Cover B Podcast
275 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJoin hosts Chris & Tee on this weekly comic book & nerdy entertainment focused podcast! They’ll share their views on brand new issues of your favorite comic titles, update you on important entertainment and nerd news, and provide comedic relief for about an hour at a time. Subscribe today and never miss another episode of Cover B Podcast!
Not sure whether to see the new superhero movie that just hit theaters? Check out Cover B’s ‘REEL EXTRA’ episodes, where they review the newest blockbusters right after they release. Get honest opinions in both spoiler-free and full-spoiler sections, letting you decide whether the film is worth it (or definitely worth waiting for RedBox).
Looking for something new to read? Cover B has you covered with segments like the Secret Shortbox, where we offer alternative comic book reads based off your favorite authors, or Graphic Novelties, where we review original trade paperback releases you may have never heard of before.
Want some hard-hitting debates on your favorite nerdy IPs? Check out Cover B’s segment Key Issues, where Chris and Tee discuss polarizing issues from the entertainment space, like toxic fandom and lackluster cross-over events.
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Episodes
Episode 162 - REEL EXTRA: Morbius
April 05, 2022 01:16 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBReel Extra: Morbius So, it's not the worst movie we've ever seen. In fact, it might even be better than Venom: Let There Be Carnage... but that doesn't mean it's good. Or even, really, okay. It's just sort of... well, it's kind of bad. Sony, why do you keep doing this to us?
Episode 161 - Graphic Novelties: The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
April 02, 2022 01:45 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBGraphic Novelties: The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel Time for another very different Graphic Novelties - this time, we're focused on a book set in the Outlander universe. Having not read the original source material, we may not have gathered all the juicy context there was to be had, but that didn't hinder our enjoyment of this saucy Scottish tale.
Episode 160 - Graphic Novelties: This Is A Taco
March 29, 2022 04:36 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MBGraphic Novelties: This Is A Taco This release from Oni Press is a children's book, but it's adorable, hilarious, and it's creative use of breaking the fourth wall is heckin' impressive. Come on a journey with us with Taco the Squirrel, who really loves tacos (don't we all?).
Episode 159 - What Day Is It, Dark Horse Steppin Up, Post-Capitalist Manga
March 26, 2022 00:29 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBWeekly Pull Highlights We Have Demons #1 Ghost Cage #1 Whether it's building an entirely new mythos or developing a very different subgenre of manga, we're always impressed when boundries are pushed in comics. Also, where the heck did March go?!
Episode 158 - Violent Nightmares, Friendship Powers, Creepy Dolls
March 18, 2022 23:32 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Slumber #1 Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1 Playthings #1 Not every superhero story needs to be super deep, or super depressing, or super dramatic. Sometimes, it's just super people fighting bad guys and shaking hands. And honestly, we're totally into it.
Episode 157 - Secret Shortbox: George Orwell
March 15, 2022 06:23 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBSecret Shortbox: George Orwell What do you do if you're concerned about government domination and classist control? You read comics! Or, at least, we do. Anyway, we think Orwell would probably do the same, and these are probably some of the titles he'd choose to read!
Episode 156 - Blegh, Better Vamps, Responsible Representation
March 12, 2022 02:24 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Hit Me #1 Little Monsters #1 We know we've talked a lot of trash about the amount of vampire books coming out recently, but the new title from Jeff Lemire proves that we CAN like vampires, you just have to do something interesting with them!
Episode 155 - REEL EXTRA: The Batman
March 07, 2022 21:44 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBReel Extra: The Batman There have been many movies about the Bat, but the new 3-hour spectacle from Matt Reeves is unafraid to take risks and do things the previous films haven't done, while staying very true to the comic source material. To say we were impressed is an understatement! However, when we say don't buy the big drink from concessions, we mean it...
Episode 154 - Short Stories, Mignola's Prolificness, Not Everything Sucks
March 04, 2022 23:08 - 25 minutes - 35.8 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Radio Spaceman #1 Everything Sucks There's something special in a story that knows it needs to end, and does so when it's supposed to, and doesn't drag out forever, and ever, and ever... Man, it's harder than it looks.
Episode 153 - Visual Storytelling, Lizard in a Crown, Metalocalypse
February 26, 2022 08:34 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Step by Bloody Step #1 Kingjira One Shot Heavy Metal Drummer #1 The written word isn't the only way to tell a story, and these visual driven indie books are definitely proving that this week. From a vast story in another world, to a kaiju invasion on our home turf, there's all sorts of tales being told with no dialogue in sight (and we're super okay with that!).
Episode 152 - Key Issues: The F-Word in Comics
February 22, 2022 03:04 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBKey Issues: The F-Word in Comics First of all, if you don't like hearing the F-word, this is probably not the episode for you (or the kiddos in your life)! This week, we're discussing how over-using the f-bomb doesn't really make you sound edgy, but it can make you sound like you don't actually know how people talk. Writers, there are better ways to get your point across, we promise.
Episode 151 - Occupational Apocalyptic, Post-Superhero, So Edgy
February 19, 2022 02:30 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Until My Knuckles Bleed #1 QUAD: Terah & Elvis The age of vampires might be ending, but the following trend is coming up very... yellow? It's not what it sounds like. But I guess you have to listen to know that!
Episode 150 - REEL EXTRA: Marry Me
February 15, 2022 02:12 - 23 minutes - 32 MBReel Extra: Marry Me It's not every day that we get to talk about a romantic comedy on the podcast, but heck, it doesn't get more appropriate than on Valentine's Day! And this one IS a comic book movie, just with a lot less punching (but still a fair amount of spandex...).
Episode 149 - More Vampires, Invisi-arms, Faded Art
February 12, 2022 01:19 - 21 minutes - 30 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 Cover of Darkness #1 Are we tired of vampires? Absolutely. Are we more forgiving when the story does really interesting, unique things and STILL incorporates vampires? Yeah, okay, fine, now you've gotten our attention.
Episode 148 - Graphic Novelties: Maus
February 07, 2022 21:13 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MBGraphic Novelties: Maus We don't always discuss older graphic novels, but when this one recently came back into the news cycle (for all the wrong reasons), we thought it only appropriate that we cover this masterwork. A brilliant telling of a horrible period in history, we think everyone should have access to Maus - when we forget our history, we're doomed to repeat it.
Episode 147 - In Media Res, Millennial Disillusionment, Monster Janitors
January 29, 2022 01:25 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBWeekly Pull Highlights New Men #1 All Guts No Glory #1 What's this? Books from publishers we rarely ever talk about? Don't mind if we do! Excellent new titles from Action Lab and Zenescope. Didn't see that coming, did ya!
Episode 146 - Powered Gaming: Sentinels of the Multiverse
January 25, 2022 02:01 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBPowered Gaming: Sentinels of the Multiverse (Definitive Edition) It's an oldie, but a goodie, and now it's getting a definitive edition! Thanks to Kickstarter, we got a sneak peek at the new design and cool changes made to one of our all-time favorite board games. If you haven't played Sentinels, you are REALLY missing out.
Episode 145 - Romance, Troll Prejudice, Batman & Jesus
January 21, 2022 22:36 - 27 minutes - 38 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Bolero #1 Arrowsmith #1 Batman the Knight #1 What an excellent chunk of new books this week! Romance with a science fiction twist, fantasy in a natural environment, and the awkward in-between years of Batman.
Episode 144 - How you is?, Suburban Horror, Missed Potential
January 15, 2022 01:16 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Rain #1 We Ride Titans #1 We can't talk enough about the new title Rain, based off the short story by Joe Hill, and just how GOOD it is! The tension, the character development, the slow burn... it's rare to feel this affected by an event you know is coming from page one.
Episode 143 - Graphic Novelties: Mafiosa
January 11, 2022 01:52 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBGraphic Novelties: Mafiosa It's rare to get the female perspective from a 1920's-based noir story, but this one gets right down in the thick of all the deep troubles you'd expect to be associated with being a woman in a gangster crime syndicate. It's pretty heavy, but pretty important, too.
Episode 142 - Super Soylent, New Noir, Derek "The Gripe" Felony
January 08, 2022 00:18 - 17 minutes - 23.6 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Monkey Meat #1 The Fourth Man #1 Welcome to a new year, and new type of noir! Instead of that old fashioned narrator looking back on our life, our focus character is... dead? We'll explain it all later, promise.
Episode 141 - Coverspiracy: How Will the X-Men Enter the MCU?
January 03, 2022 23:36 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBCoverspiracy: How Will the X-Men Enter the MCU? Brand new year, brand new segment! Introducing Coverspiracy, where we give our hair-brained theories and outlandish predictions about what's coming next in comics, movies, and more. This week, it's all about how we believe the MCU will introduce our favorite mutant crew into the universe.
Episode 140 - Faceless Kaiju, Humans Suck, DC Horror
December 31, 2021 19:51 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Mega #1 Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1 The year has come and gone (somehow very slowly and very quickly, all at once), but that doesn't mean we don't have a couple great books to ring in the new year with. We hope 2022 starts with the best possible scenario - lots of time to read!
Episode 139 - Key Issues: Hollywood Hating on Superhero Films
December 27, 2021 19:16 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBKey Issues: Hollywood Hating on Superhero Films Why do so many in Hollywood find it necessary to diss superhero films? Directors, actors, filmmakers - you name it, celebrities of all calibers have decided it's the "posh" thing to do to hate on a whole subgenre of films that make millions of people around the globe, very, very happy. But why? We talk about the who, what, and why of these haters - and why they're inherently wrong for being so rude about the whole thing. Have an opinion, sure...
Episode 138 - Powered Gaming: X-Men: Mutant Insurrection
December 25, 2021 00:41 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBPowered Gaming: X-Men: Mutant Insurrection When was the last time you had a really great time playing a board game, DESPITE losing... a lot? We played this game a bunch of times, lost EVERY time, and STILL are ready to play it again. That's gotta be the best recommendation for a game, right?
Episode 137 - REEL EXTRA: Spider-Man: No Way Home
December 21, 2021 01:19 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBReel Extra: Spider-Man: No Way Home It's amazing. There, we said it. They learned from past mistakes, righted wrongs, and gave us all the well-executed fan service we so desperately deserved. Truly, Marvel did right by us this time, and now we (im)patiently wait for whatever the future may hold in the MCU.
Episode 136 - Ancient Agnostics, Not Batman, Secret Agent Surfer Spy
December 17, 2021 23:17 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Odin's Eye #1 Cloaked #1 Third Wave '99 #1 What's real and what's a fabrication? That's exactly what we're piecing through this week - whether it's the grey area between dream and reality, rumors and the truth, or the fiction of a book and the real-life happenings of our world.
Episode 135 - Fallen Angels, Lady MacFrenzy, Drink Tea
December 10, 2021 23:57 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Daisy #1 Crimson Cage #1 There's nothing better than a modernized retelling of a classic, and this week, we (kinda) have two! From a professional wrestler dealing with his own Lady Macbeth, to what really happened to fallen angels, these books give us something to chew on.
Episode 134 - Powered Gaming: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
December 07, 2021 01:55 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBPowered Gaming: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy It's been a hot minute since we've had a Powered Gaming! While we went in with relatively low expectations (we can only play as Starlord? really?), the resulting game from Eidos-Montreal was incredibly fun (despite the sometimes game-breaking bugs). A great depiction of characters we know and love, this is one we're glad we put on our to-play list.
Episode 133 - Rewriting Greek Mythology, James Bold, Poor Kitties
December 04, 2021 00:16 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1 King of Spies #1 Animal Castle #1 Tee's got a deep, sultry, post-bronchitis tenor going on, but the comic reviews rest for no one this week! This was a big week, especially if you're a fan of turning literature on it's head. Time for some post-turkey reading material!
Episode 132 - REEL EXTRA: Injustice
November 30, 2021 02:33 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBReel Extra: Injustice Did you even know this was released? We're gonna guess that's a no, since we barely found it out about it. Is it better than the game? Not really. Is it a bad flick? Not entirely. But we'll cover all of that, so maybe you don't have to go hunt this down in the local Redbox.
Episode 131 - 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
November 24, 2021 20:20 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MB2021 Holiday Gift Guide What do you get for your favorite comic book reader? Well, we've got some ideas! From hard cover editions, to fancy Legos, to the nerdiest of jewelry, we have something for everyone in this year's edition of the holiday gift guide!
Episode 130 - Secret Shortbox: William Shakespeare
November 20, 2021 00:47 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBSecret Shortbox: William Shakespeare If ol' Willy S had a box of comics under his (or her...look it up!) writing desk, what do you think would be in there? We have a couple guesses - in fact, that's what this whole episode is about!
Episode 129 - Graphic Novelties: Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas TP
November 16, 2021 02:31 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBGraphic Novelties: Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas TP Do you remember all those Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books you used to read? This is like that, but like, grown-up, and much more focused on what it's like to BE a teen mystery machine, rather than just what happens TO a teen mystery machine.
Episode 128 - Conspiracies Nigh, YA Fiction, Dick & Bruce
November 11, 2021 18:56 - 36 minutes - 50.9 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #1 What's the Furthest Place from Here #1 Robin & Batman #1 Well, I'm not sure what your bingo card said for "next recurring theme in comic books," but if you've got "conspiracy theories," you've won tonight's free coupon for a dozen donuts from the Bigfoot bakery! Adios, vampires - we were sick of you anyway.
Episode 127 - REEL EXTRA: Eternals
November 08, 2021 20:16 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBReel Extra: Eternals Marvel finally dove head first into the weird IPs of Jack Kirby with Eternals! This movie has a lot going for it, from beautiful visuals to excellent acting, but stumbles over it's third act and suffers from tonal confusion. We get into the thick of it in this week's REEL EXTRA.
Episode 126 - Fan Clubs, Episodic Appreciation, King's Reign of Cult Characters
November 05, 2021 01:15 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBWeekly Pull Highlights The Rush #1 Newburn #1 The Heathens #1 The Human Target #1 Get your honorary whistles out, this episode is dedicated to all the many fan clubs we've built on Cover B! There's something for Chip's Ahoy, something for Bunn's Huns, even something for the Spurritos... look, we don't make the rules. These things just happen.
Episode 125 - Heads Will Roll, Bodymore Murderland, Lonely Gotham
October 21, 2021 22:05 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Refrigerator Full of Heads #1 Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog #1 Catwoman: Lonely City #1 DC is having a good week! New Hill House horror with a follow-up to Basketful of Heads and an excellent new Catwoman title that shows an older, more relatable Selina. Plus, an extension to the Killadelphia world means we've got some really good reading for this week!
Episode 124 - Graphic Novelties: After the Fall
October 11, 2021 19:09 - 11 minutes - 16.7 MBGraphic Novelties: After the Fall Remember the post-apocalyptic movies and video games from the 80s and 90s? This is just like those, but with beautiful art and a heartwarming ending. We'll get into the finer details in this week's short but sweet episode about After the Fall.
Episode 123 - Comic Medium, We're All Dirtbags, Get Out
October 08, 2021 22:40 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBWeekly Pull Highlights A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance Dirtbag Rapture #1 Intrusion (One-Shot) Out #1 You can guarantee that if there's a book that takes place in WWII with Nazi's getting eaten by occult demons, we're gonna talk about it. That's how you KNOW it's a good week for comics. Oh, and there were a few other great ones, too.
Episode 122 - REEL EXTRA: Venom: Let There Be Carnage
October 04, 2021 19:34 - 42 minutes - 59 MBReel Extra: Venom: Let There Be Carnage A new Sony/Marvel movie collab, we finally get to see Carnage on the big screen! Even with all the excitement surrounding the film (including the biggest US opening of the pandemic), the movie is... fine? We have some qualms and some praise, but as Linkin Park so eloquently states, "in the end, nothing really matters..." (Spoiler Alert!)
Episode 121 - Powered Gaming: Love Letter: Infinity Gauntlet
September 27, 2021 20:41 - 21 minutes - 30.3 MBPowered Gaming: Love Letter: Infinity Gauntlet We're away on a MUCH needed vacation, but we made sure to get a new episode ready to go during our break! We had the chance to sit down and play the Marvel-themed Love Letter iteration centered around the Infinity Gauntlet and Thanos, and it's super fun! A quick, lively romp (and Tee won twice!), you won't be disappointed when you pick this one up.
Episode 120 - Graphic Novelties: Batman: The World
September 20, 2021 15:40 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBGraphic Novelties: Batman: The World Did you know that Saturday was Batman Day? It timed out beautifully for us to be able to highlight a brand new compilation all about Batman from a global perspective. We share our favorite stories from the book, but it's honestly an excellent read cover to cover. Here's to you, Brucey-boy!
Episode 119 - Space Race, Conservation, Another Harley
September 16, 2021 22:42 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Primordial #1 Nobody's Child #1 Harley Quinn: Eat Bang Kill Tour #1 An alternate history filled with conspiracies, a potential future filled with humans being terrible, and Harley Quinn joyriding. Don't you just love a week of comics?
Episode 118 - Alien Babies, Ben Drowned, A Big Sad
September 09, 2021 23:49 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Deadbox #1 Mazebook #1 Bountiful Garden #1 We've got a big theme of space in this episode, from the movie-in-a-comic in Deadbox, to the Space Case-meets-Alien vibe in Bountiful Garden, to the endless void built from grief in Mazebook. It's a lot, but it's really good, promise.
Episode 117 - REEL EXTRA: Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
September 06, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBReel Extra: Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Marvel is not messing around with Phase 4! We hit our local theater to see the new box office smash, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and it did NOT disappoint! The fight choreography is incredible, the storytelling is excellent, the acting is exceptional, and the magic is, well, magical. Let's get into it (and be advised, we do give a spoiler warning)!
Episode 116 - Good Idea Comics, Real Minecraft, Modern Spies
September 02, 2021 22:15 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBWeekly Pull Highlights Monster Kill Squad #1 Pyrate Queen #1 Almost American #1 Despite the ongoing battle Chris is fighting with Bad Idea comics & their vast array of gimmicks, we've got not one, but TWO books from them to cover this week, plus an excellent modern spy tale based on a true story.
Episode 115 - Key Issues: Substack
August 30, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBKey Issues: Substack So you've heard that your favorite comic book creator is joining Substack - but what does that even mean? Substack is a newsletter publishing site that's recently courted some of the bigger names in comics. Does this spell the end for the print medium? Probably not, but we get into the nitty gritty of what this could mean for the industry and how it could affect your pull list.
Episode 114 - Horizontal Comics, It's Always Aliens, Heroes Not Powers
August 26, 2021 22:36 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBWeekly Pull Highlights St. Mercy #1 Lifeformed #1 Echolands #1 Darkhawk #1 Brand new time, same great comic content (I mean, we think it's pretty okay, anyway)! This week we have a blast from the past, a book turned sideways, and a big twist (surprise! it's aliens) - not too bad for a Thursday, huh?
Episode 113 - Graphic Novelties: Sensor
August 24, 2021 00:45 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBGraphic Novelties: Sensor Something a little different, we've got the brand new release from Junji Ito, and it's just as creepy as you're expecting! This new multi-chapter book from an absolute horror master covers all your scary bases: cults, bugs, natural disasters, eldritch gods - what else could you ask for?