don’t know exactly what the changes are, but certainly things like, “Hey, where’s that Joaquin guy who was certainly very important in the first episode. I think he’s somebody that was objected in there. He was apparently cast very late in the process. He was objected in there to give a little more exposition. It’s possible that the differing tones of what’s going on that you’re bringing up Justin might be part of that as well, it wasn’t quite as consistent as they thought it might be. Again, I don’t know what the changes are, but certainly I think that might point to a couple of those things.
Justin: But I don’t mean that the tone within this, I haven’t felt off put by the internal tone of the show. I was just struck in this episode by how different this episode feels in comparison to almost everything else from the Marvel Cinematic universe. Even WandaVision felt more like the movies than this does.
Pete: But they did have like some action movie fun where like Bucky punches somebody through a wall. And then it goes like, stay put, like there was still some tonal, like fun moments, but I agree with what you’re saying. It definitely is different. And one more kind of small moment that I wanted to point out when Zemo was talking about this kind of place that they’re in, where they have like the kids before he gives the kids the candy and somebody crosses behind them and the Winter Soldier feels it and turns to it. And just like a small character moment where Kyle Falcon doesn’t like pick up on it, but Bucky does. And I was just like, Oh wow. That is such a cool little thing.
Justin: Yes. And training for like 88 years or something.
Alex: Before we wrap up here, what is on your vision board for the next episode, Pete? What’s on your vision board?
Pete: Well, I’m hoping to get to like the bottom of the real issues. You know what I mean? Like what other family members on the Avengers use different kind of nicknames for their families. Did anybody do like a gappers and poppers type of situation or snatches, hoppers? But I really think that like Turkish Delight is got to be a bigger thing. You can’t just do an ad for Turkish Delight and not really have a pay off. So the next couple of episodes, I can’t wait to see that kind of pay off more.
Alex: Great, great vision board. Justin, what about you?
Justin: Yeah. So true. Based on that last image of the blood on the shield, like in the next episode, I want to see that shield in Sam’s hand or Bucky’s hand or hopefully ideally both. Cause I think it’s…
Alex: They’re holding hands together.
Justin: Trying to be like, “Oh, block over here! You throw it. “
Alex: They’re doing that thing where they’re both in one shirt.
Justin: Yeah, exactly. Stuck on you style.
Pete: I hope that also in the next episode fake cap is out of the picture dead or..
Alex: Definitely not going to happen.
Justin: I like him as the final vial villain, but I want that we’ve set up the anticipation has been building about like, who should have the shield, it’s feels like Sam’s shield, but I’m curious to see how that will play out. And maybe next episode, it’s like Bucky’s turn to have the shield for a moment, what he does with it because I think that is the statement, that’s the metaphor of this series and to stick it to see it in each of their hands. If we’re going to end up with it in Sam’s hand at the end of the series, I want to see it in Bucky’s hand and what it means for him to have the legacy, because the scene in Wakanda in this episode was about him moving past his dark past. And so when he holds the shield, what does he become? What does he become going forward? And then in the end of the series, what does Sam become if he has the shield and he’s not going to put it back on the shelf, I don’t think. Who is he as Falcon as Captain America with wings.
Alex: Kind of petered out there a little bit.
Pete: That’s a horrible way to say that.
Alex: On my vision part, we already covered this, but I just want to see some sort of reckoning and explanation of what happened with Battlestar. I do think that’s very important for contextualizing that moment. I hope they do it. We will cross our fingers and see.
Pete: It was just real nice to see someone step on the shield and do that move again. I’d missed that move. So it was really great to get that move back and in Wakanda Forever.
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Justin: Oh, do the stupid head tilt thing.
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On this week’s comic book review podcast:
Magic #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jed MacKay
Illustrated by Ig Guara
Green Lantern #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci
The Silver Coin #1
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Michael Walsh
Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
Art by Benjamin Dewey
King in Black #5
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Venom #34
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ivan Coello
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #2
Oni Press
By Chris and Laura Samnee
The Swamp Thing #2
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Seven Secrets #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo
The Immortal Hulk #45
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
Dead Dog’s Bite #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Boss
Batman #107
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Jimenez and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
The Last Witch #4
BOOM! Box
Written by Conor McCreery
Illustrated by V.V. Glass
America Chavez: Made In The USA #2
Marvel
Written by Kalinda Vazquez
Art by Carlos Gómez
Fear Case #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Suicide Squad #2
DC Comics
Written by Robbie Thompson
Art by Eduardo Pansica
Nocterra #2
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Geiger #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
Far Sector #11
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisin
Art by Jamal Campbell
Crime Syndicate #2
DC Comics
Written by Andy Schmidt
Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch
Bliss #6
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
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Full Episode Transcript
ThanAlex: What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Tons of books out this week. Lots of number ones to get through.
Pete: Tons. Tons.
Alex: So let’s jump into it talking about Magic. Number one from BOOM! Studios written by Jed MacKay, art illustrated by Ig Guara. This is a bit of a reinvention of the classic universe people probably know from Magic: The Gathering and the card games. It takes a bunch of Planeswalkers, essentially magic folks and otherwise, has them attacked, spoiler over the course of the issue, and they end up having to band together. I got to tell you, I obsessively collected Magic: The Gathering cards as a kid, but I don’t think I ever paid attention to the mythology. So I didn’t know a lot going into this, but I still, as usual with the Jed MacKay book, enjoyed it quite a bit. What did you think, Pete?
Pete: Yeah, I thought it was cool. It definitely seemed like I was like, “Oh, there’s a lot more going on than I know about.” But I wasn’t sure. But, man, loved the Medusa character for sure.
Alex: Well, the thing that I really liked about this, and again, this is a spoiler for the issue, but it sets it up as this very typical fantasy world and then wrecks everything about halfway through the issue. And I thought that was-
Pete: That was really hard.
Alex: Yeah. I thought that was a really bold, fun move. It’s basically saying, “Oh, this fantasy world that maybe you know from card games, from books, I assume, and otherwise, don’t worry about that. We’re going into our own story. We’re doing our own thing.” So just kind of just follow it from there.
Pete: Why did you say, “I assume.” Are you worried that people do magic for real. I’m thinking are you talking about them?
Alex: No. I assume there are magic novels, but I don’t know.
Pete: Oh, okay. I see what you’re saying. Okay. Okay.
Alex: Yeah. I just don’t know enough about this world, but [crosstalk 00:02:02]
Pete: I thought you were throwing shade to magicians for a second.
Alex: Oh my God. I never would. They would come after me. Green Lantern, number one from DC Comics written by Geoffrey Thorne, art by Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci. In this, we are getting the Oa’s on the Green Lanterns, dealing with the new status quo of the universe. There is a new United Planets, as we’ve seen over the Superman books and otherwise, and that is affecting things here where they’re trying to decide, “Hey. If we’re the United Planets, if we have our own police force, what do we need the Green Lanterns for?” Of course, things go a little wrong over the course of this issue. Pete, now you’re not the biggest fan of Green Lantern other than a book we’re going to talk about it a little later at The Stack. But what did you think of this one?
Pete: Well, first off, I want to just say a couple of nice things about the book. Really love the start, very crazy heavy action, kind of love this kind of who done it. And then, a spoiler, fun killing one of the floating large shirt tail peep know-it-alls. I’ve always wanted to do that. So I’m glad it finally happened in this book.
Alex: Can I just interrupt? It’s weird to me that you don’t like the guardians given you love short people and they are very short.
Pete: Yes I do. I love short people very much. Know-it-alls, I have a problem with. Also, the whole flowing large shirt thing bothers me. And I also hate how they look like you with the giant heads and always talking about how smart they are.
Alex: What the fuck. How dare you? Also, thank you. I would love to look like [inaudible 00:03:46]
Pete: I’m sure you would. Also, you would look amazing in a flowing gown. I mean, how are you going to have a Green Lantern number one and not have Far Sector in your shit? It’s the best Green Lantern of all time and you’re going to have a Green Lantern number one and-
Alex: Here’s the thing, she is in, and this is a little bit of a spoiler from the title, a Far Sector. So there’s no reason for her to come back to the main planet for this. I will say I kept going back and forth in this issue where I thought based on the cover, “Okay. This is going to focus on the new teen Lantern character and what’s going on with her.” It doesn’t completely. She plays into it, but there’s so much going on here that there were things that I felt like, “All right. I don’t quite get this or why this is here or what’s going on.” But by the end, so much was set up that I felt like, “Okay. We have a solid. This is just throwing everything at the wall. Let’s see what sticks going into the second issue.”
Pete: All right.
Alex: Next up. Let’s talk about one of my favorite issues of the week, which I know Pete probably didn’t like, as well. We’re starting off so well here, the Silver Coin number one from Image Comics, written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Michael Walsh. It’s creepy, but it’s supposed to be creepy. I love this book. This is a new horror anthology from a bunch of folks like Chip Zdarsky and, I think, well, I should probably look up who else is on it. But there’s a bunch of folks that are contributing and they’re each, I think, going to write a different issue as it follows this evil cursed silver coin through different situations.
Alex: Here, we get a rock and roll tale that ends in a very Tales from the Crypt style way. Love the art by Michael Walsh. Like you said, creepy and terrifying in exactly the right way and viewers just dread into it. Chip Zdarsky writes a good rock and roll tale. I enjoyed this quite a bit. I didn’t know what to expect going in, but I like this. I was always a sucker back in the day for Tales from the Crypt and shows like that, and this channels those very well.
Pete: I agree. I definitely agree. It does have a fun Tales from the Crypt feel. It’s also going to be cool to see how this moves forward, but this first story is just kind of the classic band selling their soul to the devil to kind of make it big. But it’s got a very kind of interesting, it’s not that in all the right ways. And, I think, it’s the way they kind of leave it with the coin is very cool to see how this is going to keep moving forward. So as creeped out as I was and how much I knew Zalben enjoyed it, I still enjoyed this. And, I think, not only did I enjoy it, but I’m looking forward to see how the next one goes.
Alex: They call them comics, but they’re not very funny.
Pete: I don’t know what you’re doing, but please, stop.
Alex: That was my Crypt Keeper. He was always doing like [crosstalk 00:06:48]
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. That was pretty good. My bad. My bad.
Alex: Thank you. Let’s talk about something I do think you liked because this is one of your favorite series out there. Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory number one from Dark Horse Comics, written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer, art by Benjamin Dewey. If you haven’t followed the series, this is about a bunch of dogs and other animals that investigate supernatural mysteries. Here, we’re getting a tale from back in the day of a sheep dog back in World War II, I believe, who is looking into a simile supernatural mystery there. Man, I love this series. It’s so adorable and terrifying at the same time, the perfect mix.
Pete: Okay. So a couple of things I want to ask. So here’s the hard part for me about Beasts of Burden, okay? Beast of Burden, love the story, love the idea but, originally, Jill Thompson on the art, who does these amazing water colors and you get that in kind of the fold Beast of Burdens created by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson. So then, I feel weird about supporting this book. Okay. It’s the same writer. It’s the same title. I should be supporting this book, but it’s not this amazing watercolor artist. I love Sarah’s art. I think this is very cool, different take.
Alex: Benjamin Dewey did the art.
Pete: Oh, I thought it said Sarah Dyer.
Alex: I think Sarah Dyer wrote it with Evan Dorkin.
Pete: Oh, my bad. My apologies.
Alex: That’s all right. Oh, sorry. Go ahead.
Pete: Regardless, art is clean. It’s a different take on it, all of the same characters we love. The story is great. But I kind of have this thing of like, “Should it be okay that I’m still reading this book? Or is it betraying Jill and her amazing work?” Talk me through this, Zalben. How should we do this?
Alex: I mean, I sort of had the same thought process as you because Jill Thompson’s art is so gorgeous and so necessary to this book that I was thrown initially, when I saw Benjamin Dewey’s art. I do think Benjamin Dewey’s art is real good, as well.
Pete: Oh, yeah.
Alex: It’s super fun for a flashback tale. Yeah. I don’t know anything that might be on behind the scenes. It’s entirely possible given artistic schedules, maybe Jill Thompson is working ahead on something else that takes place in the present. And, excuse me, Benjamin Dewey is doing this thing because it takes place in the past. I don’t think Evan Dorkin was like, “Screw you, Jill Thompson. I’m doing my own comic at my own time.” or anything like that. So I don’t think it’s anything you need to feel bad about necessarily. But Jill Thompson is great, so it’s okay to miss her art at the same time. This is super fun.
Alex: You don’t need to know anything about Beasts of Burden to jump into this. All you need to know is talking animals, supernatural mysteries. There’s a terrifying last page here that maybe out loud I’d go. So it’s good stuff. Next up, King in Black number five from Marvel, written by Donny Cates, art by Ryan Stegman. I thought this was worth talking about in a block with Venom number 34 from Marvel, also written by Donny Cates, art by Iban Coello because they’re both ends of the era leading directly into the next status quo for Venom and I believe Donny Cates leaving the title after this. King in Black wraps up. They made King in Black saga. Venom number 34 interweaves with it a little bit and sets up, spoiler, a new status quo for Flash Thompson. Pete, go ahead.
Pete: What was the order reading this? Because I read King in Black first and then I was like, “Oh, I think I should have read Venom first.” I just want to [crosstalk 00:10:29]
Alex: We are simpatico here. I had the same thought process where I got to about page five of King in Black and thought, “Wait, did I miss something? What’s going on here?”
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Alex: So I think Venom number 34 happens concurrently with King in Black. So you kind of can read them in any order, but probably you should read Venom number 34 first, then King in Black number five.
Pete: Yeah. Because I did the opposite and I was like, “I shouldn’t have done that.” Because reading Venom, it’s kind of like, “Oh, I know what’s going to happen.” So read King in Black number five first, then read Venom. Okay. But let’s kind of go in that order, King in Black. First off, Donny Cates did this epic giant tail and I feel like was really impressive. All the stuff with the son was great. This was a giant kind of epic event, but also had a lot of small, amazing moments, a lot of great Flash Thompson moments, a lot of, “Holy shit, look at the size of that sword. I’ve never seen Silver Surfer with a giant sword before. This is fucking cool.” It just got even better. I really love this book. I really loved how it ended. It ended so well I wanted to go back and reread the whole thing again. Man, this was really a lot of fun and I was surprised at how much it covered and how much happened in it.
Alex: I did appreciate that the ending here brought it back around to Eddie Brock and Venom. I thought that was a really good sense of focus under the event both in King in Black number five and Venom number 34. I think he gave a nice crest to the story he wants to tell, though there’s probably at least one more issue going on there before he really wrapped things up. Yeah. I also appreciate the fact I really identified with people throughout this event being like, “Ugh, is this a Venom thing? I hate symbions. This sucks.” Because that’s my general feeling going into it but, like you said, Donnie Cates and company made it feel very cool and big and fun throughout the event. So good times.
Pete: Yeah. Also, it’s a great book to pick up if you’re like… I love comics where someone’s mostly free falling and just kind of thinking about things and then there’s flashbacks and stuff because they really [crosstalk 00:12:51]
Alex: Are you a big Tom Petty fan? Then check out King in Black number five and Venom number 34. Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters number two from Oni Press by Chris and Laura Samnee. This is a almost mostly silent series at this point. It’s all ages as well about a girl looking for her sister who has gotten lost in the wild with the unpossible monsters in the title. Beautiful, beautiful book. I want more of it every time is my only thing. I kind of want to wait until there’s a trade. And then maybe hand it to my kids and say, “Hey, check this out.” But gorgeous.
Pete: Yeah. I mean you and your kids this, and you’re a cool dad. You’re winning. This is a really amazing book. Art is, I mean, I say it all the time, but it’s worth it alone. It’s just so fantastic. Love the role building. Love the pace of this. Storytelling is unbelievable. Touching, badass, all the right things. Yeah. I can’t get enough. Yeah. It does read quick and I’m sure I’ll read it a lot better than the trade, but man, single issues have been a lot of fun.
Alex: Let’s move on then to talk about the Swamp Thing number two from DC Comics, written by Ram V, art by Mike Perkins. We have a new Swamp Thing here who is investigating some weird doings out in the desert. We had the setup, but not exactly the explanation in the first issue. Here, the new Swamp Thing is exploring his powers and abilities a little bit more and tangling with somebody new and very, very bad. This book is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. Mike Perkins’ art is incredible. And Ram V is really leaning into that. This, to me, feels like, I feel like you’re going to yell at me here, Pete, but this feels like on par with the first couple of issues of Batwoman by J.H. Williams III. It’s just breaking the layouts, playing with it, playing with the format feels really engaging and dark in a very similar way.
Pete: Yeah. That’s hell of a praise. That’s really fantastic praise. Okay. I agree. It’s absolutely gorgeous. This is a lot of fun. Swamp Thing can be hit or miss for me. I enjoyed this issue a lot. I didn’t enjoy all the human stuff as much, but I really thought this was cool. And also, we got to talk about this. You guys don’t go to central park in the middle of the night because there’s full grown dudes being born out of trees and I’m glad Swamp Thing is finally talking about it. It’s fucked up and someone needs to look into this because it’s not right, man. It’s just really messed up.
Alex: I’ll tell you what, I’ve been to The Ramble at night and I don’t think that’s what dudes are doing in trees.
Pete: Well, that’s what’s happening in this comic book.
Alex: Great book. Seven Secrets number seven from BOOM! Studios, written by Tom Taylor, art by Daniele Di Nicuolo.
Pete: I mean, Seven Secrets number seven. I mean, that’s you.
Alex: We still don’t know what the secrets are, but in this issue, our main character has wandered off the road into the land of fairy [crosstalk 00:16:08]
Pete: We don’t know all the secrets. We know a couple.
Alex: We don’t know anything. The secrets are still secret in this book. We know they’re important, but we don’t know what they are or anything about them, which is kind of wild. But we do know more about the main character, about where he comes from, another really good issue of this very fun title. I’m enjoying it. How about you, Pete?
Pete: Yes. Absolutely. Art’s amazing. Paneling is fantastic. And if you’re going to do a glowing horse with a fish tail, this is just the peak that which all should be measured. This is very creative. Very cool. Interesting paneling, amazing storytelling. Yeah. This is just really kind of creepy and tripped out in all the right ways. It’s one of those things where you got to be like, “All right. I’m definitely going to find out the secret in this issue.” But they do such a good job of keeping you busy in all the right ways. I’m impressed by this book.
Alex: By the way, the thing you mentioned, the horse with the tail of a fish, like they say in the book, it’s called a sulky, which is where the expression taking a sulky comes from.
Pete: Oh my God. You’re such a dad joke. It’s ridiculous.
Alex: The Immortal Hulk number 45 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. In this issue, the Hulk is once again, dead, killed by the U-Foes, trapped in the land below grid, I always forget what the name is. But it’s Joe Fixit and the dumb, very flabby, kid Hawk being trapped by the leader while back on earth, things are going wild. I’ll tell you what, not only do I love this book, like we talk about every issue. Not only are all the designs absolutely terrifying and the amount that Al Ewing and Joe Bennett are building into the mythology, rather fascinating. But I don’t think any other book, since a Brian K. Vaughan book like Saga, consistently on the last page out loud makes me go, “Oh, here we go.” Every single time out of the gate.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, I wish I could, after reading this book and all the crazy thing, is I wish I could have been on this pitch meeting for Marvel. Can you imagine how you’ll be going, “All right, listen. I’m going to take Hawk and I’m going to twist them and I’m going to turn them. And it’s going to be so gross and so fucked up, it’s probably going to turn a lot of people away. But if people check this out.” I mean, this keeps getting weirder and more fucked up, yet I’m having such a great time. I don’t know. I don’t know how to describe this to somebody. I don’t know what’s going on. I love the last page. I can not wait to see what’s happening. I don’t know. I’m so confused. I’m so grossed out. I love this book. I love the way it starts with the quote every time. And then it gets all sorts of fucked up. This is some groundbreaking, really cool shit right here.
Alex: This is one of the most epic Hulk rods of all time. And it’s so exciting to be able to be reading that right now. I love it. Next up, let’s talk about one that I know you really liked a lot, Dead Dog’s Bite number two from Dark Horse Comics by Tyler Boss. Now this is one we missed talking about the first issue of this, which I really regret because Tyler Boss, great artist. We know him from 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, which he did with Matthew Rosenberg and other things.
Pete: The Burgee.
Alex: This is about a woman who is investigating a disappearance. It’s weird. It’s funny. The panel layouts are great. I loved it. Love this issue.
Pete: It’s really impressive. This is very, very creative in all the right ways. The Boss is killing it here. I mean, it kind of takes a little bit of like gives me that Hawkeye feel with a little bit of, God, what was it, King’s Vision with the different panelings and stuff here. But it’s got this great Indie kind of creative field, but just the paneling and the logos and the different stuff that they’re doing. I mean, I’m enthralled watching someone put money in a machine to try to get soda out. How can you do that? How is that enthralling? Yeah. I’m just really, really impressed with how creative and fantastic this book is. The scene where she goes and sits down with their mom at the fucking lunch table. Oh my God. This is crazy. I cannot wait to see how this kind of unfolds or gets explained. This is fantastic. I’m completely on board.
Alex: Me, too. I want to go back and read the first issue at this point. I feel bad about missing it. This is great. Next up, Batman number 107 from DC Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Jorge Jimenez and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz. In this issue, we’re continuing to find out about how Batman is dealing with the new status quo of Gotham City. Scarecrow is on the move. Other forces are, as well. And the backup story is about Ghost-Maker. What’d you think, Pete?
Pete: All right. I’ve never seen Scarecrow so badass portrayed in a Batman book in a while. This is very interesting and cool. Tynion’s doing unbelievable stuff. The art’s fantastic. The Harley Quinn stuff has been so enjoyable. I think just kind of sprinkled throughout this Batman run and I think in a great way, and then we kind of get this new lady in red with green plant dogs who loves roses, so very intriguing. Tynion has done introducing a lot of different new characters with Ghost-Maker and now this lady in red. This is interesting to see what’s going to be happening here for Batman. Yeah. I’ve been enjoying it.
Alex: I’m going to throw a theory out at you. So there’s a character named Simon Saint, who we know is tied to the magistrate program that we saw in the future state books that essentially takes over Gotham and turns it into a police state, potentially in the future. Is Simon Saint Scarecrow? Because there’s a scene in the book where-
Pete: Don’t you fucking spoil this for me, you son of a bitch.
Alex: No. I have no idea. But there’s a scene in the book where Simon Saint is looking outside and Scarecrow almost seems to be talking into his mind standing on a gargoyle. We’ve previously seen Scarecrow in his office sitting there in the darkness and it almost seems like maybe there’s a split personality thing going on there.
Pete: Oh, interesting.
Alex: Just a thought. Whatever it is, love this book. I’m glad James Tynion has the, whatever you call it, handcuffs off or something like that and is able to just go wild in this book. It’s great. Next up, The Last Witch number four from Boom! Box, written by Conor McCreery, art illustrated by V.V. Glass. As a little bit of a note, we’re going to have Conor McCreery on our live show in a couple of weeks, so definitely check that out. I know you and Justin are going-
Pete: For real?
Alex: For real. I love giving you news on our podcast.
Pete: Oh, man, that’s great. Dude, this book has been fantastic. I cannot wait to talk about this.
Alex: Yes. We’ll talk about this one, then. We have our young witch is continuing to learn magic as she goes on a hunt for other witches. Here, we meet a refugee from Ferry who seems to be working with her. Maybe he’s not, necessarily. What’d you think about this issue?
Pete: Yeah. Really great set up. I mean, first off, the girl’s grandmother’s just fantastic. What a badass.
Alex: You love a grandma.
Pete: There’s nothing better than a badass grandma, all right? I don’t know what it is, but it’s glorious. Yeah. So just interesting.
Alex: That’s the thing that you love about grandmas, Pete. They keep getting older and so do you.
Pete: Okay. Great. Stop being creepy. Yeah. Yeah. It seemed like a interesting kind of dude tagging along on this. Amazing kind of last page reveal on that. Yeah. Love the art. It makes it seem like it’s this kind of all ages, innocent thing, but there’s really a lot going on underneath the surface. So I’m very intrigued by this. Love all the main characters. It does such a great job of giving you story, giving you fun, giving you action. Yeah. I can’t wait to see how this all unfolds.
Alex: I like the V.V. Glass art in particular on this book. It really feels like sort of a, Don Bluth isn’t exactly right, but it’s very classic animation style where you could almost feel like it’s moving between the panels. It’s very nice. Next up, America Chavez: Made in the USA number two from Marvel, written by Kalinda Vazquez, art by Carlos Gomez. In this, we’re continuing to find more about the origin of America Chavez and it is not what we thought it was. We’re definitely in retcon territory here, folks, where we find out there’s a family after she left the Utopian Parallel that adopted her and kept her for a while. We get to see how she started to develop her characters and there’s the hint that everything she knew was wrong. I’m really enjoying the series quite a bit. And I say this as somebody who likes the concept of America Chavez a little better than the solo series I’ve seen. I’ve always liked her in a team book, but haven’t quite understood the character out of here. This is so far and we’re in the early going, maybe my favorite American Chavez story so far.
Pete: Oh, cool. Yeah. I agree. This is really great. I feel like the art’s fantastic. We’re getting just enough backstory where it doesn’t feel like too much. It’s done so well with the kind of back and forth. I also really liked her with Spider-Man. That was great. Yeah. It’s very interesting how we’re kind of slowly getting her backstory, I would say a lot more in this issue, which is good. I’m very interested to see how this goes. I like how she’s moving about the world solving kind of things, trying to figure stuff out. Sometimes when that’s done, it can seem forced but it feels really natural here. Yeah. I mean, going into old-timey arcade place at night, that’s just not a smart idea. Nothing’s good is going to happen there.
Alex: Next up, Fear Case number three from Dark Horse Comics, written by Matt Kindt, art by Tyler Jenkins. Pete, you read this book and we missed it, right? What’d you think about this one?
Pete: Yeah. I thought this was creepy in all the right ways. Very interestingly drawn. I love the kind of pencil kind of take on it. A lot of really powerful panels. And I just kind of finding things out with the characters here. Really love the last page, oh, shit kind of reveal. I think this is very interesting to see how each one of these fear cases kind of unfold. I think it’s really well done. The art’s fantastic.
Alex: Next up, Suicide Squad number two from DC Comics, written by Robbie Thompson, art by Eduardo Pansica. This is continuing the assault on Arkham storyline, which finds the Suicide Squad trying to liberate Talon from Arkham Asylum just as seemingly Scarecrow is, not Scarecrow, excuse me, joker’s fear toxin is being released throughout it as we’ve seen in a couple of other comic books. As usual with Suicide Squad, a bunch of people die. It’s very dark. There’s complicated and morality here. I think this is a really good classic Suicide Squad story with some very nice superhero art by Eduardo Pansica. What do you think, Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I agree. I think this is really cool. Also, I’m glad that in Suicide Squad, the comic, we’re getting more Peacemaker here getting us ready for the movie. Really an over the top kind of person. So I think having what’s his face playing it is going to be very-
Alex: John Cena.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Can you smell what John Cena is cooking?
Pete: No. No. No. You can’t see me, okay? But I also really love the pulp fiction heart attack moment. I thought that was fun.
Alex: Good stuff. Next up, I don’t know anything about wrestling. Nocterra number two from Image Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Tony S. Daniel.
Pete: Just for the audio podcast, I was waving my hand in front of my face like John Cena does.
Alex: Okay. All right. Why does he do that?
Pete: Because you can’t see him. You can’t see.
Alex: Is that where the Drax [inaudible 00:29:26] came from? No, that’s Dave Bautista. Nevermind.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: They’re different people?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Okay.
Pete: See how it works is they’re different people.
Alex: Okay. I don’t see people.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: I just don’t see people. I don’t see things. Okay. Nocterra number two written by Scott Snyder, who we had on the live show. He talked quite a bit about this as well, as many spoilers for Nocterra number three, which was very cool and very fun. So check out that live podcast if you hadn’t. In this book, we’re continuing our journey through a world where it’s always night and it’s filled with horrific creatures. Tony S. Daniel’s art is stunning here as usual. Just great action scenes. They’re fighting a terrifying villain named Blacktop Bill. This is great. This is like duel on sci-fi steroids is what I’d compare it to. You love this issue too, right?
Pete: Oh my God. Yeah. And I love Blacktop Bill. Yeah. And also, really amazing art, bold choices. We talked about that Batman issue with him but two solid pages of all black, bold, bold choice. I was like, “Wait, did this not download right? What’s going on here?” Yeah. I think this is really getting crazier and crazier. Yeah. This is just really over the top fun. Yeah. It kind of reminds me of having metal in all the right ways where it’s like, “Oh yeah, this is just gonna be completely non-stop trucker fucking.” Yeah. This is fun.
Alex: Well, I also like the fact that it’s not delaying or an issue too. We already know a ton of information and things about the world.
Pete: But it’s so much to know. That’s the fun part.
Alex: Well, exactly. But it’s the sort of story where it feels like, “Oh, okay. These are things that you kind of drag out and get to an issue 12.” But nope. We’re getting them in issue two. And that’s awesome. Next up. Let’s chat about Geiger number one from Image Comics, written by Geoff Johns, art by Gary Frank. Now, before we get into it, I do want to mention, this was initially at the top of our stack. We moved it down here because if you haven’t read it, there was a big interview with Ray Fisher from Justice League talking about his treatment from Geoff Johns. There were a lot of quotes in there. There were a lot of back and forth. We don’t know anything necessarily about it. Certainly, we want to listen to every single viewpoint and understand what went on.
Alex: As the story continues, we will continue to discuss it and find out more about it. But as is, I felt like it was still potentially worth talking about a Image Comic book from Geoff Johns and Gary Frank that’s coming out. So we’ll see. Maybe we’ll scrub this from the podcast later, if more things come out. But as is, let’s talk about the comic as the comic and as it is. So that all said, this is a new issue from this team who’s worked on Doomsday Clock as well as a lot of other things. Here, we’re getting an original property set in a post-apocalyptic world where one man has been seemingly affected by the radiation and gained radiation powers. The world, specifically, Las Vegas here has been split into different ruling factions as the outside of the world is not safe. What’d you think about this book, Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I don’t know about all that shit. This is kind of news to me.
Alex: Again, I love giving you news right on the podcast.
Pete: Yeah. So, hopefully, we’re not enjoying something that’s whatever. I don’t know what to say, but just looking at this comic as a comic and hopefully… All right. My point is that this is very cool idea. I’ve very much enjoyed the action. I thought the glowing man was really badass. I’m very interested to see how this kind of all enfolds. This two-headed dog is my favorite. This is really very, very cool. You got the broady kind of villain. So if everything’s okay, I’ll be interested to see how this all unfolds.
Alex: Yeah. Sorry I threw you there, Pete. I can see you’re really struggling with it and that is totally fair. I think the thing that I would say about this is Gary Frank’s art is meticulous as always as well as of layouts. I do think a lot of the problems that we had with Doomsday Clock, which got very in its head about the whole Watchmen of it all. There’s a lot of themes and ideas and images that I think do get hit on and in a certain way, and not a necessarily bad way recycled here, but it feels much more wide open. It feels a little looser, both in terms of the storytelling and the plotting. And it’ll be interesting to see, potentially, if everything gets clear, what this team does away from DC Comics. This is something that we talked with Scott a bit about as he is on his Rumspringa from DC Comics right now, about how you don’t have the corporate responsibility. You don’t have the things that you need to write because you’re serving a greater master here.
Alex: So again, we’ll see what happens. If anybody has any feedback or questions about any of this, we, of course, are happy to chat either at [email protected] at Comic Book Live on Twitter or in our page here on Slack. We’d love to get your feedback on whether we should be covering this comic or not. But again, we like to cover number ones. We like to talk about this. This is a big superstar team, so it was worth throwing in there. Maybe not as the first comic book in The Stack. Next up, let’s move to happier climbs with Far Sector number 11 from DC Comics, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell. Another fantastic issue of this book that just gets bigger and bigger every issue out of the gate. Pete, this is the Green Lantern you like. Go ahead.
Pete: I mean, it sets the bar higher and higher with each issue and then continues to meet that bar and go above it. I mean, it’s just fantastic. 20% ring to save 20 billion. I mean, come on. This is exciting stuff. Everything has been unfolding in such a cool way. The art alone is worth the pickup. It is gorgeous in all the right ways. Characters designs are new and fresh, breaking this mold of stereotypical people and what they should look like. I love every single minute of it.
Alex: Well, I say this every issue, but I don’t think you can undervalue the fact that Jamal Campbell has drawn every issue of Far Sector, as well as N.K. Jemisin writing it, and they make a great team together. I know it’s not always possible with the monthly schedule of comic books, but I love that they have been able to continue together and kept this world consistent and build on it and make it look weirder and more interesting every issue out of the gate. It’s great. This book is great. And I’m really curious to see if it ends with issue 12. Is it going to continue? What’s going to happen? Because it’s such a fun interesting premise that they’ve set up here. One little side note-
Pete: Am I to go and take over Green Lantern? We don’t need Green Lantern. We got Far Sector.
Alex: There you go. One little side note I’ll mention, I checked out, because I love this book so much, I read N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became which is a novel. It’s awesome. I know everybody probably already noticed this, but just in case you haven’t checked it out yet, it is, I don’t even kind of want to spoil it, but it’s about people who become living cities and it’s not the same themes. But you can kind of get a sense of similar things that she’s trying out here in Far Sector. Particularly as a new Yorker, I love it because it’s based in New York. It’s so of New York. Such an awesome book.
Alex: Again, I’m sure a lot of people have read it who are listening to this, but if you’ve only checked out our comics, definitely read that, as well. It’s well worth it. Next up, Crime Syndicate number two from DC Comics, written by Andy Schmidt, art by Keiran McKeown and Bryan Hitch. I think we were a little split on the first issue of this because it takes a more satirical look at the Crime Syndicate, at the evil Justice League. Here, we get them fighting Starro and we also get a backstory for Owlman. What’d you think about this one, Pete?
Pete: It’s interesting. It’s cool. I mean, the Flash, shirtless Flash, with the crazy chain pants was hysterical. So fun.
Alex: I like this a little better. I felt the humor was a little strained in the first issue, but it hits more of its rhythm in this one. I like the backup story here. Bryan Hitch’s art is always pretty good. So I was ready to jump ship after this issue, but I think I’m more than willing to check out a third issue after this one.
Pete: Cool.
Alex: Next up, Bliss number six from Image Comics, written by Sean Lewis, art by Caitlin Yarsky. We are, I think, getting towards the end game here as we finally find out a big secret from the past of the father and son who were trying to find each other in this world where gods run a muck. There’s some great bits here with one god that the son is palling around with, this turtle god who hangs his mouth open the entire time. There’s some very dark and emotional stuff that happens as well. What did you think, Pete?
Pete: Yeah. This is just really unbelievable. Fantastic storytelling. This has been a real roller coaster of rooting for them or not rooting for them. It seems like really evil, but then the other side to him. We’ve got the AOC on the cover with the old balance of power there, the scales. Yeah. I really think this is a very interesting, cool world and it’s really done very well. The art and the characters are weird in all the right ways. Yeah. We find out a lot about the family in this. This is great. This really continues to be a book that you’re like, “What is this going to be?” every time you pick it up and it doesn’t disappoint.
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Mark gets his butt to Mars as we break down Invincible Episode 4 “Neil Armstrong, Eat Your Heart Out.” Suspicion grows about Omni-Man’s involvement with the deaths of the Guardians of the Globe, so he goes on the offensive with Damien Darkblood, Cecil and… Debbie? Meanwhile, things heat up with Amber and Mark, but will a trip to outer space slow things down? And over at the new Guardians, things get weirder with Robot.
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Sam and Bucky head to Madripoor with Baron Zemo in tow as we recap The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 3, “Power Broker.” With Zemo on the team, it’s off to Low Town to find clues about who gave the Flag Smashers the Super Soldier Serum… Leading to a reunion with Sharon Carter, a.k.a. Agent 13. But that’s just the beginning, as things go predictably wrong, and things start exploding. And meanwhile, John Walker is one step behind…
From that surprise cameo by Ayo from Black Panther to Smiling Tiger to whether Madripoor is teeing up the X-Men, we break down all the Falcon and the Winter Soldier Easter eggs and comic book references in Episode 3.
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: Welcome to MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel the MCU and Falcon and Winter Soldier. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete. Zalben, this is your ep, buddy, huh? You excited?
Alex: Number-one Baron Zemo-
Pete: To see your dad on screen?
Alex: … fan over here. My time has finally come. My ship has come in. We’re going to be talking about Power Broker, the third episode of the series. Now, requisite spoiler warning here. If you haven’t watched the episode, go watch it. I’m sure you woke up at 3:00 AM just as we all did-
Justin: Just like us.
Alex: … and we’ve been talking about it nonstop for the past couple of hours-
Pete: Nonstop.
Alex: … just really breaking down, heavily scripting this show. So we are ready to go.
Justin: I like to get up at like 3:02 to really let it marinate a little bit for those first couple minutes and then press play, you know?
Pete: Wow.
Alex: Yes. 100 percent, and also, I like to just sort of fairly let people have the chance to watch it. So that’s why I-
Pete: [crosstalk 00:01:03].
Justin: Exactly. Before I start shouting spoilers on Twitter, I wait until 3:02.
Pete: Super nice of you guys.
Justin: Of course, Alex, you scream first when you press play on it, right?
Alex: Every time for every show-
Justin: Dope.
Alex: … even when it’s just on broadcast-
Pete: [crosstalk 00:01:16].
Alex: … [crosstalk 00:01:16]. I’m first.
Justin: At Broadway performances, you’re like “First. Yeah. I love this.”
Alex: So in this episode, just to give you the broad strokes, this picks up right where we left off pretty much in-
Pete: 53 minutes.
Alex: Left off in episode two as Sam and Bucky have gone to visit Zemo in prison to get information on the Power Broker. They don’t know about the Power Broker yet, but find out about the Power Broker, find out how the Flag-Smashers got the Super Soldier Serum and what’s going on with that. He has researched that over the years. So they think he’s going to be a good source, but of course, as we suspected the last episode of this podcast, they end up actually breaking Zemo out of jail and teaming up with him-
Justin: We called it.
Alex: … in a hilarious buddy comedy, and they head to none other than Madripoor, which is a very important location for-
Justin: I love this.
Alex: … X-Men fans. I’m sure we’ll get into this a bit. That’s where they meet Sharon Carter, who’s been hanging out there. They get into a big action scuffle there, find out more about the Super Soldier Serum, head on the next chapter of their journey, while in the background, John Walker and Battlestar are hot on their heels and just getting hotter on their heels as we go, and when we leave off, they’ve gone to investigate the next lead, and enter Wakanda. That’s where we leave off at the end there. So lots to talk about in this episode.
Pete: Hey-oh.
Justin: Hey-oh.
Alex: I’m curious. I think we’ve talked about this a little bit, and I know Pete’s going to yell at me because he never likes anything negative to be said. So I’ll caveat this with I continue to have fun watching this series. I enjoy part of this, but I’m still not 100 percent sure what’s going on with the characters necessarily and the themes. It’s starting to feel much more muddled to me episode by episode-
Pete: You’ve only got-
Alex: … while-
Pete: … three more eps left.
Alex: Sure, and it might all wrap up. That’s why I’m holding off for the moment on making any broad judgments, but I definitely felt, too, with this episode, a lot of it was setting up plot but not focusing on the part that I’m most interested in personally, which is Sam and his battle for the shield.
Pete: Dora Milaje.
Alex: That was only very tangentially touched on, and it feels like a lot of the themes in the episode are not touching on that either. They’re there to service the super soldier plot. What’s your guys’ takeaway? Are you feeling the same way? Or you completely disagree?
Pete: No, no. First off, first off-
Alex: Pete, I know.
Pete: … go fuck yourself.
Alex: Wait. Pete, just to frame up for anybody who’s new to this podcast, Pete knows that if I say anything bad about Marvel movies or TV shows, that’s it. They’re not going to make any more.
Justin: Yep. They’re shutting it down.
Pete: All right. So-
Justin: Atlanta? They shut it down.
Pete: So first off, no. That is not my point. My point is all you’ve been doing is being like “Man, I can’t wait for Zemo. Oh, man. Just give me a Zemo ep. Where’s my god damn Zemo ep?” You get a whole Zemo ep. Zemo dances. Zemo puts on the mask. You don’t know if he’s going to put on the mask, but then he woops ass with the mask on then takes it off and being all cool. You get to see his rides. You get to see his style. All you get is Zemo in this ep, and then you have the balls to turn around and go “Muddled. I want to know about the characters.” Shut the fuck up.
Justin: Yeah. Yeah.
Pete: Eat your popcorn and enjoy the ride, because you’re getting-
Alex: Eat your popcorn?
Justin: Eat your popcorn.
Pete: You’re getting exactly what you fucking wanted.
Alex: Yeah. I mean, hold on. I’ll tell you what I do, Pete, because a lot of people on the podcast don’t necessarily know this, and you know this, of course. That’s why you brought it up. Because we watch these episodes first thing in the morning, I’ll set the popcorn maker on a timer the night before.
Justin: Oh, so smart.
Pete: Because you’re smart. Because you’re smart.
Alex: So I wake up to those sweet, sweet sounds of … and if I don’t get there in two and a half minutes, I’m screwed. That’s burnt popcorn, baby.
Justin: Yeah, and of course you-
Pete: Oh, man. Nothing worse than that.
Justin: You purchased one of those Coke machines where it’s just a bunch of buttons and you can get any flavor of soda.
Alex: Freestyle? Yeah.
Justin: Freestyle.
Alex: Absolutely.
Justin: You got one of those in the house. You hired an usher there, who’s like “Hey, man. Feet off the seats. Enough of that.”
Pete: Yeah. He says-
Alex: Yeah. I hired-
Pete: Can I see your tickets?
Alex: I was like “Listen. I want a surprisingly aggressive usher,” and they’re out of work right now. So I’m just helping the community.
Pete: Surprisingly-
Justin: Flashlight in your face.
Pete: … aggressive.
Justin: Obviously, and for those of you that don’t know, Pete is Alex’s father, and Alex wanted Zemo for his birthday, and then Pete got it for him, and clearly it wasn’t enough for Alex.
Pete: It was enough. You know, do you know how long I had to stand in line to get that Zemo for you? They were almost out.
Alex: I appreciate it.
Pete: I had to fight off a little-
Alex: They gave you the vaccine at the same time though, right?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Free.
Justin: I hear you, Alex, on your complaints or your issues, because I agree in that we set up … In the first episode when the characters were separate, when Falcon and Winter Soldier were separate from each other and everyone was separate, we got to see a little bit of like “Oh, I see …” They put some items on the table. We got Winter Soldier’s trauma that he’s trying to fix. We got Sam-
Pete: [crosstalk 00:06:04].
Justin: … dealing with the post-blip struggles, struggles being a black person in America, all that stuff [inaudible 00:06:12], like identity, legacy, filling that stuff in. We got all that on the table.
Pete: Trying to get loans.
Justin: Yeah. Then second episode, there was a little bit less of that and a little bit more plot. In this episode, they were like “Plot time. We can’t deal with that …” They talk about race a little bit, but it feels very … It’s not touching on it in the right [crosstalk 00:06:31].
Alex: It’s mostly Zemo telling Sam how to feel as a black man, which is weird.
Justin: Very weird and uncomfortable, legitimately, and maybe that was purposeful, but I think it feels weird in the absence of furthering those themes they set out in the first episode. So I definitely hear that. On the Pete front, the Zemo … I was surprised this episode focused so much on Zemo, and I liked that. He is an interesting character, and again, it further confuses the good-guy-bad-guy narrative of this series, and I think it-
Pete: Especially the way that Zemo talks about things. It’s all very matter of fact, and he even is on the side of Falcon, but Falcon was like “Okay. All right. It’s weird that you’re saying that, but yeah> I agree with you.” There was some fun moments there. You really got to see a lighter side to a very villainous character, and I thought Zalben would just be a pig in shit in this episode, loving all the different sides of Zemo that we’re spending time with, but then … All he does is talk about “I can’t wait for Zems. I’m a fucking Zem head.”
Alex: I’ll keep complaining if you want. This is-
Pete: I just can’t-
Alex: Two other things that I was frustrated about with Zemo, who I still like, and I think Daniel Bruhl is great, and I appreciate the fact that everybody loves him dancing up in the club … Two things on different sides. Love Baron Zemo in the comics. He’s an … Yes. Doing the fist pump. Love it. In the comics, he’s a great villain.
Pete: He was moved by the music.
Alex: He’s a great villain. I love him in the comics. Obviously, problematic because of his Nazi background. They don’t have that in the show, and they don’t have it in the MCU, and certainly it’s better for it, but this is something that they kind of … not exactly sneak in there, but fit in there with the MCU continuity, which makes sense. I have no problems with it, but mentioning that he’s a baron, like he was in the comics, makes it weird to me retroactively for Civil War, and mind you, this might be head canon a little bit, but because he could have been royalty, but what we knew from Civil War is that he lived just outside of Sokovia. They thought they’d be safe during Avengers: Age of Ultron. They were not. He blamed the Avengers and proceeded to take them down and win by the end of Civil War.
Alex: So that’s a huge deal, but I think the part of it, the thing that makes it so powerful in Civil War is that, relatively speaking, he is a regular guy and a regular citizen of Sokovia, as far as we know, who is doing it, and it makes it that much stronger that his hate, his thirst for revenge pushed him so hard to take down the world’s most powerful super team. Here, we find out he’s a baron, very rich, has his own plane and tons of resources.
Pete: Man of the people just walking in the streets being like “Sup?” Like “Oh, Zemo’s back on the scene. What’s up?”
Alex: Divorced from anything else, it’s fun to watch. Again, I want to keep emphasizing this. I am having fun watching the show, but there are-
Pete: You fucking better.
Alex: … these little things that happen like that that I’m like “I don’t know that that adds as much to the MCU as I would have liked,” and the other thing … The mask is fun. It was only there because Daniel Bruhl was not going to do that action sequence. That was the only reason they-
Justin: Wow. Alex really-
Pete: Oh, you shut your mouth. You shut your mouth.
Justin: … really pulled the curtain back.
Alex: The mask is the most-
Pete: Come on.
Alex: … crucial part of his character, like how Mary Jane’s hair has to be red or Captain America needs to be blonde. These are all the crucial parts of these characters-
Justin: Wow.
Alex: … that need to be held on to.
Justin: What?
Pete: Oh, no. What are you doing right now?
Alex: I’m being very weird.
Pete: Who are you? You’re a fucking monster with this bullshit. That is just-
Justin: I will say, outside of your production problem with the mask, the fact that he … In this episode, Falcon and Winter Soldier, as they’re heroes characters, don’t appear. They’re doing some espionage stuff, they’re shooting guns, but Zemo’s the one that gets to be the super hero, quote-unquote. He gets to put on the mask and help them out of a bad situation. I thought that was super interesting and odd to me.
Pete: It was crazy how quickly Zemo was just fucking running shit. It was all-
Justin: Once that fur collar-
Pete: … Zemo’s idea, plans.
Justin: Once that fur collar pops, Zemo’s gone.
Pete: Fucking, this was definitely some kind of crossover between Zoolander and Zemo. It was so meta, but-
Justin: Ooh, Zemolander.
Alex: Zemolander.
Pete: … [crosstalk 00:10:40] like “Do you know what you’re doing?” but the Blue Steel comes through in the end. I thought it was weird but also just fun, like the-
Alex: Wait. Hold on. Before we move on too far, I just want to throw this out there. What is this? A museum for Ant-Man?
Justin: Okay. Okay.
Pete: Oh, wow. Wow. Okay.
Justin: Okay.
Pete: All right.
Justin: See, your Zoolander comparison, I don’t quite understand, but I’ll take it. I feel like Zemo’s sort of the Joe Pesci here.
Pete: Oh, wow. Interesting.
Justin: He’s just-
Alex: Of Lethal Weapon?
Justin: Yes. Yes.
Alex: Oh, okay.
Pete: Of Lethal Weapon.
Alex: Not My Cousin Vinny.
Justin: Yeah. He’s sort of the My Cousin Vinny.
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: The two yutes.
Alex: And Marisa Tomei is like the Aunt May.
Pete: From Goodfellas.
Justin: [inaudible 00:11:20] hundred percent. Yes.
Pete: I just thought it was interesting. Instead of Zemo just being an awful person, awful character, they really went out of their way to show Zemo in a different light, and it was very different from what … Because it started with him using the code words against Winter Soldier just to throw it in his face, but then it was like “Oh, I don’t need these words. I can play him like a fiddle regardless,” gets him to break him out, and Winter Soldier talking to Falcon, just being like “Yeah. So you know, hypothetically, let’s say we started a prison riot. Oh, yeah. Zemo’s here. Okay. Just-“
Justin: I liked it. That felt very Ocean’s 11-
Pete: So fun.
Justin: … style, like “Oh, the plan? It’s already been done. Here he is.”
Pete: Yeah. It’s been done.
Justin: Very much Marvel movie making, the fact that Winter Soldier was like “Yeah. Let’s break him out. He’s on our team now.” It’s like “That’s a quick decision, bro.”
Pete: Yeah. That was a very quick-
Alex: Well, particularly because in retrospect, as we find out later in the episode, they go to Madripoor to get this information, but who’s running Madripoor? It’s Sharon Carter. So I guess she’s off the grid. I guess Madripoor is this secret place, but it does feel like the sort of things that the US government probably knows she’s there but can’t extradite here. So they could have said “Hey. You don’t have to break Zemo out of prison. Just go to Sharon.”
Justin: Just go to Sharon. Exactly.
Alex: Cut out the middle man.
Pete: Yeah. Sharon’s running shit, man. This episode was like “You guys having fun? You playing games? I’m fucking running shit while you guys are running around doing whatever. This whole city bows to me.”
Alex: Now, while we’re talking about this, before we move on, and this is definitely getting way deep into the X-Men speculation well, but Sharon Carter, Agent 13, has been heavily linked often with Captain America, with Wolverine. There’s this great … I think it’s an X-Men issue, where it’s Wolverine, Black Widow, and Captain America teaming up in Madripoor, which is super fun.
Justin: It’s like X-Men 180, I want to say, 181.
Alex: Yeah, which this feels like a little bit of a nod in that direction, was all I wanted to say.
Justin: I mean, just having Madripoor there … It feels like a whole new area of the Marvel universe is unlocked. So much stuff happens in Madripoor. I thought they did a good job showing Madripoor for what it is, this always night time place where there’s just crime, criminals running loose.
Pete: They made a joke about New York not being able to hang with Madripoor. I was like “Oh, man. Shot’s fired.”
Justin: If we just get a quick shot, I want someone to either find it or Photoshop Hugh Jackman wearing an eye patch in the back of one of these Madripoor bar fights.
Alex: I’m sure it is already all over the internet by this point.
Justin: Let’s see it.
Pete: But speaking … Oh. Go ahead. Finish your thought.
Justin: I was going to say, what do we feel like Zemo being established as the Jay Leno of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Alex: Oh. Having so many cars?
Justin: A hundred percent.
Pete: So many cars, like-
Alex: Or apologizing for his past racism? Which one?
Justin: I guess, technically both. News. Topical. Or maybe Jay Leno’s the Baron Zemo of our universe.
Pete: Oh, yeah.
Justin: Think about that.
Pete: I mean, I did appreciate when he reached into a car and then saw the purple mask. The hesitation, the kind of awe of it was a fun little moment there, and I thought that was cool.
Justin: Plus, the segment of Baron walking, where he walked around and asked tourists dumb questions, I thought was really, really pointed.
Alex: Very funny. Very provocative, is what I would say.
Justin: It’s so provocative.
Pete: Someone brought up Ocean’s whatever here. They did have that moment where-
Alex: I’m sorry. The second half of that title is not hard to remember.
Justin: Arguably easier.
Pete: Well, I don’t know if it’s 11, 12-
Alex: Oh, okay.
Pete: … 13, whichever one was the one where the actress was playing herself and it got real meta. That’s part with Sam was a little weird, where he was Smiling Tiger. It was fun to watch him do that shot, but I felt like we did a lot of work just to make him do a snake baby shot.
Justin: Snake baby? A lot of bars have snakes underneath. You just got to ask for the right cocktail-
Pete: For the usual?
Justin: … and I’m a bartender, former bartender. So I know. I always had to-
Pete: I wasn’t insulting your-
Justin: When you set up your bar, you restock the bottles, cut your limes and lemons, feed the snake a rat so the snake stays alive so can eventually cut it open for venom.
Pete: Right.
Alex: They did that in Cheers, right? Every time Norm would come in, they’d just pull the snake out from the bar-
Pete: Norm.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: … cut it open, and serve it to him.
Justin: Yeah. That was a Woody thing. He was always like “Mr. Peterson-“
Pete: So Justin-
Justin: “… here’s your shot of snake …”
Alex: Snake baby.
Pete: So because you’re such a bartender, how good is a snake baby shot? Is it delicious? Is it-
Justin: It’s really good. Some people like just your straight up Tequila, salt. Some people like a lemon drop. The real drinkers-
Alex: Just to honestly check, it’s not a snake baby, right? It’s the venom glands that they were cutting out?
Justin: I’m assuming it was venom.
Alex: Okay.
Justin: We didn’t get an anatomy lesson on the snake, but snake babies are solid, while that was liquid. So that’s where I would say the difference is.
Pete: I don’t know. It’s tough to tell, man. The angle that they were showing the shot glass … It looked like a little snake baby was in there.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:16:31] eat the worm?
Alex: Yeah. Probably that’s a deleted scene. They’ll put that up next week or something, like “Just to be clear, this is a snake baby I’m serving you.”
Justin: Drink like Zemo drinks. Have a snake baby.
Pete: Oh, man, and then Zemo’s like “Don’t you fucking break right now. We’re all in this. You die with the lie.”
Alex: They were so sneaky in that bar, whispering to each other very loudly-
Pete: Yeah. Oh, man.
Alex: … about what was going on.
Justin: Yeah. No one could-
Pete: Don’t blow this. Hey. What did that guy just say? Nothing. Don’t speak English, right? Okay.
Justin: Sam drank that shot like a champ. He smelled it. Like a real pro, he smelled it, touched his chin with it, looked at it a couple times, then finally … I was like “Man, this guy knows how to blend it.”
Pete: I’m glad that we got to stop and fight about how good Marvin Gaye is, because I think it’s important. Marvin Gaye is unbelievable, and I don’t care what time period you’re from. You got to stop and appreciate it.
Alex: I do want to mention, because we’ve been bouncing around this a little bit, some of the dialogue in the past couple episodes … Just purposely, I think, action movie style is kind of clunky and whatever, but Anthony Mackie is doing the most with absolutely everything. Even if it’s a clunky joke, he makes it work, and I think that’s great.
Justin: I agree with you. Yeah, because it is … I mean, this does feel like … We hold our TV dialogue to a higher standard than movie dialogue, I think, because it’s a show we’re watching at home. It’s something we’re sifting through a little bit, while movies, we’re like “I’m going to get on this ride and see where it ends.” So I do think-
Pete: Yeah. You buy popcorn for movies.
Justin: Right. Or you have your personal popcorn popper there.
Alex: Yes. My usher does it for me in the morning, but however you get your popcorn, that’s not the point.
Pete: Right.
Justin: Your usher was the same guy that was Baron’s pilot and champagne deliverer.
Alex: That guy loves Baron Zemo way more than I do.
Pete: Oh, wow.
Justin: That guy was the oldest person I think I’ve ever seen, and he was piloting that plane?
Pete: Come on.
Alex: I think so.
Pete: Oh, come on.
Alex: I think that’s what they revealed later on.
Pete: You’ve seen Big Trouble in Little China. Come on. That guy was so much older.
Justin: That’s true, but this guy … I don’t know. I thought it was such a funny casting choice, and the way the guy was sort of goofy. He was giggling it up with Zemo.
Pete: Yeah. He’s like “Ha-ha. We’re old and racist. Ha-ha-ha-ha.”
Justin: Totally.
Alex: Well, he’s not though. That’s the thing is Baron Zemo is not exactly racist. Meanwhile, John Walker, who we haven’t really talked about yet, definitely delving into the real bad side. He’s going off the deep end real quick here.
Justin: Yeah. I feel like seeing his anger right at the top of the episode … I was like “Aha. Now we’re going in that direction,” and it was interesting how much work they put into making him sort of a regular guy in the last episode, and in this, they were immediately like “Nope. He’s a dick. Later.”
Alex: He was also so close in that scene where he breaks into where the Flag-Smashers were and confronts the guy. He says “Don’t you know who I am?” right?
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Which-
Pete: Yeah. He does.
Alex: It wasn’t that, but there’s a very famous scene, if you’ve ever seen it, in the Ultimates where Captain America points at his head and says “Do you think this A stands for France?” and it felt like had the same energy. I almost thought he was going to say that in there, but obviously he did not.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: What else should we talk about? There’s a ton of action sequences.
Pete: I did really appreciate the spit in the face that the fake Captain America got. I thought that was well earned and deserved, but yeah. I agree with you. The action sequences were amazing. It was great to see Aaron Carter … or Sharon Carter just wooping some [crosstalk 00:19:58].
Alex: Yep. Aaron Carter. Stick with it.
Justin: You said it. You have to commit. Make it make sense.
Pete: Yeah. There was some music. There was some dancing, and then Aaron Carter punched a bunch of people in the face. No. I think that I really enjoyed the whole … We’re getting swarmed here, and then she got to beat up some people and then run inside and join the action. So I thought that was great, and it was also … It was just a lot of fun fight sequences in between stuff. That was very much appreciated.
Alex: Well, this is taking a step back to what we were talking about earlier, but in terms of Sharon and Madripoor as a whole and spending so much time on it, it really did feel like there was a lot of thought put into making this Marvel’s next big location. Maybe not the same level of world building as Wakanda, because that was insane and over the top in terms of what they did there in that movie, incredible, but it gave a very similar feeling to me in terms of you got this, you got Hightown, you got Lowtown, here’s Madripoor, this is what it looks like, here’s how you get in, here’s how it works, that it’s clearly the sort of thing that they wanted to establish so that they can potentially bring back down the road.
Justin: Yeah. They definitely put it on the map in a very real way. It’s not like in movies where they’re just like … Even Sokovia. That’s on the map, but it was like “Hey. This is a place we’re doing now and then we’re not going to do really again.” There’s talk about it a little bit, but this, it feels like they’re sort of forward casting Madripoor. They’re writing it down for us so that we can take it and go home with it, which I think is great. I’m excited about Madripoor as a location, and not even just X-Men speculation stuff. So many heroes and villains in the comics run through Madripoor.
Pete: Yep.
Alex: Just setting up a place like that where you can have villains mention “Oh, we got to get out of here. We got to get to Madripoor,” like you’re saying. It doesn’t need to be “And then Wolverine’s in the background.” It could just be a place. That said, two little Easter eggs here. We get the Brass Monkey bar and the Princess Bar. Princess Bar is a place that I believe Wolverine did hang out at quite a bit when he would go to Madripoor as Patch. Brass Monkey, meanwhile, is just another bar in-
Pete: The Funky Monkey.
Justin: That’s right.
Alex: … in Madripoor. So there you go. Couple of other Easter eggs while we’re touching on stuff that I wrote down. The Smiling Tiger is a completely different character in the comics, Conrad Mack. He’s a New Warriors character. So I don’t know if you know him, Justin.
Justin: Yes, but he sort of came to more prominence after the mid-’90s run, I believe, but yeah.
Alex: Yeah, but totally different. It’s just using the name. That’s it. Dr. Wilfred Nagel, who is the doctor who-
Pete: I was calling him Dr. Bagel.
Justin: Oh, cool. Let me ask you, Pete. What do you want to do with that? Should we-
Pete: Well, it just is very plain. He’s a plain bagel, and I’m glad they shot him. I didn’t like him in the beginning. I didn’t like him … Dead, he was a little bit better, but-
Justin: He was better dead? You hate plain bagels.
Pete: Yeah. There’s nothing worse.
Justin: There’s nothing worse.
Pete: You got to do so much work to get it nice.
Alex: He is directly from Truth: Red, White & Black, which is the same place that Isaiah comes from last episode, Isaiah Bradley, and yeah. He basically serves the same function there. He was the one, in case you couldn’t figure it out, though you probably can … He was the one who was mining Isaiah’s blood in the show. He reproduced the super soldier formula after … So he wasn’t really a genius or anything, but the other interesting detail, before I get into other things that I jotted down, is we don’t find out who the Power Broker is. We speculated about this a little bit.
Pete: Yeah. It’s the title of the episode, and we don’t even get to meet the Power Broker. Talked about a little bit, but that’s it.
Alex: That feels like a thing, right? Because-
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: … last episode, we speculated that maybe the Power Broker is the United States government. Maybe the Power Broker was something else, not what we were expecting, but at least based on this episode, it does seem like the Power Broker is somebody and potentially somebody we’re going to meet down the road in this series.
Pete: I would hope so, all the talk about the person.
Justin: Lot of talk about the Power Broker. I thought for sure, and maybe it’s someone we already know or something like that.
Alex: Is it Sharon? It could be Sharon, right?
Pete: It’s probably Sharon. Yeah. I would-
Justin: It’d be weird if they didn’t reveal that this episode-
Alex: Yes.
Justin: … right?
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: I don’t know, and on the other thing of things I was surprised, like you were just describing Isaiah Bradley as where the serum came from, I was surprised they didn’t make that connection explicit. It was sort of like … Right? It was like-
Alex: I feel like they’re weirdly underplaying all the Truth stuff in the show. Granted, there have only been two things so far, but to your point, both of them … They’re a big deal for continuity, for Marvel Comics, for what the show could say about certain things, and at least right now, and granted, we’re only half way through the series, it doesn’t feel like they’re hitting it quite as hard as they could.
Justin: I feel like we’re going to get a big … I hope they’re underplaying it so that they can give us a reveal later that-
Pete: That’s what I’m hoping.
Justin: … Isaiah comes back and has a heroic moment-
Pete: Yeah. That would be-
Justin: … or something like that, because they included him in the previously-on for sure, and then the fact that it wasn’t explicitly referenced when they were talking about the serum … I was just surprised that it was like “Hey. If you’re listening, you’ll get this, but if you’re not, you might miss it.”
Pete: Yeah. I’m really hoping for a better use of that, because if that’s all we get, it’s going to be kind of super sad, but I did … It was an interesting story that Dr. Bagel was talking about, where it was like “I was right in the middle of 20 vials of this huge discovery, and then I got turned to dust and was like ‘Aw,'” and then he’s like “Five years later, and it’s not even funded, and I don’t even know what’s going on.” I was like “Man, Dr. Bagel-“
Justin: Dr. Bagel.
Pete: “… you should probably get shot now.”
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: I liked that.
Justin: I did too.
Alex: I thought that was a nice speech.
Justin: Smart. Yeah, and I like this secret shipping container lab, I thought was cool. Alex, you must have loved the Lost-ian introduction to the lab. It was very-
Alex: So cool. I was like “Who is it? Is it Desmond? Is Desmond the doctor? What’s going on? Where is Desmond?” and that’s the big question that I think the series is going to answer going forward. Where’s Desmond?
Justin: It’s not Penny’s boat, I think is one thing we can-
Alex: We can establish that.
Justin: We can establish that.
Pete: Well, this is fun. I’m getting all these references [crosstalk 00:26:18].
Alex: Let’s talk about the cliffhanger at the end as Bucky follows those little Wakanda balls around the corner and discovers Ayo from Black Panther, from-
Pete: Dora Milaje, baby. Come on.
Alex: Yep. From … That was so loud. From Infinity War. I assume she was in Endgame, because everybody was in Endgame. Played by Florence Kasumba. This is great. I like this. I loved the streams of the Black Panther theme sneaking in there at the end. Super fun twist.
Justin: I agree. It’s great. I was very surprised that they went that way, and I like … We got a mention earlier on in the … or I guess, last episode, about Bucky, as his time in Wakanda was important, and the fact that we get this, I’m like “Yes. This is great.” Really weaving the continuity together in a way that I didn’t expect them to do.
Pete: Yeah. It was great because Bucky was like “We’re not going to be the only …” Zemo just appears. Wakanda’s not going to not do anything. So the reveal of “I’m here for Zemo,” and I knew it was only a matter … It was just so great.
Justin: Again, throwing another wrench in their plan, where it’s like Zemo, bad guy, but they need him, so they keep bringing him around. He is helping them. Wakanda, good guys. We want Zemo. Well, we can’t give you Zemo. Then they’re all, again, in this miasma of who’s right, who’s wrong.
Pete: We’ve got three more eps to kind of wrap up all these threads, which I’m nervous about.
Justin: I mean, I agree with you a little bit because it’s like you got to start … They keep opening it up, and they got to start closing it up.
Pete: Yeah. It keeps getting bigger and bigger. Yeah. Keeps getting bigger and bigger, and it’s like “No, no, no, no. Go the other way.”
Justin: But I do think, if this series has movies structure to it, it makes sense that now it’s still a little bit open, and then next episode we’re going to start to get some bad things happening and things starting to come together a little bit.
Pete: Do you think we’ll have two more Zemo dance breaks before the end of this whole thing being over? How many more-
Alex: The next episode is just Zemo’s dance hour.
Justin: Yep.
Pete: Oh.
Justin: Yeah. There’s no-
Pete: That’s going to be worth it.
Justin: … very little story. It’s just a lot of … It’s sort of like MTV’s The Grind from back in the ’90s, but with Zemo.
Pete: That’s a very-
Justin: Zemo’s going to be the Eric Nies.
Pete: Nobody’s getting that ref, dude. I love it. I love it.
Alex: Here. I’ll update it a little bit. He’s going to do masks-off dance-off.
Pete: Whoa.
Justin: Nice. Wow.
Alex: You guys remember Pants-Off Dance-Off?
Justin: Yes. Good.
Alex: Also very good.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: That was on Fuse, a lesser known network.
Alex: Fuse. Yes. Yes. Oh, I do want to bring up the Flag-Smashers. We haven’t really talked about them yet, because they have this nice through line throughout the episode. My takeaway-
Pete: Yeah. Karli.
Alex: My big takeaway here is that they seem like they’re on the side of right, but clearly, Karli is starting to go too far. Was that your takeaway as well?
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Yeah, and they do a nice thing where we get to know her even more. We get to know what she wanted to be. We see her softer side, and then-
Pete: Yeah. She wanted to be a teacher.
Justin: She wanted to be a teacher, and then the next scene with her, she’s like “Hey. We got to go hard here, or else.”
Pete: Well, I mean, the other person was right. They needed some time for her to mourn. I think she’s using her anger in ways that is not helpful, and she’s got to mourn and have some time, and then hopefully she can be a better person, but that was like “Oh, no. Karli, no. Karli, why. Karli, oh.”
Alex: I do wonder if we’re going to get some sort of conversation down the line between Zemo and Karli, and what that would mean, whether it’ll bring Karli further over the edge or potentially Zemo bringing her back in some way, I-
Pete: Can Zemo teach her to dance?
Justin: Yep.
Alex: Yes. That’s the big question.
Justin: I would throw out … Yeah. I feel like we’re going to get a Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner moment between Karli and Zemo.
Pete: Oh, yeah.
Justin: Zemo, of course, is the baby.
Alex: Yep.
Pete: Yeah. We all know.
Justin: We all know what I’m talking about.
Pete: Yeah. The dancing baby.
Justin: Honestly, what if Zemo joins … Could he potentially be convinced to join the Flag-Smashers?
Pete: Will Zemo figure out about TikTok and really take his dancing to a whole other level?
Alex: These are all very good questions that we’re definitely going to follow equally going forward throughout this podcast.
Justin: A hundred percent. Okay. Let’s just recap sort of what Pete’s big takeaways from the episode. Fuck Dr. Bagel.
Pete: Okay. Cool. Right.
Justin: When will Zemo dance again? And I’m mad at Alex because he didn’t enjoy his birthday present.
Pete: Also, bread crumbs are free, but the bakery costs money.
Alex: Very true.
Justin: There we are. That’s the ravings of a mad man. That’s all the time we have. [inaudible 00:30:41].
Alex: Two other quick things. There are a bunch of names thrown out in this episode. One, Selby, the person that they meet at the bar. There is a character in the comics named Selby who’s a part of the Mutant Liberation Front, but it’s an entirely different character. So I don’t think that’s the reference there. More likely, it’s Dee Selby, who is a sound editor who’s worked on a bunch of Marvel projects. Or it could just be a character named Selby, and that’s pretty much it. But the other one that I thought was super funny, just because we talked about it in the first episode, is Bucky’s notebook, because I remember we had a conversation about people plumbing for Easter eggs and saying “Okay. It’s interesting that Bucky wrote in his notebook, because also Steve wrote in his notebook,” and in episode three, we found out they’re the same notebook.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: There it is.
Alex: There you go.
Pete: Just one [crosstalk 00:31:28]-
Alex: Turns out, it was an actual Easter egg, and I apologize to anybody I made fun of about that.
Pete: Ooh, you should.
Justin: I’ll tell you what. Being so close to Easter, the Easter eggs really seem so much more important.
Alex: So much sweeter.
Pete: Aww.
Justin: You can taste the chocolate.
Alex: Before we wrap up here, what is on your Vision Board for the next episode, Justin?
Justin: Like I said, sort of starting to put all of these characters in a direction, as opposed to that we’ve sort of just seen them pop, and they’re here opening up the story more. I want to start to see them really close it up. Who’s going to fight? Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? Maybe there aren’t any and it’s just these characters making hard decisions, and honestly, we didn’t see any sort of Falcon-ing here in this episode. I’m ready to see some more Falcon.
Alex: Yeah. To that point, on my Vision Board, I want to see more of Sam and Bucky. All of these other elements are distracting from the core Lethal Weapon nature of-
Justin: You hate Zemo. You get too much Pesci.
Alex: That’s the thing. Don’t throw him in the middle. Don’t have him popping over their heads like he does on the poster. You guys know what I’m talking about, listening, and also you, Justin and Pete. Everybody remembers the classic poster from Lethal Weapon 3, I want to say.
Justin: Of course. We definitely know the number of the movies.
Pete: Three and a half or something? Yeah.
Alex: But I want to see more concentration on them. I feel like they’re getting a little lost in the middle of everything so that when they do come together and when they do fight, in a funny way, it’s surprising, but I want to see that more consistently. Pete, what about you? What’s on your Vision Board?
Pete: Well, speaking of fighting in a funny way, I did love how the prison fight started, and as the guy jumped over the table, you saw he had a lower-back tattoo. I thought that was really funny. But I think, moving forward, we-
Justin: You want to see more of that tattoo.
Pete: No. I just thought it was hysterical that there was a quote-unquote tramp stamp on the back of that dude’s thing. That was really funny. All right. Moving forward, Sharon and Dora Milaje. That’s all I need, and we can just forget all these other threads and other stuff that’s going on in this TV show and just focus on that, and I’d be super happy.
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On this week’s comic book review podcast, we’ve got:
Beta Ray Bill #1
Marvel
Written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson
Shadecraft #1
Image Comics
Written by Joe Henderson
Art by Lee Garbett
The Other History of the DC Universe #3
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Silk #1
Marvel
Written by Maurene Goo
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa
Crossover #5
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
Strange Adventures #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan Shaner
Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Francesco Mobili
The Department of Truth #7
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Tyler Boss
The Flash #768
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Brandon Peterson, Marco Santucci, David Lafuente
Ghost Rider: King in Black #1
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Juan Frigeri
Two Moons #2
Image Comics
Written by John Arcudi
Art by Valerio Giangiordano
Future State: Superman vs Imperious Lex #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Pugh
Decorum #7
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mike Huddleston
Batman/Catwoman #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
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Full Episode Transcript:
Alex: What is up y’all? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Kicking it off with one I know that Pete is very excited about. Beta Ray Bill number one from Marvel comics, written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson. Now, D.W.J., As I like to call him, he is the creator of Murder Falcon, which is one of your favorite books ever.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: I don’t know how you feel about Beta Ray Bill though. So how’d you feel about this book?
Pete: Well, yeah. I’m not the hugest Beta Ray Bill fan, but this was a lot of fun. This was really awesome. Art style [google 00:00:54] gave Beta Ray Bill a grittiness that was nice. Yeah, I very much enjoyed this. This was sad. This was not just badass Beta Ray Bill.
Alex: You okay? Did you die there for a second?
Pete: Yeah. There’s some real pain going on. And yeah. Also, Fin Fang Foom, one of my huge favorites in this as well. So, this was a real treat, this book. And the back matter is magical.
Alex: This very briefly and tangentially ties into the King in Black storyline, which has symbiotes attacking the Marvel universe here. They attack Asgard, Beta Ray Bill fights them off, kind of. And sparks up, or re-sparks up a little bit of a romance with Lady Sif. But I agree with you, as he did in Murder Falcon, he brings big action with big monsters, but also a deep well of emotion here. It’s very sad for Beta Ray Bill. Art is great, the writing is great, the emotion is great. I’m all in on this book. I am a sucker for Beta Ray Bill, and I think D.W.J. does right by him. So, I’m very excited to see this going forward. And like you said, there’s a great interview that he does with Walter Simonson in the back of the book, which is super cool as well.
Pete: Yeah. It’s nice to see him geek out about this and hear about New York in the seventies and the different kinds of people working on stuff. It was a pretty awesome interview that they put in the back and yeah. I mean, the art, the storytelling is really unbelievable, but Beta Ray Bill… Kind of a cursed character and they’re really tugging on that and playing with that. And he’s not cool with Thor. It’s not a fun relationship right now. So I’m glad they’re getting to air that out a little bit. I’m very interested to see how that all unfolds.
Alex: I agree. Next up, Shadecraft number one from Image comics written by Joe Henderson, art by Lee Garbett. In this new comic book, a girl finds out that shadows aren’t quite what they’re cracked up to be. It ties into an emotional thing from her past that you find out towards the end of the issue. I really liked the setup. I thought this was a good, fun horror book. The art from Lee Garbett was particularly good. The shadow creatures were interesting. I’m curious to see where this goes going forward, because it feels like it really gets to the setup by the end. But I’m in, what was your take Pete?
Pete: Yeah, I agree. I think the art and the storytelling is fantastic. Setting this up in a very interesting way. I really love the last page reveal twist. Very cool. And yeah, as this kid, I was scared shitless of… if you saw a shadow move by the… or a branch at the window or something. This really plays on that fear of moving shadows and how it’s hard, especially at night, to get away from shadows. I mean, that’s just… That’s tough.
Alex: I got to be honest, Pete, it sounds like that wasn’t just a problem when you were a kid.
Pete: I don’t think we have time to get into this, but-
Alex: No, Pete-
Pete: It’s a great book.
Alex: That’s been the long game on this podcast this whole time, is to finally get you to confront this fear that you have. Shadecraft number one, check it out. Next up, The Other History of the DC universe number three from DC comics. Written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli. The first two issues have dealt with the black American experience in the background of the DC universe. Here, we’re dealing with the Asian American experience through the lens of Katana and her whole history. What did you think about this one, Pete?
Pete: This is very powerful, really amazing. I was very moved by it. I thought it was really done well. The storytelling is so powerful. The art… Yeah, just kind of the balance of these stanzas, these powerful stanzas, that really hit you versus the comic book art. Really creates this moving, powerful stuff that DC is doing with these books. I’ve been really enjoying this series. The Other History of the DC universe stuff has just been really impressive.
Alex: Giuseppe Camuncoli’s layouts in particular, are really excellent. John Ridley’s writing is great. It’s super, unfortunately, timely, given that we are discussing the Asian American experience and violence towards it, in particular, right now. But it’s a necessary-
Pete: Stop Asian hate.
Alex: Yeah, it’s a necessary read, like the other two issues of this book, but also very entertaining and weird in a certain way. I don’t know much about Katana’s history, necessarily. There are little bits here and there. I was like, “Oh yeah, I guess I do that kind of thing”. But what John Ridley is doing here is, like with X-Men: Grand Design, I think was the name of the book, he’s taking the entire history of the character and trying to make narrative sense out of it. Which is nearly impossible, but he does it here in a very emotional way. And that’s nice to see.
Pete: Yeah, Katana is one of my favorite characters. Always a big fan of Katana. So it was nice to see, all the different stories paid homage to, with this interesting narrative running throughout all of it. It was really well done.
Alex: Moving from one timely book to another, in a very different way. Silk number one from Marvel, written by Maureen Goo, art by Takeshi Miyazawa. This is a all-Asian team working on a Korean American superhero, which is something that I don’t think we’ve seen before for Silk, necessarily. I could be wrong. Nobody jump into my mentions if I got that incorrect. But at the very least, it’s great to see that, as Silk is in a new status quo here. Working for J. Jonah Jameson, at whatever his latest rag is. But I thought this was really fun. I don’t have too much affection, necessarily, for Silk as a character. I’m fine with her. She’s been fun before. There’s been some good storylines, but I thought this was a really nice, very clear setup with a good supporting cast. And I’m interested to see where it goes in issue two.
Pete: I completely agree. I feel like this is a great use of Silk, the character. I feel like they really do a great job of giving her a lot of fun action splash pages, as well as setting up a very cool, interesting story arc. And the fashion stuff is fun and pulled off well, and what’s not to like about sitting down to have tea with a giant cat like creature? I think this is a very interesting, cool book, and I’m excited to see where it goes
Alex: Next up: Crossover number five from image comics written by Donny Cates, art by Geoff Shaw. In this book, we’re getting towards the end of the first arc here, as Madman and Power… house. I don’t remember the name of the other team. Basically. It’s Donny Cates taking all of his books, mashing them up together with tangentially other books. They’re all heading towards this big dome where the crossover event has happened and it’s all coming down. What did you think about this issue?
Pete: Well, first off you got- bless you. You got Madman with a giant sword. So what’s not to love. This is-
Alex: A sword.
Pete: It’s a lot of action, it’s a lot of over-the-top stuff, but also, a lot of intense shit goes on here. Oh man, I don’t want to spoil anything, but man, it gets, it gets real dark, but-
Alex: I want to hear it. Spoiler warning. What was the thing that, you thought in particular, got really dark?
Pete: Where the guy shot the girl?
Alex: Oh, that hasn’t happened yet. That’s the cliff hanger at the end of the book. He hasn’t necessarily shot her.
Pete: Well… He’s crying. It says, “I can”. And it looks like it’s seconds before the bullet is released out of the chamber.
Alex: Yeah. Well, we’ll see what happens next issue, I guess.
Pete: Oh my God.
Alex: I guess we’ll see what happens. One thing that I really… that I thought was super fun in the book, is Donny has come up with this concept, where all of these different superheroes have been cut apart and mashed back together by scientists on Earth, quote-unquote. And they’re called amalgams, which is very funny to anybody who knows about the Amalgam universe. He’s having a blast here and it’s so creative and so fun. There’s a great splash page laid out that mashes up panels from God Country and Madman comics. Very neat. I liked it quite a bit.
Alex: Next up, Strange Adventures number nine, from DC comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner. Here, a report has come out about Adam Strange from the Justice League. Not exactly indicating that he is a villain, but certainly not precluding that fact. That’s what we’re dealing with here. As the Pykkt invasion of Earth continues and lots of questions swirl in the background. I’ll tell you what, I think we talked about this with an earlier issue. It’s interesting this is coming out now, but it seemed very clear to me that, at least tangentially, King is writing about the Mueller report in this issue. Did you get that sense as well?
Pete: I have no idea what’s going on and when it comes to King, ever. But it was crazy to see Superman and Batman in this issue.
Alex: So, this report comes out and it’s the vague sort of indictment that Mueller did in the heavily anticipated Mueller report. Where there were a lot of crimes mentioned, but ultimately there said, “Well, it’s up to the people who prosecute to do it”. Right. And that’s exactly what happens with Adam Strange here. It’s very interesting, particularly given now we’re past the Trump presidency, though, obviously not the aftereffects of it. To see him take Adam Strange and put him in that place. To the point… there’s a panel late in the issue where they zoom in on Adam Strange’s face on a TV screen and it looks almost exactly like Trump on the television. So that was kind of fascinating to me. I think it’s sort of part of the publishing schedule that has gotten pushed back so far. But I am curious to see where this hits on, given that it is skirting those ideas. You’re looking at me like I’m a crazy person right now.
Pete: I am looking at you like a crazy person, because we’re on issue number 9 of 12 and we still don’t know what the fuck is going on.
Alex: Well-
Pete: Nine issues deep.
Alex: I mean, that’s how a mystery works Pete.
Pete: Yeah, but let’s talk-
Alex: Unless it’s Columbo, in which case they reveal it first and then he figures out how it happens.
Pete: Okay. But, regardless, just thinking about how great of a writer you have to be that, for nine issues of a story, you have no fucking idea what’s going on. That is very impressive.
Alex: Well, I just got one more question for you, Pete.
Pete: Oh my God.
Alex: All right. Next up, Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing number one from Marvel. Written by Steve Orlando, art by Francesco Mobili. In this, we are getting a new threat to Man-Thing who, spoiler, beats Man-Thing right at the beginning and the Avengers have to take him down. This is one of these new formats, limited series that Marvel has been doing, where a new hero is going to interact with Man-Thing or this story in a different way. Here we get the Avengers. Next issue is going to be Spiderman, presumably the X-Men after that and other things. But this is also Steve Orlando moving over to the Marvel universe. What was your take Pete?
Pete: Well, Orlando is always a fun, crazy creative person. So this book, I thought did a great job of representing himself here. Man-Thing, getting ripped apart here was so over-the-top and very interesting. Especially because you realize, these chapter things are like parts of his skin that maybe was ripped off. But I think this is a very interesting, unique kind of cool event that’s happening and I’m digging it.
Alex: I like it too. I thought it was super fun. And it’s Orlando doing his regular weird ideas, but infusing them into the Marvel universe. He brings in some fun stuff from Jonathan Hickman’s run on X-Men and mixes it in here in a fun way. This is good. I like this.
Pete: I agree.
Alex: And he seems to be redefining what Man-Thing is in the Marvel universe. That should be interesting to see going forward. Next up, The Department of Truth number seven from Image comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Tyler Boss. In this-
Pete: You think we should even talk about this, because Justin’s not here? You know what I mean, maybe we should-
Alex: Justin does love this book.
Pete: Maybe we should skip it.
Alex: So we’re getting another flashback this issue as Lee Harvey Oswald continues to find out more about the Department of Truth. Here, we find out about the foil guy, the doc who wears foil on his head. We find out about the men and black and the little gray men and their play into the history of the secret history of America. As usual, great stuff in this book. I am loving it. Pete-
Pete: Yeah, I agree.
Alex: You took off your headphones, what is going on right now?
Pete: Hey man, sometimes you wear headphones for too long. It can start to get like… Feel like you’re [crosstalk 00:14:37]
Alex: Are you listening to me through your forehead. What is going on here?
Pete: Dude, it’s a podcast. Take it easy, all right. I can hear you just fine.
Alex: All right.
Pete: All right. So I really am like… This is such a kind of thing we’ve heard about the men in black, we’re familiar with this kind of tinfoil thing, but this is done in a way that makes sense. I really appreciate all the details and all this stuff going on in this book. I think it’s done in such a kind of way with the stylized flashbacks, with the shading and the info. I think this is really a great mix of genres and telling the story. I’m continued to be impressed with this. It’s too bad Justin’s not here to get his thoughts on it. I’m having a blast and I might just start wearing a tinfoil hat.
Alex: Hey, speaking of which, this is more of a note for Pete’s forehead than his ears. And Pete’s forehead, you’re looking great. Don’t tell his ears, okay? Because they’re looking a little busted, to be honest.
Pete: Don’t you say shit about my ears.
Alex: You couldn’t hear that. That was through your forehead man. All right. Moving on to the Flash 768 from DC comics. Written by Jeremy Adams, art by Brandon Peterson-
Pete: Here we go.
Alex: Marco Santucci… What does that mean, “Here we go”?
Pete: Here we go. The fucking Flash.
Alex: Well… So we’ve been talking about these books that have come out of DC Future State. A lot of the teams from Future State were giving previews of what’s going on in their main books of their return. So I think it has been interesting to talk about them as they have come back. This one is weird.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. We’re still talking about it. Flash and that tricky Speed Force, man. [crosstalk 00:16:28] Sometimes you run so fast, you run out of your clothes and then that’s a whole thing and-
Alex: It happens. So here’s the deal with this book. So the thing that confused me for the first half of this book, is we have the setup of Barry Allen is giving up being the Flash. So we could work with the new multi-verse people and explore what’s going on with there, after the fallout from Dark Nights: Death Metal. All makes sense. Now, Wally West is the new Flash, he’s been promoted. The first half of this book, reverses on that in a very weird way, where Wally says, “Nope, actually… Forget about that tease. I don’t want to be the Flash. Barry Allen. You’re the Flash”. Barry’s like, “Sounds good. Let’s have a race. I’ll take all of your speed”.
Alex: So that’s fine, but very confusing, given everything that’s happened previously. It isn’t until the second half of the book that we get to the real concept. That’s where things, in my mind, start to get really fun, where Wally West is lost in time. We basically get this quantum leap thing, where he’s jumping to major points in the Speed Force, he’s inside of their bodies.
Pete: How are they-
Alex: And Barry Allen is the Iggy. Is it Iggy from Quantum Leap? Pete?
Pete: I don’t know.
Alex: Ziggy. Ziggy. The Ziggy, Dan Hedaya. Who’s like, “Oh man, you’ve got to turn back, Wally. What are you doing? Ah, if you change this, that’ll change everything”. And then Wally says, “Oh boy”.
Pete: That show came out in the fifties, I think, bro.
Alex: It’s a great show, with a perfect finale, and you watch your mouth Pete.
Pete: I’ll have to take a time machine back. It was just insane to me that these, all these fucking Flashes and there’s the Speed Force, but nobody can figure it out. And it’s so tricky yet. They’re running the whole time and you got a fucking treadmill, but… I don’t know, man.
Alex: I enjoyed the second half of the issue because I am a sucker for Quantum Leap and I want to see more of that. So we’ll see how it goes. Next up, Ghost Rider: King in Black number one, from Marvel. Written by Ed Brisson, art by Juan Frigeri. This is also a very weird, interesting issue because, technically, it’s a King in Black tie-in, but really it’s tying up everything that’s been happening in Ghost Rider for the past couple of years and wrapping a bow on that. It’s much more about that to the point that, the Ghost Rider characters, at certain points, are standing in the middle of symbiote-stricken Manhattan being like, “Eh, let’s figure out this other stuff instead”.
Pete: Yeah. There’s still a crazy amount of standing around talking for all the demons that are trashing the place.
Alex: But still, pretty fun, I thought. What did you think about this one, Pete?
Pete: Yeah, it was fun. I mean, they’re having fun discussions about their names. Mephisto blows, but still, some fun stuff in there with that. Yeah. It was nice to see Ghost Rider up in this… the Penance Stare, with the old damnation stare. That was cool. Fun little twist on trusting, not trusting the devil. It’s just fun. It’s a good book. You know what you’re going to get into with it. And it’s over-the-top in all the right ways.
Alex: Next up, Two Moons number two from Image comics written by John Arcudi, art by Valerio Giangiordino. This book, we love the first issue of. I might be getting this wrong, but I believe it’s basically taking indigenous myths and mixing them with the Civil War for a very horrific, supernatural tale. How do you think the second issue held up to the first one?
Pete: It’s really tripped out in all the right ways. It’s very magical. Spooky, cool. The Native American stuff is amazing. It’s very, very well done. Some interesting storytelling stuff. And I really loved where it ended too.
Alex: This is a absolutely gorgeous book. Absolutely gorgeous. I like the writing, but really, the art in particular and the designs of the… I don’t even want to call them monsters. They’re more mythical creatures, is stunning throughout. Highly recommend picking this up. This is one that, it feels a little bit like, I don’t know. It’s very Vertigo to me, I think. And it’s the sort of thing that I think would be good to jump in on in the early issues to really get a sense of it because it’s that good.
Alex: Next up, Future State: Superman VS. Imperious Lex, number three from DC comics written by Mark Russell, art by Steve Pugh, not Florence Pugh, like I initially thought. It’s Steve Pugh. This is the very last, I believe, of the Future State books. Probably cutting in a little late here, but so fun and such a good story. Love Mark Russell. This is a future Superman, as you could tell, from the title. Battling Lex, who has taken over a planet, as usual. It’s very satirical as you’d expect from this team. If you read the first two issues, you know exactly what to expect here, but I loved it. This is one of my favorite Future State books. I’m so glad they got to finish it off, even if it was a late. Pete, you’re nodding your head. What’s going on?
Pete: I mean, this is just like, what if Lex Luther was stuck in the Wall-E movie? It’s a little too crazy for me, but I appreciate what they’re doing.
Alex: It’s so funny. The characters are so funny. Louis Lane is so funny. Lex is so funny. It’s great. He just sets up these Rube Goldberg machines of ridiculous satire and pays them off in such a fun way. I like it quite a bit. Next up, Decorum number seven, from Image comics. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mike Huddleston.
Alex: This is really bringing together everything that’s been going out in the book in a big way that these weird crystalline creatures that showed up that seemed, at first, unconnected from the Assassin’s Academy that was going on in the other side of the book. Last issue, that finally came together, where the crystalline creatures gave a mission to the assassins to find this egg that was being hidden, which I believe was the third element, that was just thrown in there. Here, our main character stumbles on that egg, opens up the egg, finds a hot dude with no head. Very funny. This is great. I can’t believe how well this has come together. And Mike Huddleston’s art is stunning across the board. The way that he’s bringing all of these different art styles together, often on the same page, is ridiculously impressive.
Pete: I agree with you, Alex. It’s worth it alone for the art. It’s really unbelievable. Sometimes… Just a dude with part of your face. But I think this is really tripped out, weird, in all the right ways. And it’s really telling a very interesting story, but the real hero here is the artist. The pages and everything are just amaze balls.
Alex: And in classic Pete fashion, I got to bring up a book that we didn’t throw into the stack, because I didn’t want to get into a fight about it. But, X-Men number 19. Also by Jonathan Hickman, it is a master work. It is so good. It’s one of the best issues of the series ever, it’s amazing. You get the X-Men trapped in this vault, traveling through time. This incredible X-23 Laura story throughout. So good. Read it. Just pick it up right now. Don’t listen to whatever Pete has to say. And moving on to our last book-
Pete: Wait, that’s so unfair that you didn’t even put it out there. Like it was something we could read-
Alex: Here’s the thing, Pete. [crosstalk 00:24:25] I’ve got to be honest. I’ll pull back the curtain here. I got to be honest. I read the book because I was like, “Ah, I want to read it anyway because I liked the X-Men books, but I’m not going to send it out to Pete because Pete’s just going to be like, ‘Fuck X-Men. These islands are having sex. Stupid. What’s going on? I don’t like it'”. That I would just set it out. It would just be a big argument. So I was like, “I won’t send it out”, but then I read it. I was like, “This is legitimately one of the best issues of the series ever. Would Pete like this, because it’s about Laura X-23, who he loves”. And I was like, “I don’t know. I got to weigh that against Pete just yelling because it’s X-Men. What do we do here?”
Pete: Why wouldn’t you trust me to appreciate a good X-23 story?
Alex: Trust you? I’ve known you for 15 years, Pete.
Pete: Oh my God. You’re the worst. You didn’t believe in it enough to put it out there for us to review. You were like [crosstalk 00:25:20] yeah, you didn’t believe in it. So it’s hard to take your recommendation after you didn’t believe in something enough to send it to me and just-
Alex: I’ll tell you what. I will send it to you. You could read it, and then you can tell me off-air what’s going on.
Pete: Okay, great. That’ll be great for everybody.
Alex: I think so. Tell you what, check out our podcast off-air, where you visit me and Pete in person and ask us comic book recommendations. Last but not least, Batman/Catwoman number four from DC comics. Written by Tom King, art by Clay Mann. Pete, sounds like you’re loving this. You got to explain to me what’s going on. I feel like the Pete of this particular book, because I’m lost.
Pete: Okay. First off, love the bat and cat double page, spread title page, mansion, advent calendar thing, that just sets up the mood for this creepy, fun world that we’re in. And then starting off with Batwoman beating up Penguin and wanting to know where mom and the Joker are. What an interesting start, just grabs the reader all the right ways. But bat and cat are fighting. You know, cat’s been doing some things without bat’s knowledge, she knew he was going to get mad, but she didn’t tell him until last minute. Now bat’s mad. So how are we going to move forward? I also really loved how the Penguin is drawn like Danny DeVito. That makes me very happy. What do you want to know? I think it’s great.
Alex: Listening to you talk about it is my experience reading it, because I just cannot keep track of the timelines.
Pete: There’s like three different timelines happening at once.
Alex: No, and I know that. You’ve got the Mask of the Phantasm timeline. You’ve got the very early bad cat stuff going on.
Pete: Right.
Alex: And then you’ve got the future cat stuff where she’s killed the Joker and is dealing with it, with Penguin. And there was their kid, who was the new Batman. So I get all that.
Pete: Batwoman.
Alex: There’s the transitions between them that just throw me, and I’m sure there’s a point to it. Maybe they’re doing something about memory and how memories are very fluid and go from one time period to another-
Pete: Yeah, because it’s also like cat and bat always have this thing about a disagreement about when they first met.
Alex: Yes. So I get all that, but you look at a book like Strange Adventures, also from Tom King, where you have-
Pete: Also confusing.
Alex: But, even if it jumps between timelines of the same page, you’ve got Evan “Doc” Shaner and Mitch Gerads. So there’s a delineation between the timelines. So you’re able to follow, okay. Here’s where we are at any given point. It is disorienting for me to read this book, and I still, and I know I’m harping on this. I don’t know what the Phantasm has to do with this.
Pete: That’s going to be the fun, but also it is going to make sense. And I think it’s going to be one of those things where it will be very interesting to get the trade, because there could be… it could make that much more sense, reading it all together.
Alex: Absolutely. And I’m more than willing to follow it until the end. It’s just-
Pete: And you should follow it, because it’s amazing art and writing and like such a fun, interesting story with these two characters we know and we’ve heard stories… for all time about them.
Alex: I trust these creators. So I’m going to follow it until the end. I’m just having a hard time comprehending it as of now, that’s what I’m saying.
Alex: And that’s it for The Stack. If you’d like to support our podcast and other podcasts we do, patrion.com/comic book club. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night to Crowdcast at YouTube.
Pete: Sure do.
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With Omni-Man down for the count, it’s up to Invincible to stop an alien invasion as we break down Episode 2, “Here Goes Nothing.” The Flaxans are on the loose, so Mark teams up with the Teen Team to take them down — multiple times. But that’s not the end of his alien encounters, as we meet Allen the Alien, who has made a big, big mistake coming to Earth. Plus, things heat up with Mark and Atom Eve – and Amber?
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Sam and Bucky finally team up as we break down all the big moments in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 2, “The Star-Spangled Man.” With John Walker officially named the new Captain America, our heroes head off in pursuit of The Flag Smashers, only to get their butts handed to them, even with a team-up with Walker and his own sidekick, Battlestar. Meanwhile, a side trip reveals how the legacy of the shield is more complicated than he originally thought.
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: Welcome to MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel the MCU and Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: We’re going to be talking about the second episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Star-Spangled Man. This is a big one.
Pete: Fake Cap.
Alex: Lots of stuff goes down in this episode.
Justin: Huge episode.
Alex: So many things happen. More bank loans. More dates for Bucky. That’s pretty much it.
Pete: What?
Alex: No. I was-
Justin: I mean, yeah. The show pivoted. I think some criticism of the show is like “What is this? This is like the first act of a movie, not even. It’s like the first 20 minutes where you don’t know much about anything,” and I think this episode took that criticism and just crushed it.
Pete: Shoved it up their ass.
Alex: It’s great that they pivoted so quickly, because as we know, these shows are broadcast live. So they probably took the criticism from the first episode, thought about it over the week.
Justin: Re-shot the whole thing.
Alex: Friday night when they were putting the sketches together, they were like “Okay. We got to do this stuff.” Lorne came out and was like “This is what Bucky should do this week,” and then here we go.
Pete: Wait. What was that? What are you doing?
Alex: That was a very bad Lorne Michaels impression.
Pete: Well, that was awful. I don’t know what-
Alex: It was terrible.
Pete: Just don’t-
Justin: I think they said-
Pete: Maybe don’t-
Justin: … “Live from Atlanta, this is Falcon and Winter Soldier.”
Pete: You sounded like Mer-Man from He-Man. It was like you were like …
Alex: Is that what he sounds like? “[inaudible 00:01:29] the ocean.”
Justin: Pete, you know that-
Alex: He sounds like Buffalo Bill?
Justin: You know that Alex did the voice of Mer-Man?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: In the original He-Man cartoon.
Alex: There you go. I did actually all the voices. Anyway, we’re going to be talking about this episode. If you haven’t watched it, go and watch it, because we’re going to jump right into spoilers and Easter eggs and, as usual on this podcast, go way all over the place jumping with stuff, but so many things happened in this episode, as we were saying, as opposed to the first episode, which was a lot of setup and diving into the psychology of where Sam and Bucky are now.
Pete: The way you’re saying it made it sound like it’s bad though. It was still very enjoyable.
Alex: Yeah. I’m having fun watching this show. I still do feel like, after two episodes, I don’t quite know what the show is yet.
Pete: Who cares?
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: But this at least was pretty episodic. There was a lot of information here. If you’re a MCU fan or a comic book fan, you got a lot of stuff there, but to give the broad overview of the plot, Sam and Bucky get together pretty much in the opening minutes, which did not happen in the first episode. They go on a mission to stop the Flag-Smashers. They fail horribly, even though they team up with a new-
Pete: Well, I mean, it was close.
Alex: … new Captain American, John Walker-
Pete: Fake Cap.
Alex: … and his buddy-
Pete: Don’t call him the new Cap. No don’t say that. He’s not the new Captain America. He’s fake Cap.
Justin: He technically is.
Pete: No. That’s ridiculous.
Alex: He’s the new Captain America.
Pete: Stop.
Alex: I believe in the United States government, and I support our new Cap.
Pete: What?
Justin: Wow.
Pete: What? Wow.
Justin: This is a strong take from this podcast. Alex is fully committing to the John Walker Cap.
Pete: Yeah. Wow. You’re a sellout.
Alex: He’s the Star-Spangled Man, man.
Pete: Boo.
Alex: So the new Cap and his buddy-
Pete: Fake Cap. Stop saying that.
Alex: I’m going to keep saying it, and Battlestar battle them, try to team up with them. It doesn’t quite work out, and by the end of the episode, things have turned quite a bit where they now may be working against each other, and Bucky has decided to go get help, find out what’s going on with the Flag-Smashers, find out what’s going on with these new super soldiers in town from the only source he knows, Zemo himself, the villain of Captain America: Civil War.
Pete: As soon as he … I was like “Zalben’s losing his mind right now.”
Alex: I love Zemo. I love him.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: You do love Zemo.
Alex: I love Zemo. I love the new Cap. That’s it.
Pete: Stop.
Alex: Just those two.
Pete: It’s the worst.
Justin: You’re going to be very disappointed where this show ends up, Alex. I have a feeling.
Pete: I hope so.
Alex: We’ll see. We’ll see.
Pete: Oh, my god.
Justin: Season two, Zemo and the new Cap.
Alex: So let’s start talking through this, because there are so many threads and bits of information thrown in here. Justin?
Justin: I know. Let’s start off with one of our favorite characters, the Zipper.
Pete: Oh, yeah. That-
Justin: The episode starts out … Could have just watched that journey. What a journey.
Pete: Oh, wow. Right?
Justin: What a journey that Zipper goes on.
Pete: What a shot. What was great about it … It was so good they couldn’t not put it in. I know this doesn’t make sense to have a shot of the Zipper, but it’s so beautiful and so well done and satisfying.
Justin: Never flew off the rails. Goes from beginning to end. Super clean. I guess-
Alex: I got to be honest. When they started doing that, I thought we were back to the shield case from the beginning of the first episode.
Pete: Oh, wow.
Justin: You love that shield case.
Alex: It’s a very pretty case.
Pete: It’s a nice case.
Alex: But we weren’t, in fact. We’re getting this setup from John Walker. Now, Pete, I know what your opinion of John Walker is. You’ve very clearly expressed that. I’m curious, Justin, to get your take, because we get a lot of information about his back story about him in this episode. We follow-
Pete: His team around him-
Alex: … almost more than Sam and Bucky’s are-
Pete: … was just just handling him. He’s just being handled by people in a circle.
Alex: Well, he has, arguably, I would say, the best or most interesting character arc over the course of this episode. What was your take, Justin?
Justin: Yeah. I agree with you-
Pete: Fuck you.
Justin: … and I will say, just wait-
Pete: Isaiah had a better fucking than that. Fuck yourself.
Alex: [crosstalk 00:05:20].
Justin: I wouldn’t call that an arc, but yes. Definitely, we’ll get there, but I thought it was interesting. At the end of last episode, we see John Walker as Captain America, and we’re like “Boo. We don’t like this. This is bad. This is a problem,” because we’re right there with Sam, who’s like … You’re seeing his stress and just absolutely frustration for what’s happening, and in this episode, we get in Walker’s head. We’re meant to sympathize with him at the beginning of this episode. He’s not the villain. He is someone who’s like-
Pete: He’s a douche.
Justin: Maybe, but also, we don’t know too much about him, but this episode, I would argue, is designed to make us empathize with him a little bit and at least be like “Oh, he’s not the enemy. He’s another player in this game,”-
Pete: No.
Justin: … which was not something I expected. The fact that we’re in his head … He doesn’t have a secret identity. He’s fully public. He is great with a shield, no super strength, as we know so far. He’s just a guy who trained a lot and is a good soldier or whatever.
Pete: I’m not buying it.
Justin: No. Of course, and maybe it’s not going to end up being true, but what I think is unique about this episode is it put us there with him as opposed to being like “He’s a problem. We have to get him.” We see Sam and Bucky react that way later, but it’s a little confusing because we don’t know sort of which way it’s going to go, you know?
Alex: Yeah. I’m definitely right there with you, and we get these great scenes in the beginning of him in the locker room. It’s such a easy visual slash plot thing to do, but his wife comes in. His wife says “I love you, and I support you.” His best friends come in. So we’re already in this place where, like you’re saying, we’re very off kilter. We want to hate this guy, but there are other people-
Pete: We all [crosstalk 00:07:03].
Alex: … who seem reasonable who like him. We find out that he has this incredible military record where he saved so many people-
Pete: It’s all made up.
Alex: … and then there’s-
Justin: We don’t know that.
Alex: … even this great moment when they’re in the car, and I love that scene when they’re in the car and they’re trying to get Bucky and Sam to get in the car, and Bucky just throws out at him “Did you ever jump on a grenade,” and he says “Well, actually, I jumped on three grenades.” You put the helmet on there. Very funny, but it also makes him very self-effacing, but I would say, at the same time, you get these notes of turn against him by the end of the episode. That’s why I think he has a really interesting arc, because you start in his head. You start wondering if you’re supposed to be sympathizing with him, but then he pulls out the gun with no hesitation on top of the truck, which, mind you-
Pete: That was crazy to see somebody with the shield rocking the gun like that.
Alex: Well, here’s the thing though. Captain America has done that in the movies.
Pete: Oh, really? I didn’t know that. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I’m just saying it’s still weird.
Justin: Who’s that? Is that a new character? Is that a new character in the podcast?
Pete: It’s still weird to see it-
Justin: Clown Pete?
Pete: It’s still weird to see it happen, is my point, regardless of-
Justin: Agreed.
Pete: … seeing it in the comic a bunch-
Alex: Yes.
Pete: … seeing it other times.
Alex: I am agreeing with you. You’re very angry at me, Pete.
Pete: Yes.
Justin: I think-
Alex: Just because John Walker is my favorite character and I identify with him-
Pete: Oh, my god. All right. So you got-
Alex: … and it’s the first time I saw myself on screen, but go ahead.
Justin: Wow.
Pete: All right.
Justin: Congratulations.
Alex: Look at me. I’m like John Walker right here.
Pete: Okay. Okay.
Justin: I really love the gun moment because it was something that was sort of … He just did it. It’s unmentioned. He shot the person, and then …
Pete: Like a punk.
Justin: Unless I forget, in the comics-
Pete: He shot someone.
Justin: In the comics, when Bucky takes over as Cap for a time, he has a gun, and Bucky, as we know in this show, is atoning for all the hundreds of people that he’s killed.
Pete: Yeah. What’s rule number two? So I think it’s one of those things where, though, as somebody who has a little bit of knowledge of this character, may or may not like this character, I was like “Don’t waste time on this fake Cap. I want to know about all the things going on with the characters that I do care,” and you guys, Justin especially, loves to get in characters heads. So I can see why that’s very exciting to you, and it is an interesting twist to put to see where this douche comes from, but this isn’t what we’re here for, guys. This isn’t Falcon and Winter Soldier and some douche sometimes. Okay? I want the action. I want the real story. I don’t want to waste time on this stuff, but-
Alex: Yeah. See, what I want is I want Sam to get the shield, become Captain America, and the show is two minutes long and he has no problems ever. I think that would be great.
Justin: Hurry up. Who has time for this?
Pete: Oh, okay. Yeah. Cool. Cool.
Justin: But let me throw that out there.
Pete: Like a shield?
Justin: The fact that they’re willing to … Yes. It’s going to come right back to me. The fact that they’re willing to put us in Walker’s head for this episode and follow that … Then we should talk about this more later when we get there, but we meet Isaiah Bradley in this episode, and we’re not in his head. By his own, he’s like “I don’t want to talk. I don’t want to say anything.”
Pete: Yeah. You can’t even be in his house, let alone his head.
Justin: Exactly, and I think he’s also Captain America.
Pete: Yeah. The first.
Justin: So we have all these Captain Americas. We have all these Captain … Exactly. All these Captain Americas, and we don’t … We’re in varying degrees of their heads, and we don’t know where we stand, really, with any of them. That is a very exciting place. So I really appreciate that in this episode.
Pete: The only thing I appreciated about douche Cap was the marching band. That was a sick marching band. It was a fun song to play over the Marvel credits. I enjoyed that very much. Other than that, douche Cap, get out of here.
Justin: Next birthday, Pete, I’m going to get you your own marching band to sort of dance around you. You can high-five. They’ll play the Pete song. Oh, and while we’re talking about things Pete loves, let me just say, when you first saw that scene where John Walker’s walking into the locker room, did you immediately think Ted Lasso?
Pete: No. I didn’t.
Justin: Oh.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: I thought for sure, because it looks like locker room from Ted Lasso.
Pete: Yeah. It does a little bit. A little bit.
Justin: I thought for sure you were going to be like “It’s Lasso. Lasso exists in this world. It’s a whole crossover. Lasso’s the Captain America we need.”
Alex: Oh, man. He kind of is, I think. Just shave the stache, and he’s ready to go.
Justin: Save the stache.
Alex: Save the stache.
Justin: Hashtag.
Alex: So a couple little things that I’ll throw out there while we’re going through and talking about potential Easter eggs. So as Pete mentioned, they play a band version of the Star-Spangled Man With a Plan from Captain America: First Avenger when they’re introducing him. Pretty weird that they’re filming Good Morning America at night, I think. Not 100 percent sure how that happened.
Pete: Yeah, and still saying good morning?
Alex: Yeah. Maybe it was early morning. Maybe it was like pre-dawn hours or something like that.
Justin: That’s a great point.
Pete: Sure. Sure.
Justin: That’s a great point.
Alex: But Sara Haines, one of the hosts there from The View and also from Good Morning America, introducing him. So very exciting for the Haines heads like myself.
Pete: Oh, nice.
Justin: Exactly.
Pete: Congrats.
Alex: Yes. Thank you very much.
Justin: GMA hive stand up.
Alex: The fact that it is-
Pete: Give me Robin Roberts, and then I’ll care.
Alex: Okay. Give me Meghan McCain. That’s what I wanted to see in this, Meghan McCain-
Justin: Wow.
Pete: Boo.
Alex: … MCU continuity. Make it happen. The high school that he’s at is a reference to where John Walker grew up in the comics. It’s in Georgia. I’m forgetting the exact name of it. I should have written it down. I’m sorry.
Pete: Yeah. You should have.
Alex: But I like this. I liked setting it up. We not joked about it, but said he was probably going to turn out to be the racist Cap, last episode, but I think they very squarely set it up there that you question that or you think he’s going to be that, he’s going to be … A lot of people online over the past week called him MAGA Cap, which very funny, a little-
Justin: Funny.
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:12:33].
Alex: A little funny joke there.
Justin: Topical.
Pete: Let’s pause for how funny that is.
Alex: But he comes in, and he went to a mostly African American high school. His best friend is African American. His wife … Not sure exactly what her nationality was, but she’s clearly not Caucasian. So at least I went into the episode immediately questioning that, like we do a lot of other things. I don’t think it precludes him being racist or turning out to be racist in the long run at all, but-
Justin: I think you’re right. It doesn’t preclude it, but I give them credit for being like … They didn’t take this simple thing. Even if he does turn out to be racist or whatever, it is still this path that is creating more nuance, which is like the real world, and to give an MCU show or movie credit for diving deeper, I think, is great, and that’s what’s sort of the promise of this show is it’s not a movie. They’re able to get into these issues a little bit more, which is something I think we’ve all been wanting from the MCU.
Alex: Well, and I think, to ignore Pete’s canoe miming going on right below me right now … What are you doing? I’m sorry-
Justin: I don’t know what that means.
Alex: I’m sorry a show has nuance. I apologize, Pete.
Pete: Can we move past this douche canoe already? I don’t want to talk-
Alex: Yeah. I want to talk about the Flag-Smashers, because I think it’s-
Justin: That’s what canoe is.
Alex: … the same sort of thing with the Flag-Smashers that we get in this episode and was hinted at in the last episode. There’s a lot more nuance to them too, and we find out more about them and potentially even start to feel something and kind of understand their cause.
Pete: Whoa. Well-
Justin: Well, yes, a little bit, but also, again, we’re left to spend time with them when they’re not committing a crime. They’re trying to get by, and they’re like … You see-
Pete: That food did-
Justin: … Karli-
Pete: … did not look good.
Justin: Food did not look good, and they kept passing it around, so you know it wasn’t.
Pete: Liver.
Justin: You see Karli feeling sad that one of her soldiers, one of her fellow … I don’t know what you want to call them. Another Flag-Smasher sacrificed himself, and rather than being like “Oh, that guy died,” they linger on her. So we’re meant to be like “Oh, there’s something here too.” Whether it’s evil, probably, or it’s wrong headed at the least, we’re still meant to think about these things, and I think that is, again, smart and nuanced. I also think there’s a lot … They’re trying to get back to the Blip and feel like the world has been splitting resources amongst too many people, which was Thanos’ original idea of why he snapped his fingers and created the Blip, which I think is super interesting. They don’t know that, yet they’re adapting the same philosophy as this great, huge arch-villain of the entire universe.
Alex: Yeah. They just got to get their hands on that Infinity Gauntlet, and then they’ll be G2G. Let’s talk about Isaiah Bradley, because I know that’s what you want to talk about, Pete. I am so surprised they did this in the second episode.
Justin: Me too.
Alex: This is something that we speculated about, but this is a huge deal in the comics. To give you guys a little bit of the background, if you don’t know the comics, Isaiah Bradley is played by Carl Lumbly here, who has been on so many things.
Pete: Yeah. Love that guy.
Alex: He’s great. The character was created by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker, who Pete wore a weird hat with and got high with once in 2003.
Pete: Come on.
Alex: It was a great-
Pete: I got baked with Baker. I mean, you can’t pass that up.
Alex: I loved that night. That was one of my favorite nights.
Justin: Yeah. One of my favorite nights.
Alex: I did not get high with Kyle Baker, but passing by Pete doing it was one of my life’s rare joys.
Justin: This was at San Diego Comic Con. I think Alex and I were standing with each other drinking and talking to someone, and we look over, and Pete is posing for some large group picture wearing Kyle Baker’s hat on the other side of the lobby or whatever. I was like “Yo. Look at this.”
Alex: Fun stuff.
Pete: Yeah. This was the night where you guy then had the fun with Mr. Lee, who is the king of San Diego.
Alex: Now we’re just dropping names. So this is from Truth: Red, White & Black, which, again, was released in 2003, and the deal with it is we got the detail a little bit wrong. This is not the first Captain America. This is after Captain America in … At least in this point, it was World War II, though it sounds like they’ve retconned it to being the Korean War or something like that-
Justin: Korean War. Yep. In the ’50s.
Alex: … here on the show. This is based on the Tuskegee experiments where, and this is a real-life thing, where … I believe it was syphilis treatment. Is that right?
Justin: Syphilis.
Alex: Yeah. The United States government experimented on African American soldiers. Most of them died. It’s horrific, and-
Pete: Horrible.
Justin: It’s a horrifying story.
Alex: … Truth was playing off that, where they were trying to reproduce the super soldier formula, experimented on 300 African American soldiers. Most of them died. Whoever didn’t die were horribly distorted or mangled, except for Isaiah Bradley, who got the same powers of Captain America. As soon as he put on the Captain America costume, he was arrested and court-martialed and thrown in prison for 17 years. So that’s what’s going on with him. We get a riff on that here, and I’m very curious. Carl Lumbly, great in the scene. They played this surprisingly suddenly. I feel like they held back a lot of the information, and I’m curious if they’re going to follow up on him and the character-
Pete: They have to.
Alex: … at some other point in the series
Pete: You have to. You can just bring that up and walk away.
Justin: Definitely. I think it’s going to be, I would guess. Introducing him at this point in the series, I think it’s going to be a large portion of it, and I know we’re sort of moving maybe quickly to another topic. It reinforces our young Avengers theory that we were talking about, because-
Alex: So that’s the other character who appears in the scene is Isaiah’s grandson, Eli Bradley, who in this show is played by Elijah Richardson. That came up much later. He was created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung in Young Avengers #1, which is 2005, and his deal, though I guess we’ll see how they do this on the show, is all of the Young Avengers, if you never read the comic book, seem to be one thing, but they’re actually another thing, like Iron Man is actually one of the worst Avenger villains ever, just not yet. In his case, Eli Bradley dresses up as a character named Patriot. He’s supposed to look like Bucky. He’s wearing basically the same costume, and he said he got a blood transfusion from his grandfather that gave him super soldier powers. He doesn’t actually have them. He has no powers. He’s just very athletic, and he’s faking it really, really well.
Justin: Well, he was also taking mutant growth hormone-
Alex: That’s right. Yeah.
Justin: … at one point, and it was taxing his body and all that, but then eventually, I think, he did get a transfusion from Isaiah. They almost internally retconned it. So he did get super soldier powers in the comic. So I have a feeling they’re going to go more that route, if they do develop all these characters and form the Young Avengers.
Alex: I’m really looking forward to the articles that are probably coming out later today about “Is this teeing up the X-Men?” because it always never is.
Pete: What’s nice is there was talk about how they’re going to lean into the race issue, how it’s going to be portrayed in this show, and it … First off, Isaiah character, amazing. So cool. The way that Falcon was treated versus Bucky said so much, and then that interaction with the kid, like “Hey. It’s black Falcon.” He’s like “Are you black kid?” Just awesome, talking about it, dealing with it, showing it to us. It was really great.
Justin: But showing and not telling.
Pete: Exactly.
Justin: These characters are in space living their lives, and we encounter these issues just like in people’s lives you encounter these issues. You don’t go out and be like “I want to talk about race this morning.” No. It’s not how it works.
Pete: But also-
Alex: I do want to call out about that, before we move on from it, the black Falcon convo also interestingly parallels the scene earlier in the episode where Sam says “Hey. You’re moving so stealthy. You’re moving like Black Panther. They should call you White Panther,”-
Pete: White Panther.
Alex: … and he makes a joke saying “Actually, they call me White Wolf,” which confuses Sam. He was called White Wolf very briefly in the movies around his time in Wakanda. It’s very funny, but it is the sort of thing where those two jokes work hand in hand to point out where it’s kind of not okay to call Bucky White Panther in the same way it’s definitely not okay to call Falcon black Falcon.
Justin: I also like in the moment, the White Panther moment, it speaks to Bucky’s experience. He takes his time in Wakanda very seriously. It felt like a very transformative time for him, and so the fact that Same makes light of it, he’s like “You don’t understand my lived experience,” and I think that’s sort of an ongoing thing we’re going to encounter across race and every other political line we’ll see in this show.
Pete: Also, what’s nice is that whole point of “You people meant something more.” He looked at Bucky, was like “You people?” But then later Bucky reveals he meant Hydra, which is also like … When it happened, you’re like “Oh, wow,” and then it kind of got explained later. So again, just dealing with things in a smart way that doesn’t feel insulting to anybody’s intelligence, but being like “Hey. These are truths that people deal with, and these characters, especially.” So I tip my hat to it.
Alex: Yeah. You were going to say something, Justin?
Justin: Yeah. Just one thing across the board. I think it’s-
Alex: [crosstalk 00:21:44].
Justin: Yeah. Gasp. Group gasp. I think this show, the way that Falcon and Winter Soldier are both sort of little brothers, they have big little brother energy beneath Cap, feels like that’s what’s happening for also new Cap, and then you put Battlestar in there, which I think is an interesting addition, because he’s new Cap’s sort of Bucky, but how does that relate to Bucky and everyone else?
Alex: It’s like four Buckys. That’s what it is.
Justin: Yeah, and I think it’s so funny because that sort of infuses every scene with this energy of “I’m trying really hard. I’m trying really hard to do this,” and I think that’s really funny and very much like “Everything you can do, I can do better,” as opposed to … What we usually get is someone’s the mentor and someone’s the mentee. Someone’s the hero, someone’s the sidekick. Someone’s the Cap, someone’s the Bucky. Instead, we have like nine Buckys all being like “I’m the man,” or “I’m the hero.” It’s really funny.
Alex: I do like the sense here … This is something that we also speculated about a little bit, and I don’t think it necessarily plays out this way, but there are hints it could go in this direction, where Bucky does ultimately have this confession to Sam of “If you don’t accept the shield, what does that say about me, and does Cap not believe in me as well? Am I the murderer that I’m afraid I am?” But I also think there’s a sense of him kind of eyeing that shield as well and kind of eyeing that and-
Pete: Oh, interesting.
Alex: … being like “If you’re not going to take it, I’m going to go in there and I’m going to take it, because this guy doesn’t deserve it.”
Justin: Yeah. Yeah.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, now that you say that, yes, but I really enjoy the back and forth between Bucky and Falcon and especially when they first see each other. You know what I mean? It’s not this “Oh, man. Two people running at each other from either side of a field and feeling great to see each other.” It’s this like “I’m taking care of business. What’s up? Great to see you. What’s going on?” I really love that kind of whole interaction and the back and forth, and the whole staring bit was hysterical. It really played well in this episode. Both characters and both actors are killing it, and every time they’re together, it’s really great on screen, and the whole fake therapy … Or not fake, but forced therapy thing was just hysterical.
Alex: Well, just to be clear, you think all therapy is fake, right?
Pete: That is not-
Alex: You have that-
Pete: No.
Alex: You have that YouTube vlog where you talk about it for hours.
Pete: Nope.
Justin: But Pete, you’ve been arrested for missing therapy before, just like Bucky, right?
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. That’s neither here nor there. I mean, who hasn’t been arrested for missing therapy? You know what I mean?
Alex: It’s a regular occurrence here in these United States of America, which is why I’m Flag-Smashers all the way.
Justin: Alex, wildly aligning himself with some potentially villainous folks.
Alex: We’ll see what happens. Now, there was an interesting twist here that we should talk about with the Flag-Smashers while we’re touching on them that they seem to have gotten their powers from the Power Broker, or the Power Brokers, depending on how you look at it. Potentially, they stole some Super Soldier Serum or something like that. They get chased down at the end of the episode. In the comics, the Power Broker has had different names. It’s been different characters, but that’s the person who gave powers to John Walker, to Battlestar, I believe to Flag-Smasher as well. So that’s a very natural tie-in there, but two theories to throw out at you guys, and I’m curious to hear what you think. One, the Power Brokers are not actually the Power Broker. It’s the US government, and that’s how the Flag-Smashers are referring to them. The other way, and this still could be the US government, but I think then it’s Hydra, like we get teased at the end of the episode, where the Russian government were basically mining the super soldier formula from Bucky and then selling it on the black market.
Justin: Interesting. I’m curious what Zemo is going to do here, because I would find it strange to make him some supervillain. He feels like another player on the board, and everyone’s just going to sort of mix it up. To throw him in here in the third episode and be like “There’s our villain. He’s organization all of this,” feels odd to me. So I sort of feel like your first theory makes a little bit more sense to me, where it’s the government.
Alex: I kind of think now Zemo’s going to team up with them. I think he’s-
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Me too.
Alex: Yeah, which-
Justin: He’s pissed because he feels like Hydra used to be this organization … Now all the governments have taken Hydra’s work and are doing the evil things, and he’s like “I do evil things. How come they are?”
Alex: So I’ll throw out there this is a wild out-there theory that I don’t think is true at all and is just working off of one tiny little Easter egg, but at the end of the episode, we do get them saying “Hey. We’re going to sit down and talk to Zemo and find out what he knows about Hydra and the Super Soldier Serum and all this stuff,” and we cut to his cell, and we see Zemo’s cell is number 2187, which is the same number as Princes Leia’s cell in Star Wars.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: First of all-
Justin: Get out of here.
Alex: Hold on. That’s purposeful, obviously. There’s Star Wars Easter eggs throughout the MCU. Kevin Feige is a huge Star Wars fan. He’s even working on his own Star Wars movie at this point. So I think that’s on purpose. That’s a cute little thing. Also, Finn, FN-2187 is another reference to that. So it is the Star Wars thing, but I’ll throw it out there.
Pete: Or it’s two people. Bucky and Captain want to run a 187 on that guy.
Alex: What if Bucky’s plan is not to sit down with him. What if Bucky’s plan is to break him out of prison and that’s what they’re teasing up with that tiny little Easter egg? Which, to take it even one step further, I don’t think this is purposeful, but back on the Mandalorian, everybody was speculating and wanted Sebastian Stan to be playing Luke Skywalker. So if you actually had Sebastian Stan as Bucky basically being the Luke Skywalker breaking Zemo out of Leia’s cell number, that’s pretty funny. That’s it.
Justin: Oh, nice, and they’re going to kiss-
Pete: Close second.
Justin: … and later reveal that they’re twins?
Pete: Yep.
Alex: Yeah. Zemo says “You’re awfully short for a stormtrooper.”
Pete: Oh, god. What is that voice?
Justin: All building toward Alex’s Werner Herzog impression. That’s a pretty wild theory. I would check your evidence. It feels like you picked up a crumb and were like “Here’s my birthday cake.”
Pete: All right. So anyways, let’s move on-
Justin: Put a candle in it.
Pete: … to the fun stuff. The use of The Big Three here, hilarious. Hilarious how that was a fun bit throughout the whole show.
Alex: Is that accurate though? Is that accurate to The Big Three? He says … What is it? Androids, aliens, and wizards?
Pete: Yep. Yeah.
Alex: I mean, I guess Loki’s a wizard, technically. He could probably lump that in, and then you got-
Justin: But what …
Alex: Go ahead.
Justin: What I like about this is it is funny and it’s sort of a nice ongoing thing. A sorcerer is a wizard without a had. Very fun.
Alex: Fun line.
Justin: Doctor Strange, clearly, reference there. It also thematically points to the reductive nature of so much superhero content where it’s like “Yeah. You’re either a hero or a villain,” and this show is sort of saying that’s not what this is. Everyone is a different gradation of gray, from our heroes, Falcon, who’s all hero, inheritor of Captain America but doesn’t feel like he’s earned it, to Bucky, who’s like “I was a villain for way more years than I ever was a hero. What am I?” Everyone’s trying to find out what they are, and on the other side of it, they’re like “Aliens, androids, wizards.”
Alex: It’s funny.
Pete: Yeah, I mean, there’s even a moment when they’re like “We’re not assassins.” You know what I mean? But also, Big Three, shout out to This Is Us.
Alex: Okay.
Justin: What are you … Oh, so Alex’s Easter eggs are deep Star Wars sci-fi cuts, and you’re referencing This Is Us?
Pete: Well, they have the Big Three in This Is Us. So whatever.
Alex: They have aliens, androids, and wizards?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Which one is Milo Ventimiglia?
Pete: He’s the dad. He helped create the Big Three. So he’s not-
Alex: Chrissy Metz?
Pete: All right. Let’s just … Yes. She is. Yes. She is one of the Big Three.
Justin: Oh, Pete, you don’t like to open up the This Is Us bag.
Pete: I mean, what is this about?
Alex: She’s a wizard, man. I think she’s a wizard. That’s all I’m saying.
Pete: She could be. Although, she could also be an android, because she really holds that family together, you know?
Justin: I feel like I need to reference some esoteric content that I’m like “This show is actually about this.”
Pete: Well, the part where-
Justin: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Pete: The part where-
Alex: That’s the most esoteric thing I can think of.
Pete: The part where Bucky was like “Yeah. I read Hobbit in 1937 when it came out,” was pretty funny.
Alex: So I want to point out this is my favorite super stupid nerd thing that happened on the internet today in regards to this is … You’re already watching a show about Falcon and the Winter Soldier. It’s pretty nerdy already. I think we can all agree, and then he makes this reference to reading Hobbit in 1937, and so many people pointed out “Actually, that was a limited-print run of 1,500 copies in Europe. How could Bucky have picked up a copy and read it? That seems unlikely, at best.”
Pete: What? Come on.
Justin: Hopefully, they’ll fix that continuity.
Pete: Of course he could have done it. He’s Bucky.
Alex: Yeah. He’s Bucky.
Justin: I love that first-run Hobbit flex, because back in the first edition … I don’t know if you know this. They weren’t called Hobbits. They were still called shorties. They were called [crosstalk 00:30:59] the Shire.
Pete: I’m going to get you shorties? Yeah.
Justin: A hundred percent.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: He had to go-
Alex: Couple of other little Easter eggs … Actually, I think, only one to throw out, because I think we covered every … Oh, two to throw out, because we covered pretty much everything else. They-
Justin: Alex, surely there are some random numbers on a crate or something you can make reference to.
Alex: Probably.
Justin: Don’t sell yourself short.
Alex: I mean, we haven’t even talked about the end credits, which are chock full of Easter eggs, but they mention the GRC, the Global Repatriation Council, which is helping people post-Blip. I thought that was interesting, not an Easter egg, but just kind of a passing mention that seems like it’s part of this post-Blip world building that’s going on. So I think, whether they mention it in this series or others, we’ll probably see more of that going forward, and we talked very briefly about Battlestar, but I wanted to mention his origin stuff in the comics. We mentioned he got his powers from the Power Broker, but the character’s name, Lemar Hoskins … He’s played by Clé Bennett. He was originally called Bucky in the comics, working with John Walker, but that was changed because it has racial connotations. In fact, they even addressed it in the comic. He was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary, and Mark Gruenwald wrote a comic where somebody was like “Hey. You should maybe not call yourself that,” and so he changed it to Battlestar, but he was first introduced in Captain America #323 in 1986. There you go. That’s all I got.
Justin: There it is.
Alex: What else do you guys want to call out from the episode, if anything?
Pete: I definitely want to call out the conversation with Falcon and fake Cap where they had that fun line where it was like “It’s always the last line that gets you.” That was a real fun moment there. Yeah, because he wanted him to be the wing man, and then Freaky Magoo in the therapy scene. I hope that sticks around. That was fun, calling Bucky Freaky Magoo.
Alex: Great.
Pete: Yeah. Let’s see. I’m trying to think here.
Justin: More Freaky Magoo-
Pete: Yeah. More Freaky Magoo references.
Justin: … says MarvelVision.
Pete: Yeah. I-
Alex: How about you, Justin? Let’s go over to you while Pete is just heading down some sort of hole.
Justin: Yeah. He’s just digging out the bottom of the barrel notes.
Pete: The bits I liked. There’s usually a lot of nice bits.
Justin: I think we covered most of what I was thinking. I love the sort of very rare double buddy action movie stuff we got in here. I definitely didn’t see a team up coming so quickly, and just the fact that … I said that earlier. The big little brother energy we’re seeing on the show, and even in all the looks. Everyone looks like “We’re losing again.” Everyone’s always losing so far in this series. So I’m curious to see how that’s going to turn into some wins.
Pete: What’s interesting is in … I think it was early mid 2000s. This saying, one, as a all encompassing people, is now used by Flag-Smashers as this one world, one people thing, which sounds exclusive, which is interesting to kind of take something and flipping it like that. It’s supposed to be inclusive. Now it’s exclusive, which I thought was an interesting choice.
Alex: Before we wrap up, what is on your Vision Board for the next episode? Justin, you want to go first?
Justin: Sure. I mean, the introduction of Zemo, I think, is going to play a huge factor here. We don’t know. He’s being set up like a villain, and I think I sort of like the idea that he is going to be un unlikely ally of Falcon and Winter Soldier, but what I’m looking forward to seeing is sort of the next step for new Cap, for John Walker. Is he going to take a step into darkness? Since he seems to be very much treated like he is a good hero soldier type in this episode, what are we going to see next? Is he going to sort of start to adopt … Is he an ends-justifies-the-means kind of guy, where he’s going to find out about these bad things that maybe the US government’s doing and still support the government and not fight for what’s right? Which is maybe where there’ll be a line between he and Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Alex: Pete, what about you? What’s on your Vision Board?
Pete: I didn’t get to talk about Isaiah enough. That whole thing of him being like “I didn’t know if he’d come back to kill me or show off his new arm,” was a pretty cool-ass thing, because he did come back to show off his new arm. I’m hoping for more Isaiah moments and getting to hear more about that story as well as kind of how Falcon’s going to kind of deal with this new information.
Alex: I’m looking forward to more from Flag-Smashers, specifically Erin Kellyman’s character, Karli Morgenthau, I think it is.
Justin: Yep.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: My absolute favorite moment of the episode is the moment in the back of the truck when Bucky comes in, says “Hey. I found the hostage,”-
Pete: Oh, yeah, and she smiles.
Alex: … and she just turns and smiles-
Justin: Yeah. That was great.
Alex: … and you just see him fly out of the truck. Amazing, but she got to play so many different levels throughout the episode. That was the character that really thrilled me. I want to know more about that. I know they’re the villains, but she seems to engaging and interesting in the right way. I’m excited to see how that plays in, like we’ve been talking about with Zemo, with all of these elements they threw on the table here. That should be really fascinating in the third episode.
Pete: Also, what’s great about her is having such range where she can look so small and fragile and then so badass. Really impressive to kind of see her fight. Those fight sequences are really badass, and they’re doing a great job with her. So I’m excited.
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: What is up, y’all? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: On The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week, kicking it off with a very scary book called Alien #1 from Marvel, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Salvador Larroca. This is a big deal because this is the first of the Fox properties that is coming to Marvel. We have Predator coming down the pike. Alien is here now, and we had Phillip Kennedy Johnson on the live show talking about this book a couple of months back now when he first got on it. So he teased that, if you want to go and listen to it, but all of the teasing aside, what’d you think of this one?
Justin: I thought this was great. Really captures the vibe of the Alien movies while being a compelling new story where you really feel alongside the characters. Mistakes are made. Classic Alien thing where somebody really fucks up with these things. You don’t get a lot of mistakes with the alien people.
Alex: The thing that I thought was really fascinating about this as a fan of the Alien franchise, and to get into spoilers for the book a little bit … It’s about a military guy. He ended up getting captured by aliens, escaped. We don’t know exactly how yet, but this is years later. He’s retiring, trying to reconnect with his son. Definitely a theme Phillip Kennedy Johnson is playing with with his books right now with fathers and sons and connecting through this and through Superman.
Alex: So that’s interesting, I think, just from a reading perspective, but here, the son is a civilian, and for fans of the Alien movies, it’s such a big deal when they go to Earth in this book. When they go to Earth, you see very little of it, but you see people on Earth. You see what’s going on with society. You see civilians involved, and just from that fan perspective, I kind of geeked out about that beyond the fact that it seems like they’re doing really interesting, weird stuff with the mythology in this comic book. Salvador Larroca’s aliens in particular are terrifying. The pacing of it is alarming and upsetting in the right way. I really dug this book a lot as well. Pete, what did you think?
Pete: Yeah. I agree with you. I thought the aliens looks amazing. There’s a lot of great kind of splash page shots that are really powerful. The Bishop. I’m always creeped out by Bishop, and so it was creepy to see Bishop back. Yeah, and it was a very interesting story that we got to kind of see the son’s side of why he doesn’t care about what his father’s been doing, and then we know the father’s side. So it was very interesting perspective, and I think that’s a cool way to, as Justin said, to put kind of a fresh spin on something that we’ve seen a lot of. So yeah. I thought this, as far as the first issue is concerned, does a great job of giving you something that you know and love with a little bit of newness to it. So I think well done.
Justin: What I think they capture well here is the sins of the corporation in Alien are always what keeps making people act poorly, and that’s what gets everyone in trouble. In this, it’s all about human mistakes, and it’s just the aliens are there as the force of nature that makes them pay for their mistakes, and it’s just really great.
Alex: Absolutely. Really bowled over by this book. Next up, Harley Quinn #1 from DC Comics, written by Stephanie Phillips, art by Riley Rossmo. This is a great team for this book, Riley Rossmo in particular on a Harley Quinn book. So much fun. Really like the tone here. Very different from the past couple of runs of Harley Quinn. I thought this was very enjoyable. What was your guys’ take?
Pete: Yeah. I agree. I thought the art was amazing. Really great story as far as the first issue goes. Does such a great job of grabbing the reader and getting kind of this take on Harley, and I think it’s a nice take. I’m a huge fan of the animated series, but I don’t want every comic to be like that. So this is, I feel like, a different enough take where it still feels like Harley Quinn, and I love the art and the storytelling. I think this is a fantastic first issue.
Justin: Yeah. I think what this book … I mean, the art is so cool. It’s fun how Batman is such a presence in it, and it’s a little bit more of a Batman that is likable and sort of like just “Look. I’m just trying to keep an eye on you, Harley. So don’t screw around.”
Pete: He’s like a dad. Batman’s like a dad of Gotham.
Justin: Yeah. Uncle Batman, and I really like this Harley because it’s not like it’s a huge change where she’s like “I’m good now.” It’s the same character who’s just like “I’m trying this out. I don’t know. Let’s just see,” and she’s sort of having fun with it, and I feel like that preserves the original spirit of the character. We talked about this on the live show this week about how Harley Quinn spun out of Batman: The Animated Series and how wild it is that a character like that can just explode and have so many iterations in all these different mediums, and now to see her back here sort of having that spirit of the original while also being the new character is great.
Alex: Totally agree. Next up, Firefly Brand New Verse #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by Josh Lee Gordon, art by Fabiana Mascolo. We’ve had effusive praise for Greg Pak’s run on the main title. This is a different artist, a different team, and it’s jumping forward, I believe, 25 years in time to showing us the descendants of the original Serenity crew, what’s going on with them now. So what’d you think about this? Does this hold up to the high quality of the other Firefly books?
Justin: Well, I think, what I like about it is that they’re taking a lot of swings. They keep moving with the Firefly story, just like “Hey. Let’s tell the most interesting story no matter what the continuity really is. Let’s just keep moving,” and for them to move from the past to the present into the future, or I guess, not in that order, but it’s great to see, like “Oh, yeah. I’m so curious about this. What’s going to happen where? What are these characters like?” They feel spiritually like the old Serenity crew, but they’re all new people.
Alex: Pete?
Justin: It’s like meeting your friends’ friends, and they’re nice.
Pete: Yeah. I thought-
Alex: Pete, I know you’re probably put off by the fact that Greg Pak wasn’t on this, who you love, but go ahead.
Pete: Yeah. I was kind of like “Wait a second. What’s going on here?” The Pak was killing this, but yeah. I like the way it kind of starts. I think it’s a great kind of story, a good take, but it’s one of those things where it’s like when you have a to-do list and you just sleep instead of doing what you’re supposed to be doing, you’re putting everybody on the ship in jeopardy. That was just kind of crazy, but yeah. I enjoyed it. I thought the art was good. I thought it was fun.
Justin: So you’re bothered by the chores, that no one’s doing their chores.
Pete: Well, I’m just bothered by how casually they woke up, and they were like “Hey. Did you fix the engine?” and they were like “Well, I thought you were going to fix the engine.” Then it’s like … We’re on a spaceship. You can’t just be that casual.
Justin: What’s the chore wheel like in your household?
Pete: It’s a lot of chores, man. All right? It’s a lot.
Justin: What happens if you don’t do it? How does it break out? Did you get your chores done today, for instance?
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. Just barely. Just barely.
Alex: Oh, boy.
Justin: Stakes high.
Alex: Teen Titans Academy #1 from DC Comics, written by Tim Sheridan, art by Rafa Sandoval. This is exactly what it sounds like. The Titans are opening up a school in Titans Tower. Meanwhile, the Teen Titans are off doing Teen Titan stuff, and these are the Teeny Titans who are signing up. Maybe some day they’re going to be Teen Titans or Titans. I said all of those words quite a bit. What’d you think about this book?
Justin: Great enunciation from Alex. Hit all of his consonants really well, and that was borderline tongue twister.
Pete: Yeah. I thought this was a fun story. I ship Nightfire. So I feel I’m happy that they’re still out doing-
Alex: Just trying to slip that in there, Pete.
Justin: Dropping that knowledge.
Pete: I feel like it was a little busy, but they have so many people on Teen Titans. I kind of feel like that’s going to happen, but overall, I thought it was a really solid first issue.
Justin: I’ll tell you what, Pete. I ship Nightfire, especially in this issue. I would normally definitely be a Batwing or Nightgirl, Nightacle. Is that the right-
Pete: [crosstalk 00:08:57].
Alex: Nightacle.
Justin: Nightgirl is not the right answer, I don’t think.
Alex: Nightacle?
Justin: Oraclewing?
Alex: Orwing. Orwing.
Justin: Orawing.
Alex: Batdick.
Justin: Good. But I agree. I feel like there have been a lot of books like this. Marvel does this a lot where they’re like “Let’s take our magic characters and make a school about them. Let’s have all these young mutants be in this school,” and often it feels like the stories feel very next door to the main storyline, and this feels like a Titans books, and it’s just now there’s these gradations between all the different Titans. There’s the Titans, the Tiny Titans, and the Teeny Titans, and there’s the tall Titans, the tiptop Titans.
Alex: What did you think-
Pete: Guys, stop.
Alex: What did you think about them having to be called Mr. Nightwing? That was pretty weird, right?
Justin: What I liked about it was it felt like kids who hadn’t made a plan about “Oh, what should we call ourselves?” and then someone was like “Oh, you’re Mr. Nightwing,” and they’re like “Okay,” and then they have to go with it.
Alex: What’s your first name, Mr. Nightwing?
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Uh, Dave?
Alex: Oh, god. I’m Dave Nightwing. Yeah. This is okay. I’m usually a sucker for these books. I thought this was all right. I liked Rafa Sandoval’s art, just good superhero art across the board. Always very appropriate for Titans. I don’t really know anything about the Red X, which is the big mystery here. So felt like a bit of a deep dive for anybody who is outside that continuity, but I like some of the characters. I’m definitely going to tune back for issue two and see what happens. I don’t know what I’m talking about.
Justin: Another binge read.
Alex: Once & Future #17 from BOOM! Studios, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Mora. Pete, I was a little worried about you this issue, because not as much grandma as there usually is-
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: … but still-
Pete: Yeah, but you still-
Alex: … there’s a dragon. There’s a lot of action.
Pete: But you also got smoking grandma. Grandma’s smoking in this. So that’s-
Alex: Smoking hot is what you’re saying, right?
Pete: No. That’s not what I’m saying.
Alex: Okay.
Pete: But yeah. I like this-
Alex: I ship Petema.
Justin: Petema. Pete Smokingma. Smoking Petema.
Pete: A lot happens in this issue. We kind of get all the pieces on the board. It was great to kind of finally see plans collides and everybody else kind of come together, kind of revealing what’s going to happen moving forward. This is just non-stop glorious. Every issue is unbelievably drawn. The stories are fun. The characters are great. The art’s unbelievable. I don’t know why you aren’t reading this book.
Justin: I am, because we all read. We read a lot of comics, and I like this book, but I will say I think I need a little gear shift. I feel like we’ve been in this-
Pete: What?
Justin: I feel like we’ve been in-
Pete: I’m not going to stand here and let you … This is an unbelievable comic. Okay? End of story. You can’t put in your bullshit. This comic is fantastic.
Justin: I-
Alex: Well, hold on, Pete. Just to jump in, Justin, I hear what you’re saying. I actually think they got there with this issue, because I’ve been feeling that as well. It’s a lot of the grandma wandering around and being like “You don’t know what’s going on with these stories. There’s a lot of stories,” and the son being like “Stories? Come on,” and then everybody’s kind of wandering around and yelling at each other about magic stuff and stories, but this issue, what we got … It really feels like it’s heading towards the endgame here. We finally know they’re looking for the Holy Grail. The bad guys wanted to essentially wipe everything clean and destroy the world. The good guys, of course, want to stop them. They get a dragon, and we get this very propulsive ending of them on a dragon chasing after … I’m honestly forgetting whether it’s Gawaine or Galahad who has been turned into a centaur, and I think that’s part of the issue you’re getting at, where it’s a lot of these names being thrown out there, but I like this ending, and I’m very excited for the next issue off of this.
Justin: Yeah. I mean, I like where it’s going, and honestly, the stuff with Rose felt like the most interesting. She feels like she’s operating sort of on her own, but it’s just like you’re saying. It feels like grandma and her son, #PeteMissesGrandma, #SmokingHotGrandma … It feels like they really are just like “Oh, here we go again. This story’s crazy, but we have to keep doing it,” and so I’m just ready, and the Merlin stuff was interesting. I liked that, but even he’s a little like “I’ve already got this all figured out.” So I think I just need a little refreshment with that.
Pete: Unbelievable. You’re unbelievable.
Alex: Well, let’s move on then and talk about Action Comics #1,029 from DC Comics, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Becky Cloonan, and Michael W. Conrad, art by Phil Hester and Michael Avon Oeming. In the front story, we’re getting a tale of Superman and his son, as we talked about a little bit earlier. In the back story, we’re finding out what’s going on with Midnighter after Future State. This directly picks up on that in a very surprising way. What’d you think about this one?
Pete: I thought this was a very touching story. Love the kind of like Superman taking about being a human and this whole father-son back and forth stuff. It’s really speaking to me. I very much enjoyed this. The Midnighter story is freaking me out.
Justin: It’s different Midnighter.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. I love how stylized the art is. I think it’s a cool take on Midnighter, but I’m nervous to see how this is all going to unfold, and I don’t like the fact that they’re not talking to each other. You know what I mean? You’re supposed to be able to talk to your partner.
Justin: Are you talking about him and the computer in his brain?
Pete: No. Him and Apollo.
Justin: Yeah. What I will say is it is a very different take on Midnighter, but it feels like Apollo is still the one who’s knocking on the door at the end.
Pete: Still the one.
Justin: That’s what I’m saying. So that must give you some reassurance, and the front story, I thought, was great, really keying in on this idea of fathers and sons, and sons losing fathers, and fathers realizing that the sons are realizing that they’re eventually going to lose their father. It’s just great idea and echo storytelling, and then the last couple pages, setting up the sort of creepy Warworld Rising stuff, I’m into.
Alex: I’m into it too, and I like how they are tying in the DC Future State stuff. Now, the other thing … This is news that I believe leaked early this week before they were going to let it out, but it seems clear now in retrospect how they’re setting this up with Superman potentially being taken off the board so that John Kent is going to move into the Superman role. We got this Midnighter backup which seems like it should be unrelated to a Superman thing, but it turns out that DC is going to be launching some sort of a Superman and The Authority series by Grant Morrison with art by Mikel Janin-
Pete: What?
Alex: … which this seems to be setting up directly, in my mind. We don’t know much more about it other than that, but that certainly seems to be where they’re going, and that is very cool.
Justin: Yeah. I mean, Grant Morrison back in the game? Not sort of existing on the periphery being like “Hey. Did you think I could make this Green Lantern book weirder?” and then he does. That’ll be interesting.
Alex: Yeah. That’s great. It’s also great to see Michael Avon Oeming on a regular book as well. I really like his stuff on Midnighter, and that’s a lot of fun. Let’s move on, talk about Haha #3 from Image Comics.
Justin: Haha.
Pete: Oh, here we go.
Justin: Hoo-ah.
Alex: Hoo-ah #3, following the adventures of Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman land. It’s been a great ride. I can’t believe we’ve gotten here. The continuity has been very dense, but really getting that back story of how did he find the scent of a woman? How did he come up with hoo-ah? It’s been a wonderful ride, and [crosstalk 00:17:04].
Justin: How did he come up with hoo-ah?
Alex: It is written by W. Maxwell Prince, art and cover by Roger Langridge. I love this team. I was so excited about this. This is a anthology book where W. Maxwell Prince is taking his regular creepiness from Ice Cream Man and applying it specifically to different types of clowns. This issue, we get a mime issue, a mime who is friends with a robot.
Justin: Love a mime.
Pete: The worst.
Alex: Roger Langridge, one of my absolute favorite creators. He did Thor: The Mighty Avenger. He did Snarked is the book that he did that was all a riff on Lewis Carroll stuff. That is awesome. He did an amazing Muppets book, if you never checked it out. It’s definitely much more surreal and fantasy based than the previous two issues that were very realistic and dark takes, but man, I love this book. It was so good. Maybe my favorite of the week. What did you guys think?
Justin: Favorite of the week?
Pete: I hated it.
Justin: You hated it?
Pete: Yeah. I don’t like mimes. I think they’re creepy, and this proves my point.
Justin: Wait. Rank sort of the clowns, the different genres of clown, in sort of least scary to scariest.
Pete: Well, first off, I think … No offense to Alex’s wife, but I think that [crosstalk 00:18:21]-
Alex: But I hate your wife.
Pete: Yeah. I think-
Alex: No offense to your wife. I hate your wife.
Pete: No. Your wife is an unbelievable person. I don’t know how she puts up with you.
Justin: Wait. You’re considering wife a different genre of clown?
Pete: No. I just don’t want to speak poorly of clowns, and Alex’s wife was an amazing clown. That’s a separate category. I want to try and make that clear.
Alex: Just to be clear before you get to into it, Pete, of course we’re going to break this into the four types of the clown, the Whiteface, the Tramp, the Auguste, and the character. So go ahead.
Pete: I don’t know what-
Justin: Dropping clown husband knowledge.
Pete: I don’t know what was just said-
Justin: Auguste.
Pete: … but-
Alex: The Auguste.
Pete: … to answer your question, Justin, clowns do freak me out. I think, sometimes you can see the sadness in their eyes, and that can be very painful, and then mimes-
Justin: So give me the power rankings. So you got your mimes. You got your-
Pete: Yeah. The mimes are the creepiest of them all.
Justin: Really?
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Why is that? Because they’re not talking?
Pete: Yes. I don’t trust people who don’t talk, and I also … Well, and you have some-
Justin: Too skinny.
Pete: But also, they’re-
Alex: Wait. Sorry. Is it that they wear stripes so they look like they just got out of prison?
Pete: No. No. That makes them look French, but I think that-
Alex: All French people just got out of prison. Go ahead.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Oh, that’s an awful thing to say. Yeah. I don’t trust mimes, and clowns can be scary is my long-winded point that you kind of dragged out.
Alex: Justin, what about you? What did you think about this issue?
Justin: It was great. It’s very fun. it’s like-
Pete: Wait. It’s fun? That was fun?
Justin: This whole issue is very fun. I would love to see this-
Pete: People died. I don’t know what … What do you mean? What’s fun?
Justin: Hey. I got news for you. People die all the time.
Pete: Oh, don’t be that guy.
Justin: But not robots. Think about that. I’d like to see the script of this comic to see the process, really, how they put this together, because the visuals are so good. They do so much of the storytelling, and it’s just a fun, nearly silent issue where we touch on, I don’t even know, just how the world sucks, finding moments whenever you can despite the weird circumstances of developing an act and becoming friends with a robot, how the dancing frog can live, can truly live if you do it right, and it’s-
Pete: The poor WB frog.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Great book. Definitely pick that up. Next up, another one of my favorites of the week, Batman/Superman #16 from DC Comics, written by Gene Luen Yang, art by Ivan Reis. In this book, we’re getting two tales told simultaneously of Golden Age, I think, I would say, Superman and Batman through film … not strips, but old-timey film reels. On the top, you got Superman. On the bottom, you got Batman. Like they say at the beginning, you can read them separately. I kind of recommend reading them together, because, spoiler, they actually start to tie together at the end there. This is a very cool, really fun issue that I enjoyed quite a bit.
Justin: Yeah. This issue, I feel like, really just stands alone. I mean, I know it is tying into a larger story, but it really is just a super innovative way of telling these two stories, and you sort of think one thing, and then there are some reveals later on that you’re like “Oh, huh. Okay,” and like Alex said, things sort of come together in the end. Just a really innovative issue, I thought.
Pete: I’m glad you guys liked it.
Alex: Pete, you’re so negative this week.
Pete: Not really.
Alex: Okay. Well, let’s move on then to Crimson Flower #3 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Matt Kindt, art by Matt Lesniewski. Pete, lots of people die. There’s a lot of blood in this one as our main character hones in on her target. What’d you think about this?
Pete: I very much enjoyed this. I thought this was a really great villain reveal. We thought it was kind of like one villain, and then kind of through the villain monologue, you got to see kind of how dark and twisted this villain actually was. So yeah. I really liked it. I like these scarf powers, and I think the art’s creepy and twisted in all the right ways. It’s a very interesting, cool book, and again, it’s like there’s not a lot of … There isn’t too much dialogue. So it’s not a heavy read. I very much enjoyed this.
Justin: Yeah. I like this a lot. The art is really cool. I wish we had talked to Matt Kindt about this book.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: We messed up.
Justin: Yeah. We messed up, because we had him on the live show recently, and this would have been a good one, because I think maybe we had just read the previous issue, which I think we all enjoyed. Yeah. It’s hard to pin this story down. It’s a really unique story. it’s a revenge tale, and the art really just really showcases the storytelling that’s happening here in a way that is really surprising.
Alex: This is probably the wrong thing, but the art almost feels like a medieval tapestry come to life in a certain way in terms of how-
Pete: Oh, interesting.
Alex: … it’s laid out and the way that they have these stories inside of stories inside of stories. Very fascinating book. I highly recommend picking it up.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Next up, Detective Comics #1,034 from DC Comics, written by Mariko Tamaki and Joshua Williamson, art by Dan Mora and Gleb Melnikov. This is telling a story of a kind of poor but still doing okay for himself Bruce Wayne. What’d you think about this one?
Pete: I-
Alex: I mean, he’s doing fine. They’re making a big deal about “I don’t have my money. I only have 18 Batcaves and this really nice apartment in a good part of Gotham. That’s it.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Yeah, and he’s like “It’s crazy. I have neighbors now,”-
Pete: Yeah. It’s-
Justin: … and it’s like “Yeah. I know. We all have neighbors, asshole.”
Pete: Yeah. It’s weird to see Batman kind of dealing with people, but I do really love the art. I really loved the moment where the bad guy sees Batman and is like “Crap.” That was just fun. Yeah. I think it’s an interesting story. I really like the backup as well. I feel like it’s a great package.
Justin: It’s a great package.
Pete: You love a good package.
Justin: Yeah. I like this a lot too, and oddly we’ve talked a lot about Batman: The Animated Series, but this feels like Batman is warming up a little bit and becoming more like that Bruce Wayne from Batman: The Animated Series, where he has to talk to people and he has to be like a normal person sometimes, and maybe that’s what it’s like when you lose money and come back down to Earth and get with the people. Bruce Wayne, get with the people. Meet your neighbors.
Alex: Oh, I thought you were going to say something else after that. You said “Meet your neighbors.” You went up, and then-
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. I thought-
Justin: Meet your neighbors.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:25:49].
Justin: That’s what I’m saying. Do it. Go do it.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:25:50].
Alex: Oh, that was it. Okay. It was a punctuation point.
Justin: Meet your neighbors.
Alex: Yeah. Good story. Let’s move on, talk about The-
Justin: Alex, go meet your neighbors.
Alex: I would love to, but coronavirus. The Scumbag #6 from Image Comics, written by Rick Remender, art by Bengal, dealing with the last arc. Here, we got our main Scumbag is now a super celebrity. He has blown the lid on all the things he’s done to save the Earth while having a big party in his new mansion, and then new threats come his way. What’d you think, Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I feel like this is Remender having a lot of fun, a lot of cool metal references going on here, which was fun. Yeah. I mean, talking crack pipe. I mean, who doesn’t love that? But yeah. It was just tough because I felt like we had gotten somewhere with Scumbag as a character. It seems he regressed a little bit. I felt like he kind of did some things where he was doing things for the better of him, himself, and the team and moving towards being a hero, but now with this, it’s kind of like he went backwards a little bit. So that part’s a little frustrating, but a lot of really fun art, crazy, over the top, just stupid stuff.
Justin: But what I like about this is Remender knows to bring this character back to sort of what he is, and yes, there’s a hero in him, but we don’t want him to be the hero yet. He has to continue to be the hard partying Scumbag, and that’s what he is as he’s thrown into a different superhero situation, which I’m excited to see how that plays out.
Alex: Next up, I know this is one of Pete’s favorite Barbalien, Red Planet #5 from Dark Horse comics, script by Tate Brombal, story by Jeff Lemire and Tate Brombal. I cannot say that last name. I’m so sorry. Art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta. This is about the Martian Manhunter-esque part of the Black Hammer universe. He is gay. He is dealing with that. He is also dealing with being trapped on his own planet at some point. Pete, talk about this book. Why did this one strike you in particular?
Pete: Well, it’s a very powerful book. I mean, you got people fighting for their rights, what they believe in. There’s a lot of great protest moments. There’s very powerful page with blood spilled on it. They’re saying a lot of great stuff in this book. They’re talking about the collective. They’re talking about us as humans trying to grow and fight for things. It’s very, very powerful, very cool. Love the imagery and the art, and it’s just really well done.
Justin: Yeah. I mean, I agree. I feel like we’ve been talking up the Black Hammer sort of side universe so much lately, and it really is just like this great, creative explosion that’s happening over in the Dark Horse universe, and this story … We’ve been talking a lot about the sort of episodic series, and this is just a great standalone story that has blown out that really takes you along for a great ride.
Alex: Really good book. Definitely agree. Next up, one of the darkest books of the week, Stray Dogs #2 from Image Comics, written by Tony Fleecs, art by Trish Forstner. So we reviewed, really liked, I think, the first issue of this book, which took a bunch of dogs, brought them together, and it turns out that maybe their owner is murdering women and stealing the dogs. We get deeper into that mystery this issue. I think you kind of called this out last issue, Justin, but it very much feels like Law & Order Don Bluth or something like that, and it’s kind of upsetting to read, in a certain way.
Justin: It is upsetting, because these dogs are witness to this killer who is continuing to kill. I mean, we don’t know that for sure yet, I guess, but the way it’s like all these dogs, definitely drawn in the style of the Don Bluth Disney, very cute, lovable dogs that are just like “We’re in a dog story about dogs just trying to get by and then fall in love and then eventually go home and have Lady and Tramp children,” but instead it’s like this super dark … The dogs are witnessing and realizing that their current owner is a killer. It’s so dark, and I was so surprised by this, and it’s great.
Pete: Yeah. It’s very interesting, kind of this thing of what if the person who is raising you, taking care of you, feeding you, all these things, is a horrible, horrible person? It’s like, what do you go on? Do you go on the fact that “Oh, but they provide for me, and they’re nice, and they take me out,” and all these things, and then “Oh, but I don’t see the murders”? It’s very interesting perspective. It’s very messed up and done in this adorable art that makes it even darker, but it’s this tale that hopefully these dogs can hopefully get to the bottom of and make a difference, but man, it’s a crazy start, for sure.
Justin: Yeah. I mean, I say this a lot. I hope these dogs can solve that human murder.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Last but not least, Post Americano #4 from Image Comics, story and art by Steve Skroce. In this issue, our heroes, I guess, have been captured. One of them has reconnected with their mom, and entering the fray is what looks like a superhero and a werewolf. I love this book so much more than I think I would every single time out of the gate, because it’s just so weird and funny and violent in exactly the right way, and I keep going into it thinking “This will be the issue. This will be the one that turns me. This is when they’ll go too far,” and they never do. It just skirts that line perfectly.
Justin: Well, and I think this issue does a great job of having this heartfelt reunion between our mother and daughter characters here, and it’s really sweet and taken very seriously, and then the back half of the issue or back third of the issue is this wild nonsense superhero showcase.
Pete: Yeah. It’s completely over the top, tons of violence. Each issue is crazier than the last, and you’re like “Oh, they can’t top that,” but then this issue does, and it kind of makes fun of itself in the process, but man, really fun. Great read. The art’s fantastic. A lot of cool characters. I mean, I love the car. I thought the car was so great. Such an awesome entrance, but it did hurt when that mint issue #1 got trashed by the guy in the tie. That hurt.
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The first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is here, and we’re breaking down all the big moments on the series premiere, “New World Order”. Sam Wilson, a.k.a. The Falcon, is struggling with what to do about Captain America’s shield in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, and taking a side-trip down to New Orleans. Meanwhile, Bucky, a.k.a. The Winter Soldier, is dealing with the sins of his past and going on dates. But while these two Avengers deal with personal issues, in the background Sam’s sidekick Joaquín Torres is investigating the mysterious Flag Smashers, who might be a big threat than anyone realizes. From The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Easter eggs, to Marvel Comics references, to who that new Captain America is, we break it all down on this week’s episode.
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Alex: Welcome To MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel the MCU and now Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which premiered today on Disney+. It’s finally here. It was suppose to be the first Marvel series on Disney+. Turns out, as you all know, it’s the second, to come out after WandaVision. That’s what happens in the real world. That is some real truths.
Justin: It’s crazy to say it’s finally here when literally WandaVision just ended. We’re spoiled. We’re spoiled is what it is, and now we’re diving into it like “Oh, we finally got this next one,” and we’re already doing it. We’re already here.
Alex: I had to watch Marvel Studios’ Assembled for a week instead of my friend adventures with my super friends. Very upsetting.
Justin: Yeah. I know. I had to take this time off and look at my family members and my pets.
Pete: Oh. Oh, gross.
Justin: Yeah. Just-
Alex: No thanks, man. No thanks. So as usual, or maybe you’re tuning in for the first time because you’re more interested in Falcon and the Winter Soldier than potentially you were in WandaVision, we go pretty heavily into spoilers on this podcast. That’s what we talk about here. So go watch the first episode right now before we get into it. We’re going to talk about some of our general thoughts on the show, how it kicked off, how it kicked off potentially compared to WandaVision, but we’ll also be talking about Marvel Easter eggs, references from the comics, anything that we picked up, and speculation for the rest of the show.
Alex: So let’s start off with our first thing. From your guys’ perspective, WandaVision, I think, in a very surprising way, really raised expectations before Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which I certainly wasn’t expecting going into WandaVision. That was a huge hit, global domination just built over the course of the run. Obviously, there was a lot of consternation about the last episode and how it went. I liked it, for my note, but this is a very different show. This is much more straightforward MCU.
Pete: Wait. Wait. Wait.
Alex: How did this first episode strike you?
Pete: Wait. What about the last episode? There was conversation? What did you say?
Alex: Consternation. Just there were people that I think were a little upset about how certain things turned out with the last episode of WandaVision.
Pete: Oh, really?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: People were … Oh, okay. I didn’t know.
Alex: Yeah. I mean, it was a huge surprise to me too that-
Pete: You’re using big Cornell words. You’re going to lose our audience. You know what I mean?
Alex: No. That’s fair.
Pete: Let’s not flex our knowledge on us all the time. You know what I mean?
Justin: Oh, my god. When you say consternation, just use a smaller word, like butt angry.
Pete: Yeah. There you go. Thank you. Yeah.
Alex: Lot of butthurt fans out there. Okay.
Justin: There you go. Now you’re speaking to the people.
Alex: Let’s talk about Falcon and the Winter Soldier though and this first episode here. It’s obviously very different from WandaVision, but given those expectations going in here, given what you knew about the series, just broad strokes, how did the episode strike you?
Pete: Well, I also feel like it’s tough because it has to follow WandaVision now, which is such a quirky, huge hit, and I feel like that is a little tough because it’s a little bit straightforward. But what I really enjoyed was there’s a lot going on. It’s not just a simple kind of action thing, which I was happy about. There’s a lot going on with these two gentlemen’s lives, and it’s like we’re just really kind of digging into where they are. I thought it was fun. I was impressed with a lot of it and how quickly … I was surprised that there’s still, by the first episode, because we’re only getting a small handful here, that they’re not already together and kind of working together. So I was a little like “Oh, no. We didn’t get them together in the end,” but that’s the only-
Alex: You got to save something for episode six, man. That’s what it’s all building to.
Pete: Oh, don’t. I can’t do the whole thing apart. I don’t want to do the whole thing apart.
Justin: We’re just going to see them passing each other in a hallway now and again like “Hey.”
Alex: Game of Thrones style.
Justin: Yeah. I mean, I think the biggest … When you talk about WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier, it’s … If the TV show Friends … If they’d released Joey first because of a pandemic, it would have been a little bit harder to see what’s going on.
Alex: I’ll give you one better. It’s if they released Episodes first.
Justin: Yeah. Okay. For all you Matt LeBlanc heads out there, you must be loving-
Pete: Is that a shot against Joey?
Alex: No. Episodes was literally about him playing a Joey-type character on a show and commenting on the idea of television based on both Joey and Friends. So yeah. It feels like it’s skipping a beat. It’s like they jumped ahead and then they’re going back to the thing that should have come right after Endgame.
Justin: But it’s interesting because I think so much of all the commentary, the consternation, the butt anger about WandaVision was because the potential was all over the … Everyone was like-
Pete: Was huge. Yeah.
Justin: … “Fantastic Four. Al Pacino is Mephisto. Who’s going to be … The Mandarin’s rings are going to be hidden,” all this stuff, and it wasn’t that.
Pete: Also, Paul Bettany’s joke, which was hysterical, kind of fueled the fire for it as well, which didn’t help.
Justin: For sure, but what I think … If the original order had been preserved and Falcon and the Winter Soldier had come first, I think there would have been less of that, because what we see in this first episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, to me, is like this is like the bridge from Marvel movies to television. It’s like has the same pace, the same type of storytelling as the first act of a Marvel movie, where lots of actions, a little bit of introducing stuff, some table setting. The main characters don’t even meet here.
Pete: But you got Rhodey also being the bridge as well.
Justin: Rhodey pops in, but people aren’t like “Are we going to see War Machine?” It’s like “No. He’s here. He’s already here.”
Alex: Yeah. He’s here.
Justin: He’s watching.
Alex: Yeah. He left. He came here, and then he left.
Justin: Yeah. He’s out of here. It was nice to see him. It was a drop in.
Pete: Yeah. It was nice.
Justin: I think-
Alex: He was on set that day anyway. So they just added him in.
Justin: That’s how Holleywood works, you know?
Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Justin: It’s like “Hey. Pop in.”
Pete: Hey. You going to be around for something we’re shooting later? Because that would be cool.
Justin: We’re shooting this thing over here.
Alex: Yeah. No problem. What do I have to do? Is this like a Black Monday thing? Or what’s going on?
Justin: Yeah. It is. They tricked him. But I don’t think there’s going to be that kind of speculation for this show, because it is just starting in a different place, and its expectations are sort of right where we thought they were going to be, and that’s good. I was psyched to watch this, but it is such a different viewing experience, to your point.
Alex: Yeah. The thing, I had a blast watching this episode, like I think you guys are getting at. It’s very relaxing to watch this show, in a certain way, because WandaVision … You have to have this hyper attention while you’re watching it for all the details, everything that’s happening in every frame. That’s what was so wonderful about that show is the amount of different levels that it was working on. Here, it felt like “Ah, I’m back in the movie theater. I’m watching a Captain America movie,” or whatever, “It’s pretty cool. Just got to chill out, watch two handsome dudes have a good time kicking butt. Let’s have fun.”
Alex: But on the flip side of it, and this may have to do with the WandaVision expectations … I certainly talked about this a lot during the WandaVision podcast, and I think I was pleasantly surprised. What happens here is this really does feel like we’re making more of a six-hour movie thing, which is typical for streaming but I don’t love on TV and I don’t love in the weekly release format. It’s the sort of thing that I might totally change my mind on watching the second episode because we’ll see what happens.
Justin: Your mind’s about to change.
Alex: We’ll see what happens, but it’s the sort of thing that I feel like, if you’re into the MCU like we are, you jump into this episode, you’re in, you’re happy, you’re good, you’re having a good time. If you’re not sure about the MCU, I think this is the sort of thing you might actually want to wait until the second or third episode so you get more of a chunk and have more of a sense of what it is, unless, of course, you’re really into bank loans and fishing, in which case this is the show for you.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:07:59].
Pete: Come on, dude.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: I mean, that’s really what I want. I want to know. Is he going to get bank loans as easy as I can? Because he’s got that star power, and what’s nice to know is that he’s still like me if I went in there. I wouldn’t have my numbers. I mean, the last five years have been a shit show, but-
Justin: Yeah. You pop into the bank and just ask for a loan sort of whenever you’re passing by, right?
Pete: Yeah. Exactly. It’s kind of in my route, you know?
Justin: Hey. You got a loan for your pal Pete?
Pete: Yeah. Hey. Just checking. Remember that loan I applied for a couple years ago?
Alex: Pete, for the last time, banks don’t work like a slot machine. Okay?
Pete: I’m just going to keep pulling that lever. Hopefully [crosstalk 00:08:36]-
Alex: That’s what bank tellers are. You’re pulling their arm.
Pete: He doesn’t seem cool with it.
Justin: He’s a one-eyed bandit. That’s the thing. Or one-armed bandit. That’s what it is.
Pete: I just wanted to say, though, I agree with you a little bit, but also, the action and stuff is kind of stressful. It was a pretty close call a couple of those times, but overall, I agree with what you’re saying, but I do disagree, though, with Justin with … There are fun little things that, because I’m WandaVision trained, I was like “Oh, what does that mean? Okay. Oh, my god. Those hand prints on the mask could be a crossover with Lord of the Rings. That looked very much-“
Alex: They’re a bunch of Uruk-hai?
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah. So I was like … You know? Just my mind is trained from WandaVision. So it’s hard to kind of shift into neutral.
Alex: Well, I do think-
Justin: I’m so sorry. You’re saying it was trained by WandaVision? You’ve one mad. [crosstalk 00:09:30].
Pete: Oh, right. Right. Right.
Alex: I mean, that’s part and parcel with the MCU and superhero movies, right? We do look at every frame and every scene for Easter eggs all over the place. WandaVision just took it to the Nth degree, just to an insane amount where there were those Easter eggs in every single frame hidden in little corners. Here, it’s thing like … I mean, I jotted down a couple of things. There weren’t much, but things like, oh, Erin Kellyman, who people probably know or might know as Enfys Nest from the Solo movie, from Solo Star Wars, plays Karli Morgenthau, one of the Flag-Smashers, and the original Flag-Smasher was Karl Morgenthau. That’s not the sort of thing where it’s like “Oh, shit. They put an I on the back of her name.
Pete: Whoa.
Justin: What do you think it means?
Alex: But it’s like “Oh, yeah. That’s a reference to the comics. That’s cool.”
Justin: Yeah, but we’re doing a lot of comparison, but this show … The whole opening sequence, the amount aerial … If we want to get into the episode a little bit-
Alex: Yes. Let’s please.
Pete: Can we, please?
Justin: First off, we start with the shield, and I don’t think we want to diminish this to be like “This is just a dumb movie-“
Pete: Well, first off, let’s really talk about first off we see him ironing, which is a relaxing thing to do. It seems like he starts his day right.
Alex: That’s a reference to Iron Man. Did you know that?
Justin: A little Easter egg.
Pete: How did I miss that?
Alex: Yes.
Justin: Easter egg.
Pete: Right out of the box. Oh, man.
Alex: On a similar very Pete-focused nose, did you notice that sweet shield case that Sam had that he put it in?
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: That’s very cool. I wonder if he got that custom or he went to-
Justin: Merch.
Pete: Yeah. It looks like it was custom.
Justin: I would think so. It’s hard to know what size shield someone has. It’s like-
Alex: Hey. Can I get that shield case over there, the one in tan? Not the black one or the red one, please.
Justin: One shield case fits all. I’m so sorry, but to … It starts with the shield, which I think, to get into some of the beginnings of themes for this series, I think it’s like symbolizing. An object like the shield is this symbol, and Sam treats it with this respect, and he’s like “I can’t bear this. It has the weight of history,” and so he puts it away. He puts it in this museum, and nobody else seems to think of it that way, or at least not the US government here, as we find at the end of the episode, and I really like that.
Justin: I think the idea of functional symbolism or functional patriotism, what stuff actually means to people versus the way we revere things that start to lose their meaning … That, to me, is what I took out of this first episode, and I think that’s a great theme, and just real quick, I think it’s reflected in the credits. The credits are a smattering of graffiti on these sort of icons, and I think that may be what the credits are getting at, that there’s these iconic things all around the country, all around our world, but the graffiti are the people saying something. They’re the people on the street. They’re putting their ideas out there, and I think the mixing of those ideas is what we’re going to get into in this series.
Alex: Yeah. That seems spot-
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Oh, go ahead, Pete.
Pete: I was just going to say yeah. I really do like what they’re doing, this setting up of the weight of things, this symbolism. What does that mean? What does it mean to different people taking it for different things? But also, the fact that we picked up right where Falcon left off of like “Yo, man. This ain’t my shield,” or “I feel like I’m not good enough to rock this,” something that’s like he holds such reverence for it … It’s not like he’s not considering it. It such a big thing to him, and it means so much. So I love the fact that that’s where we are with him, and I also like this exploration throughout this episode of symbolism, like with the mask and the graffiti, and I’m glad you pointed that out, Justin.
Alex: Well, to that point, what I was going to say is about tearing down the iconography. I think that really ties into the villains as well. I love the idea of the Flag-Smashers, the idea that they’re people who lived through the Blip, thought it was great, and want to go back to that. That’s really fascinating. That sets them up as really good villains, the opposite of what Captain America is supposed to be, whoever Captain America is at the time. We didn’t meet Zemo at all in this episode, but we’ve seen from the teasers that his thing is about tearing down superheroes. So that’s iconography from another angle, and I think you’re right. I think you’re absolutely spot on. That’s exactly what it is. The other thing, of course, is legacy, which is another very obvious theme from Cap passing it down to Sam and Sam saying “No. That’s not me. I’m somebody else,” to Bucky dealing with his own legacy, which I thought was really interesting.
Justin: Bad legacy.
Alex: Yeah. Very bad legacy-
Justin: [crosstalk 00:14:09] legacy.
Alex: … and making friends with an old man because he killed his son. That was super sad.
Pete: Oh, my god, and the fact that he had to hear it from him, and then also when he was on that day, it’s like it was so clear as day, but how do you do that? How do you say that to somebody? You know what I mean? Oh, unbelievable.
Justin: Yeah, and I love the way they positioned Falcon and Winter Soldier in two very different places, with Falcon trying to bear the weight of this legacy, and Winter Soldier doing the same thing but from a negative place. So he has to come to terms with his legacy while Falcon has to prove that he has earned what was already given to him, and I think that’s really cool, and the fact that they introduced the new Captain America, the U.S. Agent type character … The end of this episode is the nexus point. This is the dude who feels unbothered by any legacy but also has the legacy in his hands.
Pete: I was worried we were going to get the kind of … At the end of it, I was like “That better not be fucking Hydra Cap,” because I can’t deal with that. That would just be too much, because they did bring up Hydra, and then it was like there’s this new Cap, and I was like “Please. Please don’t let … I can’t deal with this.”
Alex: Well, I mean, I don’t think … You’re talking about, if people haven’t read it, there’s an arc in the comics where Captain America, due to some time travel, I believe Cosmic Cube as well, shenanigans, ends up reliving his whole life but being loyal to Hydra the entire time. Pete hates that arc. I thought it was pretty good, but that’s how we’re different people, I guess.
Pete: Well, sometimes it’s fun to go places in comic books that you don’t want to go in real life, and sometimes it’s just too much to handle and you don’t like it.
Alex: I don’t know if this makes you feel any better. My theory currently right now is that U.S. Agent Captain America is not Hydra, but he is very racist. Do you feel better about that?
Pete: Oh, wow.
Justin: Nice.
Pete: What kind of shit is that?
Alex: I’m just wondering.
Pete: No. I don’t feel better. That’s-
Alex: I’m just throwing out a little thought experiment there, Pete.
Pete: I don’t want it. Oh, my god.
Justin: Think, Alex, like he’s a bad guy, but just a lower-case-B bad. He’s a bad guy.
Alex: Just a terrible guy.
Justin: He’s not a bad guy.
Alex: He’s a terrible guy.
Pete: Oh, all right. Well, I don’t like where this is going.
Justin: But let’s into the actual bones of the episode. This aerial opening sequence I thought was just wild. Just in all sorts of ways It feels like it was so hard to do. I love all the flying, all the Batroc going … I assume that’s Batroc, because how many French-speaking villains are there out there? Jumping, not squirrel suiting, out of a chopper, into a chopper, out of that chopper, and then into yet another chopper. This guy … He’s great at leaping.
Alex: He is. I was a little disappointed at first that Batroc the Leaper wasn’t doing enough leaping, but then he started leaping places, and I was very happy.
Justin: So much leaping. Quantum leaping.
Alex: By the way, that is Batroc. That’s Georges St‑Pierre, who played him in … Was it the beginning of Winter Soldier? I think it was the beginning of Winter Soldier.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: Yeah, and fought him there.
Pete: Sure.
Alex: There was a little more leaping and kicking and stuff going on there. I did want to mention two things about Batroc while we’re talking about him. I love the fact that he doesn’t have the ridiculous Batroc costume or mustache from the books, but he still has a Batroc-colored jacket. He has a purple jacket with little yellow around it, which I thought was very nice, and it also …
Alex: This doesn’t come up at all. This is just mentioning it to mention it, but I was thinking about it during the Batroc stuff. You guys probably remember this one, but there was this Captain America and Batroc one-shot by Kieron Gillen and Renato Arlem, and if you want a great Batroc story, anybody out there, search out this issue, because the whole idea of it is Batroc says “I can’t beat Captain America. I just can’t. That’s not a thing I can do. So what people hire me to do is slow him down. So I say ‘Okay. You pay me a certain amount of money. I’m going to slow him down for five minutes. I’m going to slow him down for 10 minutes while you get away as far as you can and do your thing and he’s distracted fighting me.'” It’s so cool, such a fun one-shot, and if you enjoyed Batroc’s appearance here at the beginning of this series, that’s a good one to check out.
Justin: Yeah. It’s good. Poor Louie the pilot. He seems Sam playing peekaboo, and he gets killed almost instantly.
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:18:30].
Alex: There’s another comic book character that appears here though, and I really liked him in this episode. He’s very different from how he is in the comics, but we met First Lieutenant Joaquín Torres, who’s played by Danny Ramirez in the show. He is a character … I don’t know if this is a spoiler. I kind of think that it may end up being, but he is the new Falcon when Sam Wilson takes over Captain America. He was introduced in Captain America: Sam Wilson #1. I don’t think they’re going to go this route, but in the comics, he has actual bird wings due to a mutation that’s done to him by Hydra. So whatever it is, it’s setting him up as Sam’s Falcon.
Justin: Sam’s Bucky.
Alex: Yeah. Sam’s Bucky.
Justin: Sam’s Bucky.
Alex: Exactly, which I think is kind of great. Did you like the-
Pete: Yeah. That’s kind of-
Alex: … character, Pete? Because he was created by Nick Spencer.
Pete: I-
Alex: I was thinking about how much of a trick to make that, and I decided not much of a trick.
Pete: Yeah. I like your build up of how important the character is for it, but I do like them together, and just because … You don’t have to like everything that somebody does. You know what I mean? Sometimes writers do amazing things, and sometimes they make choices and you’re just like “I don’t know. Okay.” Yeah. Yeah. You know-
Alex: But I do think the actor is good. I enjoyed the actor. I think he’s a fun presence on the show. His action sequence with the Flag-Smashers I thought was cool and tense later in the episode. So I enjoyed him. I was not expecting his character. So that was a pleasant surprise for me.
Justin: Since Sam is a little more serious than Bucky on the other side of the show, it’s nice to have someone there to lighten it up, and then on the Bucky side, Bucky’s just like … He’s depressed but also like “I don’t know. I’m screwing around here too.”
Pete: I enjoyed him in the therapy. Even though it’s kind of hard for him, it was kind of fun the way he was playing it, and the back and forth between him and the therapist was very enjoyable.
Alex: That was a great sequence too. I mean, the aerial fight was awesome and super long and very MCU and a great way to kick it off, but getting a flash back to Winter Soldier, I thought, was a very nice surprise, and then, like you’re saying, I was surprised at how funny the therapy session was and Bucky’s whole storyline. There was still sadness. There was still some action in there, but the date that he goes on later was cute and funny, and him interacting with Yuri, the old man, was also kind of fun. You don’t expect, going into a Bucky storyline, that you’ll be laughing while you’re watching it, but I did.
Justin: This guy’s fun.
Alex: He is.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Underneath that metal arm is a funny bone, I guarantee. That therapist was me, right?
Pete: Well, she’s been taking a lot of crap from him over the years, and I think she was lashing out at him. She was like “Oh, you think I’m going to go back and forth with you? I’m sick of …” and the whole threatening to write stuff down was just … Oh, that’s fun. That’s real fun.
Justin: Yeah. I like how tiny the notebook is that Bucky has when he’s crossing his names off, very similar to a lot of standup comedians. So maybe we’re going to see him do an open mic.
Alex: Now, do you think Bucky making a list is a reference-
Pete: And checking it twice?
Alex: … to when Captain America made a list? It’s like an Easter egg, right? Remember when he made the list of movies he needed to-
Pete: Oh, right. Yeah. Yeah, and albums and stuff. Yeah.
Alex: Now Bucky’s making a list. I think that’s an Easter egg, and I’m going to go on record saying that.
Justin: Yeah. I only make lists as a reference to the Marvel movies I love so much.
Alex: Me too. Absolutely
Pete: Well, they say in this … They’re showing that old people make lists. So congratulations, guys.
Alex: Wow. I am 106.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Also, I do love him being so up front with like “I’m 106 years old.” All that stuff was really fun, and Bucky’s storyline really mixes sort of those sweet moments with all the sadness, and I think, until he meets up with Falcon and we get sort of the buddy side, I feel like it’s going to be a lot of grappling with that stuff.
Alex: Yeah. Now, what did you think of the whole Sam visiting his sister, fishing boat, loan storyline?
Justin: I thought it was crazy they slipped into an episode of Netflix’s Outer Banks there for a while-
Alex: Just very briefly.
Justin: … which was fun.
Pete: Well, New Orleans is a nice touch, especially for Anthony Mackie, who that’s where he’s from. So having that in there is kind of nice, but it is. That’s why I like the layers of dealing with somebody disappearing for five years in the Blip. It’s not just things that happened in old movies. The fact that there’s people still dealing with this stuff is cool.
Justin: A hundred percent.
Alex: When you say old movies, you’re talking about Avengers: Endgame?
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: Famously, in-
Pete: It feels so long ago.
Justin: Yeah. Famously-
Alex: I don’t honestly remember. Was that a talkie?
Justin: Yeah. There was a-
Pete: One of the first.
Justin: There was a train coming right to the camera, and then the Blip happened. I agree with you, Pete. Having the Blip have big ramifications is … It feels so comic book in the best way, and it just makes you feel, as a viewer, like “Oh, everything matters. I’m so glad I know what all this is,” and Alex, like you were saying earlier about the Flag-Smashers stuff, that feels like such a great justification for all that.
Justin: Then here we see the economic ramifications for Sam and his sister going to the bank try to get a loan for their family business, not getting it, because they don’t have credit for five years. It’s just like that feels like something banks would do, and you have this banker being so fan-y towards Sam for him being a superhero. We touch on race here, economics, the struggle of all of those things in America, which again, through Sam and all the symbolic … him passing the shield, all that stuff, it feels like it’s all going to come together in a great theme that is not just like these guys have to fight and get the shield back. It’s like no. We’re dealing with America, in a way, here.
Pete: Also, I really like the brother-sister tension. You know what I mean? The way that they kind of banter back and forth really feels like a brother-sister relationship. I like how the fact that he’s defensive that he’s been gone, and she had to kind of work through all of it and just want some recognition for that, and he’s so defensive he’s not really giving that to her, and the fact it affects how they banter. I really like that, and I’m excited for how this is all going to kind of unfold and what it’s going to mean for the bigger picture for Sam.
Alex: Now, Pete, you mentioned this. Anthony Mackie is from New Orleans. Sam Wilson in the comics is from Harlem, and they actually changed it to New Orleans on the show for Anthony Mackie. He said “Hey. I come from New Orleans. Let’s shoot it down there. What do you think?” and they were like-
Pete: Yeah. Why not?
Alex: … “Sounds great,” and he’s like “And my family works fishing, just like my family,” and they’re like “Sounds great,” and he’s like “And I’m eating some crawfish at one point,” and they’re like “I don’t think we need to do that, specifically, but-“
Pete: No. They should do that. Oh, my god. Yeah. Are you kidding me?
Alex: Well, they haven’t done it yet.
Justin: He’s like-
Alex: We’ll see if it …
Pete: He’s smart. He’s like “Hey. Listen, I want to go home. I want to visit my family. I want to have some crawfish. So let’s make it all part of the character.” You know what I mean?
Justin: Then he’s like “I want Jet Wings,” and they’re like “Okay. Okay.”
Alex: One little other thing that … Again, it’s not an Easter egg. It’s just part of the show, but in the comics as well, the boat is called Paul and Darlene, and Sam’s parents in the comics are Darlene Jeffries and Paul Wilson. So that’s that reference there. There you go.
Pete: Nice.
Justin: Again, Alex, I think these are just regular eggs.
Alex: Yes. These are just-
Justin: They’re not Easter eggs.
Alex: … good old scrambled eggs.
Pete: Nothing wrong with that. Now, let me ask. Is LAF real? Because that’s a horrible name for a villain group.
Alex: I think it’s L-A-F. It’s not-
Justin: L-A-F.
Alex: It’s not like the Laff Hut, though that would tie into why Bucky’s keeping that list.
Justin: Yeah. Exactly.
Alex: You’re going after-
Justin: He’s making a lineup.
Alex: I was going after the Laff Hut. You’re going after the Laff Hut?
Justin: It’s going to be-
Alex: They have a three-drink minimum. That’s out of control.
Pete: If you want to steal … like “Oh, we’re LAF. Look out for us,” it’s like L-A-F? Really, guy? That’s your move? I mean, unless they’re laughing at how ridiculous everything is. I don’t know. It pulled me out for a second. I was like “Is this real? What is going on with this?”
Alex: Well, wait until episode two where they introduce The Chuckle Club.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:27:08].
Justin: Well, it’s like how a lot of people are scared of clowns. Clowns are meant to be fun, but they can be scary.
Alex: We’ve kind of broad-stroked through this, but were there any other specific things that jumped out to you, things that you guys liked?
Justin: I love-
Pete: I love … Oh, go ahead.
Justin: I love that-
Alex: I love you. Oh, [crosstalk 00:27:27].
Justin: I love you.
Alex: Oh, my god.
Justin: I love the way at the end of the episode when Sam’s sister is like “You got to watch this,” and it’s the press conference where they’re introducing the new Captain America, and the way they shot this, I thought, was so nice. It’s shots from the press conference, and then you see a close up on Sam’s hands, his fingers closing around his other hands, and you see him just boiling in these very small ways, and not just boiling, but he’s mad. He’s upset. He’s just feeling lost. It was such a nice little sequence that wasn’t an action sequence but still had all these great, tense moments for Sam.
Alex: Yeah. I agree, and Pete, I don’t know if you know this. Wyatt Russell, who plays U.S. Agent, AKA the new Captain America … You know who he is? Could you recognize him?
Pete: No. I couldn’t tell. He had a fucking mask on.
Justin: Your uncle.
Pete: What?
Justin: He’s your uncle.
Alex: No. Wyatt Russell is the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
Pete: Oh, wow.
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: That Wyatt Russell.
Alex: Yes. I figured you’d like that.
Pete: Cool.
Alex: You love those people. You love Kurt Russell.
Justin: And Goldie Hawn.
Alex: You love Goldie Hawn.
Pete: Yes. I do. Overboard is a classic. I mean, come on.
Alex: You watched both The Christmas Chronicles.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:28:39]. Yes. That’s true. Speaking of shouting out other movies, the battleship date moment was real nice and a nice nod to Battleship the movie. I feel like that was a nice, enjoyable moment there, you know?
Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Justin: Yeah. No. Everybody-
Pete: Is that an Easter egg? Did I get one?
Alex: Yep.
Justin: That’s not even an egg.
Alex: That’s like an apple, maybe.
Justin: Yeah. That’s an Easter apple.
Pete: We talked in general about the therapist stuff, but I also really liked the breaking of the rules, and he was like “That should be rule number one if it’s so important.” Yeah. The back and forth there was just a lot of fun.
Alex: Yeah. Couple of other things I’ll call out that I just jotted down. Again, like you’re saying, they’re eggs. They’re not Easter eggs, but I feel like a lot of people are going to speculate about the conversation that Falcon and Joaquín have where he says “Hey. I heard that Steve is in a secret base on the Moon looking down at us.” I think that was just a joke, but things that … I immediately was like “Oh, is that a reference to something? Is that a reference to the comics? What’s going on?” because Bucky actually lived on the Moon for a while as the watcher on the wall in the comics. I was like “Are they saying that? Nah. It’s just a joke.”
Justin: I doubt they’re saying that, but I did think that was weird. That was a weird thing to very specifically bring up, and then Sam sort of said it back to him.
Pete: Yeah, and then he echoes it. He’s like “Yeah. [crosstalk 00:30:08].”
Justin: So I don’t know. I think it could be a larger reference to … If we want to start to spin up the old nonsense speculation top, the MCU is moving into space pretty specifically. Maybe there’s something to be said about that.
Alex: The other thing, and I couldn’t believe this was a real thing, but on the MCU wiki, there is a page for the Moon. It’s a very long page describing everything that happens on the Moon, but right at the top of the Moon wiki page, there’s a quote from Yo-Yo from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to Phil Coulsin where she says “I always thought you guys had people hiding on the Moon.” So I think this is another case when people are going to look … “Oh, they made an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. reference. They’re bringing them in. Here we go. It’s going to happen.” It’s not going to happen, folks.
Justin: There were a ton of S.H.I.E.L.D. references. They were like “This shield. The Captain America shield.” Look at all that. It’s great. S.H.I.E.L.D. fans got to be psyched.
Alex: The shield fans.
Justin: Exactly. That should be one fan base.
Alex: I think Michael Chiklis is going to show up.
Justin: Oh, you mean The Thing?
Alex: What? Fantastic Four. They’re coming.
Justin: It’s here. It’s here.
Alex: It’s happening.
Pete: Oh, my god. The Chiklis. I did like seeing the fact that he was upset as I was that somebody else was taking up the mantle of Captain America without kind of checking with him, because it really did feel like, if anybody was going to do it, it would have to be him. So to see, like you said, the tension, I was like “That’s your job. What are you doing just being cool with it right there?” Yeah. There was a lot of cool acting moments that were kind of impressive.
Alex: We did touch on it in a jokey way earlier, but I do think it’s actually really important that they had a conversation just solo between Rhodey and Sam at the same time. I don’t think we’ve actually seen that on screen in the MCU before, having two black men having a conversation with each other about something. It comes from a black writer, Malcolm Spellman, and like you were touching on earlier, Justin, they don’t hit it very hard, but I think, as we go on, a lot of this series is going to start to be around race more and more as we get into it.
Justin: I agree, and I’m excited to see the MCU go there. Let’s talk about some real stuff, and I think they’re doing a good job of setting the stage to actually get into real issues alongside really cool fights.
Alex: Awesome. Can’t wait. Before we wrap up here, what is on your Vision Board for the next episode? That’s a leftover from our WandaVision days, but also the podcast-
Justin: It’s not leftover. We planned it this way.
Alex: Yeah. Exactly, but what are you looking forward to the next episode? What’s on your Vision Board, Pete?
Pete: Well, I’m just wondering, because I enjoy when the little thing pops out of his jet pack there-
Alex: Redwing.
Justin: Redwing.
Pete: … but I’m just … Yeah. I’m just wondering if he could set it for maim instead of murder, because that robot was taking people out like crazy. I was like “Oh, shit. This show’s just straight up murdering people right off the batt.” So it’ll be interesting to see if maybe they dial that back now that they’ve gotten our attention a little bit or how it kind of unfolds.
Justin: Do you think that Sam’s worried that he’s sort of training his replacement with Redwing, like Redwing’s just going to start to be Falcon because-
Pete: Yeah. I think Redwing is like “Yo. I think this is my job.”
Alex: It’s like-
Justin: When the robots just take our jobs.
Alex: It’s like I always say. Redwing gives you bulls.
Pete: Oh, wow.
Alex: That too much?
Pete: Wow.
Justin: You sound like a broken computer. I think you might have been replaced.
Alex: I think a screw popped out of my head when I said that.
Pete: You got to turn down your dad jokes a little bit. I think it’s a little high.
Alex: Right. I got to adjust that, Pete.
Justin: Dadbot 2000.
Alex: Justin, what about you? What’s on your Vision Board?
Justin: I want to see the guys get together. I want to put the ampersand in Falcon and Winter Soldier and see them come together perhaps over this new Cap news.
Alex: I’m looking forward to Zemo. That was the big thing obviously left off the board completely. I love Zemo. He’s one of my favorite villains.
Pete: Oh, my god.
Alex: I thought he was so good in Civil War as well.
Pete: You’ve got the color purple in this. You got a little purple.
Alex: Yep. Yeah. My favorite movie. My favorite Oprah movie as well.
Pete: Oh, my god.
Justin: Wow.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: But-
Justin: You do an Oprah film festival every couple nights, right?
Alex: Every couple of nights without fail. Absolutely. Watch through her entire filmography. No. I love Zemo. I think he’s a great villain, and I’m excited to see what’s going to happen. We’ve already set up these great villains with the Flag-Smashers. How is Zemo going to enter in there? Are we going to have a villain team-up? We set up the heroes. Now we set up a little bit of the conflict. It’s only going to get more complicated from here, and that’s very cool.
Justin: Yeah, and obviously in episode six when Al Pacino shows up as Mephisto would be … That is going to be fun.
Alex: I cannot wait. The Thing, played by Michael Chiklis, is going to kill him.
Justin: Putting on the old rock suit.
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Pete: Oh, boy.
Alex: Yep. Spring. [crosstalk 00:35:37].
Justin: Keep your eyes out for those Easter apples, you dad robots.
Pete: You doubled down on it.
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On this week’s comic book review podcast:
Ultramega #1
Image Comics
By James Harren
Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1
Marvel
By Si Spurrier & Sergio Dávila
Orphan and the Five Beasts #1
Dark Horse Comics
By James Stokoe
Catwoman #29
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Fernando Blanco
Radiant Black #2
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
The Amazing Spider-Man: King in Black #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Michele Bandini, Alberto Albuquerque
Nightwing #78
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Bruno Redondo
Orcs! #2
Kaboom!
By Christine Larsen
The Trials of Ultraman #1
Marvel
Written by Kyle Higgins & Mat Groom
Art by Francesco Manna, Eduardo Ferigato and Gurihiru
Justice League #59
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Ram V
Art by David Marquez, Xermanico
Snow Angels #2
ComiXology
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Jock
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that come out this week, but not Head Lopper.
Justin: Yeah, what the fuck, man?
Alex: Never Head Lopper, never, ever. [crosstalk 00:00:22] They barely lop any heads anymore in that book. [crosstalk 00:00:28]
Justin: It should be Head Notper because they’re not lopping anything up.
Alex: It’s a very good book. We’re just not talking about it in The Stack. Instead, we’re going to kick things off, talking about Ultramega #1, from Image Comics by James Harren. I think you actually said it best on the live show, Justin, so I don’t know if you want to just take it from here, but I think you totally nailed my thoughts on this book.
Justin: Yeah. And so this book is a take on Kaiju, sort of a dark take. I’ve never been a Kaiju guy in comic book form.
Pete: Really?
Justin: Just in the comics, I feel like a lot of them are sort of similar to what we’ve seen before. And this book is such a dark take on it. You’re in this character’s head, it’s just such a fresh version of this type of book. I loved every bit of the story and so many surprising moments and especially where it lands by the end. This was definitely the… Caught me off guard and was the most surprising and exciting book of the week for me.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: Pete, what about you?
Pete: I loved it. The art’s unbelievable. This is a real epic book. Unbelievable battles, super gross. Yeah. The storyline is really creative and different. It’s dark in all the right places, creepy and gross looking in all the right places and huge and intense and others. And it’s just really, really well done.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:01:56] Sorry, before you get there, Alex, one last thing, it’s also the rare book that goes hard. It doesn’t just set up the premise and then sit in it and be like, “Tune in next week.” Kind of a thing. It goes hard at the ideas and really pushes it.
Alex: The basic premise of the thing. And this gives away the first couple of pages, which I think are surprising and exciting in and of themself as they slowly spool out the story. But I’ll do this just to tease people about it and then not talk about what happens probably in the last two thirds of the book. Well, the general idea is this weird eye creature or space being gives three people powers to turn into giant beings kind of called, at least one of them is called Ultramega. And they are able to identify a Kaiju virus that has embedded itself in people, but the catch is when they approach those people, when they see it, it activates that virus and they turn into these giant Kaiju and then they need to fight them. And it’s kind of what the world deals with after that. But as Justin was mentioning, it spins in these crazy, crazy dark directions that are so good.
Alex: Art wise as well, Pete, I don’t know if you’re going to take exception to this, but this reminded me in a really pleasant way of Daniel Warren Johnson and his work, just because all of the action. I think this was the thing as well that really shocked me about this book because I’m also not a huge Kaiju fan most of the time, is how clear and unique the action felt across the board, how well it was staged. Great. And it just builds too, over the course of the book. It starts with these big fights and they only get huger by the end. It’s amazing.
Pete: Yeah, it really is impressive. I guess I’m the only guy who likes Kaiju but that being said, I agree with Justin with the way that it moves. This book, it feels like they really sat on this book a little bit before releasing it and went over it again and again, and tightened and made all these different things because the way it… It’s just a powerhouse from start to finish.
Alex: And the creator talks about this a little bit at the end, we should also mention it’s an oversized book. I might have the page count, but it’s at least 60 pages or so.
Justin: Yep. 62 pages of comic action.
Alex: Yeah. [crosstalk 00:04:12] And he talks about this in the end where he says, I know, normally it felt like you should be doing 20 ish pages of a book, but there’s so much more he wanted to say in this first issue that he just jammed it all in there and worked on it and it’s totally worth it. This is an incredible book. Definitely pick it up. Easily the pick of the week, but lots of other good things on The Stack so keep listening to our podcast because here we go. [crosstalk 00:04:34]
Justin: Yeah, don’t shut it off just because we got a banger. [crosstalk 00:04:36].
Alex: Comic book shop.
Pete: No, I mean, that’s how I would listen to it. I would just be like, “Well, all right, looks like this is the one they recommend. That’s on you, dear. I’m going to go to the shop.”
Alex: Well, stay tuned for our even more pick of the week that we’re going to have [crosstalk 00:04:51]
Justin: Oh, nice. Way to sell it up. P.T. Barnum. Pete, when you listen to albums back in the day were you’re like, “Oh, great song, smash. I’m done with this shit.”
Pete: It’s all right, man.
Justin: You’re like Pearl Jam Ten or Pearl Jam One, throw the rest away. I don’t care about the rest of these songs.
Alex: Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1 from Marvel by Si Spurrier and Sergio Davila, we read the Black Knight King in Black One Shot, enjoyed that. But I think our general impression was it felt like, “Ah, this is really just setting up a Black Knight series.” Surprise, it was in fact setting up a Black Knight series. And what you get here is also a very dark take on a classic Marvel character. Justin, you’re a fan of the Black Knight. How’d you feel about this one?
Justin: I love the Black Knight and this was another great book. They do a great job in this book of specifically setting up a Black Knight as sort of the dark side of a Thor. Black Knight famously an Avenger, sort of a mid-tier Avenger who wasn’t a super big hero, but was around a lot in different eras of the Avengers. And in this, he feels that. He’s like, “I wish I had friends. I wish I could hang out with the Avengers.” It’s sad.
Pete: Yeah. It’s got to be tough. You’re so close yet so far away.
Justin: Yeah. Well, he was in, he’s in the Avengers. [crosstalk 00:06:13]
Pete: That’s what I mean, but they won’t hang out with him.
Justin: Yeah. It’s a bummer. They only call him for the real fucked up missions. But in this, there’s a great moment in here where Thor can’t pick up Black Knight’s sword, the Cursed Ebony Blade, because he’s too pure and he’s like, “You have to have a darkness. It has to feel your shadow.” Which I thought was just a great comparison as Thor was just throwing his worthy hammer in the air. And then you have this blade that is too dark for anyone to pick up but our guy Dane.
Pete: Which is surprising, because you would think with Thor’s drinking, he would have a little bit of a dark side, but apparently not.
Justin: Yeah. He’s a social drinker.
Pete: Well, it’s interesting, the way the conflict that he has and the way that he has to use kind of the darkness inside of him. It’s not the goodness that he uses to fight. It’s the dark side. It’s kind of like the anger. So I very much related to that. And it was very cool. Like this moment of him trying to deal with his emotions and talk things out in a way that he can be okay with who he is and how he battles and stuff like that. I thought it was very interesting and cool.
Alex: I like this book quite a bit too. Let’s move on and talk about Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 from Dark Horse Comics by James Stokoe. Pete, I don’t know why you need your Head Lopper when you got your Orphan and the Five Beasts. I mean, come on, you got an angry fighter, you got a bunch of lopping going on. That’s got to satisfy you.
Justin: This is right over the Pete plate right here.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, this was great. Don’t get me wrong. This was a lot of fun. The thigh master or whatever it was really fucking bad-ass. Just kind of the cloak dude who is just really great at fighting. I very, very much enjoyed this book.
Alex: And just to be clear, we like Head Lopper. I’ll stop pretending that I’m slamming it over the rest of the podcast.
Justin: Love Head Lopper.
Alex: But this is exactly what you wanted, to have James Stokoe, I’m trying to think how to describe it, but just like quest to kill five increasingly, probably deadly villains who have killed this ronin’s master sort of story. You kind of know what you’re in for, but it’s the regular requisite James Stokoe insane art. This is very fun. It’s very enjoyable and it looks great.
Pete: Yeah. I also really liked the kind of setup. Sometimes we get a set up of like, “I have to avenge because of this or whatever.” And it’s sometimes interesting, but sometimes kind of typical. This is a very kind of cool a story to kind of set up how this is all going to go down, this whole you make a promise to, “Okay, I’ll give you this power, but then you’ve got to come back and learn the right way to use it.” And I thought it was a very cool setup for [inaudible 00:09:07] and for all this unbelievable fighting and action.
Justin: This feels like it’s at the intersection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the classic, Usagi Yojimbo and Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z. And that intersection is actually where Pete lives. If you’re ever looking to send some mail to Pete, that’s the address.
Pete: Yeah. I definitely get my mail there. There’s no question.
Alex: Let’s move on and talk about Catwoman #29 from DC Comics written by Ram V., art by Fernando Blanco. In this issue, Catwoman is running shit downtown, but there’s some different forces who are closing in on her at the same time. A couple of things that I’ll throw out to you guys right at the top here, first of all, I sort of felt this last week, but I felt this even more this week, I am really appreciating Future State even more based on the fact that DC set up these art teams, kind of gave them two months to play around and figure things out and then put them on the permanent titles. And that pays off here with a really good, beautifully drawn story. I haven’t read Catwoman in a really long time, but I like this quite a bit. On the flip side of things, I am wondering, and I know there has been blow back, should they have renumbered these to #1?
Justin: Wow.
Pete: Oh, my God. Jesus Christ.
Justin: I’m surprised they didn’t, to be honest. But I do think coming out of Future State, which was all #1s and #2s, I get why they just kept going. And I appreciate that a little bit more because I think Future State was sort of the bait to get you to sign on to these books with these great new creative teams. And I want to say, I feel like Ram V. is having a moment.
Pete: Yeah. Ram V.! I agree. I really liked this book. I like how the villain is a kind of similar to Ghost in the Ant-Man movie. I also love this kind of strung out Riddler a little bit who’s hooked on that Ivy. You know what I mean? A very interesting take. There’s a lot going on in this book, which I appreciate. This is a very cool Catwoman book. The art’s fantastic.
Alex: I particularly like playing in this villainous side of the world. Catwoman always straddles this weird line, particularly now that she’s canonically with Batman, has fallen more on the side of the heroes, but you do have all these characters in Gotham that have been on both sides. You have Poison Ivy, you have Harley Quinn, you have Catwoman, you have Riddler. All of these ones that are like, “They’re bad, but are they really that bad?” To throw those into a book together as a cast and throw them against even worse villains, I think is a great place for Catwoman to be as a character.
Justin: I feel like the move there is to make them sort of selfish heroes, as opposed to villains. They’re like heroes who do what they want as opposed to just always saving the day, which I think makes for a more interesting story.
Alex: I agree. Moving on, Radiant Black #2 from Image Comics written by Kyle Higgins, art by Marcelo Costa. We loved the first issue here, it was about a guy that discovers a weird black hole over a train track, gets some powers, felt very much invincible, even though it’s a different story and it’s a different character. And it had a lot of the sense of that, that in my mind continues with the second issue, which finds him having breakfast with his dad multiple times, meeting up with another person with similar powers and fighting them. Great. I had a good time reading this book again and I’m very into it after two issues.
Pete: I would like to point out though, kids out there, if you see a floating black hole, you shouldn’t go towards it and try to grab it, okay. That’s a bad idea. We don’t want to encourage that kind of stuff.
Justin: And that’s a PSA we’ve done for years. We’ve put that out there on public radio and… We’re the big don’t touch the black hole guys.
Alex: What’d you think about this book, Justin?
Justin: Nice, great question, Alex. I like the second issue a lot. I was fine with it in the first issue. And I think the second issue has made me like it more where we get into the character a little bit. It does feel like Invincible a lot without sort of the epic, worldwide storytelling. This is very much about this kid who wants to be a writer and failed and has to go back home and he’s using his under the radar or his like, I need to figure out my life, “super powers” of being an Uber driver to aid in his super heroics. And I think that’s cool.
Pete: Yeah. I think this is not only stylistically very cool. And I liked the outfits and when they’re suited up, how that all looks, it looks really looks amazing. But I also like the person inside the suit and the struggles with what’s going on. And yeah, you don’t want to deal with your parents. Sure, you got to talk to them around mealtime, but otherwise, parents, fuck off. You know what I mean? I got shit to do. So I appreciated the check-in stuff. But I’m very interested to see now that he has a plan, how this is all going to go.
Alex: Think it should be interesting to follow. Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man: King in Black #1 from Marvel written by Jed MacKay and art by Michele Bandini. In this, we’re getting two stories. The first one has Spider-Man feeling super guilty as I think, frankly, he should about everything that’s happening in King in Black. Teaming up with Reptil, who is one of the characters from Avengers Academy and then Avengers Arena, I believe, as well. And then the backup story shows us what’s happening from Reptil’s perspective and kicks off a new Reptil series that is coming later in the year, which is pretty surprising.
Justin: And you got the Querque on the art there, the backup story.
Alex: The Querque?
Justin: Yeah. Albuquerque.
Alex: Oh, was that Rafael Albuquerque?
Justin: You’re god damn right it is.
Alex: Is it? Are you sure about that?
Justin: That’s all I’m fucking looking at right here. That’s what it says.
Alex: All right.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:15:15] story. Alberto Albuquerque.
Alex: Alberto Albuquerque. That’s not Rafael Albuquerque.
Justin: You’re right. It’s a different, but it’s still…
Pete: A different Querque.
Alex: Well, thank you for giving him credit, regardless. I appreciate that.
Pete: Yeah. Classic. Classic. But let me just ask you something.
Alex: Yeah. What?
Justin: It’s about time… Throw the question.
Pete: Nick Spencer is completely off this book now?
Alex: [crosstalk 00:15:46] This is not Amazing Spider-Man. This is a King in Black One Shot. What emotions are you going through right now? Justin, can you talk about this book? Because Pete’s [crosstalk 00:15:59] You are all over the place right now.
Pete: I was just hoping that this was the start of something fresh and new.
Justin: Pete came with such joy. He’s like “I got the Querque. I got Jed MacKay, Nick Spencer and Alex just devastated. [crosstalk 00:16:18] One, two punched it.
Pete: Yeah. That was a combo I wasn’t ready for.
Justin: Let me just say also, let’s keep in mind that our podcast is the main news source for Pete LePage. He doesn’t get his news anywhere else about anything, not just comics, but truly every bit of news he gets is right here.
Alex: Every morning he opens up The Stack podcast and he’s like, “Ah, what’s happening to the world today.”
Pete: But the comic itself, a very touching kind of a classic Spider-Man story, very moving. I really enjoyed all of it. I thought this was a great kind of little guy versus big monsters. I thought this was such a great Spider-Man story. And I think that this is for me, one of the… I feel like this is a great example of why Spider-Man is great.
Justin: I liked this book a lot as well. I’m a big Jed MacKay fan, the writer of this. He writes the Black Cat book-
Pete: Brother of Adam MacKay, right?
Justin: That’s not accurate. Again, not accurate. Just guessing about stuff, not working right now. Jed MacKay’s Black Cat book. I’ve been a huge fan of, so it was great to see him taking on this Spider-Man book. And I agree, starting with Spider-Man feeling guilty about bringing the Venom suit back. We’ve all felt bad when we brought like a suit back from somewhere and it devastated the world. Whether it’s with mobs or just starting a fashion trend, it caused problems.
Alex: Yes. Just to stay in order, Justin, Pete, go ahead.
Justin: Reptil, as a character, got a lot of love in this issue. I did not see that coming and leading up to Reptil #1. Okay. Let’s give it a try.
Alex: It’s fun. He could turn into dinosaurs. That’s pretty cool. I like this issue quite a bit as well. Let’s move on to another big surprise though. In retrospect, given the team and it shouldn’t necessarily have been. Nightwing #78 from DC Comics written by Tom Taylor, art by Bruno Redondo.
Alex: I’ll tell you straight up, when I read this book, I was like, “Oh, another Nightwing book. Here we go.” First couple of pages, I was like, “Holy shit, this is great. Why is this so good?” And then we got to the credits and I realized, “Oh, that’s why it’s so good.” [crosstalk 00:18:38] This team is great. So this is Nightwing is back in the costume. He doesn’t have the memory loss, which he pokes fun of a little bit in the middle of this issue, which is very fun, but he is back in Blüdhaven dealing with all that entails. Barbara Gordon comes to visit him. It was a big spoiler for the issue, but I’ll mention this because I’m sure Pete wants to talk about this in particular. The major feature of the issue is Alfred turns out to have been a billionaire and leaves all of his money to Nightwing. Pete, how did you feel about this?
Pete: The letter was so touching and so moving. I really loved it. Yeah. How heartbreaking is it that the Alfred wrote him a letter every year because of the business that they’re in and how crazy their life is. I was just so moved. I thought it was such a touching letter. Yeah, this was one of my favorite issues for the week. I love the humor in it. The fun bit about having Dick for a name, the dad bit, the Alfred with the dishes moments there. I got choked up for that. And then the whole fucking John Wick of it all, you don’t fuck with dogs, man. Don’t fuck with somebody’s dog. That is just disgusting, as Nightwing put it. And yeah, it was just really just blockbuster fun. Yeah, I was just [crosstalk 00:20:09]
Alex: Is that a joke on the fact that Blockbuster, the character, appears in here? Pete?
Justin: Yes.
Pete: Yeah, yeah.
Justin: He’ll say yes. Now that you said it. Alfred the butling billionaire. Who would have thought? This guy was just butling for the fun of it. The love of the game.
Pete: When the Waynes died, they must’ve been like, “Here’s a shit ton of money to raise our… Just in case.”
Alex: And he was stealing it, he was stealing it from Bruce Wayne.
Justin: Yeah he stole that money.
Alex: Every year, squirreling away a little bit of Bruce Wayne’s money.
Justin: Here’s what he’s doing. He’s telling the Wayne’s that he’s buying these expensive English cucumbers, and he’s buying some shitty fell off the back of a truck cucumbers and pocketing the difference. [crosstalk 00:20:53]
Pete: I’m not going to sit here and let you fucking… Alfred is nothing but an angel. All right? That house of insanity and he’s the only sane one, all right? [crosstalk 00:21:04] So don’t fucking talk shit about Alfred.
Alex: Justin’s making a little bit of sense here because that might explain why Batman never eats any of the soup that he gets him because it tastes like shit.
Justin: It’s trash soup. Because he’s not buying the high end stuff, he’s not buying the Progresso, he’s buying like… Huh?
Pete: Don’t you fucking say that.
Alex: [crosstalk 00:21:24] or whatever. Even Bruce is like, “Oh, this is bad.”
Pete: [inaudible 00:21:31].
Alex: “I don’t like this.”
Justin: Wait, Pete, are you telling me you’re like Alfred cooks the best food?
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: You know that for a fact?
Pete: Fact!
Justin: He only made little sandwiches and soups. It’s not like he was bringing out like a dinner.
Pete: You don’t know what he was doing while we weren’t looking [crosstalk 00:21:48]
Alex: What do you think his worst dish was? The thing when all the bat family [inaudible 00:21:53] And they’re like, “Oh, he’s making his lasagna. That’s bad.”
Justin: “Master Bruce, I prepared your favorite French toast.”
Justin: “Oh, Alfred’s French toast.”
Pete: Yo, he’s dead, you fuckers. Where’s the respect?
Alex: “It’s just too eggy.”
Justin: There’s no cinnamon in it. Put a spice in it. For god sakes.
Justin: [inaudible 00:22:20] He doesn’t even buy the good maple syrup. He buys the shitty stuff.
Pete: You don’t know that. Don’t say that.
Alex: It’s not even maple. It’s not from Vermont. It’s not B grade.
Pete: Don’t you fucking…
Alex: It’s Log Cabin.
Justin: [inaudible 00:22:33] Log Cabin syrup. Pocketing the difference.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:22:36]
Justin: And then he’s given this difference. He gave it to Nightwing in this issue and that’s continuity right there. That’s the truth.
Alex: I don’t want to downsize just to get back-
Pete: I hate talking comics with you guys. It’s the fucking worst.
Justin: That’s crazy because you do it a lot.
Pete: All you do is just fucking kill my dreams and hopes. You take everything that I like in an issue and just do bits until it’s not fun anymore. You’ve killed Foggy Nelson for me and you can’t fucking leave Alfred alone. The fucking guy just died and I still can’t get any enjoyment out of…
Justin: What do you think Foggy’s worst dish is?
Alex: All of them.
Justin: “Hey, Matt, I made dinner tonight. It’s a bunch of old gum.”
Alex: I was doing the old man laugh. Where he’s going…
Pete: [crosstalk 00:23:36] Please leave me alone.
Justin: I love Nightwing. I love this issue. Tom Taylor is also on a great run of books. It’s great to see Nightwing, get back to some of the old stuff. Being in Blüdhaven, sort of carving out his own area away from Gotham.
Pete: Great use of Blockbuster.
Justin: Great use of Blockbuster. Barbara’s in this issue, touching on his relationship with Alfred, which I do think despite what I said about how just God awful his lasagna was.
Pete: Fuck you.
Justin: He did have a great connection with Alfred. And I love seeing that here on display. What’s he going to do with that money? Just buy some cool spandex?
Alex: I don’t know.
Justin: Blow it on spandex?
Alex: I do want to shout out also Bruno Redondo’s art. There is a gorgeous, gorgeous two page spread that happens earlier in the issue where Nightwing is jumping off a roof and it’s the classic Batman jumping in front of the moon thing. But it’s him jumping in front of the sun. And I thought it was just such a smart, awesome thing to do to delineate Nightwing from Batman. Loved it. Let’s move on to a book that I’m betting Pete liked as well. Orcs! #2 from BOOM! By Christine Larsen. Just a bunch of orcs, doing fun orc stuff. Pete, how did you feel about this one?
Pete: Yeah, we loved to the first issue of this. I like this kind of this team up, if you will, of characters. I also love the love of story in this. People will risk a lot for a great story. I can appreciate that. The torture I go through so I can read comics is real. I thought this was fun. I also love the dedication that the person wears an eye patch and has two eyes just for the love of the game. That was really fun. I think the art and storytelling is great. I love the mix of cute and gruesome things. I like where this is going. This is exciting.
Justin: Yeah. The story within the story stuff is really fun. This reminded me of, this is a hyper-specific reference, but in the movie Willow, all the brownies, the little people that ride along, that’s what this book reminds me of.
Pete: Really?
Justin: The orcs are sort of like a version of those guys.
Alex: Yeah. I can see that. I think it’s a fun book. People should definitely check it out. Next up. The Trials of Ultraman #1 from Marvel, written by, again, Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom, art by Francesco Manna, Eduardo Ferigato and Guri Hiru. We checked out the first issue of this book. And haven’t checked in in a while. Obviously, this is a new story of Ultraman. It was interesting reading this in the same week as another Kyle Higgins book and another Kaiju book. How do you think it stacked up in comparison?
Justin: I wish I had read this one first, before I read Ultramega, because Ultramega felt so genre breaking that this felt very within the genre. And if you’re a fan of Kaiju books, I think this is a great version of that and it’s setting up a lot of interesting twists and turns on it and a potential new villain that I was surprised. I thought it was the backup story. I thought it was an advertisement for another book. And then it tied right into to this book. So yeah, I like this, but it definitely feels like just a fun new version of a Kaiju book.
Pete: Yeah. I thought this was kind of a comparison regardless of what is better or whatever. I thought this was a cool take. It felt different enough where I wasn’t like, “Oh, this is kind of too similar.” I enjoyed where this was coming from and the perspective, I also like the start of this book. Yeah. I like what this is setting up. It’s not as long as the other one. It’s a little bit shorter, but they do a good job of keeping it simple, teasing the story, putting all the things in place. I’ve followed it well, I understood what was going on. Thought it was great art and storytelling. I think this is good.
Alex: My favorite part of this book is still the insert pages. I think these are the ones that Guri Hiru is drawing where it’s instruction manuals for what to do for the Kaiju organization or if a Kaiju attacks. They’re super fun. They’re super cute. I like that quite a bit. And it really breaks- [crosstalk 00:27:52]
Justin: The Kaiju steps.
Alex: Kaiju steps. There you go. I enjoy those quite a bit. Agree with you guys. Otherwise, next up, Justice League #59 from DC Comics written by Brian Michael Bendis and Ram V., art by David Marquez and Xermanico. So the front story is Brian Michael Bendis on Justice League for the first time. Backup story is Ram V. doing Justice League Dark. What’d you guys think?
Pete: I thought it was a fun issue. It’s kind of a setup issue, but really love the story and the art and Green Arrow wants more out of life.
Justin: It’s interesting what the take here. This feels like a Black Adam book in a lot of ways. And re-introducing one of Bendis’ characters right, at the end.
Alex: Naomi. Yeah.
Justin: Yeah. So I don’t know, that got me a little bit, like this feels like a very Bendis move where I don’t know what the story is going to be about. It feels like it’s like him being like, “Here’s some stuff I think is cool.” And I want it to be a little bit more of like, “Here’s an idea that I’m excited to create for these characters.” The art’s really beautiful in the front story. Good Aquaman issue if you’re an Aqua fan, but I don’t know what the direction here is. It feels like it’s almost like, “You like the Justice League? Well, here’s a totally different bunch of people who are going to operate like the Justice League.” The Justice League Dark backup by Ram V. I thought was great. Spin this off and make it a book.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: I agree. I really liked the backup. That was dark and weird and interesting in a very different way than James Tynion did the book, which I loved. But it was interesting to see this change and this more mythical take on the characters. For the front story, like this better than the Legion of Superheroes. I thought that was very messy. There were too many characters going on. It’s surprising that Justice League feels like it has less characters and is more focused. So that’s a little ridiculous, but the characterizations are good and fine. I don’t know. Like you said, there’s a lot of Bendis isms in the book and I would like to see what he does going forward, but it felt a little derivative down to basically doing the New Avengers cover on the cover here, but with the Justice League. And if he’s going to do that, New Avengers felt different because it was Bendis coming in and doing his Bendis thing on Avengers for the first time. You don’t necessarily get this here. I want him to do something bolder and more exciting.
Justin: Yeah. If you want to do the New Avengers for Justice League, give us that hit, give us that swing and have all these new characters introduced and have it be that because that’s still a story that sticks right in the memory because it was such a big new change for the Avengers. Instead, it feels like sort of a middle ground here.
Pete: I agree.
Alex: Last one, let’s talk about Snow Angels #2 from ComiXology written by Jeff Lemire, art by Jock. We liked the first issue of this one, I believe, quite a bit. Takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where everybody lives in a snow filled trench. A family, a father, and two daughters is being chased by a guy named The Snowman. That picks up this issue. Pete, you’ve always been scared of snowmen. What did you think of this one?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, what’s great is snowmen themselves are scary, but this is a nice heightening of that idea. Yeah. I think this is a great… First off an amazing team. And this is very action oriented, which I very much enjoy. And this does a great job. Each issue kind of leaving you really wanting more. I think this is a very intense, kind of reminds me of that horror movie where nobody can talk or whatever. So I think this is really fun. Very creative. Love the way it ended. Love the art.
Alex: A Quiet Place? Is that what you’re thinking of?
Pete: Yeah, A Quiet Place. [crosstalk 00:31:55]
Justin: Oh, I thought We Have To Talk About Kevin. Is that what it is?
Pete: No, it was A Quiet Place.
Justin: Nice. Either way, this book, everyone’s skating really hard in this book.
Pete: You got to skate hard, bro.
Justin: You got to skate hard. So that was stressful. Great pace to this book. And a lot of just tense, a lot of tension. And I think A Quiet Place is a good comparison, I think.
Alex: I would compare it to The Mighty Ducks, which is a movie with skating in it.
Justin: That’s true. That’s true. And Pete, I know you love this. It’s sort of a cutting edge with less romance.
Pete: [inaudible 00:32:31]
Alex: This is a great book. Definitely pick it up. You have another point you want to make Pete. What’s up?
Pete: Yeah. I just wanted to, while you’re wrapping up, while I was waiting for Head Lopper to come through, I did read Superman Red & Blue #1, and I just wanted to say, really fun, love the coloring, really amazing art. The Boy Who Saved Superman, a story by Wes Craig and Jill Thompson. So amazing. The art was unbelievable. His water colors and the little Clark Kent stuff was very, very adorable.
Alex: I love how you act like, “Well, I have no say in what happens in this show.”
Justin: And then you secretly just review stuff at the end. That’s nice. You take control in a way that I just would never be so audacious.
Pete: Well, thank you.
Justin: I would like to review my dinner that I made earlier, it was… But taco night, obviously…
Pete: Couldn’t have been better than what Alfred would have prepared.
Justin: Yeah. I made Alfred’s trash lasagna.
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On a special preview episode of our Marvel podcast, we’re breaking down everything we know about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. With Bucky and Sam both having possible claims of Captain America’s shield, are we heading for a showdown? How do Baron Zemo and Batroc play into this? And will the show attempt to tackle the classic Marvel series “Truth”? All this and much more as we get prepped for Marvel Studios’ follow-up to WandaVision.
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Alex: What is up, everybody. Welcome to MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel, the MCU. And coming up, the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, not one but two of them. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And we are doing here a preview episode for the Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Now we have been doing this Marvel podcast throughout the run of Wanda Vision. It’s been very fun talking to you all, getting your theories either on our Patreon Slack, patreon.com/comicbookclub, or socially at MarvelVisionPod.
Alex: But we’re moving on to the next series. We’re going right into it. This is a slam bang action spectacular, where the last one was a sitcom puzzle box, I guess we can call it.
Justin: Ooo, okay.
Alex: How does that work?
Justin: I like it, it’s good.
Alex: But I’m excited to chat about this. I’m excited about this, not least of which because this was supposed to be the first series out of the gate. They were supposed to release Falcon and the Winter Soldier, then they switched it up and went for Wanda Vision first. That obviously enormous hit, I think way beyond their expectations.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: But interestingly, and I’m curious to get your guys’ take on it, I think this has set up very different expectations for Falcon and the Winter Soldier. What’s your guys’ take?
Justin: Well, I do think it made so much sense to put Falcon and the Winter Soldier first, because it was going to be just the most seamless tonally into Marvel movie on television.
Pete: Right. Yeah, exactly.
Justin: And Wanda Vision would have been a great like, oh, you like what we did Falcon Winter Soldier with all these fights and fun stuff.
Pete: This is different.
Justin: But this is a little different. So that got upset, and the order was swapped. But it actually works this way too, because the way Wanda Vision ended was with sort of the big Marvel movie action that you might expect, with just some great emotional moments. So now we’re just picking up on the Marvel movie action beat and just giving you sort of a much more fun, guns, punches, talking shit.
Pete: Are you sure though, Justin?
Justin: Well, pretty sure. I’m pretty sure.
Pete: I don’t know, man, what if people are like I miss the weird, quirky, I don’t know what’s happening. I’m trying to shoe horn in my philosophies from comic books onto the show, and it may or may not pay off.
Justin: Wait, are you saying that maybe grief is just a buddy comedy persevering? Is that what you think?
Pete: That’s right.
Alex: What if each episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a pastiche of all the action shows? So like the first episode is Gun Smoke? And then the next episode is A-Team.
Justin: Oh, yeah.
Pete: Come on, dude, yes A-Team, just stop there. That’s where it peaked.
Alex: Oh, that’s it?
Pete: That’s it.
Alex: Can’t get any better than that? Miami Vice, there’s a Miami Vice episode.
Pete: Aw man, that would be crazy.
Justin: Magnum PI.
Alex: Now let’s talk about the actual contents of the show before we get too far into it though.
Justin: Air Wolf.
Alex: I’m sure everybody is familiar, this is picking up on the end of Avengers Endgame. It was actually supposed to come out I believe in August, right after that.
Pete: Yeah, what happened?
Alex: I don’t know. I haven’t heard any news on it.
Justin: Don’t tell him. We’ve lasted a whole year without telling them anything about COVID. Don’t tell him at this point, he doesn’t know anything about it.
Pete: Everybody looks at me weird when I walk outside, I don’t get it.
Alex: Pete still thinks we’re talking about Ovid, his favorite.
Justin: His favorite canonical poet, is that what you were driving, Alex?
Alex: I was going to say philosopher, but that was wrong.
Justin: You know, there was some philosophy in there.
Alex: So this series buddies up Bucky Barnes, AKA the Winter Soldier, and Sam Wilson, AKA the Falcon. Takes them and is picking up on the fact that Steve Rogers passed the shield onto Sam Wilson. We don’t know a lot about the plot, but we do know a couple of things that are going to happen, and certainly have some speculation and guesses. We know that Daniel Bruhl is coming back as Zemo this time, wearing that classic purple mask that everybody loves so much.
Justin: The people have been dying for that mask. Everyone’s crazy about that mask.
Alex: I want a turtle neck and the mask.
Justin: Yes,
Alex: Here’s the big, I love Zemo as a villain. I’m excited about the mask.
Justin: One hundred percent, and that’s what that moment was for, him holding a purple mask. But can you imagine being like, I just love, I’ve really enjoyed, I really liked Iron Man 2 and that’s all the Marvel movies I’ve seen. I’m curious about this new show, why does everyone care about the color of that dude’s fit ski mask? I feel like that’s the approach their making.
Alex: The funnier thing is all we know really from the trailer is that Zemo says something like superheroes are over, there’s no room for superheroes in the world.
Pete: That’s right.
Alex: Instead, I’m going to put on a purple ski mask and blow shit up all over the place. You know, not like superheroes.
Justin: I mean he is a Baron. So think of the other Barons you know, like Red Baron-
Pete: Sasha Baron Cohen.
Justin: Sasha Baron Cohen, also a huge Baron. Lot of Barons out there.
Alex: [crosstalk 00:04:45] Snoopy Cartoons are the ones were Sasha baron Cohen is chasing him through the air.
Justin: Oh man, what a prankster.
Alex: Goes up to Woodstock, says, “My wife.”
Justin: The next in a long line of many, many barons is Baron Zemo.
Alex: Yes, exactly.
Justin: A turtle neck on all of them.
Alex: Other folks that are showing up, we know that Emily VanCamp is going to be back at Sharon Carter, AKA Agent 13, so that should be fun. And there’s a new one, which is a very interesting twist on the plot, Wyatt Russell is going to be there as John F. Walker, AKA US Agent. So we’ve talked about this a little bit on other podcasts, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM, Crowdcast and YouTube. I think we talked about it there. But US Agent is I think presumably going to be the person that the government assigns to be Captain America, leading to some sort of battle for the shield type thing. Does that seem fair?
Justin: Yeah, and I think it points to this show is going to be about who deserves the mantle of Captain America, with John Walker being like definitely not him. But really being the interplay between Bucky and Sam, and I think they’re both going to want it. They both think they are the more, the better inheritor of the shield than the other.
Pete: Well, always-
Justin: Let me finish. But also it’s a heavy mantle. They know that they can’t ever really live up to their idol, their mentor, Steve Rogers. So it’s a great push pull between the internal fight of do I deserve this, and the external, well, I deserve it more than this dude over here. All he does is have one big metal arm.
Pete: Wait, wait, wait. First off, there was a handoff, all right? Old one handy or one army didn’t walk over and grab the shield, all right, so he’s got no claim to it. There’s no take backsies. You can’t be like, hey listen, I know that Captain America was super old and gave you the shield, but you know how old people are. He was kind of out of his gourd, and I don’t think he was smart enough. I think I should take the next shift.
Alex: Yeah, dude, right after Endgame, that dude ran and won the Presidency of the United States. So that’s pretty impressive, before you slam him, Pete.
Justin: It is true, in candid Joe Biden?
Pete: I don’t know, oh, you’re calling him Joe Biden, okay.
Alex: Nope, I don’t think I will. I could see a world. I’m curious to see how this plays out, but to Justin’s point and kind of to the point you’re making Pete, sort of, I do think we could see a world where Bucky starts to feel like no, Sam is not the right person for this. I worked with Captain America, Sam is doing something, Sam is going rogue, who knows.
Justin: Oh, I think-
Pete: No, no, no, they’re going to fight because it’s two dudes, so sure there’s going to be that kind of fighting. But I would hope that they have a little bit more reverence for the shield and wouldn’t kind of fight over the shield.
Justin: Well, based on the trailer it does seem like there’s at least a competitive element to what’s going on.
Pete: Sure, agreed.
Justin: The whole trailer is built around that. So I do think there’s going to be something that happens either to Sam or to Bucky that causes them to question who should be the person to take the shield. And that’s an exciting thing, that’s a great emotional undertone for what also is extensively two dudes quipping at each other while they fly underneath trucks and screw around fighting anti superhero terrorists.
Alex: Well… oh, go ahead.
Pete: That’s the thing, like the great TV shows of past, like an A-Team if you will-
Justin: Like your A-Team.
Pete: Yeah, yeah, where you just were waiting for the action sequences. You wanted to see someone jump over a hay barrel, that’s the fun. So I think it’s-
Justin: Real quick, sorry to interrupt you, did you say hay barrel, because I don’t know why farmers keep their hay in barrels, because that’s an expensive place to keep your hay dry.
Pete: Well, okay, sorry sir.
Justin: I guess a barn is technically a big hay barrel, if you think about it. I’m from the country, so let me speak to this. You’re in my world here.
Pete: And I know that’s true, because I’ve seen your teeth fallout. It’s one of those things.
Justin: Donkey Kong famously rolled a bunch of hay barrels trying to get Mario. Allergic to hay, is what happened there.
Pete: Oh man. So I just think that don’t fuck up this great thing that we know and love. The two of them, kind of odd couple working together, is going to be fun. We want to see over the top action. We’ve got to find a working relationship with those two, and I think that’s where the show should be. I don’t want it to start one person questions somebody’s leadership and stuff like that.
Alex: No, I just think we could see that as a plot point at some point. I don’t think they’re going to end up in a place where Bucky’s going to try to kill Sam or anything like that.
Pete: Yeah, that would be whack.
Alex: Zemo’s whole thing in Civil War was working behind the scenes to, successfully mind you, break up the Avengers. Zemo one at the end of that movie, regardless of him ending up in jail.
Justin: The watch hit.
Alex: So his MO is not necessarily to be like I’m going to shoot you until you die, I’m going to do a heist. He plays on them psychologically, so I could see a plot line where he brings Sam and Bucky to a breaking point, but then they get past it and work together to ultimately beat him at the end.
Pete: And I just want to correct you real quick. Zemo did not win.
Alex: He won. He won the Civil War.
Pete: Winners don’t get thrown in jail, okay? Well, sometimes, I mean it’s a fucked up, horrible-
Alex: Nelson Mandela.
Justin: Yeah, Gandhi.
Pete: All right, yes, okay, it’s a horrible system. I’m just saying that like-
Alex: Charles Manson.
Pete: What?
Alex: Sort of. Too far?
Justin: Larger topic, all right.
Pete: Yeah, way too far.
Justin: You should check out our True Crime Podcast, where Alex roots for the killers.
Pete: I just-
Alex: I hope they get another one, I always say.
Pete: Maybe I have to rewatch it, but I remember Black Panther coming out on top at the end of Civil War. So that’s how I will remember it.
Justin: I think at the end of Falcon and the Winter Soldier they take the shield, split it in half, best on one side, friends on the other.
Pete: Hang it on their necks. It’s a necklace.
Justin: They each take their half and whenever they come together, they get a whole shield.
Alex: That’s going to be great. A couple of other details to mention about the show. We are going to see Batroc the Leaper is going to be back again, so that’s super fun.
Pete: I’m sorry, what?
Alex: Also Don Cheadle is going to be in it as War Machine at some point, he revealed.
Justin: Ooo, very good.
Alex: And one I’m very excited about, Erin Kellyman, who’s an actress who she played, what was it, Enfys Nest in Solo. I don’t know if you remember that. Which ended up at a very weird reveal and petered out, and obviously people have mixed feelings about Solo.
Pete: Don’t say stuff like that.
Alex: But she peted out, sorry.
Justin: Pete LePaged out.
Alex: But she was great in that movie, and she’s going to be playing Flag Smasher. So I think that’s going to be exciting to see. And the last thing that I’ll mention that I do think is kind of interesting is that Malcolm Spellman is the guy behind the scenes. He’s the guy who created the show, is the showrunner of the show. And I do get a sense, based on his previous work, that there’s going to be a little more or maybe a lot more to do with race than we think from the explosive trailers.
Pete: Cool.
Alex: There’s some hints. We were certainly speculating, again, when we were talking about the series earlier that maybe they might start to go into the truth storyline for the comics, which showed that there was a Captain America before Captain America who was African-American and experimented on like the Tuskegee experiments. And that to me feels like that’s a lot going on in six episodes, but potentially a natural extension to show Sam and Bucky, if they do get to a point where they’re fighting about the shield, to be like, no man, this doesn’t even belong to Steve. This was somebody else’s first.
Justin: I love that. Especially like as a full episode where we get, or three quarters of an episode or whatever, where we get that backstory, I think is a great episode. And I don’t know how explicitly they’re aiming at young Avengers with what we saw at the end of Wanda Vision, that Billy and Tommy-
Pete: Those kids are dead.
Justin: They’re probably still out there-
Pete: Those are dead kids.
Justin: Speed and Wicked, two of the young Avengers, to set up to go into this and get into that storyline. And we’ll set up a third young Avenger, so I think that’s very exciting.
Pete: Wait, first off, a couple of things that you touched on there, Alex, I want to dissect. First, what the fuck you mean only six episodes?
Alex: I mean, it’s only six episodes. They’re going to be longer episodes.
Pete: Are they two hour episodes? What are we talking? I’m not going to fucking invest time for a half an hour, six episodes. I mean what the fuck is that?
Alex: Yeah. And they’re going to release them every two to three years and call them movies, Pete.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: So Marvel is still experimenting with the lengths of their shows, but Kevin Feige said as they’re going into it that they are going to be aiming for half hour-ish shows, with variation for more comedically inclined serious, like Wanda Vision as we saw at the beginning. And once it’s stretched into the MCU nature the episodes got a little bit longer. She Hulk, which is coming down the road starring Tatiana Maslany, that’s also going to be a half hour comedy. It’s going to be a legal comedy, and that’s kind of what they’re aiming for there. But things like Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and presumably also Loki, are going to be more hour long shows. And in this case, that means 40 to 50 minute episodes, typical TV length.
Alex: So no, we’re not talking two hour episodes. We are talking six episodes that are about 40 to 50 minutes long. The last little bit of clarification to calm you down a little bit, Pete, is that Kevin Feige, Anthony Mackie said that it was about a eight hour movie. Kevin Feige said, “No, it’s not an eight hour movie, but it’s not exactly eight hours.” So the point there being, they’re not going to be six 40 minute episodes, like shorter than six hours. Some of them might be a little longer, some of them might be a little shorter. But they’re essentially aiming for like six Netflix length episodes, so to speak.
Justin: Wow. That’s a long way of saying time.
Alex: Pete is very upset right now, so I’m trying to help him out here.
Justin: It’s going to be like a 30 second TV commercial that lasts a third of one day. Okay? That’s the way to think about it.
Pete: Oh man, that’s disappointing. And then what was the first person-
Justin: You’re disappointed? You’re getting so much content, what are you disappointed? I don’t want to hear that word, get that word out of your mouth.
Pete: What was the first person you said, Zalben, when you listed, and it was a character I didn’t recognize? I wanted to go back.
Alex: Batroc?
Pete: Yes, Add Rock. I know from the Beastie Boys Add Rock.
Alex: Nope.
Pete: But what Add Rock are you talking about?
Alex: Batroc the Leaper.
Justin: He’s a French Leaper.
Alex: He was in Winter Soldier, right, not Civil War at the beginning?
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: He was in Winter Soldier, he was at the beginning there. Batroc the Leaper, he fought Captain America. He’s been in the comics a bunch of times, usually has a very pointy mustache.
Pete: Oh the mustache guy, all right.
Justin: Ah, that sells it.
Pete: Speak English when you’re doing stuff.
Alex: Of all the details about Batroc the Leaper, the guy who was dressed in purple and yellow and jumps around, the thing you remember, I knew it, was the mustache.
Justin: Mustache.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Purple are going to be playing big in Falcon and Winter Storm.
Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative), also the bruises, those will be purple as well. Before we wrap up here, any last thoughts on Falcon and Winter Soldier? Anything you’re particularly excited to see? I guess what we did was vision board for Wanda Vision. We can keep with that, we can keep doing that. Pete, what is on your vision board for Falcon and Winter Soldier as we head into the first couple of episodes?
Pete: Well, I don’t want to just get excited about a TV show and then have it end. That’s going to really blow. So-
Justin: I got bad news for literally everything in the world and your life.
Pete: Okay, great. Great. But the trailers look amazing, and they action looks unbelievable, so I’m excited to get some more of that.
Alex: Yeah. Justin, what about you, what’s on your vision board?
Justin: I mean, just sort of what we’ve been talking about. I want to see how they play. If they get into some of the race issues that are on the table here, that would be really great. I’d love if they got into some real stuff. Every Marvel sort of, now TV, but movie, I feel like they find a central emotional arc for the movie or theme in the main characters. And if this is about feeling like you deserve something and whether or not you do or, or in competing for that with the people around you, I think that’s a great theme. I’m excited to see that play out. I like both of these characters, and they’re going to be great together I think.
Alex: Yeah, I agree. That was my big thing as well. I know Pete’s going to call a flex on this one, but I will mention that I’ve seen two extended scenes from the episode. The first one was a nine minute-
Justin: Extended. I think you mean flex-tented scenes?
Alex: Mmm, there you go. I saw a scene, it was a nine minute non-stop action sequence with Falcon, which was very cool and very big and felt like an MCU movie. And then there was I think a six or seven minute scene with Bucky, some stuff happened that I won’t get into for spoilers. But it had more humor to it and had more psychological stuff going on. So these were two scenes, clearly probably for the first episode, but it’s hard to put together what the actual plot was. But my big impression there is I’m excited to see if they can take those different tones and mix them together. I think they can. I think that’s a very small lift to be like, can you do it a buddy action comedy? Can you do that? Can you figure out how to do that? I think the MCU can.
Alex: But that’s something that I am excited to watch and I think that’s going to be fun. And honestly, as much as I loved Wanda Vision, there’s going to be a certain level of relief of just like, boom, boom, pow, pow, yeah this is fun. Let’s just watch this and have a good time. You know?
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: That sounds great.
Justin: Who knows, maybe there could be a mystery. And for those of you who don’t know, nine minutes, let’s see, that’s like how long it takes to… It’s like making seven pancakes.
Pete: Wow.
Justin: Is that about? Because [inaudible 00:18:46] give the context for the context.
Alex: Thanks for being our time master, as always, Justin.
Justin: Time master spoiler, that’s my role in the MCU.
Alex: Oh, man. For all of you out there, we’re going to have the regular episodes rolling out on it Fridays after the episodes air on Disney +. So be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice. As mentioned, you can support these podcasts at patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we mentioned the live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. @marvelvisionpod on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, follow us for all sorts of good stuff. Comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, hey Charlie, killing other one.
Pete: What the fuck? That’s how you’re going to end?
Alex: Too dark?
Pete: Yeah, what the fuck, man?
Alex: All right, I’ll do another take.
Pete: And you did like the finger guns like a psychopath.
Alex: Okay, keep marvelous.
Justin: Almost more terrifying, honestly, like scarier.
Alex: The second one was scarier, right?
Justin: Because the second one was more like you’re the killer, and I think that’s the worry.
Pete: Yeah, keep it marvelous.
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On this week’s Stack podcast:
The Joker #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Art by Guillem March, Mirka Andolfo
Children of the Atom #1
Marvel
Written by Vita Ayala
Art by Bernard Chang
Karmen #1
Image Comics
By Guillem March
Wonder Woman #770
DC Comics
Written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire
Art by Travis Moore, Paulina Ganucheau
Non-Stop Spider-Man #1
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Chris Bachalo
Proctor Valley Road #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Grant Morrison & Alex Child
Art by Naomi Franquiz
American Vampire 1976 #6
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Deadpool Nerdy Thirty #1
Marvel
Written by Joe Kelly, Skottie Young, Kelly Thompson, Fabian Nicieza, Gail Simone, Daniel Way, Gerry Duggan & Brian Poeshn, Rob Liefeld & Chad Bowers
Art by Cerardo Sandoval, Aaron Conley, Kevin Libranda with Bob Quinn, Patch Zircher, Michael Shelfer, Paco Medina, Scott Koblish, Rob Liefeld
Home Sick Pilots #4
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
Rorschach #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #1
Marvel
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Gurihiru
Black Hammer Visions #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Scott Kolins
Superman #29
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Sean Lewis
Art by Phil Hester, Sami Basri
Eternals #3
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Esad Ribić
Birthright #47
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Luna #2
BOOM! Studios
By Maria Llovet
Sweet Tooth: The Return #5
DC Comics
By Jeff Lemire
The Immortal Hulk #44
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
Specter Inspectors #2
Boom! Box
By Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto
The Amazing Spider-Man #61
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Patrick Gleason
The Last Witch #3
BOOM! Box
Written by Conor McCreery
Illustrated by V.V. Glass
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Full Episode Transcript:
Alex: Hey. What’s up, everybody. Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: On The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week, and let’s kick it off with the clown prince of crime himself, The Joker #1 from DC Comics, written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns, art by Guillem March and Mirka Andolfo. This is the first time ever the Joker has an ongoing series. So of course, it’s mostly about Commissioner Gordon. I mean, this is reliably good. It’s James Tynion, Guillem March. His art is gorgeous, as usually, even with the swerve here that it mostly is not about the Joker. It’s still a really good story. I liked it quite a bit. What’d you guys think?
Pete: Yeah. I was really impressed. I thought it was very interesting because it’s like “Okay. Joker #1. What are we going to get here?” and I was really impressed with the choices that they made with this comic. Also, we’re still getting this kind of Punchline kind of backup story in this, which is great, and it’s going to be really interesting to see how this Punchline thing unfolds, but yeah. As far as Joker #1, I thought they did an amazing job of getting you excited for this big kind of arc that they’re telling. I think, as far as this first issue is concerned, it does its job really well. I am very excited for more.
Justin: Yeah. I really like this version of Commissioner Gordon, or ex-Commissioner Gordon. We get to see a nice flashback of when he was in the Chicago PD before he got busted down to Gotham, and it reminded me a lot of Scott Snyder’s Detective Comics run, sort of where he was plucked from that.
Pete: Oh, yeah. With Jock. Jock was doing the art. Yeah.
Justin: Yeah. He was plucked, and Francavilla, Frencesco Francavilla, was doing the art on that for a little bit as well when he was dealing with his son and being suspicious of him becoming a murderer.
Pete: Yeah. That whole restaurant scene was just so-
Justin: A hundred percent.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: In this, we get a little … There’s some reflections of that here in the story as well, and it’s just a great story, and I really like the idea that it’s not a story where we have to watch the Joker being a crazy person the whole time. It’s this sort of-
Pete: Or there’s three or four Jokers or … You know what I mean?
Justin: Yes. This sort of detective story where we’re following Commissioner Gordon make some hard choices that I’m curious to see how plays out.
Alex: It’s good storytelling across the board. If you were hesitant at all, definitely pick it up. Next up, Children of the Atom #1 from Marvel, written by Vita Ayala, art by Bernard Chang. This is an interesting take on what’s currently going on with X-Men to show us several characters that seemingly have decided not to go to Krakoa and instead be regular teenagers in high school while fighting crime as mutants. There’s, of course, a little bit of a twist there, but what did you think about this first issue?
Justin: I’m curious what Pete thinks of it, because we get to see perhaps a Cyclops that he can really get on board with.
Pete: Yeah. It was an issue of a comic book. Had some X-Men in it, which is great.
Justin: True.
Pete: There’s some fighting. Yeah. I liked a couple of the characters. Art was really good.
Justin: Interesting. Not sort of a non-take there, really. I like this story a lot, especially in the larger context of the X-Men universe right now. This feels like a simple, standalone series where we’re going to follow these characters and whatever is up with them. They feel like sort of mutant wannabes, almost, trying to find their place by replicating the original X-Men in a fun way. It’s drawn really nicely. It was cool. Great reveal at the end.
Alex: Yeah. I like the fact that we’re getting to see outside of Krakoa and what’s going on there, because this is a part of the world that we need to find out more about of and their reaction to things. So I am curious, given the twist at the end in particular, where this is going to go, but Vita Ayala is always reliable as a writer, but Chang’s art is good. These characters are interesting. I’m excited to read the second issue.
Alex: Next up, Karmen #1 from Image Comics by and art by Guillem March. This is a very different take on an angel dressed in sort of a skeleton thing straight out of Karate Kid, right, Pete? You know what I’m talking about.
Pete: I do know what you’re referencing, but I feel like this costume is a little bit more elaborate than that one.
Alex: Slightly more elaborate because it actually is her skeleton, but she is visiting with somebody who … They don’t come out and say it, but has recently died or is about to die and takes her around as a ghost to sort of show her the world. It’s not quite clear to me what this book is going to be about going forward yet at this point. There’s a tease of something a little bit more at the end here, but it’s always a pleasure to see Guillem March’s art.
Justin: Great art, and this feels like something that is like a labor of love, like something that the amount of time and focus put into this book is just palpable. It’s beautiful, and it’s sort of haunting in the way the story unfolds. I thought this was great, and yeah. Love the art.
Pete: Yeah. It’s very sad and very powerful, and yeah. I mean, it’s kind of a twisted tale about something that is just … Whoa. Everybody okay? I thought that was a fire alarm going off there.
Alex: It’s all right.
Justin: No. I didn’t hear anything.
Alex: I mean, I will say, to that point, not to interrupt you, Pete, but I do want to mention for anybody interested in picking this up, trigger warning for suicide in this book, potentially. They don’t come out and say it, but it’s pretty clear what’s going on there. Also, there is a fair amount of nudity. So this is not a book that should go necessarily handing to kids, but go ahead, Pete, if there was anything else you wanted to say.
Pete: Yeah. It’s kind of a dark tale, but they’re kind of putting a bright kind of light on it. So I’m very interested to see how this all unfolds and what the point of this is, because it’s a little fucked up, but yeah. I mean, it’s not something you can read in the subway or something. You have to read this by yourself somewhere, but it does a great job of grabbing the reader’s attention, and I’m curious to see kind of how it all unfolds.
Alex: Pete, did you take this one to your reading hole?
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Alex: Me too. Yeah. I got in my hole, just crawled up, and read that book so nobody could see me.
Justin: I made a reservation in Pete’s reading hole, and I still haven’t really got my arrival date.
Alex: Oh, you got to try the cheese puffs there. They are to die for.
Justin: So good.
Alex: Wonder Woman #770 from DC Comics, written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan and Jordie Bellaire, art by Travis Moore and Paulina Ganucheau or Ganucheau. Excuse me. We talked about this a little bit on the live show. This is coming out of the Future State stuff. So Wonder Woman had this new status quo where she pulled herself back from being sort of a guardian of the universe type thing but instead has found herself in Valhalla in the Norse afterlife fighting the same fights over and over again. That’s the front story. The back story is showing us young Wonder Woman. I thought this was phenomenal.
Justin: This was one of my favorite books of the week. Really great. I was really curious, reading all the stuff coming out of Future State, where Wonder Woman was going to land. It felt like it was going to be just not a fun place, she was going to be doing something different, and this was such a breath of fresh air. Diana sort of doesn’t know what Wonder Woman is. She doesn’t have her powers. She’s just being a warrior in its purest form. There’s a mystery unfolding behind the scenes. There’s some romance here, perhaps. Really just a great story top to bottom. Really caught me off guard.
Alex: Pete, you were very patiently raising your hand. What’s going on?
Pete: All right. So I’m a huge fan of Wonder Woman, but it was weird. I know there’s a lot of different kind of mythology, historical and non-historical, wrapped up with Wonder Woman. So it was like I was like “Asgard? Wonder Woman? Why am I fighting this in my brain?” It’s this weird Valhalla. I know it should be okay, but to me, it’s like I associate it so hard with Marvel that it was hard for me to be like “Yeah. This is cool. Wonder Woman’s walking around Marvel right now. This is totally fine. There’s nothing wrong with this.”
Alex: Yeah. I get what you’re saying, but it’s definitely a very different take than Thor stuff over in Marvel, certainly. I agree with you. It is nearly impossible for comic books to divorce Norse mythology from Thor and the Thor comics books and Loki and et cetera, but those existed beforehand. They definitely time immemorial, and this feels like a more mythological take on Norse mythology than exactly what’s going on, usually at least, in Marvel comics. So I got over it by the end, but I was definitely there with you at the beginning with it, Pete.
Justin: Thor was a different dude. He had a red beard. So that’s totally different.
Pete: Sure. Sure. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, but that aside, I really thought this was a great start for this new team. I feel like this is really cool. I also really liked the backup. I thought that was fun. I’m excited for this.
Alex: Well, let’s move on to one that you’re very excited for as well, Pete, Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 from Marvel, written by Joe Kelly and art by Chris Bachalo.
Pete: Come on.
Alex: Of course, this is taking Spider-Man and putting him in the position of Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton, because he is going non-stop.
Pete: Don’t ruin this for me, you fucking piece of shit.
Justin: My favorite song from Hamilton is Non-Stop.
Alex: Really?
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Oh, interesting. Pete, you love this book. This is the fast and the furious of Spider-Man books. It’s sort of the total opposite of what’s going on in Amazing Spider-Man. No real soap opera going on here, just complete balls-to-the-wall action with brief interludes to give you backstory about what’s going on. Talk about what you liked about this book.
Justin: Even those interludes are happening pretty fast. This is a smash opera, which is Pete’s medium of choice.
Pete: Yeah. I love this. There’s no time wasted. It’s all non-stop. It’s all happening. During a fight scene, which is such a great idea, don’t waste time like “Oh, let’s go to a coffee shop and fucking talk about our feelings.” No. It’s all action. It is just non-stop. I loved it. The art alone is worth picking this up. Unbelievable. Just so fun how Spider-Man’s falling but counting the stories by having this inner monologue. I needed this Spider-Man, because Nick Spencer’s fucking killing me on that other Spider-Man book, and I just needed a light, fun Spider-Man Spider-Man book that isn’t doing a bunch of weird shit. So I really needed this book, and the art is just so good, and I love the pace of it. I love the action. Every single page was glorious, and then the backup story with not your mom’s Zemo here. This is a new Zemo here that’s just has a lot of sass, got some backtalk, really owning the fact that he’s rocking a purple mask in a fun way, and it’s all about that drip.
Justin: He does love that drip. Yeah. I first opened this book, and I was like “Surely there’s going to be a couple stops in here.” None.
Pete: No. Why do you need stops? What do you need stops for? It’s an express train.
Justin: It’s an express train.
Pete: You go on the local if you want some fucking stops and look around.
Justin: Pete, what did you think of the backmatter where the editor, Nick Lowe, talks about how, in every single page, he’s getting his relationship with Mary Jane annulled.
Pete: That’s not true.
Justin: That’s how non-stop it is.
Pete: That’s not true.
Alex: Non-stop annulments. Yeah.
Pete: That’s not true. it’s not true at all.
Alex: This is the perfect team-
Justin: It is true. Re-read it.
Alex: I would say this is the perfect team for this book. Joe Kelly, great at this sort of thing. Chris Bachalo, great at this sort of thing. This is fun. Like you’re saying, Pete, this is the opposite of what’s going on in Amazing Spider-Man, and it’s a nice little treat after reading that.
Pete: It is a nice treat. Come on.
Justin: Yeah. No. I really enjoyed it. Chris Bachalo’s art’s great. It’s great to see him on a book like Spider-Man where you get to see-
Pete: It’s phenomenal.
Justin: There’s so much going on. The panels are crooked. When I got to the end, I was like “This surely can’t be the end,” and there’s a whole other story. So the stops kept not stopping, you know?
Pete: Yeah. Exactly. Never stop stopping. What’d you guys think of the backup?
Justin: Fun.
Alex: The Baron Zemo backup?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: I love Zemo. I don’t know what it is. I just love that guy.
Pete: Yeah. I didn’t know you were such a Zemo head.
Alex: I love Zemo.
Pete: But this-
Alex: I can’t explain it.
Pete: How do you-
Alex: No. Actually, I can explain it. It’s because Under Siege, Avengers: Under Siege, is probably my favorite Avengers storyline. I was like “Yo. I’m sold on this guy. This guy-“
Justin: Avengers: Under Siege is your favorite Avengers story?
Alex: Absolutely.
Justin: Wow.
Pete: Wow.
Justin: There it is.
Pete: How do you feel-
Justin: You love a real loose mask, huh?
Pete: How do you feel about this updated Zemo a little bit? He’s got a little sass.
Justin: You keep pushing his sass.
Pete: Well, it’s just I haven’t seen the Zemo, and Zalben’s a Zemo head. So I’m wondering if he’s like “This is my Zemo,” or like he feels cool with it.
Alex: No. It’s straight out-
Justin: Pete, have you-
Alex: If anything, it’s old Zemo. He’s got the loose mask back again instead of the tight mask.
Pete: Sure. Yeah.
Alex: His neck’s getting some air.
Pete: Right, but I mean, the way he’s talking is not how Zemo normally talks.
Alex: It’s fine.
Justin: Pete, this story focuses on a drug called A Plus. Have you been taking some of it? Because you seem hyped. You’re non-stop right now.
Pete: Dude, I am non-stop, and I needed a book like this to get me hyped.
Alex: Let’s move on then and talk about Proctor Valley Road #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by-
Pete: Oh, boy.
Alex: … Grant Morrison and Alex Child, art by-
Pete: What?
Alex: … Naomi Franquiz. What?
Pete: I kept the whole time reading this being like “I can’t believe this is written by Grant Morrison. It looks like such a nice, wholesome book, and I can’t believe Grant Morrison is doing this shit.”
Alex: Yeah, and then you got to the end, right?
Pete: Oh, yeah. I did.
Alex: So this is about a bunch of kids who hear a legend about a place called Proctor Valley Road, where a bunch of people seemed to die. Like Pete’s saying, it starts relatively like just regular teen fun movie for three quarters of the book, and then things get messed up by the end in a really big way, spinning out into some mythology. It doesn’t feel like a Grant Morrison book at all, I would say-
Pete: It doesn’t.
Alex: … but Justin, what did you think about this one?
Pete: It’s easy to follow. You can understand. It’s impressive.
Justin: Well, I think the biggest difference why it doesn’t feel very Grant Morrison is the art. The choice of the artist, Naomi Franquiz, is very different, feels very not Grant Morrison, but I think it sort of plays against type a little bit in a good way, because the horror comes at you in such a different way by the end. I feel like you get in the heads of the characters very quickly, and they’re all fun, likable, smart characters. Has sort of Scooby Doo vibe with the collection and the era of characters here.
Alex: Now, I don’t want to jump on you too much, but the artist’s name is actually Franquiz, and that’s a great segue to start up my Fran quiz. First question. Who played the nanny on the hit TV show The Nanny?
Pete: Fran Drescher.
Alex: Correct. That was the whole quiz. I can’t think of another Fran. I’m sorry.
Justin: Oh, that’s good. Most famous Frans are Fran Drescher.
Pete: I do want to talk about that podcast we were on, at some point. That was kind of crazy.
Alex: Let’s just skip by that and instead talk about American Vampire 1976 #6 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Here-
Pete: The Querque.
Alex: … shit is going down, and we’re heading towards, I would say, the endgame of American Vampire at this point as our heroes finally close in on the thing that’s going to let them beat the Tongue, the demonic entity that’s trying to take over the Earth, and things go horrifically wrong. I like this issue. I also like every issue of this book.
Pete: Holy twists and turns, Batman. This is some shit.
Justin: Holy twisted tongue. The Tongue always wins. Can’t beat the Tongue.
Pete: Yeah. Wow. Yeah. This was very impressive.
Alex: That’s what I always say to my wife.
Pete: Oh, my god. Don’t be creepy, you fuck. Yeah. American Vampire just continues to impress. You think like “Okay. I got a handle on what’s going on.” Nope. No. You do not. Yeah. I think this is a really solid, great issue. The Querque is just killing it on the art. It’s a lot of fun and really crazy and over the top.
Justin: Really making that nickname work. What is so great about this book and a lot of Scott Snyder’s stuff is he always had another gear. This series, there’s such a big cast. It’s like “Oh, right. These are all … I remember how all these characters work together,” and in this issue and throughout this series, they’ve been in an ever-worsening situation, and in this issue, the situation somehow gets much worse, and he focuses the cast down to the characters we care the most about and the twists and turns that happen there. He’s masterful at timing the big story moves, and this is another great example of that.
Pete: That guy’s a great writer.
Alex: Good stuff. Deadpool Nerdy 30 #1 from Marvel, written by Joe Kelly, Skottie Young, Kelly Thompson, Fabian Nicieza, Gail Simone, Daniel Way, Gerry Duggan, and Brian Posehn, Rob Liefeld, and Chad Bowers, art by Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Conley, Kevin Libranda, with Bob Quinn, Patch Zircher, Michael Shelfer, Paco Medina, Scott Koblish, and Rob Liefeld. Basically, anybody that you can imagine having something to do with Deadpool over the years was pretty much involved in this. This was a bunch of short stories all set on different birthdays that Deadpool is happening. We’ll turn it over to Pete, our Deadpool expert.
Pete: Yeah. This is nice. This is just a who’s who that’s put their fingerprints on Deadpool coming back to tell some fun stories, and that’s exactly what it is. You’ve got everything from Rob Liefeld making fun of pouches to just insane party birthday things. Yeah. It’s crazy. It’s Deadpool. It’s over the top. It’s fun. It’s also like the art styles are very different for all these different stories. There’s a lot of really funny stories in this, a lot of funny ideas. Yeah. The No Chill story was really fun. Yeah. I believe Deadpool would hide guns in different ice cream shops all over the country. Why not? Yeah. It’s a ton of fun. It’s a lot of great art, and it’s one of those collected stories that I think is worth it.
Justin: I’ve been celebrating Deadpool’s birthday every year. So the fact that he’s hit 30 is just a real boon. I’m cutting loose like crazy over here. I thought this was fun as well. I want to give it up for the Skottie Young story, Baby’s First Cable, which is very fun. Kelly Thompson’s Best There Is was really, really good, and the Fabian Nicieza story, I thought, was very good as well.
Alex: That’s the one that I wanted to call out in particular. The thing that I really liked about this book is it’s very easy to do a bunch of goofs with Deadpool, but Fabian went for something much serious and much darker, and I think people forget that Deadpool stories can get really dark sometimes.
Pete: Oh, yeah.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: So that was great. I was very trepidatious going into this, because I don’t usually love collections. They feel like a mixed bag, but they got the right creators working on it, and this is good. If you’re a fan of Deadpool at any point in his history, I think this is kind of a must-pick-up.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Next up, Home Sick Pilots #4 from Image Comics, written by Dan Waters, art by Caspar Wijngaard. This is so good. This book is so good. Pick up this book.
Justin: It’s so much better than it has any right to be, out of the gate just coming out hot with this story about some teens who are in a band, the Home Sick Pilots. They go into a haunted house. One of them becomes this ghost gatherer of these haunted objects, and this is sort of the all fight issue where things are coming to a head. It’s so much action. It’s beautifully drawn. The premise is so strong, and it has this sort of intense loneliness about it as well that I really like.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, if you would have tried to explain this story to me, I’d be like “You’re out of your gourd. This doesn’t sound good,” but it is so well done, so creative, so different. The art, the storytelling, the paneling … It all works so well. This is such a crazy unique story, and some really unique characters. Yeah. I just continue to be impressed. This is one of those ones where you get it and you’re like “Man, I hope it’s going to be as good as the last issue,” and it fucking delivers.
Alex: I think a lot of it has to do with Caspar Wijngaard’s art, honestly, where the character designs are so unique. We talked about this in the last issue, but there’s a VHS something ghost, zombie, I don’t know, monster. I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but it’s so terrifyingly and beautifully drawn. One of the main ghost is this horseshoe ghost, has a horseshoe head. Again, absolutely terrifying. We find out more about the mythology here. There seems to be an outside group that kind of has maybe ghosts trapped in TVs that are strapped to their chests that are tracking down ghosts. So there’s so much going on in this book, but it-
Pete: Then the haunted house double-page spread thing was fucking insane.
Alex: Beautiful. The fact that everything is very distinct in terms of the look, in terms of the coloring of the book … Fantastic. Pick up this book. I cannot wait for the next issue. Next up, Rorschach-
Justin: Don’t trust VHS tapes. Switch to Betamax.
Alex: I only use LaserDisc, personally.
Pete: Oh, wow.
Alex: Rorschach #6 from DC Comics, written by Tom King, art by Jorge Fornés. In this issue, we’re continuing to work our way back through the history of our cowboy character, who was killed back in the first issue. Here, we find out how she met the Jack Kirby-esque artist who later went on to don the mask of Rorschach. This is good. I was not quite sure about it going in or what was going on, but like we talked about with the last issue, I think that really started to indicate where the story is going and sell me on it. I like this quite a bit.
Pete: Yeah. I was a little worried this was going to be like that Eminem song, like “Dear Stan, my biggest fan.” So I’m glad that she didn’t kill herself in those letters or whatever, but man, this was a really great idea and well pulled off. I have no idea what’s going on in this Rorschach book, but I’ve been really impressed with all the different issues, and it’s the classic King thing where he’s like “Oh, yeah. I’m just going to give you just enough information to pick up the next issue.” That guy is a master.
Alex: Pete, it’s interesting you brought that up, because you know Tom King wrote the Eminem/Punisher crossover that was in XXL.
Pete: Oh, I know. It’s a fucking great issue, man.
Alex: He didn’t write that, but …
Justin: Wow. Pete took that bait very quickly.
Pete: Yeah, but it is a great issue regardless of who wrote it.
Alex: Is it?
Pete: It was Eminem who wrote it.
Justin: I like this issue of Rorschach a lot. I feel like Tom King is trying to say something about American with this book in a really smart, subtle way, almost as if to say … Here’s what I think he’s picking apart. In the original Watchmen book, it was all about how bringing the world together via the squid monster was a necessary thing to prevent everyone from world war from killing all human, if you were to believe that plan, and this is about how society is drifting apart and what sort of in a very personal in these personal stories, and we get to sort of see that happen in this story following these two characters who are corresponding via letter, and then we’re hearing the presidential debate underneath it all, between Robert Redford and the conservative candidate, and it’s just really good. I am always excited to see what the next big idea he’s getting to is.
Pete: I’m not sick of this Robert Redford bit. This is fun.
Justin: Not a bit.
Alex: Not a bit. It’s real. It’s happening. Thor and Loki: Double Trouble #1 from Marvel, written by Mariko Tamaki, art by Gurihiru. This is an all-ages title showing Thor and Loki as teens? 20?
Pete: Double trouble.
Alex: Something like that, and just-
Justin: Something.
Alex: … playing some tricks on each other and having a good time. I know I’m a sucker for this sort of thing, but what did you guys think of this book?
Justin: It’s fun. It’s fun to see, I mean, the inherent dynamic between Thor and Loki where it’s like “Oh, you can’t trust Loki,” but Thor always does because Thor’s a sucker for Loki. This feels the most natural of that, where they’re young, they’re sort of daring each other, and it goes instantly and horribly wrong in a fun, all-ages way.
Pete: Yeah. I thought this was cute and well done in all the right ways. Even though it’s an all-ages, it’s still a very enjoyable book to read. It’s kind of fun to see them depicted this way and the kind of team-ups and mischief they get into. Yeah. It was a good book.
Alex: Next up, from all ages to no ages, Black Hammer: Visions #2 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Geoff Johns, art by Scott Kolins. This is very exciting to me, personally. I don’t want to speak for you guys or the world at large, but to see Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, the team for The Flash and many other things, collaborating on a very hardcore horror book that’s set in the Black Hammer universe, I thought, was very neat. I was a little worried about it. I wasn’t sure how it would play out, but I thought it was horrifying and well written, and I liked the little twist there. It felt like a Tales from the Crypt episode. I was very happy with how this book turned out. What did you guys think?
Justin: Yeah. It felt like just classic, classic comics, comic horror with a lot of great execution. We don’t know who the bad guy is right out of the gate, and then it’s like “Oh, this is bad. Oh, maybe everything’s bad.” It feels like we end in a place where it’s just “Oh, this is just awful across the board for everyone,” which is very true to classic horror comics, I think, in a good way. Love the art. This series is so good. Next up, in April we get Chip Zdarsky and Johnnie Christmas teaming up. This has been one of my favorite anthology series to pick up.
Pete: Yeah. It was creepy in ways that I wasn’t ready for a little bit. It was just like this white dude who has got a POC in the back and gets pulled over by the comics and then is like “Hey. I’m white. So you don’t fucking question me,” or whatever. So it just sucked that so far we haven’t got any … The poor kid gets really completely fucked over and then turned into something monstrous. I hope that there is a kind of redemption arc for that character a little bit, but yeah. The team and art is unbelievable.
Alex: All right. Fair enough. Next up, Superman #29 from DC Comics, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Sean Lewis, art by Phil Hester and Sami Basri. This is the new era for Superman that Phillip Kennedy Johnson on our live show a couple of weeks back. So it’s exciting to finally see it come to fruition. Here, we are finding out about Superman fighting an enemy that he can’t quite beat, or at least can hurt him in a certain way, and we find out from his son that this enemy might in fact kill him, which is, I would say, a big deal for comic books. What’d you think about this issue?
Pete: Yeah. I mean-
Justin: Has the death of Superman ever been a big deal for comics at any point?
Alex: I don’t remember it in my lifetime.
Pete: Yeah. I think that there’s some real touching father-son shit going on here, and that Amanda Waller, man. She’s up to something. Somebody should be watching her or paying a little bit more close attention, because-
Justin: Wow. Strong viewpoint, Pete.
Pete: Then there was a weird kind of backup where I was like “This just looks like The Goon,” but yeah.
Alex: I don’t know. That was Bibbo, right?
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: Bibbo.
Alex: Bibbo. Yeah. That was Sean Lewis writing about Bibbo. He’s writing this backup story about the other folks that live in Metropolis while the Superman stuff is going on. We get a little Jimmy Olsen. We get a little Bibbo. We got some weird villains. I thought that was fun. Justin, what did you think about this book?
Justin: I really like Phil Hester’s art. Phil Hester Green Arrow was a book he sort of was on for a long time, and I feel like his style really fits here in the DC universe to me for whatever reason, and I feel like this is … The Johnson Superman era has begun. I’ve really been liking the work he’s done on Superman, and this takes the continuity of Superman and his son sort of both being Superman at the same time and adds this sense of dread over top of it in a way that I thought was just really good, really smart.
Alex: It-
Pete: Also, it was really impressive how cool Superman was about his own death, and his son knows, but he wasn’t going to push him on it. He’s really slow playing that pretty well, and I was like “Wow. I would have been like ‘Yo. Fucking son. Tell me when I’m fucking dying here. Help me out. What the fuck. I’m bleeding out my arm and you’re being casual.'”
Justin: Well, I-
Alex: I mean, that feels classic Superman.
Justin: Superman feels like … We know his greatest weakness is Kryptonite, but his second greatest weakness is not playing Coney ball with him, which really seems to break his god damn heart.
Pete: Yeah. That was heartbreaking. Yeah. Oh, come on, man.
Alex: What are the rules there?
Pete: If he’s dying-
Alex: How do you play Coney ball?
Pete: … play Coney ball.
Alex: Come on.
Justin: It’s probably a lot of throwing a pine cone while you’re flying or something and trying to catch it. Pine cones sharp.
Alex: Yeah. Some day. Some day we’ll get a game of Coney ball. We’ll get the rules. It’ll be a lot like Calvinball, but I guess we’ll have to find out. Eternals #3 from Marvel, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Esad Ribic. Here, we are finding out more about the Deviants in particular, the antithesis of the Eternals, as they are dealing with a spiraling-out-of-control murder mystery of their own. How’d you feel about this issue?
Pete: Well, first off, the art is just glorious. It’s really beautiful. Lot of amazing character designs and stuff like this-
Justin: It’s like someone took-
Pete: … the facial expressions.
Justin: It’s like someone took the … Sorry to interrupt you, Pete. Someone took the-
Pete: No problem.
Justin: He-Man characters and put them in epic Renaissance paintings.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: It’s so beautiful.
Pete: It’s really impressive. It’s almost like a watercolor tone to it. It’s really great. Yeah. I’ve been enjoying. Eternals really wasn’t my bag for a long time, but this new kind of reboot is doing its job in getting me excited about a movie that maybe … I don’t know.
Justin: Wow.
Alex: Good conclusion there.
Justin: Way to play it cool.
Alex: Strong conclusion.
Justin: Playing it very coy. That movie’s been announced and talked about for quite some time.
Pete: Well, I don’t know when it’s actually coming out. You know what I mean? So that’s why I was trying to be like …
Alex: I do think somebody mentioned this on our Patreon Slack that it feels like it’s Kieron Gillen’s X-Men, and I think that’s accurate in a way because he’s using these text pages to break everything up, but he’s maybe the only person other than Jonathan Hickman that is using that convention in a successful and exciting way. There’s a page here where the computer, who narrates the entire book, talks about how many Deviants actually exist, and they kick to a double-page spread of just names of Deviants, and it’s like “Page 10 of 7,947,” or something like that, and it plays so well because it’s this oh-shit moment of the Eternals … There’s probably 10 of them, and they getting killed off, and their enemies, the Deviants, are innumerable at this point. It’s great.
Justin: Did you guys have any favorites from the Deviant page you wanted to highlight?
Alex: [Corbadorbadugal 00:34:14].
Pete: [inaudible 00:34:17] that shout out.
Justin: I’m going to give it up for some of my favorites from the page, [Smokewheel 00:34:22], [Bottleshirt 00:34:22], and [Dabgnorts 00:34:25].
Pete: Oh, yeah. Dabgnorts. How could I forget about Dabgnorts?
Justin: I went to college with a Bottleshirt. So I feel like I know that dude.
Alex: Not to keep plugging stuff, but you can go back a couple of months in our feed, and we talked to Kieron Gillen before he launched Eternals where he talked about it quite a bit. That’s in the Comic Book Club feed. So check that out. It was fun to chat with him about this stuff.
Alex: Birthright #47 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Andrei Bressan. We are getting to the endgame here. Here, our heroes are going after people whoa re picking the detritus of the magical battle, the climax that we had finding the God King Lore, and that leads to probably what actually this final arc is about, which is brother versus brother. What’d you think about this one?
Pete: [crosstalk 00:35:17]-
Justin: Can I love this book more? Can I talk about this book possibly any more in my life? I’ve given this a shine up on every single issue of this series because I love it so much, and this was great. In the midst, the fact that this is the epic end to this epic story and we still get this great, quiet bar scene between these two warriors talking about just how shit went down and the difficulties of being a rage-fueled werewolf … Did anyone on this podcast identify with that character? Anybody? Any hands going up here?
Pete: I’m sure. I’m sure there was a lot of people that did.
Alex: Me? Me? Was it me?
Justin: You are the rage werewolf of the show.
Alex: Okay.
Justin: Don’t let anyone tell you different.
Alex: Awoo.
Pete: Yeah. I agree. This continues to just be unbelievable. Yeah. It’s crazy because it’s like “Oh, I thought this was wrapped up,” but it continues to go on in such an enjoyable way that I don’t want it to end, but yeah. I just think this is artistically and creatively one of those books that’s going to stand up over time.
Alex: I agree. Next up, Pete’s favorite book of the month-
Justin: Month?
Alex: … maybe year, Luna #2 from BOOM! Studios by Maria Llovet. This is about a-
Pete: Don’t put your weird shit on me, motherfucker.
Alex: Listen, man. Maria Llovet makes some gorgeous art. That is what I am going to say. This is about a woman that is getting into a strange cult and getting sucked deeper and deeper. Justin, what did you think about this one?
Justin: I like this. It’s crazy how much this is like the other book, the Brian Azzarello book.
Alex: Faithless.
Justin: Faithless. Yeah. Just in almost every way. So it’s a little weird to have this being out so soon after we’ve been talking about the other one, but I like this independent of Faithless. I think this is a good book. It’s sort of like the country, the unplugged version of Faithless, where there’s a lot of vests with no shirt underneath, looking in old books and playing some fun acoustic guitar.
Alex: Faithless too fancy for you? Check out Luna, now from BOOM! Studios.
Justin: A hundred percent. Even bad boys have a soft side. Luna, from BOOM! Studios.
Alex: Next up, Sweet Tooth: The Return #5 from DC Comics by Jeff Lemire. We are at the second to last issue of this book, a rebooted Sweet Tooth. We find out some big revelations and twists in this issue. Pete, there’s a big, angry elephant. What did you think of this one?
Pete: Yeah. I really enjoyed the elephant. Yeah. We got the kind of reveal, the evil master plan in this. Yeah. I think it does a great job of leading us, being like “Oh, what’s going to … Tune in next time.” Yeah. I think this is a great book. The art’s fantastic. It’s really raise the stakes. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next issue.
Justin: Pete, how did you like the zoo? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete, how’d you like the circus? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete, how’d you like your safari? I really enjoyed the elephant. That’s all I hear from you, Pete.
Alex: Hey, Pete. How were your animal crackers? I really enjoyed the elephant.
Pete: The elephant. Yeah.
Justin: Pete, how do you enjoy-
Pete: See, the elephant animal cracker is a little bigger. So you get more cracker. That’s why it’s more enjoyable.
Justin: Pete, how did-
Alex: Did you bite off the legs first, or the trunk first? What did you go for?
Pete: It depends on the mood, you know? Some days are a trunk day. Other are the legs.
Justin: Uh oh. He’s in a real trunk mood.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Pete-
Alex: Yeah. Oh, I can’t eat carbs today. It’s trunk day.
Justin: Trunk day. Pete, how did you enjoy the animal in the room that no one wanted to talk about? I really enjoyed the elephant. I mean, if you like Sweet-
Pete: I love walking into the room and talking about the giant elephant. You kidding me?
Justin: Believe me, I’ve known you for so long I can’t hide an elephant in the room with you. Elephant. If you like Sweet Tooth, you’re going to like this book. It is a true one-to-one sequel to that book. You don’t get to know the characters as well, and it feels like it’s taking the ideas and creating a story that has the tension and stress and thriller nature of Sweet Tooth and just playing that hard quickly, and I’m curious what the big point of this will be at the end.
Alex: I agree. I think a lot of the proof is going to be in that final issue, and I’m excited to check that out. Next up, The Immortal Hulk #44 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. We are back to the good old fucked up Immortal Hulk this issue with things growing out of people’s backs and big monsters and things exploding and whatever. That’s great. I love it. I love this book.
Justin: Yeah. I love this book too. The art is so good, so horrifying. Truly, there’s so much just skin stretched-
Pete: Oh, fuck.
Justin: … in fucked up places. I love it.
Alex: I love that this is the sort of book where you can have a green Sasquatch in the desert with Puck, and Rick Jones, who’s just like a stretched out neck at this point and a head, is coming out of a radioactive guy, and they’re like “Whoa. Whoa. He’s not bad. He’s not smiling anymore,” and you’re like “Yeah. No. No. He’s a good guy now.”
Justin: Yeah. It was like “I noticed the lack of smile on this horrifying image.”
Alex: But it’s great. I love that they’ve gotten this book to a place where they just have this insane mythology where that happens. You have this huge fights with the U-Foes and the Hulk where, spoiler, but they win and they blast the skin off the Hulk in the most horrifying way, leading to a huge cliffhanger at the end there. This is great. Pete, I know you’ve been a little back and forth on this book. How’d you feel about this one?
Pete: I thought it had a really hilarious, amazing, scary, fucked up last page. I think this is a very creative, dark, twisted book. It continues to be enthralling. I’m excited to see how this is going to kind of end or wrap up here, because after that last page, I was like “What?”
Alex: This is not actually my problem or anything, but there was a certain sense I got towards the end of this book, because they clearly are heading towards the endgame with Immortal Hulk. I started to feel bad for whoever is going to have to pick up Hulk afterwards, after this run, and be like-
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: But I think-
Alex: … “Yeah. I’m the Hulk. I like to smash things. Boop. Boop.”
Pete: No, but I think that Marvel knows that, and I think that you kind of get something that’s like “Hey. Your Hulk book isn’t always fucked up.” You know what I mean? So it’ll be a refreshing, nice Hulk story that we can kind of be like “Oh, yeah. That’s right. This Hulk,” and then maybe it’ll be something else later, but I think the next thing could be a nice palate cleanser.
Alex: No. I agree. I mean, I think all I’m saying is this is such a definitive Hulk run. To come after this, I do not know what you do next at this point.
Justin: Yeah. I mean, it does feel like they’re setting up … This issue, really, I was like “Ah, I see where we’re going.” I’m very excited for that. The U-Foes were great. It’s rare to see a story where your hero gets just destroyed in such a fashion, and yeah. I feel like they’re going to be like “Okay. How about it’s just Hulk smash for a while?” after this.
Alex: Next up, Specter Inspectors #2 from BOOM! Box by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto. We love the first issue of this book, which found a bunch of fake paranormal investigators discovering something real paranormal. They track down more paranormal stuff this issue, specifically a ghost in a library. Pete, you’re a big Ghostbusters fan.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, the classic-
Alex: You love a ghost in a library. What’d you think about this one?
Pete: Yeah. The classic ghost in the library move. Fun. Yeah. I think this continues to be a really fantastic book, and what’s nice is even though it’s drawn a little cartoony, there’s still some real scary panels going on in here, and I like this kind of group of people that we have working together. It has some heart to it. It’s intense, and it’s going to be fun to see how this gang kind of gets out of trouble, but yeah, a little nod to the old classic Ghostbusters with the old librarian ghost.
Alex: Yep.
Justin: Yeah. This book, the art is so great at just expressing the different feelings and emotions these characters are having throughout this story. So it’s a really great book that … Great synergy between the writer and artist here, and it’s good. It’s scary, and it’s fun.
Pete: It’s a bold move to talk to a librarian ghost, because you know she’s going to shush you, but they rolled that dice and they took that gamble.
Justin: I’d rather talk to a librarian ghost than just a regular living librarian.
Pete: Interesting.
Alex: Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man #61, AKA stop Spider-Man, from Marvel, written by Nick Spencer, art by Patrick Gleason. This issue, we’re getting a brand-new status quo for Spider-Man. This is the much hyped new costume. We find out why he gets the new costume here. Justin, what did you think about this one?
Justin: This is such a total shift back to what Nick Spencer was doing before this last big storyline where all this gross stuff happened with Kindred and Sin-Eater and all that, which was so heavy and intense, and this was like “Nope. It’s fun again. Boomerang and Spidery just being roommates, screwing around, social media,” all that. So it was a bit of a whiplash jumping into this issue. I like what’s happening. It’s hard to reconcile with the last six months of Spider-Man.
Alex: Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, I agree with Justin. This does feel like Whiplash where somebody’s yelling at me to play the drums and I really don’t want to. I’m looking forward to this thing being over with so can get back to Spider-Man.
Alex: For me, this felt like Whiplash in terms of I’m a little more into my bird than Sam Rockwell.
Justin: Okay.
Alex: So we all had different takes. I liked this. I thought this was fun. Like Justin was saying, I do think it’s interesting that they throw in the Kindred thing right at the beginning here. They’re clearly not done with it. We’re going to come back to it at some point, you’d think.
Justin: I just hope we finally get to find out who’s underneath the mask.
Alex: That would be great. The Last Witch #3, our last book here on The Stack, from BOOM! Box, written by Conor McCreery, illustrated by V.V. Glass. Here, we’re getting a witch versus witch battle. That’s the hot thing this month. Everybody loves it. Everybody loves seeing witches fighting, and you guys have been loving this book.
Pete: Oh, yeah.
Justin: I do love this book. This is another one of my favorites of the week.
Pete: Yep.
Justin: These characters are so good. I’m so behind this young girl who has the witch mark and is battling these badass witches and somehow finding a way to win every time. I really love this.
Pete: Yeah. I’m really impressed with this, the art, the storytelling. It’s really fantastic. What’s great is it’s even better than it looks. When you look at it, you’re like “Oh, kind of looks adorable. Looks like an all-ages,” but it’s not. There’s so much going on in this book. It’s really fantastic. It’s very touching. Plus, you got a badass grandma who smokes cigars. I mean, come on. You know what I mean? Come on.
Alex: I knew it. I knew you were going to bring up the grandma.
Justin: I knew we’d-
Pete: Come on.
Justin: … get to Pete’s grandma love.
Pete: The little kid and the … It’s touching. It’s badass. It’s fun. It’s a lot of different things, but the storytelling and the art is glorious, and this book has really been impressive.
Justin: At what age are you finally like “Wow. That’s what I’m talking about,” when you see a grandma, Pete?
Pete: What do you mean?
Justin: What age? Is it someone having grandchildren? Or are you like … When you see someone, like an older grandmother woman, is that when you’re like “Okay. I want to put a sword in that golden girl’s hand”?
Pete: Well, any time you see a badass grandma, you think that’s a cool grandma. You know what I mean? So I don’t know what the age is, but if you saw a grandma rocking a cigar or with a sword or a machine gun, you’re going to be like “Hell yeah. I’m on her team. She’s on my team. Let’s go.”
Alex: Pete, that’s a real GILF, is what you’re saying?
Pete: No. No. That is not what I’m saying.
Alex: Grandma I’d like to fight with.
Pete: All right. You know what, Zalben? I don’t know what to do with you.
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It’s time for the series finale of Marvel’s WandaVision, appropriately titled “The Series Finale,” so let’s break it all down on our podcast. Agatha Harkness stands fully revealed, and is going witch versus witch with Wanda Maximoff, aka The Scarlet Witch. Meanwhile, White Vision and Westview Vision settle things the only way a synthezoid can, Monica tries to escape from Fietro and discovers a surprising secret about him, and Billy and Tommy step up to the plate, with their lives – and the fate of the whole town – in the balance. From what happened to White Vision, to Skrulls, to Ralph Bohner, to the TWO WandaVision Episode 9 post credit scenes, to what this all means for Captain Marvel 2, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Spider-Man: No Way Home, to all the WandaVision finale Easter eggs and comic book references you can shake a gnarled, withered old hand at, we’ve got you covered.
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: Welcome to MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel the MCU, and right now, the finale of WandaVision is a very secretive title called The Series Finale. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin, coming at you live from the children’s bedroom, the very hub where all great content comes from.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: Pete is awake this time. That’s very excited. I’m excited that your alarm went off here for the series finale. Now, requisite spoiler warning here. Go watch WandaVision The Series Finale. We’re going to spoil it. We’re going to talk about everything, all the Easter eggs, all the Marvel secrets, also talk about the two post-credit sequences. So if you watched through the regular WandaVision credits and then tuned out, keep watching through the regular credits, because there’s another sequence after that.
Justin: Actually, even beyond that, there’s this whole credit sequence called The Age of Ultron that I actually really enjoyed that you can keep watching, and then at the end of that, there’s another post-credit sequence.
Alex: Oh, man. What was that next post-credit sequence? Was it Raya and the Last Dragon?
Justin: Yes, and that one was expensive. I had to pay for that.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: Man, Marvel … They’re just-
Justin: They get you.
Alex: They’re taking us for everything we’re worth. Now-
Justin: Plus, there’s a whole pre-credit sequence I don’t know if you watched, which was the actual episode of television we’re talking about.
Alex: I skipped that completely.
Justin: Yeah. Oh, that’s sort of the important part.
Alex: Let’s talk about this. This is, of course, the final episode. It’s bringing everything together. Certainly, I’m sure there’s some things we want to talk about that weren’t necessarily touched on, but huge episode. We got the Fantastic Four. We got X-Men. We got Mephisto.
Pete: What the fuck.
Alex: Every theory-
Pete: Shut up.
Alex: … was 100 percent true, and that was great. I was very excited about that. What did you guys think?
Justin: About the episode? I mean, this was good. Earlier this week, the director … Right? Matt Shakman came out and said “Hey. You’re probably going to be disappointed,” which is always a weird thing to hear from one of the main creatives on a project before it comes out, but I see what he was saying, where it’s a classic end of the third act of a Marvel movie, where it’s mostly a big fight. There’s some nice, touching moments. There’s some really smart moments in this, and then everyone just sort of goes back to their corners, and we see what happens going forward.
Pete: Except for the fact that there’s a lot of loss and a lot of sadness that is still there. You know what I mean? I mean, we’ve said goodbye to a whole family in this episode, man. That’s a tough way to start your fucking Friday, especially so fucking early in the fucking morning.
Alex: I do that every Friday. Every Friday, I wake up, I say goodbye to a family, and then I go-
Justin: He has an ant farm that he smushes an entire family of ants every morning on Fridays when he gets up.
Alex: Teaches me about mortality. That’s how I like to end my week.
Justin: That’s a good way of saying it when you’re murdering tiny little creatures. The thing is, Pete, I don’t think we actually said goodbye to very many characters. The Vision gets-
Pete: There’s two Visions now. Which one you talking about?
Justin: Well, I think there’s eventually only one, the ghost Vision, that I think our old Hex Vision converts ghost Vision into the one true Vision. He just goes off. The kids, we hear … There’s no way we’re not going to see them again, and we hear, even in the post-post-credits sequence a little whisper from some sort of child.
Alex: Help. Mama, help. Just before we get too into the minutia of the episode, I’d also like to chime in and just say that I thought this was great. I thought this was a really good finale, and to your point, Justin, yeah, one of the pleasures of talking about WandaVision week to week has been talking about the theories and speculating about it and throwing out “Ooh, is this teasing X-Men? Is this teasing Fantastic Four? Is this teasing Mephisto?” whatever other Marvel characters you want to throw in there, “Is Dr. Strange going to show up? What are the cameos going to be?” and like we sort of talked about last week, what they did really smartly was the story.
Alex: I think, as a watcher, as a fan, go crazy. Theorize as much as you want. I think this is what Matt Shakman was saying, but at the end of the day, put those theories aside and just watch it, because what they were telling was a story about Wanda’s grief, her sadness, and not how you completely move past that, but how you start to move past that, and I think that’s what they effectively did through the action sequences, through the plot in this episode, which I really appreciated.
Justin: I agree. I mean, and like a lot of fans, I love speculating, but the ultimate speculation in fan theory is a show about grief. I think that, at the end of the day, there’s a million blog posts about “Yeah. It was grief. It was grief all along. Woo.”
Alex: Yeah. Now, we should talk about the Marvel Comics origins of grief, which is a classic character. It’s a demon, has a … No. It doesn’t. I don’t know. I liked that. I liked how, like we sort of even speculated about, they ended it with this quieter moment with the family of their house that was so sad and so poignant, but it really was that Wanda … It was all Wanda. Like they said in the third or fourth episode, it’s Wanda. It’s all Wanda, and that’s what it was about. It was about her emotional journey to getting to the point where she can let go of Vision, even though, to your point again, Vision is a god. He’s still out there somewhere.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Where do you think the White Vision flew to in such a hurry?
Alex: I mean, now that he realizes he’s alive, he’s probably going to get a good burger or something, go to In-N-Out?
Pete: Really?
Alex: That’s a good place.
Pete: I thought he-
Justin: Wow.
Pete: I thought it was more like “Hey, man. Go start your own family. Don’t live like this, all right? Go pick a town, take it over. You can do it better this time.”
Alex: If you look at the closed captioning, he was actually … While he was flying off, he says “It’s time to get married.”
Justin: Yeah. I love the idea, Pete, that you’re like “Wow. When someone’s really sad, the best advice is to go start their own family.” So when you were an angsty teen, you were like “That’s it. I’m out of here. I’m getting married, and I’m just going to have kids, and I’m going to be in charge of that family.”
Pete: That’s right.
Alex: I’ll tell you what. If you’re having problems, having a whole family … That’ll fix everything.
Justin: That’s a hundred percent right. Look at me, I make total sense. I’m on top of the world in here. I’m in a tiny, tiny room, and look at this. These are the Nordic sculptures at the end of the episode in the double post-credit sequence.
Pete: Oh, look it. You-
Justin: This is an Easter egg.
Pete: … cast your own spells in your own home. That’s smart, man.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Let’s talk a little bit more about Vision just to focus this in a bit. I loved that not only that we got the White Vision versus Westview Vision, or whatever we want to call him, fight, which was great and fun to watch, but that it ended with this very classic Vision fashion of having a philosophical discussion, which was very much … I mean, I know we’re joking about Age of Ultron and everybody’s been like “Jesus Christ, Disney Plus. Stop pushing Age of Ultron on me at the end here,” but one of the absolute best scenes in Age of Ultron is when Vision just talks to Ultron in the woods about humanity at the end there right before he takes care of him as he did.
Pete: You can’t say plateaus like “One of the best things of Ultron.” That’s crazy. There were so many fun little points. What about when Hawkeye threatens to shoot? He was like “Nobody would know. I could just take you out.” There was a lot of good moments. You can’t just say one of-
Alex: I’m not trying to slam your favorite movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Pete. All I’m saying-
Pete: All right. Well, don’t say best moments and talk about a moment that was like “All right. Let’s talk about life in the woods.”
Alex: That’s a great moment. You’re wrong.
Justin: Alex, don’t push him too much further. He’s going to go start another family, and he’s got too many fucking families.
Alex: Regardless, I think this whole thing about the ship and discussion it was really great and a great way of wrapping it up that I certainly was not expecting.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: If you don’t like your family, move and start a new one next town over. No one will know.
Justin: Wow. That maybe used to work, but not anymore. I agree. I thought this was a cool way, especially in an episode that started … At the very beginning, it was just fight, fight, fight, and to have it sort of heighten and elevate to the point where we actually get to see this butting of heads in a really smart way, I thought, was great, and the way that it ends with him sort of … We see his stone flash to the Mind Stone yellow briefly and then back to blue, and then his eyes go from blur to just human, good old-fashioned human eyes.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, it’s impressive how after all the action movies, Marvel is like “All right. We’re going to make something that’s a little bit more sad, something that’s going to tug on the heartstrings a little bit and isn’t really going to be about fighting,” and it’s great that creatively we can be doing shows like this. Sure, you walk away not as pumped and maybe a little bit more sad, but it is a cool story nonetheless.
Alex: Shout out to my boy Paul Bettany for doing a great job on this series. Just everybody was great across the board, fantastic cast, but like we’ve been talking about on this podcast all along, he played so many modes of different comedy. In this episode, like we’re talking about, he got to be classic Vision, but that speech at the end to Wanda as he’s saying goodbye was so sweet and so sad and so beautiful. I do hope people don’t lump on it the same way they did the “What is grief but love persevering?” line, because-
Justin: That wasn’t getting lumped. I mean, it was elevated to the point after last week’s episode. This was on Twitter, if you don’t follow all this nonsense. It was elevated to the point of “Look at this perfect line,” and then everyone went after it then, but I mean, it was a good line.
Alex: It’s a good line. It was well said. I’m just saying that I think this was another good speech, and I feel like people are going to equate them in their minds a little bit. So it’s like “Lay off, buddy.” That’s all I’m saying.
Justin: Alex, we should give a shout out to you for calling Paul Bettany describing himself as the actor he wanted to work with.
Alex: Oh, yes. Thank you. Every once in a while … Here’s the thing. This is a little business thing that maybe you guys don’t know about.
Pete: Wait. Wait. Wait. Justin, are you kicking your own kids out of their own room right now? Is that what you’re-
Justin: Yeah. This is Daddy’s time.
Pete: Your kid just wants to go to its bed. Let that kid-
Justin: Its bed? Wow. For a man who has multiple families, you don’t know how to talk about kids very well. She’s awake. Ever since we’ve been doing this podcast, getting up at the crack of dawn, she gets up before me and sits in the living room. So we’ve really evolved as a family.
Alex: Does she talk to you about speculation and spoilers?
Justin: Yeah. She’s-
Pete: Yeah. What does she think?
Justin: She wanted to interrupt and say “Where the fuck was Al Pacino? I really wanted [inaudible 00:11:22].”
Pete: Give that kid a mic. That’s comedy gold.
Alex: But yeah. I do think it’s very funny, and Paul Bettany had this interview on Good Morning America, I believe, where he was like “Yeah. I thought it would be funny when I was saying that, and it kind of blew up out of control.” So that’s great, and that’s fine. I don’t love when they’re lying about stuff. Love Tatiana Maslany. The fact that she was like “No. I’m not She Hulk,” and then she was cast as She Hulk … That’s not her fault. Somebody told her to say that and deny that, but this Paul Bettany thing is just funny enough. I would rather they do stuff like that. It reminds me a little bit … I don’t know if you guys remember when Michael Shannon was doing a little press and people were asking him about Batman v Superman. He was like “Yeah. I’m in that as Zod again, but I have flipper hands. It was really difficult to open the bathroom door with my flipper hands.” That’s the sort of thing that’s like “Sure. Fuck with people. That’s fine.”
Justin: Do you think that Paul Bettany got a phone call late at night from Kevin Feige like “Hey, man. You really fucked us on this whole guest star thing. You get on Good Morning America and you fix it. You fix it.”
Alex: Probably, but it was good, and I did like seeing him go up. Yeah. It’s funny that we were speculating this much about the cameo. While we’re sort of talking about these things that we speculated a lot about, who was in witness protection for Jimmy Woo? We never tied that up.
Justin: That’s crazy to me because it’s one thing that we went off on our own little wild speculation. That’s our thing, but even the little nuggets they dropped didn’t really pay off in a way, and I was very surprised there wasn’t a cameo. Obviously, I think, last time I was like “It could still be Mephisto.” That was always a reach, but I thought for sure we would get Dr. Strange. We get a lot of reference to him.
Pete: Sure do.
Justin: We’re fully in his world with the Darkhold and all these other things that we’ll probably talk about in a minute, but I still was surprised that we didn’t get a resolution on the witness protection thing, because what is it? Was it Agatha? Also, the-
Pete: Also-
Justin: … the Ralph thing was odd. We just get-
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: So that was an open-ended thing, really.
Pete: But also, it was like if you’re the Sorcerer Supreme, how do you not feel or notice this crazy shit going on? There was a lot of crazy shit happening magically that … You don’t have something that kind of senses that or kind of points in that direction that maybe you should check out?
Alex: I did not come up with this one. I saw somebody tweet it, and I do not remember who tweeted it, but somebody very correctly pointed out “You try getting somebody who lives in Midtown to come out to Jersey for a party.”
Justin: That’s legit. I mean, come on. He’s not going to leave his-
Pete: I was hoping that’s where she was going was going to New York City when she left.
Alex: I expected that we would see somebody at a post-credits. I was surprised that we didn’t see Dr. Strange in that last moment with Wanda in the cabin or something like that, but I appreciate that we didn’t actually have any cameos. It would have felt distracting.
Justin: Oh, okay, Alex. You appreciate that we didn’t have any cameos? Wow. What a strong point of view.
Alex: No. I do, because it kept it focused-
Pete: After the fact, after you’ve been speculating and wanting a cameo the whole time.
Alex: I have been saying, people can listen back, that maybe we’ll get some cameos, but I think that we would get Dr. Strange in a post-credits or showing up at the very end of the episode and that’s pretty much it all long.
Justin: Wow.
Alex: All along.
Pete: Sure. Sure. Sure.
Justin: Alex-
Alex: Also, all of the X-Men and Reed Richards.
Justin: Yeah. Exactly.
Alex: Other than that-
Justin: I think-
Pete: How did you like … Oh, go ahead.
Justin: No. You go, Pete.
Pete: I was going to say how did you like the kind of thing of like “Hey. It’s okay to come back to the theater. No, no, no. Come back to the theater. Please go into the theater, sit down in the seats, pay $30 for popcorn. Yes. Back in the theater. That’s where you belong. That’s where-“
Justin: You thought there was a little-
Pete: “… Marvel belongs, back in the movie theater. Right, everybody?”
Alex: Oh, okay. I didn’t get that at all.
Pete: “Home stuff is cool, but right? We should all be back in the movie theater. Now look up. Look up. Ah, yeah. Look at the giant screen. That’s nice, right?”
Justin: Wow. The ultimate post-credits sequence is being brainwashed.
Alex: Yeah. I think that might have been slightly more your thing. Can we talk about the stuff outside of the Hex, the folks outside of the Hex, and kind of run through them a little bit, talk about Jimmy Woo, what happened with him in this episode?
Pete: Flourish.
Alex: Flourish. Yeah. Straight out of Ant-Man and the Wasp, right? That’s where he learned-
Pete: It’s just magic talk. It’s a nice-
Justin: Yeah. That’s straight out of David Copperfield’s magic show, and I don’t know if I ever told you this, but David Copperfield made me disappear, actually, when I was five years old.
Pete: Yeah. I want-
Justin: [crosstalk 00:16:10].
Pete: I want the original Justin back. I don’t want this Copperfield copy. You know what I mean?
Alex: Yeah. Did you get-
Justin: Copyfield.
Alex: … dumped into a basement somewhere like in The Prestige?
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Yeah. Exactly.
Alex: Spoilers for The Prestige.
Justin: Wow. Alex dropping bombs. Jimmy Woo, I think, is … It’s funny how much he sort of took center stage and Darcy got a little bit left on the wayside here. She had a-
Pete: Yeah, but come on. I mean, that was … The Kat entrance was just money.
Justin: Fun moment, but interesting how she really felt like center of the sort of outside-of-the-Hex show for a bit and then was just sort of here for a car accident.
Pete: Come on. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Let’s not undercut it. It’s a bucket list dream, I think, of every person to drive a clown car into a clown. I mean, come on. That was just unbelievable.
Alex: Pete, I don’t want to keep lumping on … You did this the last time as well. It’s not a clown car. It is a funnel cake truck. I can’t believe you of all people is getting this wrong.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Okay. All right. Unbelievable.
Justin: We should tell you Pete has driven a clown car for several years, him and all of his [crosstalk 00:17:10].
Pete: Looking for some clown to run over, and I still haven’t found one.
Alex: I do wonder if maybe they didn’t have Kat Dennings really for this last episode, because-
Justin: It seems that way.
Alex: … it seemed like that was an insert shot and there was a credit in the end credits for double for Kat Dennings, double for Darcy. So I wonder if they were able to just grab her for one shot and that was pretty much it. So that’s why we got that.
Justin: It feels like-
Alex: It was a little bit of a bummer.
Justin: The Jimmy Woo stuff was fun. I liked him at the end of the episode. It’s like “Ooh, he’s running shit.” The idea that he gets to be maybe a more power player in the S.W.O.R.D. area. Or I guess I don’t know. He’s not technically in S.W.O.R.D., right? He’s in the FBI.
Alex: Well, I think that’s an interesting thing to talk about in terms of the MCU is we’ve seen S.H.I.E.L.D. dissolve. Then we get S.W.O.R.D. here, which we haven’t seen most of the development of, but certainly with Hayward gone, it seems like obviously there’s going to be some big changes there or that’s going to be dissolved, but it’s almost like they’re realigning the MCU to be the power player in terms of law and order is the FBI, very straightforward, which is interesting.
Justin: Well, and let’s not forget that Jimmy Woo is a character from the comics who ran the Agents of Atlas. Is that correct?
Alex: Yep.
Justin: So I could see him … Wow. Good job with the Hex situation in Westview. Maybe you can take over this random organization we just made up where there’s a talking gorilla and some other people.
Alex: Yep. First choice. First choice, talking gorilla. Also, we’re powered by a dragon. Don’t worry about it. It’s fine.
Justin: Yep.
Alex: That was good. We also got Monica, of course, and the full reveal, definitely has powers. She protects Billy and Tommy. Pretty fucked up that Hayward was trying to shoot a bunch of children.
Justin: Yo. I was like-
Pete: Yeah. Hayward just finally gets out of the truck to shoot kids? That’s his plan?
Alex: Jesus.
Justin: From a leadership position, it’s really hard to imagine being like “All right. Let me assess the situation. All right. Shoot the kids first. Bang, bang, bang.”
Pete: Yeah. I was like “Man, that’s like that Men in Black training where they took one shot at the poor kid the whole time.” That was crazy.
Alex: Well, particularly because all Billy and Tommy did was they were like “All right. We’re going to take care of the Army, steal their hats. Yeah.”
Pete: Oh, man. Military hates it when you steal their hats though. [crosstalk 00:19:16].
Alex: That’s where all their power is. They just shut down after that.
Justin: I will say it’s a very Olsen twin type movie choice at the end there too. Maybe that was a subtle nod to Elizabeth Olsen’s family.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Yeah, and then of course we get Wanda. Let’s go over to Wanda and the big witch battle with Agatha. What was your take on that? How do you think all of that panned out?
Pete: I thought it was fun. It was cool how we had a witch off and then a Vision off, and it was tough because they did a great job of being like “Oh, man. I don’t know if Wanda’s going to be able to win this, because she doesn’t know she’s a witch or is kind of denying it,” and then a fun kind of turn of like “Oh, I listened to your first lesson, and I’m now using that against you,” … That was really badass.
Justin: Yeah. I agree. It was sort of at a standstill for a while where I was like “She’s sucking her powers, and it really feels like there’s no way for her to get around this.” I liked the twist of the runes in the Hex. I thought that was a smart way to do it, and I guess I don’t know. Between those two battles and then the Vision battles, I wanted them to switch for just one little sequence.
Alex: Yeah. I thought that was going to happen, have the classic “We’re equally powered. Let’s switch partners,” but-
Justin: It wouldn’t have made a lot of sense.
Alex: … come on.
Justin: Yeah. No. Just for even a second. I thought that would have been cool just to break up the action of it a little bit, because it was just such a clean transfer of who’s winning from. Agatha was winning the entire time, and then it was like “Flip. Nope. I won,” later, and I wanted a little bit more nuance to that, I think, and Kathryn Hahn didn’t have a ton of chance to just not be spouting supervillain lines from hovering in the air. So I would have liked a little bit more stuff for her because she’s such a great character, such a great actor, such a great villain for this series. I like where we left her though, in a great way.
Pete: Oh, yeah. That was really crazy, the way it was kind of like touch the side of her head, and now she’s just like this little nosy neighbor, and it was fun to kind of see her back in that, and it just made it seem more empty and hollow than it was before and so added a nice kind of flavor to that.
Alex: Yeah. I 100 percent agree. I think we talked about this a little bit the last episode. There was just too much witch makeup on Kathryn Hahn. They poofed up her face and gave her these enormous brows. She’s great, but it felt like she was sort of trapped in this whole thing.
Pete: Also, I have a question. So the whole town is free except for her?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: So she’s playing a 1950s nosy neighbor. Isn’t the town going to be like “Yo. What’s with this lady?”
Justin: That’s really funny. I didn’t think of that, like “Hey, Agnes. Cool it. All right? Go home.”
Pete: It’s not 1950. What are you doing out here baking?
Alex: Okie-dokie, Artichokie.
Justin: Go home. We’re trying to do our taxes.
Alex: That was great. I also like the fact that they didn’t back down from the damage that she had done to Westview. I was sort of surprised she didn’t turn herself in at the end, Wanda, I mean, but the fact that everybody was looking at her, the fact that they were like “Please. We’ve been living your nightmares. Let us die.”
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: That was … Oh, man. The living your-
Alex: I like the fact that they … Well, they didn’t back down from making it very dark at the end there, which I think is a-
Pete: [crosstalk 00:22:39].
Alex: … tribute to the production. It would be very easy to be like “Oh, Wanda. Save us. It wasn’t your fault. It was Agatha’s all along,” but no. It was actually Wanda all along. She was the one that was doing this. She was wrecking them, and it did a terrible job. So-
Pete: Yeah. Did you-
Alex: … she didn’t completely fix it.
Pete: I was hoping for after the post we’d get a little Wanda song that was like “Actually, it was me all along.” How come she didn’t get a fun song?
Justin: Pete-
Alex: The Wanda rap?
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Pete, write and record it, release it. You have a couple hours before the internet …
Pete: Don’t be a white guy beat boxing.
Alex: Maximoff is going off.
Pete: Stop it. Stop. Stop. Stop.
Justin: I appreciate it, Alex.
Alex: Thank you.
Justin: Rhyming off with off this early in the morning is confident.
Alex: Well, I was going to rhyme witch with something, but it felt inappropriate.
Pete: Speaking of inappropriate, let’s talk about Ralph Bohner.
Alex: Just to be clear, B-O-H-N-E-R, Pete.
Pete: It’s Bohner. It’s Bohner is how you pronounce it.
Alex: It’s Bohner. It’s Ralph Bohner. It’s not Ralph Boner. Okay?
Pete: Yeah. Well, yeah.
Alex: I was okay with that. It sounds like you guys were a little disappointed that it wasn’t Quicksilver, it wasn’t Pietro actually or anything. It was just an actor.
Justin: I’m fine with-
Pete: Just an actor.
Justin: I’m fine with that choice. Any actor, especially a classically trained actor, is a star in my mind, but I do think it was weird that there wasn’t one little extra turn there, one little extra turn there, you know? Sorry. My-
Pete: Did she have an-
Justin: My daughter wants her bedroom back.
Pete: Yeah. Does your daughter have an idea about the extra turn? Is that why she jumped in?
Justin: Yeah. She was like “Maybe he’s Wong.” I don’t know what she’s talking about.
Pete: Oh, wow.
Alex: Huh. Interesting. I will say it’s interesting … There’s a lot more to talk about in the episode, but since we’re kind of touching on this now, there was a lot of speculation and it was well about how this tees up the next couple of Marvel movies, and they said “This is really going to open up the multiverse. It’s going to tie into Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It’s going to tie into Spider-Man: No Way Home.” It doesn’t, specifically, right?
Justin: No.
Pete: No.
Justin: Zero, which again, that’s fine. It’s just there was … They had all these open threads and they didn’t close them, in a way. They just sort of let them hang, and I guess, if you’re not going to use them for all these wild speculation ideas, which is totally fine, at least close them up a little bit.
Alex: Yeah. So-
Pete: Yeah. I mean-
Alex: Go ahead.
Pete: … Olsen was on Jimmy Fallon and she said “This puts me exactly where I need to be,” for the Sorcerer Supreme movie that she’s shooting now. So I was hoping for a little cameo or a little something, but I guess Sorcerer Supreme finds her in a little cabin in the woods, which is totally-
Alex: Well, no. I mean, I think that’s the one that … To talk about the two post-credit sequence, one is setting up Captain Marvel 2. The other one is setting up Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but like a lot of this stuff when they do the end credits, and I feel like people have probably forgotten because it’s been so long, it’s not specifically like “Here’s the first scene,” most of the time. It’s something that tees up the idea. So talking about the second one first, we got Wanda. She’s making tea. She’s in a cabin. You think she’s dealing with her grief. She’s in a sweat suit. She’s in quarantine just like the rest of us.
Pete: I think it’s like casual active wear is what she’s wearing. I don’t know why you’re-
Justin: Wow.
Alex: All right then.
Justin: Interesting stance to take, Pete. Athleisure wear? Is that what you’re talking about?
Pete: Yeah. Exactly.
Alex: Sure, but at the same time, she is also in her full Scarlet Witch outfit. She is floating in some magic. She’s-
Pete: Reading the Darkhold.
Alex: … reading the Darkhold, when she hears Billy and Tommy calling out from somewhere, and Billy says “Mom, help. Mom, please,” and Tommy says “Help, Mom. Please.” So we know, even though seemingly they disappeared in Westview, they’re out there somewhere. So I guess it’s a question of-
Pete: Do we know that? Or is she just hearing their cries because she’s grieving for them?
Alex: This is the open question, right? I think the thing that kicks her in is she’s exploring her powers. She’s been told in this episode she is more powerful than the Sorcerer Supreme. She thinks her kids are out there somewhere. Are they in the multiverse? Do they still exist in the MCU? Is it somebody tricking them? Clearly, she is going to seek out Dr. Strange to find them, and that’s going to be at least a part of the plot of that movie. So I think that was a very direct line there.
Justin: It’s interesting. She is in that post-post-credit … She’s in the pose in the Darkhold that Agatha referenced as a problem, a very problematic pose. So we speculated a little bit that maybe Wanda was some sort of villain in this Dr. Strange movie or at least a agent of chaos, and it sounds like she will be the catalyst to push Dr. Strange into the Multiverse of Madness on a quest for Billy and Tommy. Though, the Dr. Strange movie can’t be about finding Wanda’s kids, right?
Pete: Yeah, because Wanda killed her kids. So what is she looking for her kids for?
Justin: No. I don’t think that’s what happened, but-
Pete: Well, she controls the kind of field around the thing, and she was setting everything back to the way it was.
Alex: Just to touch on this a little bit, she took the field. We presume they disappear. I expected there to be a little thing at the end where she’s standing in the ruins of the house and they pop up like “What’s up, Mom?” but obviously, they didn’t. So yeah. I mean, to Pete’s point, yes. They disappeared. So we don’t know.
Pete: She killed them.
Alex: We don’t know how she hears those voices. Do their spirits exist? Are they out of the multiverse. We’re not sure at this point.
Pete: She killed them.
Justin: Well, I think-
Alex: [inaudible 00:28:21].
Justin: … if I were to speculate, which we can do … We have the power to do that in our own little personal Hex.
Alex: So far, we’ve been spot on with every bit of speculation.
Justin: Spot on. Spot on. I think, either Wiccan himself was like “Oh, I see what’s happening here,” and just jooped them out of there-
Pete: Yeah, because we didn’t see them. They died off screen.
Justin: They didn’t die for sure. Or there is something to this chaos magic that we’ll get to learn more about, where because they were fully realized people, they have souls, that the chaos magic couldn’t destroy them, they were just moved to a place of pure magic or something.
Pete: Wow. You’re really working hard to try to save the fact that she killed her kids, man.
Alex: Well, hold on. We heard their voices at the end. So there’s something going on there, Pete. Plus, it was very pointed that we didn’t see them disappear in the same way we saw Vision disappear. I think, first of all, that was put emotionally back on Wanda and Vision, also, real rough to recover a show after watching kids die, I think. But I do want to say, just while we’re jumping around here, I don’t know if you feel this way, Justin. There is a certain sense like I thought it hit on a very specific parental thing of when you say goodnight to your kids, you’re like “Oh, my god-“
Pete: Yeah. You might never see them again. Yeah. That’s it.
Alex: Honestly, there’s some times when that goes through your head, and it’s terrifying. So-
Pete: That was like “Oh, goodnight, kids,” and then the way they were hanging on it was like “Wait a second. This is bigger than a ‘Goodnight, kids,'” and then I was like “Oh, god. She’s going to murder her kids, isn’t she?”
Justin: Stop saying that.
Alex: She did not murder her kids.
Pete: What did she do then? You tell me. The whole thing slowly came and wiped everybody out and reset everything. Those kids didn’t exist until the spell. She wipes the spell, kids are gone, dude.
Justin: Monica Rambeau kept her powers. The Vision who was changed by the Vision in the Hex flies off, is still changed. The Hex world influenced the outside world. I don’t think you have to worry about it, but to your point, Alex, when you-
Pete: We just watched nine episodes of somebody bringing kids to life and then murdering them in front of us.
Justin: When your kids go to bed, that’s why you always check on them, and you whisper in their little ears “Hey. I’m recording a podcast tomorrow morning. Please, sleep in for a change, would you?”
Pete: The timing on the kid attacking you as you said that was magical.
Justin: Yep. That’s-
Alex: Real quick while we’re talking about post-credits things, there’s also the tee off of Captain Marvel 2. Pete preferred to focus on the fact that it was in a movie theater, but I do think it’s important or nice to talk about, I guess, that Monica seems to be heading into Captain Marvel 2. That seems like maybe it’s going to be headed more to space, because we had the reveal of a Skrull friend of her mother’s, who I assume is Talos-
Justin: Got to be.
Alex: … the Skrull.
Pete: Just real quick. If you were in a movie theater and somebody points up, what do you think they’re talking about? You know what I mean? Well, I just-
Alex: The theater right above it.
Pete: Right. Exactly. I would like a little bit like “Actually, there’s a giant sword floating above the Earth. That’s what I’m pointing at.” Be clear. If I got called to a movie theater, and then someone was pointing up, I’d be like-
Alex: Would you have preferred if Monica-
Pete: … “Help me help you.”
Alex: Would you have preferred if Monica was like “The ceiling?”
Pete: Yeah. Exactly. Are we talking about the ceiling, bro? Is there something on top of this building? Help me.
Justin: No. She was like “Let’s go sneak into Black Widow. It’s right upstairs.”
Alex: All right. As Justin’s kids are starting to get a little persnickety, why don’t we start to wrap this up here, talk about some other Easter eggs and little things in the episode? I could read through a couple I noticed, but I’d love to hear from you guys, of course, as well. First of all, in the witch battle right at the beginning, Agatha gets knocked into the house. We see Wanda looks underneath. You see just the shoes. It’s just like Wizard of Oz.
Pete: Oh, that’s a fun little-
Justin: Oh, Wizard of Oz.
Pete: Come on.
Justin: Just classic witch ref.
Alex: Well, they’ve had Oz stuff throughout the entire series. So it was a fun little point there.
Pete: Yeah, and if you look in the rubble, there’s a little dog tag that says Toto.
Alex: Man, you’re really into murdering kids and dogs in this episode.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:32:30].
Pete: Dog got murdered by that car, yo.
Justin: At the end of Wizard of Oz, Toto is going strong, dude.
Pete: Oh, right. Right. My bad.
Justin: Obviously, Dorothy, again, was just dealing with her grief. Every time I watch The Wizard of Oz, I’m like “Grief gang. Let’s see this.”
Alex: We talked very briefly about the Darkhold. We have speculated about whether this was or was not. They reveal that it is, in fact, the Darkhold. This is probably going to be a huge issue, I assume, online today, because the Darkhold played throughout Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and also played into Runaways a little bit. This looks entirely different. I think you could excuse it one of two ways. Either, A, yes, they are completely erasing everything that happened in Marvel TV before this, or it’s just another copy of the Darkhold either way.
Justin: Oh, yeah? You’re going with “Yeah. There was a big-“
Alex: No. I’m going with one, but I think, if people want to feel better about it, they could go with two.
Justin: Oh, that’s nice. If you want to delude yourself with your own personal Hex about the Marvel continuity, yeah. Go that way. I like the idea that you’re like “Yeah. Well, there was actually a pretty large print run on the Darkhold. Everybody got a copy.”
Alex: Hey. Can I get a copy of that, man?
Justin: Yeah, like the college bookstore where you’re like “Yeah. I just need to buy a couple copies of the Darkhold.”
Alex: The shittiest thing … I remember standing outside Barnes & Noble in a line before midnight waiting to get my copy of the Darkhold, and some asshole walked along and was like “She’s the Scarlet Witch, man.” God. Spoilers. Come on.
Justin: Some huge spoilers.
Pete: Oh, man.
Justin: I mean, to be fair, that’s right at the beginning of the Darkhold. There’s so much-
Pete: What sucked was I was in line, and then the person in front of me got two, and I didn’t get one, and I was like “Oh, that should be illegal.”
Alex: Did you get yours signed though by the fucking devil?
Justin: The Darkhold … I know we referenced, like “It’s probably the Darkhold.” I mean, there is only really one super magic book in the Marvel universe. So it’s not like we were-
Pete: You want credit for recognizing the one-
Justin: No. I’m saying we shouldn’t take credit.
Pete: Yeah. Okay.
Alex: No. It’s about on par with somebody being like “Hey. I’m going to go grab this nullifier,” and we’re like “Is it the Ultimate Nullifier?”
Justin: Nope. It’s just sort of the regular, casual nullifier. Oh, okay. Cool, but I mean, the Darkhold … Just leaving all the TV continuity aside from this show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., that I guess some people watched, there’s a … That’s a dig on you, Alex. There is a-
Alex: I watched most of it.
Justin: Yeah. Cool. You and literally everyone else. There is a lot of comic book stuff that the Darkhold sort of opens up, even beyond sort of the magic side into the sort of more horror side. There was a series called the Darkhold Redeemers, which was a team of magical heroes track down and resolve horror monsters and stuff like that. So that’s cool. It opens the door for characters like Blade and whatnot to maybe re-enter the Marvel universe.
Pete: Yes. Come on.
Justin: Obviously, we know there’s a Blade movie that was announced very early on in the process. We have no idea what’s happening there, but it’s a nice doorway to have there.
Alex: I think that’s a really good point about the horror thing in particular. Since Sam Raimi is directing Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, there was a whole sticky thing behind the scenes where Scott Derrickson, who directed the first movie, was like “Yeah. We’re going to make this a fucking hard R horror movie,” and Marvel was like “Maybe not.” They brought in Sam Raimi. I think we’re still going to see whatever it means for horror in the MCU in that movie, which is cool. A couple of … Oh, go ahead, Pete.
Pete: I want to say some stuff I want to quickly talk about. I really love Jimmy Woo coming into power, especially the part where he got that douche military guy to start monologuing. That was, for me, a real hero move to get the bad guy to spill the beans on his plan and stuff, why he’s doing the Flourish. I really appreciated, and I wanted to kind of talk about the last moment there that we had with Vision and Wanda where it was like Vision cried, which was unbelievable moment, and then Wanda cried, and then I fucking cried because it was really a very touching moment that … I don’t know if we’re going to see Vision again or what’s going to happen after this. It was a pretty crazy, cool moment that we got to kind of witness that.
Justin: It was crazy to see a robot cry, and by that, I’m talking, of course, about you, Pete.
Pete: Oh, [crosstalk 00:36:56].
Justin: So that is truly amazing.
Alex: So I’m going to admit something now that is a bad thing to admit. I’ve definitely told you guys before, but I haven’t said it on this podcast. I have never seen Blade Runner, but on the marquee for-
Pete: How about the second one?
Alex: Yeah. I watched Blade Runner 2049, but-
Justin: That’s the one that people say to go see. That’s the [crosstalk 00:37:17].
Alex: But I know enough about references from Blade Runner. On the marquee, and they reviewed this the last episode, the movie that’s actually being shown there is called Tannhauser Gate: Puts the Fun 1n Dysfunction, with a one for the I, and that’s from the whole tears in the rain monologue that Rutger Hauer gives in Blade Runner. So I think that was a neat little Easter egg tee-up for Vision crying in the last episode.
Justin: I think Tannhauser Gate is like a warp station, or it’s like a doorway to other wilder places, so I think that’s definitely … Because we see it once when they’re sort of fighting and they sort of fight past the theater, right? Then I was like “Oh, cool. That’s got to be something,” and then later when they’re just like “Oh, go meet in the theater,” and then it’s a long, lingering shot, I was like “Okay. That’s like an Easter egg.”
Alex: Paul Bettany kind of comes into frame and is like …
Justin: Like “Try that out.”
Alex: [inaudible 00:38:17].
Pete: Go to movie theaters, guys.
Justin: It’s like if the-
Alex: That is not what anybody was saying.
Justin: You’re a conspiracy theorist, Pete.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: It’s like if the Easter Bunny hid all of your Easter eggs on Easter morning inside an egg carton in your fridge.
Alex: Couple of other Easter eggs, speaking of which, and thank you for the transition, Justin. So this is something that a couple of people picked up on a couple of episodes back when Vision left the Hex, but I feel like it was even more prominent now. When Vision and Billy and Tommy are being ripped apart when Wanda’s taking down the Hex, it kind of looks like pixels, but it also kind of looks like puzzle pieces. There’s a classic cover from House of M of Scarlet Witch breaking apart into these puzzle pieces, into these bits. So I think that was a visual callback to that. Again-
Pete: I thought it was kind of like a callback to the Thanos snap where people turned into dust.
Alex: It definitely felt like that, emotionally, which sucked.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Another one. Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but when Wanda does the disappearing thing behind Agatha right at the beginning of their witch battle, it felt very I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched to me just in terms of the movement, which I thought was cute. You watched Age of Ultron, Justin.
Justin: Of course.
Alex: So you know about this-
Justin: [crosstalk 00:39:34].
Alex: … but we got a callback to the Wanda doing the nightmare thing to Tony Stark in Age of Ultron, which we haven’t seen her do since, where she does that to Agatha and sucks her back to Salem 1602, I think it was, or something like that.
Pete: Sure.
Justin: Probably not, but that’s a good guess. 1602 is a big date in Marvel Comics, but-
Pete: Yeah. Exactly.
Alex: [crosstalk 00:39:53].
Justin: … I know we have a hard time differentiating between the two histories.
Alex: Oh, wow. Pete just pulling it out right there. Always on your person. That’s amazing.
Pete: Yeah. You got to be ready for when things like this happen.
Alex: Well, I-
Pete: Did I create that moment by having the comic ready? Or did you create that moment, and then I was ready for it, like-
Alex: Great question.
Pete: … “Oh, what? Oh, shit.”
Justin: Pete either took a philosophy 101 class just now, or this show has ruined him [crosstalk 00:40:23].
Alex: Couple other quick things that I wanted to call out. We got the energy head sock, which I thought was fun, a callback to the crown from the last episode, and then it becomes the real-
Justin: Wait. Head sock? Is that what you’re going with?
Pete: Yeah. What head sock are you talking-
Alex: Yeah, like the thing … I don’t know. It’s not exactly like Gambit’s head sock where he’s wearing this thing on his head that reveals his face, but I’ve always felt it’s the same thing with Scarlet Witch where it’s like … I don’t know. There’s too much stuff going on in your face.
Pete: What moment in the show are you talking about?
Alex: Wear a that or wear a mask. Choose one of the two. That’s all I’m saying.
Justin: It’s like the little-
Pete: Who are you talking about? What part of the show was-
Justin: When the Scarlet Witch got her little Batman ears.
Pete: Oh, okay. All right.
Alex: But before it was a costume, when it was just energy. Yeah.
Pete: Okay. All right. You call that a head sock?
Alex: Yeah. I call it a head sock.
Justin: I will say head sock is maybe the worst way of saying it, because that implies something very different. A head sock is like a little stocking that you have over your head.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Just to keep running through my notes here, I think … Yeah. The Westview, home is where you make it … We’ve seen that sign before, but it’s just driving that home one last time. Also, just the last thing that I’ll mention really got me, the line-
Pete: Don’t say that, because it won’t be the last thing that you mention.
Alex: The last thing I’ll mention from my list of things that I wrote down in my notes.
Pete: Okay. Thank you.
Alex: The line “Boys, thanks for choosing me to be your mom.”
Pete: That was weird to me. That’s-
Justin: That’s to show that-
Pete: That’s not how kids work. Kids don’t sit there and pick who their mom is.
Alex: Speaking-
Pete: You make the kid-
Alex: Speaking as a parent-
Pete: … and then that’s how you-
Alex: I understand what you’re saying, Pete. I know you’re making sort of a joke. Speaking as a parent, that line got me. That was the line that I cried to.
Justin: It was a good line. My kid just walked in, said “Hey. Thanks for choosing us, but we’re out.”
Pete: Yeah. Smart kid. Smart kid.
Justin: But I think that is also a good nod to show that they are fully realized beings. They’re not just another Hex creation. They have souls. “Thanks for choosing me,” means that they came from somewhere.
Pete: Yeah, but it was a crazy line to say to somebody after you then wipe them out of existence, “Hey. Thanks for choosing me. You choose wrong, because your mother’s about to kill you.”
Alex: Oh, my god, Pete.
Justin: Stop saying that.
Alex: Come on. Any other notes before we wrap up here, Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, I felt like the whole kind of back and forth, like you don’t have power … It was a very cool reveal that when she was missing hitting Harkness that she was creating that thing, and I’m so glad that made sense, because it was definitely frustrating during the fight, and I really liked the exploration of the … As she’s kind of holding Vision, being like “That Mind Stone was the Mind Stone that lived in me in my memories,” and I thought that was an interesting kind of explanation for that that kind of made sense. So I thought those were some kind of touching moments. Yeah.
Alex: Just, any final notes from you?
Justin: I mean, it’s great talking about it with you guys. So much happened in this final episode, and it is crazy if we … Thinking about it all the way back to the first couple episodes, which were so … They started so far away from this sort of knock-down, drag-out Marvel movie style fight, and just giving credit to Marvel, if people are critical of this episode for not having enough whatever, they really took a swing with this show and started really far away from their comfort zone, and so I really appreciate being able to go on that journey and having characters that felt a little bit different and the show have a real theme rooted in something. Of course, I’m talking about everyone’s favorite character, grief.
Alex: Yes. Can’t wait to see how grief plays out in the MCU. Now, normally we’d end these episodes of Vision Board for the next episode, but obviously this is the actual series finale. Kevin Feige, just as a note, did say “Never say never,” or at least he’s learned to never say never when it comes to a sequel, but clearly, this episode is called The Series Finale. So they are planning it as a series finale for WandaVision until now, but this isn’t the series finale of MarvelVision. We’re going to keep going.
Justin: What?
Alex: Yeah. We are. Surprise, guys. In two weeks, we’re going to pick it up with … I keep wanting to say Captain America and the Winter Soldier … with Falcon and the Winter Soldier next episode.
Pete: Yeah. What? Are you racist, dude? Come on.
Alex: Jesus, Pete. No.
Pete: Good.
Justin: Pete’s ready to be done with these mornings.
Alex: If anything, that’s the opposite of racist because I’m calling Falcon Captain America right now.
Pete: Oh, okay. All right. I thought you were like “I can’t see that …” Or anyways.
Alex: Nope. Don’t follow that train of thought.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. I’m not going to. Yeah.
Justin: No. Keep finishing your sentence.
Alex: Anyway, in two weeks, we’re going to be recapping that show and putting those up super early as well, which I know is Pete’s favorite thing.
Pete: No. Come on.
Alex: But we’re going to do-
Pete: Seriously. Please comment if getting this up earlier makes a difference, because it’s fucking killing us.
Alex: Nah.
Justin: I feel great.
Alex: I love it.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: I feel more alive than ever.
Justin: I say earlier.
Alex: But-
Justin: I got to get up before my kids wake up. So we need to do this in the 4:00-
Alex: 3:00 AM. There you go.
Justin: Yeah. Exactly.
Alex: Before we’ve even watched it.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: You guys can do a fun dad show. All right?
Alex: Well-
Justin: Dad show.
Alex: Speaking of which, we are going to do one more episode before Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiers. So here’s what we’d love from you. We’re going to do a preview for Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but we’d also love your thoughts on WandaVision, your theories, what you thought about the show, anything-
Pete: How sad you are.
Alex: … you thought was dangling, how sad you are. Send us your best griefs.
Justin: Yeah. Your grieves.
Alex: Grieves.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:46:01].
Alex: You can send us a couple of places, [email protected], or hit us up on Twitter @MarvelVisionPod. We’re try to read a couple of those things, those letters or tweets, in the next episode of the show before we get into Falcon and the Winter Soldier proper, and that is it, folks. If you’d like to support us, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out. We would love to talk about grief or WandaVision or whatever you want to discuss. Happy to discuss it live.
Alex: iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. Specifically on iTunes, we would love you to rate and comment on the show. That helps us out quite a bit. So we would appreciate it if you do. As mentioned, MarvelVisionPod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Comicbooklive.com for this podcast and more. ComicBookClub on YouTube. Until next time, Marvel ya later.
Justin: Off to start a new family. Bye.
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On this week’s comic book review podcast:
Infinite Frontier #0
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Brian Michael Bendis, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Joelle Jones, Tim Sheridan, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Geoff Johns, Geoffrey Thorne
Art by David Marquez, Jorge Jimenez, Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Joelle Jones, Stephen Byrne, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Jamal Igle, Alex Maleev, Todd Nauck, Dexter Soy, Howard Porter, John Romita Sr. and Klaus Janson
America Chavez: Made In The USA #1
Marvel
Written by Kalinda Vazquez
Art by Carlos Gómez
Batman #106
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Gleb Melnikov
Demon Days: X-Men #1
Marvel
Story and Art by Peach Momoko
Suicide Squad #1
DC Comics
Written by Robbie Thompson
Art by Eduardo Pansica
Wiccan and Hulkling: King in Black #1
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Luciano Vecchio
The Swamp Thing #1
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Nocterra #1
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel
Crime Syndicate #1
DC Comics
Written by Andy Schmidt
Art by Kieran McKeown, Bryan Hitch
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #1
Oni Press
By Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee
Sea of Sorrows #4
IDW
Written by Rich Douek
Art by Alex Cormack
The Comic Book History of Animation #4
IDW
Written by Fred Van Lente
Art by Ryan Dunlavey
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: What’s up everybody. Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on the stack, we talk about a bunch of books that come out this week, and we’re going to kick it off with a big one. Infinite Frontier, number zero-
Pete: Oh, man.
Alex: … from DC Comics. Nice, simple lineup of names here. So let’s go through it. Written by Joshua Williamson, James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Brian Michael Bendis, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Joelle Jones, Tim Sheridan, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jeff Johnson, Geoffrey Thorne. Art by David Marquez, Jorge Jimenez, Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Joelle Jones, Stephen Bird and Rafa Sandovall, Jody… Oh, there we go. Jordi Tarragona, Jamal Igle, Alex Maleev, Todd Nauck, Dexter Soy, Howard Porter, John Romita Sr. and Klaus Janson.
Alex: Now this is your requisite, post-event check in with the entire DC Universe. What’s going on? What’s happening with everybody? What’s everybody’s new status quo now that the continuity has changed. So we kind of know how this one goes, but the framing here is that Wonder Woman has maybe ascended to be a higher being, she’s trying to decide about that.
Alex: And so she’s taken a look in on the new state and the multi-verse post Dark Nights: Death Metal. How’d you feel about this book? How’d you feel about the status quo? What jumped out at you?
Pete: For me, I thought the Bat cycle was sick. Cool green Lanterns thing. And love the last page, but what is happening now with DC?
Alex: Wait, what do you mean Pete?
Pete: Well, like we were really enjoying these DC kind of what if books, and now it’s just all over and-
Alex: Well so-
Pete: … and it all-
Alex: … Phillip Kennedy Johnson, when he was on the show, talked about this a little bit. He said that the Future State things are, and they talk about this in this book a bit as well, but not as explicitly, that they’re a possible future or a possible futures. These are places the continuity may be going or may not, but they’re not ignoring them.
Alex: And you can see that a little bit in the Batman story that teases the magistrate storyline. That plays later in The Stack Podcast where we’re going to be talking about Batman 106, where that plays in a big way. But that’s what we’re getting here is these new status quos, these new setups, they might head towards these disasters that we’ve seen in Future State, but also maybe not. We’ll have to see what happens.
Justin: … And I really like that. I liked the confidence with which DC moved forward through Future State and into this where it’s like, “Okay, all that stuff happened, you read it, and then we’re not going to dance around it. We’re just going to jump into the books and we’re going to start to pepper those things in, those things that we like, those things that-“
Pete: Maybe though?
Justin: … I appreciate that though. It really-
Pete: Why do you appreciate that? Because they’re saying, “We may do something that you really enjoyed, we may not. Go fuck yourself.”
Justin: … I love that. I like-
Pete: Really?
Justin: … I enjoyed what we saw, and then if they-
Pete: I very much enjoyed it, but I would like to know if I’m going to get some of it or not.
Justin: Well, then you continue being a fan, I think is the real… Like, if you keep talking about the things that you loved, I think they will do those things. And the things that people didn’t like, they won’t do those things. And we [crosstalk 00:03:21].
Alex: You heard it here first, true believer. You’re going to have to check in every week to find out whether the adventures of your favorite superheroes are going to turn out good, bad, or something in between. Excelsior.
Justin: I can’t.
Pete: Mr. Magoo? I can’t hear anything you’re saying.
Alex: Just imagine. Me, Mr. Magoo. Imagine this in the DC Universe, Future State.
Pete: All I see is The Lost DVD thing. And I don’t hear anything you’re saying, because I’m just focused on The Lost DVD question that popped up.
Alex: Here’s the big twist, Pete, that Lost DVD thing behind me has been here the whole time.
Justin: Wow, I don’t know if that’s-
Pete: Well, that’s not true.
Justin: … a direct quote from Lost-
Pete: That’s not true.
Justin: … but even if it’s not, I don’t want to hear it. I like the Batman stuff I think is really fun here. It’s interesting that Grifter is now just fully part of the Bat Universe. The Bat Universe feels fairly large right now.
Alex: Yes.
Justin: And-
Alex: Well, and you get to see more of that in Batman 106 as well. It’s a big cast, but I agree with you. I like how James Tynion is playing with it. I like the potential threat of The Magistrate. I love the reveal at the end here of what Scarecrow looks like right now. That’s pretty terrifying. What’s up Pete?
Pete: So you guys are just okay with the fact that we just got two months of amazing stories and now like, “Eh, done.” “Maybe we’re going to do something-“
Alex: They told us. That’s exactly what was happening going in.
Pete: … You can tell us that. But then when you fall in love with it, as you’re reading it and buying these, and then have it maybe show up or maybe be taken away, it’s just-
Alex: This is the same thing that happened to you with Titania when you went to Europe, Pete. It was supposed to be two months. And then you were like, “Okay, let’s head home, baby.” And she’s like, “No, I live here. I cannot come with you, Pete.”
Pete: Did you say Titanita?
Alex: Titania.
Pete: Oh.
Alex: Come on. You know the name of your ex-girlfriend, Titania, who you met in Belgium.
Pete: Yeah, sure.
Justin: Titania. Famous. Famously, a real person’s name. Read a little Midsummer Night’s Dream over there?
Alex: Titania.
Pete: No, I don’t know?
Alex: Oh, man.
Justin: I’m curious what Green Lantern’s going to do. They introduced the Teen Lantern here, which, okay, a little up in the air there. Flash really puts a flag in like, “We’re fully back to Wally West as the main Flash,” which Alex, you must love.
Alex: Great. Feeling a little conflicted after the past couple of years of storyline there. But I will say one thing that I was very happy about was Geoff Johns and Todd Nauck, back on Stargirl. They’ve been going all in on that since the series came back. They’re going to another story I think, coming up, another comic. That’s great. It’s just fun. They capture the tone perfectly. I’m really enjoying it. And I really like what they do here. Setting up Pat as connected to The Seven Soldiers of Victory, which is something from the TV show, where they’re doing the very smart thing of creating stories that work in the DC continuity, also work for fans of the TV show. I think that’s very, a nice thing to do.
Justin: How hyped were you when Darkseid’s knee-high boot slammed on The Spectre’s head?
Pete: Ah, spoiler dude. Jesus.
Alex: Let’s talk about the end of the book. Always. Great to see John Romita Sr. and Klaus Janson’s art on stuff.
Pete: Yes.
Alex: That’s awesome.
Justin: Agreed.
Alex: Who cares about Darkseid? To be totally-
Pete: What are you talking about?
Alex: … blunt about it? There’s been so many Darkseid stories. I appreciate the idea that like-
Pete: There’s a ton of Joker stories.
Alex: … “We’re bringing it back to basics. It’s Darkseid versus the whole DC Universe. None of this crazy perpetuous stuff. We’re just going to clean it up. It’s just going to be a slam bang slab fest. Let’s have a little bit of a fun time here guys.” That’s great. But at the same time, I’ve read so many stories of Darkseid versus the DC Universe. If he had been away for a while, that would be a different thing. But we’ve had so much Darkseid in different iterations. He’s been on a justice league team. His daughter has been hanging around. If it was a character that was gone for a while, I feel like the impact would have been much greater. But as is, I was like, “All right, this is very nice art, happy to read this. I’m sure this will be fun.” But this is not the cliff hanger I think it was meant to be.
Pete: Oh, I completely disagree. I was so happy to see Darkseid at the end of it, because I was just… First off, it’s a zero issue. So fuck you for putting all that shit in a zero issue. Fuck you. That is not a Zero Issue. There is so much important that happens in that issue. It’s unbelievable.
Justin: Oh, I thought you were going to drop a beat, drop a little rhyme there.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:07:50] It was a spam phone call.
Alex: We put it in a zero issue. Don’t blow it in a tissue.
Pete: Please don’t be the white guy, beat-boxing and trying to rhyme. That’s just awful.
Alex: I mean I think-
Pete: Stop it.
Alex: I think that was-
Pete: Stop.
Alex: … I think that was really good.
Pete: No. I… In all this madness, to see Darkseid, I was like, “Yes. Okay. Now we can get to a storyline. I understand what’s happening here. I don’t know why there’s all this other madness going on, but I can understand this.” So I felt really good about that ending and it got me excited to read the first issue. What the fuck?
Justin: Does Darkseid always look like he’s crumbling to you guys. I feel like he’s like a gritty sidewalk. He’s like concrete that’s slowly just crumbling out. Like, he needs a good moisturizer?
Pete: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Alex: Do you think that’s how to stop him?
Pete: We all need a good moisturizer.
Alex: Send him to a spa day?
Justin: Yeah. A solid pressure washer would really take him down I feel like.
Pete: No, man.
Alex: Just give him a cream called The Pro-life Equation. It would just really smooth him out. Let’s move on and talk about America Chavez: Made in the USA, number one from Marvel. Written by Kalinda Vazquez. Art by Carlos Gomez. So this is, of course, bringing back a solo title for America Chavez. It is revamping her origin quite a bit, adding some new details, some new threats. What’d you think about this book?
Justin: I like this. America Chavez is such a unique, her power set is so weird. And so I like… And her origin is so specific with her coming from another earth and sort of wandering into our world. And then most recently on the Avengers West Coast team. Very fun. I think this book’s great.
Pete: Yeah. I agree. I really thought this was a fantastic first issue. Gets you excited for this world and what’s going on. I really like the character. Also, super nice of her, in the middle of a mole battle, to answer questions from somebody with just a camera that… like an old camera, not even like a cell phone. So I was very impressed with her and how she handles herself. Yeah, I think they did a great job of getting me excited for more. I think this was a really solid first issue. Love the art, love the writing.
Alex: It probably helps that this starts out in Los Angeles, but it definitely feels of a piece with the work that Kelly Thompson did on the West Coast Avengers title, on the Hawkeye title as well. You got Kate Bishop cameo in here. But it moves off into its own thing, but it has that sense of fun, that sense of weirdness. It’s great. I really enjoyed this book quite a bit.
Alex: Let’s move on to the book that we talked about a little bit earlier, at least teased a little bit earlier, Batman, number 106 from DC Comics. Written by James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson. Art by Jorge Jimenez and Gleb Melnikov. This is the new status quo for Gotham City, Batman chilling out in a basement with Ghost-Maker, fighting crime. Until some new and old villains are coming for him and things are tightening quite a bit. This is, I thought, great.
Justin: Yeah, I agree. I really-
Alex: Pete, you have a question though. You raised your hand.
Pete: Yeah. I just… You love a good commercial in the middle of the comics. So I was just wondering what you thought of The Oracle eating Ruffaloes? I thought that was a nice nod to Mark Ruffalo who may, or may not be-
Alex: Dude sadly died and was made into potato chips? Is that what you’re talking about?
Pete: … Yeah, exactly.
Justin: Tragic.
Pete: I’m just wondering, because you love when they change the, instead of ruffles, they… So they were cute with that. Just wondering usually, you enjoy that. So I was just wondering…
Alex: Yeah, I wish there was a little bit of a Hulk crunch on there, that would have really nailed it. But I guess, wrong universe, you couldn’t go do that.
Justin: Hard to do that, yeah.
Alex: Yeah. But yeah, that was my big takeaway from the book as well. So thank you, Pete.
Pete: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was cool to see Batman working with Oracle. Just, she’s super caszh that she can fight crime and eat chips. I mean, that’s pretty awesome. But it was also interesting, this Ghost-Maker and Batman dynamic. To see how casual they are sometimes is a little jarring, but it’s fun. It’s a new kind of dynamic. And I like the new villain who didn’t get their reveal out before they got punched in the face, was cool. Yeah, I think the Demon or Detective was fun. So it should be interesting to see how this all unfolds. So I’m in.
Justin: Yeah, and the way that this spins directly out of the Future State stuff to have this villain, this scientist setting up the Magistrate program, that they really used a ton in the Future State, but never really resolved. So I think that’s cool. And we get to see that build up. I do miss… I think it’s strange that Ghost-Maker is replacing Robin, basically? In a weird way. We get a Robin backup here in this issue, which I also thought was cool.
Pete: Oh, that was awesome.
Justin: Now after you’ve had a long day of fighting crime, do you go home and spar with your buddy? I think I’d be like, “Come on, man. Let’s [crosstalk 00:13:09].”
Alex: Sure, if you’re a chef, you’re cooking all day and then you go home and you eat. Same thing.
Justin: Cooking and eating is actually two very different processes, Alex.
Alex: No, I don’t think so. I don’t think so.
Pete: Maybe a chef goes home and orders food, because he’s so tired of cooking.
Alex: We talked about this quite a bit, but James Tynion’s run has had these weird stops and starts. It’s been so good across the board, but it was supposed to be a very short storyline. Then it got expanded. Then it got interrupted by the Future State and Dark Nights: Death Metal stuff. So, this feels like a new fresh start for him. And I’m really hoping this time it gets to be whatever ongoing story he wants to tell, because he’s such a good storyteller. I don’t want to see another event come in, or another switch, or something like that. I want to see what is the long form story that James Tynion has to tell about Batman.
Pete: I was very confused, because the Batman one was the first time I saw the cover and I was just like, “What happened to the last event?” The cover was… I was just like, “What is going on?” So, I’m glad we got in, in the Zero Issue.
Alex: Well, let’s move on to something you probably like, Pete. Demon Days: X-Men, number one from Marvel Comics. Story set by Peach Mamoko. This is a very different take on the X-Men. What’d you think Pete? You like this book?
Pete: Well, yes, I did very much the art-
Justin: Huge X-Men fan, Pete LePage.
Pete: … Normally, yes. The art is absolutely glorious. It is just almost like a painting here. I’m a sucker for watercolors. I just love it. The character designs are so cool and unique. It’s got this kind of like old style [inaudible 00:14:53] meets new. I’m very, very much into this. It was really cool. And the wolf is Wolverine named Logan. I was in it to win it, and they really delivered on this first issue.
Justin: I agree. The art is very… it’s really beautiful here. I thought it was interesting for an X-Men book to have Venom be the villain, and Hulk be here? Is what I took the big red demon to be.
Pete: They’re two characters in Marvel, so.
Justin: Yeah, but I don’t know if you follow the X-Men really, but they’re traditionally not associated with them.
Alex: Well, that was the thing that was-
Pete: Sure.
Alex: … confusing to me. I read this book and not once did any island fuck another island. So it didn’t feel like an X-Men book to me, to be honest.
Justin: I think it was implied that Japan was fucking another-
Pete: Go on. Go on-
Justin: … the Philippines.
Pete: … name one other island.
Alex: I was going to say, yeah.
Justin: I was trying to name a neighboring island, because the islands don’t travel to fuck, they fuck the neighboring islands.
Alex: I can picture the map. See, we got into your head. It’s just Japan, and there’s nothing around you except ocean. [crosstalk 00:16:02].
Pete: Absolutely nothing. It’s nothing.
Justin: A lot of ocean.
Pete: Oh, yeah.
Justin: Right.
Alex: There you go. Yes. Very good book. Let’s move on to talk about Suicide Squad, number one from DC Comics. Written by Robbie Thompson. Art by Eduardo Pansica. This is bringing in a little bit of the upcoming movie with Peacemaker. The thing that I thought was kind of fascinating about this, we didn’t talk about this-
Justin: Kind of?
Alex: … this happens in Infinite Frontier, number zero. Continues in the Batman issue. But big event, pretty much everybody in The Arkham Asylum is killed. Seemingly by Joker Gas. Turns out later it’s actually the Scarecrow faking Joker Gas, including most of the inmates, including potentially Bane, among other folks. But the Suicide Squad issue takes place the same time as that. They’re trying to break Talon out of Arkham Asylum when The Gas comes, and that’s what we’re playing with here. I like this. I thought Robbie Thompson writes a good Suicide Squad. I think the danger is there. The unnecessary deaths are there. So it hits all the bases. And Eduardo Pansica’s art is real good.
Justin: I can’t believe we lost Film Freak so early on in his career.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: RIP.
Pete: I mean, I agree. I thought this was really great issue, and hopefully, the movie will be just as enjoyable. It’s fun because all the Peacemaker dialogue in my head, it was John Cena speaking those lines. I didn’t like the Superboy reveal, did not like that. That was scary. I thought it had a really great ending. And then it was also weird how Waller was like, “I’m tired of losing.”
Alex: She loses a lot.
Justin: She loses a lot. I love the page of Superboy was great, I thought. The kryptonite shackles and the-
Pete: It made me sad.
Justin: … It’s sad. It is sad. Because Superboy is a hero and he’s entrapped.
Alex: Sorry about that, Pete. I hope you get past that. Let’s talk about Wiccan and Hulkling: King in Black, number one from Marvel. Written by T.D. Howard. Art by Luciano Vecchio. This is following up on the Empire event. They are married now, they’re ruling space, and of course, some goop dragons bash their way into their honeymoon and they have to deal with that. Lots of fun stuff in here. I always like a good Wiccan and Hulkling book. And I think T.D. Howard captures their voices quite well.
Justin: Yeah, and this book-
Pete: Agreed.
Justin: … I liked that this was just a fun book. It wasn’t trying to do a bunch of stuff. It was like, “Okay, we’ve seen… We know where these two characters are, but we haven’t actually seen them be married and be ruling. So let’s just do that and have it be a fun tie-in.” And I think it was very successful at that.
Pete: Yeah, I completely agree. The lightheartedness added to this big kind of a King in Black event was really cool. I really love the interaction of the guy who’s holding up the little orb. And there are a lot of really cool moments, fun, little moments. I also like how, when they get the robot present, they think it’s just a champagne delivery robot, which is just a fun thing.
Pete: And then just to see them together is great. I think this is just… The art’s fantastic. There’s just enough action. The balance with fun and give us some good relationship moments. This is just a great book from start to finish. You kind of know what you’re going to get a little bit, and they really deliver on it and don’t let you down. I was very happy with this book.
Alex: Next up, The Swamp Thing, number one from DC Comics. Written by Ram V. Art by Mike Perkins. This is a new Swamp Thing with a new M.O. New villains, new weirdness, same old horror. Justin, I think you’ll love this one.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:19:49] loves plants, that guy.
Alex: And we should mention, on the Future State beat, this is the team that wrote The Swamp Thing: Future State book that was so excellent. Here, they’re dealing with an entirely different Swamp Thing, entirely different story. But I think if you like that, and that book was great, it was very exciting to see them taking on this one as well.
Justin: Yeah, I agree. The Future State book was very sort of clinical. It got into some… It was about Swamp Thing building his children and how he did it in this future Earth. And this brings some of that clinical wraparound to this series. And then we just get into some brand new characters, some mythology building. I think it’s the same sort of green versus the rot situation in a good way. But a brand new character, who’s Swamp Thing. We don’t, he doesn’t seem aware of that he is Swamp Thing. And we’re getting that slowly told over the course of this first issue. Really nice art. This book reminded me of early Starman, both in-
Pete: Ooh, really?
Justin: … the writing and the art style. So I’m here for it.
Pete: Couple of things Justin, if you don’t mind, since-
Justin: I do mine, so let’s just do one thing from you Pete, if possible.
Pete: … Oh, okay. All right. Great, great. So if it’s just one thing, I guess I’ll just pick the… It starts off with a plane being grabbed out of the sky by a giant, let’s say, beanstalk. Like, that’s really high up. I mean that-
Alex: No, no, no, no.
Pete: … I mean, to grab a plane-
Alex: Okay, so the guy-
Pete: … out of the sky-
Alex: … Can I clarify this one?
Pete: … I’m talking to Justin.
Alex: Oh, okay.
Pete: I’m having a conversation with Justin. He’s the Swamp Thing expert. Trying to get some clarification here.
Justin: Are you familiar with-
Pete: No, go ahead [crosstalk 00:21:34].
Justin: … one of the other major beanstalk storylines, Jack versus Beanstalk?
Pete: Right, right. I’m very familiar.
Justin: That beanstalk went very high up. It went so high up there were giants living there.
Pete: Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Justin: So, beanstalks-
Pete: That’s why I said beanstalk, because that’s the only thing that I know that could reach a plane in the sky.
Alex: There are big, tall, terrible giants in the sky.
Justin: That’s true. That’s the point Alex wanted to make. Alex, not very religious, but he does believe that giants dominate, live in the sky in the clouds. [crosstalk 00:22:04]
Alex: The lyrics I know from Into the Woods, I say out loud, whenever I can. No, it was not a beanstalk, Pete. The new Swamp Thing was riding on a plane. He was having nightmares. And in his nightmare, he pictured himself exploding into plants out of the plane, not a beanstalk-
Pete: No.
Alex: … rising to the plane.
Pete: I thought [crosstalk 00:22:23].
Alex: No, but then basically, Swamp Thing powers exploded outwards while he was still on the plane, causing it to break. Fantastically drawn panel. I love that. So terrifying. But it turns out he’s just having a nightmare there.
Pete: Oh, okay. All right, so-
Justin: He’s made of plants though?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: … All right. So question number two then will be for both of you guys, since you both seem to be experts.
Alex: Okay.
Pete: One of the reasons I had to move out of New York City is because anytime you’re walking in central park, there’s always people popping out of the trees. And at first I thought it was like a [inaudible 00:22:54] of elves, just when the elves got too big, they got kicked out of the trees.
Justin: Yes, this all-
Pete: But it turns out it’s Swamp Thing.
Justin: … this all checks out so far.
Pete: I just… That part… The book to me was a lot creepier and scarier than I was ready for. I’m just wondering, have you guys, in Central Park, seen the people popping out, or?
Justin: The people popping in the park, people popping in the park. Let me say Pete, I feel like, so you wanted a book that was more focused on beans and elves? And this book just didn’t really have that for you.
Pete: Well, no. I mean, Swamp Thing can be kind of a horror story type of thing, but there’s also a lot of great stories that Swamp Thing does where it’s got a little heart, a little love, that kind of stuff in it. But I was just… They weren’t straight horror for this issue. So I was a little-
Justin: Well, I think they’re going to…
Pete: … taken aback.
Justin: Once we get to know the character, I think that you’ll find the heart there. And The Swamp Thing, also a great history of horror. Have you guys ever grown beans?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: No, but I will say that when you’re walking out and somebody pops out. That happened to me one time, and he showed me things, many beautiful things that I hadn’t thought to explore.
Justin: A hundred percent. Let’s let that hang in the air for a little bit longer. Nice.
Alex: Pete, any other questions?
Pete: Nope. No, thank you for filling those. I appreciate it.
Alex: Absolutely.
Justin: Anytime.
Alex: Anytime. Let’s move on to talk about Nocterra, number one from Image Comics. Written by Scott Snyder. Art by Tony S. Daniel. Now we had Scott on the live show a couple of weeks back to talk about this very book. He teased it. It’s all about a post-apocalyptic world where there’s no sun and a girl who lives in it, who used to be blind that is now the only one who can lead them.
Justin: I’m just a post-apocalyptic girl living in a post-apocalyptic world, Alex. When will you understand that?
Alex: I thought it was great. This is Scott Snyder’s big wild storytelling matched with Tony S. Daniel’s superhero art. There’s… I love the idea of a post-apocalyptic world where it’s 13 years later and people are like, “Time to dress crazy now. Let’s do this.”
Justin: I can’t wait for the apocalypse when it’s like-
Alex: What?
Justin: … “All right, dude. Now you can wear lights on your head and stuff.” Like, “Get loose with your fashion.”
Alex: We’re living in an apocalypse right now and I’m dressed the same as I always have.
Pete: Oh, boo.
Justin: Exactly. You’re not taking advantage.
Alex: I’m not. [crosstalk 00:25:21].
Pete: I tell you, the truck lights in this is amazing. I hope that catches on and truckers start really lightening up their trucks like that. So that’s magical.
Justin: Yeah, when will the truckers catch on? I like this book a lot. Really fun world that’s created here. Scary. You ride along with your, this, our main character here, and really feel for her. It’s fun.
Pete: Art’s great. Really think it’s a very interesting, cool story. And they do such a great job of getting you excited for this world and trying to figure out all the things that have gone wrong. A lot of really cool, interesting moments. I did want her to look a little bit more like a trucker and less like a superhero, but then whatever, that’s cool.
Alex: No, but I think that’s what you do with Tony S. Daniel. He’s an amazing superhero artist. So you lead into that, and you get wild designs, and you give people superhero costumes, and you make that work. It’s Scott playing to Tony S. Daniel’s strengths, the same way that he does to Jock, or the same way that they do in Undiscovered Country to Giuseppe Camuncoli. Just leaning into those artists and what they can do. And then following this pass down. I think that’s what works here, and it’s fun.
Justin: I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone utter the phrase, “I wish that person looked more like a trucker.” And I appreciate it. Very rarely said thing.
Alex: Next up, Crime Syndicate, number one from DC Comics. Written by Andy Schmidt. Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch. Here we’re getting a semi-satirical look at the crime syndicate and their world and how they come together on the newly revamped Earth-3. What’d you think about this one?
Justin: These people love crimes. It’s our heroes, but they love crimes.
Alex: This didn’t really hit for me to be honest. There’s some bits that I liked it at, but-
Justin: Maybe you didn’t get it Alex, but it’s the heroes that you know and love, but then they love crimes.
Alex: My favorite page is the backup story for which is, I don’t remember, Ultraman? Is that what he’s called? The Superman add-on?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Ultraman’s origin, it’s a riff off of All-Star Superman. And you get the first three panels are kind of the same. And then the last one is, it shows the Kents and it’s like deranged psychopaths or something like that?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: That’s funny, that made me laugh. But then I feel like it didn’t quite follow up from there, the rest of the story. I wanted to go wilder and darker this book, personally.
Pete: Really?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: I thought it was too dark for me. Seeing a Superman figure, this Ultraman guy, be so douchey and so… Abusing, his power in such an awful way, it was just so scary and against everything that I want out of a superhero. Like throwing a newspaper truck in a high rise of a skyscraper, through the office glass, just because someone wrote a story about you? Go fuck yourself, you fucking superhero. I have thicker skin, Jesus’ age. But yeah, I think that’s the point of it to just show how evil and douchey people can be I guess? But yeah, to me, it was a little too dark and I wish they took it back a little bit. So I guess a little different from [inaudible 00:28:39].
Justin: I agree with Alex, I wanted to go further. It felt like it was heading for that tone of a Mark Russell book, but it doesn’t quite go that far with the satire. I agree with you also, I did like the backup. Felt like a little bit more in that sort of fun, irreverent tone taking on the Superman origin.
Alex: Let’s move on and talk about one that I bet Pete liked, Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, number one from Oni Press. By Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee. This is a-
Pete: Aww.
Alex: … all ages title.
Pete: They’re writing a comic book together.
Alex: They’ve been working together for a while.
Pete: Sure. Great.
Alex: Pete, talk about what you liked about this book.
Pete: First of all, words, don’t need them. This book proves that. A lot of amazing panels with barely any words. The art’s unbelievable. Love the character design. Such a cool, interesting world. And also kind of a nightmare, I’m sure, for you parents to yutes over there, that has to be like your worst nightmare. You’re watching your kid, then all of a sudden you get taken out or get a bump on your head, and now you don’t know where your kid is. I mean, that has to be like your worst nightmare come true. But yeah, I really, really enjoyed this. I think it’s such a solid first issue. I can’t wait to see where this goes.
Justin: I agree. This was very fun. It reminded me, maybe I have Bone brain, given what we’ve talked about lately, but they reminded-
Pete: Yeah, you do.
Justin: … me of Jeff Smith’s Bone.
Alex: Come on, everything can’t remind you of Jeff Smith’s Bone.
Justin: That’s not, the times I’ve mentioned Bone in the last couple of podcasts we’ve done have not been because something reminded me of it. And this legitimately does. It has that really smart paneling, good storytelling, some heart to it. I liked it a lot.
Alex: I thought this was really good as well. Just classic storytelling. Like you were saying, Pete, from the Samnees. I think they did a great job. If you’re looking for something fresh and new, check this out. Next up, Sea of Sorrows, number four from ITW. Written by Rich Douek. Art by Alex Cormack. This is continuing a increasingly bloody and deadly-
Pete: Oh, man.
Alex: … mermaid saga. Bunch of folks trapped on a ship. It’s like Under Siege, but with killer mermaids. I think that’s a fair way of putting it, right?
Justin: Ooh, that’s nice. When does she sing, Part of Your World? I just feel like I just don’t know how they’re going to work it in?
Alex: It just hasn’t come yet, but there’s a couple of more issues to go in the mini series. So I’m sure it’s coming.
Justin: I like this book. It’s got such a great tone to it. I mean, obviously, Under Siege is… A lot of huge fans out there of Under Siege, especially Under Siege Two.
Alex: Dark Territory? Yeah, of course.
Pete: Oh, my god.
Justin: A hundred percent. Way to drop that you’re a huge train fan. So the fact that those-
Pete: Are you guys talking about fucking Seagal movies over here?
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: Specifically-
Alex: Always.
Justin: … Under Siege Two. Alex, when you got into Under Siege Two, did you come at it as an action movie fan, or more about from a train fan? We were just wondering.
Alex: No, I was more of a people-popping-out-of-a-cake fan. That’s kind of where I started with Under Siege.
Pete: Oh, come on, man.
Alex: Then I sort of went from there.
Pete: Nice.
Justin: A lot of people come to it from there.
Alex: So, yeah. You should check out my letter box list of that.
Pete: Oh my God. Yeah, this-
Alex: Movies with people popping out of cakes.
Pete: … Anyways, back to the comic. So this is like-
Justin: Back to the comics? Never!
Pete: … It’s very scary, very intense and the paneling, and just the action, and the design of this really does such a great job of really getting into this frenzy like, “Holy, what’s going to happen?” All these things are kind of happening at once to this ship. And just when you think like, “Okay, I got a handle on this evil mermaid.” It keeps getting heightened levels and levels of how scary she actually is. This is really just a horrifying, amazing comic that really creeps me the fuck out and makes me never want to go on a boat again.
Justin: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Justin: Yeah, I agree. It’s good horror. When the mermaid opens or body mouth, do you feel like it’s very Little Shop Of Horrors and perhaps the song coming out of the mouth is some sort of Suddenly Seymour style song?
Alex: No, it reminded me a little bit of the end of the first act of Into the Woods. When they’re saying, “Into the woods, we have to go, I hate to leave a have to though.” That’s mostly what it reminded me of.
Justin: Interesting. [crosstalk 00:33:11].
Alex: Not related, but just always, that’s always in my head.
Justin: It’s true.
Alex: Last one to talk about, The Comic Book History of Animation, number four from IDW. Written by Fred Van Lente. Art by Ryan Dunlavey. This is a guinea for Pete, because not only is it about the rise of the Studio Ghibli films, it’s also about the rise of animation on Saturday mornings with GI Joe, with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, all of that good stuff. As usual-
Pete: Yeah, don’t forget She-Ra.
Alex: … super well-written, super fun to read, super informative. This is just a great-
Pete: Gem.
Alex: … book.
Pete: I mean, Fred Van Lente is just knocking it out… It’s so informative. And the art is so creative and cool. This really does such a great job of teaching you things about things that you already know and love in such a fun, creative way. I really want this to be like an animated podcast or something. This is just so-
Justin: Ooh, yes.
Pete: … so cool that I don’t want this to stop. I want to learn all things in this format, and I want to learn it from these two. I was just so impressed by this. I grew up in this time and just learning all of this stuff is really crazy. As a kid I just love Saturday mornings. And yeah, this is just so hilarious. The Superman sitting down at like a Hollywood place with Fred, from Scooby Doo doing the finger guns? Hysterical. I love Skeletor in this. Just I just so many amazing, cool things. I [crosstalk 00:34:42].
Alex: Well, and Pete, I have a question for you. And this is an honest question, given that they do spend a lot of time talking about the very dark side of this, and the very negative ramifications and reasonings for doing these Saturday morning cartoons. Does that color your viewing of them at all?
Pete: No. I mean, unfortunately when you learn about things, especially things that happen back more in time, you’re always finding out racist fucked-up bullshit things. So it’s, unfortunately that’s life. But as a kid, those kind of Saturday mornings were amazing. So that doesn’t… It’s hard to go back and watch some of those things because they really don’t hold up. But yeah, this didn’t, it didn’t hurt reading about it and learning about that, which I think-
Alex: Well now, now that you’re an adult, your Saturday mornings are a fucking nightmare, right?
Pete: … Yeah.
Justin: You got to watch your Saturday morning documentaries.
Pete: No, man.
Justin: With a big bowl of cereal and a bunch of serious movies.
Alex: Oh, here we go. Another murder doc on Netflix.
Justin: What I love, I think Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey do so well is, they add the little details that you just, they’re so hard to find, it’s so well researched and then well illustrated by Ryan. And a couple of them that I really liked here were just how everything was sort of made up on the spot. All of these things that feel so important or particular like, “Yabba dabba doo,” and the name of Scooby-Doo and it’s just like, “Oh, hurry up. This is doo.” Name… Or like, “Hey, say Yahoo.” And instead he said yabba, dabba doo. And then it became this super iconic thing. And it just feels like stuff like that doesn’t happen anymore in the creative process. So being able to read this and see this is so cool.
Pete: I take offense to that, because we usually make stuff up in the moment and it becomes comedy gold.
Justin: No, we do, yes. I’m speaking more, I guess, television. I mean you can’t script Netflix. Classic.
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We’re going back in time to discover Wanda’s full origin — and Agatha’s — as we break down WandaVision Episode 8, “Previously On.” Held captive by Agatha Harkness, Wanda Maximoff is forced to relive the most traumatic moments of her life: trapped with Pietro in Sokovia; getting her powers from the Mind Stone and HYDRA; the aftermath of Avengers: Age of Ultron and falling in love with Vision; and discovering Vision’s body post-Avengers: Endgame at SWORD. And this all leads up to a revelation about Wanda’s powers that changes everything. From Chaos Magic, to White Vision, to Scarlet Witch, we’re breaking down all of the WandaVision Easter eggs, Marvel Comics spoilers, and much more from WandaVision Episode 8.
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Justin: Zoom, good. I can’t believe I’m hiding in here specifically, so I wouldn’t be bothered.
Alex: Ready?
Justin: Mm-hmm (affirmative)
Alex: We’ll clap, right? Three, two, one. Feels like a little peekaboo.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: One second. Welcome to Marvel Vision, a podcast about Marvel, the MCU, and specifically right now, WandaVision. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin coming at you live from the most adult Marvel place I can, my daughter’s bedroom. I got the unicorn balloon popping in the background. We are ready to go.
Alex: So here’s what we’re fighting about taping these early episodes. Before we get in and talk about episode eight, “Previously On”, and this will give you enough time to go watch the episode, check it out because we’re spoiling the heck out of it. Typically, this early in the morning, sometimes you tape stuff right in your daughter’s bedroom. Sometimes one of you Pete, over sleeps.
Justin: Could be, that could be. Marvel Vision is what happens when you get up too early in the morning on a Friday to watch TV. You have to develop Marvel Vision.
Alex: Exactly. In case I wasn’t totally clear, Pete our third member did in fact oversleep. So we are taping this without him. I’m sure he will have many thoughts once he finally wakes up luxuriously at 10:00 AM. Has his brunch breakfast, he usually has five eggs and two biscuits, I believe.
Justin: I can’t believe he can’t wake up this early. I’m up, like five, four or five in the morning everyday just to check and see if WandaVision has been premiered. Even on a Monday or Tuesday, my calisthenics, prepare my farm-fresh breakfast that I send out to Pete.
Alex: I’ll tell you what, I didn’t sleep last night. I just kept waking up and now I’m totally jazzed because the title of the episode was previously on and I guessed it. I called it.
Justin: I was going to say, Alex credit to you. So you couldn’t sleep because you were so excited about getting the title right?
Alex: I was nervous honestly. I was lying there, my brain going up like, what if it has this other title? What of the other title? What if I get it wrong this time? It’s not going to be previous now. This is going to damage my reputation for real.
Justin: Your shattered reputation. You’ve never guessed correctly yet so far. So this is [inaudible 00:02:47]
Alex: I did get now in color. So at this point, I have a two out of eight, which is 25%, which is like, I’m going to say what, B+, A, is that how that works?
Justin: I believe that is how That’s grading works. It’s been so long. Let me ask ne of my daughters that I know that will be bursting in here any minute.
Alex: What other shout out that I want to make? An actual shout out before we get in and talk about the episode, a shout out to Rachel Thompson who plays Major Goodner on the show popped up in the last episode. Watched her last episode on YouTube and posted a little clip on her Twitter and was very nice about it. So thank you for that. That was a very cool surprise.
Justin: We called her out as the big reveal, which she clearly was because she’s such a nice person.
Alex: There you go. Surprise. People are nice sometimes. Let’s get into this episode. This is a big one, the overall plot, as you could probably guess from the title and also hopefully again, watching it.
Justin: From watching it. It’s not called a guest when he just watched something and then know it.
Alex: That’s very true.
Justin: It’s the ultimate guess.
Alex: This is the big reveal episode, we walk through Wanda’s entire history with the MCU, get a bunch of recoms there thanks to Agatha Harkness, Kathryn Hahn, officially playing witch, straight up, not like, “I’m a science witch.” But, “I’m a witch.”
Justin: Actually, Salem based witch.
Alex: Yeah, walks her through her history, therapy style to try to find out how Wanda pulled off the Hex. A lot of the things that we thought were true, turned out to be true. We were talking about this actually before we came on. So let’s broad strokes before we get into any specifics, Easter eggs theories or anything like that. How do you feel about this?
Justin: I thought it was good. I liked the areas that the show’s covering. I liked the backstory they’re building for Scarlet Witch. Vision by the end of this episode lands in an interesting place. It was interesting that the big reveal by the end of the episode is knowledge we already had. Like to hear her be like, “You’re the Scarlet Witch.” Is like, “Yeah, we know. That’s why we showed up here.”
Alex: The funny thing about that end note, if we want to jump ahead to that last thing is for comic book fans. I’m sure there’s three levels of this almost, right? There’s comic book fans of like, “Yes, we’ve been calling you Scarlet Witch, even if you’ve been call yourself Wanda Maximoff. We know who you are from the comic books.” There’s also MCU fans who’ve been waiting for her to be called Scarlet Witch and I’m sure a bunch of them we’re like, “Oh, shit. They said it. They said the words.” So probably totally worked for them and then there’s the non comic book fans who were like, “I don’t know what that means.”
Justin: “Is that a big deal? Is that Scarlet?
Alex: Which is fine. It’s all fine. What I liked about this episode is sometimes the reveals don’t have to be, [inaudible 00:05:42] all the time or 30 layers of Easter eggs. One of the things the show has been doing really well is it’s been layering in, like we’ve talked about it here on the podcast, lots of different things, all the time, different layers of Easter eggs for sitcoms, for MCU, for Marvel Comics, for everything. Some of them are just like color and some of them mean something, but in this episode, they’ve been doing all along, they’ve just been telling us what’s been happening. It’s more about the outside world has been pulling it apart like we’ve been doing here, when the show has been pretty straight up about what’s happening.
Justin: Yeah. That’s what Marvel does really well. They’re like, “We have a story we’re telling and we’re going to give you little tangential teases to light you up.” Like the Quicksilver casting, just lit everybody on fire when really it’s just like, that was what it was designed to do in the end at least in this story. Maybe it’s going to be a way of dipping into the multi-verse by having that be the choice there as a larger plot choice. But I respect the move just as a like fun nod or poke to the fan base to be like, “Whoa! They’re doing it. They’re doing the thing.” But they aren’t doing yet, but they got us.
Alex: To get a little behind the scenes on that, there was a talk that Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios did with the Television Critics Association this past week and for those who don’t know, this is a trade organization. The panels are very weird. They’re not like Comic Con panels or anything. It’s basically virtually, but the people sitting there taking question, after question, after question from press and that’s it. It’s not about announcements or trailers or anything.
Alex: But he did give some really good interesting information about the process of WandaVision and two the things he mentioned, one Evan Peters was very early on, he said that they blue sky everything. They did talk about Alan Donaldson, but ultimately decided, you know what, this Evan Peters thing, if he can pull it off, this is going to be the right thing for the show. But the other thing he said is exactly what you’re saying, that they felt like if they’re going to do weekly TV shows, this is their chance to try to create weekly conversation the same way that they do weekend conversation when they release a movie. So he-
Justin: By next year, there’ll be a Marvel TV show every week and a feature film every weekend so truly will be our entire lives.
Alex: Oh my God, I love it. Bring it on.
Justin: I love it. I’m dying.
Alex: But I respect that. I respect the fact that they were very specific about, “We want to give people something to talk about between the episodes.” That’s really nice. The other thing that I really liked about this episode that I’m curious to get your take on, this is the one that hit me emotionally the hardest. There were a couple of times where I got really teared up in this episode and I haven’t felt that same way throughout the show, but now it has enough weight, not just with the movies in the MCU, but also with the TV show that I feel like we’ve appropriately gotten to that place.
Justin: What I also give them credit for, this story, the format or the structure of it, it’s pretty like we could see that coming once the episode started, but they do a great job of upsetting our expectation like when Wanda finally sees the Vision’s body in Hayward’s lab. You think, “Oh, this is it. She’s going to lose it.” I love the choice they had of her, like touching his head and being like, “There’s nothing of him here. I don’t feel him here.” And then walking off and like, “Oh, it’s not it.” Then we see her emotional breakdown in Westview at the house they were going to build.
Justin: That hits so much harder because they got us one step later. Again same thing with the parents. You think you’re going to get this nice “vision” of her childhood life and then it’s upset immediately heartbreaking. They didn’t even have to show us the actual parents loss and then be gone. It was just, we see Wanda instantly fixing her trauma with her powers.
Alex: That was the first one that really got me specifically because we know where the Stark bomb is. So when they have that pause where she’s watching the sit-com, I was like, “Oh, it’s coming. Oh, this is so sad.” Just having her and Pietro under the bed with the bomb, knowing that we’ve heard this story, but never seen it before, awful. The other scene that I thought was really wonderful, we didn’t get a lot of Vision in this episode obviously with the big reveal with the Vision at the end of the episode, we should probably talk about at some point. But the scene post Age of Ultron probably like concurrent with civil war, right before they really started their relationship or anything like that, I thought was great. The stuff that they’re talking about there, about grief being another form of love. I thought was really smart and pointed and very nice.
Justin: Yeah, it made their romance real. I’m assuming in the last episode, we’re going to get a lot of that payoff or how they actually feel for each other. But this was such a great little… Because we’ve never really seen too much of this in the movies we got with them together and just like fighting, but never did we see them have any real, super sweet moments. It was just the high emotion of them being together and then the loss. So this was really great. It really helped set up what I assume is going to be the big emotional payoffs next time.
Alex: Yeah, I agree. To that point, I think a lot of Marvel fans all along have been like, “An Emmy for Elizabeth Olsen.” Which she’s great, she’s been doing a great job. Everything is super fun, but I haven’t necessarily felt that. This, if anything, is the Emmy’s submission episode for her because there’s so many different emotions and modes that she walks through here.
Justin: Wanda is obviously submit for the rabbit for the pet Emmy’s for eating that-
Alex: Which are on the CW, I believe.
Justin: Yeah, a hundred percent. For eating that fucking bug. Rabbits eats bugs?
Alex: Ugh, I guess rabbits eat bugs. I had a rabbit, but I don’t remember it eating flies.
Justin: Uh, good. I thought you were going to say, “Rabbits eats bugs. I had A rabbit. I fed it bugs all the time. I’m a sociopath.”
Alex: Oh, boy. Should we talk about some of these recoms here because this is a big change to Wanda, her origin, what we get here. We talked about Agatha straight up witch, at the Salem witch trials, sucked her whole coven dry.
Justin: Sucked the coven. Hey, welcome to Marvel Vision in the morning, we got to sucking coven today. We’re going to be here in the Marvel Vision. Ail suck it up, I’m coming right out.
Alex: That’s coffee, my man. This opening scene was great. Wow, Disney-
Justin: Disney Plus mug.
Alex: Really compromising your journalistic integrity to kick off this breakdown of the episode.
Justin: I’ll tell you what, nothing more journalistic than a Marvel podcast that we excited comic book fans woke up early in the morning to do.
Alex: It’s just very funny. That was like a Wayne’s world moment of the person reviewing the thing being like, “Cheers Disney blood.” I thought this opening sequence was great. Kathryn Hahn, I was imagining them filming this and she’s being zapped by a bunch of invisible CGI energy and she has to play the pain of it and then instantly switch it to like, “Ha ha, I got you. I’m sucking you dry coven.”
Justin: Now, why is that? Because I had that thought pretty much all episode two, maybe it’s because Kathryn Hahn comes from indie films and is sort of known like this quirky background or foreground potentially person. But we haven’t seen her at a big budget thing like this necessarily, maybe that’s it. All episode I was like, “Man, it’s great that they got Kathyrn Hahn to do this.
Alex: I also think she’s really good and the energy she brings. She brings this sort of the meme going around, the winking energy to so many of her roles where it feels like she’s looking at us being like, “Is it crazy I’m in this TV show. I’m acting here.” And I think that’s what it is. The fact that she gets to… She has a real audience surrogate power to her. She’s just great to watch. Despite the fact that she’s playing big in this episode every line is like “Well, my pretty eyes, they’ve captured you this time.” Then she still lands it. Even at the end, when she’s in full, hair styled witch regalia it’s-
Justin: Oh my God, those eyebrows were out of control.
Alex: I got them right here so I’m pretty psyched to see them on screen.
Justin: This is the first time you’ve seen yourself on screen.
Alex: I finally see my brow. So she was great. Loved the walkthroughs here. The big recom with Wanda, I was about to say Scarlet Witch, is that she had these witch powers, All Along and the Mind Stone-
Justin: You love saying All Along, by the way, ever since last ever that’s what you talk about. I’ve seen the tweets Alex. We know you like it.
Alex: I like it. I enjoy the song. It really is by resting state right now is Agatha All Along playing in my head and it’s driving me a little insane.
Justin: She’s deadly. That’s deadly.
Alex: Wanda had the witch powers from the beginning. That’s what Agatha is walking her through and the Mind Stone only amp them up quite a bit. What do you think about that record?
Justin: That’s mutant, right? I think that’s being a mutant. It is. It feels weird to say that but in the comic books, that’s what it is. Your powers come to you. We didn’t get to see Quicksilver be very fast here and his youth, but this could easily be it. It’s what they showed us. They just didn’t tell us.
Alex: For those who haven’t read the comics this is certainly changed a lot through X-Men and Marvel continuity. But initially it was always this puberty thing around the age that Wanda and Pietro are when the bomb hits. There’s a stressful situation and it activates your powers. It is this metaphor for puberty. Again, it’s been a lot of different things throughout the years, but that’s what you’re hitting on here, Justin. That’s what they do like you’re saying, without saying it. It’s interesting if they call it, witch powers or something like that instead of… There’s a, what is it? 1608 is the Neil Gaiman book where they call it the witch mark or the witch hex or something like that instead of being powers.
Justin: But I don’t know how you explain Quicksilver. If you’re going to do this for Wanda, it doesn’t make sense for him to have like a witchy amount of speed.
Alex: That was a weird thing. I think probably for story reasons, keeping it focused on WandaVision they did and didn’t get into it too much. But I agree with you. I was definitely in that scene where Wanda came in and was like, her witch powers are calling out the Mind Stone, here it goes. Wait, what happened with Pietro when he walked in there?
Justin: Or maybe they didn’t put him in that room. I don’t know. There were a little questions there. I don’t think they could even at all touch on them because it would have been too much of a distraction story-wise and also getting us into all these questions of like, “What does this mean for the X-Men in the Marvel Universe?” And even if they will start to classify Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch as mutants going forward.
Alex: The other thing that it does really nicely as it reminds us that Scarlet Witch and Vision’s powers are tied together by the Mind Stone, which they can kind of bumping around a little bit. They certainly mentioned it a couple of times, but it gives up that very clear line. Honestly, I was thankful for that because this is a very stupid thing. I constantly find it confusing that Loki Scepter which was blue, was holding the Mind Stone, which is yellow.
Justin: They did a good job of just being like, “Remember this guys, I know this is weird, but we made this movie before we had it really figured out what we were doing.” Someone in the VFX was like, “Let’s make this stuff blue.” And they were like, “Cool, I love how it looks.” And then later on they were like, “Fuck, it has to be the Mind Stone. What do we do here?” So I appreciate that, he cracks and we see a vision of the Vision through the yellow of the Mind Stone. Now let me throw this out to you. Does this call into question their feelings for each other at all, the fact that the Vision is the Mind Stone and she was influenced by the Mind Stone here. Is it real love they have between them or is it just the mind stone connection acting on her own?
Alex: Oh, that’s interesting. I hadn’t really thought about that. I think it’s real love. We going to go with that at this point, but certainly that Mind Stone could have created some initial connection with them because usually you don’t fall in love with a robot.
Justin: That’s true. I’ve been in and out of a lot of robot based relationships, but that’s just me, but I also encountered them early on.
Alex: They were all like, not love. You never said the big L word.
Justin: I know exactly we didn’t get that far, especially in robot years. But that’s an interesting question that could be posed because I agree with you. We obviously want them to have a real relationship and real love. That’s maybe something to call into question whatever they feel and whoever the villain ends up being in this series. Because despite all the Agatha-
Alex: You really think there’s somebody else other than Agatha?
Justin: In the scene with Hayward when he’s pushing Scarlet Witch with the body of the Vision, he’s clearly pushing her into a trauma reaction moment. He’s not just being like, “Oh no, you’ve seen our horrible experiment.” He is pushing her to crack there. Maybe I’m reading too much into the scene. The way he’s talking to her and the way he’s like, “Go ahead, go down there, touch it.” It was like this person is doing this perfectly.
Alex: I could see that. I don’t think he’s an ultimate big villain. I know you’ve been on the Hayward being pretty much this entire time. I do think he’s still a corporate dick, but he’s not able to activate Vision. Maybe Scarlet Witch will be able to do that. That’s potentially why he’s pushing her there. Maybe he does want her to crack so he can throw her into custody of the dissector as well. I really think he is just corporate dick straight out of the movies and that’s pretty much it.
Justin: Then let me ask you this… This is like getting outside of the show commentary. A couple of the actors have said, “There’s this big actor who we’re going to see in the series.” You’re telling me, you don’t think that’s happening or that was-
Alex: No, I’ll tell you what I think is happening there. That was Paul Bettany specifically was like, “There’s an actor I’ve always wanted to work with. We have some really…” I don’t think he uses the word meaty, but “Some really meaty scenes that we have together.” I think the actor he was talking about was Paul Bettany.
Justin: Oh, really?
Alex: That is what a hundred percent my theory right now. I don’t think we’re going to get another cameo. The reveal at the end of the episode of the mid credits, which we could probably get more into the comic book Origin Myths, Hayward has been able to rebuild Vision’s body as we saw. He is activating it using the hex energy that Scarlet Witch left on the drone that he sent in a couple of episodes back. We get this white Vision reveal, this evil Vision, if you will.
Justin: Ghost Vision.
Alex: Ghost Vision, and that’s straight out Vision Quest from West Coast, Avengers by John Byrne. I think it was issues 42 to 50. I didn’t double-check that. I wrote that data off of the volume, but that gives us like two very clear things that they pulled on for the series. There’s one the… At least for me as a kid dichotic shot of Vision all spread out on a table. That he has been dissected as Wanda discovers him. They rebuild him. He comes back without color. He’s completely white. He doesn’t have any as memories and Wanda has just had kids. So that, and you’d probably love this Justin, clears the way for Wonder Man, to profess his feelings for Wanda.
Justin: Yes, the Vision is like an emotionless ghost essentially and that’s why-
Alex: He’s like, “I have no interest in my family. Go ahead. Date Wonder Man. We have the same brain patterns. It’s complicated, don’t worry about it.”
Justin: “Don’t ask us any follow up questions about that.” I like Wonder Man as a character. In the comics, he’s also been powered up in the same way that Scarlet Witch has, in this series. I don’t know if there’s any real appetite for Wonder Man out there in the world, famously an actor, who’s also a superhero, come on.
Alex: What? That’s crazy. To that point, when we get that reveal at the end of the white Vision, evil Vision, ghost Vision, whatever you want to call him, what we were talking about going to this last episode, I don’t think they are dressed suddenly have Al Pacino pop up as Mephisto or anything like that. I think it’s Paul Bettany finally getting to act opposite Paul Bettany and he was tricking everybody the entire time.
Justin: Wow. It was Bettany all along, is what you’re saying.
Alex: Great cameo.
Justin: “That’s fucked up.” He’s going to get away with saying that about himself. I feel like there’s going to be a one more reveal. You really don’t think so?
Alex: No, don’t get me wrong. I think we’re still going to have-
Justin: This is Marvel, there’s going to be another reveal.
Alex: If we want to talk about the stuff after the episode, and there’s still plenty to talk about in the episode, but we got Monica and Jimmy outside the hex working with Goodner. Oh, sorry. Monica is in the hex. She’s been taken by Pietro. I really didn’t appreciate them pushing that hashtag to be honest with you. This isn’t Riverdale. You can’t do.
Justin: Wow! Okay. Strong interconnection multi-verse of madness of our podcasts.
Alex: She’s there. We don’t know what’s going on with her. Jimmy is outside with [inaudible Major Goodner and the rest. Hayward obviously is planning an attack with white Vision. Then you have Darcy is for Vision. Like he’s not even real. He was created inside the hex. There’s a lot of stuff going on there. To throw another character into the mix is a lot given how much focus we’ve had on the characters in the show so far. But I do think we’re going to see Dr. Strange by the end of the show. Showing up and being like, “Hey, you got to come over here. We got to take this book and figure out what’s going on.” Or something like that.
Justin: You think that we’re going to get Dr. Strange. To me that feels… I understand why that’s makes a lot of sense, but that’s not even a surprise reveal at this point, because we all know that Dr. Strange is like the next chess move here.
Alex: Right, that’s what I’m saying. We were talking about right at the beginning. As much as we’ve been dissecting the show and looking for surprises and there have been some really fun twists, a lot of the stuff is very predictable, very purposely so. I keep going back to, what was it, the second episode where they talk about the magic trick and they say, “You got to lay it out for everybody. You got to show them what the workings are so that they know.” That was giving away the whole structure of the show.
Justin: Yeah. But on the other side of the magic trick, it can’t just be like, “And that’s everything I just told you I was going to do that. Ta da!” There’s usually a surprise in there somewhere.
Alex: Yes. I don’t know, Maybe we’ll see somebody else show up, but bringing in Dr. Strange for the end makes sense. We’ll have obviously a post credit scene or two. Frankly, given that they’ve been doing mid credit scenes for the last two episodes I guess, we’re probably going to see an actual end credit scene after that teeing up Dr. Strange two or Spiderman three or something like that. That wouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Maybe even three, I don’t know. Maybe we’ll see multiple post credit sequences.
Justin: That’s the real Marvel way.
Alex: Yeah, really surprise people. Maybe Falcon and Winter Soldier will show up and be like, “We’ve got a series next. Two weeks from now.”
Justin: “Stick around guys.”
Alex: Much less on the mysteries. We should probably talk about… Do we want to go through talk about other Easter eggs and things?
Justin: Yes, it is almost Easter. I know it’s time to start finding last year’s stinky old eggs.
Alex: One thing I do want to mention just for the previous episode, two things we missed a little bit that people pointed out in the YouTube comments in particular. If you’re listening to the podcast by the way, we also have a visual YouTube version of this. If you’re watching on YouTube, you already know that.
Justin: Nice job. You get the added bonus to see my children’s bunk beds and their extensive book collection. Let’s not forget about this cute ass lion.
Alex: Here’s the things we missed though, the opening credits we call them The Office credits and the theme music was The Office, but they were actually straight up off of Happy Endings, which is something we didn’t quite pick up on. There’s also a quick shot of the middle there of some very ransom style letters that say, “Wanda, do you know what you are doing?” Which in retrospect is weird and I’m not 100% sure what was going on there.
Justin: I wonder whose point of view that’s from. Is that a S.W.O.R.D. style observation? Is that someone in the town? Is it a further reveal that we haven’t got to yet?
Alex: It might be the town. We didn’t really talk about this yet, but there’s this great sequence where Wanda drives into Westview. It’s a piece of shit, New Jersey town.
Justin: Wow, Alex.
Alex: It really is. Everybody’s so sad there. They’re having a bad time.
Justin: They are having a bad time but [inaudible 00:27:45] is giving piano lessons. He’s still bringing the music.
Alex: The postman who we’ve been very suspicious of it turns out to be a pizza delivery boy.
Justin: After all that, he’s just like, “Nope, just bringing a calzone into something.”
Alex: Then Mrs. Hart is also there. She is sitting, looking very sad at a cafe. So we get a couple of senses of them which I thought was interesting. Other stuff that I wrote down is not necessarily Easter egg things, but I thought were interesting. We get the switch to the Purple Marvel Logo at the beginning to tee up, Agatha back in Salem, 1693. I liked the little twist of that scene too, of everybody gathering her up and then who turns out to be her mom and saying, “Are you a witch? Well, good.” Basically that was a nice little twist on that scene.
Justin: That’s a great scene in general. Talking about the switch from Agatha Harkness in the comics is just like an old grandma who’s like, wow, this is a problem. In the show, she is super powerful like a real villain.
Alex: I love the line where she says, “Please, I can be good.” And her mom says, “No, you can’t.” And then tries to shut her down. What do you think they were trying to do? Were they trying to kill her? Where they trying to bind her? What do you think was happening in that scene?
Justin: If she was able to suck their powers out, I feel like other witches were going to suck her powers out and vanish her, basically kill her. To me I was like, “Oh, they’re burning her at the stake.” If this was the Salem witch trials, it wasn’t actually humans trying witches. It was witches trying witches, one witch remains Supreme.
Alex: We get a little glimpse… I wrote this down. We get a glimpse of runes. I’m not a really big rune guy, that’s why I don’t read them. But there was one-
Justin: But you seem like a rune guy.
Alex: I know. If you look over there, I have my rune lab. I don’t know what it is.
Justin: That’s a pornographic drawing that you have on your wall.
Alex: There was clearly an M logo, was one of those runes. It might’ve been a typical rune. It wasn’t like straight up house of M logo, which is something that’s mildly imply inspired the show. But that seemed pretty blatant to me to have that big M there, either for Mutant or for Magneto or something like that. Again might just be an Easter egg versus a clue. But I thought that was pretty obvious.
Justin: What is the difference between an Easter egg and a clue, really?
Alex: A clue is something that indicates an upcoming plot point. An Easter egg is just a fun thing that is there.
Justin: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Very fine line in this show.
Alex: I don’t celebrate Easter, but Easter eggs usually lead to nothing, right?
Justin: No, I’ve solved a lot of murders based on stuff I’ve found. Let me just say I’ve solved a lot of the murders. Too many for a normal person.
Alex: Also we’ve got a couple of shout outs to the comics we got. Wanda did a probability hex, which is something that she does in the comics. Also, by the end we find out that she has chaos magic, which is again, something that she messes around with way too much in the comic books. Also an interesting note, I thought we speculated what was going on with the commercials. That maybe the commercial people were her parents. They’re not her parents.
Justin: No. They do a good job of illustrating that in this episode that they were… Those two traumatic moments. I love the way when the red light starts to flash on the missile, the Stark bomb, I was like, “Yes, direct connection to that first episode the commercial there and the stress of that combined with the like, Oh, you’re feeling her stress from watching that commercial version of it. That first episode I thought was great.
Alex: But I guess some of the commercial people are more people trapped in Westview at this point.
Justin: Yeah. I guess that’s probably on a logistic point of view. For me, the commercials then are the hurt or broken parts of her psyche as a break from the part that she’s made beautiful, how she wants, it’s the darker part emerging in the middle of it.
Alex: A couple of other-
Justin: Commercials are evil parts of the Vision.
Alex: Exactly, yeah. That’s why I have my TiVo so I can skip the commercials.
Justin: You’re a witch in a way.
Alex: Absolutely. That’s their tagline right? “You’re a witch,.” The other little things we didn’t really talk about the sitcoms. We were correct about that she used to watch them in Sokovia. That’s exactly where that comes from. That’s her comfort place. That’s why she goes there with the hex, which I thought was great. I love seeing the scenes for the people who didn’t really pick up on the one-to-one of like the Van Dyke Show or Malcolm in the middle, but all of those scenes are straight up in the show. There’s one scene with a doll, that doll is in there at some point. The thing with, what’s his name, Bryan Cratson watching the thing collapse that was in one of the opening credits as well. So all that stuff is right there. I thought that was great. I also love for the MCU perspective that they layered in the Avengers music in this episode, which we haven’t really heard, which was pretty cool and fun. That’s all I wrote down. Did you have anything else you want to chat about?
Justin: I think that covers a lot of… We touched on it as we went around. Did I mention that the rabbit eats bugs? God.
Alex: What do you think is Scratchy is? Is he just familiar, is that it? Or is Al Pacino or Mephisto.
Justin: He’s Al Pacino.
Alex: He’s Al Pacino?
Justin: A hundred percent.
Alex: Last shot of the show is going to be where Scratchy said, “Huhaa You didn’t think I’d be here. Did you? I can go into any role. I was the devil once now I’m a rabbit.”
Justin: “I was also the bug.”Hu haa!
Alex: Before we wrap up here, what is on your vision board for the final episode of WandaVision Justin? What do you want to see?
Justin: We are going to get a massive fight. We’re going to see Monica Rambeau really come into power setting her up for Captain Marvel 2. I’m very curious where we end up with Scarlet Witch. I feel like perhaps she’s going to be lost in… One other thing I want to talk about. We got the word nexus last episode, which it doesn’t touch on really anything in Wanda’s past. So that makes me feel like it’s where we’re going, Scarlet Witch is going to be lost in the nexus of all realities.
Alex: We talked about that the last episode like you’re saying maybe it’s a movie length episode, potentially. Maybe we get some enormous fight. They certainly teased that it’s one of the biggest things Marvel has ever done. Maybe a tear. That is the thing that actually tears a hole in the fabric of reality that sends off all this bolts over stuff in Dr. Strange two and Spiderman three. So we’re not really dealing with that in the show, but the after effects of what happens with the Agatha and Wanda battle is potentially the thing that leads to that.
Alex: The other thing that I think we glanced over a little bit, that I think is super important for the last episode is the one Wanda-Vision relationship. The big thing that we’re going to get is this. Now we know non real Vision who was created by Wanda in the hex is going to have to tell her, “Let me go. You have to let go and move on with your life. You have to move past this grief.” We’ll potentially have white Vision going forward in some way, but it’s not going to be the Wanda-Vision relationship we know and Wanda is then going to go forward throughout the movies.
Justin: I’d be curious if the Vision will stick around. I like the idea that the ghostly Vision is a character that we encounter more. That emotional sadness, every time we see him we’ll be like, “Ah, shit. They were so happy when they were in TV. I still do think we’re going to get one more reveal despite your Paul Bettany theory. I know you’re riding high because you got previously on right. But I do think that we’ll get that. Did you have another theory you want to drop in?
Alex: Just about the title of the episode. I’ll throw it out there. Again, I have this really good track record of 25%.
Justin: Cocky, confident.
Alex: Depending on what direction we go, it could be one of two titles for the last episode. I think either we’ll see, “We’ll be right back.” If there’s a little bit of a dot, dot, dot at the end of the episode, or alternatively, it’ll be, “This ends our broadcasting.”
Justin: Wow. “Be right back” or “we’ll be right back” is really nice. Also has a reference to the black mirror. One of the best black mirror episodes that they’ve made.
Alex: The big thing on my vision board though, I know we’re kind of going far a field of this very set section of the show.
Justin: I know, really format breaking this episode.
Alex: The big thing I do want to see is the emotional catharsis here. Even more than the superhero fights and Agatha going better and better with Wanda and ghost Vision going against hex Vision or whatever we want to call him. The big thing is I want to see what happens with Wanda and Vision. We also didn’t talk about Billy and Tommy at all. The implication right now is, if Vision can’t survive outside the hex, neither can Billy and Tommy, but I don’t think that’s true. I think we’re going to see a reveal of teenage “Billy and Tommy” by the end of this. That’s going to be one of the big things that spurs us into somewhere down the road, several years, young Avengers. I think we’re going to get an actor reveal for both of them.
Justin: I bet we’re going to get a post credit sequence will be them being either placed for adoption or being separated and put into different lives and we’re going to just know who they are really setting that longterm Easter egg for young Avengers.
Alex: That is it for Marvel Vision. We have one more episode here. We’re going to get up even earlier and make Pete wake up earlier, get into even weirder places when we tape the episodes that’s going to be very exciting. But if you want to support us patrion.com/comic book club, also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube come hang out. We would love to chat with you about WandaVision. I choose Android Stitcher or the app of your choice to subscribe and to listen to the show. If you’d like to rate and comment on iTunes in particular, that’d be much appreciated.
Justin: We love that.
Alex: We love it. Socially, Marvel Vision pod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Well. right here for the end of the episode-
Pete: what’s up? I made it, I’m awake.
Alex: AP?
Pete: what are we doing?
Justin: What’s up, man?
Alex: How you doing? I was just doing the wrap up.
Pete: Oh man. How about that WandaVision?
Justin: What’s on your vision board, Pete.
Pete: Ah, you know what? It was Agnes All Along..
Justin: She snuck in and pressed your snooze button.
Alex: Real quick because we are wrapping up the episode, but I want to know your thoughts. Did you actually watch it Pete? Did you just wake up and get on the zoom?
Pete: I woke up and I tried watching and then I got a zoom invite, so I saw a very witchy beginning. Salem witch trials were real guys.
Justin: That’s a good takeaway right there.
Alex: Thanks for tuning in Pete. Thanks for jumping in. Always good to see you. We were just talking about this, but next week we’re going to wake up at 3:00 AM. [crosstalk 00:39:52]
Pete: Might as well. I mean, what’s the difference? Justin, you are covered in adorable things. This is a lovely image of you.
Justin: Yeah. Just me and-
Pete: And the color pink.
Justin: Yeah, a hundred percent.
Alex: This is great. I’m really glad we wrapped up like this. [email protected] for this podcast with many more. Until next time, set your alarm folks. [crosstalk 00:40:18]
Pete: It’s not, you’ve got to turn up the volume as well. You can’t just set the alarm, the volumes important sometimes.
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BRZRKR #1
Boom! Studios
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Illustrated by Ron Garney
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Marvel
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Image Comics
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Art by Valerie Giangiordano
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DC Comics
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BOOM! Studios
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Something is Killing the Children #15
BOOM! Studios
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Nailbiter Returns #10
Image Comics
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Firefly #26
BOOM! Studios
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Crossover #4
Image Comics
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: What’s up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week, or do we? Or do we?
Justin: Way to create some intrigue. That’s right.
Alex: Because the first book that we’re going to talk about is a book that doesn’t come out until next week, but we’re going to do a spoiler-free review of it. It is-
Justin: A preview review.
Alex: Preview review. It is Berserker #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by none other than Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ron Garney.
Pete: Oh, no wonder.
Justin: I’ve been following Keanu Reeves’s comic book work for a long time, and it’s great to see just a brand-new book with his name on it.
Alex: Yeah. It was great.
Pete: That was driving me fucking crazy. I did not notice that he wrote this.
Alex: Wait. Really?
Pete: That’s hilarious. Yeah. I was like-
Alex: You were like “Oh, it looks like Keanu Reeves in this book?”
Pete: … “Why does the guy look so much like fucking Keanu Reeves?” Oh, that’s hilarious.
Alex: Well, I mean, I got to say, I mean, who knows how much he was sitting down at his typewriter being like “Scene one. Berserker. Open on me”? But a lot of times, I feel like there are these insert-style comics that just don’t work. They’re star vehicles. They’re trying to set up a movie, and they just … They’re not comics. They’re pitch sheets, and that’s pretty much it. That’s not what this is at all. Not only do you have Ron Garney’s phenomenal art throughout-
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: I love Ron Garney, and I feel like he hasn’t been doing enough stuff lately. So it’s great to see his work here.
Alex: So that’s great, but also you got Matt Kindt, who knows his way around an intrigue storyline, a sci-fi storyline. Again, we’re going to skirt spoilers but not get into any here. But even though the main character is clearly Keanu Reeves, this is a really interesting sci-fi story. It’s a great action story. A lot of times, they just step back and let Ron Garney do his thing. I was very surprised and very impressed by this book.
Justin: Yeah. It’s one of those books that when you’re reading the first bit of it, it’s like “I see what this is,” and then by the end you’re like “I was completely wrong. It’s totally different, and I am excited by where it landed.”
Alex: Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, I’ve been reminded numerous times not to give away anything, but man, that ending. Am I right? Oh, shit. No, but yeah. The art and action is phenomenal. This is definitely in my wheelhouse, less dialogue, more action. Come on.
Alex: It’s really good stuff. I mean, this is already a huge selling comic book. I think they sold 600,000 copies, making it the best-selling original property comic book in like five years or a decade or something like that. I’m forgetting what the exact stat is.
Pete: Wait. It hasn’t come out yet. What are you even talking about?
Alex: Well, the way comics book work, Pete, is that people pre-order them through their comic book shops in order to guarantee that they’re going to be there. So that’s what they’ve been doing. So they sold that many copies to comic book shops. So obviously, big deal. People are really excited. The thing that I think is not a happy accident, but happy surprise about it, is that they’re going to get what they paid for. They’re going to get a good, very cool comic book. So I’m excited for everybody to check it out when it hits stands next week.
Justin: Exactly. Next week. If you love The Lake House, you’re going to love Berserker.
Alex: I’m sending that directly to BOOM! Studios. That’s their pull quote.
Justin: Two great Keanu [crosstalk 00:03:36].
Pete: I don’t know if I’ve seen that, but okay.
Justin: It’s not a spoiler when I say the mail is in the mailbox with this comic.
Alex: Hold on. Hold on. Let me try this.
Pete: Oh, my god.
Alex: If you love Always Be My Maybe, check out Berserker #1 from BOOM! Studios.
Pete: Wow. Wow.
Justin: The comic book club bump is coming for Berserker right now.
Alex: Has he done any other movies, Keanu Reeves?
Justin: Keanu Reeves? I can’t think of any.
Pete: A ton. A ton of movies.
Justin: Well, there was Bill and Ted’s Excellent Lake House.
Pete: Right.
Alex: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Always Be My Maybe.
Justin: Yep. There’s that. I think that’s the whole thing.
Alex: I think that’s it. Anyway, this book is great. Definitely pick it up if you haven’t, or pre-order it if you haven’t already. Next up, here’s a book that’s actually out this week, Stray Dogs #1 from Image Comics, written by Tony Fleecs, art by Trish Forstner. So this is about, as you can tell from the title, it’s not like stray … I honestly thought, because it was an Image book and it was called Stray Dogs, and it’s like “What’s up? We’re a bunch of criminals called the Stray Dogs.” No. It’s literally stray dogs. There’s still a crime element. There’s still a mystery element, but I was surprised about this. I’m curious to hear what Pete thought in particular.
Justin: Yes.
Pete: All right. So first-
Justin: Because he’s a cat guy. He’s a cat guy. So-
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. But I saw that cover, and I was like “Oh, this is going to fucking break my heart,” and it did. It’s got some feels in this thing, and I was really impressed with the story. I thought maybe it was just going to be cute dogs, which would have been fine, but yeah. I thought it really ended well. It sets up this whole arc. I’m impressed with this, and I can’t wait for more. I’m really on board here.
Justin: This book also surprised me, and I did … The last third of it is so good. They assemble like an Avengers: Endgame level group of mid-period Disney dogs here. This is like your Fox and the Hounds, your 101 Dalmatians, your Lady and the Tramps. They’re all here, and I don’t think we want to spoil it, maybe, but I think there’s going to be some bad dogs in here. There’s going to be some good girls and some bad dogs.
Pete: Oh, my god. Love it.
Alex: Yeah. Good stuff. Again, a nice surprise. Let’s move on with our next book, and I’m going to tell you what it is, and then I’m going to give you a little peek behind the curtain here. Okay? So our next book, before the shouting begins, is The Amazing Spider-Man #60.
Pete: Oh, fuck you.
Justin: Oh, no.
Alex: Hold up. Written by Nick Spencer, pencils by Mark Bagley. Now, we’ve been talking a lot about Amazing Spider-Man, the Last Remains storyline, this whole thing about Kindred, this villain that turns out to be Harry Osborn, who’s been [inaudible 00:06:18] Spider-Man in the background.
Pete: But-
Alex: Hold on. Let me just finish what I’m saying, and then I’m going to allow you to shout, Pete. But I think we kind of agreed that it sort of started to fizzle at a certain point. They’re dragging out the Kindred reveal for too long. I’ve still been reading it. I’ve been reading each issue because I like Spider-Man and I enjoy reading it, but I haven’t felt like … We don’t need to talk about the same story [inaudible 00:06:43] again and again. So before I set down the stack for this week with the choices of issues, particularly Marvel, I was like “Well, let me just read and see what happens in Spider-Man,” because the cover of this is Mary Jane and Peter surrounded by the centipedes from Kindred, and I read this book, and I was like “Oh, we got to talk about this.”
Justin: Yes.
Alex: We have to talk about this, because I want to hear Pete shout. Go ahead, Pete.
Pete: Okay. So first off, to kind of peek behind the curtain a little bit, Zalben has been pushing the envelope for how many fucking comics we talk about, and he sends out this ridiculous list that we have to read all these comics.
Alex: Nobody is forcing you to do that.
Pete: Hey. I love reading comics, but I got a full-time job. We got other stuff going on, and he keeps pushing the number. He said “Oh, we’ll cap it at 20.”
Alex: I never said that.
Pete: Hasn’t been capped at 20 in a long time.
Alex: I never said that.
Pete: So then he gives us this giant fucking list, and then goes “Oh, two more,” and guess what one of the fucking two is. Amazing Spider-Man, and I was like “You motherfucker. Always pushing.”
Justin: This is not the shout I expected to hear, just FYI.
Alex: Not at all.
Justin: Imagine tiny-
Alex: [crosstalk 00:07:50].
Justin: Imagine-
Pete: I was saying that “Oh, there has to be a reason he pushed this,” like “Oh, just these two Marvel. No big deal. We’re just going to just do two Marvel because we got so many other comics,” and I knew. I knew Spider-Man had to be a fucking doozy. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have fucking pushed it through, and yeah, and here we go again. Here we fucking go again. You want to open a fucking wound and fucking relive some nightmares? Well, guess what. We got fucking Mephisto, and it’s going to fucking relive some god damn nightmares.
Justin: Here’s the thing though, Pete. First off, let me say, imagine little Pete LePage, Petey, as we call him-
Pete: No.
Justin: … dreaming of his future as an adult, and your biggest complaint right now is that your friend is making you read too many comics? Little Petey LePage would drive his little big wheel right into a brick wall if he heard that.
Alex: “You’re telling me this is my job?” I mean, well, let’s not go that far.
Justin: Well, not technically a job, but it’s like-
Pete: You get paid to do a job, asshole. All right?
Alex: That’s what I’m saying.
Pete: We’re not … Yeah. So I do have a job where I work and get paid, and then we go this out of the love of our hearts, and then one person keeps fucking pushing the envelope by overloading us.
Justin: I love comics. I would read more. Give me more.
Alex: I agree, and to clarify, we said we would cap it at 50 to 75 books a week, tops.
Justin: Let’s talk about this Spider-Man book, because let me see-
Alex: No. I don’t think so. Can you also give us a peek behind the curtain, Justin?
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah. Give us a peek behind the curtain, Justin.
Justin: Sorry. The only curtain I’m behind is a shower curtain, and it’s sheer. It’s invisible. I’m nude in front of you all, all the time. I’m [crosstalk 00:09:33].
Pete: Gross.
Justin: Just a little imagery to preface this review. So this book though, Pete … It’s got Peter and Mary Jane being as close as they’ve been in a decade.
Pete: Yeah, and then it does the classic bullshit where Peter leaves and then Mary Jane’s got some weird shit going on with the villain.
Justin: Well, here’s the thing. To your point, Alex, I actually didn’t really like a lot of the lead up to the reveals here. I feel like Nick Spencer used to have a really good Spider-Man and a really good Peter Parker. It felt like it was back to the very core of the character, struggling to get by, has a bunch of roommates that he shouldn’t be hanging out with, messing up all the time, and now it’s like it’s so sentimental. It’s this sort of sanctimonious Peter Parker that we see a lot over the course of the years, but it’s not the fun Peter Parker, and it’s too melodramatic for me, and then by the end of it, I was excited about the reveal at the end of the book and even the stuff that Pete’s talking about with the villain. At least that’s interesting, because this Peter Parker’s not a person I’m loving right now.
Alex: Well, and that’s the point of the book, right? I think they’re taking a really long time to get around to it, but what is nice about this issue is it feels like one of those classic Ultimate Spider-Man issues that Brian Michael Bendis would do, where it’s just a conversation, and in this case, it’s Peter talking to Mary Jane. She’s trying to help him through the stuff he’s going through, and he says exactly what you’re talking about, where he’s like “Why is my life like this? Why am I still in this place that I’m in? What is going on here?” and by the end … Spoiler, but we’ve already spoiled it. The revelation is it’s probably Mephisto all over again fucking with Peter Parker’s life. Probably, there’s no way around. If they don’t loop back to One More Day at this point, I don’t know what he’s doing in this storyline, but that’s fascinating to me, what direction they’re going in. It’s nerveracking, but it’s fascinating.
Pete: Yeah. Well, I’m not fascinated, but I did really like the part of MJ talking about this exercise that helps you kind of work through shit, and I thought that was very cool to have a superhero kind of do a therapy exercise and be like “Hey. Therapy’s okay. It’s okay to talk about your feelings in a safe space and get it out and see what it feels like to say these things out loud.” I thought that was very powerful and very cool, but then you got to fucking ruin it with Mephisto shit, and it’s like, either we’re moving on and that bullshit happened and somehow we have to live with it and move forward, or you better fucking undo that bullshit and then we can get back to our lives. Fucking make a choice, man, because I’m sick of this shit.
Alex: All right. Well, let’s move on to Two Moons #1 from Image Comics, written by John Arcudi, art by Valerio Giangiordano. This is set in the Civil War following a soldier who starts seeing some demons or something. We’re not 100 percent sure what’s going on, but the art in here is terrifying and scary.
Pete: He sees the monster from Critters is what it looks like.
Alex: But it’s just somebody’s head, to be clear.
Justin: Yeah. He’s got a critter on his head.
Pete: Yeah. It’s a critter head.
Alex: Classic critter head. Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: You guys both sort of felt like you were saying something that you shouldn’t be saying, for a second.
Alex: I mean, in my family, when I grew up, we were never supposed to say critter head.
Justin: Yeah. Say it three times, and then you have yourself a critter head. I like this book as well. This was a good sort of scary story in a time we don’t see very much, especially from this perspective.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, the art’s really unbelievable. This is a very interesting story. It’s also the take about the nurse getting upset about the fact that when you run out of ammunition, they’ll use whatever scraps of metals they can, and then kind of her reaction is very interesting and very intense. So I think this is a really kind of interesting, original idea set in a shitty time period.
Alex: Sure. There you go. Couldn’t disagree with that. Let’s move on to our Future State block, as we’ve been doing all the past couple of weeks, talking about everything that’s come out from Future State. I’ll list the books, and then we’ll talk about some of our highlights. We’ve got House of El #1, Aquaman #2, Legion of Superheroes #2, Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2, Suicide Squad #2, Dark Detective #4, and Batman/Superman #2, and to give you a little peek behind the curtain here, it’s interesting that Pete was complaining about too many titles being in our stack, because at least the past two weeks we’ve talked about the Future State block, Pete has read extra titles from DC and then talked about them on the show.
Justin: Yeah, and dropped them in.
Alex: There you go. So Pete, any extra titles you want to talk about here?
Pete: No. No, but if we would like to peek behind the curtain, I think you’re a piece of shit.
Alex: All right. That’s fine.
Justin: Again, here’s me, nude behind a very crystal-clear sheer curtain.
Alex: Pete, what jumped out at you? What did you like this week?
Pete: All right. Well, I liked a lot of things, but the one book I didn’t want to like, but then the sappy ending kind of got me in the feels, was the House of El #1. Sometimes we get in the house of stuff. I don’t know.
Justin: Yeah. You don’t like houses.
Pete: Yeah. I don’t like houses. I don’t like the kind of historical Superman shit where everybody is talking about their logos and all the weird shit. It doesn’t get me excited, but I was really impressed with this book because I read it like “Harumph. I don’t want to like you,” and then it won me over. I would say one of my favorites was Batman/Superman-
Justin: Here. Wait. Can we talk about that real quick?
Pete: Sure. Sure.
Justin: Sorry. Sorry, but I loved this book. I know I feel like I’ve been on a Phillip Kennedy Johnson love fest, but man, this is another great book by him that is just a hundred percent fun. It’s mixing a lot of the stuff he does in The Last God with a Superman-focused version of the Legion, and it reads like just a great Legion book with all these different version of Superman kin that are out there trying to just save the world and maintain their household and mix in with these sort of light fantasy elements. It’s just a great book.
Alex: Pete, what about you? You were about to call out Dark Detective, I believe.
Pete: Well, I have been enjoying that, and yes, I did love Dark Detective #4. Very intense. I love this no more shadows, like “Oh, shit. What does that mean?” Also, great backup story. I thought this was a very intense, cool Batman book. I’m very excited to see where this goes. Anybody else want to jump in on this one?
Alex: Yeah. Sure. Was that not the one you were going to call out? I thought that’s what you started saying.
Pete: No. It was Batman/Superman #2.
Alex: Oh, okay. Sorry to put you on the spot there, but I do really like the backup. We talked about this last time, this Joshua Williamson and Giannis Milonogiannis, and they’re doing basically Red Hood, but Akira, and it’s super fun. I had a blast reading that. But you want to talk about Future State Batman/Superman #2?
Justin: Real quick.
Alex: Oh, yeah.
Justin: It’s very funny seeing the Red Hood hood on him, where it just goes right to the … It’s just such a weird looking thing, but this has been one of the best version of Bruce Wayne that I feel like we’ve seen in Batman comics in a long time, this Dark Detective series.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. It’s really cool. But Batman/Superman #2, really unbelievable action. I really am loving the kind of mystery and the kind of who-done-it with this team up. I love it when Batman and Superman get along, but I also like it when they fight, and I feel like this was a really cool, great kind of fight between Superman and Batman, and I thought this was really cool.
Alex: Yeah. It’s a good book as well. For me, man, it’s tough. Again, a very good week for books from Future State. All of this stuff has been really good. It’s a little bit of a tie. There’s one that eked it out a little bit more. Future State Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2 is kind of my number two here, written by Mark Russell, art by Steve Pugh. Super fun. Great Lois Lane in this book. As usual, just hilarious and pointed satire from Mark Russell. So really enjoyed that book, but the one for me that killed it was Aquaman #2.
Justin: A hundred percent. That was mine.
Pete: Yeah. That’s what I was going to … Yeah.
Alex: Everybody was leading up to that, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. Again, like I said with the first issue, I am not an Aquaman fan. I don’t usually like an Aquaman story. This is god damn amazing, and if you didn’t tune in to the first book, the first issue of the book, it was all about this confluence of oceans from the universe that former Aqualad, now Aquaman, and Aqualass, who by the end of the book, spoiler, is Aquawoman, have gotten trapped in. They get separated. Aquaman is imprisoned most of the last book and then finally finds out that Aqualass is alive at the end, and then we loop back and find out what happened with her. The action is so big. Everything that happens is so emotional and creative. I was blown away.
Justin: I agree. This book was so good. Of all the books in Future State that I would want to replace the main title going forward, it’s this. I want to see these characters going forward and seeing where they go next, because it’s so good.
Pete: The let go moment was so nice.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, I don’t know how cool a water leg would be, but man, they really sold it in this book.
Alex: It’s a fish leg. It’s not a water leg. It’s a fish leg.
Pete: Oh, okay. My bad.
Justin: I mean, a fish leg would be much worse, because that shit … You’ve only got like two days max on that things.
Pete: Before it starts smelling?
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Don’t microwave it. Not in the office. That’s all I’m saying.
Justin: Oh, definitely.
Alex: That would be gross.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:19:49] case of scallop-
Alex: All right. Let’s move on and talk about some other books.
Justin: One last thing I want to shout out.
Alex: Oh, yeah. Please.
Justin: We didn’t talk about Legion of Superheroes #2. Want to shout out Riley Rossmo’s art on this. I’d love to see a Legion book with Riley drawing it.
Alex: Absolutely. Moving on, one of your favorites, Justin, The Department of Truth #6 from Image Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Elsa Charretier.
Justin: Oh, what an accent.
Alex: This is a switch up of artists for the book-
Pete: Yeah. I was going to say.
Alex: … and also a switch up of time periods, as we jump back in time and find out the origins of The Department of Truth. This is a awesome issue that continues, personally, to remind me of a vintage Vertigo book, where it’d be like five issues, take a break, show us some times passed thing, and then go forward with the ongoing story. So good.
Justin: So good. This book is doing just such a great job of fleshing out the world of the series sort of slowly and really easing into it, and this book does a great job of sort of bringing into focus in the sort of micro with the flashback story. It’s sort of a double flashback. We flashback to right after the Kennedy assassination, and then flashback to Doubting Thomas and sort of the origin of rewriting the world with a new truth, and this book is one of my favorites on the stand right now. If this were a religion, I would believe in it.
Alex: Wow.
Pete: Oh, shit. Wow.
Justin: I’m not a religious guy, but this is the closest. I’m like “I could buy this. I could buy this fully across the board.”
Pete: Wow. That is crazy. I think it’s really impressive that this book can look so different from kind of book to book and still feel like a part of the same story. It’s really impressive what they’re pulling off here creatively, artistically. They’re taking some big swings at some big ideas, and they are killing it. It’s really impressive. Yeah. The paneling, the art, the way this story flows. This is a really, really impressive book that is tripping me the fuck out.
Alex: This employs a technique that I usually hate in storytelling, but it completely works here, where they have a story in a story in a story. In this book, Lee Harvey Oswald, who in our current time is the head of The Department of Truth goes to his first day there, finds out the origin, so you have one … I think this is the reason it works is the art style changes with each level of the story, where it goes back in time, he’s reading the origin of the story of The Department of Truth, and then one of the characters in the story starts telling the story to the other character, and then the art style changes again. It’s just these multiple layers that feel very purposeful versus the usual accidental employment of that technique. Fantastic book. Definitely pick it up.
Alex: Let’s move on and talk about Faith #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by Jeremy Lambert, illustrated by Eleonora Carlini. This is a weird book that I was no expecting-
Justin: This is a weird book.
Alex: … that follows Faith as she’s trapped in a movie theater, and there’s some Watchers watching her, strange stuff going on. What’d you guys think of this one?
Pete: Yeah. It’s fantastic art. It was a little confusing because we kind of had this shadowy figure behind the main character. So I was having a hard time follow what’s happening, because I was so worried about her present, in-the-movie-theater self. So it was hard to kind of let go of that and follow the story, but yeah. This is interesting. Unbelievable art. Some great action. I’m not quite sure what’s happening though.
Justin: Yeah. I mean, I agree. Really expressive art, I thought was … There were so many good little horror moments, and Faith’s reactions throughout are great. I don’t know much about Faith in the background. I don’t have faith.
Alex: You got to have faith.
Justin: Yeah. That’s the thing.
Pete: The faith, the faith, the faith.
Justin: But I believe in the comic book we just talked about before this one. So yeah. I didn’t know much about the character, but it was a good read.
Alex: Yeah. Moving on, X-Men #18 from Marvel, written by Johnathan Hickman, art by Mahmud Asrar. Give you a little peek behind the curtain. I felt like Pete would be pretty mad about Amazing Spider-Man. This one involves Laura, Wolverine, which Pete likes a lot. So I thought this would be kind of like a gimme, like balance the scales a little bit. So this is as three of the X-Men characters wander into a weird future place, as they usually do in this run of X-Men. What’d you think about this one?
Justin: The Vault.
Pete: Well, I’m curious about something. So why is she called Wolverine now? You know what I mean? I know Wolverine died for a little bit, and I know she was X-23, and that’s cool, but then when they were referring to her as Wolverine, I was like “Why? What’s-“
Justin: Well, because Wolverine doesn’t … He’s on the moon popping something else besides claws. So he’s not really …
Pete: You don’t have to be an asshole when I ask a question. You could just answer it.
Justin: I mean, I think there’s some truth to that.
Alex: There’s more than on person named Pete.
Justin: Wow.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Justin: That’s true.
Pete: Got that, and there’s also more than one person named Pete LePage, but what’s your fucking point?
Alex: My point is, when I search for Pete LePage, the other one comes up.
Pete: Okay. So it’s okay that she’s called Wolverine is what you’re saying?
Alex: Yeah. It’s fine. It’s not a problem.
Justin: I like it. I like her as a character. I like her as the Wolverine. I think Logan can just be Logan now, and he can go do all of his Logan stuff.
Pete: That’s cool. I just didn’t know. I was like “Maybe I missed something,” like the passing of the Wolverine mantle or whatever. I love X-23. I have no problem with her being Wolverine. I was just like “Oh, they’re straight just calling her Wolverine now.”
Justin: Well, I think they’re both called Wolverine. I think it’s just like they’re both Wolverines. There’s no reason to differentiate.
Pete: Then I was like “Is Wolverine a title of the fucking muscle when you going on …” I don’t know. I was just wondering if maybe I’d missed something that you guys knew about, but usually, as usual, I ask you something and you just make fun of me. So all right.
Alex: Oh, Pete.
Justin: I’m not making fun of you. We’re explaining an important plot point in the X-Men universe right now that Wolverine fucks in the moon.
Pete: Cool. Cool.
Alex: It did stand out to me too, to be totally-
Justin: The gravity’s only one-sixth. So he’s floating a little bit. You know what I’m talking about?
Alex: To be totally fair, it stood out to me too as son as they called her Wolverine, and then I was like “All right. They’re calling her Wolverine,” and I kind of moved on from there rather than sticking with it. This is a good story. It’s crazy that they introduce this whole villain team to eliminate them in one issue, but that’s classic Johnathan Hickman at this point.
Justin: Well, these guys have been around. The Vault was introduced a while ago. In fact, I feel like Hickman is oddly … He keeps sort of edging on the Vault. He’s like “Look. The Vault. Watch out for them,” and then in this issue, they go in there and wreck shit. So it’s weird what’s happening here. I thought this issue was great. This issue reads like an annual standalone issue where they’re just like “Let’s have a fun mission,” and it’s a great tactical mission. I love Darwin and Synch. Great. It’s all so smartly done, but I think, in general, I’m like “What’s the next move here with the X-Men?” and there are no clues. It’s hard to read the tea leaves.
Alex: No. It’s definitely the sort of thing that I think we’re going to look back at it in 15 to 30 years when Johnathan Hickman is done with this run and be like “Okay.”
Pete: Yeah. “Oh.”
Alex: “I get it it.”
Pete: “I see now.” Yeah. Yeah, but-
Justin: “Oh, The Vault.”
Pete: The art’s amazing, and the kind of thinking-man Sentinel thing was really awesome to kind of see as well. Yeah. I think it was really cool to kind of like “Oh, we’re going to send you on this mission. You guys sweep the Vault,” and you’re like “Okay. No big deal. How long will that take?” and then they realize a Vault is a whole fucking city. Pretty cool kind of “How are we going to do this?” moment. I don’t know how any of this makes sense, but I thought it was a cool issue.
Alex: I agree. I’m glad to hear that too, Pete, because you’ve been very down on the X-Men. Let’s move on and talk about another James Tynion book, Something is Killing the Children #15 from BOOM! Studios, written by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell’Edera. Justin, I’m curious to hear from you because this is the end of the story that they’ve been telling for 15 issues at this point. They wrap things up. They leave things open for the next story, but that’s kind of where we are, and you’ve been very back and forth about it. So how do you feel about this as a whole?
Justin: James Tynion’s a great storyteller, but I guess I still have the same feeling where I’m like “Oh, that was the whole story.” I thought there was going to be, I guess, more of a crescendo in here. I like all of the storytelling. The art in this book is fantastic. The eating of gummy worms has never been so gross.
Pete: Oh, man. Yeah.
Alex: Maybe you want some gummy worms, I’ll tell you what.
Pete: Yeah. You’re so creepy, dude.
Justin: Yeah, but you see regular worms, you’re like “Yum, yum, gummy.”
Alex: Put those in my mouth. Give me some of those sweet dirt dudes. That’s what I call them.
Justin: But yeah. That’s my-
Pete: I don’t know. This felt like a ending that wasn’t an ending. It felt like an ending that’s like there is a bigger story to tell here-
Justin: For sure.
Pete: … and hopefully they will get to tell it, because this is a really great world. I’ve loved every single issue of this. Art’s unbelievable. Love the character designs, and this cool … I feel like this is what our life is going to be like eventually. Since we’re all going to be wearing masks, it’s going to be just down to what does your mask say, and that’s your gang affiliation or your kind of tribe, if you will. So I feel like this is a book of the future before we even know it.
Alex: It’s surprising to me because a lot of this specific issue was them talking about houses, which you’ve already got on record as not liking in this very podcast.
Justin: Yeah. This guy hates houses. You want to see the apartment of El, the condo of El.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Nailbiter Returns #10 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, another surprising ending for a series here as we wrap up Nailbiter returning with some big revelations for the series. How’d you feel about this one?
Pete: I loved it. I thought this was a cool kind of end but also tease to the to-be-continued thing at the end. That was pretty neat, but I mean, you guys have kids. So you tell me. When you guys sit around the fire to tell stories, do their faces go blank like that? Is that a normal thing that happens?
Justin: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Pete: Oh, man. That’s got to be tough.
Alex: Every parent knows that. When you’re about to have the kid in the hospital, they talk you through the birthing process. They also talk you through the fact that, hey, when you sit around a fire, kids are going to have no faces.
Pete: Oh, wow. Well, I’m glad that you had the heads up on that, because as somebody who didn’t know that, that was pretty scary.
Justin: Well, that’s because they’re listening so hard, and so the rest of their features just fade away because the ears are really the focus. It’s just using your resources.
Alex: This book was fun. I had a blast reading it. It’s definitely a big action movie versus the overall dark mystery that the first one was. Super fun, and I’m glad that they kept it to 10 issues and pretty much done, kept the story really focused. I had a good time.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: I agree, and it really got into some dream logic dreaminess that I really appreciated throughout this whole series and in this issue as well.
Pete: Also, it’s great for people who collect eyeballs, you know?
Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Justin: Yes, which I think we all do, and great nail biting. We got some biting of nails.
Alex: Good stuff.
Pete: Finally got some nail biting in this one. Yeah.
Alex: Next up, Firefly #26 from BOOM! Studios, written by Greg Pak, art by Pius Bak. The last issue we called a fresh new start for Firefly. It was taking us after Serenity, the movie, moving us forward here. The cliffhanger at the end of the last issue was it looked like Wash was alive. Here, spoiler, not exactly. There’s a good twist on it. I loved the twist with Wash, actually, and I think this is a great … Without spoiling exactly what happens, this is a great way of pushing the story forward, and it feels like a tried-and-true sci-fi idea that’s going to pay really good dividends with the characters. I think it’s neat.
Justin: It’s so-
Pete: I’m going to go out … Oh, go ahead.
Justin: You go.
Pete: I was just going to say I’m going to out on a limb and just say Greg Pak is a fucking phenomenal writer. He makes great choices. I’ve just not yet read something from him and not been impressed by it. Even though we knew what kind of happened, the whole thing needed to be explained to us. I was really impressed. I thought this was a fun book. Amazing art. Really cool.
Justin: How is it on that limb, Pete? Because I feel like you’ve been out on the Pak limb for years.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. It’s just me out here. Loving the Pak.
Justin: I think your parents conceived you out on the Pak limb, and you’ve just been birthed there. Your parents heard about the facelessness around the fire, out on the limb, and now here you are, still living on the limb.
Pete: Nothing like limb living.
Justin: Limb living. I think it’s so smart that they did a long story in the past. It was great. Greg Pak really understands the characters and really put them out there, and then to jump forward in time where we get to sort of collect them again is super fun. Well done.
Alex: Yeah. I agree. Next up, Crossover #4 from Image Comics, written by Donny Cates, art by Geoff Shaw. In this issue, we’re picking up with our adventurers who met Madman, the character, from Mike Allred and Laura Allred, last issue. He is going to help them get inside the dome that has covered Denver, I believe, if I remember correctly, and locked in a bunch of comics characters. We again get a bunch of cameos and fun stuff in this issue. We also get some shout outs to Donny Cates and, I believe, Geoff Shaw’s own work as well. This is great. This is a blast to read, and even Donny Cates self inserting himself here is super fun.
Justin: I mean, it’s great to see Madman in action. That guy can yo.
Alex: Yeah. Yo, yo. Pete, you got to be happy. There is a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in this issue.
Pete: Oh, yeah. You got to love that. I also impressed with the art here, because it has the kind of dot, kind of old-timey kind of comic book style, which is really interesting with Madman, with kind of more vibrant characters as well. It’s just really cool to see them all standing in a room. So I’m glad we got that moment. The kind of torture shit freaked me out a little bit, but man, really great story. Fun stuff.
Alex: Good stuff. Next up, Skulldigger Skeleton Boy #6 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tonci Zonjic. We’ve been talking about a lot of the Black Hammer books. We kind of missed this one in terms of reviewing. So I figured it was worth catching up with the last issue here. I’ll tell you what. I … This is all me … forgot about Tonci Zonjic. Amazing artist.
Justin: Yeah. Great art.
Alex: I was so happy to read this again. I was like “Oh, my god. I’m sorry I forgot you. You’re so good.”
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Yeah. It’s so dynamic. It almost has a little Darwyn Cooke to it, but a little bit of just great, I don’t know, Greg Capullo style action. Really good, and the story was great. I feel like the Black Hammer universe is just prime time right now.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I agree. The panels, the layout, the way the action flows. Really, really fun and impressive, but also some really touching moments, like the look on the kid’s face. They just keep just showing the kid’s face, so different in each panel in the way that it’s just kind of colored. Really impressive, the way they can kind of show emotion through this still panel here. Yeah. I was just really kind of moved by this. I thought it was a really solid issue.
Justin: The last page, which is almost like an epilogue to the book, just a standalone splash page, was so emotional and great.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: We’re not really talking about the plot here, because we didn’t read the previous five. This is the last issue, but the fact that they can get across enough of the emotion and story in one issue that is the last one to people who have not read the previous five is very impressive.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Next up, let’s talk about it, Ice Cream Man #23-
Pete: Oh, here we go.
Alex: … from Image Comics, written by W. Maxwell Prince, art by Martín Morazzo. I know Pete is scared of this one.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Yeah?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: So another standalone issue of Ice Cream Man, as a lot of them are, mind you, but in this one, it’s text pages interspersed with splash pages of essentially our main character, the Ice Cream Man, going on a talk show with a bunch of animals, until a snake bites the shit out of the talk show host’s face. The thing that is so terrifying about this is the text pages takes place after it. So you’re reading the story of the horrific things that happen to him, and you’re like “Oh, we’re going to see this. We’re going to see this at some point. It’s coming. It’s coming. It’s coming-“
Pete: I was like “Don’t show me. Don’t. You wrote about-“
Alex: “… It’s coming. It’s going to happen,” and the entire issue, and finally they pulled the lid off, and it’s great. Another incredible one-shot issue of Ice Cream Man. Not enough good things to say about this book.
Justin: I feel like W. Maxwell Prince is just sitting at home tactically trying to break down how to engineer scares in the paper and the printed medium. It’s wild that he is able to continue to find new ways to stress us the fuck out.
Pete: That’s what’s so impressive about this is each comic is so different but has that same tension, and they’ve done so many different creative ways to scare the shit out of us, and you think “All right. Well, how’s this going to stack up? It can’t be as great as the last issue.” It continues to deliver. Unbelievable, and I don’t know. It seems like shots fired at Jimmy Fallon in these, but this is a crazy book that made me read, and I don’t want to read, and it’s still so well done I read and didn’t hate it.
Alex: It’s good stuff. Moving on to Crimson Flower #2 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Matt Kindt, art by Matt Lesniewski. Pete, you seem to like this book.
Pete: Oh, my god.
Alex: This is about a bounty hunter, I guess, who is going crazy, something like that?
Pete: Well, yeah. It’s about a lot of things, but it’s mainly about this person trying to get revenge, trying to find out who killed their father, I believe is what she’s freaking out about, and just the fact of she’s just driving angry, just chomping pills and half seeing reality, half seeing this tripped-out evil shit is really crazy but also very impressive what goes down, and then the whole fact of she’s not going to do well but keeps kind of playing this trickery and then kind of reveals, throughout, she’s telling a story within the story … I was just really impressed with this. Very creative. Very fun. Amazing art. Just really fun story.
Justin: Yeah. I really liked this as well. It feels like fairy tale stories. She’s like a Little Red Riding Hood but who grew up to become an-
Pete: A badass.
Justin: … assassin out for revenge, who crosses over with some other dudes who are sort of giants, maybe, but also just shit-head other assassins. It’s really fun.
Pete: What’s awesome is it starts off and it kind of reminds me a little bit of Locke & Key, the paneling and just the different kind of character designs, but then just kind of goes off into its own completely different thing, and yeah. I just think it really worked on a lot of levels.
Alex: Next-
Justin: That art’s sort of reminiscent of … Sorry … of Black Hole.
Alex: Oh, yeah. I can see that.
Justin: In a good way.
Alex: Next up, Post Americana #3 from Image Comics, story and art by Steve Steve Skroce. As we’ve been talking about with the last couple of issues of this book, this is a satirical, post-apocalyptic tale about a guy who’s kind of trying to save the world but mostly messing it up. Continues to be gross and funny in exactly the right way. I’m enjoying this book. I’m having a fun time reading it. How about you guys?
Justin: I agree. The art, I feel like, really took a step up in this issue. We get a lot of close-ups on the characters, and it really … I think the earlier issues were a little wild, and it’s like cannibals fucking around. So it was a little loose. Everything really tightens up in this issue. We get a lot of back story, and I think the art mirrors that in a way that I thought was just very smart.
Pete: Yeah. I agree. I think the art is great. There’s amazing action, and the story does tighten up, and things start to kind of make more sense, and we’re able to kind of follow things a little bit easier, which is great, but the classic … When somebody comes to visit unannounced, you almost kill them. So you really got to be careful when you go to somebody’s house, guys.
Justin: Yeah. By the way, Pete, we’re coming to your house at 4:04. So put your ax down when we stop by.
Pete: Yeah. You might want to text me, because I just want to not accidentally ax you.
Justin: Ax-identally.
Alex: Ax-identally. Thanks for [crosstalk 00:42:27] audio podcast.
Justin: It’ll work in court.
Pete: Yeah. No problem.
Alex: You Look Like Death-
Justin: Joke heard and acknowledged.
Alex: You Look Like Death #6 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Garard Way-
Pete: You look like death.
Alex: … art by Shaun Simon. This is a tale from the Umbrella Academy. We are wrapping it up of Klaus’s time in Hollywood. It wraps back to the beginning. You had to love this, Pete, another mention of relish, your favorite topping.
Pete: Well, I don’t know about that, but I do love the characters in this. Klaus is one of our favorites. So it’s just very kind of interesting to kind of see it in this kind of art style, and I’m just so used to the show. It’s almost weird to read the comic, but yeah. This is a really cool story, really fucked up. Spiders scare the fuck out of me. So this is kind of a nightmare, but yeah. This is just great Umbrella Academy fun.
Justin: I love relish. I love-
Pete: Really?
Justin: Yeah. Relish is one of my favs.
Pete: Have to have it on a hot dog? Or what’s up?
Justin: A hundo percent.
Pete: Really?
Justin: Yeah. I’m a mustard-
Pete: Get that shit away from my dog, bro.
Justin: Mustard, relish. I’ll do sweet. I’ll do dill.
Pete: Oh, wow.
Justin: If you pickle anything, JT’s there. If you want me to pop by, pickle something, and this book is fun too.
Alex: Yes. It’s like the pickles of comic books. Moving on to the The Scumbag #5 from Image Comics, written by Rick Remender, art by Wes Craig. Get the old … Oh, my god … Deadly Class team back together again for this issue, so a switch up of the artist, but we’re still following the same old Scumbag as maybe he finally grows a little bit of a heart this issue. This is super fun. I really liked seeing Wes Craig’s take on this book in particular. I enjoyed that quite a bit. Yeah. This book is a blast. It’s fun to read.
Justin: It’s very fun. The characters, our main characters … I love watching their relationship between the Scumbag, his handler, and the sex android who drives them around and refuses to have sex with him no matter how many times he asks. It’s all very fun stuff in that sort of reverent Remender tone.
Pete: Yeah. I think what’s nice is I was getting a little tired of Scumbag being a scumbag. So it’s nice to see the Scumbag evolve a little bit so we can have somebody to root for in this, but man, Remender, dude. Holy shit. You think you’re like “Okay. I know what this is about.” Nah. He loves the twists and turns. He loves to keep you guessing, and then when you’re not ready, he’ll break your heart if you’re not careful, but man, guys, don’t listen to magical Christmas trees that smile way too much. All right?
Alex: Very fun bit though.
Justin: Good advice.
Alex: Last but not least, Rain Like Hammers #2 from Image Comics, written and art by Brandon Graham. I’ll tell you what. I was very surprised to find out this was an anthology with this issue. That’s not what I was expecting.
Justin: Well, I feel like a lot of Brandon Graham’s stuff are loose anthologies where there’s some connection, there’s a lot of tonal overlap and everything. I definitely like sort of the rules of the world are the same. Man, I love this book. Of any issue this week, this was the most just transporting book that I read. It’s so funny. It’s beautifully drawn. It’s so interesting. There’s just a ton of ideas at play here all the time. Great, great book. Can’t recommend this highly enough.
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Justin: Just pull back the curtain, and we’ll be right there, fully nude, as usual.
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WestView is falling apart, and so is Wanda, as the WandaVision villain is revealed on Episode 7 “Breaking the Fourth Wall.” While Vision slowly makes his way back to the center of town with the help of Darcy, Wanda is taking some “me” time to recover from expanding the Hex in a The Office inspired episode. But things aren’t going well, leading to Agnes taking the twins… And revealing some less than altruistic motives. Meanwhile, outside the Hex, Hayward prepares to launch a full-scale attack, and Monica reenters, ready to try and help Wanda — leading to the birth of a new hero. From the Nexus to Major Goodner to the Darkhold, we’re breaking down all of the WandaVision Easter eggs, Marvel Comics spoilers, and much more from WandaVision Episode 7.
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Alex: Welcome to MarvelVision, a podcast about the MCU, Marvel, and right now, WandaVision. We’re talking to episode five… Excuse me, episode seven. I don’t know. It’s very early right now. Breaking the Fourth Wall. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And very exciting, big episode of WandaVision as usual. Spoiler warning if you haven’t watched it yet on Disney+, which maybe you did because it crashed for a good point this morning. Go away. Go watch the episode. We’re going to be talking about all the big spoilers and Easter eggs and everything going on in here.
Pete: Plus after credits.
Alex: We got a mid credit sequence this time.
Justin: 100%.
Alex: So don’t turn it off.
Justin: They’ve been keeping that spot open in the mid credits, and it’s about time we used it.
Alex: Yeah. I’ll tell you what, usually I turn off the episodes halfway through because I’m like, “I’m done. Let’s just move on.”
Justin: “I’ve had enough.”
Alex: I have other things to do with my day. Let’s go. But this time I actually kept it on, not just through the entire episode, but also through the credits, and I was pleasantly surprised. Pete, I appreciate, since we’re on video now, that you’re just sinking lower and lower in the camera.
Pete: Don’t bring it here, asshole. You don’t want none of this. I’ve seen too much behind the curtain today for you to fuck with me, man. I was watching as you greased up your forehead, got the lighting all right, placed your sex dolls in the background. I don’t know what the fuck you’re doing.
Alex: Those are owls, Pete.
Pete: All right, well… They’re missing beaks. I don’t know what you’re doing to them.
Alex: I went out a nature hike with Pete once, and he was like, “What are these fucking sex dolls doing hooting up there in the trees? What’s going on?” Anyway, let’s talk about this episode. The broad strokes, this is the mockumentary style episode, a little bit of The Office, a little bit of the Modern Family going on. In case you haven’t picked up on what’s been going on, Vision was left for dead, pretty much, at the end of the last episode after the Hex expanded. This episode, we pick up with that. He teams up with Darcy to try to get back to the center of town and get back to Wanda. Meanwhile, Wanda’s in a real funk, having a me day, and gives the kids over to Agnes, which leads to the big reveal at the end of the episode that it’s been Agnes all along.
Justin: So funny, so weird.
Pete: Can I ask-
Alex: Wait, I just want to… The last thing, outside the Hex, we got Monica and Jimmy trying to get back inside. We finally meet the aerospace engineer. Huge moment that we’ve all been waiting for.
Justin: God, I can’t believe that. What a character reveal.
Alex: Monica does go back inside, does finally get powers, though we don’t get to see the full range of them, confronts Wanda and ends up in some trouble of her own by the end of the episode. Pete, what did you want to say? What’s going on?
Pete: So with the title, Breaking the Fourth Wall, I got very excited because I was like, “You know what famous Marvel character breaks the fourth wall all time? Deadpool.” So I was like, “Please, please give me Deadpool in this weird world, just a throwaway.” Make him a clown in the background or something.
Alex: I thought we were going to talk about Kool-Aid man. The Marvel character who famously breaks the fourth wall.
Pete: And a living room wall, not just a fourth wall.
Justin: Any living wall. The walls are alive and the Kool-Aid man is coming for them.
Alex: Before we talk about specific moments, as we usually do at the beginning of episodes, broad strokes, what’d you guys think? We’re now at the end of here, two episodes from the end, we’ve got a big finale, we know who the villain is. Here’s the gig spoiler warning. It is Agnes, who is Agatha Harkness, who we suspected all along. So that’s been pulled back. We don’t have all the answers yet, but certainly we have a better understanding of what’s going on here. How are you feeling about the series right now?
Pete: I’m very excited. I feel like this is doing a great job of building momentum. First episode, not that exciting, but it’s really been building since then, and I’ve been really into it. I’m really impressed with how things are going. I cannot wait to watch the last two eps.
Justin: This episode was weird to me. There was a lot of air in it. It felt very like… Especially the outside of the Hex stuff. The scenes where like… They’re left, they weren’t moving very quickly. And I thought that was interesting. I don’t know what that means. My tooth just literally broke.
Pete: You don’t have to put it in.
Alex: That one’s worse. That’s worse.
Justin: No, it’s good. It’s perfect. I’ll explain this later.
Alex: This doesn’t make much sense for our audio podcast. Can you quickly explain…
Justin: I broke a crown and it keeps sliding out. I’m getting it fixed on Monday, but now I have this half… I won’t talk about it anymore. It’s great for audio. So what was I saying? There’s so much air-
Pete: You’re part clown. You were saying you were part clown.
Justin: The Hex just absorbed me. There’s so much air in the episode. I thought it was strange on the outside how the longest scenes were going and stuff. I don’t know why that was.
Alex: That’s interesting. I had the opposite problem. I was okay with the stuff outside the Hex. Inside the Hex. I feel like they didn’t quite nail the mockumentary tone, and I think part of that is Wanda is depressed, so I get that. I think also it’s clearly falling apart, as we see, that the whole thing is dealing with.
Justin: I know all about that.
Alex: For the most part, this is no knock on her, but she’s been fantastic so far. I don’t think Elizabeth Olsen quite nailed the voice, and maybe that was a conscious choice because Wanda is not really into the sitcom format anymore. Versus Paul Bettany, who did that very funny scene outside of the funnel cake truck, where he’s kind of scratching his ear even though he doesn’t have an ear, taking off the microphone. He got it. She didn’t. Again, maybe a character choice, but it really felt like a lot of the structure of the jokes that have been hitting over the past couple of episodes didn’t quite work for me.
Pete: I’m not going to sit here and let you take down Olsen’s acting choices. I thought the fact that she is playing unnerved heightens the tension of the scenes and doesn’t give it that just like, “Hey, this is The Office. Whoa, hey, looking at the camera, having fun.” Shit is going down.
Alex: Hey, we’re having a good time here.
Pete: I don’t appreciate you taking shots at her like that.
Justin: Pete, very spicy when we do anything before dawn, it turns out. I mean, I agree with you. It does feel like a conscious choice in that the documentary sort of format for a sitcom is the closest to reality, and then that makes Wanda the most uncomfortable because they’re dealing with this actual real stuff that’s happening. I think it’s intentional.
Alex: Leave it out. Careful.
Pete: No, this whole catching his tooth as he’s talking is just such a nice thing in the morning. I can’t tell you.
Alex: I just watched a whole episode of WandaVision where she went down to a horrible dungeon. This is the most [inaudible 00:07:15]. But I think what we got here in terms of her grief and her depression and everything are really good. Like I was kind of indicating before, I think the horrifying moments are really good. Pete, I thought of you when Wanda went down to the basement. You had to be alone screaming, “Don’t go down into the basement.”
Pete: Yeah, why would you do that? Why would you do that?
Justin: You got to go down to the basement.
Pete: No, you do not have to… You fight her up here where she has no powers and secret charms. You fight her in the daylight. You don’t go into the witch’s secret room. That’s where all her power is. I mean, that’s fucking 101.
Justin: It’s interesting to me, the end of it. I mean, I don’t know if we want to talk about that now, but the way we’re getting the blend of… Agatha Harkness is a straight up witch. The science of Vision with the magic of Agatha Harkness is a totally new sort of blending, I feel like.
Pete: Justin, I think you’re really missing an opportunity to whistle while you talk, because-
Justin: I don’t know if you know, but no one wants to do that.
Alex: I agree with you. We talked about this a little bit the last episode, the fact that magic in the MCU is not strictly magic necessarily. It’s science masquerading as magic. And I’m sure that’s the direction they could go in. They also don’t need to have somebody be like, “Well you know, magic is actually this thing.” At this point we’re over a decade into the MCU.
Pete: Just real quick, were you doing the Bunny’s voice from the TV show? Whose voice were you just doing?
Justin: Señor Scratchy?
Alex: Yeah, that was Sir Scratchy. [crosstalk 00:08:53].
Pete: [inaudible 00:08:56]. I really hope next episode bunny explains magic to us because [crosstalk 00:09:00].
Alex: Bunny might be something. I mean, he’s certainly something in the CapEx we talked about this before, but Nick Scratch is Agatha Harkness’s son. I think… We’re kind of jumping all over the place here, but I think we’re probably going to discover that there are a couple of lieutenants, like we’ve speculated, that are working for her.
Justin: I think maybe Quicksilver is Nick Scratch, right?
Alex: Yeah. I think that’s pretty fair. Also the mailman, the delivery man. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he has Presto written on his name tag. So certainly he seems to be aware of what stuff is going on. I think we could write off… We were getting the name wrong. Herb, right? Not Hugh. I think we were calling him Hugh. But Herb seems to have been spelled by Agatha, so he may not be quite as much a lieutenant as we thought. But I don’t think she’s doing this alone. I think she has people working for her.
Justin: And Ralph definitely seems like someone who we’re going to find out is perhaps a larger bad that maybe looking forward into the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Alex: Well who do you think… Again, we should probably go back and talk about individual moments throughout the episode, but since we’re here anyway, who do you think that could be? Do you think given the big song and dance, literal, at the end of the episode that, yes, Agatha Harkness is the villain, that’s what we’re following. Or is there another uber-bad beyond that? And if so, who is it?
Justin: I think there is. And what do we think? Like Immortus is a possibility. It feels like we could get into some of the weirder Doctor strange villains are the good crossover points here. Or some of the larger like Chaos, all those big elemental galactic figures. I don’t know.
Alex: The two that I’ve seen speculated about… One, everybody has mentioned Mephisto. That feels like a little bit of a reach to have a literal devil her.
Pete: Well that’s a shitty choice.
Alex: You just don’t like Mephisto.
Pete: Damn right I don’t.
Alex: The one that I find way more intriguing and makes a lot more sense to me is Nightmare, who is a Marvel comics villain, for those of you who don’t know, who is the literal manifestation of nightmares, has battled Doctor Strange a ton of times, Spider-Man, absolutely everybody. And if we’re going for a villain, this is a nightmare that she is living in, or she is trying to push it away and turn it into a dream. So that potentially makes a lot of sense to me.
Justin: I thought of that too, but the only thing that I don’t think it’s nightmares is he doesn’t seem powerful enough to really warrant a show across into the movies character move. He’s not that big of a villain
Alex: To throw out another possibility, it could be like Loki and Avengers. He was working for Thanos. We don’t get that Thanos reveal until later. So we don’t get an uber-bad in these last two episodes. It really is Agatha for the show, but Agatha is getting her power, was working with or for somebody else, potentially Nightmare. I’ll throw out another piece of evidence for you. So the commercial, this episode-
Pete: Yeah, Nexus.
Alex: Nexus, very on the news pointed to exactly what is going on now. We’ve had stuff throughout Wanda’s past we’ve speculated in terms of what’s been going on with the commercials. This very much seems to be the present. But in terms of a nexus in the Marvel universe, you got the Nexus of All Realities, which is where the Man-Thing lives and guards down in the Florida Everglades. Not in New Jersey usually, but I think we can fudge it a little bit. And that’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s this doorway to the multiverse, knowing that we’re going into the multiverse in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and also in Spider-Man 3, potentially. That certainly seems like a good indicator there.
Pete: Now I’m all excited for man thing, and when we don’t get Man-Thing I’m going to be pissed at you.
Justin: I could see us getting Man-Thing.
Pete: No way, man.
Alex: Give us Man-Thing. All the people are demanding. Don’t go on Twitter, Man-Thing is trending right now.
Justin: Pete, we just got Agatha Harkness, like the old lady witch from a couple of random comics, and you’re like, “Man-Thing’s a bridge too far.”
Alex: Pete, you love that, though. Agatha’s basically a granny, so you must be over the moon right now.
Pete: All right. All right. That’s weird. No, but I do-
Alex: No, you love grannies. You talk about it constantly.
Justin: You love bad-ass grandma.
Pete: I like bad-ass people and if it happens to be a grandma, that’s even better, okay? This is kind of exciting. I’m not really familiar with Agnes too much. This would be fun to kind of have… I’m excited for this witch-off that’s going to be coming in the next two episodes.
Alex: No, wait, I wanted to… Just to close the loop here on this Nightmare conversation. The one thing that I wanted to throw out is-
Justin: Alex, this is a podcast, not a nightmare conversation.
Alex: What’s the difference?
Pete: I’ve had nightmares about this.
Alex: So the Nexus of All Realities could… There’s another area of the Marvel universe, I don’t think they’re directly connected. Maybe they are in some coming that I’m forgetting, but there’s a thing called the Crossroads of Reality that’s played into a lot of different stories, particularly Doctor Strange stories. I think that’s where it came from, and it was also a fantastic Hulk arc where he was stranded in the Crossroad of Realities and tried to find his happiness there. Absolutely fantastic. But I feel like they can kind of fudge the two together, and if I remember correctly, a lot of the Crossroads of Reality stuff was… At least led in some part to Nightmare. I remember him being part of some of those stories.
Justin: He was always hanging out in there.
Alex: Exactly. So I could see it all connecting in some way.
Justin: I think it does. The Crossroads and the Nexus are even drawn very similarly. There’s always just random planets floating around. So I definitely think that’s the case.
Pete: We kind of got that when we saw the power lines and there was all these weird kind of lights and they went on forever. It kind of looked a little bit like that.
Justin: No, that’s Monica’s powers developing. That was her point of view. So I don’t think that’s necessarily connected there. I did want to say, what do you think… There’s a book in one shot in Agatha’s-
Pete: Yeah, that’s kind of glowing, yeah.
Alex: So one of the prominent books of the Marvel universe is the Darkhold, so-
Justin: That’s what I was thinking too. That is a weird choice.
Alex: It is a very weird choice. They also, not for nothing, did the Darkhold on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I don’t know how much that matters, necessarily.
Justin: Which show did you say? Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Alex: Oh, I’m sorry. NCIS.
Justin: I think a reference to an NCIS moment probably matters more than a reference to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Pete: Poor show.
Justin: Poor show.
Alex: Poor Coulson and his team.
Pete: Come on. [crosstalk 00:15:48] was great.
Alex: The other thing that was interesting about that book, which I’m sure you guys noticed, but it was crackling with red energy at the end, not the purple energy that Agnes, Agatha, I guess we can just straight up color Agatha at this point, is showing off. So it seems like it’s holding some of Wanda’s energy or containing it or powered by Wanda’s energy. I assume we’re going to find out in next week’s episode.
Justin: Or that that’s the conduit for all this extra energy that Wanda has, is what I was thinking.
Pete: I thought maybe just, she accidentally dumped some like Code Red over it or something. Because it kind of has that weird glow after you do that.
Justin: Of all the villains we named though, Mephisto’s sort of the most fun and the most… When I’m like, if I want to put an actor, a big A-list actor into the Marvel universe, Mephisto would be sort of the one to do, right?
Pete: No.
Justin: Red energy.
Alex: I mean, this would be also very on the nose, but a couple of people have pointed out that apparently Al Pacino had a meeting with Marvel about a potential role. I don’t know how much I want to see that. I’ve already seen Devil’s Advocate. [crosstalk 00:16:57].
Justin: They just take scenes from Devil’s Advocate and just drop them in randomly,
Alex: Hopefully my scene. That would be nice. I was in Devil’s Advocate, I don’t know if you guys know.
Justin: Oh, right.
Alex: That’s not a joke. I really wasn’t Devil’s Advocate.
Pete: You were in the background of a scene. It wasn’t like [crosstalk 00:17:15]-
Alex: My forehead, my blurry forehead, which you already pointed out is very shiny, was featured. They couldn’t keep it out.
Pete: The wonder you shined up that forehead so much this morning.
Justin: It’s the moneymaker.
Alex: Can I tell you what I did? I was an extra in the trial scene and I was sitting on the aisle, so to make sure they could catch me on camera I kind of sat like this.
Pete: That’s not what you’re supposed to do.
Justin: You ruined the shot.
Pete: That’s not what you’re supposed to do.
Alex: It’s fine. You can see me right behind Keanu Reeves in one shot.
Justin: Wow. Right behind Keanu Reeves. Alex’s dream role.
Alex: I was also supposed to be a reporter. They picked me out and then somebody, one of the the other actors was like, “Hey, are you SAG?” And I was like, “No.” And they’re like, “Well get out of here.”
Justin: That’s too bad. I was in Mystic River as an extra.
Alex: Maybe that’ll tie it to WandaVision as well.
Justin: It has to tie into us a little bit. We’ve covered a lot of big cinema territory.
Alex: The two most well-recognized pieces of cinema, Mystic River and Devil’s Advocate. So can we talk about Kathryn Hahn for a second, because I thought she was great.
Pete: I didn’t know if you guys wanted to go over your resumes a little bit more before we moved on.
Alex: Pete you are even lower on the camera than you were before. I don’t know how you’re doing this.
Pete: Yeah. It’s because your guys’s bullshit is slowly killing me and pushing me out of frame.
Alex: Can we talk about Kathryn Hahn? You got to love Kathryn Hahn, Pete, just to lift your spirits a little bit. She was great in this episode.
Pete: Yes. She’s always great. She’s a lot of fun. She’s been in a ton of stuff. I respect to work and her comedy. It’s very exciting. She got that big song at the end. I thought it was great. I feel like she’s been killing it on the show.
Justin: She got the big song. Everybody wants it.
Alex: She does a really good job in this episode, I think, first of all of hitting the comedy. Several of her lines made me laugh out loud. She’s the one that I think almost of anybody on this show just gets the sitcom tone perfectly, but also her turns and her little notes of danger, particularly as things go on with Billy and Tommy, with Wanda, obviously at the end, as you mentioned, Pete. Her song at the end was fantastic, and all the mode she played there. She was great in this episode.
Justin: She can do everything we need from the character here. She’s very funny, she’s been funny throughout the whole series with this undertone of a little bit of menace or a little bit of wink that we don’t exactly know what it means, and then we get the full reveal here. Very excited for the fight that will come. What do you think now? Do we want to get into more speculation, the kids-
Pete: Hang on. I just wanted to say… Alex brought this up and I didn’t want it to pass by. The line of don’t worry, she doesn’t bite, and then the cutaway of like, “I bit a kid once,” was just so funny.
Alex: It’s very funny.
Pete: Really funny.
Alex: It was great. What happened to Billy and Tommy? Is that what you’re getting towards?
Justin: And I guess what is Agatha’s role there? She clearly wants to control the kids. We talked a lot in the past about maybe she lost her kids or kid and maybe that’s a Nick Scratch situation that we were mentioning, because I think in the comics, Nick Scratch got pushed into another dimension at one point as a punishment for one of the things he was up to. So maybe she lost him and he’s taking the kids to fill that gap. I don’t know.
Alex: Right now, I was surprised at the end of the episode that it went so hard on, “I’m a straight up witch villain.” That’s it. “I’m cackling. I killed the dog. I killed Sparky. I’m the absolute worst because.” [crosstalk 00:20:53]. Like we talked about, or like you’re mentioning Justin, with most of the MCU villains, there’s some sort of actual motivation. They’re not just straight up evil. That doesn’t happen. So I feel like we’re still going to get that. I will note, this is not a big thing, but while I was frame by framing looking for Easter eggs in this episode, right at the beginning, there is a carton of milk that Wanda is holding and it’s very blurry, but you can see there’s a lost kid thing on there. So I do wonder if maybe there’s something with that, potentially. I’m still kind of sticking with that theory.
Pete: Well yeah, because there’s the whole thing of there were no kids and then for Halloween it was all kids and then the kids went away.
Justin: But I also think that to put her in that spot and make her be so obviously villainy feels like maybe there’s a deeper reason for doing that and we’re going to get this other villain. She’s play acting as well through this.
Alex: Yeah, that’s potentially possible. The other thing, maybe I’m remembering this wrong because a lot of things happen in the comics, but I think what actually happened was Agatha used two pieces of the devil’s soul, gave them to Wanda to create Billy and Tommy so she could have kids, and then Master Pandemonium, who’s this villain who’s like… I honestly don’t remember it, but minor devil character, works for the devil or something like that, comes back and then absorbs Billy and Tommy to start completing his soul and turns them into arms and it’s one of the most horrifying covers in comic book history. We could see something like that. Like you’re saying, she’s trying to resurrect somebody, she’s trying to bring somebody back. Something like that.
Pete: There was a moment where the douchy army guy was like, “We launch today,” and I thought there would be some kind of attack, but that never really paid off in this ep.
Alex: I think we’re going to get some sort of potentially a two-part finale, where we’re getting Hayward is attacking Westview with everything at his disposal. Inside Westview you got Wanda, you got Vision, you got Monica now with powers protecting things and taking the fight to them. You also have the people who are loyal to Monica outside potentially on her side. And then on the other end of the spectrum, you have Agnes and whatever is actually going on with her causing this magic fight. So I think we’re going to see this all out brawl span out over the course of the next two episodes potentially.
Justin: Yeah, I totally agree. Hayward’s setup as the villain, I think, for the other side of it. And I think we’re going to get… Everybody inside the Hex is going to have to fight Hayward, I think.
Alex: Yeah. You think Agnes potentially will team up with everybody?
Justin: I don’t know. I think there’s potential there.
Pete: I think they might have to team up for what’s coming at them. That could be interesting.
Justin: The post credit scene or the mid credit scene where we have Monica discovering Agnes’s basement, they’re all going to be there. I can’t imagine we’re going to get that fight at the beginning of this next episode and that’s it. I feel like we need… Beginning of that fight Hayward is the… Because Hayward’s the dumb villain that is clearly not going to have bigger implications for the Marvel universe perhaps. So then he gets defeated and then they go deal with the larger stuff.
Alex: Potentially I could see that. I could also see them skipping entirely and having next episode be called previously on or something like that, and zooming back and showing how we actually got here and what’s actually going on in the series before we get the blowout fight in the last episode.
Justin: You love predicting the titles.
Alex: I’m always wrong. I’ve had it in one. So far I’m one for seven.
Justin: Previously on’s a pretty good guess if they do the flashback.
Alex: Yeah. We’ll see what happens. Lots of other stuff going on, but I do want to jump back and mention something that we kind of brushed by that Pete mentioned is Monica getting her powers, what’s going on with her, that amazing moment when she jams herself through the wall and we get all the voices from Captain Marvel, we get to see young Monica Rambeau as well. I love this character. She’s great. I’m so excited to see her go forward in the MCU.
Justin: Yeah, really cool. The establishment of her powers here I thought was great. The different color spectrum that we’re seeing with all the different people here is really cool, and just the fact that her eyes went super blue and then we slowly dial that up throughout the episode. I’m here for it.
Alex: Yeah, that was very cool. We also didn’t really talk about the Vision Darcy team up that happened this episode, which was a lot of fun as well. Pete, you want to talk about that one?
Pete: Yeah, it was really fun because we see Darcy, she’s fully in her escape artist character and then Vision touches her and snaps her out of it, and the first thing she said is, “Secretly I wanted to have a guest cameo, but that really sucked.” I really loved that moment. And then the fun very slowly them trying to get there in the the waffle truck was… I really thought this was a lot of sweet moments. And then her kind of catching Vision up I thought was nice. We didn’t hear the whole conversation, but since we saw the show we don’t we don’t need everything, but the little parts that we saw, it was nice to see Vision coming to grips with everything that’s happened to him, and then Darcy being like, “You two really do belong together. That’s real love there.” I thought that was very touching and nice.
Justin: And really we get to see just how sad the story is. The tragic fall of Vision and how he doesn’t even know about it, and to hear it from an outside source, I thought really hit all the emotional moments.
Alex: And I don’t want to harp on this too much, but a little bit of a correction, Pete, and I can’t believe you got this wrong of all people, but it wasn’t a waffle truck. It was a funnel cake truck called funnel [crosstalk 00:26:55].
Justin: Oh Pete. Where are you, dude?
Alex: Food, your number one. Cars, your number two. Wrong on all counts.
Pete: See, I was too focused on getting the other details right.
Justin: Your notes. Your note is just a big funnel cake though, right, [crosstalk 00:27:12].
Pete: Yeah, that I’m slowly eating. I wish, man. Before you started busting my balls, I felt like there was another… Oh yeah, when Vision was trying to convince her when she was kind of in character was really funny and sweet too. He was like, “No, no, we had a moment before this whole circus thing happened.” And I’m glad we got to see some fun circus stuff. It was also cool to see Darcy knock down the strong man. That was really fun.
Justin: Not so strong. Not so strong.
Alex: Couple of notes that I jotted down, and you guys jump in obviously at any point, but as I was-
Pete: Oh, thanks for giving me the okay to do that.
Alex: No problem, Pete. Sometimes you just sit there and raise your hand. That’s why I’m saying. But other things as I was looking through for Easter eggs. I don’t think there were actually a ton this episode, which was surprising, but at the beginning scene, the bedspread was Hexagons that Wanda was under. So that was pretty fun. Also I looked at everything that was going out on the TV and the answer is pretty much nothing. The weather was going from the 40 to the 60s or 70s, which is a pretty far range.
Justin: Perfect weather. I mean, the weather is the ultimate Easter egg. Let’s be honest. On any show I’m like, “Is it going to rain?”
Alex: The Office opening. That was pretty much straight up, though I think everybody noticed this. It was all Wanda up until the end it was called WandaVision, but created by Wanda Maximoff. I thought that was a nice detail. Also Darcy being the escape artist based on the fact that she was handcuffed to the truck in the last episode, that’s what she got changed to. Thought that was a fun detail. The stork was back briefly as everything was starting to break down. Pete.
Justin: Stork watch. Who’s on stork watch.
Alex: Pete’s on stork watch.
Pete: Yeah, that was kind of crazy, but I wanted more stork for sure.
Alex: We all did.
Pete: No one wants more stork. The fact that it was in here for that, I was like, “Enough stork.”
Alex: Did I imagine this or at one point did somebody speculate that the stork is maybe Mephisto?
Justin: I think you said that on a previous podcast, but let me say, when the stork appeared and vanished in a cloud of red smoke, I was like, “It is weird.” And also the fact that… If we’re saying the stork delivered the children, the souls would come from somewhere.
Alex: Could you imagine if in the last episode of the show, the stork is like, “I’m the real villain here,” and morphs into Al Pacino.
Justin: I agree it’s weird, but also it’s weird that there’s red smoke there. There are weird moments around the stork and the fact that the stork is such a thing. We don’t need all this stork. So why do we keep seeing it?
Alex: Here’s the thing about that, that I felt like with this episode, which we kind of brushed over a little bit, but there was so much speculation about who the aerospace engineer was that Monica was contacting, and ultimately it ended up being this character called major Goodner who is still loyal to Monica’s mom, played by an actress named Rachel Thompson. And that’s it. She’s not from the comics. She hasn’t previously appeared in the MCU or anything like that. It’s just a random army person from S.W.O.R.D. who is loyal to Monica. Maybe we’ll see more of her going forward as Monica continues-
Pete: Or maybe she’s actually the stork.
Justin: Or another bird. What is she’s another-
Alex: Here’s the thing, Al Pacino is one of the greatest actors of all time. He could be major Goodner. He could pull that off.
Justin: I think he’s… If you look at the stork, it has a lot of Al Pacino’s features, and you can barely hear it going “Hoo-ah” if you listen.
Pete: If you really listen, yeah.
Alex: But that kind of points to me that in the best way, everybody is analyzing every single piece of this show and pulling it apart and looking for clues and try to figure out what’s going on, but sometimes it’s just a thing. It’s just a piece of the plot. Not everything is a clue to something.
Justin: Sometimes a stork is just a stork is what you’re saying.
Alex: Exactly.
Justin: I agree with you. Major Goodner, maybe that’s a huge new character for the MCU. Sounds like a good guy when you think about it.
Alex: It’s not major Badner.
Justin: That’s right. And I was definitely not on the Mephisto train at all, but I do think of all the villains we’ve talked about, that’s the one with the most intrigue, I think. And I don’t think Mephisto’s going to be the villain who’s like, “Ha ha, it’s me,” in the last ep so they have to fight. But I do think a post credit sequence where Agatha reports back to Mephisto makes a lot of sense.
Pete: No, Mephisto is not that… Don’t bolster up Mephisto. He’s a side bullshit character that they use to retcon shit.
Alex: I’ll throw out another possible villain to you guys. This is based on this episode, but when Wanda goes over to the house and sees Tommy and Billy missing, there’s a brief snippet of an actual TV show, which is Yo Gabba Gabba, which is a fantastic show that unfortunately is streaming nowhere. But that indicated to me, to anybody who’s seen Yo Gabba Gabba, what if it’s DJ Lance Rock, the guy who hosts Yo Gabba Gabba. You don’t see them in that shot, and that’s a little weird to me.
Justin: Wow. Interesting.
Pete: Why can’t you just accept what the show told you, and its Agnes? Stop looking deeper. That’s it. It’s Agnes. She’s doing it all. She clearly said that.
Alex: I think it might be Stilt-Man.
Justin: You got to look deeper. I think it’s Optimus Prime from Transformers. He’s been wanting to go bad. Think about it. We see a lot of trucks in this episode.
Alex: That’s true.
Justin: Obviously the funnel cake truck. And here’s the thing, they’re robots in disguise, so you’re not going to see them. You’re not going see them first. Because here’s the thing, Pete, I don’t know if you know, a lot of this stuff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is actually based on comic books, which is an ongoing medium where a lot of times they set up the next story within the confines of the story that’s being told.
Alex: This is a really interesting. Somebody should do some sort of a Marvel podcast.
Justin: Oh, that’s an interesting idea. Oh, to talk about. Boo. Let me be honest, I don’t have much going on in my end of the world, so I’m happy to jump in and do a Marvel Podcast.
Alex: I love how you say that when you’ve got a dog and a couple of kids running around.
Pete: Your teeth are falling out.
Alex: It looks like you have an open lesion on your hand. I don’t know what’s going on with you.
Justin: Life’s good. I’ve just got to get up early and record podcasts. I made all the right choices.
Pete: You guys also agree with me though that it’s a horrible idea to go into the creepy basement, right? Why would you do that?
Alex: My sense of that moment is that’s what she has to do. She can’t do anything else. She’s scared for her kids. She realizes something is wrong.
Pete: Take on an Agatha right there. Don’t go into her trap.
Alex: She doesn’t know that it’s Agatha. She thinks it’s her friend Agnes, and I think Agnes is at the point where she is revealing herself to Wanda. So if anything, you could probably posit that its Agnes’s influence that is sending Wanda down there, giving her this need to go down to the basement and explore things. But it was great, it was great moment.
Justin: Let me throw this out to you, Pete. If you’re watching a horror movie, which I know you don’t love, the character’s about to open the basement door to go in the basement, and then they don’t. They go back and go to sleep and then you just watch the character sleep for the next 20 minutes.
Pete: That’s why I’ve lived my whole life and haven’t had a horror story moment because I won’t… If I hear something I’m not going to go investigate. Are you fucking out of your mind? I want to live.
Justin: Well that’s why your basement’s flooded several times, because you hear a noise down there and you’re-
Pete: I don’t care. Yeah, I don’t care. I hear cries from help sometimes from my basement. But I’m not going to go down there.
Justin: But so you would be happy with a horror movie that just was the last-
Pete: I would stand up and applaud if a horror movie was 10 minutes long, and I didn’t have to have nightmares.
Alex: Hey you guys want to go to that abandoned sleep away camp and have sex? No. Credits rolling.
Justin: Let’s have sex right here, and then you’re watching pornography, Pete. I hope you’re happy.
Pete: Don’t say that next to your child.
Alex: It’s fine. Before we start to wrap up here, though, any other moments from the episode either of you guys want to call out?
Pete: I was like, “Oh, they’re not going to have Quicksilver in the whole episode,” and then really this snoopers got to snoop line was really nice.
Alex: Yeah. It’s great. Fun to have him around. It also seems… We didn’t really talk about this, but Paul Bettany had a quote where he said the actor that he has always wanted to work with but never worked with who is some sort of secret cameo or a part on the show, he’s not Evan Peters. So there’s still somebody else who’s going to show up at some point. I don’t know if if we necessarily [crosstalk 00:36:17]-
Justin: I mean, that’s what I’m saying. That’s a big reveal. I can’t believe I haven’t gone all the way through the looking glass on the Mephisto thing, but I think I’m back on a last episode Mephisto reveal.
Alex: Al Pacino is the stork. There we go. That’s our number one theory that we all agree on on the spot.
Justin: We all agreed on that. We’ve all said it. We’ve all said it in different ways. I think we touched on everything. Like I said, this episode was very direct with its storytelling. The final payoff of all of the sitcom tropes being this, I thought it was the least fun version of it, and like we said, maybe that’s purposeful. I did think the Agatha being the documentary team filming the Modern Family podcast, I thought that was a good little hit there at the end.
Alex: That was great. That whole Agatha all along sequence was fantastic. That was the highlight of the episode for me. Before we wrap up here, what’s on your Vision board for the next episode. Pete, you want to go first with this one?
Pete: Well, my Vision board just says no Mephisto ever. Never again. Don’t ever put us through that again, ever, Marvel.
Alex: Most people don’t know what you’re talking about, but let’s go on, but Justin… You’re talking about an event that happened at this point probably 15 years ago.
Pete: Just don’t care. I don’t want it again, ever.
Alex: Justin, over to you, what’s on your Vision board?
Justin: I’ve got to say, to your call for a previously on episode that establishes everything I think would be very fun.
Pete: Don’t feed his ego, please.
Justin: I just mean like we do have to get this backstory at some point and we’ve revealed Agatha, Agnes, Agnes/Agatha as the villain. We have to hear that story, whether it’s a short sequence or the full flashback episode.
Alex: Yeah, that was kind of mine as well, but given you took that one, I’m going to go with I want to hear a stork say “Hoo-ah.”
Justin: Sorry to rob you of your thunder there, but I also think we are going to get everybody working together to fight some sort of series of Vision clone bots that Hayward has made.
Alex: Good call there. I like that. And I like all of you, particularly if you support us at patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out. We would love to chat with you about WandaVision. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and to listen to the show. Socially MarvelVisionPod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, stay marvelous.
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On this week’s comic book review podcast:
GI Joe: Castle Fall
IDW
Written by Paul Allor
Art by Chris Evenhuis
Snow Angels #1
ComiXology
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Jock
The Immortal Hulk: Flatline #1
Marvel
Written and Art by Declan Shalvey
HAHA #2
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Zoe Thorogood
King in Black #4
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Batman/Catwoman #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Savage #1
Valiant Comics
Written by Max Bemis
Art by Nathan Stockman
Guardians of the Galaxy #11
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Juann Cabal
Stillwater #6
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Future State: Superman Worlds of War #2
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Brandon Easton, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad, Jeremy Adams
Art by Mikel Janin, Valentin de Landro, Michael Avon Oeming, Siya Oum
Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #2
DC Comics
Written by Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad, L.L. McKinney
Art by Jen Bartel, Alitha Martinez
Future State: The Next Batman #4
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley, Vita Ayala, Paula Seven Bergen
Art by Laura Braga, Aneke, Emanuela Luppachino
Future State: Catwoman #2
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Otto Schmidt
Future State: Nightwing #2
DC Comics
Written by Andrew Constant
Art by Nicola Scott
Future State: Shazam #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Eduardo Panic
Thor #12
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Nic Klein
Excellence #10
Image Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Khary Randolph
Once & Future #16
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
X-Men Legends #1
Marvel
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Brett Booth
Aria: Heavenly Creatures
Image Comics
Written by Brian Holguin
Art by Jay Anacleto with Brian Haberlin
The Last Ronin #2
IDW
Story by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Tom Waltz
Script by Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman
Layouts by Kevin Eastman
Pencils & Inks by Esau & Isaac Escort, Ben Bishop and Kevin Eastman
Black Widow #5
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Elena Casagrande w/ Rafael De Latorre
Sabrina: The Teenage Witch #5
Archie Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: What’s up, everybody. Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: On The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Let’s kick it off, because we got a packed stack.
Justin: Oh, yes.
Alex: [crosstalk 00:00:19] G.I. Joe: Castle Fall from IDW, written by Paul Allor, art by Chris Evenhuis. I got to tell you, never in a million years would I have expected that a G.I. Joe book would be at the top of my personal stack, but that’s where we are. This book is what a lot of what this book has been leading up to. Cobra has taken over the entire world. Finally, G.I. Joe gets an in to fight back. It doesn’t go exactly how you think it’s going to go. There’s a big twist there. This book is great.
Justin: I got to say, I mean, I was not allowed to watch G.I. Joe as a child because they had guns in their hands.
Pete: Here we go. Jesus Christ. Can we talk about G.I. Joe one time without you dropping that?
Justin: What? I’m just saying. It was just sort of an introduction to say that I also love this book. I also wasn’t allowed sugary cereals, which led me to enjoy a lot of Grape Nuts.
Pete: And you also had to drink well water, and your teeth are falling out.
Alex: Don’t spoil. The next book we’re talking about is Grape Nuts #1, which is also very good.
Justin: That’s going to be good. It’s going to be good. Just put a little honey on it. No. This book is so good, and what I love about it is they’ve been building up to it over the course of all these smaller issues and books to get here, and each one, for the most part, has been excellent, and the fact that they’re building this whole little universe around G.I. Joe is something that … Again, I don’t know if I said. I never watched as a kid.
Pete: Oh, my god. Fuck, I hate you. I mean, this is great. I mean, you get to see Roadblock fucking pick up a fucking giant cannon of a gun and just fucking shoot. It was great. Yeah. The art’s really good. The storytelling, the plot’s impressive. It’s a lot better than a lot of the cartoon’s plot, but I thought this was-
Alex: Not all of it. I would say like 50 percent of the cartoon’s plots. Most of the cartoon’s plots were very good, as we all know.
Pete: Sure. Sure. Because we all watched them as kids.
Alex: I never watched it.
Justin: It must have been fun for you, Pete, to see your favorite Joes, like soup can, hub cap.
Pete: So far you haven’t named one.
Justin: Dance party.
Pete: Nope.
Justin: Hat hair. Hat hair is so good in this issue.
Pete: No.
Justin: He’s so good because he’s like [crosstalk 00:02:30]-
Pete: Did you see? My favorite scene in the issue is when load-bearing beam really brings the hurt down.
Justin: That guy is so tough.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:02:39].
Justin: He’s got the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Pete: I’m the only one who knows the names, and you guys are still doing bits. It’s just ridiculous.
Alex: Well, what I love about this is I, again, I have no interest in G.I. Joe particularly because of the names, because they’re so silly and over the top, but every character is so distinct, from the art, to the writing, to their motivations here, including the villains as well. The way that they fleshed out Cobra here and made them interesting rather than just going “I’m a serpent name, and I have a mask, and I’m evil,” and that’s pretty much my whole impression of Cobra Commander. I think there’s two of them, right?
Pete: Oh, my god.
Justin: No. There’s more. You need 20 minutes.
Alex: There’s Destro and also Cobra Commander? I don’t know how this works.
Pete: Okay. All right. Destro does not talk like that.
Alex: Everyone’s shit.
Pete: There’s Serpentor.
Alex: I’m Destro.
Pete: Oh, my god. All right. You are killing me.
Alex: I’m the Baroness.
Pete: Okay. All right. First off, let’s back up the truck. If you’re going to do bits about their names, know the show, because one of the funniest things is they would do PSAs after the show, and there would be a character whose name is Barbecue, and he has a flamethrower on his back, and then he’s like “Hey, kids. If you have a house fire, you should run away,” and it’s like “Hey, Barbecue. How did that house fire start? You have a flamethrower, and you’re standing next to a fire. This isn’t cool, man. You shouldn’t set people’s houses on fire and then teach kids about fires.”
Justin: It’s very funny to me that you were like “Justin, you’re making fun of this by saying the names you said. If you said the name Barbecue,” who’s the hero you like’s name, because when I said hub cap, you were like “That’s stupid,” but you said Barbecue, and you were like “That’s good. Hub cap is bad, but Barbecue-“
Pete: I mean, Snow Job’s a real … That’s a real name.
Justin: What about tippy toe? I really like tippy toe.
Pete: Oh, my god.
Alex: This book is fantastic. Definitely pick it up, even if you don’t know anything about G.I. Joe.
Alex: Moving on to Snow Angels #1 from ComiXology, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Jock. I said this on the live show, but I’ll stick with it. That team is on a book, and you’re in no matter what, but thankfully this book is great and weird anyway. It’s about a world, maybe a world, that has been covered in ice. All that exists is this snow trench. There’s a family, a father, and two daughters who are skating through the trench for one theirs 12th birthday, and things get weirder and deadlier and more dangerous from there. This feels like the perfect gelling of these two creators’ tastes.
Pete: It seems like it’s Snowpiercer 2, where after the train’s gone, now they’re just living on the tracks. You know what I mean? And that’s where this takes place.
Justin: Withering criticism from Pete LePage.
Alex: But you say that about anything that involves snow. You said that when you saw the Michael Keaton vehicle Jack Frost as well.
Justin: Yeah. No.
Pete: The Michael Keaton vehicle.
Justin: When the Weather Report came out, Pete screamed at the TV. It’s like “Snowpiercer. Get out of here.” I like this book a lot. You said it best, Alex. It’s such a great combination of these two creators’ work. A lot of great blood splatters on this, and very few snow angels, and ice skating is hard, and these characters do it constantly.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, growing up in upstate New York, you needed to kind of … You might as well put skates on, because you’re walking around so much ice, but I did really … All joking aside, I really love the last-page reveal. The art’s unbelievable. This is a very unique, cool kind of world that we’re kind of thrown into here. I thought it was an amazing first issue of getting you established with what’s going on and then kind of raising the stakes. I thought this was really fantastic book.
Alex: Next up, the Immortal Hulk: Flatline #1 from Marvel, written and art by Declan Shalvey. This is another, as you can probably tell from the title, spinoff of the Immortal Hulk doing one-shot stories about him here. Bruce Banner meets one of his old teachers. Things don’t go that well over the course of the issue. How do you think this held up to the high standard of Immortal Hulk?
Justin: I like this a lot. Declan Shalvey has been talking about this book a lot online. There’s a lot of pride and just love for this book coming from the creator. So I really appreciate that, and it’s a great story. It feels like a classic Hulk story that we haven’t seen in a while, because the main book has been so focused on just straight-up horrifying imagery. So this takes it back a little bit and really says “Hey. Be nice to your teachers, because they might come at you from some gamma-irradiated vision and really fuck up your life if you’re not careful.”
Pete: Yeah. Teachers will haunt you for the rest of your life, man. You got to be careful.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Totally agree. Haha #2 from Image Comics, written by W. Maxwell Prince, art by Zoe Thorogood. This is the second issue, of course, from the creator of Ice Cream Man. It is an anthology about clowns. Here, we’re getting to meet a character who … It’s not revealed until the end of the issue exactly what she’s doing, but as a child, she ran away with her mom, who had a bit of a psychotic break and thought she was a clown, wanted to go away to a fun time happy land. Things do not end up fun time or happy. How’d you feel about this one?
Justin: So good. Haunting. We love W. Maxwell Prince’s work on Ice Cream Man, and to see it sort of grounded in a weird way … I didn’t expect this series ostensibly focusing on clowns to be the more grounded version of his storytelling, but it really is. It’s sort of real-world stories of people going off the map a little bit with their choices, with clown imagery, and there’s such a melancholy to all of this work, and I really like that.
Alex: Pete?
Pete: Yeah. This is so haunting and messed up in ways that I wasn’t ready for. This mother-and-child-like relationship was very scary to me, and I kept waiting there to be kind of fun moments, and so far it’s just a fucking nightmare, and I’m scared to keep reading this comic, because it was like … I feel like Ice Cream Man kind of encouraged this, and I’m a little worried about what the payoff is going to be.
Justin: Encouraged it.
Alex: I don’t think there’s going to be a payoff. I think it’s just an anthology of stories.
Pete: I think maybe the people reading it will slowly start to go insane and then paint their faces like clowns and then die horribly.
Justin: I guess the payoff is when you show up to do the show in full clown, which honestly I think we’re pretty close to.
Alex: What if all of these people in this book joined together in some sort of book, all of these crazy people who are clowns forming a group together. It would be some sort of insane clown posse. I mean, just to throw something out there, I feel like that’s maybe how it could work at the last issue.
Justin: Huh. That’d be quite a league of extraordinary clowns. As long as they aren’t fueled by some sort of small-market soda, I think we’ll be fine.
Alex: King in Black #4 from Marvel, written by Donny Cates, art by Ryan Stegman. This is a big issue here where once again Donny Cates redefines the Marvel universe, does a little bit of the old retcon action to come up with an explanation for something that has not made a lot of sense. Eddie Brock is lying dying. Dylan Brock, his son, has been trapped by Knull, the King in Black. All of the heroes are trying to fight back, and they finally get a foothold here as we enter the endgame of this title. What’d you think about all the twists and turns?
Justin: I love the reveal at the end of the issue. When I first started reading comics, and I will spoil this sort of twist at the end right now, but Captain Universe was what was on the stands right then. Spider-Man had just had the Captain Universe powers, and he was recovering form that, being sort of de-powered. I think the first Spider-Man issue I ever read, he was shooting upwards into space, having just lost the Captain Universe powers, and trying to web himself to a passing airplane, and so to have that make sense and maybe join the Marvel universe with Eddie Brock at the helm I thought was great. It was crazy to see the heroes turn it around so hard in this issue.
Pete: Yeah. I really thought this was great. Lot of cool reveals in this issue. The good guys are getting their butts kicked for a long time now. It’s nice to see what kind of cards we’re going to play here. So I was really, really impressed with this issue, a lot of cool stuff, and I can’t wait to see how this whole thing unfolds. I went from being like “What is this?” to really I’m bored with this kind of event. So I feel like it was really cool, and then the backup story, the Demon Days, was also really cool as well.
Alex: That was very fun. That seems to be a title that we’re going to see going forward that is a Japanese, I would say, art-style-inflected X-Men tale, which I thought was kind of neat.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Next up, Batman / Catwoman #3 from DC Comics, written by Tom King, art by Clay Mann. We’re continuing this time-hopping story of Batman and Catwoman as they fight a war on three different fronts. I like this one. I felt like I had a better handle on what’s going on in this issue than I did necessarily in the first two issues. How’d you guys feel about it?
Pete: I love this. I thought this was really amazing. I love the kind of tone that’s even set up in the beginning with the double play, the double-spread title page of Bat and Cat. I think this is such a cool area to explore. If the Bat and Cat are together, how do they exist? You know what I mean? Is Catwoman have to be more good? Does Batman have to try to be more bad? How do they exist?
Pete: I think this is a very interesting position to put Batman and Catwoman, and the kind of reveal of Joker in the money suit … I lost it. I thought that was so funny and hysterical, and that whole “Paul Fleischman is dead. Oh, god. No. Who’s Paul Fleischman?” … I’m really having a lot of fun with this book. I’m very, very impressed with it. Yeah. I can’t say enough nice things about the art and everything that’s going on.
Justin: Yeah. The art is so stylized. It’s so composed in such a specific way, especially a story that moves around so much. It’s so nice to see the art really reflecting a meticulous design style, but yeah. This reminds me of, oddly, the last episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the jumping between-
Alex: Oh, okay. I can see that.
Justin: … jumping between different eras, telling one story, because it almost feels like in this comic that the characters are aware of the time jumps. I don’t think they actually are, but it feels like they’re very complicit in telling the story in this particular way, and I think that’s what allows it to hang together so well as opposed to … Because it’s jarring, jumping between the different time frames in this. There’s very little visual direction, but there’s just so much emotional direction where we’re seeing so much happen at once, and at the same time, we’re introducing Mask of the Phantasm here, which is a horrifying character [crosstalk 00:14:58].
Alex: I got to say that’s the one thing for me that is not quite working about this book is I really like the Phantasm. It just right now feels like this element that I don’t quite get how it fits in and how it’s part of the story.
Pete: Just wait for it. All right? Don’t-
Alex: I’m sure. Yes. I know. It will pan out, and it’s fine, but the Joker stuff in both the past and the present seems to connect. I get that the Phantasm is this outside thing, but it’s such an out-sized presence, perhaps given because of its real-world weight of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm being the best Batman movie, that I felt like “Oh. This is its own story. What is going on with the Phantasm? Why are we not telling this story? Why is this only one third of the book?”
Pete: Yeah, but-
Justin: I think that is that exterior pressure, because to me, and I’m someone that didn’t … I didn’t watch that when I was younger. So it’s not something I revere maybe as much. So just seeing the imagery that’s there to be scary as opposed to being like “Look. I’m this character you know,” … I think it’s working.
Alex: All right. Fair enough.
Pete: Yeah. I agree. Just because something was amazing, don’t let it hurt this story before we get what it’s about, but I understand what you’re saying and it makes sense. I’m just so happy we’re getting this story, because we got little teases of it, and then DC was like “No. We’re kind of doing something else.” So I’m so glad that, in this Black Label thing, we get this story that we were kind of given a little bit and then taken away. So I’m just so happy right now with what’s going on in this book.
Alex: Next up, Savage #1 from Valiant Comics, written by Max Bemis, art by Nathan Stockman. In this, we are picking up with Savage, a wild little boy who was left in a dinosaur land and came to the present. Now he’s a social media star. Don’t worry. There’s still dinosaur battles in this book. I thought this was a lot of fun. What did you guys think?
Pete: Yeah. I-
Justin: Yeah. This …
Pete: Go ahead.
Justin: This is a lot fun. It reminds me of back in the day, the Ultraverse line of comics. This feels like strong pitch, strong concept, mixing a classic sort of comic book trope with a modern spin on it, and then the story’s just really fun.
Pete: Yeah. I agree. It’s fun to see kind of Savage exist now and how that would kind of look a little bit, but I’m glad that we still get to kind of see Savage do what Savage enjoys doing-
Justin: What Savage do.
Pete: … and it was … Yeah. The art’s unbelievable. This is a very visually pleasing book, and it really delivers.
Justin: Oh, pleasing. So pleasing.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Pete’s not having any of it tonight.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: All right. Let’s move on, talk about-
Justin: He’s displeased.
Pete: Also, I’m very excited. We talked to Cullen Bunn about Shadowman, and we get a little peak of this in this. So I’m very excited about what that’s going to be like.
Alex: There you go. Guardians of the Galaxy #11 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Juan Cabal. In this issue, this is the second-to-lat issue, I believe, of this run on Guardians of the Galaxy. They are facing down dark olympian gods. Star Lord has been through some very weird stuff that’s affecting him here. I know we haven’t really can keeping up with this book. So what’d you think about this issue?
Justin: I feel like the Guardians of the Galaxy are the most emotional team in comic books. They’re an emotion-first team, and this book is it. All the characters are just wide open talking about what they’re going through, and they’re like “We have to fight, but I really want to talk about this,” and I appreciate that. They’re fully therapeutic. They’re getting it out there. They’re telling it like it is, and the art’s wonderful. It really is a ragtag group of characters. Just it’s used very well.
Alex: Yeah. Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, it’s a lot of fun. Art’s unbelievable. Yeah.
Alex: Great. Great stuff. Stillwater #6 from Image Comics, written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Ramón K. Pérez. This is a big flashback issue kicking off of the cliffhanger from the last issue where a bunch of military dudes were right outside the town where nobody dies. In this issue, we find out how they got there, what’s going on with it. As we talked to Chip Zdarsky about on the live show, the danger and the action ramps up in a big way in this book really quickly, which I continue to find very impressive.
Justin: Yeah. He’s really done a good job of setting up a very explosive environment, the politics of Stillwater. Now we have these military guys on the outside of town. Our main character sort of doesn’t want to be there, is unsettled. That combined with Ramón Pérez’s very pastoral art, I think, makes for just a nice juxtaposition, and I like this book a lot.
Pete: Yeah. I agree. Just when you think “Okay. This is what’s going,” it really amps it up even more. Art is unbelievable, and the kind of going between times, the adjustments it makes there, but also just in its storytelling and its panel movement … I cannot believe “Okay. Oh, sure. Yeah. Nobody dies. Okay. Oh, yeah, but now we’re going to deal with this thing.” It’s like “Wait. What?” It just keeps kind of keeping the action going, and it’s crazy in all the right ways.
Alex: All right. Now it is time for our Future State block as we have been doing the past couple of weeks. We’ve read through every single issue that came out from DC in Future State this week. We’re not going to talk about all of them, but we’re going to talk about some highlights, but if you’re wondering what came out, we got Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #2, Immortal Wonder Woman #2, The Next Batman #4, Catwoman #2, Nightwing #2, and Shazam #2. So let’s call some stuff out. Pete just dropped something on the floor. I don’t know what’s going on.
Pete: Yeah. I just accidentally dropped a pencil. I-
Justin: A pencil?
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Oh, no.
Alex: Were you writing on your phone with a pencil?
Pete: No.
Justin: But Pete, what about your sketching?
Pete: [inaudible 00:21:27].
Alex: Not a lot of people know this, actually, but Pete does these very funny caricatures of us during taping The Stack, and it’s a delight.
Justin: You got to release those, Pete, because honestly, you’re like the Colossus, famously a painter, of the podcast.
Pete: Sure. Sure. Anyways, so I really liked The Next Batman #4. I mean, having a black Batman is a great idea, but the part where Batman’s just like “Listen. I’m going to be real with you guys,” I was like “Oh, this is so much fun,” but I really like how this is different. You know what I mean? Because Batman in this book has parents and is willing to maybe stab his mom to get what he needs to get done and keep Gotham safe, and I don’t know if our Batman would do that.
Pete: So it’s nice to see this Batman really stepping it up and be like “Sorry, ma. Sometimes you got to stab somebody for your beliefs,” and I don’t know. I just think this is … The Future State here, I’m still having a lot of fun with the choices that they’re making with these heroes, and this, The Next Batman, I’m having a great time with.
Justin: Well, it wasn’t my favorite of the week, but I want to throw it to Nightwing #2, just piggybacking on Pete’s comment, because Nightwing #2 features of this new Batman and Nightwing, and I love the dynamic that’s created here, where our new Batman is sort of deferential to Nightwing. He’s like “I’m just sort of figuring this out right now,” and Nightwing’s like “I get it,” but our new Batman refuses to leave his side despite the fac that Nightwing … It’s a great flip of the dynamic of Batman usually being in the leadership role and Nightwing being more of a sidekick. I just hadn’t seen that before, and it really caught me off guard in a good way.
Alex: So what was your favorite of the week then, Justin?
Justin: Superman: Worlds of War #2. This story-
Pete: Oh, yeah. Can we talk about it?
Justin: This story by Phillip Kennedy Johnson at the front end of this book is so fucking good. He just boils down Superman and Clark Kent to just … I’ll tell you about what happened if you haven’t read it. There are these two kids are sort of in Smallville exploring the area. They walk to the original Kent farm. In this world, obviously Superman’s revealed that he’s Clark Kent.
Justin: So they’re trying to find the original Kent farm, because everybody knows he’s Superman, and the main girl is recounting an article she read that Clark Kent wrote about the town, and it’s so good, so interesting, about a soldier that went to war and how it affected his life, juxtaposed with images of Superman on Warworld just fighting, sacrificing everything to free some people who have been captured on Warworld against Mongul, and it’s just … It’s beautiful. It’s drawn beautifully. It’s so smartly written. It’s so good.
Pete: I want to take a moment just to talk about the art alone. I mean, unbelievable, just absolutely. The character designs, Mongul and Superman, their faces … Just it fits so well with the story in such a great way. The paneling, the art flow … It’s really, really well done. I was really impressed with this book.
Alex: I’m surprised, Pete, that you didn’t call out Michael Avon Oeming’s art on the Midnighter story towards the back of this book, because we get kind of a little Midnighter going through time, and that seems exactly your jam.
Pete: Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. If we can talk about that for a little bit, I mean-
Justin: No. I’m so sorry. We just ran out of time [inaudible 00:25:19]. We don’t have time to talk about it.
Pete: Yeah. I thought that was unbelievable. Obviously, I’m a huge Midnighter fan, but just what a cool concept, and Oeming … His art is just fantastic.
Justin: I particularly like the old and young Midnighter versions that Oeming draws here.
Alex: Super fun. It was really hard for me to choose, this week. I think, again, this is a very strong week for the Future State books. I kind of want to go for Immortal Wonder Woman #2 just because-
Justin: Another great book.
Alex: … I think it was a gorgeous story, Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, art by Jen Bartel, of Wonder Woman being the, I guess, second-to-last person in the universe, and it’s just, like a lot of these things, a mission statement on Wonder Woman and what she means, but the one that I kind of left until the end and that I was like “Oh, right,” … The first issue of this was awesome, Shazam #2-
Justin: I knew you were going to say it.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: … by Tim Sheridan and Eduardo Pansica. Fucking great. So good.
Justin: Dark. Dark take.
Alex: Oh, so dark. This is like the darkest Shazam story I’ve ever read in my life, but I love it, and I love the cliffhanger that it ends off up on, the way that the characters are drawn, just terrifying throughout, of Shazam and Billy Batson being split apart, where it leaves off, where it’s leading into this Future State Black Adam book. Just put it in my veins. I’m having a blast reading it.
Justin: I agree. I liked that too, and I know we weren’t going to talk about all of them, but I got to throw it out to Future State Catwoman #2 as well-
Alex: Great.
Justin: … because it’s a great story. It’s a train robbery. We get to see Batman, Bruce Wayne, show up. Everyone thought he was dead. Catwoman reunites with him, such a great moment, great action. Onomatopoeias there for some reason, but it’s very cool. It was just great.
Alex: Yeah. I’ve been reading this book. The fact that it’s all set on a train, did you feel like it was more of a Snowpiercer kind of book?
Justin: Oh, yes. That’s what. I was like “Where’s all the snow? They should be just piercing each flake?”
Pete: I did want to ask. In Immortal Wonder Woman, the art is so amazing, and I was like “What is this reminding me of.” It reminds me a little bit of She-Ra: Princess of Power on Netflix. The way the art kind of jumps off the page is really impressive, and I really liked it.
Alex: Good stuff.
Justin: It reminded me a little bit of the Green Lantern book that we love so much, Far Sector.
Pete: Oh, yeah.
Alex: All right. Let’s move on, because we have a lot of other books to talk about. Thor #12 from Marvel, written by Donny Cates, art by Nic Klein, another one of my favorite books of the month, because you got Throg and Lockjaw in a huge fight with Donald Blake, who has [crosstalk 00:28:03]. So much fun just fighting through dimensions, just a blast to read, also so dark, but great.
Pete: The art and the way Throg is drawn … Some of the action stuff is just so phenomenal, like him catching the hammer. I had so much fun with this book. I didn’t know it would be this great. I was really, really impressed. This was such a great comic.
Justin: I mean, time to redo your frog power rankings-
Pete: Yeah. Dude, are you kidding me?
Justin: … because Throg’s rise, overtaking the WB frog, Kermit the, really just jumping in here with a big hammer swing.
Alex: I want to give a particular shout out though to the first double-page … I think it’s a double-page [inaudible 00:28:48], or maybe it’s a single page, which shows a dissected, cut-open frog-
Pete: Oh, no.
Justin: Yeah. It’s the first page of the issue.
Alex: … with Throg’s narration, and it’s talking about the legacy of Throg and all the things that he’s done and how he’ll always be remembered, and you’re reading that, and you’re like “No. What happened? What did I miss? This is terrible,” and then if you flip to the next page, it’s like “But he will not die today,” and you’re like “Oh, you son of a bitch, Donny Cates.” Great, just a great, fun little feint right there at the top of the book, just delightful to read.
Justin: Well, it’s very fun to have Throg be such a badass but also Throg get his little tail-less ass kicked in the middle of the issue, but Donny Cates is having so much fun in all of his work, really, but this issue particularly, and then the last panel I thought-
Pete: Oh, man.
Justin: I thought it was so cool, and this is a shout out to anybody, I don’t know, for maybe one person who listens to this podcast, but Odin at the end of this issue looks like Key lime pie Steve, who drinks in B61 back in the day, a bar I used to bartend at, so much that it took me out of the issue for a hot sec.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: That’s amazing. Let’s move on to another book then, Excellence #10 from Image Comics, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Khary Randolph. We’ve been loving this book, which is a very different, very spectacular take on magic. In this book, our main character is still on the run, still in bigger trouble every single issue. As we talked about with the last couple, they not exactly stepped away from this, but sort of layered this in without explicitly saying how much this book was about race and racism, and now they’re starting to hit it hard, and it is so good.
Pete: This is phenomenal. I mean, the art and the paneling and the storytelling is great, the action sequences. I mean, there’s this one page where someone gets just Street Fighter punched and is like “Fuck what you thought.” I’ve wanted to do that to somebody for so long. It’s just so great, so much fun.
Justin: Sonic boom. You want to sonic boom someone.
Pete: Oh, man, do I.
Justin: Yes. I mean, I agree. The way this comic approaches race is so smart, so good, but I don’t want to lose the other side of it. The way this comic approaches magic is also just a philosophizing about it and really going deep on all of the subjects that are sort of on the table in this comic. It really just is such a smartly written book and beautifully drawn. One of my favorites.
Alex: Next up, Once & Future #16 from Boom! Studios, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Mora. Pete, there’s a badass grandma in this one. You want to talk about this book?
Pete: I mean, if you’re not-
Alex: You love grannies.
Pete: If you’re not reading this book-
Alex: You’ve got a real grandma fetish, one might say. Go ahead.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: If you’re not reading this book at this point, I don’t know what’s wrong with you. This book is just magic. Every time, every issue, unbelievable art, unbelievable storytelling, action packed, twisting and turning stories that you know and love in different ways. Yeah. I cannot wait for this to be a movie or a TV show. I need more Once & Future in my life.
Justin: “If you’re not dating a badass grandma at this point, what are you doing with your life,” Pete says and wonders. This is maybe the most consistent comic book on the stands right now, and I mean that in a good way.
Alex: Yeah. I agree. This issue continues to be great, unfolding the mythology of the book. Super, super fun.
Alex: Let’s move on to one I’m very excited to chat with both of you about for very different reasons, X-Men Legends #1 from Marvel, written by Fabian Nicieza, art by Brett Booth. Here’s what this book is. First of all, this is a new book that Marvel is launching which finishes or continues stories that are in continuity. This is an in-continuity X-Men story that Fabian Nicieza began almost 30 years ago and never got to finish about the third Summers brother, which, spoiler, we get confirmation here is in fact Adam X the X-Treme.
Justin: Finally.
Alex: Finally. So the thing that I’m very curious about is this felt like the perfect synthesis of things that the two of you like about X-Men. Pete, it’s a bunch of X-Men killing each other and fighting each other in classic style. Justin, Adam X the X-Treme is in it. What’d you guys think about this book?
Justin: I will not rest until Adam X the X-Treme is hanging out on Krakoa, because this guy’s going to be the number-one get on fuck island.
Alex: Didn’t you like him? Am I wrong about that?
Justin: No. I mean, it’s a very ’90s character. He’s a backwards-
Pete: It’s Justin turned up to 11 is what it is. He’s got his hat backwards. He’s doing hand stands, wearing tight T-shirts. This is all Justin.
Justin: That’s very funny, Pete, and maybe makes me rethink a lot of my self worth, but yeah. I mean, I do like the character. I liked the introduction of this character back in the day, and so I appreciate that they’re going back and making it real, and also this comic looks like it happened already. This looks like it’s straight out of the ’90s.
Pete: Yeah. That’s what I thought.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:34:20].
Alex: I got to tell you. When I was putting together the stack and sending stuff to you guys, I looked this is, and I was like “Is this a reprint? What’s happening? Is this a reprint? What’s going on?”-
Pete: Yeah. That’s what I thought.
Alex: … and I did way too much research for just sending you guys a comic to be like “I got to make 100 percent sure this is actually a new book and not something that came out 30 years ago.”
Justin: But let me say the meticulous dedication to the poses that Cyclops is in are straight out of the ’90s. Cable shows up here for sort of no reason. The Starjammers are in this, and it’s like “Oh, of course. Why not?” They’re just hanging around. It’s perfect. It’s a perfect version of what it is.
Pete: I thought this was a reprint, and then I scrolled down. I was like “Oh. Jordan D. White. This is real. Let’s go.”
Alex: What’d you think, Pete?
Pete: This was just ’90s, over-the-top stuff, and I was just like “You know, it’s a fun blast from the past,” like “Oh, I remember when comics-“
Alex: What do you want, Pete? What do you want out of an X-Men book?
Justin: What makes you happy?
Alex: I don’t even understand at this point.
Pete: You know, I was like “Yeah, but we’ve evolved from this. Why would you go back here?”
Justin: What? Just because hub cap and tippy toe and the other Joes aren’t in this, can’t you enjoy this for what it is?
Pete: First off, G.I. Joe and X-Men are completely different. How dare you?
Alex: Are they? They both have very stupid names.
Pete: Sure. Sure. That doesn’t mean that they are stupid though.
Justin: That’s true. The thing is, all the X-Men are named non-compound words, and all the G.I. Joes are named compound words.
Pete: Yeah. Yeah.
Alex: Great. I’m glad we settled that. Let’s move on and talk about Aria: Heavenly Creatures from Image Comics-
Pete: Oh, here we go.
Alex: … written by Brian Holguin, art by Jay Anacleto and Brian Haberlin. This is a very Top Cow book.
Pete: What is this? What did you make us do here?
Alex: It’s a very Top Cow book. It’s about-
Justin: Perhaps the most Top Cow book.
Alex: Yes. It’s a fairy teaming up kind of with a witchblade, but not exactly a witchblade, in Victorian times, and it’s a little bit sexy, but not too sexy. So you can feel okay reading it but be like-
Pete: No. You shouldn’t.
Alex: … “Oh, this is sexy.”
Pete: You shouldn’t feel okay reading it.
Alex: I don’t know. I enjoyed reading this. I was surprised how much by the end I was like “Yeah. This is silly, but I’m having a fun time.”
Justin: Alex has been missing watching soft core pornography, apparently-
Pete: Yeah. I think so.
Justin: … because that’s very-
Pete: This is just fucking boob comics.
Justin: Alex, because you put this in the stack, you should have to go read this on the Subway right now.
Pete: Yeah. You should. Yeah. You should-
Justin: You should have to go ride the Subway and read this.
Pete: … [crosstalk 00:36:54] up and down the line. Yeah.
Alex: Yeah. Watching a little Skinemax on my phone while I’m doing it.
Justin: Just listening. Just listening to the Skinemax. That’s all you need.
Alex: Yeah. Okay.
Pete: Yeah. Watching USA Up All Night.
Alex: Great.
Justin: Pete.
Alex: Thanks for the review, guys.
Justin: No. I mean, the heart of this book … This book is … It has such a vibe.
Pete: It’s just boobs.
Justin: Well, but there is a lot of that, but it has such a vibe, which I recognize that, and the art is so specific to what it is. I liked reading it. I’m not shitting on it, but it’s very funny that you’re like “This is good,” because there’s a lot of poses where people be showing off their bodies.
Alex: Me? No. I’m not saying it’s good, necessarily. I’m just saying I had fun reading it.
Justin: This is the-
Alex: There’s a big Victorian werewolf who eats people. What?
Justin: Yeah. That part’s cool. This is the OnlyFans of comic books, if you want to get in on that.
Alex: The Last Ronin #2 from IDW, story by-
Pete: Here we go.
Alex: … Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Tom Waltz, script by Tom Waltz and Kevin Eastman, layouts by Kevin Eastman, pencils and inks by Esau and Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop, and Kevin Eastman. This is, of course, continuing the story of the last turtle left alive. We got a cliffhanger in the last issue that April O’Neil is also alive, and we find out a lot more about that here. Pete, over to you.
Pete: All right. So first off, you can’t have enough varying covers. You need varying covers. you need tons of them, and you need like 20 pages of it. No. I’m just so happy that Eastman and Laird have teamed back up to give us another turtle book. I could give a shit if it’s any good or not. This is good. I’m loving every single moment of it, and it goes back to the black-and-white stuff. I am just in heaven, and it’s just so great. I feel like I’m back in time and a little kid reading this in my bed. So it’s just glorious, and I don’t care if anybody doesn’t like it or not. This is just my jam.
Justin: It’s very funny that you say you feel like you’re a little kid reading this, because this book is about being old, the images of Michelangelo, no longer a party dude, where he’s just super wrinkly, he’s all wrinkles, and they’re just like “Remember? Oh, it’s so great to be alive. Now we’re old. I have a robot hand.” It’s a wild read, but it’s good.
Alex: Yeah. I like this a lot. Definitely when it got to the flashback portion and the old-school turtles title, I was like “Oh, Pete’s going to like this.”
Pete: Oh, my god. It was so great.
Alex: But it’s good. Like you’re saying, there’s a lot of danger there. There’s a lot of nostalgia there. It’s definitely way better than it could have been for a story that they had sitting on the shelf for decades at this point, but a lot of fun.
Alex: Let’s move on, talk about Black Widow #5 from Marvel, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Elena Casagrande with Rafael de Latorre. This, hands down, these fives issues, is one of the best Black Widow stories I have ever read in my entire life.
Justin: A hundred percent. I have loved this series so much. My favorite issue of the week. The way that this took Black Widow, who has sort of really tread this ground of “Well, someone captured her and erased her memories and reset her in a way that is difficult for her to come to grips with,” took that premise, and just emotionally elevated it to a point where you really feel for these characters, all of them. Even we have Hawkeye in here, who is straight up killing people, which I didn’t know he did all the time. Maybe that was a special.
Alex: Do you think he just kind of tapped people with his arrows?
Pete: Yeah. How did you-
Justin: Well, he usually hits them in the shoulder or the knee. In this, he’s just like “Sorry, dude. Right in your frigging eye.” But you get to see him-
Alex: Your good eye too.
Justin: Your good eye, your shooting eye. You get to see him be emotional here. You get to see Winter Soldier, which I love the Black Widow Winter, Soldier relationship. I look back fondly on the Ed Brubaker days of that, and to have it be sort of touched on here is super sad, but really, Black Widow … You’re just feeling so much for her. I love the setup of the multiple Black Widows going forward. Truly, pick up this series.
Alex: Pete?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, it’s really great. The art’s unbelievable. Amazing story, very touching. I really hope the movie is exactly like this run, and I will be very happy. Also-
Justin: Pete, that movie came out last year. Did you not watch it?
Pete: I didn’t. I didn’t. I was-
Alex: Oh, really? It perfectly set up Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which also came out last year.
Pete: Huh. I guess I just was born today then, I guess.
Alex: I guess so.
Justin: That’s true.
Alex: Anyway, before we-
Pete: I just want to point out though, they’re on a carousel for one panel here, and there’s a cat with this fish in his mouth, and I was just on a carousel with a cat and a fish in his mouth, and I didn’t know that was a thing. So that was weird seeing that it’s a real thing. Did you know that was a thing?
Alex: What?
Justin: I don’t know that what you just said is a thing. I don’t know the words you said is a sentence.
Pete: Well, usually when you go on a carousel, they got horses, you got different animals you can ride, but I was like “Why the fuck is there a cat with a fish in its mouth that you can ride? This is crazy.” I’ve never seen it before, and then I went from riding that cat with a fish in his mouth to then seeing it in this comic book, and I was like “Life is weird.”
Alex: Why were you at a carousel in the middle of a pandemic?
Justin: That’s the real question.
Pete: Valentine’s Day, and we had the carousel to ourselves, motherfuckers.
Justin: I bet you took-
Alex: Oh, that is very romantic.
Justin: Yes. I bet you took a lot of carouselfies.
Alex: Nice. Before we wrap up here, let’s finish up with an accidental Kelly Thompson block. Sara the Teenage … Sara.
Justin: Sara.
Pete: Sara.
Alex: Goodnight. Goodnight.
Justin: Sara the Teenage Human.
Alex: Sabrina the Teenage Witch #2 from Archie Comics, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish. This is finishing up the Something Wicked arc. Pete, you are showing us pictures of this cat and fish, but we cannot see them. They are too bright.
Justin: Yeah. Pete-
Pete: Okay. Well-
Justin: … I don’t want to see all these Valentine’s Day pictures. I know you have an active love and sex life. Please keep it to yourself.
Alex: This is a good wrap-up to this book. I’ve really enjoyed it. I think, like we’ve talked about before, it’s the perfect fusion of the Archie Comics style and the TV show style. It hits the nice middle ground there, and that continues with this issue. There’s also a nice cliffhanger here that made me very poignant for the end of the Netflix series.
Pete: Yeah. I love this. This is really great, and to me, sometimes when you have these characters that are way in over their heads and fighting these battles they don’t really belong in, Sabrina really pulls it off in a way that you can get behind and don’t think it’s like “Oh, this is just weird.” I’m really impressed with the way that they do Sabrina, not only in this comic, but in this run. So great. The art’s unbelievable. Really fun storytelling, and makes me miss the TV show.
Justin: Yeah. Talking cat, but still good.
Pete: Oh, yeah. The talking cat was great. That line was really funny.
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Justin: Hub cap.
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Westview celebrates Halloween in the creepiest way possible on WandaVision Episode 6 – “All-New Halloween Spooktacular!” Wanda and Vision are on the outs, after the revelations of the last episode — and the reappearance of Wanda’s dead brother Pietro (played by Evan Peters) isn’t helping things. While Vision heads to the outskirts of Westview to figure out what’s really going on, Wanda goes trick r’ treating with Billy and Teddy, leading to the twins figuring out what their powers are. And outside the Hex, Jimmy, Monica and Darcy get closer to figuring out what Hayward is really up to. From Yo-Magic to Cataract, let’s break down all the WandaVision Easter Eggs, Marvel Comics spoilers, and much more.
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Alex: Welcome to Marvel Vision, a podcast about Marvel, the MCU and WandaVision.
Justin: WandaVision.
Alex: We’re going to be talking about WandaVision, Episode six, all new Halloween Spooktacular.
Justin: Oh, fun title.
Alex: Fun title. I’m Alex.
Justin: And I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete, Happy Halloween motherfuckers.
Justin: Happy Halloweenie.
Alex: So, as mentioned, we’re going to be talking about Episode six, usual spoiler warning here, we’re probably going to jump pretty much right into it, so go watch the episode, come back here. We’re going to be talking about highlights, we’re going to be talking about Easter eggs, we’re going to be talking about theories-
Justin: Low lights.
Alex: Low lights, absolutely, all that stuff. But first off, we’ve been waking up pretty early to do this, I’ve been really appreciating this wake and Wanda, you know what I’m talking about?
Pete: Oh my God. Don’t.
Justin: Yeah. Another day, wake and Wanda, man. I love it. Kicking off the weekend.
Pete: So hardcore man.
Justin: It is hardcore.
Pete: Getting up early. Wanda.
Alex: Now Pete, it seems like, I don’t know if you want to talk about it this here, but it seems like you were very emotionally affected by this episode of WandaVision.
Pete: Well, it’s just crazy, this idea of living in a bubble and when you go outside of the bubble, all this crazy stuff is going to happen, is just… with everything that is happening right now, it’s just weird how some friends seem to be bubble affected, others acting like there isn’t a bubble. I don’t-
Justin: Oh, shit. Is this a Pete… are you having a PeteVision?
Pete: Yeah. It’s just… the show is very crazy right now. It’s-
Justin: Because I feel a little bit like Quicksilver.
Pete: Yeah? You do?
Alex: You definitely have the hair.
Justin: Exactly.
Pete: Cool. Well, yeah. I wouldn’t say you’re the fastest of the group. You’re a quick guy. You won’t shut the fuck up.
Justin: I can’t believe that landed in a compliment. Oh, there it is. Okay, great.
Pete: Yeah, yeah. Wait. Pete.
Justin: And Alex is the Agnes.
Alex: How was that? Good?
Justin: It was good.
Alex: Actually, yeah.
Justin: It was too good to have just done it randomly.
Alex: I’ve been practicing for weeks, at this point. Six weeks. So broad strokes about the episode, as you can tell from the title this is the Halloween episode. It is set in the 2000s. We were-
Justin: Did not see that coming.
Alex: Well, we were a little off in our guesses in terms of what this was, because at least for the opening, very specifically Malcolm in the Middle.
Justin: A hundred percent. And I was not ready for that. I guess what it was is, last episode we did the Full House and Family Ties. There was a double… and this just jumped forward past where we thought, and Malcolm in the Middle, wow. Strong choice.
Alex: Strong choice down to Billy and Teddy doing the narration directly to camera, which I thought was super fun. Also-
Justin: Billy and Tommy?
Alex: Tommy? I keep doing that in my head.
Justin: It’s okay. Names are hard. And I guess you’re just a comic fan like the rest of us.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Oh, I’m sorry that I keep mistaking two members of the ARG Avengers who have very similar names.
Justin: Don’t try to flex with more knowledge to make up for your mistake. It doesn’t work that way.
Alex: [inaudible 00:03:14]
Pete: I’m having fun. This is great.
Justin: Alex, I didn’t mean to do that. It’s the PeteVision. He made me do it. He made me do it. I would never correct you like that.
Alex: Pete. It’s all Pete. So Billy and Tommy doing the narration directly to the camera-
Pete: Can you fucken move that wire that’s right in the middle of your fucken shot? It’s driving me nuts.
Alex: Who are you talking to?
Pete: You, man. The wire that’s right running down the front of your fucken cameras. It’s driving me insane.
Alex: The wire?
Pete: Yeah. There’s a… right there.
Alex: This is great for our audio podcast. This thing over there?
Pete: Yeah. Yeah. What is that?
Alex: It’s a beam gorgeous light that is lighting me up, Pete.
Pete: Oh, Jesus Christ.
Justin: This is-
Alex: I cannot bend light the way that you can.
Justin: See, we can’t do this, this early in the morning because nothing makes sense.
Alex: Lots going on this episode, just a broad [inaudible 00:04:03] what’s going on, Pietro is here now. It is evident who Pete is from the X-men series, a lot of mystery that we’ll talk about, I’m sure in a moment. He seems to know what’s going on in Westview. He is talking to Wanda about that throughout the episode, but he’s also acting as the cool brother-in-law, Uncle Dude hanging out with the kids, kids start to develop their powers, Vision tries to make his way outside of Westview, because very poorly, and as a result, Wanda expands the hex, capturing Darcy as well as most of the members of S.W.O.R.D. Hayward makes it out with two people, probably that we don’t 100% know, Jimmy Woo and Monica Rambeau manage to make it out, they’ve had a break with S.W.O.R.D. this episode, after they’re kicked out. They are going to need-
Justin: We’re on a break. We’re on a break
Pete: We’re on a break.
Alex: They’re going to need Monica’s contact outside of Westview, so we’ll probably pick up on that and I’m sure have some theories there, so outside of Westview, where things are getting real bad, inside of Westview, things getting even worse and it’s still up in the air exactly who is behind this? Who is controlling this? Who is in charge? What is causing this, as we go through the episode.
Justin: We’re going to speculate. Yeah. This episode was interesting. It started to… the format starting to really fall apart. The way this episode ended, I was like, “Oh, that’s not an ending place.”
Pete: Yeah. It was a very interesting ending, where I was like, “Wait, what?” And then I was like, “Is there something pass the credits or something, because it feels like there should be a button of some kind.”
Justin: I always watch all the credits, including the Dutch ones, because maybe that’s where it’s buried.
Pete: Oh, nice.
Alex: You’ve got to read all of them. That’s the important part.
Justin: Duh. I got to learn so many languages.
Alex: It somewhere in there.
Justin: Yeah, exactly.
Alex: I agree with you, but we’ve talked about the structure of the season and we’re not going to fully know how it lands obviously, until the final episode, but I do feel like here, we’re kind of getting the end of the second act of the series, but also we’re just kicking into high gear, into the MCU movie. To my mind it feels like this episode, the last three episodes, that’s the MCU movie, the rest of it, there’s no slagging off at all, but the rest of it was set up that was the setting up the House of Cards, so that everything can start tumbling down this episode. And I think that’s what we’re going to see happening.
Justin: Yeah. And it is interesting we talked about how the different eras of television bends to more realistic storytelling. And then but we didn’t say, and it makes total sense, to make the jump into full movie storytelling, I think it is to your point, what’s happening here. But it makes for… it’s not TV. It’s fully-
Alex: It’s for HBO.
Justin: Exactly. Wow. How dare you. You’re about to get hexed in a major way from the Disney Corporation. But it does… it makes for a whole other way of telling the story. We’re just going to get little chunks of a movie basically, I think, going forward.
Pete: Yay. Movie chunks.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: So what [inaudible 00:07:01].
Justin: Love [inaudible 00:07:03]
Alex: In the episode, what was something that you thought was particularly interesting or dramatically or plot wise?
Justin: Pete, what cars did you like?
Pete: I really identified with the crying lady who was putting up just frozen in a one move thing, where she was trying to put up Halloween decorations.
Justin: You identified with her?
Pete: Yeah, because I feel like because… time is weird right now, so it’s like, “Oh,-
Alex: Are you okay?
Justin: Yeah, Pete’s [crosstalk 00:07:29]
Pete: We’re all in this loop that we can’t stop and it’s just so weird and what are days anymore? I really identified with her and her single tear.
Justin: Wow. That was the most haunting moment of the episode. I think they did a good job of making it actually scary. I don’t think this is a purposeful connection, but it felt very Stranger Things to me. The vision sections here, because it was just like the Halloween connection and the way that they just went from very normal look/feeling and looking things into a very unsettling imagery by just freezing people. Unfreezing them when you don’t expect it.
Pete: Yeah, that was really… just seeing people frozen, that was very unsettling.
Alex: And I like how it hasn’t exactly been a slow progression, but the progression through the episodes where they’ve let things fall apart, where we start to get hints that things weren’t right, the reality was breaking down into little bits for the first couple of episodes and then it felt like the lid got popped off there in that last episode, where it’s with that moment where Agnes says, “Hey, do you want me to take it again?” Where now we know there are people who are aware, they know they’re in a sitcom, we get that from whatever’s going on with Pietro this episode, we get it from Agnes, we also get it from [Hugh 00:08:48], I believe that’s the name of the character which I thought that was interesting.
Alex: We got a little bit of that when he was trimming the hedges a couple of episodes back, but he seems to be on maybe the same kind of level of awareness as Agnes, in terms of the sitcom world. But also, like you’re saying, with Vision walking out of Westview, seeing outside of wherever Wanda is, things are frozen and people are just trapped. And that’s it. And that’s terrifying.
Justin: And while we’re talking about this, maybe it makes sense to talk about the commercial, the Go [Group 00:09:23] commercial, because that was ominous as well, where you have some Claymation characters, he’s just hungry, the kid on the island and he gets a YoMagic yogurt thing and just we watch slowly die.
Pete: Do you know how hard it is to peel off those things, especially when you’re on a deserted island.
Justin: Exactly. I was like, “If there’s a character Pete’s going to identify with, it’s going to be the kid who can’t open the yogurt.”
Pete: Oh, my God. Yeah. I feel like I’m that kid waiting for Black Widow to come out. It’s just… I’m going to slowly turn into a skeleton.
Justin: And Pete, I’ll be down to your apartment to open your yogurts. Obviously from outside your front door.
Pete: Well, make sure you open them and then leave them. There’s no point in [crosstalk 00:10:02], Jesus Christ. That would be… kids of the neighborhood walking by, “Oh, there’s the guy with the bunch of open yogurts.” Crazy old Pete.
Justin: “What’s your main form of income?” “I open a friend of mine’s yogurts and leave them on his welcome mat.”
Alex: You know it will a fun surprise Justin, just to wrap it all together, fill one of those yogurt with a bunch of actual black widows. So it’ll be, “Oh, [crosstalk 00:10:25].
Justin: It’s a tie in. It’s a product tie in.
Pete: I walk with that together.
Alex: What do I think is going on there? Because I feel like a lot of the other commercials, if a [inaudible 00:10:36], and this is the popular interim theory as we’re sort of progressing through Wanda’s history with all of these commercials, all the traumatic events she’s dealt with, what are you doing? What is this thumb?
Pete: There’s this-
Justin: The light.
Pete: … beam of light streaking down your thing and it is… I don’t know what to do with it, and it’s just…
Justin: I will say, Alex, did you shoot a gun into the sky recently? It looks like a bullet hole.
Pete: [inaudible 00:11:00] 77. It’s just like Pete have WandaVision this morning-
Alex: I was just so excited about this episode about WandaVision, I was like, “Oh, darn it. Living rabbits.”
Pete: Dude, when you were looking for places to live, do you have a single beam of light that will come down into my basement?
Alex: I’m sorry, when you looked for your apartment, you asked about the breathing calls, right?
Pete: Yes, of course. That’s smart.
Justin: It’s suffocating in here.
Alex: I’m going announce to get air if there are no holes in my apartment.
Justin: That’s great. If we can move past the shaft of light. I imagine it’s shining down on a button that says upload or something like that, or don’t download.
Alex: Can we get back to YoMagic? What’s going on there?
Justin: So I don’t know. This one is confusing me a little bit, because I didn’t know if it was a way of showing that the town’s people are slowly dying because they’re not eating, because the magic is killing them, which I thought was interesting and ties into the Vision being like, “You have to help these people,” when he gets past the bubble. And maybe that’s where it will turn and the Scarlet Witch will be like, “I have to stop doing this. I’m killing this town of people.” Either that, or maybe the magic is killing the Scarlet Witch. And that’s maybe about a reference to her past or something. And we’re going to find out that it’s related to her powering up in this show.
Pete: It was just weird how the shark was like, “I remember hunger.” He’s always full. What is that about? That doesn’t make any sense.
Alex: Whatever is going on there, I thought it was great to get in a Claymation commercial. I thought that was really a fun thing.
Pete: Do you think it’s a tease for a full Claymation episode?
Alex: Oh, that will be great. I didn’t see [inaudible 00:12:58]
Justin: Oh yes, definitely.
Alex: Well what we’re… if we’re moving to the 2000s and the 2010s as we all know the majority of the sitcoms in the 2010s were Claymation. That was the popular form.
Justin: That’s true. It started with the California Raisins, if you don’t what that is, I guess Google it or don’t. Just guess.
Pete: Don’t Google it.
Justin: Or guess what it is.
Pete: Don’t Google.
Alex: It actually also ended with the California Raisins.
Justin: That’s absolutely right.
Alex: That’s a little sitcom history for you all.
Justin: Do you think that they are going to push into 2010 sitcoms or are we done with it?
Alex: Yeah, I think next episode is going to be The Office style episode with confessionals and things. We’ve seen… there’s been footage in the trailers of Wanda talking directly to camera, so I do think we’re going to get that, but that’s going to be the final iteration of sitcom.
Pete: You mean we’re going to skip past Friends, like no Central Perk, nothing?
Justin: Well, let me just say it-
Alex: What is different about Friends that any of… I don’t know.
Justin: What an indictment of Friends from Aflix. He hates friends.
Pete: The guy hates Friends.
Justin: You didn’t watch all of Friends?
Alex: I didn’t.
Justin: Wow. Maybe I don’t know who you are-
Pete: Did you even get Justin’s reference from them before?
Alex: Could it be any more obvious?
Pete: Oh, wow. How could you do that? How did you do that? You’ve never even seen the show.
Justin: He can’t sit. He can’t sit.
Alex: Listen. I’ve watched two shows. Friends, just the first season, and California Raisins and that’s it. But I think I get a sense of what’s going on here.
Justin: Yeah. You understand television. Let me ask you this. Are we going to get a Two Broke Girls reference?
Alex: That… I know we’re a little off on the end of the episode, towards the beginning of this podcast here, but I love the ending here. I thought Wanda expanding the hex, really amped up the danger. I thought seeing everybody turn into a carnival, that’s something that we haven’t seen on the show yet. What happens when the hex wall comes over people, I thought that sequence was awesomely done. And having everybody switch over to just doing the miming and everything, it was great. And getting to see Pete. I feel like you asked for this the last episode, you were bummed that we weren’t going to see Kat Dennings in [inaudible 00:15:07] land. It was a very obvious way to set it up there by having her handcuffed to the truck and left and everything. But it’s still fun. It’s a good setup and getting her thrown in there is delightful.
Pete: The “Oh, fudge,” comment was hysterical. Where she goes, “Oh,” and then goes, “Fudge.” Because she was being… that was really fun.
Justin: And Kat Dennings I feel like, for whatever it is, she exists outside of all realms, because she had to some hacking lines, she was doing a lot of talking to herself like, “I got you now, Hayward”. It sounds like that very melodramatic stuff that usually are like, “This is lame.” But for whatever reason, her line delivery somehow works.
Pete: It really does. It’s great. It’s also very funny because she was on Kimmel talking about how she didn’t even about that brother reveal until the last second, they had them covered in a shroud and then moved down to set, so-
Justin: A shroud?
Pete: Yeah. So very interesting how we’re in the dark, the actors are in the dark until the last second. It’s scary.
Justin: Pete, speaking about scary and unsettled. Did you do some research for this podcast? Because you watched another thing about it. And provided that information for the rest of us to know something.
Pete: Yeah, things are weird, man. It’s a new world.
Justin: The hex. The Pete hex.
Alex: A couple of other things outside of the hex, just to wrap up that area before we move back inside, because there’s lots of comic book stuff we can talk through there that we’ve already touched on, but we don’t find out who Monica’s contact is, but I do feel more confident after this episode that we’re actually going to see whoever it is. So, any further feelings on that? I feel like the Reed Witcher thing has definitely gained speed on the internet, but I don’t know how likely that necessarily is.
Justin: No, I don’t-
Pete: Because-
Justin: Go ahead.
Pete: For Reed, you can just show a bendy arm-
Justin: Just an arm reaching on camera?
Pete: … holding your cellphone. Be like, “Hey, don’t worry, I’ll be right here.” Yeah, yeah. Real easy to do.
Justin: No I don’t think it can be a heavy hitter. We are going to get a new heavy hitter. I think it’s going to be a callback to somebody else. And I think it is going to be, I don’t know which one, but it’s a character from the MCU that we’ve already met, is what I think. And it’s going to be someone that helps her out in some way, but doesn’t go fight with her.
Alex: Yeah, I think it’s going to be a quick show-up. I felt a little more confident this episode on it being Talos, Ben Mendelssohn’s character from Captain Marvel, because they keep dropping Captain Marvel references-
Pete: They sure do.
Alex: … and it certainly could be a aerospace engineer and she had a good relationship with him as a child in Captain Marvel in the movie.
Pete: That Duchy guy was like, “Hey, Rambo, I’ve seen Captain Marvel.”
Justin: Even the movie.
Alex: Well, yeah. That’s the thing. If you’re in the MCU world, you’ve got to go see all the movies, what everybody’s talking about.
Justin: In the theater. Opening weekend, so. And you have to buy the big popcorn, if you live in the MCU.
Alex: Right. And now it’s even worse in the MCU. They’ve got to wake up at 3:00 AM and watch their own show, otherwise they’re going to spoiled on Twitter later on that day.
Justin: No one would do that. That’s crazy. But, what was I going to say-
Pete: Something about water balloons?
Justin: Yeah. I was going to like, “I got to get my water balloons filled with shaving cream.” Going right now.
Pete: Yeah, you’ve got to be ready for Halloween, yeah.
Justin: You don’t think it’s going to be actual Captain Marvel? You think Talos isn’t more-
Alex: I still think it feels like Monica has something weird about Captain Marvel. There is another mention there, there’s that showdown with Hayward that she has, right before they kicked out of S.W.O.R.D. where Hayward just drops, “I’m glad your mother died,” or whatever that line is.
Justin: I’m glad you weren’t here.
Pete: Yeah, y’all. That was messed up. How could nobody punch him?
Justin: I’m glad you weren’t here.
Pete: A room full of people, nobody punches him in the face for saying that?
Alex: But he mentions Captain Marvel and they cut to Monica and there is a little micro expression that she has. So again, I think there is some bad blood there or something like that and we don’t know exactly what it is yet. A couple of other quick little things to throw out, Cataract. So when Darcy is searching, she finds the secret file, it’s called Cataract. She sends it to Jimmy Woo. I did a big search while she’s putting in the email, she sees James D. Gold, James J. Alexander and James X. [Sackler 00:19:45]-MD show up when she’s searching for Jimmy Woo. It’s a email address-
Pete: I think this is smart.
Alex: Hold on. Hold on. Hold on, let me actually finish this thought. When she’s searching for Jimmy Woo’s address, she sends him the file on Cataract, so presumably next episode, since they’re outside the hex, probably they’re going to get that. James J. Alexander is a VFX producer for Marvel, so I think that’s the only real Easter egg there. But what do you think Cataract is? What’s going on?
Pete: Well, I think this is a smart way to have shows talk about cataracts, because it affects so many people, and if we’re not talking about it, you might have the symptoms and not even realize it, so I like this. It’s like a nod to the old G.I. Joe lesson at the end of the episode.
Justin: Oh, PSA.
Pete: Yeah, yeah. I think it was seamlessly introduced and I really… I think it’s important to make sure people are aware.
Justin: Well, let me throw this out to you. Cataract, obviously an eye… something that afflicts your eye. In the flashback to Sokovia, where Quicksilver had an eye patch at the beginning of the episode. I feel like Quicksilver, we’ll talk about this in a little bit, I feel like Quicksilver is maybe the villain in disguise as her brother. Is there a one eyed villain is somehow maybe at play here?
Alex: Can I throw something else out at you with that flashback?
Justin: Yes.
Alex: So, first of all, love that. Just classic sitcom flashback, really well done. Do think they were dressed up as Black Widow and Nick Fury? I think that’s what was going on there.
Justin: That’s what I thought, yeah.
Alex: Yeah. So I think that’s what was going on. She has even antennae and some sort of weird bug thing and she had the Natasha hair. So I think that’s what’s going on there. I think if anything, the eye can refer to the fact that every single credit sequence so far has zoomed into Vision’s eye. We’ve had that. That is a repeated riff right at the end of the episode, in the credits, we go directly into a shot of Vision from the episode into his eye. Clearly Hayward is very interested in Vision, he’s tracking him, inside of the Hex, who he seems to be potentially experimenting on his body back at S.W.O.R.D. So, if anything, I think Cataract probably has something to do with Vision, not necessarily anything else.
Pete: Well, I want to talk about in that flashback. That lady was giving away full size fish, not the small fish. That was full size fish she was giving away. That’s [crosstalk 00:22:12].
Justin: I always hated going trick or treating and just getting a bunch of minnows. You always got to go to the house with the big fish. The full fish.
Alex: I’ll tell you what, one of the weirdest Halloween experiences I ever had with my kids was, we went to a house that was giving away celery and they loved it. They kept asking for celery.
Justin: Your kids loved it?
Alex: They kept asking for celery for weeks afterwards. It was the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to me.
Justin: That’s real?
Alex: This is a 100% real story.
Pete: Why would you eat celery from a stranger’s house, man. That seems so creepy.
Alex: I don’t know. It wasn’t this past Halloween.
Justin: That’s fine.
Alex: We just went around in COVID times, we were like, “Give us celery.”
Justin: Yeah. Now I think you’re the one that’s having a psychotic break, not Pete. Were they handing-
Pete: Waking Wanda, man. Waking Wanda.
Justin: … naked stalks of celery?
Alex: Yeah, that was it.
Pete: No peanut butter, ants on a log, nothing?
Alex: No peanut butter, ants on a log, nothing.
Justin: Not prepackaged?
Pete: And your kids liked it?
Alex: No, it wasn’t prepackaged celery. What are you talking about?
Justin: Like the ones that go in the bloody Mary’s.
Pete: Just loose celery?
Alex: Single serving you pick up at a deli like, “Hey, give me a pack of smokes and one of them a single serve celeries, please?
Justin: Yeah, like the product I started, which is like Goger, but for celery? Speed is called speedlery?
Pete: I can’t believe your kids liked it.
Alex: Pete, you always have that problem with opening up the celery package, right? So you’ve got to love that.
Pete: Oh, it’s so hard. It’s so hard.
Alex: Can we get inside of the hex because there’s so much stuff to talk about and we’ve-
Justin: Oh, just real quick, I have to make a note to myself when I open Pete’s yogurts to make sure I pre-open the celery and slice it up so that he can eat it.
Pete: Dip it.
Justin: He can eat it.
Pete: Celery dip [inaudible 00:23:44].
Justin: Celery and yogurt. My favorite.
Pete: Who’s excited about celery? What is wrong with your children? What are you doing to your kids where they’re excited about celery?
Alex: I mean, they don’t have breeding holes in their rooms.
Justin: They’ve never tasted anything quite so interesting as in one stalk of celery.
Alex: Lots of stuff going on here. Love the dynamic with the whole family. I thought this was super fun. Also, as we talked about in the last episode, people aren’t being very secretive with their powers anymore. If you’re going to talk about the lid popping off, Speed, Wiccan, for those who don’t know, for those who are new to the comics, Billy and Tommy are Wiccan and Speed, I got that right?
Pete: Don’t flex because you remembered it, right?
Alex: No, I have it written down here, so I actually don’t forget.
Justin: When you advance into older age, remembering anything is a flex.
Alex: Here’s the problem. In the comics there’s Tommy and there’s Teddy. And Teddy and Billy are boyfriends and I constantly confuse the names. Teddy and Tommy and I’m sorry. They are the same first letter and the same last letter and the same number of letters. Also eyeballed.
Pete: Sounds like a whole lot of excuses, you know what I mean?
Alex: So, in the comics there are two parts of the Arg Avengers we talked about this a little bit last week as well. As we saw on the show, Tommy gets his speed powers, they’re very like Quicksilver, they can move fast. He also has a very similar costume, though not exactly the same costume as Quicksilver, and Billy has kind of undefined powers. In the comics he basically has to repeat things a bunch of times and he can warp reality like how Wanda can do in the comics, we get things that I think are a little more in line with her MCU nature here, where he has seemingly a little bit of telepathy. He can definitely move things, we see blue come out of his hands instead of red like his mom, but I like this. I’m excited that they’re pulling off their powers already.
Justin: Yeah, it’s exciting because this is the thing for sure now. Eventually we’re going to get… we talked about this. I think we’re going to get the Young Avengers. I don’t know what capacity they will be in.
Pete: I’m really worried about if they leave the bubble, if the kids can leave and they do leave, what that does to them, because in this episode they’re talking about how people’s cell structure changes if you go in and out, but if you’re born in there, what does that mean for you, trying to get anything into the outside world.
Alex: I do think there’s something to be said for the fact that they seem to be aware and able to control the narrative in a very similar way to how [Nawanda 00:26:20] is. I think that’s the purpose of them doing the direct to camera throughout this episode, it’s not just the sitcom [inaudible 00:26:25], it’s also the fact that, like we see Billy can see outside the dome. He sees what’s going on with Vision, not dome, Hex. He see’s what’s going on with Vision, he understands there, so yeah, I think that’s the question, I think they need to get to a certain age where they can venture outside the Hex, because that’s probably the whole point of this, as they told us from the very beginning.
Justin: Exactly.
Pete: What?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: I don’t remember the beginning of the show where they said, “Listen, the whole point of this thing is we’ve got age some kids, so they’ll be okay to live outside of this bubble.
Alex: For the children. For the children. For the children. It’s all for the children. They told us that in the third episode, where they also said, “You got to tell people what the magic trick is.”
Justin: Now in light of it, because we speculated that Agnes was the one driving a lot of this taking care of the kids stuff, and then in this episode, we see Agnes and she is fully under the hex, she… Vision breaks her out of it briefly, and she’s acting like just another scared person. Do you think… my theory is that she was doing that to try to push Vision even harder. So that was a little bit of play acting there.
Alex: Yeah, I’m back on the Agnes Speed as of this episode, because versus the creepy lady that Pete calls out earlier, everybody else seems to be frozen in a very specific way, where they really cannot move. The lady is crying and she’s not moving. But when we cut in on Agnes in the car, it’s such a little thing, but she’s breathing.
Justin: And then we saw there’s a little movement that I thought was like, “That’s a purposeful thing.”
Alex: So, whatever she is doing, she’s dressed as a witch, which just doubles down on the idea that she is Agatha Heartless in some form from the comics and is a witch, certainly that might turn into the YoMagic thing in some way potentially, because Scarlet Witch’s powers aren’t exactly magic, they’re science based.
Pete: Well, I think… wait, back up for a second. First yogurt is magic, so that’s what that is.
Alex: How do they even make it? Nobody even knows.
Pete: Exactly.
Justin: It’s like milk, but hard.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: And not too hard, but harder.
Alex: If you translate yogurt from the Native Socovian, it means hard milk. So yes, I agree with you Justin, I think Agnes was pushing Vision in some way. I think she was aware the entire time, even when he did the mind stone touch on her head. What her purpose is, what she’s trying to do, I’m not 100% sure, but it might just be what happens at the end of the episode. They set up a situation where the hex gets expanded.
Justin: It feels like she’s been pushing Scarlet Witch to break through whatever this is. So I think she’s seeking some sort of end to the hex and maybe that’s to then take control of the children, but is she doing it for the children? Does she care about them or is she trying to use them as a weapon. I guess it goes to like, “Is she a good guy or a bad guy?” At the end of the day.
Alex: I don’t know. I wonder. Because the show has this complete raw speculation that I’m just thinking about right now, but given that the show is really doubling down on trauma and that it is the whole point here that Wanda dealt with the death of Vision and many, many other people throughout her life, that we’re getting that from Monica, who very explicitly says, “I know what Wanda through,” and is relating that there. It certainly seems like, I think we talked about this the last episode, that Agnes went through some trauma herself. She has… there’s the moment when Billy and Tommy… looking at my notes here, say, “Why don’t you just bring Sparky back to life?” And Agnes starts crying and says, “You can do that.”
Alex: I wonder if her kids died? I wonder if there was some sort of deal of she is manipulating Wanda, saying, “I can bring Vision back and in return I get these kids.” Whether Wanda knows that or not, whether she said that out loud, she’s trying to make new children for herself.
Justin: That’s interesting. That goes Pietro mentions the kids when he’s talking to Wanda later in the episode like, “Where do all these kids come from?” These kids.
Pete: Yeah so, well first off I wanted to say, I understand what you’re saying about Agnes but she was stuck on the edge of the town. So maybe she was trying to drive out like the doctor was before, and then they both, when they got to the edge of town, had this thing of, “Nobody escapes.” So I feel like she was trying to escape a little bit. Or you know those drives you take, where you just stop at a stop sign or a stop light and you just start crying and you just question your life and what’s going on and what are we all doing here? Are we in some fish tank of life, but I think that when the kids thing is, because all a sudden kids appeared in this episode and the Quicksilver sit down with Wanda, where he’s like, “Hey, I’m fuzzy on the details, but you know what’s going on, right? How did this all start?”
Pete: And she’s like, “I’m not sure.” Yeah, it goes back and forth, because Quicksilver seems like he’s the fun Quicksilver we know, but then when we see him with a bullet holes and stuff, it really just-
Justin: It’s less fun.
Pete: Yeah, it’s very less fun and it’s also like which is this actually the Quicksilver in that scene.
Alex: This also might just be Evan Peter’s acting, but there’s much more of an edge to him than Aaron Taylor Johnson had in his performance. It feels like there’s something more going on there. I’m still not convinced this is Pietro from another universe or anything like that. I don’t know. They seem to strongly imply this episode, that this is Pietro’s re-animated body, but similar to others that we in the moment, where Vision doesn’t know that he was an Avenger, and there seems to be gaps in his memory, and he died, same as there’s gaps and things that are different and changed in Pietro’s memory. So, I guess what I’m saying is, I think it could go either way at this point.
Alex: It could I guess be Pietro from another universe, though I’m not convinced, it also could be something that was created out of thin air in a way, similar to how Vision’s body was reconstituted, but maybe his mind wasn’t exactly. I’m not 100% sure, but we’ll find out.
Justin: These are all great points. Do you remember when Pete says he just goes for drives and cries himself out.
Alex: I’ll tell you what, I don’t know about you, but my mind immediately went to him sitting there, listening to Driver’s License by Olivia Rodrigo, yogurt just pouring down the front of his shirt, his trunk full of celery, stocked.
Justin: Imagine if someone, a friend of yours was saying, “Oh, look at all this celery I bought.” You’ll be like, “This person’s lost it.” Because you don’t ever need more than one packet of celery.
Alex: [inaudible 00:33:24]
Justin: That’s always… but [inaudible 00:33:29] bottom of my fridge?
Alex: How many chicken pot pies are you making?
Justin: I’m having one bloody Mary and the rest goes straight in the trash. On the Pietro tip, I feel like he’s, if there is a villain in this show, I think he is the villain who is dressing up like Pietro. I think he’s working with the Agnes character. They’ve got Agnes’s job, up until this episode, was to be with Wanda and to watch her, push her, mind the kids. And then I think her job… because Pietro was there doing that. Agnes then switches to pushing Vision further through the story.
Pete: He also didn’t answer the question, he just deflected it. She asked him a very specific question, and he was like, “You’re testing me.” And didn’t answer the question.
Justin: She’s clearly suspicious of him. She’s asking him questions-
Pete: Why wouldn’t she be?
Justin: Yeah. So she knows subconsciously that this isn’t Quicksilver, but it’s playing on the same thing the trauma and the nostalgia factor that she’s… this caused her to create this hex anyway. Even in the beginning, she needs to see Vision. She wanted to have a family, she wants her brother to be there. So they’re taking advantage of what they know about her to serve their ends, whatever that is.
Alex: Yeah, I think that seems fair. What other things, there’s a bunch of different Easter eggs and little things that I wrote down, but were there any other big seams you guys wanted to talk about that jumped out at you?
Pete: It’s just weird that in Socovia they said to their parents, “I want to dress up like Nick Fury in Black Widow.” The parents said to me like, “Who in what?”
Alex: That doesn’t make sense with this timeline?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: What are you doing?
Justin: Her parents are very aware. Well, I went one Halloween, went as Lowell, from the TV show, Wings, so I can understand no one would know what that costume is.
Pete: How old were you and what were parents saying.
Justin: They were like, “This kid loves Wings.” Great show.
Alex: I’ll just run through a couple of things that I wrote down. We mentioned this earlier, but Pietro gets the classic Quicksilver costume down to the hair, which I thought was super fun.
Justin: Very fun.
Alex: Really enjoyed that. Also, this was a weird thing, but just because I was still framing things and trying to find Easter eggs, there’s a brand in there, Maple Hill Milk, is what they’re using, which is actually a modern milk brand, so that was just a little anachronism thing, I don’t think it was a clue. I was like, “Maple Hill Marvel,” what is this in reference to?
Justin: Way to keep your eye on the milks. Or as we call it, soft milk as opposed to yogurt, which is hard milk.
Alex: Another thing that was harder to catch in the opening credits, Vision is reading a newspaper and on the back page, it looks like there’s an ad that just says Westview. There’s an alien space ship, a classic flying saucer over there, and it seems to be, I don’t know, a tractor meaning a TV or something. It was a little hard to see, but that was a little bit of weirdness. I also… another thing that I don’t think means much of anything, but Pietro has a tattoo that says “mom” on one shoulder.
Justin: I saw that.
Alex: A fun little, very meta reference, when they’re at the town square Halloween Scare Fest, Pietro says something to her, he runs away, he says, “Kick-Ass,” and she says, “Kick-Ass?” Which is a reference to the fact that both Evan Peters and Erin Taylor Johnson, were in Kick-Ass together.
Pete: Oh, that’s nice.
Alex: So there you go.
Justin: Interesting.
Alex: Another thing on the marquee, in the movie theater, the town is showing the Incredibles and The Parent Trap, both Disney movies, both from different time periods that don’t necessarily match the 2000s, but both of them make a lot of sense. Parent Trap, twins, Incredibles, super powered family. I think there was pretty much all that was going on there. And I think that was it. I wrote down the names of Ellis Avenue and Rolling Hill Drive, but I think those are just street names.
Justin: Yeah. I was like, “Ooh, what’s that a clue for?” And I was just like, “Oh, it’s just what Wanda said one scene ago. Don’t go pass Ellis Avenue.”
Alex: I do love that though. I know there’s a lot of people that are like, “Stop looking into Easter eggs, stop talking to theories,” but think that’s fun to look at these things and figure them out, some of them mean things, some of them don’t, but that’s a credit to the show for just packing everything so tightly in there. Like celery in a trunk.
Justin: Exactly.
Pete: Perfectly packed.
Justin: The beauty of Easter eggs is sometimes they’re about a deep reference to the original source material, and sometimes it’s an Easter egg for the story itself, also known as a plot.
Pete: I did really like the line where she was like, “Hey, it’s the guy who was almost killed by his own murder squad.” I thought that was really a funny line.
Justin: Yeah, they’re pretty nasty to Hayward in a way.
Pete: He deserves it, okay?
Justin: Of course, yes. But I’m saying then they fight their own soldiers. They’re going to get in trouble.
Alex: Yeah. They’re going to follow the rules.
Justin: We didn’t talk about Monica’s blood work. She’s getting her photon powers, basically.
Alex: Yes. I guess the question is, is she going to get the powers now or does she have to go through the hex one more time for it to really seal the deal.
Justin: I think one more time and my guess would be she’s going to do it purposefully and maybe be aware. Like that’s a great fight starter move, to step through the portal and be like, “[inaudible 00:38:44]”
Alex: Yeah. That will be fun.
Pete: What I’m worried about is the next episode, there’s going to be a lot of mimes. I don’t want that. I don’t want a mime episode.
Justin: Too many mimes. If you got pushed into the hex, who do you think you’d become? Obviously those soldiers all became clowns in mimes. A lot of the buildings became other buildings.
Alex: The shop became a funnel kick truck.
Pete: Yeah, the car is-
Alex: Pete, do you think you would also become a funnel kick truck?
Pete: Well, hang on a second. What was nice was it went from new cars to old timey cool cars in the used car lot, which I was like, “Oh wait, let’s just halt here and admire all these nice old cars here before we move on.”
Alex: Yeah. Everybody at Westview starts chanting, “For Pete, for Pete, for Pete, all for Pete.”
Justin: More cars, more cars.
Alex: Before we start to wrap up here-
Pete: Wait, wait.
Alex: Oh okay, yes, go ahead Pete.
Pete: The line where Pietro was like, “Hey, what you worried about?” It’s not like he could get more dead. I was just like, “Oh, dude.” Like I know brothers and sisters fight and stuff but that was below the belt for sure.
Alex: I have two quick thoughts there. One is, I think that ties into what we were saying about Pietro, that there’s an edge to him, that he is pushing in Wanda in some way, he’s pushing the narratives in some way in a very aggressive nature, and in a very negative nature, but the other thing is that this really reminded me how caustic a lot of sitcoms of that time were, which frankly, I did not watch, because I was like, “I don’t like watching people be mean to each other. This is not fun.”
Justin: They were mean to-
Pete: That’s why you only went one season in Friends, because it got real mean [inaudible 00:40:28]?
Alex: I was like, “These people aren’t friends. What’s happening here?”
Justin: It should be called Enemies. In Malcolm in the Middle, they were so mean to Bryan Cranston, that that’s why he became Breaking Bad.
Alex: There’s a whole theory about that.
Justin: Yeah. Let’s dip into speculation. If Quicksilver is the villain, what villain are we looking at here? Because he was being so… to what you were talking about, so blunt. He was taking a hammer to Wanda to try to shatter her control of the hex, it felt like, by calling out how Vision is dead and all that. It was really ramped up in this episode. But he seems like a villain who is not smart, but doing a good job.
Pete: It almost like a henchman rather than like a full on villain.
Alex: Yeah, that’s my take, I think. There’s been a lot of speculation about him being [Mafisto 00:41:23] who’s a devilish character-
Pete: No, don’t you fucken say that, man.
Alex: … from the comic books. Hold on. This is an entirely different discussion. But I don’t think they’re going to go there. I don’t they’re going to reveal some surprise villain. I believe we were actually this in the Patreon Slack a little bit. Patreon.com/comicbookclub.
Pete: Oh, Jesus Christ.
Alex: No, there’s been a lot of good theories in the Bible vision, remember, it’s been fun. But I think whoever the villain is, whatever they are, I feel like, at this point, it has to be something that was already introduced in the series, or mentioned in the series. We mentioned Hydra, we’ve mentioned S.W.O.R.D., we’ve mentioned Hayward, Agnes has been in the mix, now Pietro is in the mix, but I don’t think suddenly Pietro is going to be like, “And I am Mafisto,” because we haven’t had any setup for that.
Pete: Yeah, but what about… because we had S.W.O.R.D. and Scrolls together, nobody’s talking about Scrolls right now.
Justin: Nobody’s talking about Scrolls right now.
Alex: Scrolls like, “Why’s nobody talking about us? We’re pretty cool.” Hold that. All I was going to say is, I was going to agree with you Pete, that I do feel like we’ve got Agnes… my current theory is Agnes at the top, Pietro, Hugh as her lieutenants, everybody else trapped in this hex.
Justin: But that to me feels like they are some sort of henchman like super villain group or… because, against your point of introducing a new villain, I agree with you they’re not going to introduce a big new villain, but they are going to have to explain who Agnes is at some point. And that’s going to be someone, who we assume is Agatha Harkness. I feel like Pietro might be Grim Reaper because it makes sense to introduce a low level villain that they don’t have to explain much about, that he’s just some bad villain who has a connection to Wanda.
Alex: Oh that guy? Oh, he’s just the Grim Reaper.
Pete: No need to go into that more. Moving on.
Justin: No question.
Alex: No. I think you’re right Justin, I can see a scenario where they reveal he was the guy in witness protection, his name is X, his alias was The Grim Reaper, and he gets brought back to life through this hex power or something like [inaudible 00:43:33].
Justin: And he could be killed again without a lot of big ramifications and that may be what… because I think Wanda will eventually become a hero of some sort, but either she’ll become a hero and go back to some sort of status quo, or she will become the villain going forward into the movie [inaudible 00:43:49].
Pete: Yes.
Alex: Do you think, just to throw it out, I think she could either die a hero or live long enough to see herself become a villain.
Pete: Wow. Boo. Interesting.
Justin: Wow. That’s really smart. I was raised in the darkness.
Pete: I don’t know why you would need to say that part.
Alex: Do you feel like you’re in charge?
Pete: I think what she’s going to do is, she’s going to have an army of mimes at her disposal and things are going to get real weird.
Justin: An army of mimes you would never hear them coming.
Alex: Let’s wrap this up by saying what is on our vision board for the next episode. Justin, why don’t you go first. What’s on your vision board?
Justin: For the next episode, we have to get a reveal in here. We have three episodes left, so I think we’re going to get a big one in this next episode, probably what Agnes and Pietro, if they are working together as some sort of team or group of villains, what they’re up to, what their goals are and who they are.
Alex: Pete.
Pete: On my vision board, we’ve got to release the town people. The stuck people that are crying, “It’s too much to take.” We’ve got to release the people, okay? It’s too much.
Alex: Great. My main thing… this is such a small thing and it’s not really going to be that important, but I just want to find out who the aerospace engineer is next episode. I think that’s a fun easy mystery that they can solve, it will be a fun reveal. Whoever it is, whether it is somebody we already know or somebody new, and I’m excited to check that out.
Justin: I think it’s Captain Marvel. I think it’s Captain Marvel.
Alex: You think it’s Capital Marvel?
Pete: I think it’s Silver Surfer.
Justin: Hmm. Definitely the Silver Surfer. Maybe Galactus, the clown from the first Fantastic Four.
Alex: He hates clowns.
Pete: Maybe it’s Nick Nolte clown, from the angry Hulk movie.
Justin: What if it’s two clowns and the clowns don’t like each other and the fight in a clown fight.
Alex: It’s my favorite thing.
Pete: No offense to the clown but-
Justin: Clowns fighting clowns, how would you know what was happening?
Alex: Wait. Did you say clouds or clowns?
Justin: Clown clouds.
Pete: Oh boy.
Justin: Whether it’s clouds that look like clowns or clowns that look like clouds, each one is equally scary.
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Justin: Honestly, I think I’m the one who’s losing it. I need to poke some air holes into my eyes.
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On this week’s comic book review podcast:
Radiant Black #1
Image Comics
Written by Kyle Higgins
Art by Marcelo Costa
Sweet Tooth: The Return #4
DC Comics
Written and art by Jeff Lemire
Eternals #2
Marvel
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Esad Ribić
Low #26
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Greg Tochhini
Rorschach #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Daredevil #27
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto and Mike Hawthorne
Birthright #46
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Andrei Bressan
Black Hammer: Visions #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Patton Oswalt
Art by Dean Kotz
Future State: Dark Detective #3
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Dan Mora, Carmine Giandomenico
Future State: Teen Titans #2
DC Comics
Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Rafa Sandoval
Future State: Robin Eternal #2
DC Comics
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Eddy Barrows
Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #2
DC Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Leila del Duca
Future State: Green Lantern #2
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne, Robert Venditti, Josie Campbell
Art by Tom Raney, Andy Tong, Dexter Soy
Future State : Justice League #2
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson, Ram V
Art by Robson Rocha, Marcio Takara
Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman #2
DC Comics
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Art by Marguerite Sauvage
Critical Role: Vox Machina: Origins: Series III #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jody Houser
Art by Oliver Samson
Thunderbolts #2
Marvel
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Juan Ferreyra
Undiscovered Country #12
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi
The Last Witch #2
BOOM! Box
Written by Conor McCreery
Art by V.V. Glass
American Vampire 1976 #5
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Black Panther: King in Black #1
Marvel
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Germán Peralta
Bliss #5
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
Orcs #1
Kaboom!
Written and art by Christine Larsen
Home Sick Pilots #3
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Caspar Wijngaard
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Full Episode Transcript
Alex: What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of books that come out this week, kicking it off with Radiant Black number one from Image Comics written by Kyle Higgins, art by Marcello Costa. This is of course, as you could probably tell from the number one and totally new book. And the premise is a Downer’s luck author who has not gotten jobs for a while, heads back home, encounters something weird and may or may not become some sort of a superhero, pretty typical setup. But I really liked how this was executed personally. I thought the designs were great and I’m very excited to read this going forward. What did you guys think?
Pete: I agree. I was really impressed with this setup. I mean just seeing this guy cry when he goes through early, really makes you, “Oh, you’re rooting for this person.” And then just the way he falls into is very interesting. And the design of the suit and stuff is really fantastic. I think this does a great job of getting you excited for a new series.
Justin: Yeah, this had some vibes of invincible to me very much Early Kirkman stuff.
Pete: Sure-
Justin: And both in the writing and the art. And yeah, it was an interesting launch. I was very triggered by a writer who struggles to work-
Pete: Wow-
Justin: Because that’s a constant stress.
Pete: The douchey friend reminded me of you.
Justin: Oh, that’s so interesting. The animal, I think it was some hamster or rat that was dead next to the tracks. It reminded me of you.
Pete: Oh, wow. That’s really fucked up.
Alex: So in the back matter, Kyle Higgins talks a little bit about how he was inspired while he was writing Power Rangers-
Pete: Yeah-
Alex: And that really firmed a bunch of stuff up in Bye-Bye and for the-
Pete: Yes, big time-
Alex: About the world what is going on here. But I think what he’s done is he found a really grounded way of taking this Power Rangers concept, making it feel afresh, make it feel new. And it’s a lot of fun. I’m excited to read more of this.
Alex: Next up Sweet Tooth return number four from TC Comics so written and art by Jeff Lameer. We get some big answers here about what’s been-
Pete: Yeah-
Alex: Going on with this rebooted-
Justin: Yeah-
Alex: Sweet Tooth. Justin, I know you’ve been concerned about the end game here. So how did you feel about this issue [inaudible 00:02:34]?
Justin: This issue did a lot for me. I think we got to learn a lot of the backstory here and what I love about the take here, and it reminded me of a lot of the later stuff. The later arcs on the original Sweet Tooth. The way that Jeff Lameer combines in the writing, the ideas of scientists who become religious fanatics, breaking that dichotomy between science and religion and showing that the real danger is when fanatical people actually have the tools they need to cause real problems for the planet.
Justin: That’s when we as a society get into trouble. I think it’s on display again here. And this is such a great issue to really flash out the mythology. We get to hear a little bit of why the people in charge of this newer world are motivated to do what they do and it’s great.
Pete: I thought the stuff about the shirt was very sweet and touching.
Alex: There’s some stuff about Sweet Tooth shirt, particularly that was such a big thing back in the old book. And that gets called back here. I agree, really good issue, very excited to see how this all starts to wrap up, going over to a Turtle’s number two from Marvel written by Karen Gillan, art by [inaudible 00:03:48] where we left off in the last issue, Thanos was attacking some of the members of the Eternals. So one of the Eternals had been murdered. Usually not a problem. It turns out it is a little bit of a problem here-
Pete: There’s a problem-
Alex: But you get some big revelations and explanation of what’s going on. One-
Pete: Yeah-
Alex: Of my favorite things about this book is it is revealed. I don’t know if it was real to the first issue, but it’s revealed here in a very funny and very Karen Gillen way that the person who is narrating this, is the eternal machine that helps resurrect the Eternals, but that machine is broken. And just the way that is executed, the way that tells the story of the series feels so unique and exciting to me.
Pete: Yeah. I was-
Justin: Totally the narration is funny, it’s sort of irreverent. It feels like you’re hearing the Karen Gillan, basically make fun of the characters in the book that he’s currently writing, which I think is so great.
Pete: Yeah. I was really impressed with this. You got a big Eternals movie coming out from Marvel. So I feel like this does a great job of getting people excited for that. Eternals to me never really was something I could latch onto, but I’m really into this book. I think it’s a really cool setup of a what’s the problem is and what’s going on and what’s going to happen. And I’m really looking forward to it. Art’s fantastic. A really fun time jumps stuff here. Yeah. And even there’s sweet touching moments where they make mistakes. And I was really impressed with this. This is a really solid book.
Justin: And their R is so good. It feels so big mythology while also having great comic book action at the same time. This comic is really just delivering on all the fronts you want.
Alex: Well, on that note, let’s turn a bit to low number 26 from Image Comics written by Greg Takini-
Justin: Oh, here we go-
Alex: This is the last issue of this book. Justin, this has been one of your favorite books for a very long time. How do you think it wrapped up?
Justin: Great. Just so good. Rick Rimenda. I don’t know how, I mean, we talked to him about this book a few weeks ago and it was on the podcast. And I don’t know how he writes his books. When does he think of the ending? Because he really does such a good job with endings in a lot of his work. He’s able to tie up the character arcs, the emotional arcs as well as just the central theme and leave you thinking and feeling a certain way, in his last issues, it was same with Black Science.
Justin: And this issue is just beautifully done. You see that… And I don’t want to spoil too much of it. Because I think you really need to read this and take it in. And I want to reread the entire series to really get every ounce of story out of it. But it’s about a family at the end of the day. And you get to see that land in a way that is tragic, heartbreaking, but beautiful and sentimental at the same time.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, this is the sweetest most moving way Rimenda could kick you in the nuts. He’s still going to get you, but this is done so well. And it’s so moving. It’s really impressive. The art is just… A lot of times when you’re dealing with different worlds, different ideas, the art can get too crazy, but it’s done in such a way that it shows grace and beauty and different things.
Pete: The layering to it is really impressive. There’s different characters that aren’t human that are very humanized, it’s really amazing and impressive the way this all ties in. This got really weird at times, but man, does he land this so well.
Justin: And he-
Pete: He does it so well, it really does make you want to be like, “Wait, I want to go back and see that beginning again.”
Justin: If I may just get your jacket book quote correct. I think it’s a beautiful kick in the nuts that makes you turn and say thank you to the nut kicker.
Pete: Right.
Justin: Peel the page.
Alex: Next step Rorschach number five from DC Comics written by Tom King art by Hori Fornace. I hesitate to say it was my favorite issue so far, but this is the one to me that really felt like-
Justin: Yeah-
Alex: It pulled back the veil on what’s happening potentially where this book is heading. We’ve had this guy investigating this mystery. There was an attempted presidential assassination, but somebody dressed as Rorschach and somebody dressed as a cowboy.
Alex: The first couple of issues have been really building up, was investigator looking through this mystery. And if I was to purely speculate for a bit, we found out that this cowboy character has been going up to people and telling them, “Hey, you are the reincarnation of Rorschach. His energy with Dr. Manhattan Blue is hemp, has gone into various people. You and Rorschach, come with me, let’s do vigilante justice.”
Pete: That’ll pick up line.
Alex: That’ll pick up line. I think whether that is true or not, that’s what’s happening to our main guy, right? He is going to get to a place where either he becomes Rorschach or even thinks he is Rorschach and maybe starts to think this is true.
Justin: Well, he believes that he’s Rorschach at the end of the day. I think that’s just smart.
Alex: Well specifically because the theme that Tom King is dealing with here is conspiracy theories. And I think this is a little bit about how the deeper you get into conspiracy theory, the more things start to look like conspiracy, and the more it starts to become believable, whether you’re investigating it or whether you’re the one who’s putting it out there.
Justin: Yeah, I think that’s such a smart take because my takeaway from this issue specifically… I mean, last issue, we talked about this a little bit because it was tricking people into believing certain things and them taking it to the extreme where they end up-
Alex: Right-
Justin: Believing it above everything else in their lives. Also very topical thing going on in our real world. And in this, this issue is about masks. And then we have this character who’s running for president to try to take down a Robert Redford who’s won for like five terms in a row. And he’s shitting on wearing mask because he is so comfortable believing a bunch of nonsense maskless.
Justin: And the people that wear masks are quote unquote, hiding their beliefs, their identities, whatever, yet this person is so brazen and out there saying nonsense. He doesn’t have to hide even the craziest opinions that he has. That was my takeaway from this, is just, the people that wear the mask are maybe the people to trust more so.
Pete: I agree with… It’s all been, a lot more is solidified, click into place here. Tom King, just piece meals information as he twists and turns stories. But this is one of my favorite issues for sure. And the last couple of panels, just absolutely fantastic. And so cool. Yeah, I thought this was a great issue and I’m very excited for more.
Alex: I agree, next up Daredevil number 27 from Marvel written by [inaudible 00:11:20] who is on the live show this very week, talking about this book, art by Marco Maketto and Mike Hawthorne. This book we’re dealing with the King Black crossover while Electra is filling in for Matt Murdock fighting on the streets of New York. Matt is trapped in prison and has been infected by [inaudible 00:11:36] the God of the Symbionts. So we’re getting these dual stories going on and they’re both very good.
Justin: I was really impressed with this. I thought the way they handled Matt Murdoch’s belief in religion and God when it came to, what the fuck is, the King of black, what’s his name there?
Alex: Knull.
Justin: Knull, thank you. Yeah, I thought that was so great. And so well explained in such a way that really felt like Matt Murdoch character. I was really impressed with that. It was crazy to hear, to be like, “Yeah, religion, I don’t know.” Because it really felt like he was coming from a place, for this, but I guess he just really gets in the head of his character so well.
Justin: But yeah, I thought this was really a great, fantastic, hold it up over time issue of Daredevil, really interesting. It’s all of the characters really doing their own thing in their own way, right down to kingpin and a lecturer as Daredevil. I was really impressed with the art and everything that happened in this issue.
Pete: It’s really rare when a book can continue its story through a crossover and the crossover actually enhances a lot of the themes that we’re dealing with.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: And this book really does it. And the only thing that was missing was a scene where Foggy was sitting alone in his apartment, which is what he does a lot. And a symbiont comes up, jumps on him and then the symbiont is like, “Eh nevermind.” And just goes on to just someone else or just to wrap around a mouse or whatever.
Justin: Yeah. Well, Foggy wins again.
Alex: Next up Birthright, number 46 from Image comics written by Joshua Williamson and art by Andre Bresson. This is kicking off the final arc of this book. As we start to wrap up this story here, everybody’s picking up the pieces by finally taking down the God King Lore. We get some flashbacks back to the world that Mikey and friends were living in for a very long period of time. What’d you think about this? I think we felt like everything wrapped up really nicely in the last couple of issues. And now we have more Birthright.
Justin: We have this and four more issues. This is another one of my favorite books coming to an end in a great way. The fact that we had the big battle the land of the last arc, we get to see a nice epilogue an emotional-
Alex: Oh yeah-
Justin: Epilogue, which is what again, about family and about what it means, despite all the crazy shit going on in our lives. What do we chase after when the going gets tough? And in this case, family, I love this book.
Pete: It’s really dawning on me that family’s important. I think comic books might be right. It’s crazy. No, I agree, Justin, this is really impressive. What they’re doing afterwards, this huge thing, it’s kind of like, okay, onto the next adventure. No, they’re really sitting in this aftermath, exploring other things that maybe they could have talked about more while all this madness was happening. I was really impressed with the relationship stuff in this, very moving, this book continues to be amazing.
Alex: Next up Black Hammer visions never went from Dark Horse Comics written by Patton Oswalt art by Dean Cots. This is the first issue of course, of this anthology telling stories about the Black Hammer characters from creators. Other than Jeff Lameer, we’ve been really big fans of the miniseries, they’ve been rolling off here. These are these one-shots.
Alex: I thought this as usual was absolutely great. This is a one-shot story that mixes up Black Hammer and Ghost World of all things and awards as a coda to Ghost World while still telling a story of Gail for the Black Hammer universe. Absolutely wonderful. I was completely surprised by this. Did not see this coming from Patton Oswalt at all. Really good one-shot comic book.
Pete: Patton Oswalt, really getting into the comic book game.
Justin: Yeah, I was really impressed with this. This wasn’t just a comedian doing bits. This was really smart, very moving stuff, such a cool story, the way everything tied in and fit with this world. I was really impressed with this. I really liked the setting of it. I thought it was great. The art’s glorious.
Alex: Yeah, really good stuff. Next, oh God.
Pete: I agree as well. Sorry. Really got into the fact that he was able to bring Ghost World into it, was clearly something that he loves. He’s got some Amy Mann quote lyrics from at the end of the book and still be telling a story that fits seamlessly into this world and is fun, funny with good reveals. It’s really great.
Alex: Let’s jump into our Future State block, where we talk about all of the books that have come out for future change.
Justin: Oh yeah.
Alex: And just to read down the list this week, we’ve got Future State, Dark Detective, number three. Future State Teen Titans, number two. Future State [inaudible 00:16:38], number two. Future State Superman and Wonder Woman, number two. Future State Green Lantern number two. Future State Justice League, number two. And Future State [inaudible 00:16:46] Superwoman, number two. I got to admit, I’m a little slightly with Pete here where they definitely hit me this week where I was like, “Oh, there’s a lot of books we’re reading, oh boy.”
Justin: Yes. It is a lot, but-
Alex: Fuck this guy-
Justin: The stories are, so they get to-
Alex: [inaudible 00:17:01]-
Justin: Go off in a lot of different directions. And if we’re going to dive into our faves I’m going to give it up for Future State Justice League number two, which I really liked the way they went here by having the white Martian takeover. And it became about all the different heroes identities, and the fact that they need to connect with each other or else nothing, or else they’re just weaker as a team. And I liked that as a theme, it was something I didn’t see coming really in the last issue they laid it out and this really paid it off. I thought it was just really well done.
Pete: Yeah. I completely agree. I love Justice League, amazing art, The White Martian story was great. And also having Joe, the new Green Lantern, he was the best Green Lantern of all time. It was just fantastic. And it made the book so much better and the backup story was great. Magic is hope motherfuckers, I thought that was great. I thought [inaudible 00:18:03]-
Justin: The Justice League dark story.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: The other thing I mentioned that I thought it was interesting about this week is we’re getting two things here, right? One, we’re getting the wrap-up of these future state stories, but also we’re getting teases for what’s down the road. And DC has started to announce that some of these titles are continuing in different forums. For example, Wonder Woman is continuing as Wonder Girls, or we’re going to get that there.
Alex: I think, I’m forgetting which other ones are going to continue, but certainly there’s teases at the end of a couple of these for how they’re going to flesh out in different storylines. Green Lantern number two ends with the tease of Green Lantern 2021, which does seem again, Joe, from-
Pete: Oh, yeah-
Alex: Fire sector is going to be fighting Hell Jordan in the subway. So that should be fun to watch.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: The one that-
Justin: Great crew-
Alex: Really jumped out to me, I love the first issue of this, and I love the second issue of this too. Future States Superman, Wonder Woman, which is of course, teaming up the characters, but sending them off on these very different stories, Superman fighting Solaris, [inaudible 00:19:00]. Wonder Woman trying to have a race around the universe with the Sun God from her culture. I just really liked how these characters related. I thought there was a fun tone to it. The art was really nice as well, and it felt like an enjoyable all ages title, but with these new Superman, Wonder Woman characters and it made me really delighted to potentially follow them going forward.
Justin: I agree. And this felt really mythological, the whole thing felt it could have been something in the back of an Edith Hamilton book that you read in school and were pleasantly surprised how much a comic book it was.
Pete: Oh, wow. I really liked Kara Zor-El Superwoman, number two. The art was just so phenomenal and I really liked the character design for Superwoman amazing, just cool [inaudible 00:19:57] like dragons. Very enjoyable. I’ve been enjoying that series as well.
Alex: Now let me ask you Pete, at the end of this book we leave Kara Zor-El buried next to her dog Krypto.
Pete: Right.
Alex: Would you feel if you were awesome shared a grave with them a dog, would you be like, “That’s it.” Or in your case, I guess it’d be a cat.
Pete: Well, currently, I mean, don’t put shit like that out there. I don’t want my cat to die, but-
Alex: I’m not saying your cat’s going to die, but someday it will.
Pete: Oh, that’s fucking heartbreaking, man.
Justin: Is your cat like a [inaudible 00:20:32] where if your cat dies, you have to be buried alive with the cat?
Alex: Yes.
Pete: I hope not. I don’t want to do that, but yeah, I love that. I thought that was super sweet.
Alex: Sorry man your cats live at will, it’s going to happen. I have your cat’s [inaudible 00:20:51]-
Justin: You can’t sign it with a [inaudible 00:20:52]-
Pete: My cat can’t read. So it’s going to be fine.
Justin: The cat doesn’t have to read, [inaudible 00:20:57]-
Alex: I explained it very clearly to your cat, your cat agreed-
Justin: Put a little ink print.
Pete: [inaudible 00:21:03] my cat then, I’ll see you in court.
Justin: Lapage versus Whiskers of some sort. All the way to the Supreme court, what’s your cat’s name? Pete.
Pete: It’s a very long name. I call her Caboots.
Alex: Why are you being secrective about this?
Justin: Do we not have time to get into this?
Pete: It’s a very long name.
Justin: Okay. Are you worried about threading tape on it? Because I talked to the engineer and we actually have the tape. We can run it. So go ahead. Lay out the whole name, I guess.
Pete: Okay, fine. It’s kitten NASCA of the Valley of the wind Lapage Thomas.
Justin: Aw, that’s very cute.
Alex: That’s very cool.
Pete: I call her Caboots.
Justin: Well, I look forward to visiting your grave in the Valley of the wind.
Pete: Nice.
Justin: Your shared grave.
Alex: Alright. Why don’t we move on from Future State and talk about critical Role Vox Mac-
Pete: Wait-
Alex: Oh, there’s other things you wanted to talk about?
Pete: Yeah it’s-
Alex: We’ve got also Dark Detective. We’ve got Teen Titans. We got [inaudible 00:22:07] Turtle.
Pete: Yeah. I wanted to talk about Dark Detective. I really thought it was a great issue.
Justin: It’s great.
Pete: I love this tech Batman versus future Batman. The two designs are really cool and it’s fun to see them go head to head. And to [inaudible 00:22:27] guys so drones are scary and I’m just putting that out there now. Drones are going to be very scary in the future.
Justin: Yeah. You mean the nano drones that are hovering right around your head even as we speak.
Pete: Yeah. I’m sure they’re out there, but also I checked out a DC Love is a Battlefield. [crosstalk 00:22:47]. There was very durable. They did a lot of coupling up for Valentine’s day. And Tim Seeley did a Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn love story. It was just so great. So touching.
Justin: It is amazing how you do this every week and in such an odd way. I really liked Dark Detective as well. The front story has been one of my favorites of this run. And just a quick rundown of the rest, Green Lantern too, I thought the setup for the next issues, I was really into the Green Lantern 2021 coming forward with how Jordan felt like a nice starting point going forward. And I liked the Robin Eternal issue here as well with Tim Drake, really suffering from some juicy Lazarus problems.
Alex: I agree. Next up, critical role [inaudible 00:23:37] series three, number one from Dark Horse Comics written by Jody Houser, art by Oliver Samson in this book, we’re getting a bunch of fantasy stuff is happening. What did you guys think? I’m sorry. I’m just not very familiar with critical role. So I read this and I was like, “Yes, this is a fantasy world.” But funny. I get it.
Pete: Yeah. I think this is a fun adventure book, a bunch of people teaming up going on adventures. Joining fight clubs. I thought the arts fantastic. Some fun storytelling. I thought this was a cool team to get behind. I’m very excited to see where this goes.
Justin: Yeah, I agree. I was concerned with the fight club that they fight in teams and how do you really judge on a team? If we were to fight another trio, how would we know we were an evenly balanced team?
Pete: If we won, we would be good.
Alex: So Pete is the tank, right?
Justin: Yeah, that’s what we say off mic.
Alex: Justin, you’re the thief, you’re quick and sneaky.
Justin: That’s okay.
Alex: And I’m white like [inaudible 00:24:45]-
Pete: You’re the evil mastermind.
Justin: You’re the baby hands-
Alex: Baby hands.
Justin: Every trio has them-
Alex: Crucial.
Pete: The tank, the thief-
Justin: Yeah, you’re a boss baby [crosstalk 00:24:55]-
Alex: I’m a muscle.
Pete: Justin’s [inaudible 00:24:58]-
Alex: I’m a boss baby back in business.
Justin: Now streaming on Netflix-
Pete: Justin’s a face man. He can talk his way into anything.
Alex: There we go.
Justin: We’re quite a trio. None of those things we’re fighting by the way just so we’re clear.
Alex: Thunderbolts, number two for Marvel Comics written by Matthew Rosenberg, art by Van Ferrari. This is tying into the King and Black event. Lots of goopy stuff going on this week-
Justin: Goopy-
Alex: More [inaudible 00:25:21] to come. Here we get a bunch of villains, have tried to rescue maybe, or work with Norman Osborn to find out some information from him. So they spent a lot of time in Raven Croft. I always want to say Arkham, but it’s not Arkham, it’s Raven Croft.
Justin: It’s close.
Alex: And it’s super fun as usual.
Justin: How could you mix those two up Alex? How would you mix those two things up?
Alex: They’re two-
Justin: It’s impossible. There are two very different in [inaudible 00:25:45] in two very different universes.
Alex: You right, I’m sorry. Super fun bits in here, in particular. And I feel Matthew Rosenberg is just writing for the bits for some of these things where just, what is it? Mister Fear says something to Kingpin. He doesn’t realize he’s of the zoom and Kingpin is, “Hey, Taskmaster you’re here.” And he’s, “Yeah.” He’s like, “Okay, punch Mister Fear.” And he punches Mister Fear, Norman Osborn getting too close to the zoom and his whole face filling it, just fun, it’s a fun book to read. I had a blast reading it across the board.
Pete: Yeah. I think he does great on team books. This was fun. I also really to see Taskmaster around, so I thought this was a lot of fun, great kingpin stuff. The art’s great. This is just a fun book.
Justin: Yeah. It’s a great mix of real good comic storytelling, good fights. Character-driven stuff, even characters we don’t really see a lot. I really liked this new star character that the series that we read six months ago now. Seeing her hair, it’s great. Really well-written but also very fun, funny, and still tying into this goopy old crossover.
Pete: And also, you got to be wary if you just find… Nobody’s just taking a nap in the bush. You got to be careful. That’s all I’m saying. I don’t want to give things away, but that was creepy.
Alex: I hope this comic continues. I don’t know if it will, but this is the sort of thing where I could see Wilson Fisk having a bunch of villains going on disposable missions. Most of them getting killed, not coming back alive, betray each other. It’s suicide squad without the bombs in the head, but it’s fun to read and he’s writing the hell out of it. So I’ll definitely read more.
Alex: Next up Undiscovered Country, number 12 from Image Comics written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soul art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo and Marcello Grassi. This is tying up the second arc of this book, unity in a huge fashion, propelling us into the next arc of the book. This is a wild ride as usual, incredible visuals throughout.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: Particularly with this issue, we had Scott on the show a little while ago and he was talking about how he and Charles are writing the movie. I do not know how they’re writing a movie of this. It’s just so big. Everything that happens.
Justin: It would be crazy to boil this arc down to one set piece. Because that’s what it would have to be, sort of. I would think.
Pete: I don’t know how-
Justin: The comic, you get the emotional beats are here, it’s wild storytelling. There are so many ideas here. I mean, it’s the same stuff we always compliment this book about, but they just continue to really find the balance of giving this… In this book, there’s this very wild escape. It plays a Super Mario kart race for a portion of it. But then you get this really great heartfelt moment where to the main characters, the brother and sister are talking to their images of their parents and it’s great.
Pete: Yeah. There’s so much to this comic. There’s so much happening. It can be a little crazy, but man, does it deliver? And the big monster aspect in this issue was just glorious and so cool that a six shooter was really crazy. This was really cool also, they thought this place that they’re out was one thing and it turned out to be something different, really great ideas going on in this book.
Pete: I mean, I did think it was a little bit like, “All right, when it’s these young kids.” And they’re like, “This is old technology, the first iPod, how do you even use this?” I was, “Okay. All right.” But really impressive fun stuff. Art’s really unbelievable. This continues to be such a scratch your head, what’s happening, but then delivers really well.
Justin: Yeah. And the last page reveal is just a hundred percent fun.
Alex: It’s great stuff-
Justin: It’s like, “Okay. Yeah, let’s get fun.”
Alex: I’m in, I’m on board. Love it. Can’t wait for the next arc. Next up, The Last, Witch, number two for BoomBox written by-
Justin: Oh man-
Alex: Connor MCcury art by [inaudible 00:30:09]. You guys have been buzzing about this book.
Pete: [inaudible 00:30:13]. This book is buzzing. This book is so good-
Alex: Buzzing. First. So we got a girl in a small town heading off to a witch’s tower. Just wants to check it out a little bit, things pick up and this issue where I was, “Did I miss an issue? Is this issue, number three, what’s going on here?” Because this is insane from the first page with witches eating people and powers and everything. What do you guys about this book in particular?
Pete: Well first off, the art is really unbelievable. It feels like an amazing animation and still form… The characters designed in the witches and the faces and the different kind of glowing things in them are really cool. This is moving, it’s intense, it’s sentimental. The little part where the kid is like, “I told you, it was so awesome.” Yeah, I’m really impressed with this book. I didn’t think I would like it so much. The grandma smoking a cigar is glorious.
Justin: You love a good grandma, who doesn’t love a good grandma?
Alex: You love a grandma. And you Pete, you know that’s a blunt dude, you know she’s [inaudible 00:31:20].
Justin: She’s far from [inaudible 00:31:22] bro-
Alex: She even says, she’s like, “Let’s get this Juniper going around the room.”
Justin: Honestly. I know we’re joking about it, but Pete, you are very into grandma’s and comics from this to watching Future. I’m sure there’s a couple of others I’m forgetting-
Alex: And real life. He loves a grandma.
Justin: You should release your own podcast where you count down the top 10 grandmas of all time.
Pete: Oh that’d be cool. I could do it. But yeah, I think this book really took me by surprise and is really impressive. I cannot wait for more. Each issue continues to give us such a great movement for the story. Yeah. I’m really impressed.
Justin: I love the art in this a lot. It reminds me of some classic Ralph [inaudible 00:32:08] animation style getting in like, the old habit series back in the day. And to your question earlier, Alex, why we think it’s such a buzz, buzz, buzzy book. It moves quickly. It’s both fun, lighthearted, welcoming us into this world. It’s scary at times. But it’s always just driving the story forward in a well done, confident way. It’s just a good book. There’s a little mystery going on at the end. We get a lot of mythology building here and cabins in the woods. Watch out.
Alex: Yeah. All right, everybody that has been our buzz-buzz busy [inaudible 00:32:48] book of the week. Let’s move on and talk about American Vampire 1976, number five from TC Comics written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Talk about things getting big-
Justin: [inaudible 00:32:59]-
Alex: In this issue, our heroes are fighting a bunch of giants, encounter a council of vampires, tons of mythology dump in this issue are going on here as we’re on to the end game, seemingly of American Vampire. Another great issue, but it’s just wild to me that we are so far into the road of this book and they’re still laying down huge pieces of the mythology. It’s very impressive.
Justin: Yeah. And it all fits. It all feels very deliberate and they’ve done a great job of setting up a villain that is worse than everything else we’ve seen it before. And the way that they’re able to keep, Skinner’s such a central part of this character just by the fact that he’s been devamped and he’s just sort of, “Ah, I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m just hanging around.” And he’s still such a fun character, is great.
Pete: Yeah. Scott Snyder knows what the fuck he’s doing when it comes to writing comic books, because this is really impressive, so well done. After all these arcs you would think that maybe the ideas would get a little, “All right, we’re going to try.” But man just delivers hard on every issue. The last panel reveal on this was really unbelievable. I can’t say enough about the art. These two teaming up is just magic.
Alex: Next up Black Panther, Keegan Black, number one written by Jeffery Thorn art by Jermaine Peralta in this issue, as you can probably imagine these symbionts are attacking Wakanda and they start to fight back. What’d you think about this issue? Another book that feels it was inspired by, “Hey, what characters have black in their name? Let’s put them in the Black King and Black Event.” But personally I think it panned out a lot better than you might expect based on that.
Pete: I was really impressed with this book. Also, I didn’t expect to get choked up but there was a moment where Black Panther and Siri see each other and give each other a hug. And I got a little choked up because I was, “That’s never going to happen in TV or movies and we’re never going to get to see that.” And it got me a little bit, which I wasn’t ready for.
Justin: It’s funny you say that Pete, because I was thinking the same thing. It’s so rare, I think in a comic book, where from the adaptation to the movie has such an effect on reading the comic book going forward. Because I do feel, when I see Black Panther, I’m just, “Oh, there’s a loss there.”
Pete: Yeah, It’s tough yeah-
Justin: I view the character in the way that it’s never happened to me before. And I just can’t imagine it has happened before. And to see this, I don’t know, does that harm the Black Panther character in the Marvel universe? The fact that Chadwick Boseman was such an icon for the role and then died. And is it going to stay with us for forever? I guess would say.
Pete: I wonder because it’s like, the comic came first. They should be able to do what they want, but man, it was just… I was having a hard time reading it. I was really getting choked up and being, “Ah, I don’t know, what did you just say? Series Black Panther and not kind of deal with it just so you don’t have these kinds of reactions.” But that doesn’t seem fair.
Alex: I do think there’s something to be said. I agree with you guys. I had the exact same reaction emotionally and there was a brief thought of you’re saying, Pete, should they retire to Tchala as Black Panther for a while? Which sounds insane. But just to get around that uncomfortable sad reaction that you have, but I would say no, you keep it going because it is a tribute to how powerful he was as the character that even though he passed away in a very untimely manner, the character continues and it does pay a tribute to him by continuing to exist, by continuing to have these ventures. And as long as they keep being good and they keep treating the character in a good way, that does pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman’s performance in a back way as well.
Pete: Now I do want to talk a little bit about this issue, not you know talking about that. I thought this was a great issue of Black Panther, lot of cool things and the call back to one of Black Panthers enemies was such a cool idea to help stop this menace. I was really impressed with the writing on this and there’s really cool, beast showdowns here. Yeah. Wow. What an awesome issue. What amazing art. This was really cool.
Alex: Next up Bliss, number five from Image Comics written by Sean Lewis, art by Caitlin Yarsky. In this issue, we’re getting a bunch of backstory about what’s going on with our father character who was going up against the main antagonist of this book. We find out how he broke out of the hold of this drug. I guess you can call it a drug. Bliss, how he worked his way forward. Meanwhile, we’re following his son as he is trying to track down his dad, I believe. Still some incredible imagining coming out of this book, even five issues in.
Justin: This reminded me of, and maybe this is a stretch. Do tell me. It’s a reverse never-ending story?
Alex: Oh wow. Interesting.
Justin: I guess it’s just like the never ending story. The dad is going on the adventure and the kid is [inaudible 00:38:35] hearing the dad adventure.
Pete: That’s a way to reverse Everett Dick story, as [crosstalk 00:38:43]-
Alex: You said, the kid being directed to the drug, it’s the dad and then-
Justin: What I was thinking about was the fact that it’s the dad going on the adventure and the kid is hearing this stories-
Pete: Riding a dragon means drugs. And then-
Alex: I always describe, I don’t know if you guys do this too, but I always describe 13, going on 30 is a double reverse pig.
Pete: Exactly. And you talk about that a lot, especially in your work as a critic. Yeah.
Alex: I try to relate everything back to 13 going on 30 if I can.
Pete: Seven a movie. Yeah, I thought this was a really beautiful issue. Unbelievable. This story continues to move forward in a great way. You go from absolutely hating this dad to maybe there’s something that could be done. Yeah, I’m just really impressed with this story. And then fun kind of join us next time. And they got the AOC with the scales of justice. I thought that was crazy cool.
Alex: What?
Pete: The character designs are very interesting.
Justin: I will say to Pete’s point, I don’t think it’s actually AOC, but the woman in the preview for next issue looks just like AOC.
Pete: It’s AOC dude.
Alex: Next step Orcs, number one from Kaboom written by and art by Christine Larson. This is pretty much you could do that you could expect from the title. It’s a bunch of adventure in Orcs. [inaudible 00:40:07] it’s Kaboom, it is very all ages. I thought this was a delightful, fun book to read with some great character designs. I enjoyed this quite a bit. Pete, I imagine given its similarity to other things like Head Lopper and whatnot, you might’ve liked it as well?
Pete: Oh, I really loved it. I especially loved the first story, thought it was really cool. It’s fun to see things that are cute be violent. But man, it was fun-
Justin: Yes. Are you Soggy or Jimbo that little bunny?
Pete: Yeah. I think that… Don’t call him little. You [inaudible 00:40:41]-
Justin: Oh, I thought you weren’t going to take the bait and then you did. [crosstalk 00:40:45]-
Pete: It was like that fish that swims by, and you’re, “Wow, I missed it.” And then it’s, “What’s that? Is that a worm?”
Justin: [crosstalk 00:40:53]. Fish. I love worms. I’m a fish. I love worms even though I never encounter them because I live in the water. But let try that worm it’s exotic to me, because it lives over the ground.
Pete: Yeah. The arts in this is really cool. It’s all ages, but really it doesn’t feel it’s pandering to children or anything like that. There’s a lot of cool action and adventure. I think this is a cool book.
Alex: What I like about this is, it’s an Orc, never ending story.
Pete: I thought it to be more of a 13 going on 30 myself. Oh wow.
Justin: I really did like this. Especially the first bit that ends up being the grandma Orc telling a story, Pete. Grandma Orc you must be just basically coming in your pants because you’ve seen grandma here.
Pete: I wouldn’t go that far, but then I like how the grandma trips out a little bit. That was fun. Story times over, I’m getting fucked up.
Alex: I’m sorry, just to ask, would you not let me go that far to edge her about grandmas. Let’s go down.
Pete: What? What did you say?
Alex: Nevermind. It’s not important.
Justin: [inaudible 00:42:24] broke man.
Pete: Anyway. Good book.
Justin: [inaudible 00:42:27] book.
Pete: [inaudible 00:42:28], I’m fine.
Justin: You’re trying to take the baton, Pete?
Pete: I don’t know. Yeah.
Justin: Some are homesick pilots-
Alex: Yeah. Go for it. Number six, Pilots Image Comics written by Dead Waters, art by Casper Winguard. We’ve been really enjoying this book, I think it’s so many things at the same time, but essentially it’s about a girl in a punk band, maybe a heavy metal band who discovers a haunted house has to recover a bunch of ghosts, but it’s so much more than that. So many different things going on. It ramps up the premise at exactly what’s happening. Every single issue ends with a wild visual at the end here. This is great. I really enjoy reading this.
Justin: Yeah, me too. It was one of my favorite new books out there. Talk about visuals, the visual of the sort of videotape ghost.
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: It was haunting.
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: I want to see that for sure. I want to see that in some movie or film or TV show. So good.
Pete: Yeah. I also really liked lessons in this, they’re like, “Yo, if you’re going to join a band, it is hard, it is grueling and you might get trapped in a house and not be able to make it out.” So you got to be ready for that. Also don’t fucking go into other people’s houses. All right. It’s not going to end well.
Justin: Two lessons.
Pete: But the art is just fantastic and they really try different, the crackly, black panels that they have that look an old book in the middle of the comic is just really cool and creepy and sets this cool tone. They keep using this shot of this window in this creepy house almost looking like it’s about to explode. I’m really impressed with what they’re doing with this book creatively and how they’re telling this story. It keeps being just fantastic every issue.
Alex: Great stuff. If you’d like to support our show, patrion.com/comic book club, also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube come hang out. We would love to chat with you about comic books. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and more at comicbooklive on Twitter. Until next time. Keep those grandma’s coming, Pete, can’t get it up.
Pete: What are you doing?
Justin: Enjoy your marathon of Golden Girls Pete. You’re going to fucking love it.
Pete: You’re weird man.
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Things start breaking down in Westview as we recap WandaVision Episode 5, “On A Very Special Episode…” While the sitcom world transitions to the ’80s, outside Monica Rambeau tries to figure out what happened to her while she was under Wanda’s control, leading to a showdown with Hayward. And inside the Hex, when Tommy and Billy begin to grow up too fast, Vision starts to realize things are very, very wrong leading to a series of confrontations — and a surprise that we bet you didn’t see coming. Let’s break down all the WandaVision Easter eggs (that X-Men cameo!!), comic book references (Sparky!!), MCU references (Lagos!!) and more.
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Full Episode Transcript:
Alex: Welcome to MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel, the MCU, and specifically WandaVision episode five, On a Very Special Episode. I am Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And man alive, guys, this was a big one. This is a potential universe changing episode of WandaVision.
Justin: Our universe.
Alex: Yeah. What are you guys doing differently after this episode? I feel like just a new, fresh person, honestly.
Justin: I got a dead dog as a pet. I was like, let me just jump to the end.
Alex: Nice. I electrocuted my dead dog.
Pete: I’m going to go back to sleep.
Alex: Oh man, this is very early for Pete, but we’re very excited to talk about this, because again, this is a huge episode of WandaVision. Requisite spoiler warning here. We’re not going to talk about every single aspect of the episode. We’re not going to recap beat by beat, but we are going to get right into spoilers and talk through it. And there’s a lot of big things that happen. So if you haven’t watched episode five, again, episode five, On a Very Special Episode, check it out right now, and then head back here. Broad strokes, here’s what’s going on in this episode, just as a reminder. So now we’re splitting our time between the sitcom world of WandaVision and the real world of the MCU, which of course is our real-
Justin: Our reality, yes.
Pete: Very meta.
Alex: In reality, Monica Rambeau is out of the Wanda Hex. We have a name called Hex. We’ll talk about that in a second. Darcy and Jimmy are trying to help her out and figure out what’s going on with Wanda. There’s a big confrontation outside with Hayward, who attacks Wanda inside, and we find out a lot of more…. There’s a lot of Easter eggs, a lot of questions there that, again, we’ll get back to in a moment. Inside the sitcom world, we’re in the 80s, Tommy and Billy growing up real quick. Lots of weirdness going on here, both with the residents of Westview and with Wanda and with Tommy and Billy. Agnes is getting more in the mix of everything that’s going on. And Vision is definitely becoming self-aware.
Alex: We get a couple of notes that we’ve certainly wondered about. Some answers, more questions. And then the biggest one of all at the end, I don’t know if we want to talk about this right now, or we want to save it for a little later [crosstalk 00:02:29]-
Pete: Probably save it.
Alex: But I’ll mention what it is. You all know if you’ve seen it. But Evan Peters shows up as Quicksilver, which is wild.
Justin: It is wild.
Alex: Let’s let’s put it a little pin in that and come back because we have a huge discussion. First of all, as we do, let’s talk about the episode. What’d you think? I thought this was phenomenal. I was so excited that they’re bringing everything together, splitting the time between the two worlds. This is great.
Justin: So good. And a lot of people were like, “This is moving so slowly.” There’s all this criticism of how weird it is. It’s all laying the groundwork, and that’s the confidence that you get from a Marvel show, from the MCU, where they’re like, “We understand you might not get everything right from the first one, two episodes,” but it’s all worth it when they start to weave this stuff in and it’s just so much happening and so many revelations happening in this episode.
Pete: Guys, I want to go back to the 80s. You know, Jazzercise, you could give your kids liquor. I mean, those were the days, you know what I mean?
Justin: If the Vision grabbed your temples, you’d be like, “Hi, I’m Pete. I like it here. Please leave me here. I want to live here in this sitcom world.”
Alex: Vision, get it together, right? We’re all stuck in this. Stop fighting it. Go get an Orange Julius, Julius. Things are going to be cool. Yeah, instead of calling your family and letting them know where you are, you’re going to immediately run off to a 7-Eleven
Justin: Just have someone punch me right in the crotch before the commercial break. That’s all I’m living for right now. I’m the funny one.
Alex: To the point you were saying, Justin, I love how fast they’re whipping through story. I think going back to the first episode, we were like, “They’re going to be in sitcom land for eight episodes, and then we’ll see what the revelation is in episode nine.” Nope. They pretty much announced how quickly they’re going through it, I think, with episode four. We talked about this last time. This is only my suspicion here, but it really does feel like you got this first act, which is sitcom land, something’s wrong. The second act is Wanda versus Vision. And I still do think we’re going to see a twist here that this is not all Wanda, even though they’re doubling down very hard on it in this episode in particular.
Justin: But I do think we’re seeing what the cracks there in the theory that Wanda’s bad. Hayward’s clearly an overarching villain here, and I think Agnes is-
Pete: Agnes is in on it.
Justin: At the core of this somehow, obviously, as well. So I do think we’re going to get… Even the mailman at the end of sort of like… He seems suspect. And I just don’t trust mailmen in general. [crosstalk 00:05:01].
Alex: What’s their agenda? That’s what I want to know.
Justin: They’re always at my house.
Alex: Deliver mail.
Justin: Every day they got something to give me? Suspect.
Pete: Well, if you didn’t order all those crazy Amazon packages, maybe they wouldn’t have to be there.
Justin: I’m on my computer and they show up in real life from this guy.
Alex: Let’s talk about Agnes. I think that’s a good place to start, because we get a lot of Easter eggs here about that. Certainly there’s been a lot of speculate…
Pete: I mean…
Alex: Yes, Pete,
Pete: Let’s talk about that Jazzercise outfit. That was glorious. It brings me right back.
Justin: Brings you back? What are you talking about? It’s not like you were an adult in the 80s Jazzercising.
Pete: No, but my mom was. It was fun to see those outfits. Like, “Hey, you know what? Kids will shut up if you give them booze.” I was like, “Oh yeah, this was the time.”
Justin: Could you send us that picture of your mom in the Jazzercise outfit that you keep talking about?
Pete: That’s creepy and no.
Justin: You said it. You said it.
Pete: No, no, no. When you say it it’s creepy.
Justin: You said it, it’s creepier.
Pete: The binkies bit was just fun television, you know what I mean? The dad coming in with them in both ears. I mean, that’s classic physical comedy.
Alex: I do want to talk about, actually, the easter eggs with Agnes in a second, but to the point that you’re making, Pete, I love getting back to the sitcom tropes here. I think something that they’ve been pushing really hard that I think a lot of viewers have been struggling with… Forgive me, I know Pete’s going to yell at me for this, but the jokes aren’t very funny most of the time, but that’s okay. They are very much 80s sitcom style jokes. They perfectly fit the era.
Pete: Still hold up. I don’t know what the you’re talking about, not funny.
Alex: Nope.
Pete: Did you see those binkies?
Justin: Stop saying binky as such an adult man. Well let me say this. I think the jokes in the first couple of episodes when the sitcom world-
Alex: Hey Justin, take the binkie out of your ear.
Justin: Those are headphones. In the first couple episodes, the jokes were strong when the sitcom reality was strong. And now that Wanda’s attention is split between so many things and there’s all these problems starting to emerge, I think this is purposeful. She doesn’t have as much time to mentally write good sitcom jokes. I really think that’s… My takeaway from this episode is the stories in the sitcom are getting dumber because Wanda’s attention is split.
Alex: Yeah, she’s got so much going on. The little writer’s room in her head is having a tough time keeping up with all of it.
Justin: How’s the writers’ room in your head, Pete? They’ve been passing out booze for a couple of seasons now, let me be honest.
Alex: Let’s get back to the Agatha/Agnes easter eggs. We’ve certainly spent-
Justin: Dropping Agatha [crosstalk 00:07:39].
Alex: A lot of people have speculated that she is Agatha Harkness from the comics who ends up taking care of the kids. I believe takes care of Wanda and Pietro’s kids. Here she straight up calls herself auntie Agnes, says she has some tricks up her sleeve. But the big thing, I think, for overarching with the show that you were mentioning, Justin, is she seems to be aware in some way. I don’t know if she’s the villain necessarily, but she certainly has known what is going on and does know what’s going on. We talked about this with the last episode… Not last episode, two episodes back as well, where people seem to have different levels of awareness of what’s happening. But Agatha… I keep calling her Agatha. Agnes is definitely at the top of that chain.
Justin: And we see in this episode that Wanda is comfortable enough with her to use her powers in front of her. There’s definitely some… I feel like she’s being manipulated by Agnes in some way. I think when the Vision calls out that she used her powers in front of her, that was a moment where it felt like Wanda wasn’t quite sure why she did something, which is the only instance of that. And I also thought it was telling the Agnes is like, “Do you want me to take that again?” Because I should have the kids in my care. She wants the kids, the kids are her focus. She seems like she’s operating in and around Vision and Wanda so that she can have more time have control over the kids.
Pete: Oh, that’s interesting. But you know, as a classically trained actor, the take it from the top is something that is used in stage and television. Wouldn’t you say that?
Justin: Thank you, yes.
Alex: That’s a great inside baseball tip right there, Pete.
Pete: But this show does love sitting in these awkward moments, these kind of painful moments of like, “Let’s take it from the top.” “What are you talking about?” [crosstalk 00:09:25]. Oh God, yeah.
Justin: When the reality breaks. It’s almost like they were going to go back to one.
Pete: Look at this guy.
Alex: Like you’re saying, Pete, I think this episode did this really well in particular. We got, in the first episode, just that, “No stop it, stop it” moment that broke the reality. Here we’re going back and forth from the camera angles to what’s going on in the scenes. It comes in close and has a more modern style whenever the reality starts breaking down. And it’s pretty much constant. It’s non-stop here. To the point that it’s alarming to watch, and I think purposely so, because it’s breaking cinema convention. You’re getting all of these things all at the same time.
Justin: But what also, I think, is so cool about this is cinema convention caught up with reality over the course of these decades of television they’re dealing with it, so that modern TV is meant to feel as much like everyday life in a lot of ways. You get hand held camera work and all that now. So as reality is creeping in on the sitcoms world of the show, the same pace that reality crept in reality looking television crept in on TV. It’s a little bit of a mindfuck, And I think that I’m in a Hex of some sort.
Alex: It’s catching on.
Justin: But it makes everything really works so well, I think.
Alex: Yeah, the other thing… I know I’ve been doubling down on this pretty much every episode, but one thing that I really liked about this one in particular, given everything that was going on, it really had a very strong theme about grief and how you deal with grief and it hit it on every level. I know a couple of people commented and pushed back on me, both in our Patreon Slack and on Twitter about-
Pete: It’s my favorite thing to do.
Alex: [Crosstalk 00:11:10] love… Oh, was it all you, Pete, with different alts accounts?
Pete: Burners? I love pushing back on you, regardless of what’s happening.
Alex: I didn’t love last episode because I liked what they did, and I thought there were some really smart choices, but particularly when it came to Monica Rambeau, I liked what they set up, but it didn’t feel like it panned out over the whole entire episode. The theme with her and her grief over her mother’s death and missing that really played out in this episode. It played out with Wanda, of course, in the quote unquote real world. But it also played out in the sitcom world, which is what I think the last episode was missing a little bit, because we get this whole storyline with Sparky that ties in with the kids, with Wanda, with Vision, with everything. Very smartly written across the board, and I liked that quite a bit.
Pete: Well, you guys had to be nervous when you saw that dog because you know the rule in television, that dog’s got to die so those kids learn about responsibility. That was a scary moment when they’re teaching this dog tricks. I was like, “This is going too well.” [crosstalk 00:12:09].
Alex: Is that a thing that regularly happens, they kill dogs on television?
Pete: That’s how I learned about responsibility.
Justin: Yeah. That’s how Pete learned how to kill a dog.
Alex: I do remember there was an episode of full house where they got a dog and then by the end it was just a bloody smear on the pavement.
Pete: You got it, dude.
Justin: To your point, Alex, I do think Monica dealing with her mom’s death makes her the only character that really, I think, sympathizes and understands what Wanda’s actually going through. And we see that in the scene, the confrontation scene at the end of the episode, and that’s why Monica is so important, and she’s really the leader of the Jimmy and Darcy triumvirate that are going to be sort of our outside heroes here.
Alex: Do you want to talk about outside the Hex a little bit, because I think there were so many different things going on there that we possibly could plumb through. Certainly, like you mentioned, there’s the grief thing. I do love the three of them working together. I think that’s super fun.
Justin: Great trio.
Pete: Oh, for sure.
Alex: The Hex, I’m sure comic book fans caught onto this, but just in case, there are people who are not diehard comic book fans listening to this podcast. Wanda’s powers in the comics are called hex powers. They riff on this a little bit when Hayward and Jimmy Woo talk about does she have a cute nickname or anything like that? No, she doesn’t. She’s not really called Scarlet Witch in the MCU, though I expect we’ll be calling her that by the end of the series. So that was all fun. But there’s a bunch of questions that get brought up as well. Little things that are teases. One, Monica goes through these scans after she comes out of the Hex, and it seems like maybe she is empty from the scan, they need to do blood tests again. We know from the comics, she becomes Captain Marvel, Photon, bunch of different names, Monica Rambeau sometimes. So this certainly seems to be the first hint of her powers. But what do you think’s going on here? Are we actually going to see her power up in this series?
Justin: I think so. That’s what the test results really told me. And I think she’s going to be called Photon, which is what her mom’s nickname was, and I think she’ll take on that moniker. It seems like tests weren’t working on her because she is perhaps made of light or something like that.
Pete: Oh, I thought she was dead and a ghost, because usually when you can’t see organs and stuff like that, that’s what that means.
Justin: Usually when you can’t see organs. How is your ghost hunting going, Pete?
Pete: That’s great. Shh. Oh, I thought I heard something.
Alex: I love the idea that when you look at people, Pete, you’re like, “I don’t see skin color, I just see a big bag of organs.”
Justin: Or you’re like, every person you see, you’re like, “Yep. Organs. Not dead. So far so good. No ghost.”
Pete: Not dead. Not a ghost. Don’t fuck with me, man.
Alex: In the comics I believe she’s able to turn herself into different wavelengths of light, is that right, or is it different wavelengths of energy?
Justin: I don’t know. I mean, Photon, I think it’s light focused [crosstalk 00:15:07]. Harsh question from Alex.
Pete: It’s too early for that kind of shit.
Justin: Yeah, the sun hasn’t come up yet.
Alex: So that’s one thing. Another thing that is going on with her is she comes up with a method of getting inside the Hex. We’ve actually seen some of this in teasers. So it is something that they potentially try out. But she figures out if she has basically a huge lab on wheels, she might be able to get in there and says, “I know somebody who can help me with this,” and texts, I believe an aerospace engineer. Who she texted? This is my favorite part of the show.
Justin: Who she texted.
Pete: Who she texted. Who she texted.
Alex: I liked the pause there, where we’re like, “Oh, now we need to follow this up with information.”
Justin: But we were letting theme song end, for who you’re texting. I mean, my first thought was Captain Marvel.
Alex: Well probably not. She has a weird reaction when somebody mentions Captain Marvel and I do wonder… They haven’t explicitly stated this, but I do wonder if there’s some sort of her relating Captain Marvel to letting her mom die. That maybe Captain Marvel’s space radiation gave her cancer or something like that. I wonder if we’re going to find that out, because again, I think it was Darcy mentioned Captain Marvel and she just brushed over that and moved past it.
Justin: What I thought that was, was she was like, “I’ll text my aerospace engineer friend,” and then a second later she like, “Captain Marvel,” I thought she was like, “How’d you know who I was texting?” That was my take on it, but I don’t know.
Pete: She was like, “I’m going to text Samuel L. Jackson,” and then look right at the camera.
Alex: Find out what’s in his wallet?
Justin: Who did you think?
Pete: Oh, I thought it was originally, when they were kind of describing things, I was like, “Oh man, I want it to be a van time machine so bad because I think Paul Rudd would be hilarious in this little trio of people,” but I don’t know.
Alex: Okay, so you thought maybe Ant-Man?
Pete: Yep.
Alex: All right. I wrote down a couple of possibilities. The first one that I thought it was Bruce Banner. That made sense to me. I know he’s not an aerospace engineer, but you know, Marvel universe.
Pete: Why would that makes sense, then?
Alex: Marvel universe scientists, it doesn’t matter, they can do anything. The other one that came to mind was Talos from Captain Marvel, Ben Mendelsohn’s character. I don’t know if he’s an aerospace engineer necessarily, but I think kid Monica in Captain Marvel, if I remember correctly, was friendly with Talos. They hung out together, right?
Justin: Yeah. But of the ones we’ve just said, between Samuel L. Jackson from the Capital One commercial campaign, Captain Marvel, and Talos, I think Captain Marvel is the more likely get.
Alex: Hold on. Hold on. I have two more possibilities. I have two more. Are you ready?
Pete: The dog.
Alex: The dog. She was texting the dog. As we know, his name’s Sparky.
Justin: His name’s Sparky, Pete. It’s Dr. Sparky, aerospace engineer.
Alex: Riri Williams. What about Riri Williams? We do know there’s an Ironheart show coming down the road. She certainly knows a lot about tech. We haven’t met her yet, so that might be kind of a fun introduction there.
Justin: That’d be very cool. I would be surprised if she was introduced in this fashion, but that would be awesome.
Alex: I have another one. This is a crazy theory.
Pete: Wow, this is fun. You’re just spit balling ideas.
Alex: This is the last one. This is the last one.
Justin: Who she texted?
Pete: Who she texted?
Alex: This is what our podcast is about, just brainstorming.
Justin: This is a game show within the podcast called Who She Texted?
Pete: Who she texted?
Alex: What do you think, is there a possibility that it’s Mr. Fantastic?
Pete: What?
Justin: Yeah. Do you think they’re going to… Because there was some speculation in some of the earlier episodes, I guess last episode when she’s walking into the lab, but you see them working on a spaceship of some sort. If they just drop Reed Richards as like, “Hey, this is a young doctor, aerospace engineer named Reed Richards,” and then we don’t say anything about it. That feels crazy for a mid season drop, but…
Pete: I was rewatching it, and if you look really close, while she’s texting, she’s mumbling, “This fucking stretchy piece of shit better answer.” So maybe it is.
Alex: Well, just to talk about that theory, Pete, a little further, and then we’ll move on from here. But what Justin was saying about the Fantastic Four thing. Last episode we saw Monica goes into S.W.O.R.D. There’s a rocket they’re building in the background. Hayward talks about how everybody has failed out of the space flight program, and certainly the S.W.O.R.D uniforms are blue and white, which is the classic Fantastic Four colors. So there’s a way of drawing a line that they don’t have to follow this. Like a lot of the MCU things, sometimes they drop things and then they go in an entirely different direction.
Pete: Do they?
Alex: Well they do sometimes. Like they mentioned Dr. Strange, but it didn’t necessarily follow up. There’s other things like that.
Pete: That’s who I thought it was at the door.
Alex: We’ll get to that in a moment. But it’s possible that this could be setting up a thing where they failed out, they get these astronauts, the Fantastic Four, who steal this rocket, take it into space. We get a riff on their classic origin story. And introducing-
Pete: Nothing like a riff.
Alex: Whoever is Reed Richards this way would be huge, and I think make a lot of sense.
Justin: Yes, that would be such a strong… Don’t you think that would overtake some of the story here?
Alex: I do think so. I agree with you, except for what happens at the end of the episode, which already established that sort of thing of taking things over. All right, a couple of other things we should… I mean, there’s a lot else we should be talking about, but let’s go back inside of the dome.
Pete: We should be talking about postcards. Do you remember postcards? That was a nice ad for postcards right there at the start in the opening credits. Man, those are fun.
Justin: We get the opening credits to Family Ties obviously here. My daughter has entered the chat, so she’ll be speaking briefly over the course of this. But we get the Family Ties opening sequence, which we’re all a fan of.
Alex: I did love, and this reminded me, how nonsensical 80s theme songs are. This always bothers me. The entire theme song, which they nailed perfectly in this, is we’re doing the best we can over and over. So you’re like, “Oh, the name of the show is Doing the Best We Can,” but nope it’s WandaVision.
Justin: That’s very true. And what was the other line in there? We’re making it up as we go along, which I thought was very cool.
Alex: The theme song was great. Love seeing Vision as a baby, Vision growing up in the credits. That was also very funny.
Pete: Very interesting to see the kids rocking the Vision stuff as well for a little while. So that was kind of cool.
Alex: Lots more to talk about, though. We haven’t really even talked about the meat of the episode, which is Vision versus Scarlet Witch as he becomes more and more aware over the course of this episode, pushes back on Wanda, by the end they’re in the air yelling at each other. He doesn’t know his life before Westview. What’d you think about this whole arc?
Pete: I’m glad he’s finally putting things together because for a machine he was kind of acting dumb. And then finally when he calls out her entrance. She was like, “Oh, why do you look so formal?” He was like, “Probably someone’s going to pop by right in time with the thing we need.” Yeah, I thought that was great the way he called that. And he’s putting things together and it’s not adding up. And the part at his job made a lot of a sense, and I’m so glad that he did that. I’ve been impressed with the Vision in this episode…
Alex: I know we’re releasing this as an audio podcast, but I love the fact on video just more and more things are coming in Justin’s view.
Justin: Reality is being invaded right now. I got daughter who woke up way before she usually does, and my dog is going to be hearing all this dead dog talk, and it’s like, “What the fuck are you talking about?”
Pete: Pip don’t slip, so Pip’s not going to stand for any bad talking Sparky.
Alex: This conflict is so hard to watch. And I loved the job that Paul Bettany does in this episode in particular, just how broken he is by the end. He doesn’t remember his life. He doesn’t know what’s going on. We know that he died. We talked about it, I think, the last episode. What did Wanda do? Pick up his corpse and walk across several states? Turns out she did.
Justin: She did. And I think we see that Hayward has been experimenting on the Vision corpse, which Jimmy Woo is like, “Hey, that’s not cool.” And he totally just glosses over it. So I thought all that stuff was cool. It is weird to me that Hayward is just being a straight up villain.
Alex: I don’t think he’s an overarching villain so much as corporate dick. We’ve seen this time-
Pete: Douchy kind of agent dude. Yeah, that’s classic.
Justin: But he’s just outwardly… I thought he would be a little more secretly evil.
Alex: No, but he’s shooting Wanda with a rocket. He does the classic, “No, it’s a drone. It’s fine. Just kidding. Shoot her down with a missile,” which leads to that moment that made me say, “Oh shit,” at home alone, watching this, when Wanda [crosstalk 00:24:26] comes out of the dome… When Wanda comes out of the dome wearing her costume the last time we saw her, and that was Endgame. She is talking with a very deep Sokovian accent, which has been a big question people have had throughout the series. This moment was great.
Justin: This episode, we haven’t really talked about it yet, is about Wanda’s powers. She is powered up in the Marvel universe in this episode in a way that we knew from the comics, but it was a big move for the show.
Alex: Well, I think this is a big question that, to my mind, and maybe I’m thinking about it too much, points to the fact that she is not the villain here, because… And Jimmy and Darcy bring this up. We know that she had telepathy. We know that she had… What’s the other one? Telekinesis. And she’s super strong. But manipulating and changing matter is not something that we’ve necessarily seen in her power set. So there’s steps missing there. The mind stone is not in Vision anymore. It is destroyed. She has Vision’s body, but just because she has Vision’s body doesn’t mean that she can do all of these other things. Maybe it does, but there’s certainly like… Right now, we’re A to C and we don’t have the B.
Pete: Also, speaking of her powers, it was kind of crazy how her powers didn’t really work on her kids at all. That was very interesting when she was trying to get the babies to shut up. And I was really worried what she was going to do to those kids. But it seems like the kids are controlling themselves and aren’t succumbed to her power at all.
Alex: Yeah, what’s your take on Tommy and Billy right now?
Justin: I think because they were created in this reality, they aren’t beholden to it. And I think they are going to… We’re going to walk out of this show with them being real people that have a power set and that know everything about what happened in there. Wanda sees it, and I think it works great in two ways. As a superhero story, the fact that these kids were created out of nothing and now are going to be characters is really cool.
Pete: You don’t know that, though.
Justin: I don’t know that, but that’s what…
Pete: When the sitcom ends, maybe they end. Sitcoms are sad like that.
Justin: Wow. Interesting. They don’t kill the actors at the end of a sitcom, Pete. I hate to tell you. Not like the dogs. My daughter just grew up too. Now she’s 10.
Pete: Oh wow. Congrats. Happened fast.
Alex: That’s great. Let’s talk about the end of the episode. I think we need to jump and talk about that because that’s obviously the huge thing that’s breaking the internet right now. We’ve gotten mentions of Pietro before, which was very emotional, a couple of episodes back. But here we get the thing that we kind of speculated about and turns out to be exactly what happens. We get a classic 80s recasting, as Darcy points out, but it’s not just any recasting. It’s Quicksilver at the door, but it’s played by Evan Peters from the X-Men franchise. This is huge. People are freaking out. They’re like, “This is it. This is the multiverse. It’s coming.” We know this show is setting up Doctor Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness. We know it’s setting up in some way, Spider-Man 3, which also deals with the multiverse. Here’s what I’ll throw out to you guys.
Pete: Wait wait wait.
Alex: Yes.
Pete: When you saw the back of the head of the person at the door, what were your guys’ first thoughts?
Justin: I was like, “Old person.” Gray hair. I was like-
Pete: Captain America.
Justin: Oh, interesting.
Pete: I thought Captain America was going to ring the doorbell and be like, “Yo, I need that stone. I got to go back and fall in love and have some real fun. So I don’t know what you’re doing here, but I need the stone.” Because it did look like an old person. And then I thought maybe Mr. Fantastic because of the gray. But then I was completely shocked by Quicksilver.
Alex: I mean, I think what you’re supposed to think is that it’s Quicksilver, it’s Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and then the camera comes around and it’s actually Evan Peters being classic 80s brother coming into town douchebag, which is great.
Pete: Don’t call him a douchebag. You don’t know that yet.
Alex: No, but that’s what the character is in the 80s sitcom. But the question in my mind, is this Evan Peters as Quicksilver from the X-Men franchise or is it a town member of Westview who has been recast as Quicksilver? Or is it something else entirely?
Justin: And don’t know how they’d justify any of that? Where is that going to come in? Who’s manipulating this? Is this someone from the Agnes/Agatha side of it, who’s pushed this out there to help the manipulation of Wanda? Because this isn’t a plan coming from the S.W.O.R.D. people.
Pete: It’s not planned from Wanda, because she doesn’t know who’s at the door.
Alex: Right. There’s certainly something else going on here. Regardless of what’s happening, it’s very exciting to see Evan Peters as Quicksilver. He was one of the highlights of, not the best [crosstalk 00:29:31] one might say, X-Men movies, but he’s awesome and he’s an awesome actor. I’m very excited to see what he does.
Pete: His parts in the X-Men movie were my favorite parts, the reason that I would watch it.
Alex: Absolutely
Justin: The sequence where he puts on Time in a Bottle. That’s just epic.
Alex: And also it’s going to be… I’m curious to see how they execute this. I’m curious to see how it happens, whether they do reference X-Men at all. I’m doubtful they will. I think it’s more going to be about Quicksilver and we may see Aaron Taylor-Johnson down the road as well.
Pete: Because I thought maybe this was the twins’ doing, because one of the kids was like, “Mom, where’s your brother. Do you have a brother?” And she’s like, “Yeah, but he’s not here.” And when she was like, “Oh, I don’t know who’s at the door.” I was like, “Could be the twins making some magic happening.”
Alex: That’s interesting. I wonder about that theory because we don’t know a lot about them yet, but I do like the idea of-
Pete: They’re 10 now, so…
Alex: Well they’re 10 now-
Pete: Good to know.
Alex: Which is a bad age.
Pete: Shots fired.
Justin: Wow, slammed.
Alex: It’s fine, [crosstalk 00:30:38]-
Pete: Isn’t one of your kids 10?
Alex: Yeah. Before we wrap up here, I’m sure there’s a couple of other things we need to call out. We didn’t mention this earlier, but Sparky is from the Vision comics by Tom King and Gabriel Walta. He is a-
Pete: Died in that comic too.
Alex: Died in that comic too. Very sad. But nice to see him here, albeit briefly. What else? There were a couple of other things.
Justin: The commercial. We want to talk about the commercial? For Lagos brand paper towels. And that’s obviously a reference to Captain America: Civil War, the fight in Lagos. And I think this cements our theory we had that maybe these commercials are just all the trauma moments in Wanda’s life.
Pete: Because that paper towel didn’t look like it was doing that good of a job. I mean, that commercial wasn’t…
Justin: You nailed it, Pete. You’re right.
Alex: Well that’s the point. The narration says, “For when you make a mess you didn’t mean to.” And if you don’t remember Civil War, Wanda accidentally took Crossbones, threw him into a building and a bunch of people died, which caused the Sokovia Accords, which we also get a little mention of here. Last thing I had a question about, this bothered me a little bit, and they’ve been doing this throughout the series. I think Monica says she could have taken out Thanos on her own if he hadn’t initiated a blitz. Did everybody see Avengers Endgame? Did they watch the movie? What’s going on? How do they know all of this stuff?
Justin: A blitz that she said, right?
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: I don’t know. Maybe that just means the attack.
Pete: Didn’t she say a blintz? Those are delicious.
Alex: Yeah, [crosstalk 00:32:10] a cheese blintz. I’m sure they read the reports, but there’s something about it where they’re like, they’re all fans of Avengers Endgame, they saw it four times in the theaters.
Pete: I was hoping they would all quiz each other.
Alex: Cheered at the portal scene like everybody else.
Pete: Be like, “Did you stay after the credits.”
Alex: “There was nothing, but it was still really nice, like there was a little bit. It was just really nice to pay tribute to the whole cast. Hey, did you know we have like 10 minutes of credits on this show.” Last little thing that I’ll mention that I thought was interesting.
Pete: Don’t say that. Anytime you say last thing-
Alex: I know, there’s several more things, you’re right.
Pete: It’s never the last thing and it drives me fucking crazy.
Alex: I’m really sorry. This really is the last thing that I have to say.
Pete: Not it’s not.
Alex: We talked about this previously when they were putting up Jimmy Woo’s theory wall, Agnes didn’t have an ID and Dottie wasn’t on the wall. We see the wall again. Same thing, even though time’s past, Agnes still doesn’t have an ID, Dottie still isn’t on the wall, which definitely raises some questions about that, I think.
Pete: Great. Well you can’t say another thing on this whole podcast because you said last thing. So Justin, let’s have some fun.
Alex: Before we wrap up here then, what is on your vision board for the next episode, Pete?
Pete: You said another thing.
Alex: What are you talking?
Justin: I think we’re going to get the big confrontation between Vision, a larger version of the confrontation between Vision and Scarlet witch.
Alex: Pete, what about you? What’s on your vision board?
Pete: I just wanted to say that what’s nice is they had a great moment in the show where they showed her outfit from when she was on the sitcom, and something in the 80s that is great can be bulletproof in today’s world. So just think about bringing back some great outfits from the 80s, because they’re really [crosstalk 00:33:45].
Alex: For next episode?
Justin: Quite a takeaway from this episode, Pete.
Pete: Things in the 80s are bulletproof now, is what I’m saying.
Justin: 80s fashion is bulletproof is what you’re saying.
Pete: That’s right.
Alex: Two things I want to see on my vision board for the next episode. I want to of course, find out more of what’s going on with Evan Peters’ Quicksilver. That’s very exciting. We need to get some sort of potential answers there. But also the overarching thing, bouncing off of what you mentioned, Justin, is I still think we’re going to see the Vision Scarlet Witch confrontation conclude, not next episode probably, but yeah, I guess next episode, potentially propelling us into the final act, revealing whoever the real villain behind this whole thing is. And that’s what we’re going to see in the last three episodes is them teaming up together to figure out this issue and get past it. That’s what I want to see. We’ll see if that actually happens or maybe they’ll double down on Wanda’s trauma and she really is the real villain after all.
Justin: What sitcom do you think we’re going to jump into next? Obviously we had Family Ties here and a lot of Mr. Belvedere as I predicted. What do you think-
Pete: Definitely Mr. Belvedere? I’m done with that.
Justin: Really happy with a lot of Belvedere stuff.
Alex: I don’t know, are we going to jump ahead all the way to the 2000s and get The Office style sitcom, or is it going to be… What is a 90s sitcom?
Justin: I think any of the TGIFs [crosstalk 00:35:00]-
Pete: We’ve got a lot of rad dudes. What are you talking about?
Justin: The fact that they introduced Quicksilver as the brother feels very Full Housey to me, where they can be like, “What are we all doing in here? Cool uncle Quicksilver’s here.”
Pete: Uncle Jesse.
Alex: Wait, what about Seinfeld? Could they do Seinfeld?
Justin: Feels like a strong tonal shift.
Alex: I guess we’ll see what happens. And thank you all for tuning in for this episode. If you’d like to support this podcast, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out. We would love to theorize about WandaVision with you. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show, @MarvelVisionPod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, Marvel you later.
Pete: Give your kids booze.
Justin: Give your kids booze. Is that what you said? Wow. Okay. Maybe that’ll get her to go back to sleep.
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On this week’s Stack podcast:
Runaways #33
Marvel
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Andrés Genolet
Man-Bat #1
DC Comics
Written by Dave Wielgosz
Art by Sumit Kumar
Specter Inspectors #1
BOOM! Box
Written by Bowen McCurdy
Art by Kaitlyn Musto
The Immortal Hulk #43
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
Future State: Superman of Metropolis #2
DC Comics
Written by Sean Lewis, Brandon Easton
Art by John Timms, Valentine De Landro, Cully Hamner
Future State: Wonder Woman #2
DC Comics
Written and art by Joëlle Jones
Future State: The Next Batman #3
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley, Brandon Thomas, Paul Jenkins
Art by Laura Braga, Sumit Kumar, Jack Herbert
Future State: The Flash #2
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Vietti
Art by Brandon Peterson and Will Conrad
Future State: Swamp Thing #2
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins
Future State: Harley Quinn #2
DC Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Simone DiMeo and Tony Infante
Deep Beyond #1
Image Comics
Created by Mirka Andolfo, David Goy, Andrew Broccardo and Barbara Nosenzo
The Legend of Shang-Chi #1
Marvel
Written by Alyssa Wong
Art by Andie Tong
Chained to the Grave #1
IDW
Written by Andy Eschenbach & Brian Level
Art by Kate Sherron
Far Sector #10
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisin
Art by Jamal Campbell
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1
IDW
Written by Daniel José Older
Art by Harvey Tolibao
Luna #1
BOOM! Studios
By Maria Llovet
The Comic Book History of Animation #3
IDW
Written by Fred Van Lente
Art by Ryan Dunlavey
King in Black: Marauders #1
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Luke Ross
Transformers: Beast Wars #1
IDW
Written by Erik Burnham
Art by Josh Burcham
King in Black: Black Knight #1
Marvel
Written by Simon Spurrier
Art by Jesús Saiz
Fear Case #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins
Sea of Sorrows #4
IDW
Written by Rich Douek
Art and Colors by Alex Cormack
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Full Episode Transcript:
Alex: What’s up y’all. Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week-
Justin: Yes.
Alex: And we’re not running away from this many reviews. In fact, we’re running towards them, starting off with Runaways number 33 from Marvel-
Pete: Oh, I see what you did there. Okay, I see.
Alex: Written by Rainbow Rowell.
Justin: [crosstalk 00:00:25]. Yes, that’s what we thought. That’s what we knew.
Alex: I know, it was a little tricky there, but there you go.
Justin: No, we’re running toward them.
Alex: Yes, this title has been sporadic to say the very best, but I think it is always welcome when it returns. We’re cutting in on our kids. Some of them are going to high school, some are not. They’re trying to balance responsibilities. This run by Rainbow Rowell has been so good and I am so happy whenever it comes back.
Justin: I agree, it’s so well, each scene really stands out. The characters are so well thought through, the art’s great. I love this story. It captures adolescence and also the superhero side of it at the same time. It’s one of my favorites.
Alex: Pete.
Pete: I mean, I really liked it until the man-handling of Wolverine. And then I was like, “Eh, right.” But the art’s unbelievable. It’s some really great storytelling. I think it is fun. I really liked the gib.
Justin: You think Wolverine could beat a Doombot? Doombots are so strong, there’s no way.
Alex: They really are, and Wolverine’s so short.
Justin: He’s so tiny.
Pete: Oh, I hate both of you.
Justin: Doombots are robot dooms, which is good, doom’s good and robots are cool.
Alex: One of the things that I think is particularly impressive about this book is usually you don’t see this sort of second resurgence. I mean, not to get too lofty about it, it’s maybe not quite on the same level as bringing back the X-Men or anything like that. But you certainly had Brian K. Vaughan launching Runaways, petering out after a little while. Sorry, Pete, I know you don’t like me saying that. It just came out.
Pete: Yeah, use a different expression.
Justin: No problem, it LePage’d out a little.
Alex: LePage’d out.
Pete: It’s not funny.
Alex: And then they took the characters and they split them up and put them on other teams and use them in different ways. It’s kind of amazing that they’re taking them back and making them work so well and it makes me very happy. Let’s move on to another book, Man-Bat number one from DC Comics written by Dave Wielgosz, art by Sumit Kumar. This is following the Man-Bat, some bad stuff is happening to him. He’s trying to be a hero, but it just doesn’t work because he’s just a Man-Bat.
Justin: He’s just a Man-Bat.
Alex: What’d you think about this book? And as a follow up, who asked for this?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, it’s a little weird. I mean, also it’s kind of, he’s a scientist that doesn’t do science. He just thinks that flying around like a Man-Bat is going to win the day. And I don’t see how that works, but the art-
Alex: You walk around as a human all the time, Pete, what is that doing?
Justin: Good call.
Pete: Burn? I don’t think so. But yeah, the art’s great.
Alex: Justin, what’d you think about this one?
Justin: Thought you were going to say more. I mean, this strikes me as a different … Man-Bat in the DC Universe right now feels very much like the Justice League Dark character. And I really liked that iteration of Man-Bat who’s this sort of loopy scientist who’s obsessed with darkness, but also trying to make his science into sort of mad science. And so this take is different. And I missed the other one reading this, but I do like the art and it feels very much like a classic Batman: The Animated Series take on Man-Bat.
Alex: I do think I was obviously being very glib with who asked for this because I don’t think anybody was necessarily demanding a Man-Bat series. It was confusing.
Pete: I’m sure there’s people out there who love the Man-Bat.
Alex: I’m sure. It’s the sort of thing that felt to me like if it came out at Halloween, I’d understand what was going on here, as is I think well-written good art. I like it. I don’t know what its long-term prospects are necessarily. But as an individual book, if you like the character, I think you’ll be happy.
Justin: But here’s the thing, if you go up and you’re like, “I love Batman.” You’re like, “Let me try this other version of the words.”
Alex: Yeah, that’s true. There’s also a book coming out next week we’re going to be talking about called Bat Bat and a book after that called Madman.
Pete: Wait, wait. Justin, let me just, so if somebody walks into a comic book shop and they say, “Hey, I like some Batman,” and they say, “We’re sold out, but would you like to try some Man-Bat?” And you think that’s how Man-Bat sells? Is that what you’re saying?
Justin: I mean, yes.
Pete: Okay. I think so.
Justin: All right. If you walk into a grocery store and you’re like, I’d like some pineapple and they’re like, “No, we have regular apples and some pine nuts.” You’d be like, “I’ll take it.”
Pete: I don’t know if you would.
Alex: Yeah. You can make them at home. Look at it on Epicurious. All right. Specter inspectors number one for BOOM! Box, written by Bowen McCurdy, art by Kaitlyn Musto. This is I think another win for BOOM! Box, just a fun story of a bunch of ghost investigators who encounter something even more terrifying than what they expected. This book is a delight and I am completely on board.
Pete: Oh, I couldn’t agree with you more. I love this book. I really thought it was cool set up, took some great turns. I was really impressed with this. The art’s storytelling is really a lot of fun. Yeah, I think it’s great.
Justin: I agree. It really surprised me with how like it’s … I think there are a lot of books like this in this art style where it is sort of character driven, like these people are trying to do this and they haven’t figured it out. But this really like, the art pays off on the comedy side and the character and relationship side. And then the story itself is super fun as well. I really like this.
Alex: Yeah, good stuff, excited to follow this book. Next up, The Immortal Hulk number 43 from Marvel written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. In this issue, a lot of stuff going on, but Joe Fixit is on the run hiding out, the U-FOES are training and getting ready to fight the Hulk. And of course it all goes down by the end of the issue. I don’t know what more to say about this book than it is great.
Justin: Well, let me say, to me this was a good reset issue, where if you’ve been a little lost lately with all the different sort of stretchy Hulk with eyeball hands and stuff, this is a good restating of what the premise, where it’s like, at the beginning of the issue Joe Fixit says, “All the other Hulks are gone. Now it’s just me, Joe Fixit, and dumb Hulk, we’re in the body.” It’s back to sort of the basic whole premise, except instead of being a smart scientist, he’s not a smart grifter and he’s on the street.
Pete: I would say he’s doing pretty good.
Justin: He’s not as smart as Bruce Banner though.
Pete: Oh, well, sure.
Justin: And I think he is doing good, but his whole thing is being a good grifter as opposed to being a scientist, and he is.
Pete: He is a good grifter.
Justin: And I love this. He’s a good grifter. And would you rather be a scientist? Pete clearly hates science and loves grifting and that’s what he worships.
Alex: I mean, this book is great, it’s fantastic. But I really liked the Joe-
Justin: When you’re sick, Pete, you don’t go to a doctor, you go to a three-card Monte person.
Pete: Yeah, exactly. You see a guy in the back of a restaurant who take a look at it and he can tell you what’s going on.
Justin: He’s like, “Right here, follow the diagnosis, follow the diagnosis. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here you go. Here we go. You have a irritable bowel syndrome.”
Pete: I think that I could have used more Joe Fixit on the streets. I thought this was fun. But that being said it was very cool to see him still have to kind of fight for the underdog and do what was right. So yeah, I very much enjoyed this. Also Alpha Flight cameo was great. I mean, this was a lot of fun, it continues to be amazing.
Justin: Doc Sampson is Sasquatch somehow.
Alex: Good stuff. And just to work off of what Pete said, as I always say, Joe Fixit in the streets and loose Hulk in the sheets.
Pete: Oh my God.
Justin: You do say that too many times.
Alex: Too much.
Justin: I love the U-FOES and they do a great job here as being the villains. And we get to sort of actually find out who they are and what they do.
Alex: Let’s move on to our future state block. We’ve been doing this for the past couple of weeks, as DC has been trucking through their look at a possible glimpse of the future of the DC Universe. As usual with this, these are the titles coming out this week. There’s Superman of metropolis number two, Wonder Woman number two, Next Batman number three, The Flash number two, Swamp Thing number two, Harley Quinn number two. And we read all of those, but call it what you like. Pete, what was your favorite title of this bunch this week?
Pete: Ooh, favorite title.
Alex: This is a big surprise because we’ve only done it for the past four weeks. Go ahead.
Pete: Yeah. Big surprise. Big surprise.
Justin: I have an answer if you want to think.
Alex: Yeah, go ahead, Justin.
Pete: No, Harley Quinn number two. I’m really impressed with the writing and the art on this. And it continues to be really great.
Alex: This is written by Stephanie Phillips, art by Simone DiMeo and Toni Infante. In this book, Harley Quinn is working for Scarecrow trying to take down Black Mask. There’s plenty of twists and turns throughout the book.
Justin: Scarecrow is like a cop essentially. Jonathan Crane on the side, the quote unquote good guys. And Black Mask is the bad guy and that gets a little confusing. My take on this book, these two issues felt like an episode of Batman: The Animated Series if Harley Quinn were the central character. [crosstalk 00:10:03].
Pete: Or Harley animated series.
Justin: That’s sort of what I’m saying in a lot of ways, but it’s not like the Harley Quinn animated series, it’s like Batman: The Animated Series [crosstalk 00:10:13].
Alex: I thought it was sort of like Scarecrow. It was sort of like a Scarecrow the animated series, is what I’d say.
Pete: It’s nothing like that, how dare you Zalb?
Justin: A lot of hard takes. I just think there was sort of a lesson at the end. The characters are having fun, even though they were fighting each other. I enjoyed this.
Alex: What about you, Justin? What was your favorite title of the week?
Justin: This-
Pete: Justin if you need me to go while you’re thinking I can do that.
Justin: Do not need you to go, you just went.
Pete: Oh, okay. All right. Well, if you just need some time, I could-
Justin: No time necessary. I’m ready to talk in three, two, one, talk Justin. I really enjoy, there are a lot of weirder titles out this week. And the two that I want to highlight are The Flash, Future State: The Flash number two and Future State: Swamp Thing number two, are my two picks.
Alex: Flash number two written by Brandon Vietti, art by Brandon Peterson and Will Conrad. Swamp Thing number two by Ram V, art by Mike Perkins. Take it away Justin.
Justin: Flashed number two just like heartbreaking. These two issues were so good, so unexpected. You have Wally West as this villain who is maybe possessed by this spirit and Barry Allen who’s lost his powers to trying desperately to track it down and save him while also stopping the killing spree that’s going on against the other speedsters. And it was just such a good two-part story. I think this is a great standalone just Flash story that is absolutely tragic, but really gets to the core of what Flash’s powers are. It’s not just running fast, it’s hope.
Alex: Hmm, interesting. And Swamp Thing, what about that one?
Justin: Swamp Thing, totally different like this post-apocalyptic parable about Swamp Thing who created his own offspring through the green, built them. We get to see through both of these issues how meticulously he built them and even their biological features. And then at the end, this is a spoiler, but he sacrifices them for the sake of humanity because he knows that humanity has a soul and the plant children he created do not. And another like-
Pete: That part was heartbreaking dude, what was that?
Justin: … [crosstalk 00:12:28], heartbreaking thing.
Pete: What was that dude?
Justin: It was great. It was just like both, that’s why I put them together, both the Flash and Swamp Thing did what you want across over like this to do, take your characters, get to a core value that they have and show it in a new way, a new unexpected way. And I think both these books did that super well.
Pete: Oh, go ahead.
Alex: Go ahead Justin, bearded Justin.
Pete: Pete. I’m Pete.
Justin: I’m shaved Pete.
Pete: I just wanted to say I’m still enjoying the new Batman. I really liked the backup, so the Black Lightning, Katana and the signal.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: I was going to call this out. I haven’t gotten to talk yet, Pete.
Justin: He hasn’t chosen yet Pete.
Alex: But [crosstalk 00:13:10] whatever, take all your picks.
Pete: Justin got to say two.
Alex: Sure. Future state: The Next Batman number three written by John Ridley, Brandon Thomas, Paul Jenkins, art by Laura Braga, Sumit Kumar, and Jack Herbert. I agree with you, the outsider’s backup has been excellent.
Justin: So good.
Alex: And that’s one where it ends, it’s not quite as apocalyptic as Swamp Thing or anything like that. It definitely feels like, what I want out of these where it feels like, oh, this is a pilot. I want to see more of this. I want to see more of this world. And the big one for me is Future State: Wonder Woman number two, written in art by Joëlle Jones, which obviously has a lot of heat at it. We talked about this before. Was this something that was a kind of adapting-
Pete: It’s so hot right now, it’s so much heat.
Alex: It’s so hot right now, they’re adapting for [crosstalk 00:13:53]. But this new Wonder Woman heading to the underworlds rescue, whatever compatriots. And I know I said this the last time, but I’ll repeat it as well. It feels revolutionary to the Wonder Woman mythos in the same way the brand Azzarello and Cliff Chiang’s run did. And it’s the sort of thing that I absolutely want to follow going forward.
Pete: I just, the one part that bothered me about that book was she rips off the bones of the arm of the boat person, taking them across. Doesn’t say sorry, nothing.
Alex: She does, she says, “Oops.” Or something like that.
Pete: Oops is not sorry, you know what I mean-
Alex: It’s fine, there was such a [crosstalk 00:14:31].
Pete: … you still got to roll the boat.
Alex: She takes Sharon’s bone hand off, throws it to [inaudible 00:14:35] to distract him because he’s a dog, it’s a very cute funny bit.
Pete: It’s funny but that guy still has to row a boat with now less bones and only one arm and she doesn’t help out at all, doesn’t even offer to row or nothing.
Justin: Rowing a boat with less bones is a problem, I agree with you. And she doesn’t offer to row. He is an undead spirit. But let me also say Pete, once you don’t have skin, your bones are up for grabs.
Pete: Wow. That’s a rule?
Justin: That’s a rule. Watch out, keep [crosstalk 00:15:04], keep your skin.
Alex: I don’t know the last time you’d been to a cemetery, but if you look they have a sign outside that says up for grabs.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: Every sector.
Justin: Bunch of loose bones in the cemetery. They got a bone box.
Pete: They shouldn’t have loose bones at the cemetery guys, it doesn’t make any sense.
Justin: It’s like give a penny, take a penny, but you just take bones.
Pete: What?
Justin: There are extra bones.
Pete: What? Give a penny, take a penny, oh my God.
Justin: Are you using all your bones right now, Pete? I don’t think so.
Alex: You have so many head bones. What are you using them for?
Justin: So many bones.
Alex: Are you playing piano?
Pete: The piano?
Alex: The piano.
Justin: We got fucking Mozart over here using all his bones.
Alex: That’s what he was known for. All right. Moving on from Future State, let’s talk about Deep Beyond number one from Image Comics created by Mirka Andolfo, David Goy and Andrea Broccardo and Barbara Nosenzo. I’ll tell you.,I really liked a lot of what Mirka Andolfo has been doing an Image Comics, but this comic is bonkers. I don’t think bad bonkers, just hard to hold onto exactly what’s happening in the plot bonkers.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: There’s a lot going on here. This book to me read like a Rick Remender book where … read like two Rick Remender books both happening at the same time.
Alex: Yes.
Justin: And that’s not to say I didn’t like it. It has a lot of elements that I like.
Pete: Also there’s weird soap opera in there as well.
Alex: It takes place in maybe a post-apocalyptic future where the sun or gasses outside or something killed people.
Justin: Pollution. I think pollution fucked us up.
Alex: Yeah, pollution fucked us up. And we’re explaining it much more straightforward than it actually is. But there’s a bunch of different characters that get involved there. Some of the characters you’re following at the beginning don’t survive, even a quarter way through the book and then it jumps over to another situation. It is the sort of thing that feels like by the second issue it might’ve calmed out a little bit and focus, but there’s so many ideas at play here. Again, it’s hard to hold onto something. The art, very good and gross though.
Justin: Beautiful. Yeah. I liked the art and to your point, Alex, I like the sort of propulsion into the second issue.
Alex: Yes.
Justin: But yes, a little confusing.
Alex: Agreed. Moving onto The Legend, and I’m going to pronounce this wrong, Kevin Feige pronounced it a different way and now it’s really gotten into my head. We’ve called him Shang-Chi, but it’s something else where you actually pronounce it, Shang-Chi or something like that, number one from Marvel written by Alyssa Wong. I’ll look it up. Art by Andie Tong. This is a one-shot focusing on the character, clearly teeing up the movie that’s coming at some point. And this pits him against Lady Deathstrike. I thought this was a lot of fun, just a good actiony book.
Justin: A 100%. This feels like if you are excited about the Shang-Chi movie, then you can read this and feel. I think you’re going to get a lot of the elements of the movie right here in this book.
Pete: Yeah, I love this. The art’s unbelievable. The action of course is fantastic. Great to see Lady Deathstrike, not associated with Wolverine kind of doing other things. And yeah, I’m very excited for this and more of it, so I hope this does well.
Alex: Let’s move on and talk about another book that I think was a little hard to hold onto, but there’s still some exciting elements into it. Chained to the Grave number one from IDW written by Andy Eschenbach and Brian Level, art by Kate Sherron. The thing that I really like about this book is it’s mostly about a dude who died, sort of probably bad cowboy, is resurrected by his wife. And is like, “Hey family, let’s go on a voyage of vengeance to take out the people who killed me.” That’s the straightforward part. There’s a lot of other stuff happening in this book, but the art sale is good. Pete, you had to love the big guy. He’s a big hulking guy with half a face and he wants to kill people, right?
Pete: Yeah, I thought it was great. I mean at start it was a little weird, the blow job in front of the kids, but we’ll move right past that. And just kind of talk about a lot of the twists and turns. The art’s really unbelievable. But the character design is really cool. I’m excited for more action and to kind of find out what’s really going on.
Justin: This reminded me of … I forget the title of the book. And I think we’ve talked about it a lot. The woman who lives in the house and the house has a bunch of … there’s blood everywhere all the time.
Alex: Oh, yeah. We consistently forget the title of this book.
Justin: Yes. And I knew it last time when you didn’t know it, and I now don’t know it. It was-
Alex: Murder house.
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: [crosstalk 00:19:41] murder house.
Justin: It’s like House of Sorrows or something like that. But stylistically the art also reminds me a little bit of Chew in a good way. And yeah, this is, it’s fun. I agree. It’s a good read and I really wish I could remember the name of that book that I try to think of.
Alex: I think I read about House of Sorrows or something like that. I’ll introduce the next one, you can look it up if you want. Far Sector number 10 from DC Comics, written by N. K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell. We gush over every issue of this book. I thought this was a particularly good one. And it jumped out to me once again how important it is that not just the writer, but also the artist has stayed consistent for 10 issues on here. It’s made it a really cohesive package following our main Green Lantern. She has been imprisoned and shit goes down this issue. This feels like a lot of what this title has been leading towards. There’s been a lot of stuff happening in the background on this weird planet that she’s been living on. And it’s all coming to head in terms of a revolution. It’s all coming crashing down. Great stuff. This was honestly I think one of my favorite issues of this book so far.
Justin: Agree, to get all these answers.
Pete: And that’s saying a lot.
Justin: Yeah, it is. To get all these answers in this book is so good and sort of restating the thesis, we get a nice lead in page at the top of this issue to really remind us of exactly what’s happening. So many great ideas, so many just … The premise and the philosophies on display here are so good.
Pete: Yeah. I mean, it’s hard to keep coming up with different things to say about how amazing this book is, but the stories continues to impress. The art is so creative and unbelievable. Just every time I pick it up, I’m like, I’m worried it’s not going to be as good as the last issue and it continues to be dope as fuck.
Alex: Next up Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures number one from IDW written by Daniel José Older, art by Harvey Tolibao. We talked about the first issue of Marvel Star Wars: The High Republic. This is part of that expansive overarching story set much earlier in the Star Wars timeline. This one is for all ages readers, which is what IDW does with the adventures one. I thought it’d be interesting to check in with this particularly compared to the Marvel book. What did you guys think about this one?
Pete: Well, I really liked it. I thought it was really cool the way it was kind of split and the story kind of comes together, very, very cool. I liked the art, it was very interesting kind of fresher take on Star Wars. We’re used to a certain style and seeing people a certain way. It was a nice kind of like creative take, it felt like it was a grittier Star Wars which I appreciated. Yeah, I thought it was really cool. Had a great ending that got me excited to read more.
Justin: Well, you know we love this timeline page. But the last book we talked about extensively where they list all the movies and TV shows in timeline, it’s very satisfying to just look at that.
Alex: Speaking of satisfying, what do you guys think of hot Yoda? That’s something we’ve got a little sense of in the Marvel book, but definitely more here.
Pete: What?
Alex: This is a buff Yoda. He’s a little jacked, probably has some abs under that robe going on.
Pete: What are you talking about? Where’s the robe?
Alex: And he is ready for action. He’s young.
Justin: He’s got abs on his forehead. He’s got abs above and below his lips. He’s all abs.
Alex: He’s young, dumb and full of [inaudible 00:23:17].
Pete: Oh my God, that was awful. It was weird how people were like, “Hey, maybe we should think about this.” And Yoda was like, “No, fuck it, we’re in too deep, let’s roll.”
Alex: It was surprising for a kid’s book that he said fuck it in the text.
Justin: Let me say seriously about this, what I like about the choices here, the art is very … it feels very much like a fantasy book. And I think that’s a smart choice for a comic about Star Wars. We’ve seen this sci-fi version of the Star Wars world a lot, to see the fantasy version of it is worth a lot of the roots of the Jedi and everything are, there have laser swords. And this was a very cool version of that. And I like the ongoing monologue from our young force sensitive character that we meet through in this book.
Alex: The other thing is we get a sense of the bad guys, which we didn’t really get in the Marvel book yet. There’s this overarching force of evil. They seem to be augmented in some way that are going to play into this whole high republic story that they’re telling, so that was kind of neat. I assume you guys have not as well, but I haven’t read the novel by Charles Soule necessarily yet, which I think deals with them a little bit more, but that should … it’s interesting. And it’s not as young aiming as you might think.
Justin: A 100%.
Alex: Speaking of things that are not as young aiming, let’s talk about Luna number one from BOOM! Studios by Maria Llovet. Now, Pete, you’re a huge fan of the book Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet. This is following a different girl who also gets fucked by some magical creatures. Pete, what did you think about this one.
Pete: So Zalben you’re like, “Listen, I got to find something that’s creepy enough, but artistically driven enough where I don’t feel so dirty reading it.”
Alex: Here’s the thing, we are still in lockdown. I can not go to the museum of modern art and jerk off there anymore, so I got to find out.
Pete: You mean the museum of sex to jerk off.
Alex: I can’t go there.
Justin: I sadly know he goes to the museum of modern art or the natural history museum. He goes to any museum. He just loves naked.
Alex: I go to the [inaudible 00:25:28] sometimes in the temple of [inaudible 00:25:30].
Pete: Oh my God.
Alex: There’s room in this tube I shout.
Pete: Oh my God.
Justin: The publishers of this book are like, let’s listen to Comic Book Club, see if we have a good quote for the book. No, they mostly talk about one of their hosts jerking off at a museum. I really liked this book. I think Maria Llovet’s art is great. And yes, a lot of her books focus on an innocent woman getting slowly deeper into some sort of mystical-
Pete: Sex cult.
Justin: … thing where there’s sex involved. But it plays really well and I think this one makes sense. She’s the writer and artist so it feels very much like she’s taking ownership of this story. And the tone that her art sets is so good. And so I want to watch it. I want to put it on the wall of the museum.
Alex: Well, I’ll do something to that.
Pete: Oh my God. Don’t do that.
Justin: See you there.
Alex: Yes. I agree with you, her art is fantastic. It is particularly psychedelic here. It’s about this character that travels, I think to the desert though, it’s not 100% clear and maybe take some LSD or something like that. It goes into some very weird visuals. It’s not dark and devilish like Faithless is necessarily, it goes in a different direction. But it’s gorgeous stuff, it’s a little sketchier. I mean that literally like the lions are a little looser than say [inaudible 00:27:07] or something like that. But great, I really enjoyed this book as well. Let’s move on, talk about the Comic Book History of Animation number three from IDW written by Fred Van Lente and art by Ryan Dunlavey. And this one we’re continuing-
Pete: We should get them on the show because I’d love to talk to them about this book man.
Alex: Pete, we just have them on our live show which is available as a podcast.
Pete: We should have them back, I want to talk about this issue.
Alex: All right. Well, in this issue, we’re continuing to deal with the Disney revolution, delving deeper into Looney Tunes, as well as Fleischer creator of the Superman cartoon and other things. Another great issue of this book, imperative, fun. I’m having a blast reading this.
Justin: Yeah. Getting into all these characters that we know you got some Mr Magoo in here, you got your [inaudible 00:27:55], you got your Daffy, you got your Wile E. Coyote, just all your favorites are here. The anecdotes that they incorporate into the story are so good. And this is getting into prime time of this type of cartooning.
Pete: Yeah. And what’s great is not only is it amazing art and fantastic storytelling. We’re also learning stuff and it’s cool. Good to find out about all this, this way. Yeah, I’m having a blast with this, really impressive.
Justin: [inaudible 00:28:26].
Alex: Let’s move on and talk about [crosstalk 00:28:28] King in Black: Marauders number one from Marvel written by Gerry Duggan, art by Luke Ross. In this issue, the marauders are heading to New York sensibly on a mission to rescue the X-Men who have been taken over by Knull the King in Black, but they run into a couple of snags along the way. I thought this was really well done. This is a great book that stands as a one-shot story, tells you enough that you need to know about the marauders while feeding the ongoing story there. You don’t necessarily need to be reading King in Black, but you get enough of a sense of it. That’s a really hard balancing act, but I think they walk it perfectly here.
Justin: Does all that, also telling this tragic story about human trafficking. It covers a lot of bases and it’s just a testament to that, really heads up storytelling to be able to do all that in an issue seamlessly.
Pete: Yeah. I was really impressed with this book. This I think so far is my favorite X-Men book that I’ve read of this new kind of era. And I really enjoyed it. I thought there was a lot of great action, a lot of great kind of commentary by the quote unquote heroes. I thought this was really fun, amazing art, great action. And I love the ending, I thought was so powerful and cool. Man, Magneto dude, that was really crazy with the whole skipping a rock thing and talking, that was unbelievable.
Justin: I also love Magneto at the end. He sort of like laying down in the air hardly. He’s not hovering in a menacing way. He’s feels like he’s sort of reclining in a way. I was like, “Yeah, of course he’s going to sort of lay down a little bit. He’s just tired superhero.”
Alex: Yeah, he’s got a lot of stuff going on.
Justin: Sort of.
Alex: Speaking of a bunch of tired superheroes, let’s talk about Transformers: Beast Wars number one from IDW written by Erik Burnham, art by Josh Burcham. This is a reboot of the classic Transformers: Beast Wars franchise with the transformers heading to earth in dinosaur times, taking the form of dinosaurs. Most of the book though is spent with robots-
Justin: And other beasts.
Pete: Yeah, other beasts.
Alex: Other beasts, sometimes fruit bats or whatever, I don’t know, gorillas, anyway-
Justin: Optimus Primal.
Alex: If this is what you’re into, this is the fuzziest the transformers have ever been.
Pete: Yeah. Beast Wars were big kind of like bringing the transformers back to popular kind of like cartoon Saturday’s styles. And I was a little, I missed Beast Wars. I was kind of done with transformers at that point.
Justin: You grew up, you grew out of it.
Pete: I grew out of transformers little bit although-
Justin: You’re a big boy, you don’t like it anymore.
Pete: I don’t know about all that. But yeah, Beast Wars kind of missed me. But I kind of felt like Zalben when he was reading a transformers book and you were like, “I don’t know who’s who,” and it was a little confusing because I wasn’t as familiar with these transformers. It was a little hard in the beginning with them. By the end I thought it was pretty cool.
Alex: Like Optimus Prime and Megatron?
Pete: No, there were other versions.
Alex: I knew who they were Pete. Everything was very obvious.
Pete: Well, there was a book that you were like weren’t … I don’t know if it was Power Rangers or-
Alex: No, I couldn’t tell any of them apart, they were all robots in this book.
Justin: Well, they’re in disguise. They’re in disguise as cars, so it’s hard to tell who is who.
Pete: Not in this one.
Justin: If I could turn into a car you’d be like, “Who’s that car? Is that Justin?”
Pete: I would know.
Justin: I don’t know.
Alex: I always do that when I’m walking on the street.
Justin: You’re like, “Which car is Justin and which car Pete?”
Alex: I try to start a podcast with every car.
Pete: Oh man. Good luck.
Justin: Yeah, good luck. I loved Beast Wars when the show is on.
Pete: Okay, here we go.
Justin: Of all the cartoons, Beast Wars got into this very philosophical place with the transformers, they were chasing their sparks, they were trying to find out if essentially they had souls, it was so good. And this comic feels like it’s maybe going to get there, I hope it does. This issue really set the stage for that, and I hope they really honor the depth of storytelling they did on this cartoon that Pete was too good for.
Alex: Next up, here’s what I’m sure Justin enjoyed a whole lot. King in Black: Black Knight number one from Marvel written by Simon Spurrier, art by Jesus Saiz. The reason I call it, you like the Black Knight, right?
Justin: I like him. I like his role in The Avengers, and I feel like he … and I do like him, I’m not saying I don’t. But back in The Avengers he was this sort of like, ah, I don’t know what I’m doing. I think he was sort of a precursor to the Hawkeye-effication of so many Marvel characters where he was like, “Yeah, I’m sort of a shit head, I don’t shave, but I put my helmet on and I have my glowing sword. What are we doing today?” And this is a little bit that, but a little bit not that. It sort of had a wobbly beginning, it felt like the premise was really in your face and I didn’t really buy into it until about halfway through the issue. But at the end of it, I thought it was a good issue.
Pete: Yeah. I really love the way this ended. It got a little bit weird at some points, but I love the action. I loved kind of like the whole backstory and why Knull is after the swords and all that kind of stuff like that. I very much by the end of it and I’m very excited for the next issue, I thought this did a great job of laying the groundwork to get you pumped for more.
Alex: Yeah. I mean, to that point, the next issue is I assume ongoing series for Black Knight that is going to pick up here. So to your point, Justin, to me it felt like this is probably stuff that Simon Spurrier is going to deal with more heavily in the series once he gets to it. But he’s kind of playing around with ideas of throwing there, but can’t go all the way, because it was just this one crossover issue where somebody was like, “Hey, what are the characters that say black in their name, have them do a King in Black thing, let’s go.”
Alex: But it’s good issue. And the art is good and it brings us fun characters. And to your point there’s some fun action by the end. Last but not least, Sea of Sorrows number four from IDW written by Rich Douek, art and colors by Alex Cormack. We had Rich on our show a couple of weeks back. What?
Pete: Did you say the last one?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: We didn’t do Fear Case.
Alex: What is Fear Case? Did you make that up?
Pete: No, that’s the … are you serious?
Justin: What is Fear Case?
Pete: Fear Case number one by Matt Kindt.
Alex: Oh, no, I missed that one. Do you want to talk about it, Pete?
Pete: Yeah, I would love to.
Alex: Great, go ahead.
Pete: Okay, I’m sorry. Just I’ve been waiting to talk about this book. I’m very excited about it. This is cool. This is like the setup of this kind of like FBI hazing of like, okay, here is this case that nobody can solve. We’ll let you rookies work on it for a little while. And it really builds it up as like this epic all-time thing that nobody can figure out. And you’re like, “How can this thing be going on for so long?” But really kind of lays out this interesting mythos and very high stakes. I love the art. It’s like sketchy, but cool in this way, that is kind of great. I feel like fits with the story because it’s a little dark and telling this kind of epic tale. I was really impressed with the art and storytelling. This is a fun who done it, what’s going on? How are we going to all figure this out? I thought this was amazing first issue that really got you excited for a bunch of stuff.
Justin: And I want to talk about Hat Dance.
Pete: Oh, okay. Sure. Hat dance number one or which one?
Justin: Number 607. You guys haven’t been reading Hat Dance.
Alex: I want to talk about [Miles 00:36:35] Friends number one.
Pete: Oh, Miles’ friends. Yeah.
Justin: I think you’re talking about Cinderella and I’m here for it, [inaudible 00:36:43].
Alex: Two movies honestly. There’s a whole thing going on with Cinderella, there’s a thing going on with the mouse and the cat. I don’t know, bring it together some way guys. Sea of Sorrows number four from IDW, written by Rich Douek, art and colors by Alex Cormack. In this issue, we are finally getting some hardcore, absolutely gross mermaid attack action here, spoiler, but they reveal what these mermaids look like and it is absolutely horrifying. The slow tension has been building for three issues. The lid is off here and it’s awful. What’d you guys think about this issue?
Justin: Great reveal. This is what I’ve always wanted to see in The Little Mermaid.
Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Pete: Yeah. I thought it was-
Alex: Pete, did you want to read Fear Case or what’s going on?
Pete: No, first off the art is so creepy in all the right ways-
Justin: So good.
Pete: … it’s great. And they’ve been teasing on what’s going on with the kind of what the bad force is driving behind it. And we finally get to really see it in all its glory in this issue. And it is really creepy and messed up, but really interesting to see how they’re going to kind of make it, how these ships are going to do out in the middle of nowhere.
Alex: Awesome, good stuff. And if you’d like to support our podcast, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Coming up, we’d love to chat with you about comic books at Comic Book Live on Twitter, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice. To subscribe and to listen to the show, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, bye.
Justin: Ooh. Short. Hat Dance number 607 guys, check it out.
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WandaVision Episode 4 takes things outside the dome, and officially brings Monica Rambeau, Jimmy Woo and Darcy Lewis into the series. Geraldine, a.k.a. Monica, post-Blip, discovers that something is very wrong in WestView. Things only get weirder from there as SWORD tries to find out who is manipulating Wanda, leading to a shocking twist.
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Full Episode Transcript:
Alex: Welcome to Marvel Vision, a podcast about the MCU, Marvel, and specifically WandaVision. We’re going to be talking about episode four of WandaVision.
Pete: We interrupt this program.
Alex: Thank you, Pete.
Justin: That’s… Wow, way to show and not tell, Pete.
Alex: I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Justin: Shouty Pete.
Alex: And we are very excited to talk about episode four of season one, maybe the only season, we don’t know. Right now it’s a limited series, we’ll see what happens.
Justin: Alex, stop talking about these harsh realities.
Pete: Yeah, geez.
Alex: Maybe this is the final season of humanity.
Pete: Oh, wow man.
Justin: Jesus, Alex is going through it. This show is in your head.
Alex: Pretty soon, as soon as my reality bending powers, as soon as my hex powers develop, that’s it for all of you, that’s all I’m saying.
Pete: Well, if you keep eating those sketchy ass Oreos, yeah, I’m sure it might happen for you.
Alex: Fair enough.
Justin: Yup, that’s how it works.
Alex: So, here’s what we’re going to do, first of all, go watch WandaVision episode four, because we’re going to be talking very broad strokes, probably immediately veer off into theories and things like that, there’s so much to talk about in this episode.
Justin: Certainly.
Alex: So definitely watch that first, because spoilers past this point. We probably could talk quality-wise what we thought about this episode versus the other episodes, as well as theories, speculation, and Easter eggs and things like that, but before we do, it’s time for everybody’s favorite segment, or rather, Pete’s favorite segment, which is corrections and additions. Corrections and additions.
Pete: We interrupt this program!
Justin: Just so we’re clear, this is when Alex walks us through things that he found, that he said incorrectly, and Pete and I don’t ever acknowledge any mistakes.
Pete: That’s right.
Alex: Yup, pretty much. So the first one, right off. This is one that we called right off at the beginning of the third episode, I griped about the lack of episode titles for the show.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: The little caveat here is we actually taped episode three of our podcast before they released episode titles, now they are there.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: I’ll read them off, so I don’t get them wrong. The first one is Filmed Before A Live Studio Audience, second one is Don’t Touch That Dial, third one, Now In Color, and the fourth one is We Interrupt This Pro-
Pete: We interrupt this program!
Justin: He gets it, he gets it.
Alex: I feel like there’s a pattern there, I haven’t really caught on to what it is yet, but there’s definitely something going on.
Justin: I can’t think of anything because of all the shouting from Pete.
Alex: Regardless, though, that’s what’s going on. Obviously, they’re calling on TVTropes throughout there, so that’s pretty cool. A couple of other things, these are little Easter eggs people have mentioned to us either on Twitter, or on our Patreon slack, Patreon.com/comicbookclub. Come join us, hang out, we’ve been speculating wildly about-
Justin: It’s fun.
Alex: It is fun. About WandaVision. So one thing, this is from the first episode, a lot of folks caught on to this, but Agnes called out if she, I’m forgetting the exact line, but she mentions some beer, and she says the beer would be named June 2nd, after her anniversary with Ralph, that was the start of the Salem witch trials, a lot of people caught on to this, certainly there’s been a fair amount of speculation about what’s going on with Agnes, I’m sure we’ll have more this episode as well, but yeah, there you go. More evidence that maybe she is not just a regular resident of Westview, but perhaps the witch, Agatha Harkness from the comic books.
Justin: Hundred percent.
Alex: This is one that nobody thought it was as interesting as I did, but I thought it was interesting. The name of the town they’re in is Westview, which is W V, just like Wandavision, I don’t think that’s a clue.
Pete: Oh!
Justin: No, that’s just letters, that’s just reading letters.
Alex: No, but what the show is doing really well, even through episode four, without jumping ahead, is they’re layering in things that aren’t necessarily like, this is a clue, this is a clue, but just additional things that show that they are paying attention to every detail that is going on.
Justin: That’s right, and that’s not an Easter egg, that’s what we call an Easter basket, which is the not fun part, but a detail that did happen.
Alex: It’s equally tasty though.
Justin: True, eat your whole basket, and I mean the whole thing.
Alex: Start with the basket, eat your basket before you get your candy, that’s what my parents always said. We’re Jewish.
Justin: I save the basket for last.
Pete: I want to just say though, in the beginning of the ep, when they ask the cops where they’re from, and they say Eastview, I touched my heart, because Eastview mall is where I grew up and would ride my bike to to play video games and stuff like that, so that was just like, a little personal shout out.
Alex: Are you an Easter egg, Pete?
Justin: Yeah, he’s our Easter egg, and eventually he’s going to hatch into a full blown Easter monster.
Pete: They had this creepy theme song though that always fucked with me, it was like ‘Eastview mall, just around the corner’, like it was this creepy thing that you couldn’t escape if you ever went there and I did feel like I was in this kind of like, time warp trap thing playing video games for hours on end.
Justin: There it is.
Alex: I’m very excited about this, you’re going to bring the Jersey to this podcast going forward, Pete. The last two things that I wanted to mention, I’m sure there are plenty more Easter eggs that we have not mentioned in the first three episodes of the podcast, one that I thought was super neat, as the color was changing at the end of the second episode, you could see the hydro facility that Pietro and Wanda were held at, it’s even like, legitimately the shot from [crosstalk 00:05:18] that they put onto the wallpaper there.
Justin: Very cool.
Alex: Certainly bringing credence to some theories, perhaps we’re going in other directions with this episode, which we’ll get to later on. Then the last one that I saw a couple people catch onto on the internet, the house number is 2800, which I believe has long been rumored to be the universe number of the MCU, if you wanted to put it in with the comics and everything, but specifically it’s a call out to the fact that the house in Vision, the series by Tom King and Gabriel Walta was 616, after Earth 616, which is the designation of the main Marvel universe in the comics. So just, again, I think it’s not pointing to anything, it’s not like suddenly they’re going to go into comic book world, so much as we’re getting more fun Easter eggs and attention paid to detail.
Justin: And one other thing, the headpiece from what’s his name…
Alex: Grim Reaper.
Justin: Grim Reaper, the vision series, is at least partially, perhaps used as a source material, here, was hidden in the credit sequence, I want to say, the title sequence.
Alex: Yeah, I feel like we talked about this actually.
Justin: Did we?
Alex: Because we went on a whole riff about Wonder Man and whether they’re going to turn Vision into Wonder Man at the end or something like that.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: But again, there’s probably many more things we didn’t catch onto, let’s move into episode four, before we talk about plot points or anything like that, because a lot of stuff is going on here. This of course, is the episode that does, as I speculated… took us outside-
Pete: Don’t you fucking do that.
Justin: Hold for applause, hold for applause.
Pete: Don’t you fucking do that. Don’t like, list the points that like, ‘Oh, I missed all this’, and then be like, ‘Oh, I got this one thing right!’
Justin: I mean, you’ve got to give it to him.
Alex: I’m allowed to be proud of myself.
Justin: You’ve got to call it when you see it.
Alex: I’ve got to get it back somehow, that cred.
Justin: How many times did Babe Ruth point to the outfield, and then he finally hit a home run, right?
Alex: Hey, one out of a hundred is still one out of a hundred.
Justin: That’s a hell of a motto.
Alex: This is the episode that takes us outside, we loop back to the very beginning, we go back even to the blip, which I’m sure we’ll talk about. Big deal right there. Followed Geraldine, she disappears into the dome. We get to see outside with Darcy, from the Thor movies-
Justin: Kat!
Pete: Kat!
Alex: We get to see Jimmy Woo from the Ant-Man, Ant-Man and The Wasp. I was about to say Ant-Man movies, but he’s just in the second one. They’re all teaming up together with some new folks, trying to figure out what’s going on in this dome, by the end of the episode, we loop back to where we left off with Geraldine, aka Monica Rambeau, though we kind of knew that based on casting, popping out there and saying “Wanda, it’s all Wanda, this is her fault,” and that’s where we leave off, so that’s the broad strokes of the plot. What did you guys think about this episode? Very different episode, obviously, because we’re not in sitcom land at all at this point.
Pete: Yeah, I was like, geeking out when we saw the dust reverse from the movies where it was like people coming back. I was like, holy shit. I thought it was really cool the way we’ve been in this separate TV world, and then went into what we know and love from the movies. So I thought that was a really cool, crazy way to start.
Justin: It was-
Alex: How’d you feel about this one, Justin?
Justin: There are two things that really stood out to me. One, the way that they were able to just really drop into the Marvel cinematic universe tone here. Having the first three episodes are very much their own thing, and then instantly, it was like, oh, this is a series of scenes that could be in any marvel movie, and I love that. It’s amazing that they are able to do that so quickly, and how much I as a viewer, love the one liners, action, everything’s movie very quickly, but at the same time, we’re really getting character moments, they’re so good at that in all of the Marvel shows and movies. And the second point is just how they wrap everything up in this episode so we can move forward from here into a totally… the actual story of the show.
Alex: I’ve been worried about Pete yelling at me all day at this point that I’m about to say, he’s definitely going to be like, no, fuck you.
Justin: Yes.
Pete: Oh, this is very exciting.
Alex: So I’ll just pull the bandaid off here. I really like this episode, I agree with you guys, just seeing the MCU literal cinematic nature of it, getting the cold open, going to the Marvel studios logo, going into the main episode, wrapping everything up, well filmed, I loved a lot of moments that I’ll definitely be talking about, I also think this was the weakest episode of the series so far.
Pete: What the fucking shit are you talking about?!
Justin: That was like when your dog is waiting for food and you hold it over his nose for like a couple minutes, and then finally throw it in his big old mouth.
Pete: We can’t keep living in crazy town, we need some reality so we can enjoy it!
Alex: Here’s why, I agree with you, I think this episode was necessary-
Pete: So don’t say that-
Alex: I liked it, I didn’t hate this episode, I’m not saying it’s garbage.
Pete: It sounds like that’s what you’re saying.
Alex: What I’m saying is something that we’ve been talking about, or at least I’ve been talking about with the first three episodes, is-
Pete: Sounds like you’ve been talking about it.
Alex: I’ve been trying to look at them as like, an episodic nature, like how do they work as an episode of television. Because even though they produced Falcon and The Winter Soldier first, this is the first chance we’ve seen Marvel studios do a TV show. So are they trying to do the classic, ‘Oh it’s more of a six hour movie’, or are they actually trying to do TV shows. So far they’ve been really successful on multiple levels in each individual episode of layering in little tiny bits of the plot, making it work as a classic sitcom, but also tying it to something emotionally with Wanda and Vision. Here, I do think there was something thematic, definitely, which we can talk about in a second, but on an emotional level, it felt like more it was filling in gaps in the plot, versus having that strong emotional theme weaving throughout.
Pete: No, no. It was going back and being like, all these weird things we’re going to explain so you don’t seem like a crazy person who’s hanging on to this stuff being like, ‘what does this mean, what does this mean?” We’re going to kind of go back, show you from a different vantage point of what’s going on, so then when we get to the end of the episode and we’re right back in the motion of after she gets thrown out, now we’re really feeling things.
Alex: So you feel like it’s the sort of thing where somebody explains something, and then they explain the same thing back to you, but in a different way.
Pete: No, what I’m saying is, you can’t say garbage statements like ‘This is the weakest episode’ when this episode explained things so you could enjoy it moving forward!
Alex: To be very clear, I’m talking about you, Pete. You were explaining the thing back to me, what I just said.
Justin: Yeah, that’s what just happened.
Alex: We’re in agreement, you’re just ignoring the last point that I made, Pete.
Justin: I feel like I’ve been trapped in a scarlet witch bubble, with this especially shouty episode of crossfire.
Alex: Here’s what I think is going on, I mean I’ll just throw it out there[crosstalk 00:12:21].
Justin: Here, let me say it. I think you’re both actually right. This, dramatically, was the weakest episode, because they had to do all the work that Pete’s talking about that he was looking forward to. This is like, a classic middling episode, where you have your fun, you eat your steak, then you’ve got to eat your vegetables before you get your candy. And this is the vegetables, and here comes candy when we get to see all the ways they’re going to confront scarlet witch. And I think they gave us tastes of that when we get to see her hex powers activated, we get to see the stuff that we’re like, yes, we’ve wanted this, but we’re still not getting it. So it’s an explanation episode tied in with what we’re going to get next.
Pete: Yeah, but here’s the thing. As you get older, the vegetables become something that you look forward to as well, okay?
Justin: That’s not true about you, for instance.
Pete: Okay, well, fine. Me aside, but normal people would agree-
Alex: Pete, like me, is a basket first kind of guy.
Pete: I just think that, regardless of how… I just can’t believe that you guys want to say that this is a shitty episode when there were so many great moments.
Alex: Nobody is saying that.
Justin: We both liked it.
Pete: Literally both of you people- You called it a middling episode, you said it was the weakest one of the thing. I was saying Justin, pay attention. The thing is, it had those great Marvel moments, which is why we’re all here. So saying that this is a bad episode is insane to me.
Alex: Nobody said it was a bad episode.
Pete: Oh my god.
Justin: I think what it is though is the first three episodes had these great, especially the first two, for me, had these great breathtaking moments where you’re like ‘Oh! I can’t believe they’re doing that, that’s such an interesting way of doing that, it’s so meticulously done.” While this dropped back to a form of storytelling that we’ve seen before, that we’ve seen in the movies, and I’m welcoming seeing that, but it doesn’t have those big swing moments that I think really made it stand out in the first two.
Pete: Oh, really? When you got to see what Vision really looks like, that wasn’t a big swing?
Justin: That was cool, but that wasn’t a big swing?
Pete: What are you talking about?!
Alex: Can we get away from this? Because I feel like we’re going to get stuck in a Pete yelling at us episode.
Pete: Well don’t set me up for madness and then get mad at me when I fucking react the how you wound me up to react.
Justin: You’ve set me up for madness!
Alex: That’s my favorite part of King Lear when he shouts that. ‘Your fault Cordelia!’
Justin: You daughters of mine, you’ve set me up for madness.
Alex: Classic, classic scam. Here’s what I did like about the episode that I thought was really smartly done. It was more an intellectual theme than an emotional one, and what they were playing with here, I think, is the idea of people viewing and analyzing and breaking down TV. Like, it’s kind of an obvious thing, but I like the fact that they got to the point where in the middle chunk of the episode, love the stuff with Monica, but she disappears for most of the episode, so it’s hard to hang in emotionally on her. The stuff with Darcy and Jimmy Woo, they’re reacting like us, the TV viewer. So I think the theme that they were playing with here, was spoiler culture, Easter egg culture, analyzing these things, you need to look no further than Jimmy Woo at his whiteboard, jotting down the very things the viewers have been talking about, which is a smart, cheeky meta thing to do, but also something that, potentially, they could have taken and pushed a little further, but I liked that it was there. It made the episode feel richer throughout.
Pete: Also-
Alex: I’m going to hold back from saying anything else there because I don’t want to poke the bear one more time.
Pete: Thank you.
Justin: Poke that bear.
Pete: Also the fact that like, you had Jimmy Woo white boarding it, and then Kat commenting on it being like, ‘Oh, I’m so into this.’ It was really just a fun kind of both worlds type of thing.
Alex: Yeah, I mean, the implication there, this is very much jumping into the episode properly, which I feel like after seventeen minutes of a podcast we probably should do. No, it’s not your fault Pete, don’t give me the finger. It’s all of us, we’re all at fault here. There seemed to be an implication that there are more episodes than we’ve seen.
Justin: Yes, I thought that was cool.
Alex: Like that she’s been binge watching this, she was the binge watcher, Jimmy Woo is the guy that’s analyzing it, he’s looking for the Easter eggs, trying to figure out the mystery, which I thought was great. Like playing on those two levels of how we view TV shows I thought was pretty neat.
Pete: Yeah, who watches the binge watcher. I agree, that felt like definitely a sort of slight hum underneath the whole episode. A lot of TV now is just sort of, hang out TV, like watching people hang out. And this was like watching us watching this TV show in an interesting way, which I’m always here for. But I also think it added some nice little small turns into the mystery, like you’re saying, the fact that there are other episodes. What actually makes them transition between different eras of television? They asked that question and we don’t know the answer. I think it might be the outside influence from S.W.O.R.D. or from whatever. Wanda gets unsettled in the era of television, so she has to reset. It’s all about her resetting once a mistake enters this reality that she’s created. So I thought that was fun, they do a good job of really laying in the mystery in little clues throughout the series.
Alex: Let’s jump back, because we kind of skipped past this moment, and I know that Pete mentioned that he really like it, but I definitely, right at the top of the episode when they started with the great shot of the dust floating in air and I was like okay, is this scarlet witch, what’s going on? Immediately when it started to reform, I said oh shit out loud when I saw it. It’s one of those things that I think is such a great touchstone for bringing you back into the MCU nature here. I don’t think we’ve ever seen an unblip, right?
Justin: At first I didn’t know what it was. I was like, oh, this is a weird thing, I don’t know… and then I was like, oh, of course, it’s a reverse of the blip, that was very cool.
Pete: Very cool, because it was like this thing that the movies would pass by, but because we’re doing this TV show, the fact that we can kind of live in this moment at a hospital where people are just running around like ‘They’re all coming back!’ And just seeing these people appear five years later was just so intense, and then watching somebody come to the realization of that was just unbelievable.
Alex: Well, and I loved… this is definitely, we were talking about this also, not to keep plugging our Patreon slack, but we were talking about what movies you need to watch beforehand. It’s super necessary not just to watch Endgame, but also Captain Marvel before this, because you hear Captain Marvel over Monica Rambeau reforming.
Pete: Yeah, you do!
Alex: Clearly, we find out that her mom has died, which is super sad.
Justin: Sad.
Alex: And then we get a little hint of her with the Captain, was she Maria Rambeau? Was that what it was?
Justin: Maria, yup. Photon.
Pete: Photon.
Alex: Maria Photon Rambeau, when she got in the movie as well. Super fun.
Pete: I was happy we got the picture because I was like wait, where is the Rambeau that I know, and then we saw it, that’s when it really clicked for me, seeing here picture.
Justin: Rambeau?
Alex: The Rambeau you know. Better the Rambeau you know…
Justin: Than the Rambeau you don’t know. Than the Rambeau you don’t Rambeau. I was also going to say the fact that the snap was such a big part of the Infinity War, Endgame movies, I feel like another franchise might be like, all right, we did that, let’s move on. But Marvel does such a good of owning every piece of the mythology here, and to use that as, like you said, a touchstone, I think is just so smart and keeps us always invested in everything that’s come before.
Pete: I mean, I would love it if movies do things, and then TV dives into the minutia about all the little things…
Alex: Yeah, that’s great.
Pete: Very nerdy, very cool. I was losing it.
Alex: So as we’re starting to walk through here, I think two other things that we could potentially talk about. One, sentient weapon observation and response department, that’s what we encounter pretty quickly that was established by Maria Rambeau, up until she died, she passed it off to this guy, Tyler Hayward, who doesn’t seem suspicious at all, but in the comics, it’s a sentient world observation and response department. There’s definitely hints that there’s something more going on there, they’re starting to build weapons.
Pete: Oh yeah, just walking through-
Alex: What are your theories, what do you think is going on here? Does this tie into WandaVision, are they setting up other things for down the road, what’s your take?
Justin: Feels like they’re setting up other things for down the road, I think. The difference between weapon and world is huge. Sentient weapon are like humans. They’re like super heroes, essentially, so the fact that they’re trying to control them kind of reminds me of the comic book civil war, the iron man side, the hero registration act, like a lot of things in the comics that end up being villainous, or something that the heroes have to rally together to defeat. The other side is S.W.O.R.D. was a big part of Skrull, of defeating the Skrulls. One, in disguise, shape shifted into S.W.O.R.D. to try to take control of it over a ton of different comic book stories, maybe that’s another direction we’re going to get here.
Alex: Yeah, I mean, no go ahead Pete.
Pete: The fact that when they’re walking through and it looks like they’re building giant evil robots, I was just like…
Alex: I think that was a space shuttle.
Pete: Was it?
Justin: Maybe a sentinel.
Alex: Oh, there we go. There it is. This is a crazy connection. I did want to talk about this, just because we’re talking about this suspicious guy Tyler Hayward.
Pete: Tyler, don’t trust anybody with that name.
Alex: 100 percent. There’s no Tyler Hayward from the comics, but there was a character named Bryan Hayward who was on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., he was working for Hydra, he was part of project Centipede, which was the super power spine thing that they did for a while. People… we talked about this before on the podcast, but people have picked up a lot of potential connections to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., what are the chances they’re actually going to tie into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. versus just kind of like, skim the surface there, or ignore it entirely and it’s just coincidence.
Justin: I think, at most, skimming. Just like most people, skimming the surface of S.H.I.E.L.D. is sort of the way that it happened.
Alex: Pete, you think full on, the cavalry’s coming?
Pete: Yeah, it would be interesting if it was a sort of S.H.I.E.L.D versus S.W.O.R.D. type of thing that could happen, I don’t know, I’m very excited for more S.H.I.E.L.D. references just because I want to get Coleson in there. And the cavalry.
Alex: This is interesting, Coleson actually was in there. He was in avengers.
Pete: Yeah, no shit dickhead, I’m talking about…[crosstalk 00:23:15]
Justin: I think Jimmy Woo is our Coleson for perhaps, going forward. It’s really cool to see him here, and I think… the Ant-Man and Wasp connection, obviously, but also starting to think about him from the comics, who he goes on to run Agents of Atlas, which is this whole other organization that I think could be fun.
Pete: Plus, I really hope that he does get a family, it sounds like that’s something he really wants, it’s a beautiful little moment there.
Justin: That’s nice, and he also, to carry on his game and style from the original Ant-Man and Wasp movie is super fun. He’s such a different energy from Kat Dennings’ character who is just like, sarcastic and in everybody’s face, and he’s just sort of like goofy and being funny in a totally different way, it’s great.
Pete: I really did like the way Kat showed up, walked through all the madness and was able to right the ship.
Alex: So, two quick things about that. Jimmy Woo introducing his card, he finally learned the card trick from Ant-Man and the Wasp. Super fun, just a fun little bit there.
Justin: Great, so fun.
Alex: Darcy, she’s now got a doctorate, so that’s very exciting. We last saw her in Thor and the Dark Worlds, that’s pretty cool. The other thing that I had a question about, and I think this is like, classic action movie stuff and I’m not mad about it or anything like that, but it was very funny to me that after Monica disappears into the dome or whatever it is, there’s suddenly hundreds of people there, but the only people who are doing anything are Darcy and Jimmy. What are the rest of these people doing?
Justin: They do say it. They do say it’s a huge cross organization, cross military thing, so I think there’s a lot of people just being ready in case something emerges from there. I think it’s soldiers setting up perimeters…
Pete: There’s people who are just studying the force field and stuff like that. I mean, they’re the people who care about what’s trying to happen. There are other people there for different nefarious reasons.
Justin: Nefarious?
Pete: Oh yeah.
Justin: Who?
Pete: You get a giant group of people like that, not everybody’s on the same team there.
Justin: Like people overcharging other people for a bottle of water and stuff?
Pete: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Justin: Like selling T-shirts?
Alex: There’s probably a hot dog man hanging out there and he’s like yeah, they’re five dollars now.
Justin: I used the sell them in this empty field but now all you people showed up and now I’m charging five.
Pete: Now I’m going to be able to retire.
Alex: So there are a couple of those interesting things, talking about the staff that’s working outside here. We find out that the beekeeper, as far as we know, nothing to do with A.I.M. potentially, that was kind of our theory there, but actually is working with S.W.O.R.D., crawls through, and gets changed into this beekeeper once he passes the TV annihilation wall, whatever it is. Yes Pete?
Pete: Not only the beekeeper, but then one of the worst jump ropes ever made. You guys remember that jump rope? It would pinch your skin when you were trying to use it. Just seeing that jump rope made me so angry.
Alex: [crosstalk 00:26:21] No, go ahead.
Justin: Sorry. Pete, how long were you on the Olympic jump roping team, as a child? I know this is a big issue for you.
Pete: It was just a shitty gift that I had to use.
Justin: Sorry, Alex, you probably had a…
Alex: If any of you kids out there are listening to this, use your shitty gifts, too. You can make the Olympics someday like Pete.
Justin: Like Pete did.
Alex: I do think it’s interesting, on that note, we did talk a little bit about Geraldine/Monica having the clothes that she had in sitcom world when she came outside. Same thing happens with this jump rope, coaxial cord, whatever it actually is. So that was kind of fascinating as well to see that some things are left over, some things do make it outside.
Justin: That’s actually an important point I think, because it shows that what Wanda affects in the bubble lasts after it leaves the bubble, or after the bubble goes away. For instance, her children, perhaps.
Pete: A little bit… oh…
Alex: I think the two big ones there are her children, and also Vision, who we get reaffirmed, the Marvel universe knows he’s dead. We do get that horrifying moment, so well done. But the way that was shot, with him blurry in the distance and then cutting to the close up. Like he is caved in on his head from Thanos pulling out the gem, but we don’t get that reveal until she turns around. We’re jumping over so many things that we probably need to get back to in the episode, where Wanda sees Vision, clearly dead, convinces him that he’s alive, says she’s totally in control, and then Monica reveals outside, Wanda, it’s all Wanda. Maybe I’m overthinking it, I’ve certainly been of the opinion for the first three episodes, that yes, this is Wanda, this is all Wanda, and the second I heard that, I was like, no, there’s something else going on here, somebody else is in control.
Pete: Wow.
Justin: Really? That’s interesting, maybe that’s where Agatha Harkness comes in, because I did think it was interesting there’s the montage where they’re naming all the townspeople and what roles they’re playing and we never get Agnes here. So I think that just shows that she is definitely outside of a normal towns person. I don’t know, I took another fact to hear the other way, they talk a lot about the CMBR, the background radiation, or relic radiation, that was there from the Big Bang. I think that is a signal of just how powerful she is, and the fact that what she does is permanent, like as permanent as the Big Bang was.
Alex: The popular theory is this is how Monica is going to get powers. She has powers in the comic books, she’s probably going to take on the name Photon. To take it one step further, I don’t know how much I believe in this, but there’s certainly been a lot of speculation about maybe this series is going to lead into mutants in some way. Certainly Ms. Marvel lives in New Jersey, and we know that’s coming up pretty soon. So if there is some sort of Wanda explosion M. Day style event, or something like that, where it just irradiates all of New Jersey and gives people powers, that would be pretty funny, right? Mutants coming from New Jersey?
Pete: [crosstalk 00:29:35] scary.
Justin: All mutants come from New Jersey? Bummer.
Alex: I’m into it.
Pete: No way, man.
Alex: Wolverine, total hairy dude from the beach.
Pete: Oh my god.
Justin: Ey, it’s me, Wolverine, hey. You like Bruce Springsteen?
Alex: Hey, it’s me, Wolverine “The Situation” Howlett.
Justin: Everybody’s dream. I don’t think that’s the way they’re going to go. I think it cheapens mutants as a thing in the Marvel universe, to have it be just an off hand creation of the Scarlet Witch.
Pete: I had the opposite reaction happen when she was like, it’s all Wanda, I was kind of like yeah, that would explain why she went in and then all of a sudden was kind of mind wiped, and she didn’t know who she was until she touched Wanda’s hand and then she was like oh, and got right into character. So I feel like it does make sense that Wanda is, through this trauma, kind of creating this whole thing for herself.
Alex: So a couple of quick things about the residents, just because we talked about that. Most of their names, as far as I can tell, don’t mean anything. Except for the guy who plays Herb, is named John Collins, which, by the way, I thought it was a very funny note where they were like Herb, played by John Collins, Ms. Hart, played by Sharon Davis, very funny in joke thing.
Pete: Yeah, that was really fun.
Alex: But John Collins who plays Herb, and Sharon Davis, who plays Ms. Hart are both art directors, on WandaVision. I don’t think that means anything, that’s just a fun little Easter egg they put in there.
Pete: A little nod.
Alex: Also, I definitely don’t think this is an Easter egg in any way, it just made me laugh. Mustache man, his real name is Harold Copter, which is basically helicopter, very close, he just has a doofy name, there you go. And then there was one other thing… Oh, let’s talk about Agnes, and how she does or does not connect to whoever’s in witness protection, because that’s a very offhand thing that they throw out. That’s the impetus for Jimmy Woo being there at Westview, because their person in witness protection has disappeared. He used him, as a pronoun, and then Darcy enters he, so we can kind of assume this is a man. My first thought was oh, okay, Agnes is the one in witness protection. Probably not, who is it? That’s got to play in at some point.
Justin: I agree. I’m curious, maybe this is where we get the Grim Reaper and Wonder Man connection, and maybe that’s what sets her off initially? Because we do need to find out what triggers this trauma, because it clearly wasn’t the death of the Vision, like we had speculated.
Pete: It seems like it is.
Justin: I think that’s the underlying issue, but that’s not the actual catalyst that caused her to take over the town with her hex powers and build this TV reality. Something happened there, and we just don’t know anything about what that is, and that may be the mystery that we’re going to unravel going forward, and I think it will have to do with Agatha Harkness, Agnes in there, and whoever this missing person is going to end up being.
Pete: So just real quick, you’re saying if somebody you died, you wouldn’t go to New Jersey, kick everybody out of a town, and then start your own town based on television shows that you saw from your childhood?
Justin: I mean, are you saying if I have scarlet witches powers, or I just have to, myself, go to a town in New Jersey, and be like, hey, get out of here, I’m doing a little play about my dead friend.
Pete: I’m going through a loss and I need to work this out.
Justin: My friend Pete died, and he wanted me to come to this small New Jersey town and take it over briefly.
Alex: Very briefly turn it into Tommy Boy, a fantasy of Tommy Boy.
Pete: Oh! Please!
Alex: I’m with you Justin, I think-
Pete: If I die, you’ve got to re-enact Tommy Boy.
Justin: Re-enact.
Alex: This is what, in my mind, pushes the ‘no, they’re telling us to early that Wanda is the villain of this piece’ there’s something else going on here. To throw out a couple of theories that are probably very wrong, but the person in witness protection could be Ralph, Agnes’ husband that keeps getting mentioned that we’ve never seen. It’s also possible it could be a villain, it could be a Strucker, like we’ve talked about before, or somebody from Hydra who had to be in witness protection, started A.I.M. there and there was some sort of inciting incident event that kicked Wanda into high gear here. We don’t have enough information yet, but it’s too much of a dangling detail not to follow up in some way.
Justin: I also think- go ahead Pete.
Pete: I was just going to say the fact that Kat is watching the shows and taking notes, and then the commercials came up and she didn’t say anything, to me, kind of felt like it would be Hydra, that that would be the…
Justin: It is very funny.
Alex: I feel like they’re not quite looking into enough theories.
Justin: 100 percent, they’re treating commercials like actual commercials in TV shows, like oh, we don’t need to watch this let’s go to the bathroom. But it’s like, no, those are clues! Those are big clues guys, pay attention.
Pete: Fast forward through this, we don’t need to see this commercial.
Alex: What other clue, and again, maybe I’m reading too much into it, but those weirdly ripped cops from Eastview right at the top of the episode? Definitely felt like there was something going on with them. They were a little too ominous, I felt, for what the role demanded.
Justin: I feel like those are somehow creations of Wanda as well, to try to keep people out, and their job is to turn people away who happen to go in, despite the sort of hex on the town. Jumping back a little bit though.
Alex: Wait, sorry, one last thing that I want to say about the cops. I didn’t even catch on to this, this was Brett White, a friend of our show who we work with, caught on, but their license plate does say 1966 on it, and that’s the year that A.I.M. was introduced in Marvel comics.
Pete: Wow, that’s a deep cut.
Justin: That’s a deep cut right there. Could also be pretty arbitrary, because I do think to your point earlier about who’s causing this. The fact that in the comics, Agatha Harkness was the next door neighbor to Vision and Scarlet Witch and was observing Wanda, I feel like maybe in the years since Vision died, her powers started to deepen, and maybe she was losing control of them, so Agatha’s there to monitor her as a danger, because she’s sort of losing control, and then perhaps this villain that was there, is someone who is pushing her powers, pushing her trauma, which causes her to finally go into this fantasy world. And that would, I think, play into the Grim Reaper Wonder Man side of it.
Alex: Well, I guess we’ll see what happens there. Before we move on here, we’ve certainly speculated quite a bit, but there’s lots of other great moments in the episode. Pete, anything you want to call out in particular?
Pete: I couldn’t get enough of Kat in this episode, where she talks about… she has so many great one liners, and it’s also really fun how quickly she’s able to assess what’s going on, process it, and make decisions, like that whole clown car comment and then when she was breaking it down, like they have no idea what’s happening, all of us in here are just kind of like a crazy shot in the dark, I did really like how she broke down, she washes dishes once an episode, barf, and then the twins, what a twist, I love that.
Alex: Yeah, Justin, what about you, any moments you want to call out?
Justin: The whiteboard, I think is something we didn’t really talk about. You do see on one side of it, Skrulls sort of on the edge, I thought that was interesting, and then the first question up top was ‘Why the hexagonal shape?’ Which I thought was something, that feels like a clue as to maybe…
Pete: Yeah, because there’s a beekeeper, and then that shape.
Alex: Yeah, I do wonder, getting back to the A.I.M. theory, we talked about the hexagons, I think in the first episode of the podcast, so I like that we weren’t necessarily on the wrong track with that, but what if it is, again, I know I’m sticking with this thing, but what if it is Wanda into this, because Vision is alive, she has kids, she’s happy, so that’s what’s keeping her along, but at the same time, her subconscious is giving out clues of A.I.M. with the beekeeper, with the hexagons, with these other things sort of shouting under everything that’s going on to try to free herself.
Justin: I think that’s true, and that keeps her as a hero, I think throughout this story, because I don’t think we would want to lose that.
Pete: Also, I liked the, again, this thing that Vision doesn’t like what’s going on. Like the shot of Vision kind of like ‘Hey, what’s wrong Wanda?’ And she’s like ‘Everything’s fine let’s go watch something.’ And he’s like hmm… So I’m glad that they’re keeping that theme going on for what’s to come. I feel like there’s going to be a real WandaVision showdown at some point.
Justin: And I think an emotional showdown and something where maybe Scarlet Witch will have to give up her love for him. Let him go.
Pete: And great use of Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix there at the end, that was really nice.
Justin: That’s another thing that I wanted to say, the credits are starting to be influenced by the content of the show, in the background, maybe I hallucinated this, but isn’t the dead Vision head in the background of the credits?
Alex: It was, yeah.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: I thought that was interesting as a little nod there.
Alex: Good stuff, let’s talk about what’s on your vision board for the next episode. Justin, you want to go first?
Justin: I feel like we have to jump back into the Wanda side of it and get back into some TV after this episode. This was a nice break, but we’ve got to get back to those big breathtaking moments we saw early, and then my long term vision board, is Wanda, I know I just literally said the opposite of this, but is Wanda being set up as the next big villain?
Pete: What?
Justin: Is she perhaps being positioned the multiverse of madness. She seems like she could be a big creator of that, or queen of that. Does this series push her into that way and then this becomes the true first step into the next phase of the cinematic universe?
Alex: Pete, what about you, what’s on your vision board?
Pete: Well, for me, it’s who do we send into the bubble next? Now that this failed with Rambeau, who do you send after Rambeau?
Justin: What about Rambeau? The voice of freedom.
Pete: Right, but I’m just saying, who do we have on the roster that we can send in next to kind of get more information, which I’m excited about.
Alex: Rambeau, we already said that.
Pete: Yeah, yeah, I’ve…
Justin: Or, I’ve got a good one. How about Jersey Wolverine, this new character we created?
Pete: Forget about it. I feel like we are going to go back into the sitcom world a little bit, but I’m excited to see who Jimmy’s going to get on his team to send in next.
Alex: Yeah, we’ll see. Getting backing to what we talked about right before this section, I think the thing that I’m really looking forward to; Is Vision exploring this more? We got a hint to this, I think the first three episodes really worked as an Act with an emotional arc, the thrust, with everything. Potentially, what we’re getting here, this three episode chunk is more, okay what’s going on in the outside world versus the inside world, but what I want to see is Vision explore his instincts and continue to push this because he’s dead, so if he tries to go outside this dome, what happens to him? What happens to emotionally, when he starts to not trust Wanda maybe not as much? We’ve seen them together, now potentially we see them break apart, that’s going to be very emotionally fraught, and I’m excited and nervous to follow it going forward.
Pete: Plus there’s this whole-
Justin: I think he turns into a Roomba, if Visions leaves…
Alex: That’s how I got my Roomba.
Pete: You killed Vision for your Roomba?
Alex: Yeah.
Pete: That is too much.
Alex: Roomba’s slogan is every Roomba was a husband someday.
Justin: That’s exactly right. The second season-
Pete: By that logic, you could be turned into a Roomba.
Alex: If it happens, it happens.
Justin: That’s the fear we all have. Season 2, Wanda Roomba.
Pete: I just wanted to quickly talk a little bit, like topically, having this right now, this bubble going on, while we’re all kind of living in this dome of oh shit, I can’t go outside without all this stuff on is kind of crazy and freaking me out a little bit.
Alex: Yeah, no yeah, that’s a good point.
Pete: It’s very timely, and I’m freaked out.
Alex: Sorry Pete.
Justin: No doubt about that.
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On this week’s comic book review podcast:
Riverdale Presents South Side Serpents #1
Archie Comics
Story by David Barnett
Art by Richard Ortiz
Captain Marvel #25
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Lee Garbett
The Department of Truth #5
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Firefly #25
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Pius Bak
Future State: Suicide Squad #1
DC Comics
Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams
Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin
Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Pugh
Future State: Dark Detective #2
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson
Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis
Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Riley Rossmo
Future State: Aquaman #1
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Daniel Sampere
Future State: Batman/Superman #1
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Ben Oliver
Post Americana #2
Image Comics
Written and art by Dave Skroce
Daredevil #26
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Chechetto & Mike Hawthorne
Monstress #31
Image Comics
Written by Marjorie Liu
Art by Nana Takeda
The Other History of the DC Universe #2
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Nailbiter Returns #9
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Mike Henderson
X-Men #17
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Brett Booth
Spawn #314
Image Comics
Written by Todd McFarlane
Art by Carlo Barberi
The Last God #12
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Riccardo Federici
Something is Killing the Children #14
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
Strange Adventures #8
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner
An Unkindness of Ravens #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Tyler Crook
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Full Episode Transcript:
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Alex: What is up everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.
Justin: I’m Justin.
Pete: I’m Pete.
Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out this week, kicking it off with Riverdale Presents: South Side Serpents from Archie Comics, story by David Barnett, art by Richard Ortiz. This is part of a slate of comics that Archie has started releasing that aren’t exactly in continuity with the shows, but they include the characters the way they appear on the show. They’re kind of like halfway between the monthly comics and the shows themselves. This with a Madam Satan one-shot spinning off and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina that we talked about. This one of course is spinning off of Riverdale [crosstalk 00:00:46].
Pete: I wish I would’ve known that before I read it, because I read it and I was like, “Holy shit, everything’s going to change.”
Alex: Yeah. Well, no, it’s out of continuity.
Pete: They killed some people in this comic.
Alex: They straight up killed some people. I got to tell you, I mean, to start there, I was surprised how hardcore this was.
Justin: Me too. This book went hard from beginning to end and I will say, “I like this.” To me, I mean Archie Comics for a decade has been taking big swings with a lot of their choices, a lot of their … especially their one shots like this and they’re limited series. But with this like putting it in between Riverdale featuring Toni Topaz here which was great. And then having both Hot Dog show up drawn like Hot Dog from the Double Digest. As well as a murder happening involving Hot Dog, I was like, “Okay, we’re going for it here.”
Alex: So the plot of this book if you haven’t picked it up is that Jughead is tasked by FP to go rejuvenate the serpents, FP can see that they’re getting older. He wants them to go out, get some young blood in there. Things go very, very wrong. The thing that I think this book did so well is the serpents are way too friendly on the TV show. They’re supposed to be the most hardcore biker gang, but they was like, “We’re hardcore, we’re fucking helping out with community service. And now we’re going to assist the police department. Look how hardcore we are.” Here they’re an actual biker gag, and they’re treated like an actual biker gang. And it works really well to the devastating end of the book.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: Yeah, I agree. It was also nice to take you back to this time in Riverdale, we’re all Riverdale fans, and to sort of position us sort of earlier, this was like season two Riverdale it felt like, was really fun as well.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Good stuff. Definitely check. Oh, go ahead.
Justin: Wait, Pete’s going to weigh in.
Pete: I really liked this. I loved all the action, it moves really well. It feels like Riverdale, but it has its own kind of flavor, which is cool for the comic. And I thought the art was great and the storytelling was really impressive how well this moved. I had a great time.
Justin: A lot of biker gangs have a crown that the head of the gang wears.
Alex: This is true, like the hell’s angels.
Justin: Yeah, fairy famously, and some anarchy.
Alex: [inaudible 00:03:17] biker gang that we can name which is, what is that, Justin?
Justin: That biker game, there’s the wheels, the wheelies.
Pete: The Wheelers.
Justin: The wheelers, that’s it.
Alex: Yes. Captain Marvel number 25 from Marvel written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett. This is a title that we haven’t talked about too much, but as it is hitting an anniversary issue, we do like Kelly Thompson in particular here on the show, I figured it was worth talking about. Captain Marvel is trapped in a post-apocalyptic future where the son of Namor and Amara has lead ways everything, using captain Marvel for his evil plan. As usual with Kelly Thompson book, I thought this is a lot of fun. I had a blast reading this. What about you guys?
Pete: Yeah. I mean, as parents, you have to feel that if your son or daughter stabs a stuffed animal dolphin, you better address that early. Otherwise that’s really going to get out of hand and lead you [crosstalk 00:04:14].
Justin: Well, the question is, at least in my household is it during stabbing practice or is it [inaudible 00:04:19].
Pete: Oh, oh, oh.
Justin: Because if it’s during stabbing practice it’s good.
Pete: It’s fine.
Alex: I’ll tell you what, quarantine school has been weird.
Justin: Yeah, they’re doing a lot of real post-apocalyptic lessons are going around. Obviously Pete you’re not a parent, but there is a lot of zombie preparation-
Alex: Smart.
Justin: … how to, like early cannibalism stuff.
Pete: Is it like machete upkeep and stuff like that?
Alex: [crosstalk 00:04:44] and the teacher on the Zoom was saying, “Okay first graders, are you distilling your pee properly so you can drink it?”
Pete: Oh my God. That’s so creepy.
Justin: That’s why it’s really important to potty train them, so you don’t lose that precious pee.
Alex: What’d you think about this book, Pete?
Pete: I loved it. Oh, that was gross.
Justin: Precious Pete.
Pete: Oh man, I don’t want it. Yeah, I really liked this, a lot of over the top action, which I enjoyed. Fun kind of Namor a story, classic tale of raising somebody who is going to murder their father. It was just classic fun stuff. You guys have to be worried about that, getting murdered by your own kids. That’s got to be something that waves on you.
Alex: You keep throwing this back on us.
Pete: I mean, that’s something that you got to be worried a little bit about as a parent that you’re raising the person who’s going to kill you.
Alex: I’m much more worried about you killing me Pete than I have my kids at this point.
Justin: 100%.
Pete: Oh well, that’s smart.
Justin: That’s the real threat, keeps us up nights.
Alex: Speaking of things that are … Oh, go ahead.
Pete: But I love that art. I love the action. This is some great, yeah, the Thor was just fantastic and this is really fun.
Justin: Yeah, Bridget. It’s funny reading this alongside Future State over on the DC side of things, because it feels very much like a Future State book in the Marvel Universe. And it’s fun, I like books that take us into alternate futures where shits fucked up.
Alex: Well, let’s go to an alternate present where shit is fucked up in The Department of Truth number five from Image Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This is a big one for anybody who’s reading the series. It’s about a department that is tasked with taking care of conspiracy theories here. Our main character is finding out a bunch more about the other side, Black Hat, and what’s going on with them. Maybe this doesn’t change everything, but it certainly comes close to it. How’d you feel about this issue?
Justin: I’ve not been shy to say I love this series. I think this series is just so present, it’s feels so real. It’s about how if enough people believe in conspiracy theories, they become real. And like what truth is, it is something I think we as a nation, as a world grapple with literally every day. And so this book does such a good job between the art and the story of really just getting inside my brain.
Pete: Yeah, this is really kind of crazy cool. The conspiracy stuff is one thing, but just the art and the storytelling, unlike how this all kind of unfolds for the main character that we’re following here is tripped out in all the right ways. It’s just really great kind of like conspiracy story telling that kind of feeds into fears and kind of deep thoughts in all the right ways. I think this is a really creative book that is really doing an amazing job.
Alex: I feel like we’ve said this here on the show before, but it struck me with this issue in particular, this feels like a lost Vertigo book down to the art and the writing and everything, and it’s awesome. Firefly … Oh, go ahead.
Justin: I was going to say just an excellent Vertigo book.
Alex: Yeah. A lost Vertigo book that should have stayed lost was what I was saying.
Pete: Whoa.
Alex: Should’ve stayed in Karen Berger’s drawer.
Pete: Oh, come on, what? You mean drawer?
Alex: Come on.
Pete: You saying drawer?
Alex: Yeah, I was trying to say that.
Pete: Okay.
Alex: Firefly number 25 from BOOM! Studios written by Greg Pak-
Pete: Greg Pak.
Alex: … art by Pius Bak. We talked about the special, the end of The Blue Sun Rising, just being an awesome Firefly story. Here after all of this prequel stuff, we’re moving beyond serenity. We’re showing what happens years later. There’s a big twists here. I thought this is great. As much as I like the stuff that went before, I’m very excited about this direction for the book. It tells a good story. If you have watched all the Firefly and Serenity, you can jump in right here, you don’t have to read anything previous. And that is very exciting.
Justin: Yeah. For Greg Pal to tell a great story that really nails all the characters, but it also feels like it’s expanding the universe as a prequel, and then to jump into sort of where the story is continuing from any fan, whatever they’ve taken in for this show and movie is great, such a smart move, I love that he’s guiding this ship.
Pete: I wanted to read something, speaking of fans, a fan of our show reached out to me and was just wondering, we had Fred Van Lente on a bunch, but they’re asking me when the fuck Greg Pak is going to be on, so I wanted to kind of turn that over to Alex and just be like, “Hey, when the fuck is Greg Pak going to be on the show so we can talk to him.”
Justin: Let me throw this out to you Pete, are you the fan that reached out to you?
Pete: No.
Justin: Sounds a lot like you.
Alex: We’ll try to have him back on scene, we always love having him of the show. Thanks for writing in, Pete. Let’s move over to our Future State block. Here’s the issues that came out of Future State this week. Future State Suicide Squad number one, Future State Superman Versus Imperious Lex number one, Future State Dark Detective number two, Legion of Superheroes number one, Aquaman number one, Batman and Superman number one. Now, as we’ve been doing in the past couple of weeks, instead of talking about absolutely everything, I want to call out what our favorites were, and I’ll turn to you Justin first. What was your favorite or favorites from these Future State titles this week?
Justin: Once again, I liked a lot of these books. I feel like they’d been really crushing it, but my favorites were, let me throw it to Superman versus Imperious Lex.
Alex: Oh, that’s what I figured. I say that’s what I figured because that was also my favorite. And that’s a book, it’s written by Mark Russell, who’s one of our favorites here on the show, art by Steve Pugh. And it shows a Future State, a future society where Lex has taken over a planet, Superman and Lois come head to head with it. Ridiculous parodied, a lot of fun at the same time, Justin.
Justin: And I do think Mark Russell has done such a good job. He’s so good at bringing real issues into his comic book work, famously first on the Flintstones book that he did. And then a bunch of other things that he’s done. And this to really weave big interesting ideas about how people, populaces are controlled by their leaders and economics, how economics drives people into a far Future Superman United Planets, Lex Luther story, I think was great. There’s a bunch of humor here as well. It’s just a book of ideas and I love that.
Alex: Pete, what about you? What jumped out at you this week?
Pete: I liked Future State Dark Detectives number two. I really liked this kind of like a gritty future Batman. And I also really liked the second story with a Rose, guessing Slade’s daughter. But just-
Alex: That’s an in continuity character by the way. That’s not just a Future State character.
Pete: Oh, okay.
Alex: Just for clarification.
Pete: Thank you.
Alex: But just to mention before you get too far into it, written by Mariko Tamaki and Joshua Williamson, art by Dan Mora, who you love from Once & Future, and Giannis Milonogiannis. And the first story is about Bruce Wayne after he’s been “shot and killed” coming back and try to figure out what he is now. The second one is a Red Hood story, which is basically straight up Akira in a very fun way. Justin, what’d you think about this one?
Justin: I like both of these stories. The Bruce Wayne story at the front of this is so good. The art, the Dan Mora art is excellent, and really I would love to see this as just an ongoing series of Bruce Wayne in a future where he has been killed, figuring out what he’s going to do next and finding his way back is great. And then the backup story really felt a lot like Nightwing [inaudible 00:13:02] relationship, but put on with Red Hood and Rose, which I thought was a cool sort of mapping, and with the Akira stuff you’re talking about as well.
Alex: The one that I was completely surprised that I loved was Future State Aquaman number one, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. I don’t usually like Aquaman stories at all, but this one is showing Aqualad all grown up training the daughter of Aquaman and Mera. They accidentally ended up in this conjoining of seas, I think it’s called the conjunction or something like that, that travels across different planets. They get trapped, they get separated, Aqualad’s been in prison for years. And finally, spoiler, but he gets some hope that the girl he’s been in charge with maybe still alive somewhere. This was bad-ass, like we were talking about, this is something that I’m like, “I want to read this book.” And this is such a strong concept right here. I want to see where this goes. I want to see them go through all these seas, go through all these worlds, try to find each other. That’s very exciting. And the art from Daniel Sampere-
Pete: Oh my God.
Alex: … is awesome as well, but fantastic. My jaw dropped, I was so surprised, I like this so much.
Pete: Yeah. And I really liked the Black Manta stuff as well. It was like the right amount of beautiful tripped out colors for all these different kinds of worlds and stuff. I was really impressed by it.
Justin: I also want to throw it out to the Suicide Squad Future State book. This was really great as well. Really surprising, well-written dark take, featuring a ton of characters that I didn’t expect to really see together and just really smart observations of these characters.
Pete: The second story, Black Adam really looks like The Rock, it’s like holy shit, all right guys, we get it.
Alex: Yeah, that was a weird one for me. But just to mention the writing team of that, written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams, art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin. And real quick, before wrap up, here are the other ones, Future State Legion of Superheroes number one written by Brian Michael Bendis, gorgeous art as always by Riley Rossmo. And then there’s also Batman Superman number one, which is interesting one.
Pete: That’s the one I wanted to talk about.
Alex: Written by Gene Luen Yang and art by Ben Oliver. Because this actually isn’t very Future State. This is, if Future State is 10, 15, 20, whatever years down the road, this is five years down the road with our Batman and Superman right before things go wrong, which is a fascinating tack to take, Pete, take it away.
Pete: Yeah, I really thought this was, first off the banter back and forth between Superman and Batman was amazing. I also really liked this kind of false face thing. And then Superman realizing why masks are good was really cool. And I really liked this toad character that was introduced. Yeah, I was really impressed with this. Might not have been that far in the future, but man, this was a really cool book. I really liked it. And I’m trying to think, I also read the Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, number four. And that was-
Alex: Pete.
Justin: Totally [inaudible 00:16:24].
Pete: I’m just putting it out there, we’re doing a quick review thing here.
Alex: No, no, no, but it’s not Future State.
Pete: Well, it is DC.
Alex: You keep doing this. I send you a list of comics and you are like, I read these five other comics.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: I just think that the story is really-
Justin: I just love comics.
Alex: Great. Pete, when we get to it, I read Amazing Spider-Man as well, so I just want to talk about that.
Pete: Great. I’m just wanting to say real quick though, the Harley Quinn thing at first, the White Knight Presents, I didn’t, but now it’s really going well and I’m really impressed with it. And I thought it was a really great story and it’s worth checking out.
Justin: Really grabbing the mic.
Alex: How was Usagi Yojimbo, Pete?
Pete: I look forward to checking that out.
Alex: Wow.
Justin: Wow, shame.
Alex: What a hater. Post Americana, oh.
Justin: Hold up. One last thing about Future State. I think that DC should do this, pick a month every year, do this. It introduces so many interesting ideas. They could reflect whatever the ongoing stories are in the main titles in their Future State titles, introduce a bunch of new artists and writers into this world.
Pete: I think that’s what they’re going to do.
Justin: I don’t think they’re going to do that, but I wish they did.
Pete: I think they are.
Alex: That’s a great idea. I mean it’s clearly like it was originally there to give everybody space on the schedule and everything, at least in terms of the writers and artists, but this is great. I’m so happy with all of these books.
Pete: I also wanted to say in the Future State Legion one, the amazing last page, that was a really fun issue.
Alex: Sure.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: Post Americana number two from Image Comics written and art by Dave Skroce. This is a wild book, we talked about the first issue of this taking place in post-apocalyptic world. When we left off, our main characters have been captured by cannibals who wear human skin. That’s where this issue picks up. Pete, you got to love that, picks up right where it left off basically.
Pete: Huge fan.
Alex: This book is fucked up at exactly the right way. It’s like Crossed, but not as dark I guess, with a little bit more of a mission to it.
Justin: I don’t know. It feels a lot just like Crossed. I don’t know where you’re seeing the less darkness. There’s less like coming on bullets before you shoot them at people.
Alex: Sure, that’s fair.
Pete: I would say-
Alex: But the main lady has no limbs, but she calls her robot limbs and then kicks the ass of the cannibals, so that’s pretty fun.
Pete: It’s like Iron Man. I would say this is like a really dark version of Wall-E a little bit, like a real fucked up Wall-E.
Justin: Oh, Wall-E, interesting. I don’t get that.
Alex: Well, there’s a male character and there’s a female character like Eva.
Justin: Oh, interesting. None of them are robots. And there’s a lot of other people there and many of them cannibals, which if I remember Wall-E correctly it’s very light on cannibalism. Am I wrong there?
Pete: Yeah, it is.
Alex: Did you watch the director’s cut?
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: It’s on Disney plus.
Pete: I was just talking about the people who are on vacation, looking at the news and kind of taking it all in. And that kind of little bit was very Wall-E.
Justin: Oh, I see. Yes. I mean, to be fair, that is reminiscent of Wall-E. That was one panel.
Pete: Still reminded me of Wall-E dickhead.
Justin: You said this book is like a fucked up wall-E, and that is taking one panel and being like, this is … If I heard that description, I was like, “Oh, okay, fucked up Wall-E. I love Wall-E, I wish he was more fucked up. Let me read it.” And I was like, “What’s that dude Pete talking about?”
Pete: Because there’s one panel that really reminds you of Wall-E.
Justin: Okay, it’s hard to argue with you.
Alex: It’s a fictional story like Wall-E.
Pete: Yeah.
Justin: My life’s a lot like Wall-E in that I occasionally watch a silent film.
Alex: This book is insanely over the top odd purpose, but I’m enjoying it two issues in-
Pete: I am too.
Alex: … and I’m excited to see where it goes. Let’s move on to talk about Daredevil number 26 from Marvel written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Checchetto and Meek Hawthorne, Mike Hawthorne. Excuse me, I don’t know why it’s spelled Meek, like the character for the Guardians of Galaxy, not Guardians of Galaxy, [inaudible 00:20:39], and World War Hulk.
Justin: Yeah, we can just cut this part out of there.
Pete: World War Hulk is right.
Alex: Mike Hawthorne, this is taking Daredevil who was in prison, mixing it up with King in Black. It is, Ted’s fucked up with an amazing last paddle. I’ll tell you what, I am vehemently against venomizing everything in the Marvel Universe, yet I love this, and I’m not 100% sure why.
Justin: Well, I think it’s just really well handled. There’s a sort of kid and parent venomization here that is legit scary. I love the Electra taking over from Daredevils in prison. I love Electra being the Daredevil on the street. That’s such a fun story. To see them all having to handle the King in Black stuff is wild. And I loved that it didn’t take over, all the characters get to shine still. And this last bit where we … spoiler, but Daredevil gets venomized and you get to be in his head.
Pete: You love that.
Justin: I loved it. I thought it was so smart.
Pete: Yeah, I was really … There’s a lot in this comic which is great. A lot of very interesting ideas in this comic, the whole prison scene, and where Daredevil’s getting kind of lectured and talking about the difference between white and black. He can just take off the mask and be somebody else, really powerful stuff, really cool. It’s very interesting to see Kingpin. I am not tired of this idea of Kingpin being a public figure. And we know him as this evil person and he’s like, it’s just very … I love this idea and I’m not sick of it. And I hope it continues around Daredevil.
Alex: One thing that I really loved was getting to see the moment when the mayor of New York finds out that venom symbiotes have attacked the city. I feel like that’s something that you’d never really get to see at all in a comic book crossover, because it’s always focusing on The Avengers, focusing on the superheroes. You never get to see the government, except later on when captain America is like, “Can you send out the national guard?” And they’re like, “Yeah, absolutely.” You never get to see that moment they’re like, “Oh, aliens attacking again. You got to get out of here.”
Justin: It’s funny too because I feel like I’ve heard mayor de Blasio talk a lot about them, the venomization of New York.
Alex: Oh yeah, he always talks about that.
Pete: I’m sick.
Justin: I mean, to be fair, he’s often jumping to conclusions.
Alex: Right. Well, you remember when those venom symbiotes attacked New York, he was like, “Alternate side of the street park [inaudible 00:23:18].” It’s very niche content.
Pete: Yeah, it is.
Justin: It is very New York focused content.
Alex: Great comic though. Let’s move on and talk about Monstress number 31 from Image Comics written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda. Now we had talked about Monstress: Talk Stories, the two-part book that came out before this, after not talking about Monstress for a very long period of time. I thought those were awesome, so I thought it was worth checking out this book, the main book and seeing how it’s going. I still love the art in this. This is such a weird wild world that is fascinating to jump in with, the mythology is so different and interesting to read. But what did you guys think about it?
Justin: Yeah, I agree with you. This is very much to me, and I haven’t read a lot of this book, but it’s very much to me like all of the cut scenes from Final Fantasy game just sort of put together. And I love that, so I thought this was a fun read.
Pete: The art is really impressive in this book and it’s really a lot of fun, the different monsters and stuff and the different kind of animal people that we kind of see in this is very cool and worth checking out alone. But you guys, this has to be a dream of yours. Just sit down and have a father, daughter conversation as you sit on a pile of skulls and just kind of have a father daughter talk or a father son talk, that’s got to be something that you guys look forward to as parents.
Justin: Hmm, didn’t go where I thought it was. Yeah, sure. I mean, after stabbing practice obviously we do sit on skulls after.
Pete: Obviously after, yeah.
Alex: Exactly. Let’s move on and talk about The Other History of the DC Universe number two from DC Comics, written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, where the first issue of this book focused on black lightning, here we’re jumping over to the Teen Titans and looking to two characters there. I got to tell you, I mean, this issue was phenomenal as the first issue is phenomenal.
Justin: It’s so good.
Alex: It’s fascinating personally reading this for me because I am much more familiar with what happened with black lightning. And there’s much more touchstones in that book than here, because I never read Teen Titans growing up. I had no idea what was going on there, the continuity. This is definitely, I understand this feels like the decades, but none of these stories, other than Titans Hunt which we talked about at a live show a couple of months ago, and some of the Deathstroke stuff, none of it really feels familiar with me. But at the same time I love this story and I love the idea of taking two characters who were in Teen Titans showing their diverse opinions, their diverse ideas, views of what was going on throughout the history of the DC Universe. This is such a cool project. It’s very exciting.
Justin: It’s just so smart the way it takes two characters and really weaves their stories together with observations that … A lot of the things that happen in this from the original comics are ridiculous. But to then weave them into one story with actual commentary of what a real person would think, I think it just works so well, on top of that weaving in like real-world events and the perspective of these two African-American characters in a world where, which they talk about a lot where everyone else is white essentially, it’s just really well done. This is necessary reading I think right there.
Pete: Yeah. I didn’t know how much I wanted this until it happened, just to have that kind of commentary on the stuff that we know from the years of reading comics is just so rich and great and such a cool idea. Art’s amazing. I’m really impressed with the writing and storytelling. It’s a must pick up.
Alex: Great stuff. Let’s move on and talk about Nailbiter Returns number nine from Image Comics written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, not Meek Henderson or anything like that.
Justin: No, that would be [crosstalk 00:27:24].
Alex: That was so much fun.
Justin: Well, I guess we’ll have to cut this out too.
Alex: Yes. In this book we’re finally getting a lot of answers about what has been going on in Buckaroo with the butchers. We get the [inaudible 00:27:38] back on the villain of this series. Another just great issue, like the theology that they keep fleshing out here is so impressive and so much fun.
Justin: And we finally get the eyeball licking that I think we’ve all been asking.
Pete: Oh, man.
Alex: Absolutely. I’ve been begging for it. I’ve been writing them every week. Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?
Pete: Yeah. You guys are big eyeball lickers, this is right up your alley. This book has started at such a crazy place. And I think every issue like, oh, okay, now I understand. But it keeps getting more and more insane in such a great way. It heightens and makes things even better than you thought. I’ve been really impressed with the kind of unraveling of the stories, if you will. And man, this is so intense and gross and over the top in all the right ways, the arts fantastic. And man, eyeballs are gross.
Justin: Yeah. But I agree and the amount of sort of dream logic that’s been used in this book, I was really surprised by, but it’s been great and it really keeps you guessing throughout.
Alex: Next one, I’m very excited and I mean this earnestly to find out what Pete thought about this book, X-Men number 17 from Marvel Comics, written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Brett Booth. In this issue the X-Men in classic uniforms, X factor uniforms journey to Shi’ar space and have a classic nineties style fight to save [inaudible 00:29:18]. Pete.
Justin: Save Xandra.
Alex: Oh yes.
Justin: This generation’s [inaudible 00:29:24].
Alex: Yeah, sorry. Pete, if there is any issue of X-Men, it had to be this issue, right?
Pete: Sure. I mean, it was very kind of like, it was a little nineties art that was a little bit like, holy crap, when does this take place in the timeline? But man, yeah, it was enjoyable. I mean the phone call was a little ridiculous. And there was still something that I was supposed to read that didn’t in the middle of it.
Alex: Oh my God, that was so much fun. [crosstalk 00:30:00] Bobby.
Justin: It was very fun.
Pete: I’ll never know.
Alex: Chilling out having a hilarious time. So funny.
Pete: I mean, it’s nineties excellent fun is what it is and all the right ways. And so that part is very cool.
Justin: This to me was such a wild read. Coming off of X of Swords and everything that’s been going on in the X-Men books, to read this sort of love letter to the Chris Claremont era of X-Men, drawn by Brett Booth with all this really goofy shit going on between Sunspot and Cannonball. Throughout the whole issue I was like this, it just feels like Jonathan Hickman is like, I’m going to do whatever the fuck I want. And this is what I want to do right now as a palette cleanser after X of Swords, and here it is.
Alex: It’s great. I could not believe where they had that splash page of Jean Gray and psych labs in the X-Force uniforms storm in her classic uniform, just walking out and like posing in [inaudible 00:31:03] field style. That’s great.
Justin: There’s this panel on page nine or something with storms in the front and then behind you got like Cyclops and Jean just flirting in the background. I was just like, this is so … And I love seeing that.
Alex: Me too.
Justin: I was like, it’s such a flashback.
Alex: And the other thing that we get a tease of here is there’s going to be an actual vote online to choose the new member of the X-Men, which is so fun. I just love the fact that they’re having fun.
Pete: You think that’s fun?
Alex: What?
Pete: You think that’s fun?
Justin: I do think it’s fun. Here, let’s list the options here, and then let’s hear who everybody thinks. We’ve got Banshee.
Pete: Can we talk about the … in the middle of this giant epic fight, she calls home for help. And we got to listen to this douchebag talk about a fire sale and how he’s making money off of it. Do you guys know what a fire sale is? Do you know what … I mean, this is like, it’s very …
Alex: It’s for Sunspot.
Justin: Yeah.
Alex: That’s what he does.
Justin: Yeah. It was fun. It was weird and fun. That’s what the point of it was.
Pete: Cool.
Alex: What is your problem with the X-Men vote, Pete? Is it that you have to use a computer, which you don’t know how to use yet?
Pete: Yeah, that’s exactly it.
Justin: Let me throw it down. Let me list the X-Men, Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo, hugely famous Tempo, Cannonball, Sunspot, Strong Guy, Mero, Armor.
Pete: Armor.
Justin: Who’s your pick?
Alex: I do like Armor.
Pete: I go Armor.
Alex: Wait, who is on it then? Who is already on the team? Because I don’t know the list, obviously seen Cyclops, Jean Gray, Storm.
Justin: Yeah, I mean, I don’t know either. I think it’s sort of up in the air maybe or maybe it’s decided.
Alex: Who’s the first batch again?
Justin: Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo.
Alex: Ooh, I want to see if Storm is on the team. I want to see Forge on this team. Because I want to see that old nineties tension between them. That’d be fun.
Justin: Yeah, they had a lot of tension.
Alex: Yeah.
Justin: I’m definitely going for Strong Guy.
Pete: Really?
Alex: Love it.
Justin: I love Strong Guy.
Alex: All right.
Pete: No Boom Boom.
Justin: Fun character. Funny character. A lot of pathos underneath his his powers, great, great character.
Alex: I got to assume Wolverine is the other one, right? It’s Wolverine and Storm, Cyclops, Jean Gray and whoever the fifth one is.
Justin: It’s a bunch of X-Men. I don’t know. We don’t know. Remember every other X-Men book has been like, look, a bunch of random experts.
Alex: It’s true. All right. Let’s throw it out to Pete the page here with a [inaudible 00:33:49], Spawn number 314 from Image Comics, written by Todd McFarlane, art by Carlo Barberi. In this issue Spawn meets a larger Spawn.
Pete: Yeah. And is immediately confused why this larger spawn would be attacking him. He’s like, “Hey, wait, we look similar, we should be on the same size, giant spawn.”
Alex: What I love about this giant spawn, having not read many issues of Spawn before this, is it is entirely possible this large spawn was introduced prior or this large spawn was just introduced this issue. But either way is fine.
Justin: Let me just throw out there, he fights a larger spawn, is captured, and then that larger spawn is like, “It’s time to meet my master, who is the large and even larger spawn.”
Pete: And even larger spawn, because [crosstalk 00:34:39], well, you can’t get larger in that spawn. And by the way our spawn is so small in comparison to the large spawn and then even larger one. But what’s fun-
Alex: Here’s my question, why do they keep calling each other spawn? Because that’s like their designation, right? It would be like, if we kept calling each other a human or something like that.
Justin: Yes.
Alex: It’s weird.
Pete: Well, human.
Justin: It is weird. Yeah, they should have a short hand, because they’re all in the spawn business together.
Pete: I really liked this twist at the end where it’s like, oh man, you giant spawns are going to get taken down by even smaller spawn. What a twist.
Alex: Remember that he’s not a spawn, I think he’s sharp night guy.
Pete: He’s night spawn, that’s [crosstalk 00:35:24].
Alex: Oh, he’s night spawn, was that medieval spawn?
Pete: It’s medieval spawn. I don’t know if it’s medieval. It looks like a night spawn.
Justin: I think, and it wasn’t introduced in issue six or something crazy, way back in the day.
Pete: What, medieval spawn?
Justin: Yeah.
Pete: That was-
Alex: Before we move on here-
Pete: No, no, that was a crossover event where medieval spawn was its own comic series for a little, dark ages spawn.
Justin: Yeah, that’s right. I’m starting to think this Todd McFarlane guy is trying to sell some action figures.
Pete: Well, he is, he makes a lot of them, and it’s smart. Because if I was a kid I would want all the spawns, but the dark ages spawn is where [crosstalk 00:36:01].
Alex: But as an adult you know better.
Justin: As an adult you put away childish things.
Pete: That’s right.
Justin: And you’d have no interest in having any of these action figures.
Alex: Pete, before we move on, I just want to ask, did you like this comic book?
Pete: Yeah, what’s not to like?
Alex: Your voice was very high.
Justin: Wow, really high-pitched answer there, Pete. And let’s just, for the listener, Pete, is sitting on a pile of spawn action figures as if they were skulls.
Pete: Yes.
Alex: The Last God number 12 from DC Comics written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Riccardo Federici. This is wrapping up the first maybe arc of this book. But it definitely wraps up the story that we have here as our friends to try to take down The Last God, I guess.
Pete: Yeah.
Alex: Big revelations here, some big deaths. What’d you think? How’d you think about this story as a whole over the course of 12 issues?
Pete: Epic. I really love the storytelling, and [inaudible 00:36:58] is like we see them in action, but as the issues go on, we get little bits and pieces of their backstory, I think done so well, while telling a bigger story. The action and the lead-up of the ending of this was just really well done. And I wasn’t the biggest fan of songs or whatever, but it really kind of fit. I loved all the back matter and the maps and stuff. This was just a fantastic epic story that I think really 12 issues of just gold.
Justin: It’s really beautifully drawn. The story’s great. And the fact that it ends with this just great song where we see all the characters, it feels just like a montage at the end of a epic trilogy. I want to see this as a TV series more than I want to see The Lord of the Rings series that’s in development at Amazon.
Pete: Wow.
Alex: Couldn’t agree more. Let’s move on and talk about Something Is Killing the Children number 14 from BOOM! Studios, art by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell’Edera. Here we’re getting our hero finally fighting back against the monsters who are the ones killing the children. Justin, I know you’ve been, frustrated is probably too strong a word, but you’ve definitely felt like this title needs to get somewhere. Did you feel like it got there with this issue?
Justin: Yes, it does feel like this is the issue that’s sort of moving into what this arc is about. When so many of the issues in this arc were very much like we got to fight this stuff, we got to get out there and do this. And we were getting little tidbits. Let me start over, this arc felt like it was going to be this huge backstory arc, really getting us to the next phase. And then it didn’t do that. And then this feels like it does it.
Alex: What about you, Pete? How’d you feel about this issue?
Pete: I disagree a little bit with Justin. I think this continues to be amazing. I didn’t think-
Alex: It’s very good. The art is very good. The fight sequences are awesome in this book.
Pete: Yeah. I’ve just been impressed with it from start to finish, but I think that we do kind of get to see the main girl kind of views her kind of veteran’s styles to kind of work her kind of magic a little bit. I’m glad we got to finally see that. And I love the whole bit about her working out some anger issues, oh, that just spoke to me in ways that you can’t believe. But I want to get one of those mass to walk around with the light that she has. I think that’d be really cool. But yeah, I can’t say enough great things about this book. This is really glorious.
Alex: It’s good staff. Moving on to Strange Adventures number eight from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Doc Shaner. In this issue the Pykkts finally attack earth. The whole Justice League is on the offensive, Adam Strange of course is caught in the middle. And in the backstory, finding out more about what’s gotten with Adam Strange, and it is starting to feel like maybe he’s the bad guy here. What do you guys think about what’s going on?
Justin: I mean there’s … Go ahead. You go.
Pete: Yeah, so I’ve been a little frustrated with this up until this issue, because I felt like we haven’t really had enough information to really kind of piece together what’s going on. In this we get a lot of information which is great and much needed. The very crazy cool touching stuff with the daughter here. Yeah, I felt like this finally started to click for me and I was like, “Oh my God. Okay. Now I’m understanding things a little bit more and I want to go back and read it from the beginning.”
Justin: I mean, this book is so good. It’s such a stressful read, like a lot of Tom King stuff. The tension in this book, it’s just palpable throughout. And we have Adam Strange in the last couple of issues. We found out that he’s been tortured basically for a million lifetimes, just absolutely brutalized. And in this issue, it just rephrases him. He’s gone through so much trauma. He’s like a fully broken person. And Doc Shaner’s art like, he still has these perfectly clear blue eyes, but you just see the pain that he’s in and how he is just not capable of being a hero. And that adds so much dread to the scenes with his daughter. And then meanwhile, you have Mr. Terrific and Batman trying to sort through with great sequences of Mr. Terrific answering trivia questions from one of his fears. I’m so excited to see where this is going.
Alex: I am starting to feel despite what I said at the beginning, that this is more about perspectives on war and how nobody is right. That there isn’t really a villain. I know I said maybe Adam Strange was the villain, but I think he committed atrocities, the Pykkts committed atrocities. That’s what happens in war. We know that Tom King has been in wars. He was in the CIA. He knows how this works. And I think that’s what he’s writing about here is that from the perspective of your side, of course you’re right, but that doesn’t mean that you’re right for the perspective of the other side. And I think that’s what he’s playing with here.
Justin: There are no heroes.
Alex: Exactly.
Justin: It’s very hard to have a hero when you’re in a war where both sides are fighting to kill and fighting for their lives. And I think that’s what we’re going to get next issue.
Alex: Yeah. Next up, An Unkindness of Ravens number five from Boom! Studios written by Dan Panosian, art by Marianna Ignazzi. This is the end of the first arc, first book, whatever you want to call it, of this title. We’ve had our main characters try to figure out what’s going on in this weird small town here, spoiler, but she finds out her mother is alive. She had a twin sister who had some power maybe, but it turns out actually she didn’t. It turns out she might have the power. She might be the one that is supposed to complete this coven of witches or whatever is going on here. We were big fans of this from when they started. How did you feel about how it wrapped up?
Justin: I liked this so much. I think it’s set up a good mystery. I really, the art is so approachable, it makes you really feel like you’re right alongside the main characters. And this last couple of pages reveal is just so sweet. And it does such a good job, especially with the art of being very like Archie or comic books Sabrina. But having more mature themes and more sort of deeper storytelling than those original comics.
Alex: Pete, what about you?
Justin: I really like this, this continues to be a fantastic book. I’ve been really impressed with kind of how we’re finding out the information as this story is going. And this whole thing about this kind of coven of witches called the ravens. And it’s just very cool. And I really liked this kind of mother daughter interaction. I feel like it’s very kind of like old timey versus now times. This kind of like, there’s a bigger picture and then … But somebody just so caught up in their own shit, they can’t kind of see the bigger things going on. I was really impressed with that. The art is glorious. I’m really into it and I’m excited to see how this kind of unfolds what choice she makes moving forward, what team she’s going to choose.
Alex: Good stuff. Last but not least, Colonel Weird: Cosmagog number four from Dark Horse Comics, excuse me, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tyler Crook. This is also wrapping up this title exploring one of the members of Black Hammer. There’s a big emotional catharsis that happens here as he moves forward in his history. I thought this title was awesome. Just Tyler Crooks art is phenomenal.
Justin: So good.
Alex: The writing is great. We’ve talked about this before. I’ve said this before, but it’s like Slaughterhouse-Five in space. Good stuff.
Justin: Centered on an Adam Strange type of character. I mean, we’ve talked a lot about eyeballs in this episode The Stack.
Pete: Yeah, sure have.
Justin: And in this comic like-
Pete: Eyeball heavy stack.
Justin: Yeah, eyeball heavy. I’ve been just licking these eyeballs, lapping them up. And this, you just see so much pain in the different versions of Colonel Weird throughout time, throughout this book. And it’s just so good. It’s such a well done story.
Pete: I think the cover says so much. It’s like The Little Prince and Outer Space, but sad.
Alex: That cover is so good. Go ahead, Pete.
Pete: Yeah, it’s really unbelievable. I feel like I want to read it all again because it ended and I was like, “Wait, what?” I wasn’t sure how great the ending is until I want to go back and read it all again. But it was really cool, very creative and the art’s unbelievable.
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Justin: Time for stabbing rehearsal.
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King in Black #3
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Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #1
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Rain Like Hammers #1
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Rorschach #4
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Abbott 1973 #1
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Stillwater #5
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HAHA #1
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Written by W. Maxwell Prince
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King In Black: Thunderbolts #1
Marvel
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
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Future State: Teen Titans #1
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On our final comic book review show of 2020, we're chatting:
Batman Annual #5
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For our final live podcast of the year, we're counting down the Best Comic Books of 2020! Featuring guests Tom McClsve and Ben Ciufo Green ("The Blue Podcast") and comedian Keith Lowell Jensen!
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The Best Comic Books of 2020 are:
10. Once and Future
Boom! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
9. Excellence
Image Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Khary Randolph
8. Superman Smashes The Klan
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Gurihiru
7. Daredevil
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Jorge Fornes, Marco Checchetto, Christopher Mooneyham, Manuel Garcia, Francesco Mobili and Mike Hawthorne
6. Strange Adventures
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner
5. Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go…
IDW
Written by Joe Hill
Art by Gabriel Rodriguez
4. Far Sector
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisin
Art by Jamal Campbell
3. The X-Men Books
Marvel
Written by Vita Ayala, Ed Brisson, Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman, Tni Howard, Benjamin Percy, Zeb Wells and Leah Williams
Art by Mahmud Asrar, Viktor Bogdanovic, Joshua Cassar, Carmen Carnero, Stefano Caselli, Leinil Francis Yu, Carlos Gomez, Pepe Laraz, Matteo Lolli, Phil Noto, Rod Reis, R.B. Silva and Marcus To
2. Immortal Hulk
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett, Javier Rodriguez, Nicholas Pitarra, Butch Guice, and Mike Hawthorne
1. Ice Cream Man
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martin Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran
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On a special bonus podcast, we're doing a spoiler-filled review of Wonder Woman 1984. Plus, we break down the news that Wonder Woman 3 has been fast-tracked.
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Dark Nights Death Metal: The Secret Origin #1
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder and Geoff Johns
Art by Jerry Ordway, Francis Manapul, Ryan Benjamin & Richard Friend, Paul Pelletier & Norm Rapmund
King in Black #2
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Dan McDaid
Ice Cream Man #22
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
Labyrinth: Masquerade #1
Archaia
Written by Lara Elena Donnelly
Illustrated by Pius Bak, Samantha Dodge and French Carlomagno
King-Size Conan #1
Marvel
Written by Roy Thomas, Kurt Busiek, Chris Claremont, Kevin Eastman and Steven S. DeKnight
Art by Steve McNiven, Pete Woods, Roberto de la Torre, Kevin Eastman and Jesús Saiz
An Unkindess of Ravens #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi
Sea of Sorrows #2
IDW
Written by Rich Douek
Art and Color by Alex Cormack
The Last God #11
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Riccardo Federici
The Department of Truth #4
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
The Comic Book History of Animation #2
IDW
Written by Fred Van Lente
Art & Letters by Ryan Dunlavey
Doctor Doom #10
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Salvador Larroca
Sea of Stars #8
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron and Dennis Hallum
Art by Stephen Green
Transformers/Back to the Future #2
IDW
Written by Canan Scott
Art by Juan Samu
Action Comics #1028
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by John Romita Jr.
The Scumbag #3
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Eric Powell
Scarenthood #3
IDW
Story & Art by Nick Roche
Color by Chris O’Halloran
U.S.AGent #2
Marvel
Written by Priest
Art by Georges Jeanty
Undiscovered Country #11
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcelo Grassi
Something is Killing the Children #13
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Rich Douek (IDW's "Sea of Sorrows") + Phillip Kennedy Johnson ("Superman" and "Action Comics," Marvel's "Alien")!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Black Cat: King In Black #1
Marvel
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by C.F. Villa
Blade Runner 2029 #1
Titan Comics
Written by Mike Johnson
Art by Andres Guinaldo
The Expanse #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Corinna Bechko
Illustrated by Alejandro Aragon
Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #3
IDW
Written by Joe Hill
Art by Gabriel Rodriguez
Commanders in Crisis #3
Image Comics
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Davide Tinto
Rorschach #3
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Decorum #6
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mike Huddleston
New Mutants #14
Marvel
Written by Vita Ayala
Art by Rod Reis
Post Americana #1
Image Comics
Story & Art by Steve Stroke
Batman #105
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Carlo Pagulayan & Danny Miki, Alvaro Martinez & Christian Duce
Stillwater #4
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #4
BOOM! Studios
Written by Al Ewing
Illustrated by Simone Di Meo
Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #2
Marvel
Written by Vita Ayala, Saladin Ahmed and Chris Claremont
Art by Greg Land, Kev Walker and Salvador Larroca
Head Lopper #14
Image Comics
Story and Art by Andrew Maclean
Dark Nights: Death Metal #6
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo
Seven to Eternity #15
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Drawn by Jerome Opeña
The Immortal Hulk: King in Black #1
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Aaron Kuder
The Immortal Hulk #42
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
Once & Future #14
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Art Baltazar and Franco ("ArkhaManiacs")!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing:
Home Sick Pilots #1
Image Comics
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Casar Wijngaard
Venom #31
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Iban Coello
The Comic Book History of Animation #1
IDW
Written by Fred Van Lente
Art & Letters by Ryan Dunlavey
Sweet Tooth: The Return #2
DC Comics
By Jeff Lemire
Scarenthood #2
IDW
Story & Art by Nicke Roche
Colors by Chris O’Halloran
Vampirella: The Dark Powers #1
Dynamite
Written by Dan Sbnett
Art by Paul Davidson
Seven Secrets #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Crossover #2
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
Spider-Man #5
Marvel
Written by J.J. Abrams & Henry Abrams
Art by Sara Pichelli
American Vampire 1976 #3
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Getting It Together #3
Written by Sina Grace & Omar Spahi
Art by Jenny D. Fine & Sina Grace
Origins #2
BOOM! Studios
Creat by Arash Amel, Lee Krieger and Joseph Oxford
Script by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Jakub Rebelka
King In Black: Namor #1
Marvel
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art by Benjamin Dewey
The Vain #3
Oni Press
Written by Eliot Rahal
Illustrated by Emily Pearson
Red Sonja: The Price of Blood #1
Dynamite
Written by Luke Lieberman
Art by Walter Geovani
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Scott Zakarin and James Gavsie (Ride Share Podcast) + Ryan Haack ("BRIC-A-BRAC #2: A Fantasy Christmas Story")!
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On this week's Stack we've got reviews for:
King in Black #1
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman
Batman/Catwoman #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann
Lumberjanes: End of Summer #1
BOOM! Box
Written by Shannon Waters & Kat Leyh
Layouts by Brooklyn Allen
Illustrated by Alexa Bosy & Kanesha C. Bryant
The Union #1
Marvel
Written by Paul Grist
Pencils by Andrea Di Via w/Paul Grist
Justice League: Endless Winter #1
DC Comics
Written by Andy Lanning & Ron Marz
Art by Howard Porter
That Texas Blood #6
Image Comics
By Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips
Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Filipe Andrade
Unearth #8
Image Comics
Story by Cullen Bunn and Kyle Strahm
Art by Baldemar Rivas
Batman #104
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Ryan Benjamin & Danny Miki, Bengal & Guillem March
Backtrack #9
Oni Press
Written by Brian Joines
Art by Jake Elphick
M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #1
Marvel
Written by Jordan Blum & Patton Oswalt
Art by Scott Hepburn
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #20
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jordie Bellaire & Jeremy Lambert
Illustrated by Ramon Bachs
Far Sector #9
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisen
Art by Jamal Campbell
Dryad #7
Oni Press
Written by Kurtis Wiebe
Illustrated by Justin Barcelo
Black Widow #4
Marvel
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Elena Casagrande and Jordie Bellaire
Strange Adventures #7
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Inkblot #4
Image Comics
Created by Emma Kubert & Rusty Gladd
Daredevil #25
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Marco Checchetto
The Boys: Dear Becky #7
Dynamite
Written by Garth Ennis
Illustrated by Russ Braun
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest T.E. Marshall ("In Teddy We Trust")!
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On this week's Stack podcast:
The Other History of the DC Universe #1
DC Comics
Story by John Ridley
Layouts by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Finishes by Andrea Cucchi
Monstress: Talk Stories #1
Image Comics
Written by Marjorie Liu
Illustrated by Sina Takeda
Power Pack #1
Marvel
Written by Ryan North
Art by Nico Leon
The Department of Truth #3
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed, and Brandon Thomas
Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scot Eaton, and Thomas Mandrake
Nailbiter Returns #7
Image Comics
Written By Joshua Williamson
Art by Mike Henderson
Daredevil #24
Marvel
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Pencils by Mike Hawthorne
Undiscovered Country #10
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
An Unkindness of Ravens #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi
The Last God #10
DC Comics
Created and written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Riccardo Federici
Chu #5
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Dan Boultwood
X-Men #15
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Excalibur #15
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli
X of Swords: Destruction #1
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard
Art by Pepe Larraz
The Scumbag #2
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Andrew Robinson
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Captain America #25
Marvel
By Ta-Nehesi Coates & Leonard Kirk
Back-up by Anthony Falcone and Michael Cho
Rorschach #2
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Sea of Sorrows #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Rich Douek
Art and colors by Alex Cormack
Marvel Indigenous Voices #1
Marvel
By Jeffrey Verge, Rebecca Roanhorse, Darcie Little Badger, Stephen Graham Jones, Taboo & B. Earl, Weshoyot Alvitre, Kyle Charles, and David Cutler
Barbalien: Red Planet #1
Dark Horse Comics
Script by Tate Brombal
Story by Jeff Lemire and Tate Brombal
Art by Gabriel Hernández Walta
Commanders in Crisis #2
Image Comics
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Davide Tinto
The Amazing Spider-Man #53
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Mark Bagley
Dark Nights: Death Metal #5
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo
Seven to Eternity #14
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Drawn by Jerome Opeña
Venom #30
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Luke Ross
Usagi Yojimbo #14
IDW Publishing
Written, art and letters by Stan Sakai
Batman #103
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Carlo Pagulayan & Danny Miki and Guillem March
Black Magick #16
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Nicola Scott
Juggernaut #3
Marvel
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Ron Garney
You Look Like Death: Tales From The Umbrella Academy #3
Dark Horse Comics
Story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Art & Colors by I.N.J. Culbard
Stillwater #3
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
The Immortal Hulk #40
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
Big Girls #4
Image Comics
Story & Art by Json Howard
Widowmakers #1
Story by Devin Grayson
Pencils and Inks by Michele Bandini
Ice Cream Man #21
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo
X-Force #14
Marvel
Written by Benjamin Percy and Gerry Duggan
Art by Joshua Cassara
Hellions #6
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Carmen Carnero
Cable #6
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Phil Noto
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On this week's packed live show, we're welcoming Kylar Merrell ("Stonewood Mountains") + Isaac Goodhart ("Victor & Nora: A Gotham Love Story") + Travis Gibb ("Cthulu Invades Oz").
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On this week's comic book review podcast, we're chatting:
Punchline #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns
Art by Mirka Andolfo
Taskmaster #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Vitti
Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl #1
Image Comics
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Marcelo Frusin
Resident Alien: Your Ride’s Here #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Peter Hogan
Art by Steve Parkhouse
American Vampire 1976 #2
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
The Amazing Spider-Man #52
Marvel Comics
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Patrick Gleason
Scarenthood #1
IDW
By Nick Roche & Chris O’Halloran
G.I. Joe #10
IDW
Written by Paul Allor
Art by Chris Evenhuis
Dark Nights: Death Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme! #1
DC Comics
Written by Frank Tieri, Becky Cloonan, Sam Humphries
Art by Tyler Kirkham, Rags Morales, Denys Cowan
Marvel Zombies Resurrection #4
Marvel Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Leonard Kirk
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #2
Dark Horse Comics
Story by Gerard Way & Shaun Simon
Art by Leonardo Romero
Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp #2
IDW
Written by Marieke Nijikamp
Art by Yasmin Florez Montanez
Getting It Together #2
Image Comics
Co-creators and Co-Writers Sina Grace & Omar Spahi
Art by Jenny D. Fine
Marauders #15
Marvel Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan and Benjamin Percy
Art by Stefano Caselli
Excalibur #14
Marvel Comics
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Phil Noto
Wolverine #7
Marvel Comics
Written by Benjamin Percy and Gerry Duggan
Art by Joshua Cassara
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guest Nick Roche ("Scarenthood")! Plus prizes, Q&A and more!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Crossover #1
Image Comics
Story by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw
Sweet Tooth: The Return #1
DC Comics
Creator, writer, artist Jeff Lemire
Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan, Matthew Rosenberg and Declan Shalvey
Art by Adam Kubert, Joshua Cassara and Declan Shalvey
Origins #1
BOOM! Studios
Created by Arash Amel, Lee Krieger and Joseph Oxford
Script by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Jakub Rebelka
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #1
Dark Horse Comics/IDW
Written by Jody Houser & Jim Zub
Line art by Diego Galindo
Backtrack #8
Oni Press
Written by Brian Jones
Art by Jake Elphick
U.S.Agent #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Georges Jeanty
That Texas Blood #5
Image Comics
By Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips
Mighty Morphin’ #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Illustrated by Marco Renna
Spy Island #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written bye Chelsea Cain
Art by Lea Mitternique
Web of Venom: Empyre’s End #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Guiu Villanova
Batman #102
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Carlo Pagulayan
Dryad #6
Oni Press
Written by Kurtis Wiebe
Illustrated by Justin Barcelo
The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #4
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by r.m. Guéra
Thor #9
Marvel Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Nic Klein
Wicked Things #6
BOOM! Box
Created and written by John Allison
Art by Max Sarin
DCeased: Dead Planet #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine
Inkblot #3
Image Comics
Written by Emma Kubert
Art by Rusty Gladd
X-Men #14
Marvel Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mahmud Asrar and Leinil Yu
Marauders #14
Marvel Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Stefano Caselli
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Kenny Keil ("Smoove City") and Eben Matthews (Macroverse)!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1
IDW
Story by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird & Tom Waltz
Script by Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman
Layouts by Kevin Eastman
Pencils/Inks by Esua & Isaac Escorza
X of Swords: Stasis #1
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman
Art by Pepe Larraz and Mahmud Asrar
Wynd #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Michael Dialynas
Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of the New God #1
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV, Bryan Hill
Art by Jesus Merino, Nik Virella
Sex Criminals #69
Image Comics
By Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
Stranger Things: Science Camp #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jody Houser
Pencils by Edgar Salazar
The Immortal Hulk #39
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
The Last God: Songs of Lost Children #1
DC Comics
Created by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Written by Dan Watters
Art by Steve Beach
The Department of Truth #2
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Martin Simmonds
G.I. Joe #9
IDW
Written by Paul Allor
Art by Ryan Kelly
Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Tyler Crook
Chu #4
Image Comics
Written by John Layman
Art by Dan Boultwood
Batman: Three Jokers #3
DC Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jason Fabok
Ascender #14
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Shang-Chi #2
Marvel
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Dike Ruan
Undiscovered Country #9
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Batgirl #50
DC Comics
Written by Cecil Castellucci
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Marguerite Sauvage, Aneke
Bliss #4
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Caitlin Yarsky
An Unkindness of Ravens #2
BOOM! Studios
Written by Dan Panosian
Art by Marianna Ignazzi
A Man Among Ye #3
Image Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Craig Cermak
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On this week's live show we're welcoming guest Francois Vigneault (Oni Press "Titan").
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for:
The Scumbag #1
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Lewis Larosa
Fantastic Four #25
Marvel
Written by Dan Slott
Art by R.B. Silva, Paco Medina and Will Robson
Madam Satan #1
Archie Comics
Story by Eliot Rahal
Art by Julius Ohta
Iron Man #2
Marvel
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Cafu
Stillwater #2
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Ramón K. Perez
Batman #101
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Guillem March
Black Magick #15
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Nicola Scott
Werewolf By Night #1
Marvel
Written by Taboo & B. Earl
Art by Scot Eaton
Big Girls #3
Image Comics
Story and art by Jason Howard
Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #1
DC Comics
Story by Katana Collins and Sean Murphy
Dune: House Atreides #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Illustrated by Dev Pramanik
Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King 1
DC Comics
Written by Peter J. Tomasi, Tony Patrick
Art by Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere
Something is Killing the Children #11
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Illustrated by Werther Dell’edera
Excalibur #13
Marvel
Written by Tini Howard
Art by R.B. Silva
X-Men #13
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Faithless II #5
BOOM! Studios
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Maria Llovet
Nightwing #75
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Travis Moore and Ronan Cliquet
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Cullen Bunn ("Shadowman") and Dan Panosian ("An Unkindness of Ravens")! Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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On this week's comic book review podcast:
Rorschach #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Jorge Fornés
Commanders in Crisis #1
Image Comics
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Davids Tinto
The Immortal Hulk #38
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #1
Dark Horse Comics
Story by Gerard Way & Shaun Simon
Art by Leonardo Romero
Dark Nights: Death Metal #4
DC Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo
Stealth #6
Image Comics
Written by Mike Costa
Art by Nate Bellegarde
The Vain #1
Oni Press
Written by Eliot Rahal
Illustrated by Emily Pearson
The Avengers #37
Marvel
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Javier Garrón
Once & Future #12
BOOM! Studios
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Dan Mora
DC The Doomed and the Damned #1
DC Comics
Written by John Arcudi, Saladin Ahmed, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Marc Wolfman, Amedeo Turturro, Alyssa Wong, Brandon Thomas, Travis Moore and Garth Ennis
Art by Mike Perkins, Leonardo Manco, Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere, Tom Mandrake, Max Fiumara, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Baldemar Rivas, Travis Moore and PJ Holden
Redneck #28
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Lisandro Estherren
Amazing Spider-Man #50
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Patrick Gleason
Strange Adventures #6
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3
Marvel
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Leonard Kirk
Seven Secrets #3
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo
Hellions #5
Marvel
Written by Zeb Wells
Art by Carmen Carnero
New Mutants #13
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Rod Reis
Cable #5
Marvel
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Phil Noto
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Fabian Nicieza ("Juggernaut," "Outrage,"), Adam Lawson ("The Kill Journal") and Garrett Gunn ("Warcorns: Combat Unicorns for Hire")! Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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On this week's Stack podcast: Batman #100, Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #2, Amazing Spider-Man #850, Transformers/Back to the Future #1, American Vampire 1976 #1, Getting It Together #1, Wolverine #6, X-Force #13, Marauders #13, Sonic The Hedgehog: Bad Guys #1, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #2, Far Sector #8, Adventureman #4, Backtrack #7, Black Widow #2, Exosisters #10, DCeased: Dead Planet #4, Inkblot #2, Champions #1, and Decorum #5.
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On a packed live show, we're welcoming guests Ali Keller & Jim Fagan ("Zero Issue") + Omar Spahi & Sina Grace ("Getting It Together")! Plus prizes, Q&A and more.
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On this week's Stack podcast: The Department of Truth #1, Shang-Chi #1, That Texas Blood #4, Batman: Three Jokers #2, Chu #3, X-Factor #2, Nailbiter Returns #5, WW84 #1, Sea of Stars #7, Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #2, Ascender #13, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey #3, Rogue Planet #5, The Immortal Hulk: The Threshing Place #1 and X-Ray Robot #2.
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Steve Urena ("Slow Pokes") and Cristina Roswell and Allan Macleod ("Woodland Creatures"). Plus prizes, Q&A and more.
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On today's packed comic book review podcast: X Of Swords: Creation #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal - Speed Metal #1, An Unkindness of Ravens #1, Spider-Man #4, The Last God #9, Voyage to the Stars #2, Wynd #4, Wicked Things #5, Low #25, Canto II: The Hollow Men #2, The Immortal She-Hulk #1, Undiscovered Country #8, MegaMan: Fully Charged #2, Juggernaut #1, Black Magick #14, Power Rangers: Drakkon - New Dawn #2, Maestro #2, The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #3, Judge Dredd: False Witness #3, and Bliss #3.
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Fred Van Lente ("The Comic Book Story of Basketball: A Fast-Break History of Hoops") and Matthew Klein, Valiant VP of Sales & Marketing! Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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On today's Stack podcast: Iron Man #1, You Look Like Death: Tales From The Umbrella Academy #1, Batman #99, Thor #7, Stillwater #1, Detective Comics #1027, Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1, Big Girls #2, Justice League #53, Seven Secrets #2, The Immortal Hulk #37, Dryad #5, Catwoman #25, Once & Future #11, X-Men #12, Faithless II #4, The Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1, and Head Lopper #13.
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Gerry Duggan (Marvel's "Marauders," "Cable") and Sean Chen ("Wingman: Compendium of an Artist’s First Writing Experience") join our live show! Plus Q&A, prizes and more.
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On this week's review Stack, we're talking: Bill & Ted Are Doomed #1, Dark Nights Death Metal: Trinity Crisis #1, Empyre Aftermath: Avengers #1, Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four #1, Stealth #5, Something is Killing the Children #10, Superman #25, Ultraman: The Rise of Ultraman #1, Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #5, Web of Venom: Wraith #1, G.I. Joe #8, Reaver #11 and Blackwood: The Mourning After #4.
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On this week's live show, join us as we chat with guests Shannon Wheeler ("The Mueller Report: The Graphic Novel") and David Pepose ("The O.Z.")!
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On this week's Stack, we've got reviews for: Shazam #14, Empyre #6, Spy Island #1, Inkblot #1, DCeased: Dead Planet #3, Bitter Root #10, Black Widow #1, Sex Criminals: Sexual Gary #1, Strange Adventures #5, Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1, Ascender #12, Batman #98, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1, Sea of Stars #6 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Reborn Vol 1 - From The Ashes.
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On this week's live show Scott Snyder discusses his Kickstarter for "Nocterra," the future of "American Vampire," behind the scenes of "Dark Nights Death Metal," the "Undiscovered Country" movie and much more! Plus, we're also welcoming writer Brian Joines talking one of our favorite current books, Oni Press' "Backtrack".
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On a special bonus episode of Comic Book Club, we're chatting with writer Kieron Gillen for a deep dive into BOOM! Studios' Once & Future. Plus, we discuss what to expect from his upcoming run on Marvel's Eternals, and the sound you make when you're saluting on an audio podcast.
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This week we've got reviews for: Locke & Key: … In Pale Battalions Go … #1, Batman: Three Jokers #1, Daredevil Annual #1, Nailbiter Returns #4, Canto II: The Hollow Men #1, The Last God #8, X-Men #11, Ghosted in L.A. #12, Black Magick #13, The Flash #760, Mega Man: Fully Charged #1, Iron Man 2020 #6, Bliss #2, The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #4, Fantastic Four: Antithesis #1, Bomb Queen #1, Wonder Woman #761, Wynd #3, The Amazing Spider-Man #47, Chu #2, Justice League Dark #25, Wicked Things #4, X-Factor #2, and That Texas Blood #3.
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Chris Condon, writer of Image Comics' "That Texas Blood" and Gamal Hennessy ("The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing") join us for our live show. Plus prizes, Q&A and more!
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On a special bonus episode, we're talking all things DC FanDome, from The Batman to Wonder Woman 1984 and everything in between! Get in the dome!
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On this week's Stack we've got reviews for: Maestro #1, Voyage to the Stars #1, Low #24, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #4, Faithless II #3, G.I. Joe #7, The Avengers #35, A Man Among Ye #2, Rai #6, Batman #97, Once & Future #10, Lords of Empyre: Swordsman #1, Power Rangers: Drakkon - New Dawn #1, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice #2, Wolverine #4, Firefly #19 and Decorum #4.
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On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Jeremy Whitley ("School for Extraterrestrial Girls") and Steve Orlando ("Commanders in Crisis")! Plus prizes, Q&A and more.
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On a special bonus episode of Comic Book Club, we're chatting with the creative team behind Oni Press' Dryad, Kurtis Wiebe and Justin Osterling.
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On this week's Stack podcast, check out reviews for: Seven Secrets #1, Dark Nights Death Metal #3, Something is Killing the Children #9, Empyre #5, The Flash #759, Adventureman #3, Marauders #11, Judge Dredd: False Witness #2, Wonder Woman #760, Big Girls #1, The Immortal Hulk #36, Stealth #4, The Amazing Spider-Man #46, Transformers: Galaxies #8 and Excellence #9.
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On this week's live cast, we're talking to guest W. Maxwell Prince, writer of Image Comics' "Ice Cream Man." Plus James Emmett and Kirsten Thompson, the team behind "I Am Hexed" join the show.
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: Justice League #50, Empyre #4, Lords of Empyre: Celestial Messiah #1, Ice Cream Man #20, Backtrack #5, DCeased: Dead Planet #2, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1, Undiscovered Country #7, Transformers/My Little Pony: Friendship In Disguise! #1, Strange Adventures #4, Dr. Strange: Surgeon Supreme #6, Sex Criminals #30, Batman #96, Fantastic Four #22, The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #2, Far Sector #7 and Rick and Morty Presents Birdperson #1.
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Anthony Desiato, creator of the critically acclaimed documentary "My Comic Shop Country" joins the live show! Plus prizes, Q&A and more.
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing: That Texas Blood #2, Empyre #3, Batman/Superman #10, Nailbiter Returns #3, X-Factor #1, Legion of Super Heroes #7, Rogue Planet #3, Ascender #11, The Amazing Spider-Man #45, Plunge #5, Lost Soldiers #1, Archie #713, X-Men #10, Shadow Roads #9, and Hedra #1.
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On this week's live show we've got guests Alex Firer ("Rick & Morty: Bird Person" #1) and Corey Lewis ("Peng! Action Sports Adventures")! Plus the regular assortment of prizes, Q&A and more!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: Chu #1, Shazam #13, Empyre #2, Birthright #45, Batman #95, The Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude #1, Bliss #1, Wynd #2, Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1, Low #23, Wicked Things #3, Daredevil #21, DIE #12, Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1, Decorum #3, X-Men + Fantastic Four #4, and Tartarus #4.
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On this week's livestream we're chatting with the always amazing Sean Lewis (writer, Image Comics' "Bliss"), and Tom Kelly (artist, "Foot Fist Frankenstein")! Plus prizes, Q&A and more.
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On this week's comic book review podcast: Empyre #1, Strange Adventures #3, The Ludocrats #3, Faithless II #2, The Amazing Spider-Man #44, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #1, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #12, The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #5, Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1, Bettie Page #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal #2, Snake Eyes: Deadgame #1, iWolverine 2020 #1, Once & Future #9, and Sacred Six #1.
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On this week's live cast, we're joined by writer Jim Zub (Avengers, Conan the Barbarian, Dungeons & Dragons, Samurai Jack, Stone Star, Skullkickers, Wayward + more), and comedian Nat Towsen for a deep dive into "Journey Into Mystery"! Plus comic reviews, Q&A, prizes and more!
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On this week's comic book review podcast, we've got: Empyre: Fantastic Four #0, Willow #1, Adventureman #2, DCeased: Dead Planet #1, The Death of Nancy Drew #2, Transformers Galaxies #7, Stealth #3, Quantum and Woody #4, Something is Killing the Children #8, Strange Academy #2, Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #4, Dryad #3, Excellence #8, and Dungeons & Dragons: Infernal Tides #4.
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Tze Chun (Co-founder, Publisher TKO Studios) and Neil Kleid ("Savor"). Plus prizes, Q&A and more!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: All-America Comix #1, Star #5, The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #1, I Can Sell You A Body #4, Ravencroft #5, The Boys: Dear Becky #2, Backtrack #4, Star Trek: Year Five #12, Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes #5, Nailbiter Returns #2, Ghostbusters: Year One #4 and Hawkeye: Freefall #6.
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Daniel Kibblesmith ("Harley Quinn: Black, White and Red" and "Loki") and Adam Lawson ("The Eighth"). Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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On today's Stack we've got reviews for: Empyre: Avengers #0, Batman #93, Sex Criminals #29, Sleeping Beauties #1, Thor #5, Rogue Planet #2, Once & Future #8, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey #2, Doctor Tomorrow #3, Dead Body Road: Bad Blood #1, The Immortal Hulk #34, Transformers/The Terminator #2, Seven Days #7, DIE #11, Batman: The Smile Killer #1, Iron Man 2020 #4, Wicked Things #2, That Texas Blood #1, Captain America: Marvels Snapshots #1, Rick and Morty Presents: Council of Ricks #1, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika #3.
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Dan Slott ("Iron Man 2020," "Fantastic Four"). Plus, George Gustines (The New York Times) talks about "Titans Hunt". Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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On this week's Stack podcast we've got reviews for: Dark Nights Death Metal #1, Wynd #1, A Man Among Ye #1, Jane Foster: Valkyrie #10, Strange Adventures #2, The Crow: Lethe #2, Birthright #44, Ant-Man #5, Young Justice #15, Firefly #16, Dying is Easy #5, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #3, Ironheart 2020 #2, Ludocrats #2, Invader Zim Quarterly #1, Tartarus #3 and Ghost-Spider #10.
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On this week’s live broadcast, we’re welcoming guest Kyle Latino (Oni Press, “The Savage Beard of She Dwarf”) and Tom Peyer (AHOY’s “Dragonfly and Dragonflyman”)! Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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On this week's Stack podcast, check out reviews for: Adventureman #1, New Mutants #10, Batman #92, Stealth #2, Wellington #4, Dryad #2, Daredevil #20, Ian Fleming’s James Bond #5, Undiscovered Country #6, Mountainhead #4, The Batman’s Grave #7, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #17, Ice Cream Man #19, Something is Killing the Children #7, The Kill Lock #5, Bitter Root #8, Vampirella/Red Sonja #8, Excellence #7, Lois Lane #11, Decorum #2 and Rick and Morty Go To Hell #1.
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Chris Hastings to chat about one of his fave books, "Nextwave"! Also, writer Kat Calamia stops by to talk about her Kickstarter project, "Like Father, Like Daughter." Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing: Birds of Prey #1, The Death of Nancy Drew #1, Nailbiter Returns #1, Shazam #12, Scream #6, Reaver #8, Aggrestsuko #3, Force Works 2020 #3, Ragnarök: The Breaking of Helheim #5, Far Sector #6, Critical Role: Vox Machina: Origins #6, Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Every Generation #1, Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider #5, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #271, Copra #6, Backtrack #3, Avengers of the Wasteland #5, The Boys: Dear Becky #1, Star Trek: Year Five #11 and The Red Mother #5.
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We're entering another week of lockdown, so let's take a little break and discuss comic books. Remember those? Pepperidge Farm remembers. On this week's episode we talk about one of Pete's favorite issues, Incredible Hulk #140. Plus some of our favorite titles by African-American creators, and we answer you questions, live.
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Writer Joshua Williamson joins the live show to chat about his Image Comics book "Nailbiter Returns"! Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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Comics are BACK, and so is our Stack podcast, with a slew of reviews for new books, including: Ludocrats #1, Ironheart 2020 #1, DCeased Unkillables #3, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #14, Hawkeye: Freefall #5, Birthright #43, Marvel Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes #4, Wonder Woman #755, Dungeons & Dragons: Infernal Tides #3, Dollhouse Family #6, Star #4, Deadly Class #44, Plunge #3, Ghosted in LA #10, Red Hood: Outlaw #45, Savage Dragon #248, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #10 and Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Ghosts #2.
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On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guest Nate Lindley from Ashcan Comics Pub, and Polygon's Comics Editor Susana Polo to talk "Batman: The Long Halloween". Plus prizes, Q&A and much more!
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In 1982, Alan Moore and David Lloyd started publishing what would become "V For Vendetta," a graphic novel that has changed the world. But nearly half a century later, does the anarchy vs fascism message of the series hold up? And what impact, if any, did the movie adaptation have. Plus, what seeds of "Watchmen" existed in this comic, which preceded one of the greatest comic books of all time?
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Gene Luen Yang (writer, DC Comics "Superman Smashes The Klan") and IGN Senior Editor Joshua Yehl join the show for another live taping featuring questions, prizes and more. Some of that more? Yehl discusses why "Blackest Night" is one of his favorite comics ever, and we review Metal Men #6, Justice League Odyssey #20, Lois Lane #10, Justice League #44 and Harley Quinn #72.
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As comics continue to return, we're reviewing as many of them as possible here on the podcast, including: Amazing Spider-Man #43, Teen Titans #41, 20XX #4, The Low Low Woods #5, Vengeance of Vampirella #7, The Terrifics #27, Avengers #33, Suicide Squad #5, Exorsisters #6, Justice League #45, Rogue Planet #1, Basketful of Heads #7, Marauders #10, Batman Beyond #43, Farmhand #15, He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #6, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends #23, Books of Magic #19, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1, Aquaman #59, Mercy #2, The Flash #754, GI Joe #6, Venom #25, and Outer Darkess/Chew #2!
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This week's Throwback Stack is all about Charles Burns' award winning series/graphic novel, "Black Hole." Originally released over the course of 10 years, "Black Hole" has won multiple Harvey Awards, and is considered one of the best comic book series of all time. But how does the story of a mutating, sexually transmitted disease stack up? Let's find out.
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We're back with a live from home show featuring guests Michael Moreci (writer, DC Comics' "The Lost Carnival: A Dick Grayson Graphic Novel") and comedian/writer Brett White for a Throwback Stack talking "X-Men: From the Ashes".
Plus, reviews for: The Green Lantern Season Two #3, House of Whispers #20, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #4, Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Something Wicked #2, Batman and the Outsiders #12, Hawkman #23, and The Flash #753.
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On this week's Throwback Stack we're reviewing Marc Andreyko and Jesús Saíz's "Manhunter Vol 1: Street Justice," collecting the first five issues of the critically acclaimed DC Comics series. How does Kate Spencer's brand of vigilante justice hold up, 15 years later?
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On this week's live from home edition of Comic Book Club, we welcome guests Ahmed Amin, creator of the indie book The Epics of Enkidu, and Archie Comics' Alex Segura to chat classic issues of Louise Simonson's run on X-Factor! Plus reviews of The Dreaming #20, Daphne Byrne #4, prizes, lots of quizzes, and your questions, answered!
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On this week's Throwback Stack, we're talking about the first volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's best-selling classic, Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. 16 years later, does the comics/video game/romantic comedy mash-up still hold up? Are we still obsessed? Does Ramona Flowers still have hair that looks like "this"?
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Still in quarantine? Us too! So we've got another show live from our homes taking your questions, and doing far too many quizzes. This week, we're reviewing the Ed Brubaker/Marcos Martin comic Friday #1 from Panel Syndicate. Plus, we welcome guest Tommaso Todesca to discuss his new graphic novel GENU from publisher Markosia. And one of our favorite recurring guests, Abraham Riesman (Vulture, New York Mag) returns for the Stack to talk about Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert's 1602.
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On our latest Throwback Stack podcast, we're revisiting Darwyn Cooke's classic, award winning DC: The New Frontier. The six issue series won multiple awards, and put forward a new, hopeful look at DC's classic characters, so let's break it all down.
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We're back at it again with another live-streaming show featuring your questions, special guests, prizes and more. On this week's episode, guest Stone Williams from Ashcan comics joins the show. And fan fave Langston Belton (Host, Marvel dot com) returns to talk about one of his favorite comics, Taskmaster. Plus, not one but three attempts at the Starman quiz!
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Because you demanded it, this week's Stack podcast is a throwback breakdown of Mark Gruenwald's 1985 classic Squadron Supreme!
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As we enter one month of isolation, we're still going strong with comic book reviews, special guests, prizes and so much more! Our live podcast taping takes your questions, and is officially cancelling the apocalypse!
On this week's episode, guest Cody Fernandez from IronVerse Comics stops by to chat about his book "Jack Irons: The Steel Cowboy." Then Nat Towsen pops in for our Throwback Stack, discussing "New X-Men #114-#116," the kick-off of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's classic run. Also, it's a bit of a technical disaster.
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With comics being put on hold, we've got reviews of Archie Comics' Cosmo The Mighty Martian #5 and Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Something Wicked #1, and DC Comics Batman: The Adventures Continue #1. Plus, a Throwback Stack to some of our favorite books of all time: Batwoman #4, Spider-Man/Human Torch #3 and Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1!
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It's time for another show LIVE from the internet! Comic stores may be closing, but we're still going strong taking your questions, giving away prizes and much, much more. LIVE! Just from a safe distance.
Plus, reviews for Far Sector #5, The Immortal Hulk #3, Folklords #5, Legion Of Super Heroes #5, X-Men #9, Lucy Claire: Redemption #4, Star #3, Justice League Dark #21, Punisher: Soviet #6, Heart Attack #5, Action Comics #1021 and Wolverine #2!
And: a special tribute to Tommy Boy!
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On this week's comic book review stack: X-O Manowar #1, Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War #1, Lazarus Risen #4, The Last God #6, Once & Future #7, Hellions #1, Dying is Easy #4, Amethyst #2, Super Duck #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler #1, On The Stump #2, Basketful of Heads #6, Judge Dredd: Flase Witness #1, Killing Red Sonja #1 and Sex Criminals #28.
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We're back with another LIVE show from SEPARATE LOCATIONS because things are NUTS. We review comics, take questions, and give away a $25 (online) gift card from Midtown Comics!
Reviews include: X-Force #9, Grendel: Devil's Odyssey #4, Bitter Root #7, Archie #712, Jane Foster: Valkyrie #9, Predator Hunters III #2, Spawn #306 and Deadpool #4.
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On this week's trapped at home edition of The Stack: Spider-Woman #1, Firefly #15, Robin 80th Anniversary 100 Page Super Spectacular, Undiscovered Country #5, Outlawed #1, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #2, Tartarus #2, Ascender #10, Doctor Tomorrow #2, Wicked Things #1, Starship Down #1, Iron Age 2020 #1, Batman #91, and Something is Killing The Children #5.
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This week only, and for the foreseeable future, Comic Book Club is live from our individual homes in New York City! We're talking binge comics, apocalyptic comics, reviewing a stack of books, and taking your questions - live, from the internet!
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On this week's Stack, we review: Cable #1, The Dollhouse Family #5, Stealth #1, Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #1, The Batman’s Grave #6, and Decorum #1.
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Marvel host Langston Belton returns to the show to discuss Black Widow, politics, and so much more.
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Things get strange on this week's Stack with reviews for: Strange Adventures #1, Strange Academy #1, King of Nowhere #1, Rescue 2020 #1, Billionaire Island #1, Outer Darkness/Chew #1, Spider-Man Noir #1, The Flash #750, Dryad #1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #13, Marvel #1, and Superman: Villains #1.
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WWE superhero and current WWE producer Shane "The Hurricane" Helms joins the live show to geek out about comics, and maybe the time he made fun of The Rock.
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On today's review Stack: Giant-Size X-Men #1, Leviathan Dawn #1, Hidden Society #1, Falcon & Winter Soldier #1, Ice Cream Man #18, Amethyst #1, Quantum & Woody #2, Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir #1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika #1, Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3, Sex Criminals #27, Force Works 2020 #1, Tomorrow #1, and X-Men #7.
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Comedian Nat Towsen returns to the live show in order to get punched by Pete.
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: Plunge #1, Bloodshot #0, Wolverine #1, Deadly Class #43, Firefly #14, DCeased: Unkillables #1, On The Stump #1, Marvel's Voices #1, Batman #89, Doctor Tomorrow #1, and Undiscovered Country #4.
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Jason Torres returns to the show to help us figure out which comic book characters would go on Hot Ones. Plus, a major clue to the Starman Quiz is unlocked!
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On today's comic book review Stack: Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey #1, Nebula #1, Alienated #1, Gwen Stacy #1, The Green Lantern Season Two #1, Mother of Demons #1, and Batman: Pennyworth RIP #1.
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Jared Reinmuth, writer of "BIG BLACK: STAND AT ATTICA" from Archaia, and creative consultant Patrick Kennedy join the live show.
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On today's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: X-Men/Fantastic Four #1, Justice League #40, Dark Agnes #1, Birthright #41, Ant-Man #1, Crone #4, Tartarus #1, Star Wars: Darth Vader #1, and Batman #88.
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Writer Bob Walles returns to the show after we unfairly destroyed his last appearance!
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This week on The Stack, we've got reviews for: Quantum & Woody #1, The Amazing Spider-Man: Daily Bugle #1, Ice Cream Man #17, Justice League #39, Sex Criminals #26, Thor #2, Something Is Killing The Children #5, Hawkeye: Freefall #2, Protector #1, Action Comics #1019.
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Writer Cristian Aluas returns to the show to discuss how to master that freelance life!
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This week we've got reviews for: Atlantis Attacks #1, Batman #87, Firefly #13, Guardians of the Galaxy #1, Superman #19, Once & Future #6, Web of Venom: the Good Son #1, and Wonder Woman #750.
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Darcie Little Badger (Humanoids' "Strangelands") hits the stage to talk about her take on superhero rom-coms, indigenous futurism and more!
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This week on The Stack, reviews for: Iron Man 2020 #1, ROM: Dire Wraiths #1, Archie #710, Freedom Fighters #12, Undiscovered Country #3, Rai #3, Avengers #29, Rising Sun #1, The Batman's Grave #4, Steeple #5, Lucy Claire: Redemption #2, Legion of Super-Heroes #3 and Strangelands #5.
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Marvel dot com's Langston Belton returns to the live show to help chat about Bloodshot, Taskmaster, and much, much more.
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This week, we're reviewing: Marvels X #1, Daphne Byrne #1, Stranger Things: Into The Fire #1, Miles Morales: The End #1, The Dollhouse Family #3, Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds #1, Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1, The Clock #1, Supergirl #38, Star #1, Ascender #8, and Batman #86.
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Matthew Rosenberg returns to the show to talk about his new Marvel book "Hawkeye: Freefall," in our first show of the new year!
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New year, new comic book reviews! This week we're discussing: Star Wars #1, I Can Sell You A Body #1, Lois Lane #7, Thor #1, Killadelphia #2, Crone #3, Hawkeye: Freefall #1, Justice League Dark #18, Olympia #2, X-Men #4, Everything #5 and Harley Quinn #69.
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We've got a plate of holiday cookies all laid out for you, except they're comic book reviews! This week on The Stack, we're breaking down: East of West #45, Incoming #1, Dr. Strange: Surgeon Supreme #1, Criminal #11, Peter Porker: The Spectacular Spider-Ham #1 and Venom #21.
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On today's comic review Stack: The Rise of Kylo Ren #1, Batman #85, Doomsday Clock #12, Guardians of the Galaxy #12, Suicide Squad #1, Heart Attack #2, 2099 Omega #1, The Low Low Woods #1, Folklords #2, Annihilation: Scourge Omega #1, The Last God #3, Rick And Morty #57, Legion of Super-Heroes #2, Once & Future #5, SFSX #4 and Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #1.
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On this week's Stack, reviews for: Superman #18, The Immortal Hulk #28, Lucy Claire: Redemption #1, New Mutants #3, Harley Quinn: Villain of the Year #1, X-Force #3, Undiscovered Country #2, The Dollhouse Family #2, The Punisher: Soviet #2 and Far Sector #2
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Amit Chauhan (IDW’s “Yakuza Demon Killers,” Image/Top Cow’s “13th Artifact”) joins the live show!
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On this week's comic book review Stack, we're talking: Batman #84, X-Men #3, The Butcher of Paris #1, 20XX #1, Thor: The Worthy #1, Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia #1, New Year's Evil #1, Crone #2, Killing Whitey Donovan #1 and Justice League #37.
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Guest Rachel Pinnelas (Serial Box’s Community Manager) joins the live show to discuss the new show "Thor: Metal Gods"!
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On today's Stack podcast, reviews for: Curse Words #25, X-Force #2, The Last God #2, Venom #20, Shazam #8, New Mutants #2, Cyborg USA #1 and Basketful of Heads #2.
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Victor Rojas, former boxer and creator of new comic Takashi the Wanderer, joins the live show!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing: Absolute Carnage #5, He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #1, Heartbeat #1, Heart Attack #1, 2099 Alpha, The Infected: Scarab #1, Once and Future #4, Annihilation: Scourge Alpha, Rai #1, The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1, Something is Killing the Children #3, Deadpool #1, Olympia #1 and Batman #83.
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Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson returns to the live show to chat about Marvel Zombies: Resurrection, The Last God and much more!
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On today's review stack we're talking: Event Leviathan #6, Squirrel Girl #50, Folklords #1, X-Men #2, Far Sector #1, Fallen Angels #1, Reaver #5, Morbius #1, The Dollhouse Family #1, The Punisher: Soviet #1, Hellmouth #2, The Batman's Grave #2, Sea of Stars #5 and Superman #17.
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Former Boothman, and current head of the Joe Kubert school Anthony Marques stops by the show to reminisce over old times!
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This week we've got reviews for: Locke & Key: Dog Days #1, Legion of Super-Heroes #1, New Mutants #1, The Magicians #1, DIE #9, X-Force #1, Justice League #35, Crone #1, B.B. Free #1, Yondu #1, Deadly Class #41 and Green Lantern: Blackstars #1
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It's a post-Hallowen edition of Comic Book Club, featuring no guests, all hosts, and reviews for Batman Annual #4, Tales from the Dark Multiverse: The Death of Superman #1, Death's Head #4, Venom #19 and Invisible Kingdom #6.
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On today's Stack podcast, we're reviewing: The Last God #1, Excalibur #1, Roku #1, Silver Surfer Black #5, Giant Days: As Time Goes By #1, Dead Man Logan #12, Basketful of Heads #1, Fantastic Four: Grand Design #1, SFSX #2, Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1, Bloodshot #2 and Joker: Killer Smile #1
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Artist Jonathan Marks Barravecchia joins the show to talk about his mixed media approach to comics, and new Kickstarter for "Mariner." Plus, reviews for Money Shot #1, Detective Comics #1014 and Amazing Spider-Man #32.
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Donny Cates ("Absolute Carnage," "Guardians of the Galaxy") and Judah Friedlander ("American Splendor," "30 Rock") join the show for a New York Comic Con kick-off spectacular at Caveat in New York. Donny talks his inspiration for writing Venom and Guardians, and Judah tells some surprising behind the scenes stories from "American Splendor." And more! So much more!
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This week we've got reviews for: Marauders #1, Black Adam: Year of the Villain #1, Undiscovered Country (out 11/6), The Immortal Hulk #25, Batman/Superman #3, Doctor Mirage #3, The Amazing Mary Jane #1, Family Tree (out 11/13), Killadelphia (out 11/27), Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1 and Wonder Woman #81
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Koren Shadmi, author of "The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television" joins the show to discuss the master of anthology twists.
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This week's Stack features reviews for: X-Men #1, Superman Smashes The Klan #1, Something is Killing the Children #2, Trees: Three Fates #2, Absolute Carnage #4, Archie #708, Count Crowley #1 (out 10/23), Tales From The Dark Multiverse: Knightfall #1, Marked #1, Guardians of the Galaxy #10, Once and Future #3, Tommy Gun Wizards #3 (out 10/23) and Metal Men #1.
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Guests Alisa Kwitney (“EDGAR ALLAN POE’S SNIFTER OF TERROR”) and Stuart Moore (“CAPTAIN GINGER,” “BRONZE AGE BOOGIE”) hit the stage for the live show.
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On this week's Stack, we're reviewing: Powers of X #6, The Batman's Grave #1, Doom #1, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1, Thumbs #5, Secrets of Sinister House #1, Hellmouth #1, The Joker: Year of the Villain #1, Ice Cream Man #15, Web of the Black Widow #2 and Event Leviathan #5
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Full Frontal With Samantha Bee writers Pat Cassells and Mathan Erhardt hit the live show to talk about the return of The Walking Dead, and so much more!
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Ghost Rider #1, Batman #80, House of X #6, WWE Smackdown: 20th Anniversary #1, Legion of Super-Heroes Millennium #2, Contagion #1, Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice #4 (out 10/9), Nomen Omen #1, The Green Lantern #12, Spider-Verse #1, Copra #1 and Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1
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Drew Zucker (artist, "Canto") returns to the show to chat about his comic, and plus his plans for New York Comic Con.
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On today's Stack, we've got reviews for: Harleen #1, Avengers #24, Black Science #43, Angel #5, New Mutants: War Children #1, Batman/Superman #2, Ruby Falls #1 (out 10/2), Powers of X #5, Quarter Killer #1, Shazam #7, Strikeforce #1, Everything #2 (out 10/2), SFSX #1 and Faithless #6.
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Valiant Editors Lysa Hawkins and Robert Meyers return to the show to talk everything Bloodshot in honor of Tim Seeley and Brett Booth's BLOODSHOT #1!
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This week's comic reviews include: Spider-Man #1, Flash Forward #1, Excellence #5, House of X #5, Once and Future #2, Absolute Carnage #3, Inferior Five #1, The Black Ghost #1, Firefly #9 and Lex Luthor: Year of the Villain #1.
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Comedian Nat Towsen returns from his trip to Japan to tell us all about Japanese comics culture (and some other things).
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On today's Stack, we've got reviews for: King Thor #1, Field Tripping #1, Batman #78, Powers of X #4, Livewire #10, Reaver #3, Event Leviathan #4, Star Wars: Age of Resistance - Supreme Leader Snoke #1, Thumbs #4, Trees: Three Fates #1, Gotham City Monsters #1, Steeple #1 (out 9/18), Silver Surfer: Black #4 and The Riddler: Year of the Villain #1.
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Comedian Asha Davis returns to the show to chat Batman, M&Ms, and so much more!
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On today's Stack we've got reviews for: Something is Killing the Children #1, Wicked + Divine #45, Doomsday Clock #11, House of X #4, Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1, Breaklands #1, Alpha Flight: True North #1, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy #1, Bloodshot #1 (out 9/25), Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1, Web of Black Widow #1 and Battlepug #1
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Marvel editor Jordan D. White returns to the show to chat about all things X-Men, from House of X to Powers of X and beyond!
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We've got a packed Stack this week featuring reviews for: Batman/Superman #1, Marvel Comics #1000, Ascender #5, House of X #3, Vampirella/Red Sonja #1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen Ones #1, Absolute Carnage #2, Archie 1955 #1 (on sale 9/18), Justice League #30, Power Pack: Grow Up! #1, Black Science #42, Ice Cream Man #14, Spider-Man: Life Story #6, Superman #14 and Star Wars: Age of Resistance - Poe Dameron #1.
Plus, we read a few reader comments from iTunes, and respond to your criticisms of our House of X and Powers of X reviews.
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We've got a packed Stack this week featuring reviews for: Batman/Superman #1, Marvel Comics #1000, Ascender #5, House of X #3, Vampirella/Red Sonja #1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen Ones #1, Absolute Carnage #2, Archie 1955 #1 (on sale 9/18), Justice League #30, Power Pack: Grow Up! #1, Black Science #42, Ice Cream Man #14, Spider-Man: Life Story #6, Superman #14 and Star Wars: Age of Resistance - Poe Dameron #1.
Plus, we read a few reader comments from iTunes, and respond to your criticisms of our House of X and Powers of X reviews.
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Alex Segura (The Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, the Lethal Lit podcast, “The Archies,” “Archie Meets Ramones” and more) & Nadia Shammas (“Care Bears: Unlock the Magic,” “Squire”) join the live show!
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Alex Segura (The Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, the Lethal Lit podcast, “The Archies,” “Archie Meets Ramones” and more) & Nadia Shammas (“Care Bears: Unlock the Magic,” “Squire”) join the live show!
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Comic Book Club heads to Philadelphia's Keystone Comic Con for a live panel with guest Greg Maughan, head of the Philly Improv Theater!
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Comic Book Club heads to Philadelphia's Keystone Comic Con for a live panel with guest Greg Maughan, head of the Philly Improv Theater!
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Bob McLeod, co-creator of "New Mutants" and "X-Factor" artist Rick Leonardi hit the stage at Keystone Comic Con to discuss the X-Men through the ages with Comic Book Club's Alex, in this live panel recording.
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Bob McLeod, co-creator of "New Mutants" and "X-Factor" artist Rick Leonardi hit the stage at Keystone Comic Con to discuss the X-Men through the ages with Comic Book Club's Alex, in this live panel recording.
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On today's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: Batman #77, Powers of X #3, Pretty Violent #1, Livewire #9, Superman Year One #2, Jane Foster: Valkyrie #2, Faithless #5, Year of the Villain: Black Mask #1, Ghost Spider #1, Psi-Lords #3, Weatherman #3 and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #2.
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On today's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: Batman #77, Powers of X #3, Pretty Violent #1, Livewire #9, Superman Year One #2, Jane Foster: Valkyrie #2, Faithless #5, Year of the Villain: Black Mask #1, Ghost Spider #1, Psi-Lords #3, Weatherman #3 and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #2.
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Writer Magdalene Visaggio and Editor Lysa Hawkins join the live show to discuss their new take on Valiant's "Doctor Mirage"!
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Writer Magdalene Visaggio and Editor Lysa Hawkins join the live show to discuss their new take on Valiant's "Doctor Mirage"!
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On today's comic book review podcast: Punisher Kill Krew #1, Once and Future #1, Event Leviathan #3, White Trees #1, Silver Surfer Black #3, Archie #707 (out 9/4), Ghosted in LA #2, Powers of X #2, Everything #1 (out 9/4) and Reaver #2
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On today's comic book review podcast: Punisher Kill Krew #1, Once and Future #1, Event Leviathan #3, White Trees #1, Silver Surfer Black #3, Archie #707 (out 9/4), Ghosted in LA #2, Powers of X #2, Everything #1 (out 9/4) and Reaver #2
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Kimmy Gatewood (GLOW), Stuart Moore, writer of AHOY Comics’ BRONZE AGE BOOGIE and CAPTAIN GINGER and Jamal Igle, artist for AHOY’s WRONG EARTH join the live show!
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Kimmy Gatewood (GLOW), Stuart Moore, writer of AHOY Comics’ BRONZE AGE BOOGIE and CAPTAIN GINGER and Jamal Igle, artist for AHOY’s WRONG EARTH join the live show!
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On today's comic book review podcast, we're talking: Absolute Carnage #1, Justice League #29, Coffin Bound #1, House of X #2, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #7, Agents of Atlas #1, Batman #76, Tommy Gun Wizards #1 (out 8/28), Sea of Stars #2, Future Foundation #1, Ronin Island #5, Sinestro: Year of the Villain #1 and Thumbs #3.
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On today's comic book review podcast, we're talking: Absolute Carnage #1, Justice League #29, Coffin Bound #1, House of X #2, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #7, Agents of Atlas #1, Batman #76, Tommy Gun Wizards #1 (out 8/28), Sea of Stars #2, Future Foundation #1, Ronin Island #5, Sinestro: Year of the Villain #1 and Thumbs #3.
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Abraham Riesman (New York Mag, an upcoming biography of Stan Lee) and Daniel Kibblesmith (“The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert,” Marvel’s “Loki”) join the live show, and turns out they know each other???
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Abraham Riesman (New York Mag, an upcoming biography of Stan Lee) and Daniel Kibblesmith (“The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert,” Marvel’s “Loki”) join the live show, and turns out they know each other???
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On today's comic book review podcast: Powers of X #1, The Batman Who Laughs #7, Ice Cream Man #13, Riverdale Season 3 #5, Strayed (out 8/14), Deaths Head #1, The Beauty #28 and Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2
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Sean Lewis (Image Comics’ “Thumbs”), Karl Bollers (Editor, Valiant Comics’ “Killers”) and Valiant Senior Editorial Director Robert Meyers join the live show!
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On today's comic book review podcast: House of X #1, Batman: Curse of the White Knight #1, Archie #706, Jane Foster: Valkyrie #1, Wicked+Divine #44, The Flash #75, Beserker Unbound #1 (out August 7), Curse Words #23 and Wonder Woman #75
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John Jennison (FlameCon) and Dany Roth (SYFY.com) join the live show!
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On today's comic book review podcast: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1, Loki #1, Little Bird #5, Aquaman #50, Black Badge #12, Age of X-Man: Omega, Batman #75, Manor Black #1 (out July 31), Collapser #1, Excellence #3, Wonder Woman: Come Back To Me #1, Killers #1 (out July 31) and Faithless #4
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Thomas Whittington ("Our Cartoon President" on Showtime, sketches on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and "Heads Will Roll", Kate McKinnon's audio series on Audible) joins our live show!
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On today's comic book review podcast: Second Coming #1, Giant-Size X-Statix #1, Batman #74, Reaver #1, Invisible Woman #1, Blade Runner 2019 #1 (out July 17), Ghosted in LA #1, Event Leviathan #2, War of the Realms: Omega, Unearth #1, Archie vs. Predator II #1 (out July 24), Weapon Plus #1 and Naomi #6
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Ryan Silbert, co-creator of "Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick Of Light" joins the live show to discuss his project with Audible!
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On today's comic book review stack, we're talking: Lois Lane #1, Aero #1, Sea of Stars #1, The Orville #1 (out July 17), DCeased #3, Thumbs #2, The Punisher #13, The Quiet Kind #1 (out July 17) and Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #1
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Pete takes on Alex mano on mano on our latest live show podcast (with some occasional texting from Justin).
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On today's comic book review Stack, we're chatting: War of Realms #6, Batman Damned #3, Weatherman Vol. 2 #1, Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice #1 (out 7/10), Deadly Class #39, The Flash #73, Ascender #3, The Spider-Man Annual Presents: Peter Porker #1 and The Silencer #18
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Drew Zucker (IDW's "CANTO") and comedian Winston Noel hit the stage for our latest live show!
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On today's comic book review Stack: Superman: Year One #1, Excellence #2, Guardians of the Galaxy #6, Black Badge #11, No One Left to Fight #1 (out 7/3), Batman #73, Uncanny X-Men #20, Faithless #3, Little Bird #4 and Firefly #7
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Writer Fred Van Lente and editor David Menchel hit the stage to talk about Valiant's new book, "Psi-Lords"!
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Today's comic book review podcast Stack: Event Leviathan #1, The Ride: Burning Desire #1, Rick & Morty Presents: MeSeeks #1, Age of X-Man: The Marvelous X-Men #5, Sonata #1, The Batman Who Laughs #6, and Silver Surfer Black #1
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Pete LePage and Dave Bennett host a panel of superstars to debate your hottest geek culture topics featuring Jason Torres (COMPLEX), Langston Belton (Earth's Mightiest Show) and some rando named Justin Tyler (Desus & Mero, Comic Book Club).
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On today's comic book review podcast: Ronin Island #4, Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #2, Thumbs #1, Riverdale Season 3 #4 (out 6/26), Criminal #5, DCeased #2, Birthright #36 and Justice League #25.
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Comedian Jason Torres returns to the show to help review comics! And other things.
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On today's new comic book review podcast, we've got: Batman: Last Knight on Earth, Ascender #2, Hulk #18, Doomsday Clock #10, Black Science #40, Thor #13, Heroes in Crisis #9, Angel #1 and Superman: Leviathan Rising #1
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Rich Douek and Joe Mulvey join the live show to talk about their new book "The Wailing Blade"
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On today's comic book review podcast: Justice League Dark #11, Runaways #21, Assassin Nation #3, Faithless #2, Freedom Fighters #6, War of Realms: Strikeforce - The Land of Giants #1, Incursion #4, The Warning #7, Martian Manhunter #5 and Jughead's Time Police #1 (out 6/12)!
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Nat Towsen returns to the show to help review Low #22, Spider-Man Life Story #3 and Superman #11.
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On today's comic book review podcast: Batman #71, War of the Realms #4, Fairlady #2, Justice League #24, Little Bird #3, Naomi #5 and Hulk #17
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Jody LeHeup and Nathan Fox, creators of "The Weatherman" join the live show!
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On today's comic book review podcast, we're breaking down: Batman and the Outsiders #1, Excellence #1, Stranger Things: Six #1 (out May 29), Captain Marvel #5, Deadly Class #38, The Flash #70, Captain America #10, Last Stop on the Red Line #1 (out 5/15) and Ice Cream Man #12
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Marvel.com host Langston Belton joins the live show to break down everything Avengers: Endgame! Who lived? Who died? Spoilers, obviously.
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On today's comic book review stack, we're breaking down: DC Dceased #1, War of the Realms #3, Riverdale Season 3 #3 (out May 22), Savage Avengers #1 and DC's Year of the Villain #1
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Michael Northrop, writer of DC's upcoming "Dear Justice League" joins the live show!
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On today's comic book podcast, we've got reviews for: Heroes in Crisis #8, Thanos #1, Ascender #1, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge #1, Criminal #4 and The Terrifics #15
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James Emmett returns to the show to discuss his Kickstarter comic I Am Hexed!
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On today's comic book review podcast, we're talking: War of the Realms #2, Batman #69, Psilords #1 (out 6/24), Archie #704 (out 5/8), Justice League #22, Buffy The Vampire Slayer #4, West Coast Avengers #10, Beasts of Burden: The Presence of Others #1 (out 5/1), Little Bird #2 and Naomi #4
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On today's comic book review podcast, we've got: Symbiote Spider-Man #1, Faithless #1, The Batman Who Laughs #4, Fairlady #1, Bloodshot FCBD Special, War of the Realms: Journey Into Mystery #1, Ronin Island #2, Low #21, Detective Comics #1001, Invisible Kingdom #2 (out 4/24) and Web Of Venom: Cult Of Carnage #1
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Joseph Corallo joins the live show to talk about his new book "She Said Destroy"!
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Eisner Award winning artist Derek Charm (Archie Comics' "Jughead," and "Jughead's Time Police") joins the live show!
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Our comic book review podcast is here talking: War of the Realms #1, The Storyteller: Sirens #1, Justice League #21, Riverdale Season 3 #2 (out 4/24), Section Zero #1, Curse Words Spring Special, Rocko's Modern Afterlife #1, and Major X #1
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Jamie L. Rotante, writer of Archie Comics' "Betty & Veronica" and "Betty & Veronica: Vixens" joins the show to talk about Archie's leading ladies!
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On today's comic book review Stack, we're talking: Detective Comics #1000, Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, Dr. Strange #12, Fallen World #1, Skyward #11, Dial H for Hero #1, Star Wars: Vader: Dark Visions #2, Ice Cream Man #11 and Heroes in Crisis #7
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Justin, Alex and Pete go solo (trio?) for a special live episode of Comic Book Club.
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Our comic book podcast reviews: Spider-Man: Life Story #1, Justice League #20, Lazarus Risen #1, Firefly: Bad Company #1, Criminal #3, Batman #67 and Thor #11
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Writer Micol Ostow (Archie Comics "Riverdale Season 3" and Scholastic's "Riverdale: The Day Before") joins the show to discuss adapting the Town With Pep!
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On today's comic book review podcast, we're talking: The Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1, The Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight #1, Assassination Nation #1, Buffy The Vampire Slayer #3, Bad Luck Chuck #1, Little Bird #1, Wonder Twins #2 and Uncanny X-Men: Winter's End #1
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Sal Crivelli from the Comic Pop podcast returns to the show, and we welcome long-time listener, former intern Ryley Trahan!
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On today's comic book review podcast, we're breaking down: Ronin Island #1, Meet the Skrulls #1, Morning in America #1, Doomsday Clock #9, Deadly Class #37, Domino: Hotshots #1, DIE #4, Amazing Spider-Man #16.HU, Unnatural #8 and Green Arrow #50.
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Chris Hastings returns to the show to talk about his Dynamite book "Six Million Dollar Man." Plus, Pat Cassels ("Full Frontal With Samantha Bee") returns, too!
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On today's comic book review Stack, we're talking: Heroes in Crisis #6, Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2, The Wicked + Divine #42, Captain Marvel: Braver and Mightier #1, The Six Million Dollar Man (out 3/6), Black Hammer 1945 #1 (out 3/6), Avant Guards #2, Fantastic Four #7, Invisible Kingdom (out 3/20), Firefly #4, Ice Cream Man #10, Obey Me (out 3/6), Punk Mambo #1 (out 4/24), Astro Hustle #1 (out 3/6) and Detective Comics #999
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Writer Bob Walles hits the stage to talk about his new role-playing game inspired comic book 'zine!
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Today's comic book review podcast includes: Return of Wolverine #5, Wolverine: Infinity Watch #1, Hulkverines #1, High Level #1, Riverdale Season 3 #1 (out 3/13), Exorsisters #5, Calamity Kate #1 (out 3/13), Naomi #2, and Middlewest #4
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Abraham Riesman (New York Magazine, Vulture) returns to the show to chat about his upcoming book on Stan Lee, and more!
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Today's comic book review podcast includes: Ms. Marvel #38, The Batman Who Laughs #3, Criminal #2, Wonder Twins #1, Savage Sword of Conan #1, Crackdown #1 (out 2/20), Blossoms 666 #2 (out 3/6), and Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #2 (out 2/20)
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Trooth Syrum returns to help inch closer to unlocking the Punisher Shrine. Plus, the debut of our Punisher Shrine Quiz Aftershow, and Pete eats a garbage plate.
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On today's comic book review podcast, we've got: Daredevil #1, Batman #64, DIE #3, Incursion #1 (out 2/20), Curse Words #20, Livewire #3 (out 2/13), Uncanny X-Men #11, Vindication #1, The Forgotten Queen (2/27), The Life and Death of Toyo Harada (3/13), and Female Furies #1
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Marvel editor Jordan D. White returns to the show to talk what's new with the X-Men books. Plus: the Punisher Shrine... Unlocked???
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On today's comic book review Stack we're talking: Heroes in Crisis #5, Age of X-Man: Alpha, Ice Cream Man #9, The Girl in the Bay #1 (out 2/6), WWE: Forever #1, Action Comics #1007, Spawn #293 and Exiles #12
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Comedian Sal Joseph returns to the show to talk Punisher Season 2, Shazam #2 and more!
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On today's comic review podcast, we're talking: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1, Guardians of the Galaxy #1, Naomi #1, Oliver #1, Blossoms 666 #1, Livewire #2, Wyrd #1 (out 1/30), The Shape of Elvira #1 (out 1/30), The Avant-Guards #1, Freedom Fighters #2, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt (out 1/30), X-O Manowar #23, and Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 (Marvel)
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Langston Belton returns to the show to chat Punisher Season 2 and funeral podcasts!
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On today's comic review podcast, we're chatting: Black Widow #1, The Batman Who Laughs #2, Deadly Class #36, Shadowman #11, Archie #702 (out 2/6), Suicide Squad #50, Isola Prologue, Adventure Time: Marcy & Simon #1, Archie 1941 #5 (out 2/6), Superman #7, and Invaders #1!
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Marki and ALBENDA from Wrong Wired Comics join our live show!
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On today's comic book review Stack, we've got recommendations for: Captain Marvel #1, Young Justice #1, Criminal #1, Avatar: Tsu'Tey's Path #1 (out 1/16), Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #1, DiE #2, Turok #1, Gunning For Hits #1, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1, and Batman #62!
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It's a New Year, and we're back with guest Charles Soule talking Daredevil, Darth Vader, the Return of Wolverine, and way, way more. *NOTE: Alex's mic was out for the first 30 seconds of the show, but pops right in after.
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Pete and Justin do a year in review podcast!
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