Fanboys Strike Back Weekly Review Podcast
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Weekly Review Podcast Episode 38- New Avengers #40
May 07, 2008 07:07 - 57.4 MBThis was a great week for books but in the end New Avengers stood out as the best book of the week because I am so immersed in this story and it's been a huge pay-off so far. Eric and I also discuss DC Universe #0 to talk about the road the Final Crisis and this issue's shocking ending. We also talked about Avengers: The Initiative, Green Lantern, Teen Titans Year One and more. And Summer movie season is in full effect with the arrival of Iron Man. We'll tell you what we thought about the fil...
The Real Deal
May 04, 2008 18:17The official Batman trailer is now online. This is the same trailer that we posted a couple of days ago but that was the bootleg version, here you can see the trailer in all it's glory. And if you look closely you'll see a little Two Face at the end. See the official trailer here
Guess who's coming to Smallville?
May 02, 2008 21:35Superherohype.com has reported that Michael Rosenbaum will indeed be leaving the show as Lex Luthor but two more villains will be joining to show. Doomsday will appear in season 8 of Smallville and will be joined by an unknown female villain that will play an important role in Clark's life. It will be interesting to see how they deal with Lex's departure of the show and if he'll be appearing at all in season 8, a lot of people think the female villain will be a version of Diana and Doomsday...
Book of the Week 4/40/08 New Avengers #40
May 01, 2008 03:10Written by Brian Michael Bendis Pencils by Jim Cheung Inks by John Dell Colors by Justin Ponsor Letters by Albert Deschesne Picking the book of the week can be a hard thing. There are so many factors that go into it. You want to pick a book that excites you and gives you an emotional response, you also want to try to be unique and look for different things in different books, I mean you don't want the same book to be the book of the week all the time. That being said, last weeks book of th...
New Hulk trailer
May 01, 2008 01:59Marvel released the new Hulk trailer today and while I've been on the fence about out, this new trailer looks pretty sweet. Check it out below Or you can check it out in HD on quicktime here
Star Wars Lives!
April 30, 2008 04:32Click on the link to check out the leaked Clone Wars trailer that David and I are really excited about. Check it out and let us know if it's something you'll be waiting at midnight to see.
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 37- Mighty Avengers #12
April 30, 2008 02:57 - 42.8 MBEric picked Mighty Avengers #12 as the best book this week because Nick Fury is back and things in the Marvel universe are about to get very interesting. We also discuss the end of Countdown, Checkmate, Thor, X-Force and more. We talk about the variant cover to Uncanny X-men which hints that someone may be a skrull and finish the show out with discussing the new Star Wars Clone Wars trailer and if it looks good or if the Star Wars universe should have ended with the movies. Subscribe on itun...
FInal Dark Knight Trailer now online
April 29, 2008 18:39It's just a bootleg version for now but the quality isn't bad and the trailer looks amazing. Ledger looks like he's going to be a great joker and I'm happy to see Harvey Dent getting a little more attention. Check it out
More Dark Knight Promos
April 29, 2008 01:52Superherohype.com has posted new promo posters from the dark knight. I'm liking the Batpod but what really has me excited is the foreshadowing of Two Face.
A world without rules
April 29, 2008 01:48The last official Dark Knight poster is online and it's getting me pretty exciting. Check it out
Book of the Week 4/23/08 The Mighty Avengers #12
April 24, 2008 02:15Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Alex Meleev Colors by Matt Hollingsworth Letters by Dave Lanhpear I surprised myself with this one! On average most of my books were good to great this week giving me quite a selection to choose from. However, with more and more Marvel books being tagged with "secret invasion" I had to flip through and have a peek. Initially pulled in by Maleev's sketchy but oh-so-beautiful art, I decided to sit down and spend some time with the missing Mr. Fury. Boy a...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 36- X-men Divided We Stand #1
April 23, 2008 05:13 - 49.3 MBI chose X-men:Divided We Stand #1 as book of the week this week because I was surprised by how well the characters were written and blown away by some of the emotional punches of the book. Eric and I also discuss Countdown to Final Crisis #2, Captain America #37, Avengers:Initiative #11 and more. We finish off the show with a little listener feedback and discuss the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC video game. Subscribe on itunes here! Or download the podcast directly here (right click....sav...
Book of the Week 4/16/08 X-men: Divided We Stand #1
April 17, 2008 06:41Written by Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Skottie Young, Matt Fraction Art by Brandon Peterson, Sana Takeda, Skottie Young, David LaFuente, Jamie McKelvie Letters by Cory Petit I make a pull list every week before going to my store and I saw X-men Divided We Stand on Marvel's list of new books and I completely disregarded it. I thought it was a collection of stories gathered after messiah complex or at best a preview book of things to come and I decided that was not going to be worth ...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 35- Echo #2
April 15, 2008 18:48 - 33.9 MBEric picked Echo #2 by Terry Moore as the book of the week because it's a little like Strangers in Paradise but it's also nothing like Strangers in Paradise. We also discuss JSA #14, Countdown #3, Fantasic Four #556 and more. We go in depth on the new Titan's series to see if it's any good and if we'll stick with it and with Tomasi's return to Green Lantern Corps with issue #23 we reflect on the Corps as a whole give our opinions on whether the Corps book is necessary. We finish off the show ...
New Hulk Poster
April 14, 2008 23:45While I'm not incredibly excited for this movie, I do love a good teaser poster and this one looks great. A little Phantom Menace-ish though.
Book of the Week 4/09/08 Echo #2
April 10, 2008 06:08Story and Art by Terry Moore A lot of big books came out this week that I was really excited about. While many were thoroughly enjoyable, I really wanted to take this week to acknowledge the shear talent that is Terry Moore. This weeks issue of Echo continues to entertain and showcase Moores art. Echo is the story of a government experiment gone wrong. A weaponized combat suit which has been secretly developed is lost in an explosion during a test run. Said suit rains down in a million pi...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 34- Secret Invasion #1
April 08, 2008 06:48 - 54.6 MBSecret Invasion #1 hit stores this past week and it was easily the best book of the week. Eric and I dissect the book and do a role call of who we think are true heroes and who are skrulls. We also discuss the The Trials of Shazam #12, Countdown #4, Young X-men #1 and more. We finish off the show by discussing of few of our favorite things to arrive this past week, Battlestar Galatica season 4 and a very well done mock trailer of a Legend of Zelda movie. This is a show you won't want to miss....
The Legend of Zelda trailer!
April 08, 2008 02:12Unfortunately it was an April fools joke but still good just the same and provided some discussion on our show. Check it out!
Book of the Week 4/2/08 Secret Invasion #1
April 03, 2008 06:08Written by Brian Michael Bendis Pencils by Leinil Francis Yu Inks by Mark Morales Colors by Laura Martin Letters by Chris Eliopoulos WARNING! This review will contain some spoilers! Ok, wow, I'm not even sure where to start. As corny as it sounds I think that I can admit that Marvel's Secret Invasion tagline is ringing true and I honestly do not know who I trust in the Marvel U right now. Secret Invasion #1 hit stores today and Eric and I have been talking a lot about this book and whethe...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 33- Ultimate Spider-man #120
April 01, 2008 05:11 - 56.2 MBEric chose Ultimate Spider-man #120 as the best book he read this week because of the great Bendis dialogue and humor. Secret Invasion is right around the corner and it showed this week as we discuss the skrull sightings in Ms Marvel #25 and New Avengers #39 and more. For our top 5 we give you our top picks for stories that we would give to non comic book readers and Eric tops off the show with his review of the new Killing Joke deluxe edition. Subscribe on itunes here! Or download the pod...
Book of the Week 3/26/08 Ultimate Spiderman #120
March 27, 2008 04:23Written by Brian Bendis Pencils by Stuart Immomen Inks by Wade Von Grawbadger Colors by Justin Ponser I'm not sure why all the good books come out in one week but that seems to be what happened this time. Faced with an onslaught of quality I had to pick Ultimate Spiderman as the book of the week for the simple fact that I really related to this story. Now I'm not talking about the superheroing and mutant abilities (that I'd tell anyone) but the simple bantering between friends, the caring ...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 32- Superman/Batman Annual #2
March 26, 2008 05:47 - 43 MBIt was a pretty light week for books but Eric was surprised by how good the Superman/Batman Annual #2 was and it made its way to the top as the book of the week. This week we also discuss Countdown #6, Captain America #36, Robin #172 and more. We've both been contemplating dropping some of our books so we decided to vent our frustrations with our top 5 titles that need to be rebooted. Subscribe on itunes here! Or download the podcast directly here (right click.....save as)
Book of the Week 3/19/08 Superman/Batman Annual #2
March 20, 2008 03:13Written by Joe Kelly Art by Scott Kolins Colors by Jorge Molina Letters by Rob Leigh It's always fun to truly be inspired by the characters we all read every month. All too often these characters can become bogged down in boring, slow, or meaningless stories that do nothing to remind us why we like them (Flash anyone?). Superman routinely falls within this category. However when teamed together Superman and Batman prove to be a pitch perfect combination...like peanut butter and chocolate. T...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 31- Mighty Avengers #10
March 19, 2008 03:57 - 30.4 MBI picked Mighty Avengers #10 as the best book this week because of the great "old school" presentation and the foreshadowing of things to come. We also discuss Avengers:the initiative, Fantastic Four, Booster Gold and more. Eric embraces his Nintendo pride as he gives you his review of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii and we finish off the show with speculation on the new Hulk trailer. Will it be good or another bust? Subscribe on itunes here! Or download the podcast directly h...
New Hulk Trailer
March 18, 2008 20:56There is a lot of controversy surrounding the film but the first Hulk trailer has finally hit the net and I don't know, I think it looks OK but I can't say that I'm excited about this movie. Check out the trailer and see for yourself
Book of the Week 3/12/08 Mighty Avengers #10
March 14, 2008 21:20Written by Brian Michael Bendis Pencils by Mark Bagley Inks by Danny Miki & Allen Martinez Coloring by Justin Ponsor Letters by Dave Lanphear I've been talking about Mighty Avengers for quite a while now I finally have the chance to pick it as book of the week. I'm especially happy to pick this issue because, well this issue reminded me so much of why I love comics in the first place. The issue picks with Tony Stark, Doom and the Sentry stuck in the past and reading through this book was e...
Watchmen publicity shots!
March 07, 2008 14:52With recent adaptations like 300 and Sin City showing that epic comic stories can come to the big screen, I have faith and hope that Watchmen will not disappoint. Here are some publicity shots recently released of the characters and now I'm really starting to look forward to this film.
Book of the Week 3/5/08 Northlanders:Sven the Returned #4
March 06, 2008 04:21Written by Brian Wood Art by Davide Gianfelice Colors by Dave McCaig Whew, there were some enjoyable books this week! This week I have to give credit where credit is due and admit that Brian Wood's foul mouthed viking saga really has me hooked now. One part historical fiction, one part action/intrigue story, the flow of the book is really gripping. I've talked about this comic several times on the show and I think the story is really now hitting its stride. While I didn't notice it at firs...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 30- Thor #6
March 04, 2008 05:21 - 45 MBI picked Thor #6 as the book of the week because it's one of the most beautiful books out there and the story is surprisingly deep and fulfilling. Eric and I also discuss the first true epilogue to Messiah Complex in X-Men:Legacy #208, Eric was actually moved by All Star Batman & Robin #9 and we touch on JSA #13, Kick-Ass #1 and more. We finish the podcast off with our review of The New Frontier animated movie. Can it possibly live up to the book? Subscribe on itunes here! Or download the p...
New Iron Man trailer
February 29, 2008 08:35The new Iron Man trailer premiered with Lost tonight and this movie keeps looking better and better. Judge for yourselves below.
Book of the Week 2/28/08 Thor #6
February 29, 2008 07:48Written by J. Michael Straczynski Pencils by Oliver Coipel Inks by Mark Morales Colors by Laura Martin Letters by Chris Eliopoulos I've basically been gushing about this book since it came out and I said it once and I'll say it again, I never even considered buying a Thor Book before six months ago but now I'm hooked. JMS has done a wonderful job of rebooting the god of thunder and using him in the modern age. Thor isn't on Asgard, he's on Earth and the first five issues have dealt with him...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 29- Checkmate #23
February 28, 2008 06:49 - 29.6 MBWe have an all comic review show this week and Eric chose Checkmate #23 as the book of the week and is wondering why he hasn't been reading this book more. We also discuss Justice League of America, Countdown, Robin, Mighty Avengers and more! Subscribe on itunes here! Or download the podcast directly here (right click....save as)
Book of the Week 2/20/08 Checkmate #23
February 21, 2008 04:56Written by Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann Art by Joe Bennett & Jack Jadson Cover by Kalman Andrasovfsky I've picked up random issues of Checkmate in the past and can admit that it's always been a fine book. I thoroughly enjoyed the "Checkout" storyline as well. For some reason or another I've just never bought the book on a regular basis. However this week provided me the opportunity to jump on at the beginning of a new story arc and I can tell you I'm on board for the foreseeable future. Thi...
The Final Crisis is almost here
February 20, 2008 20:43DC comics has released the cover to the first issue of Final Crisis and it looks pretty sweet. I've been pretty vocal about not liking this idea but I'll try out the first couple of issues. J.G. Jones' is a skilled artist and these covers are looking good(although I think they may be a slight knock off of John Cassaday's Astonishing X-men variants)But good nonetheless!
First look from Wolverine
February 15, 2008 01:48Logan's back and here's the first image from the X-men spin-off Wolverine. Due out next May, The movie will explore Wolverine's past while also giving him reasons to keep having Berserker rages. After X3 I can't say I'm too excited about this but Jackman does create a great on screen Logan.
It's here!
February 15, 2008 01:16Damn I'm excited for this. As we promised, here is the new Indy trailer posted by newsarama.com. I really can't wait! And check out the official site for more!
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 28- Nightwing #141
February 14, 2008 06:12 - 56.3 MBEric was more than happy to choose Nightwing #141 as the book of the week because of the powerhouse team of Tomasi and Morales. We also discuss Ms. Marvel #24 and find out who's a skrull, Uncanny X-men #495, Teen Titans Year one #2 and more. In comic news we talked about Trinity the new upcoming weekly from DC comics by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley and we finish off the show with our top 5 picks for the most inspiring moments in comics, the moments that had influenced the industry and the read...
Book of the Week 2/13/08 Fantastic Four #554
February 14, 2008 04:43Written by Mark Millar Pencils by Bryan Hitch Inks by Paul Neary Colors by Paul Mounts Letters by Rus Wooton I've read the Fantastic Four on and off ever since I started reading comics but this has to be the first time that I've been excited about a new FF run. Don't get me wrong, there's been some great runs over the years and the book has been really good recently but the FF has never received a lot of attention and buzz and I've always loved that about the book because it's great to have...
Book of the Week 2/6/08 Nightwing #141
February 07, 2008 04:07Written by Peter Tomasi Pencils by Rags Morales Inks by Michael Bair Letters by Sal Cipriano I can't even explain the joy I had reading this comic. As fans of the podcast know, I'm a huge Nightwing fan. Unfortunately lately his book has been...well...lacking. Marv Wolfman had a good start but unfortunately the book became a preview for Wolfmans other project. Well I'm happy to say that Tomasi and Morales have brought one of my favorite characters back from the brink. While the last issue s...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 27- Black Adam:The Dark Age #6
February 06, 2008 08:08 - 39.9 MBThis was a huge huge for book so we pass up on our top 5 for the week and focus completely on this week's comic's. Eric chose Black Adam:The Dark Age #6 as the book of the week because of the emotional take on DC's breakout character. We also discuss Bucky as the new Cap in Captain America #34, Green Lantern #24, Countdown, New Avengers Annual and more! Subscribe on itunes here! Or Download the podcast directly here (right click...save as)
First Mark Bagley DC Art is Revealed
February 06, 2008 07:31As we've talked about on the podcast Mark Bagley is leaving Marvel for DC and newsarama.com just released this first look of Bagley's DC art. He'll be working with Kurt Busiek on a yet to be announced project but it sounds like a great team for a book. Marvel will miss you Bags!
Book of the Week 1/30/08 Black Adam #6
January 31, 2008 02:54Written by Peter Tomasi Pencils by Doug Mahnke Inks by Christian Alamy and Rodney Ramos Colors by Rob Leigh Damn, this was excellent. I really wish that other writers in DC would strive for the kind of storytelling achieved through this 6 part storyline which concludes this week. With a few notable exceptions, DC stories seem to rely too hard on the high concept blockbusters. "Black Adam" has proven that small, character driven stories can be equal parts action and emotion. This is primar...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 26- Young Avengers Presents #1
January 29, 2008 05:38 - 56.4 MBYoung Avengers Presents #1 took the book of the week because it was freshing to see a Young Avengers book out and it was really well done! We also discuss X-men #207 the end of the Messiah Complex crossover and give our final thoughts. We cycle through Astonishing X-men #24, Teen Titans #55 and more. After Amazing Spider-man #548 I finally decide if I'm going to continue reading Spider-man and we finish off the show with our picks for our top 5 Superhero teams. Subscribe on itunes here! Or...
X-men writer Mike Carey discusses the future of Marvel's Mutants in a post Messiah complex world
January 25, 2008 00:54Messiah Complex is now over and while it answered some questions, many were left opened and even more questions were raised. Mike Carey, current writer of X-MEN(which will be changing to X-MEN:Legacy) talked to newsarama.com and discusses the twists and turns of Messiah Complex and what we can expect in the future. Check out the interview here
Book of the week 1/23/08 Young Avengers Presents #1: Patriot
January 24, 2008 04:33Written by Ed Brubaker Pencils by Paco Medina Inks by Juan Viasco Colors by Nathan Fairbairn Letters by Cory Petit I've been pretty vocal about how much I loved Young Avengers and that it's something that Marvel really needs to address. Allan Heinberg came out with one of the best books in the past few years and in my opinion he took the Teen Titans formula and greatly expended on it. But that was years ago and we still haven't seen a new Young Avengers book. We've been teased with appeara...
Book of the week 1/16/08 New X-men #46
January 17, 2008 05:35Written by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost Pencils by Humberto Ramos Inks by Carlos Cuervas & Dave Meikis Coloring by Edgar Delgado Letters by Dave Sharpe Well I hate to start off this way but this was a pretty mediocre week for comics for me. I've loved Messiah Complex and I've picked it a lot for the book of the week so i was hoping something else would jump out at me today but New X-men was the best book I read this week hands down. I've become huge fans of Craig and Kyle and I've mentioned t...
Weekly Review Podcast Episode 25 Green Arrow/Black Canary #4
January 14, 2008 03:22 - 57.1 MBEric picked Green Arrow/Black Canary #4 as the book of the week because of how powerfully emotional it was and gives credit to Winick and Chiang for the great work they're doing on the book. We also discuss Green Lantern Corps, Nightwing, Countdown and more. We give you guys an in-depth review of Amazing Spider-man #546 the first issue of Brand New Day and finish the podcast off with the top 5 comic events we're looking forward to in 2008 Subscribe on itunes here! Or download the podcast d...
More Brand New Day info
January 14, 2008 02:18Newsarama.com has posted new info about Brand New Day. They have an interview with Amazing Spider-man writer Dan Slott on the new status quo of Spidey and what we can expect from the book And they also have some very interesting interviews with Comic Book retailers and how the Spider-man changes have affected sales. Check out the Dan Slott interview here And if you're a comic fan I really suggest checking out the interview with the retailers here
Dawn of a Brand New Day
January 11, 2008 04:52Amazing Spider-Man #546 is out and we are offically introduced to the new status quo of Peter Parker. Obviously you guys know I was pretty passionate about One More Day so you can read my thoughts on Brand New Day here. And post and let us know what you guys think of the new Peter Parker. We're interested to see how it's being received.
Book of the Week 1/9/08 Green Arrow and Black Canary #4
January 10, 2008 03:24Written by Judd Winick Art by Cliff Chiang Colors by Trish Mulvihill Letters by Pat Brosseau This was another hard week to pick just one book. As I bemoaned several weeks ago, I wasn't thrilled with anything coming out. That has greatly changed. Almost every book I read this week could have made the list...almost (I'm looking at you Brand New Day). In the end, I'm a sucker for an emotional story and Green Arrow and Black Canary delivered that in spades. This issue picks up just after Conne...