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Episode 184: No Faith

Episode 183: Is This Thing Still On?

We return to recording, but we have a great excuse for our brief absence. Thankfully, we have a ton of news (not all Avengers movie related) & books to go through.

Episode 182: Captain Marvel Has Arrived

This week, we follow up on two weeks worth of comics, while celebrating the arrival of Captain Marvel. Plus much more.

Episode 181: The Lowest Level

This week, we review High Level #1 of Vertigo. Other books discussed include Captain Marvel, Jessica Jones, AvX VS, Uncanny X-Men, Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler, Gideon Falls, The Punisher and Teen Titans. Elsewhere, we recap Francesca Root-Dodson’s interview, talk Umbrella Academy, and tell nerds to calm down about Venom’s plot twist.

Interview Spectacular: Francesca Root-Dodson

In the latest Interview Spectacular, we were joined by Gotham’s Francesca Root-Dodson. Francesca recently finished her filming as Ecco (perhaps aka Harley to most fans), and is currently promoting her feature film, Free Spirit (which she wrote, starred & directed). On the show, she details her first days on Gotham, her appreciation for comics culture, and where her career may be headed next. Also, she plays a tremendous game of marry/casually date/kill. Follow Francesca on Instagram to sta...

Interview Spectacular: David Pepose

In the latest Interview Spectacular, we sit down with David Pepose, creator & writer of Spencer & Locke out of Action Lab. David gives us the rundown of how the series came to be, working with Jorge Santiago, the series being optioned for a movie, and where the story is headed in the second arc. Additionally, we chat him up about some of his current favorites in comics and have some fun with rapid fire questions. Spencer & Locke 2 arrives in comic shops on April 24th, 2019. Be sure to preo...

Episode 180: Big Things Happening

This week, we review Avengers: No Road Home #1. Other books discussed include Gideon Falls, Runaways, Uncanny X-Men, Daredevil, The Magic Order, Age of X-man, Dead Man Logan, and Punisher. We recap the recent television adventures like consuming The Umbrella Academy, Brooks meeting Tom King and tease our David Pepose interview. All that and more.

Episode 179: Old Man Syndrome

This week, we review the debuts of Old Man Quill and Female Furies. Other books discussed include Marvelous X-Meh, Uncanny X-Men, Super Sons, Spencer and Locke, and Umbrella Academy. Elsewhere, the upcoming Interview Spectacular is teased, we prep for the release of Umbrella Academy, and dissect Hulu’s Marvel animated news. Next week’s debut review: Avengers: No Road Home

Episode 178: Even More Tom King

This week, we review Wyrd #1. Other books discussed include Dead Man Logan, Age of X-man Alpha, Punisher, Heroes in Crisis, Marvel Knights, and Teen Titans. Elsewhere, we tease our next Interview Spectacular, dish on some movie reboots and talk Y: The Last Man hitting the small screen.

Episode 177: Forgot the Title

This week, we review Oliver #1. Other books discussed include Doom Patrol, Uncanny X-Men, Regression, and Isola. We visit the latest TV trailers, and anticipate Tom King’s next limited series. Next week’s debut review: Wyrd #1 Old Man Quill #1

Episode 176: Multiple Widows

This week, we review Black Widow #1 and attempted to purchase White Widow #1. Other books discussed include Gideon Falls, The Wicked + The Divine, Jessica Jones, Catwoman, Deadly Class, and Death of Superman. Elsewhere, Tom King dominates the news, comic book movies make the Oscars, fans weigh in, and much more. Next week’s debut review: Oliver #1 - SERIES PREMIERE! Award-winning screenwriter GARY WHITTA (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book Of Eli) teams with celebrated artist DARICK R...

Episode 175: Young Justice Reunion

This week, we review Young Justice #1 from Brian Michael Bendis and Patrick Gleason. Other books discussed include Super Sons, Uncanny X-Men, Punisher, and Batman. Elsewhere, Brooks saw Spider-Man and Venom, Vision & Scarlet Witch get a showrunner, Spider-Man’s trailer is revealed, and we dissect the latest Simpsons listicle. Next week’s debut reviews: White Widow #1 Black Widow #1

Episode 174: The New Champions

This week, we review Champions #1. Other books discussed include Winter Soldier, Redneck, Punisher, Regression, Marvel Knights, Runaways, Gideon Falls, and Heroes in Crisis. Elsewhere, Batwoman joins the CW Arrowverse, DC joins ComiXology Unlimited, and much more. Next week’s debut review: Young Justice #1

Episode 173: Back to School with Betty & Veronica

This week, we review the return of Betty & Veronica. Other books discussed include Dead Man Logan, Runaways, X-Force, Uncanny X-Men, Old Man Hawkeye, Extermination, Marvel Knights, and Avengers vs. X-Men VS. Elsewhere, we dissect episode 1 of Deadly Class, do some holiday catch up, and a special guest details their latest trip to the comic shop. Next week’s Debut Review: Champions - THE WORLD STILL NEEDS HEROES – AND THERE ARE HEROES ALL OVER THE WORLD! The Champions have gone global! The...

Episode 172: We've Seen THE Trailer

Debut reviews of Martian Manhunter, Die, and Batman Who Laughs, plus thoughts on the Endgame trailers and much more.

Episode 171: Dead Man Logan Lives

This week, we review the debut of Dead Man Logan, and talk numerous other books from Uncanny X-Men to Man-Eaters. Elsewhere, Captain Marvel drops a new trailer, we’re still waiting on Avengers 4, and Marvel is bringing forth a new film franchise. Next week’s Debut Reviews: Die #1 Martian Manhunter #1

Episode 170: Waiting on the Avengers Trailer

This week, we review Middlewest #1, and discuss what’s been happening this past week in comics. Next week’s debut review: Dead Man Logan #1

Episode 169: Goodbye, Mister Miracle

This week, we review the debut of Electric Warriors and Uncanny X-Men, while saying goodbye Mister Miracle.

Episode 168: Saying Goodbye to Stan Lee

This week, we review The Empty Man #1. Other books discussed include Super Sons, Marvel Knights, Umbrella Academy, The Wicked + The Divine, Runaways, and Punk Mambo. Elsewhere, we run through the week of news, and say good bye to the great Stan Lee. Next week’s Debut Reviews: Electric Warriors #1 Uncanny X-Men #1

Episode 167: Back From the Dead

This week, we’re back from a nice break to review three new titles and play catch up with the world of comics. Next week’s Debut Review: Empty Man #1

Episode 166: The Return of The Umbrella Academy

This week, we review the return of The Umbrella Academy with Hotel Oblivion. Other books discussed include X-Men: Black Magneto, Redneck, Regression, Marvel Universe Magazine, The Magic Order, Super Sons, and The Dead Hand. Next week’s Debut Review: Devil Within #1

Episode 165: Two Good Reviews

We review the debuts of Man-Eaters and Heroes in Crisis. Spoiler alert, we enjoyed both! Other books discussed include The Wicked + The Divine, Jessica Jones, The Punisher, and Old Man Hawkeye. Elsewhere, we look at Dark Phoenix, Runaways season 2, The Gifted, and a little more. Next week’s debut review: The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion

Episode 164: He's Back, Bub

This week, we review Return of Wolverine #1 from Marvel. Other books discussed include Runaways, The Wicked + The Divine, Batman: Damned, Cemetery Beach, Mister Miracle, West Coast Avengers, Pearl, and Batman: White Knight. We also talk the Captain Marvel trailer, Charles Soule saying farewell with Daredevil, Marvel’s MCU plans for Disney’s streaming service, and much more. Next week’s Debut Reviews: Heroes in Crisis #1 Man-Eaters #1

Episode 163: We Won't Be Bullied

We catch up on the last couple weeks of comings by reviewing Cover #1 and Bully Wars #1. Other books discussed include Super Sons, Goliath Girls, Teenage Wasteland, The Seeds, Astonishing X-Men, Mech Cadet Yu, Dead Hand, Catwoman, Runaways, The Wicked + The Divine, and Isola. We also run through all the news from TV, print and the big screen, including one more rant about DC’s movie slate. Next week’s Debut Review: Return of Wolverine

Episode 162: Bendis Originals

This week we review Scarlet #1 and prepare for a new Bendis book next week.  Next week's Debut Review: Cover #1 Bully Wars #1

Episode 161: More Kelly Thompson

This week, we get caught up by reviewing West Coast Avengers #1 and Cold Spots #1. Other books discussed include Gotham Academy/Lumberjanes, Black Badge, Cyanide & Happiness, The Punisher, Redneck, Old Man Hawkeye, and Mystery in Madripoor. Elsewhere, The Vision is being taught in college, Disney has some movie news, Brooks is lit on Twitter, and Wesley Snipes wants in the MCU. Next week's debut review: Scarlet #1

Episode 160: Live from Jacksonville

This week, we catch up from a couple weeks of traveling to review the debuts of Pearl #1 and The Seeds #1. Other books discussed include Fantastic Four, The Wicked + The Divine, Gideon Falls, Black Badge, Locke & Key, Mister Miracle, Adventures of the Super Sons, Magic Order, Astonishing X-Men, Extermination, Walk Through Hell, Mech Cadet Yu, Dead Hand, Eternity Girl, Catwoman, X-Men Gold, Mr. and Mrs. X, Project Super Powers, and Paper Girls. We also rundown the latest in TV and movie news.

Episode 159: A New Dystopian World

This week, we review The New World #1. Other books discussed include Saga, Descender, Redneck, Mystery in Madripoor, Teenage Wasteland, Betty and Veronica, We Will Bury You, and Allies. Elsewhere, X-Men movies are potentially scrapped, new TV shows are popping up left and right, Bongo comics comes to an end, and much more. Next week's Debut Review: Seeds #1

Episode 158: Surprise Jessica Jones

This week, we review Jessica Jones #1 (by Kelly Thompson), and The Life of Captain Marvel. Other books discussed include Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, The Magic Order, Gideon Falls, Runaways, Old Man Hawkeye. Elsewhere, we run through a full dump of news from Comic-Con, including TV show trailers, Gail Simone's latest project, James Gunn's firing, the return of The Vision, and much more. Next week's Debut Review: The New World

Episode 157: Super Bendis

This wee, we review the debut of Superman #1 by Brian Michael Bendis. Other books discussed include Isola, Savage Game, Mech Cadet Yu, Eternity Girl, and The Dead Hand. In other news, Black Widow finds its director, Y: The Last Man begins casting, Joker plans another movie, Ed Norton discusses the MCU and we look through CBR's list of X-Men movies. Next week's Debut Review: The Life of Captain Marvel #1 (of 5)

Episode 156: Batman Honeymoon?

This week, we review Catwoman #1 and Lowlifes #1. Other books discussed include Paper Girls, Astonishing X-Men, Ask for Mercy, Secret Skull, Mystery Society, Death or Glory, DC Nation, and Batman. Elsewhere, Ant-Man & the Wasp premieres, an artist Mt. Rushmore is started, Descender returns, Umbrella Academy awaits and JB Smoove lands a lead role in the upcoming Spider-Man movie. Next week's Debut Review: Superman #1

Episode 155: Multiple Debut Reviews

This week, we review the debuts of Multiple Man and Charlie's Angels in a longer episode. Other books discussed include Teen Titans, Image+, Saga, The Wicked + The Divine, Descender, Old Man Logan, Old Man Hawkeye, Hunt for Wolverine: Madripoor, Spidey: School's Out, Gideon Falls, and Jessica Jones. Elsewhere, we run through a slew of news from Marvel's MCU and Wolfman's Got Nards to DC's spoilers and a revisiting of our current comics Mt. Rushmore. Next week's Debut Reviews: Catwoman #1 ...

Episode 154: Not Your Regular Show

This week, we review Regular Show: 25 Years Later #1. Other books discussed include Ask for Mercy, Runaways, Gideon Falls, Deadly Class, and Avengers & X-Men Axis. We also talk Marvel's latest TV shows, Mr. Miracle's worth, an early Mount Rushmore of comics creators, and much more. Next week's Debut Reviews: Multiple Man #1 (of 5) Charlie's Angels #1

Episode 153: Netflix & Comics

This week, we review The Magic Order #1 and Plastic Man #1. Other books discussed include Mister Miracle, Eternity Girl, Batman Annual, Dead Hand, Mech Cadet Yu, Isola, Super Freaks, and Old Man Logan. Next week's Debut Review: Regular Show: 25 Years Later #1 - After the epic battle between Pops and Anti-Pops, Mordecai, Rigby, and the rest of the park continued to live their lives. Now, 25 years later, Mordecai and Rigby have a lot to learn about how things never stay the same… * Your new ...

Episode 152: Speaking With Pictures

This week, we review Sword Daughter #1. Other books discussed include Superfreaks, Death or Glory, Cloak & Dagger, Astonishing X-Men, Paper Girls, Savage Game, and Elephantmen. Also we run through Cloak & Dagger's premiere, Fox/Disney, DC's kids line, HBO's Watchmen, and Incredibles 2. Next week's Debut Reviews: The Magic Order #1 Plastic Man #1

Episode 151: Deadpool Back & Forth

This week, we review the latest title from Panel Syndicate, Glacier City #1. Other books discussed include Super Sons, Saga, Batman Prelude to the Wedding, Descender, and The Man of Steel. Elsewhere, we talk more Deadpool, check out Amazon's new comic line and plan another viewing of Thor Ragnarok.

Episode 150: Older Than Old Man Logan

This week, we review Delta 13 #1 from IDW. Other books discussed include Old Man Hawkeye, Deadly Class, Paper Girls, Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor, Old Man Logan, Regression, and Super Sons. We also talk Solo, the MCU, Deadpool, Cloak & Dagger, Dragon Ball, Spawn, and a bit more. Next week's Debut Review: Glacier City #1 - Police Chief Wes Cutter is the only law enforcement in a secluded Alaskan town where everyone has a secret and his closest backup is hours away. There are tw...

Episode 149: Ranking the MCU

This week, we review New Challengers #1. Other books discussed include Gideon Falls, The Wicked + The Divine, A Walk Through Hell, Dead Hand, and Isola. We also use a handy website to rank the MCU and get excited for upcoming Super Sons maxiseries and West Coast Avengers, among other things. Next week's Debut Review: Delta 13 #1

Episode 148: OG Donny Cates Fans

This week, we review Venom #1 by friend of the show, Donny Cates. Brooks details his visit to Donny's signing at Midtown Comics, and we reminisce about the time we knew him back when. Other books discussed include Old Man Logan, Eternity Girl, Devolution, Runaways, and Deadly Class. Elsewhere, we talk the latest in comics news from movies to books and TV shows. Next week's Debut Review: New Challengers #1 (of 6) - From the pages of DARK NIGHTS: METAL! Challengers Mountain has returned to ...

Episode 147: Yet Another Infinity War Review

This week, we give our opinions of Avengers: Infinity War before reviewing Thanos Annual #1 and Death or Glory. Other books discussed include Saga, Teen Titans, Image Plus, Astonishing X-Men, Regression, Old Man Hawkeye, Deadly Class, Redneck, and Dead Hand. Next week's Debut Review: Venom #1

Episode 146: Prepping for Infinity War

This week we review Domino #1 and discuss other books including Super Sons, Mister Miracle, Tales of Suspense, Descender, Gideon Falls, Oblivion Song, Slots, Infinity Countdown Prime, Dr. Strange Damnation, Moon Knight: Legacy, and Eternity Girl. Elsewhere, we prepare for Infinity War, talk Brooks meeting Gail Simone, and gear up for new runs by show friends Matthew Rosenberg, Eliot Rahal, and Joe Eisma. Next week's Debut Review: Thanos Annual #1 - Thanos is likely the most evil being in ...

Episode 145: The Merits of Marvel Unlimited

This week, we catch up on last two weeks by reviewing Breathless and Isola. Other books discussed include Saga, Redneck, Old Man Logan, Old Man Hawkeye, Thanos, Teen Titans, Jessica Jones, Runaways, Mech Cadet Yu, The Wicked + The Divine, and Image Plus Vol 2, Issue 8. Other news includes Marvel Unlimited, Y: The Last Man pilot order, DC/Marvel movie madness, Donny Cates killing the Inhumans, and the return of the Fantastic Four. Next week's Debut Review: Domino #1 - Impossible curves. Im...

Episode 144: Tales of Suspense

This week, we review Lucy Dreaming #1. Other books discussed include Super Sons, Runaways, Descender, Tales of Suspense, Regression, World War Hulk, and Jessica Jones. Elsewhere, we talk upcoming moves & TV shows, including Infinity War, Deadpool, Cloak & Dagger, The Boys, and more. Next week's Debut Review: Breathless #1 - It's Buffy the Vampire Slayer if the villains were big pharma. Scout Turner works as a cryptozoologist, examining and cataloguing supernatural creatures for scientific...

Episode 143: Short & Sweet

This week, we review Eternity Girl #1 from DC's Young Animal. Other books discussed include Mister Miracle, Cloak & Dagger, Astonishing X-Men, and The New Mutants. Elsewhere, we talk Infinity War's last trailer, Cloak & Dagger's second trailer, and Mister Miracle taking a break. Next week's Debut Review: Lucy Dreaming #1

Episode 142: A New Jeff Lemire

This week, we review the debuts of Gideon Falls (Jeff Lemire's new book out of Image Comics), and Sonitus, from friend of the show Cody Sousa. Other books discussed include The Wicked + The Divine, Hawkeye, Image+, Oblivion Song, X-Men Red, Mech Cadet Yu. Elsewhere we talk Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Vin Diesel as Bloodshot, Wolverine's podcast, Scott Eastwood, and much more. Next week's Debut Review: Eternity Girl #1 (of 6)

Episode 141: Infinity War Moves Closer

This week we review The Wilds, from Black Mask. Other books discussed include Saga, The Terrifics, Teen Titans, Redneck, and Civil War 2. In other news, Avengers Infinity War moves up its release, Marvel confirms new comics, Kevin Smith suffers a heart attack, Fox preps more movies, The Walking Dead returns, and Cloak & Dagger teases. Next week's Debut Reviews: Gideon Falls #1 Sonitus #1

Episode 140: Hit-Girl Returns

This week, we review the return of Hit-Girl. Other books discussed include Super Sons, Defenders, Descender, Old Man Hawkeye, Regression, Astonishing X-Men, and Tales of Suspense. In other news, Super Sons may live on, we solve Fraggle Rock heights, dive into Runaways sales, take a look at upcoming books from Rick Remender and Matthew Rosenberg. Next week's Debut Review: The Wilds #1 - After a cataclysmic plague sweeps across America, survivors come together to form citystate-like communi...

Episode 139: Where's Dave Lizewski?

After a couple weeks off, we return to catch up on a backlog of reviews and reading. This time, we look at the debuts of VS #1 and the relaunched Kick-Ass. Other books discussed include Hawkeye, Runaways, Mech Cadet Yu, The Wicked + The Divine, Rumble, Secret Warriors, Old Man Hawkeye, Invincible, X-Men Red, and Old Man Logan. In other news, Black Panther enjoys a record-breaking opening, Umbrella Academy pushes on, Super Sons announces its end, Fraggle Rock returns, and we get trailers of ...

Episode 138: Recommendation Week

This week, we review our recommendations to each other of Sheltered and Young Avengers. Other books discussed include Defenders, Jessica Jones, Image+, Phoenix Resurrection, Animosity, Old Man Logan, and Tales of Suspense. Elsewhere, we talk Ant Man & The Wasp, Legion Season 2, Solo, Brian Michael Bendis, and more. Next week's Debut Review: Kick-Ass #1 - KICK-ASS IS BACK-ready to wipe out the city's criminal lowlives, destroy its gangs, and save its communities from decay. But there's a n...

Episode 137: Legion in Print

This week we review Legion #1, and discuss other books including Teen Titans, The Terrifics, Vision, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Phoenix Resurrection, Regression, and Redneck. Elsewhere, Black Widow & the Russo brothers, Happy! is renewed, Umbrella Academy conducts a table read, Captain Marvel appears on set, Black Mask announces new books, and Valiant is acquired. Next week's review recommendations: Sheltered #1 Young Avengers #1