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
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
Vertigo Jam #1 (Swamp Thing: The Ghost In The Green) [Nancy Collins Run Ends]
June 12, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 18 MBWhile pondering his relationship troubles in The Green, Swamp Thing encounters Greensleeves, an entity who is trapped somewhere between life, death and being an elemental. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #139 (The Mind Fields, Part 2)
June 05, 2023 23:04 - 30 minutes - 42.8 MBBlack Orchid struggles to reach the Swamp Thing's conscious mind, while contending with the strange, altered landscape of the swamp. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Ultimate X-Men: The Tomorrow People
June 04, 2023 16:14 - 1 hour - 109 MBThe X-Men use their genetic gifts to protect a world that fears and hates them from other mutants who would use their powers for evil. #marvelcomics #xmen Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #138 (And In The End...)
May 31, 2023 09:52 - 30 minutes - 43.5 MBAn era ends as Swamp Thing, Lady Jane and John Constantine face Arcane in the epic conclusion to the Sunderland saga. But even if the Earth Elemental survives, his carefully constructed private world may be shattered forever. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #137 (Dead Relatives)
May 23, 2023 10:09 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBThe newly returned Anton Arcane has kidnapped Abby, so Swamp Thing, Lady Jane and John Constantine must storm the gates of the Sunderland Corporation. But a successful rescue may prove futile when they discover what Arcane has done to her. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Bountiful Garden
May 21, 2023 13:26 - 1 hour - 109 MBIn the year 2200, a team of teenage scientists are sent on a terraforming mission to a distant planet. When they are awakened abruptly, ten years early, halted above a strange planet, the teens are tasked with trying to figure out why they’re stalled – or what stalled them. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #136 (Cross-Pollination)
May 15, 2023 23:46 - 29 minutes - 41.5 MBAs Swamp Thing and Lady Jane commune in the Green, Arcane strikes against Abby. Plus, a bizarre transformation takes place for Dr. Polygon. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #135 (Marital Problems)
May 09, 2023 11:50 - 25 minutes - 36.2 MBNew romances blossom for both Swamp Thing and Abby while Arcane's plans to breed a new batch of Un-Men comes to fruition. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Ultimates Vol. 1: Super-Human
May 07, 2023 12:51 - 1 hour - 101 MBStrange beings with incredible powers have risen up to challenge the old order, and ordinary citizens are scared witless. The government's solution: a small but lethal army known as the Ultimates, created to protect us all from the newly rising threats to mankind! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #134 (She's Leaving Houma)
May 04, 2023 11:09 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBArcane takes possession of the Sunderland empire; Swamp Thing's marriage with Abby reaches a crossroads; and a surprise guest star returns. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #133 (Daisy Chain)
April 24, 2023 12:01 - 21 minutes - 33.4 MBThe earth trembles beneath the tread of Thunder Petal, Warrior God of the Dancing Daisies. While Swamp Thing battles his wayward daughter's flower creature, Dr. Polygon attempts to breathe life into the frozen corpse of General Sunderland, and Abby makes a fateful decision. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #132 (Home Body)
April 17, 2023 12:01 - 21 minutes - 32.5 MBA profoundly altered Swamp Thing battles the doppelgänger he left behind to guard his family, triggering massive, worldwide disruptions in the Green. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Pulp
April 16, 2023 11:15 - 49 minutes - 69.2 MBMax Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the Wild West tales he churns out. Will Max be able to survive when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #131 (Folk Remedy)
April 10, 2023 11:58 - 22 minutes - 34.9 MBThe swamp fever breaks, thanks to an encounter with a long-lost race of elfin beings. It's a meeting that leads to a dramatic new look for the Swamp Thing, and an unexpected confrontation with the double he had assigned to protect his home. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #130 (Home Sick)
April 03, 2023 11:56 - 20 minutes - 33.7 MBSwamp Thing's toxin-induced hallucinations grow more vividly deadly and his control over the Green continues to wane. Back in the bayou, Abby finds new love and Tefé's animated flower folk exhibit more disturbing behavior. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Episode #163- American Jesus
April 02, 2023 17:45 - 1 hour - 142 MBTwo young children discover they have a tremendous destiny. One is the returned Jesus Christ, the other is the Antichrist and the whole world hangs in the balance. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #129 (Swamp Fever)
March 27, 2023 12:05 - 21 minutes - 34.2 MBA hallucinating Swamp Thing, poisoned by toxic waste and cut off from the Green, must shamble his way home, reliving the most horrible moments of his life while undergoing radical mutations. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #128 (Toxic Shock)
March 21, 2023 03:21 - 23 minutes - 36.4 MBA fateful confrontation with Proteus leads to a drastic physical change for Swamp Thing. And is there a new Swamp Thing living in the bayou? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Lone Wolf And Cub Volume 1
March 19, 2023 11:24 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBIn Feudal Japan, a mysterious Ronin wanders the country side, with his 3 year old son, as an assassin for hire. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #127 (Project Proteus)
March 14, 2023 03:30 - 25 minutes - 39.2 MBIn the face of a threat, Swamp Thing must choose between his duties as protector of the Green and his role as husband and father. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #126 (The Big Picture)
March 08, 2023 12:50 - 37 minutes - 57.2 MBSwamp Thing helps revitalize the life of a burned-out artist by appearing as the man's comic book character, Mescalito. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Give Me Liberty
March 05, 2023 20:34 - 1 hour - 134 MBA young girl from the ghetto struggles against impossible odds to save the world. That young girl is Martha Washington, and she redefines heroism. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #125 (Possessed By Arcane: Family Reunion)
March 01, 2023 00:46 - 48 minutes - 68.4 MBHaving escaped from Hell, Arcane seeks vengeance on Swamp Thing and Abby by possessing their daughter Tefé. Swamp Thing must battle his own daughter...to save her life! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Hellblazer Podcast Announcement
February 24, 2023 11:43 - 1 minute - 3.18 MBThe new podcast is called John Constantine: A Hellblazer Podcast. You should be able find it on all major podcast apps: Spotify Anchor Apple podcasts Google Podcasts Amazon Music Stitcher If you use a different App and cannot find it by searching the title, email us at [email protected] and we will add it to that app. Thanks for listening! --Matt
Swamp Thing #124 (Husks)
February 20, 2023 15:21 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBAn ancient Aztec blood ritual draws Swamp Thing to Central America, where he allies himself with a proud people trying to defend themselves against monstrous corporate greed. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
JSA: Black Vengeance
February 20, 2023 03:58 - 1 hour - 102 MBThe Justice Society of America are thrown back in time to a less enlightened America of 1951 where they learn that their predecessors faced evils more insidious than super villains. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #123 (Punctures)
February 14, 2023 12:46 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBSwamp Thing confronts the Needleman at last, as the Sunderland Corporation throws the residents of the bayou into a paranoid frenzy. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Hellblazer #15 (Fear Machine, Part 2: Shepherd's Warning)
February 10, 2023 12:23 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBJohn Constantine enjoys a simpler way of life among new-age travelers, but his idyll is shattered when the "Cavalry" arrives. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #122 (Eye of the Needleman)
February 07, 2023 12:36 - 26 minutes - 37.5 MBMeet the Needleman, a deadly assassin whose attack is just the first step in the Sunderland Corporation's new assault on Swamp Thing. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Incognegro
February 06, 2023 03:59 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBZane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based New Holland Herald, is sent to investigate the arrest of his own brother, charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. With a lynch mob already swarming, Zane must stay "incognegro" long enough to uncover the truth behind the murder in order to save his brother -- and himself. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #121 (Laissez Les Bon Temps Rulers)
January 31, 2023 11:40 - 27 minutes - 40 MBThe malevolent Sunderland Corporation returns...and the company's new CEO has vowed vengeance on Swamp Thing. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Hellblazer #14 (Fear Machine, Part 1: Touching The Earth)
January 27, 2023 11:37 - 15 minutes - 22 MBJohn Constantine looks to reconnect to humanity, but can such a ruined man ever find inner peace? Constantine latches onto a new-age group in search of some answers. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
The Mask
January 22, 2023 14:35 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBA weird mask of unknown origin imbues its wearer with limitless cartoon character invulnerability that takes Stanley Ipkiss on a violent path of homicidal mayhem, lunacy, and destruction! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #120 (Lady Jane)
January 18, 2023 13:12 - 24 minutes - 35.4 MBLady Jane—Tefé's new governess and a powerful Earth elemental—is spotlighted as Swamp Thing reveals her horrific story of poverty, abuse and death in 19th-century England. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #120 (Lady Jane)
January 18, 2023 13:12Lady Jane—Tefé's new governess and a powerful Earth elemental—is spotlighted as Swamp Thing reveals her horrific story of poverty, abuse and death in 19th-century England. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Hellblazer #13 (On the Beach)
January 14, 2023 16:30 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBAll his friends are dead. Now, completely alone, a homeless John Constantine must confront the inner demons feeding on the guilt he carries for past misdeeds... Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #119 (The Bad Man)
January 09, 2023 12:58 - 23 minutes - 34.5 MBThe twisted kidnapper, the Bad Man, plays out a bizarre family drama with the captive Tefé. Both Swamp Thing and the monster Les Perdu are on the trail...along with a mysterious ally from the Parliament of Trees. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #118 (A Child's Garden)
January 03, 2023 12:18 - 26 minutes - 38.8 MBTefé has become a problem child, so Swamp Thing visits the Parliament of Trees for advice. But the kidnapper Bad Man may end Tefé's life before her father's return. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Superman: The Golden Age Vol. 1
January 01, 2023 22:34 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBFaster than a speeding bullet, Superman burst onto the comic book scene in 1938, just as America was on the terrifying precipice of a world war. The Man of Steel emerged as a champion of the oppressed, taking down any enemy with his super-strength and speed, both foreign and near to home. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Hellblazer #12 (Newcastle, Part 2)
December 30, 2022 15:56 - 18 minutes - 26.6 MBDabbling in the arcane arts can get you killed--but for John Constantine, macabre experimentation led to some far, far worse! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #117 (The Lord Of Misrule)
December 27, 2022 14:55 - 23 minutes - 34.2 MBSwamp Thing visits the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where a strange being teaches him secrets of times past. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
(Christmas Special 2022) Spiderman's Tangled Web #21
December 24, 2022 13:02 - 32 minutes - 45.7 MBA snow storm of the century has trapped Peter Parker and the gang in the Daily Bugle. Meanwhile, someone dressed as Spiderman begins a massive crime spree. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Swamp Thing #116 (The Growing Season)
December 20, 2022 12:56 - 31 minutes - 44.8 MBA boy finds and plants one of Swamp Thing's discarded bodies...and from it, something monstrous grows. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Snow, Glass, Apples
December 18, 2022 12:24 - 45 minutes - 63.3 MBA not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks
Hellblazer #11 (Newcastle Part 1)
December 16, 2022 11:28 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBA single, disturbing experience has haunted John Constantine his entire life and in this issue, that experience is revealed! The full story behind the mysterious Newcastle incident begins to unravel here, in part 1 of a 2-part tale. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks