Planes, Trains and Comic Books
550 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn "Planes, Trains, and Comic Books" comic enthusiasts Matt Hansen and John Johnson read, discuss, and review comic book story arcs. Matt and John take a deep dive into the comic book medium, not only re-reading beloved and critically acclaimed story arcs, but also exploring the less heard of, and more unknown works. *INCLUDES SPOILERS*
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Fatale Vol. 1: Death Chases Me
April 23, 2024 02:20 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn present day, a man meets a woman who he becomes instantly obsessed with, and in the 1950s, this same woman destroys the lives of all those who cross her path, on a quest for... what? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Catwoman: When In Rome
April 07, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBWhen In Rome chronicles Catwoman's mysterious trip to Italy and her dealings with the deadly Falcone crime family. It's an incredible tale of Gotham's sexiest cat burglar! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Claymore Vol. 1: Silver-eyed Slayer
March 18, 2024 02:16 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBA village is gripped by fear and paranoia when a Yoma claims six lives. The Claymore who is sent to slay the creature isn't what the villagers expect at all. In fact, she seems more monster than human. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #171 (Trial By Fire, Part 6: The End)
March 04, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes - 48.8 MBNow embodied with the complete powers of the earth, Swamp Thing learns of a new parliament and his true place in the universe. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Appleseed Book 1: The Promethean Challenge
March 04, 2024 03:24 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBNomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities of the post-war wasteland. When they are found and brought to Olympus, they join the Olympus police, but Olympus's peaceful facade hides a violent struggle between human and cyborg. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #170 (Trial By Fire, Part 5: Apocalypse Now)
February 26, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes - 41 MBSwamp Thing's final trial awaits him far from Earth, courtesy of the Parliament of Flames. But first, stripped of his elemental abilities, he must survive the murderous attack of The Word. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog Vol 1: The Fire Next Time
February 19, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBParanormal investigator Nita Hawes has set out on a quest to root out the evil from her city. Guided by the ghost of her dead brother, she must come to terms with her own past, lest she become a victim herself! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #169 (Trial By Fire, Part 4: The Judas Tree)
February 18, 2024 14:14 - 29 minutes - 43.5 MBThe only man who can stop the Swamp Thing's deadly plans is a determined John Constantine-who must relive the horrors of his past while preparing for his final confrontation with the Earth Elemental. But Abby faces an even tougher task when her daughter, Tefé, returns. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #168 (Trial By Fire, Part 3: The Last Temptation Of Anton)
February 12, 2024 10:17 - 34 minutes - 50.2 MBAs Swamp Thing plots to destroy all life on Earth, the Phantom Stranger's agents oppose him on two fronts: The Word cuts a bloody swath through the elemental community, and a strangely changed Anton Arcane confronts Swamp Thing directly-for the final time. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #167 (Trial By Fire, Part 2: The Word Of God)
February 06, 2024 01:02 - 35 minutes - 52 MBAs Jason Woodrue seeks help in stopping Swamp Thing's plans to destroy humankind, Timothy Raven prepares to invoke the spirit of Anton Arcane. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Killadelphia- Volume 1: Sins Of the Father
February 05, 2024 01:51 - 1 hour - 125 MBWhen small-town beat cop Jimmy Sangster returns to his Philadelphia roots to bury his murdered father, he stumbles into a mystery that will lead him down a path of horrors and shake his beliefs to their core. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #166 (Trial By Fire, Part 1: Golden Days Before The End)
January 29, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes - 51.5 MBA year has passed since the Swamp Thing was last seen, and the U.S. government sends Jason Woodrue, the man who discovered Swamp Thing's true nature, to navigate the now-unearthly landscape of the Louisiana bayou in search of the Earth Elemental. But Swamp Thing may be as altered as his environment…and John Constantine and the Phantom Stranger have their own plans for dealing with what he's become. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social med...
Ghost In The Shell
January 24, 2024 12:12 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBMajor Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including “ghost hackers” who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers’ criminal ends. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #165 (Chester Williams: American Cop)
January 22, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes - 52.2 MBWhen lovable hippie Chester Williams forsakes his left-wing past for the ultraconservative life of a New York City cop, the powers that be decide he's just the man to talk the Swamp Thing out of his environmentally conscious plans for humankind. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #164 (The Parliament Of Vapors)
January 15, 2024 13:32 - 32 minutes - 47.5 MBSwamp Thing must decide whether to aid Nightmaster in defending Earth from a mystical invasion. But doing so may cost the Elemental his humanity forever…at the hands of the mysterious Parliament of Vapors. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #163 (Trees Of Knowledge)
January 10, 2024 11:01 - 32 minutes - 46.8 MBAn increasingly alienated Swamp Thing gets some ominous hints about his future from an eerie group of half-alive Cajun tree-men. Meanwhile, Nightmaster faces what may be his last stand against the warlocks who have destroyed his home dimension. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Fear Agent Volume 1
January 08, 2024 04:47 - 59 minutes - 82.6 MBHeath Huston stumbles upon an extraterrestrial plot to commit genocide against the human species, he must put down the bottle and resume his role as a peacekeeper...the last Fear Agent! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #162 (Telephone Calls From The Dead)
January 03, 2024 01:57 - 31 minutes - 44.4 MBTrapped within the monstrous form of a Wicker Man, Swamp Thing must use his new elemental abilities to escape and prevent the Druid from destroying his consciousness forever. Meanwhile, Abby Arcane faces a different kind of horror in the swamp. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Klaus
January 01, 2024 11:16 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBGrant Morrison and Dan Mora revamp, reinvent, and re-imagine a classic superhero for the 21st century, drawing on Santa’s roots in Viking lore and Siberian shamanism. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #161 (Many Happy Returns)
December 19, 2023 11:52 - 31 minutes - 46.6 MBAs Swamp Thing and Abby experience an awkward reunion, a powerful force comes to Earth from Nightmaster's other-dimensional realm, determined to steal Swamp Thing's newly acquired elemental abilities. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #160 (Ace Of Swords)
December 13, 2023 11:53 - 33 minutes - 47.3 MBA more powerful Swamp Thing faces a new enemy and an unexpected reunion. Plus, the return of Nightmaster. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #159 (Swamp Dog)
December 06, 2023 11:06 - 22 minutes - 33.2 MBA young boy is kidnapped by a bizarre club whose members plan to make him the main course at their next dinner. But there are other dishes on the menu…including a generous portion of Swamp Thing. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Friday: The First Day Of Christmas
December 04, 2023 10:39 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBWhen Friday comes home for the holidays, she finds that something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town... Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #158 (The Parliament Of Waves)
November 30, 2023 11:22 - 30 minutes - 43.3 MBSwamp Thing meets the Parliament of Waves and learns the true identity of Anna. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #157 (Sink Or Swim)
November 21, 2023 11:15 - 22 minutes - 32.8 MBThe story of Anna, who has led Swamp Thing into a dizzying journey through alternative worlds, is revealed in the penultimate chapter of “River Run.” Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Saga Vol 1
November 20, 2023 10:08 - 1 hour - 99.4 MBWhen two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #156 (River Run, Chapter 5: Darker Genisis)
November 15, 2023 11:07 - 27 minutes - 39.3 MBSwamp Thing visits a world where Alec Holland is merely a botanist working to create a bio-restorative formula-but death still haunts the swamp. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #155 (River Run, Chapter 4: The Secret Of Slaughter Swamp)
November 08, 2023 10:15 - 30 minutes - 43.7 MBSwamp Thing's odyssey through parallel worlds leads him to a dark bayou where an aged, semiretired superhero must defeat Solomon Grundy and uncover a terrible secret. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother
November 06, 2023 01:04 - 1 hour - 107 MBWhen her private detective husband is murdered by the Muerta crime family, Ms. Tree takes over the business! Cold, calculating and tough as nails, no case is too small, no violence too extreme, so long as a mystery is solved. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #154 (River Run, Chapter 3: The Bad Seed)
October 31, 2023 10:34 - 26 minutes - 38.1 MBMoving deeper into the worlds of Anna's book, Swamp Thing's loyalties are tested when he meets Abigail Arcane, an evil young woman who's come to live with her kindly Uncle Anton. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #153 (River Run, Chapter 2: Twilight Of The Gods)
October 24, 2023 23:02 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MBSwamp Thing arrives in an alternative America-one in which the Nazis won World War II, where he is offered the chance to avenge millions of murdered souls. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Basket Full Of Heads
October 23, 2023 03:06 - 1 hour - 106 MBJune Branch-trapped with four cunning criminals who have snatched her boyfriend for deranged reasons of their own. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #152 (River Run, Chapter 1: City Of The Dead)
October 18, 2023 10:16 - 27 minutes - 40.4 MBSwamp Thing enters the first in a series of fictional worlds created by the mysterious Anna. Transported to a gothic horror version of New Orleans, he encounters Harry Moon, a hard-bitten private eye whose beat includes chasing down vampires, monsters…and Earth Elementals. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #151 (River Run Prologue: Flotsam And Jetsam)
October 11, 2023 00:05 - 29 minutes - 43 MBReturning to Louisiana, Swamp Thing meets Anna, a mysterious writer with a book of short stories-tales into which the Earth Elemental is irresistibly drawn…one by one. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #150 (The Illumination)
October 03, 2023 10:14 - 44 minutes - 63 MBSwamp Thing faces Sargon the Sorcerer for the last time in the Black Forest and learns the truth about the Parliament of Stones and the Parliament of Trees. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #149 (The Root Of All Evil)
September 26, 2023 11:13 - 24 minutes - 35.4 MBSwamp Thing faces the new Sargon the Sorcerer in the heart of the Black Forest as the mage prepares to unleash the hordes of Hell. Meanwhile, El Señor Blake plays a deadly game for Swamp Thing's life, and the Parliament of Stones creates its new champion. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Blue Beetle Vol. 1 (2006)
September 24, 2023 19:34 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBHigh school student Jaime Reyes is thrust into the life of a hero after an encounter with extraterrestrial armor transforms him into the Blue Beetle! What is the armor’s true purpose, and what evils will our planet face if Jaime isn’t strong enough to use the armor correctly? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #148 (Feeding Habits)
September 19, 2023 11:59 - 27 minutes - 39.2 MBSargon the Sorcerer returns from the dead, and both Swamp Thing and the Parliament of Trees, including the enigmatic Lady Jane, are interested in the secret he carries, a secret rooted deep in the Black Forest of Germany. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #147 (Amsterdamnation)
September 11, 2023 11:58 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBAs Swamp Thing confronts big-game hunter Nelson Strong, El Señor Blake prepares to enter a deadly game to determine the fate of the Earth Elemental. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Ultimate Fantastic Four: Volume 1
September 05, 2023 02:55 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBWhen high-school genius Reed enrolls at a secret government-sponsored school for the most gifted minds in the world, he unwittingly embarks on the journey of a lifetime! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #146 (Murder In The Dark)
August 01, 2023 12:17 - 26 minutes - 38 MBBig-game hunter Nelson Strong pursues the Swamp Thing to Amsterdam, where the reincarnated Linda Holland is rumored to be involved with a sadistic prostitution ring. John Constantine: A Hellblazer Podcast Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #145 (Big Game)
July 24, 2023 12:47 - 26 minutes - 38.6 MBSwamp Thing attempts to get to Amsterdam in search of Linda Holland, but hot on his trail are several shadowy elemental figures. Also in pursuit is a hunter of big game and monsters named Nelson Strong, a man who has trained his whole life for a confrontation with the Swamp Thing. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Superboy: Origin of King Shark
July 23, 2023 18:58 - 1 hour - 113 MBSuperboy battles Aquaman's nemesis, King Shark, off the coast of Hawaii. Plus, learn the mysterious origin of this truly unique villain. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #144 (A Hope In Hell)
July 17, 2023 20:59 - 28 minutes - 41.1 MBA strangely changed Swamp Thing travels to New York City where he encounters a dead priest who walks the earth. But the Parliament of Trees-and others-are pursuing the Earth Elemental, each with their own agendas. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #143 (Desert Hearts)
July 10, 2023 11:58 - 22 minutes - 32.3 MBAlec Holland and Abigail Arcane confront the murderous Swamp Thing in a struggle that will determine the Earth Elemental's fate. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #142 (Soul Train)
July 04, 2023 12:57 - 23 minutes - 34.5 MBAlec Holland takes a bizarre trip on the "Soul Train," where a mysterious messenger reveals the secret of his connection to the Swamp Thing. Meanwhile, Abby runs for her life, pursued by a monster that may once have been her husband. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Ultimate Spiderman: Volume 1
July 03, 2023 03:19 - 1 hour - 108 MBHigh school student Peter Parker finds himself the recipient of strange and amazing powers. Bullied by his classmates and targeted by the deadly Green Goblin, he learns that with great power, there must also come great responsibility. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #141 (Bad Gumbo)
June 27, 2023 23:38 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBThe murderous Swamp Thing rampages through the Louisiana Bayou while Alec Holland begins a spiritual odyssey to discover who--or what-- he really is. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #140 (Vegetable Man)
June 19, 2023 16:25 - 27 minutes - 39.2 MBThe entire Swamp Thing mythos is turned inside out when Dr. Alec Holland regains consciousness in a South American hospital, sweating and disoriented from a terrible nightmare in which he had shambled through swamps as the reigning Earth Elemental. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Stumptown Volume 1
June 18, 2023 23:09 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBDex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she's less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. But maybe Dex's luck is about to change. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks