On this week's show Stephanie, Bobby, Bob and Steve review Secret Wars #1, talk about the Archie Kickstarter and wonder if Marvel has gone too far with the Captain America: Civil War cast.


Lightning Round

Arcadia #1, Swords of Sorrow #1, Afterlife with Archie #8, Speed Force #2, Dead Drop #1,

Ant Man #5, Cluster #4, Invincible Ultimate Collection Vol. 1, The Woods Vol. 1,

Convergence: Question #2, Masks II #2, Operation: S.I.N. #5, Wonder Woman '77, Spider-Woman #7, Silk #4, Spider-Gwen #4 (nearly the BotW!), Squirrel Girl #5, Rocket Girl #6 and


Bandette: Vol.2 Stealers, Keepers


Book of the Week

Manifest Destiny Vol. 1: Flaura and Fauna, The Swords of Glass, Love: The Tiger, and Convergence: Nightwing and Oracle


Shared Book of the Week

Secret Wars #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic


Next week's #TCBOTW is Harrow County #1 by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook


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