Planes, Trains and Comic Books
555 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 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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Episodes
Christmas One Shots Special
December 22, 2019 15:06 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBIn celebration of the holidays, Matt and John visit three comic one shots of Christmas pasts. In these One Shots, Ash protects S-mart from some Deadites in, Army Of Darkness: Ash's Christmas Horror, Frank Castle hands out lumps of lead to those on his Naughty list in, Punisher: X-Mas Special, and Hellboy brings some holiday beatings to an old evil in, Hellboy: A Christmas Underground.
Hellblazer: Original Sins
December 15, 2019 14:55 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBMatt and John go back in time and across the pond to learn some 80's British slang, fight demon yuppies, and understand what true friendship means, when they read about John Constantine in Hellblazer: Original Sins. An apathetic, somewhat amoral occultist, John Constantine always manages to come out on top through a combo of luck, trickery and genuine magical skill. In this seminal Vertigo series, uncover a horror story wrapped in a mystery starring a hero who's at his best and worst, all...
A Treasury of Victorian Murder: The Beast of Chicago
December 01, 2019 17:04 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBH.H. Holmes is building a murder house in the graphic novel, "A Treasury of Victorian Murder: The Beast of Chicago." Matt and John try to hide their fear, as they break down the life and times of one of the most F'ed up serial killers in American history.
Torso
November 17, 2019 19:40 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBTorso is half fiction, half true crime and half dialogue balloons. Based on true events that occurred in Cleveland in 1935, dismembered body parts have started washing up in a concentrated area of Lake Erie Sound. Their headless torsos have left no clues to their identity or the reason for death. Not to worry, Matt Hansen, John Johnson and Eliot Ness are on the case.
Batman: Hush
November 05, 2019 02:40 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBIn the inaugural episode of Planes, Trains and Comic Books, Matt re-reads and John reads for the first time, the "Best" Batman Comic of the early 2000's, Batman: Hush, by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee.