Worst Collection Ever
377 episodes - English - Latest episode: 30 days ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJoin comic book fans Jen Stansfield-Marek and Shawn Marek each week for WORST COLLECTION EVER. It's a comedy show where Jen and Shawn poke fun at their own collection of random comic books, most of which that they bought for a dollar or less. And, if you want to follow along, we will be reading books in sequential order as to track the lunacy in real time. Email the podcast and talk to the hosts at [email protected]!
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X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing
May 13, 2021 20:50 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBX-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 (2021) A disturbed woman has performed Sub-Zero’s finisher on Man-Thing and is currently living his body, WEEKEND AT BERNIE’s style. Flammable spores have infiltrated the globe’s metropolitan areas, immolating jabroni citizens and generally being gross to look at. Over in Krakoa, Mister Sinister and his mutant friends sit around deciding if humans are worth the hassle (we’re not) while Ted Sallis fights for the right to party in the dreaded Dreadsca...
X-Man (just one of them)
May 06, 2021 19:27 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBX-Man #20 (1996) X-MAN is about Nate, who looks like a Chad and has some serious telepathic / telekinetic powers. He’s probably related to Cyclops or Cable somehow but hell if we know what’s going on there. In this issue, he squares off against Abomination and some stereotypically New York sewer mutants over the safety of Threnody, a young careless mutant who stole Nate’s jacket. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email t...
The Outsiders vs. Penn Jillette
April 29, 2021 19:58 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBThe Outsiders [vol 2] #0 (1994) Post Zero Hour, when everything’s all screwed up, Eradicator assumes leadership of the Outsiders team in LA. Halo embarrasses herself in front of the youth at the Beverly Center while Looker has a blood smoothie by the pool. Then they all head out of Central America somewhere to confront a white-haired Penn Jillette over the production of violence-fueled “hyper guns.” Eventually, they hook up with Felix Faust’s son and implode a warehouse in Las Vega...
Hellstorm Visits St. Louis
April 22, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBMarvel Spotlight #14 (1974) Daimon Hellstrom returns home from a wild night of being a demon offspring to scare the hell out of his milkman. He gets a call to come to St. Louis to check out a local college’s communications building that has being haunted by ice demons living in the walls and messing with the college radio station playlists. This has been confirmed by the totally teetotaling janitor and some hippies who got hit in the face with their textbooks. Hellstorm then gets h...
Who is Blackwulf?
April 08, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBBlackwulf #1 (1994) This week, we delve into some random 90s excess with Blackwulf, Marvel’s attempt to get the Deviants over for a spell. Blackwulf ends up being two dudes - the rebellious Plops and the future monkey man Lucian. One guy’s got a glowing sword, the other has a glowing stick but neither has any charisma. At least there’s the potential for Blackwulf crew member Mammoth and his mini-series. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @J...
Justice League Adventures in Paris
April 02, 2021 01:47 - 1 hour - 61 MBJustice League International [vol 2] #53 (1993) In this week's book, Crimson Fox reunites with her previously dead husband because she can’t get enough of his kleptomaniac stroke. Metamorpho’s all torn up about it so he dresses like Robert Stack in UNSOLVED MYSTERIES and terrorizes cabbies throughout Paris. On the beach, Elongated Man and Tasmanian Devil dig up an alien statue named Godfrey. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield...
Spoilers AF: Zack Snyder's Justice League
March 25, 2021 16:44 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBBecause there weren’t enough hot takes out on the internet, Jen and Shawn drop their thoughts on the Zack Snyder cut of JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017). There’s some good, some bad but if there’s one silver lining in all of this, its the introduction of DC’s newest cinematic sensation, Slappy the Angry Sketch Artist! Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected]
Suicide Squad on the Infinite Frontier
March 19, 2021 17:14 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBSuicide Squad [vol 7] #1 (2021) The current comic cavalcade continues as we check out what’s going on with DC and the Infinite Frontier. Turns out - more of the same with an incredibly handsome Rick Flagg facing off against badass Amanda Waller. We also got John Cena the Peacemaker breaking into Arkham with a few jobbers including Film Freak, a film school flunky with no apparent powers outside of maybe channeling Robert De Niro kicks from GOODFELLAS. Continue the conversation wit...
King In Black: Thunderbolts
March 11, 2021 19:26 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBKing In Black: Thunderbolts #1 (2021) Look at us….covering a comic in the current decade! The world - and specifically New York City - is covered in alien goo so Mayor Kingpin is like “I’ll do a Suicide Squad thing but even more corrupt.” So he grabs Taskmaster, Mister Fear and a few other jabronis and has them go find Norman Osborn and his weird hair to help them. We bear witness to goo dragon fights, some beheadings and a few witty comments along the way. Continue the conversat...
The Secret Origin of Jonah Hex
March 04, 2021 20:31 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBSecret Origins [vol 2] #21 (1987) Two stories in one today as we first explore the origin of infamous cowboy corpse, Jonah Hex. Twisted curio collector Ian McKellan and hired goon Donal Logue are here to shake down Jonah’s elderly wife for rights to his stuffed corpse but ’92 Jeff Goldblum is here to save the day. Then later, we learn about the original Black Condor. Starting out as an obese baby, Condor became irradiated by a meteor and learned to fly, going around fighting eagle...
Jack Kirby’s Secret City Saga
February 25, 2021 22:50 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBJack Kirby’s Secret City Saga #2 (1993) From the mind of a comic book legend comes the Secret City, a lost civilization from 15000 years ago that was buried under Chicago. Upon their re-emergence, the more nefarious citizens kidnap Bill Clinton and and have him replaced with a sarcastic shapeshifter. It’s up to the good guys — a Captain America wannabe, a woman with osteoporosis, a dude who hurls guns and a kid hellbent on vehicular homicide — to save the day. Continue the conver...
Lobo and the Book of Fate
February 18, 2021 23:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBThe Book of Fate #12 (1998) Its Jared Stevens’s last issue as he turfs yet another Doctor Fate spin-off series. To celebrate and commiserate, Jared and Lobo hop around the galaxy getting drunk. They eventually end up in Guy Gardner’s bar where Jared jobs hard. Also, Alan Scott is out here being aggro! Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected]
She-Hulk & Excalibur Vs. Trash
February 11, 2021 22:03 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBSensational She-Hulk #26 (1991) She-Hulk is hired to defend Excalibur's Meggan when Meggan turns into a trash monster and runs amok in a Nando’s. The caveat here is now is that CAPTAIN BRITAIN has now been possessed by trash to the point where he’s just sitting around eating it. Like used wrappers and apple cores and all that. She-Hulk resorts to her feminine wiles and remarkably average-sized feet to save the day. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryhero...
Superman Gets GOT~!
February 04, 2021 21:57 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBDC Comics Presents #43 (1982) Superman is harassed by his co-workers because he opts to have a wistful stare out of a window rather than talk to that yutz Jimmy Olson. He thinks he sees a Sun Eater and he’s correct but gets ambushed by Mongul. Mongul traps Clark in a glass case of emotion so its up to the Legion of Super-Heroes to figure it all out. Cosmic Boy shows up wearing his black Emma Frost corset costume and all is right in the world. Continue the conversation with Shawn a...
Deadpool and the Secret Defenders
January 28, 2021 18:32 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBSecret Defenders #15 (1994) Doctor Strange is stuck in a sanctum beneath the earth’s core and he has no facial hair so he is not equipped to handle his usual Secret Defenders duties. He calls upon general scumbag hero Doctor Druid and his immense Rogaine top-knot to defend the earth against Malachi, the villainess with Wolverine hair and giant hoop earrings. Joining the team is Chicago art museum security guard for hire Luke Cage and Kathy Ireland paramour Deadpool. All the paintin...
Metamorpho: Year One
January 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBMetamorpho: Year One #4 (2008) We join Rex Mason in his first year as Metamorpho, a being with one leg made of pudding and another made of Miracle Whip. He’s tired of being forced to live in seclusion due to his lack of noise so Simon Stagg gives him a life-like mask and an opportunity to have sex with his daughter. All of this goes sideways and Rex ends up fighting Doc Dread, an opportunistic villain with buxom helicopter pilots and a knack for capitalizing on world disasters. Co...
WandaVision (Vision and the Scarlet Witch)
January 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBVision and the Scarlet Witch #1 (1982) WANDAVISION is upon us so let's take a look at the WrestleMania of Vision/Scarlet Witch stories. Here, Viz and Wanda move to Jersey on Halloween and Vision’s out there sticking his hands in all the kids' bags and what not. They try to copulate but Jarvis cuts them off. Then Samhain (the goat man, not Danzig and friends) shows up to possess teenager extras from HALLOWEEN III and cause some havoc. All this because Captain America decided to chea...
Batman / Catwoman (Black Label)
January 07, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBBatman / Catwoman #1 (2020) We start the new year off with the good stuff as we explore the Black Label version of Batman and Catwoman. Tom King’s story structure tends to confuse us so expect a lot of us parsing out what the hell is happening chronologically. There’s Batman and Catwoman having sex while Alfred watches, Bruce Wayne’s Xmas arrangements, sewer villains and a surprise you can see coming from a mile away Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryhe...
Spoilers AF: Wonder Woman 1984
December 31, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBIn a very special WCE, Jen and Shawn analyze and review the 2020 motion picture, WONDER WOMAN 1984, directed by Patty Jenkins, starring Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and written in part by Geoff Johns and 12 inch party sub with months-old prosciutto on it. Join us for an awkward celebration of wishes, body swaps and useless warrior armor. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected]
Wonder Woman and the JLA
December 24, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBJustice League America #78 (1993) After jobbing hard to Doomsday, Wonder Woman and Jay Garrick are brought in to shape up the JLA for a peace-keeping mission. Guy Gardner prepares for this by watching FACES OF DEATH V at 7:30 in the goddamn morning. We also got sort of Martian Manhunter dude Bloodwynd melting guns and Maxima wanting to kill everyone. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever...
Mephisto Vs. the Fantastic Four
December 17, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBMephisto Vs. #1 (1987) Marvel’s Satan tries his hand at nabbing the souls of all the virtuous superhero women and actually finds it to be quite easy. All he has to do is get Ben Grimm fired up about tooth decay, have the Human Torch fight John McEnroe and possess She-Hulk to throw Franklin Richards into the gaping maw of Hell. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected]
The Question Goes to His High School Reunion
December 10, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBThe Question #21 (1988) The Question aka Vic Sage hits up his high school reunion only to find out that no one likes him and never did like him. One smashed locker and one weird story about fruit later, Vic finds himself in the midst of a hospital hostage stand-off where the Unknown Soldier demands a heart transplant by gunpoint. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected]
Pitt Has No Nose
December 03, 2020 18:44 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBPitt #6 (1994) Pitt was a joint from the 90s back when no one had a nose. Its about an alien whose race did a reverse Thanos and grabbed some DNA to merge a boy with a space Hulk. In this issue, space Hulk ruins the NYC sewer infrastructure via his careless burrowing. Also, Blade’s brother makes an appearance and an elderly man is brutally sedated. There’s also giant grey dudes fighting giant green dudes because its Image in the 90s. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on...
Defenders For A Day (300 Episodes!)
November 19, 2020 23:44 - 1 hour - 55 MBDefenders #63 (1978) Its our 300th episode! Thank you for joining us here on the podcast each week for the past six (!) years. To celebrate, we jump into a Defenders book where every C-level hero (and Captain Marvel for some reason) got the impression it was fair game to become a Defender. Hulk peaces out pretty quick, leaving Valkyrie, Hercules and Knighthawk to lead an offensive against villains in NYC. Hellcat drives a Barbie car, Hellstorm gets threatened with a lawsuit and He...
My Mother, The Mantrap
November 12, 2020 16:07 - 1 hour - 55 MBFalling In Love #131 (1972) We get fancy this week as we read from an out-of-date trade of romance comics from DC. And much like most 70s romance comics, this one’s a lark of a story about a girl whose mother can’t stop plucking away her boyfriends. You see, Mom’s 36 but she’s still a looker and can get crunk with the kids of today and their Lil Jon. Things come to a head when the daughter meets Neil Brazzers, a corny AF dude who is angling for a quadruple with Mom, Daughter and 70...
Captain America in LADY MALL: THE REVENGE
November 08, 2020 20:50 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBCaptain America #413 (1993) It has been long overdue but we finally make our way back to LADY MALL~! as Cap and Diamondback try to take down MODAM and the Femizons. In this issue, Cap fights a literal who’s who of jabroni villains including Batroc, Stilt-Man, the previously dead Ringer, Man-Ape, Man-BULL and maybe even Man-Puss. Cap gets creepy with MODAM and shows off his muscular taint. Meanwhile, Falcon and Shang-Chi split an Orange Julius because LADY MALL~! Continue the conve...
Batman Takes The Stairs
October 29, 2020 17:25 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBDetective Comics #682 (1995) Batman’s equilibrium is off and ends up crashing into a movie billboard about a joke-telling crocodile. We also have Communist Moondragon and KGBeast teaming up to shakedown Lucius Fox over a piece of the Wayne Enterprises pie. Non-compliance follows and we get a chemical plant explosion which Robin is overwhelmed by. Also, Harvey Bullock takes a steel drum to the face. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenSta...
Tony Stark is Keith Raniere
October 22, 2020 16:56 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBIron Man #64 (1973) Iron Man participates in Detroit’s urban renewal initiative as he shoulderblocks down decrepit buildings. He is ambushed by Doctor Spectrum and defeats him handily with the entire inventory of a Spencer’s Gifts. Later, while in the middle of cuckolding Happy Hogan, Tony is surprised yet again, this time by a grey monster with telepathic powers. After destroying his new girlfriend’s health food store, Tony seemingly defeats the monster only for it to transform in...
Weird Suspense: The Tarantula
October 08, 2020 21:11 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBWeird Suspense: The Tarantula #1 (1975) Its not Halloween until you read a comic about a Dark Ages curse that turns men into tarantula-based men. This week in our FOURTH (!!) book from Atlas Comics, we meet Count Lycos Search Engine, who must now satiate his “unnatural lust” for paralyzed human meat on the regular. Thankfully, comedian Kyle Kinane and friends have just shanked some prison guards with an icepick and are looking for refuge in a creepy mansion. Continue the conversat...
Crypt of Shadows
October 03, 2020 00:17 - 1 hour - 62 MBCrypt of Shadows #3 (1973) CRYPT OF SHADOWS is a horror reprint anthology that showcases all the anachronistic goodness of 1950s STRANGE TALES stories. Featured here we have: Andy Capp in Hell A card shark getting schooled by Marty Feldman A criminal who can’t tell the difference between whale viscera and sand A corpse falling on top of the first-ever podcaster Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at wo...
Villains United
September 24, 2020 20:39 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBInfinite Crisis Special: Villains United #1 (2006) All of the big heroes are off dealing with the Infinite Crisis so now is as good as time as any for Lex Luthor to get the band back together and rule the world with a Secret Society of Super-Villains. Lex starts off strong by intimidating prison wardens into releasing their meta-human inmates but then it kind of goes off the rails with Toyman spiking the prison chowder with rage sauce and the heroes getting the upper hand. Thankful...
The Legion of Monsters
September 17, 2020 20:40 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBMarvel Premiere #28 (1976) In the most unexpected of occurrences, the sole survivor of a prehistoric race returns from interplanetary exile to lay claim to Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, dropping a huge mountain in the middle of the street. Ghost Rider was going to hit up a Westerns matinee at the New Beverly but now he has to deal with this. Concurrently in LA, Morbius keeps trying to snack on noted werewolf Jack Russell and happens upon this mountain business. To make it matter...
Red Tornado Joins the Justice League
September 10, 2020 23:28 - 59 minutes - 54 MBJustice League of America #106 (1973) Red Tornado gets so trashed that he gets bounced over to Earth-One and gets a new face from a blind man in the mountains. He shows up to help the JLA and Batman’s like “you can help us but you still suck.” Superman, meanwhile, can’t wait to burn a hole in Reddy’s head. In an ironic twist, Superman’s violent tendencies prove to be helpful in thwarting T.O. Morrow’s plan to kill the Justice League. Also, Red Tornado tries to adapt to Earth and h...
Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch
September 02, 2020 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBAvengers #185 (1979) Wanda and Pietro go back home to Transylvania to find out if they really were the children of 1940s superheroes as opposed to being a militant mutant’s kids that he left to be raised by the High Evolutionary and a bovine woman. In the middle of the night, a medieval pick-up artist negs Wanda into taking a trip up the Swiss Alps. Pietro freaks out, tells a lonely old man to shove breakfast up his ass and jobs out to a forcefield. Elsewhere, Iron Man regales Ms. ...
Jimmy Olsen's Superman Family
August 27, 2020 22:10 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBSuperman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1 (1954) / Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #2 (1954) Jimmy Olson, Superman’s dumbest Earth friend (I don’t know - he might have a Kryptonian equivalent), continues to ruin Superman and Clark Kent’s lives. In the first story, Jimmy handles a to-do list for Superman while he’s out saving folks in Switzerland. Instead of, you know, getting pets out of trees, Jimmy opts to mediate a labor dispute using shadow puppets and cheap wigs. In the second story, Jimm...
Quarantine Comics: WildC.A.T.s
August 22, 2020 20:05 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBWildC.A.T.s Annual #1 (2000) We finally got around to messing with a WildC.A.T.s book on the show and its smack dab in the middle of their jabroni period where the original team died and angry cyborgs ran amok. In this (I guess) annual, Grifter’s brother Condition Red returns from the dead only to get returned to dust by Grifter himself. Its not all that exciting but thankfully we spend a considerable amount of time with Ladytron, the ornery cyborg who breaks off arms in arm-wrestl...
Quarantine Comics: OMAC
August 13, 2020 17:47 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBOMAC [vol 3] #3 (2006) In the past, OMAC was just a singular dude with an intense mohawk that got his gimmick from a space satellite. In the FUTURE (now), you can make OMACs in bulk by injecting teenage street junkies with OMAC-rich gruel and hope for the best. After an EMP, only one OMAC remains - Kevin Costner’s son Mike - who rebels against the Brother Eye by crashing into the Nevada desert and stealing cigarettes from a traveling caravan of strippers. Continue the conversation...
Quarantine Comics: The Twelve
August 08, 2020 20:20 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBThe Twelve #5 (2008) THE TWELVE is about a group of thawed-out superheroes from the 40s waking up in 2008 to find that there are still NO FLYING CARS! I hear ya man. The one dressed like a Musketeer gets a network TV deal to host a variety show while the Hourman clone is gotten to by high school kids and flies around crying in his surprisingly revealing outfit. Finally, the cover star - the Witness - watches a Nazi get hit by a bus. There's a decent premise going on here; trust us....
Quarantine Comics: Manhunter
July 30, 2020 22:03 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBManhunter [vol 3] #25 (2006) Kate Spencer aka Manhunter IV goes to a Los Angeles power-pop showcase with Obsidian and some friends. They are ambushed in the club by Sweeney Todd aka Handsome Solomon Grundy. A fight ensues with a psionic straight razor and some slicin’ & dicin’ just as the paparazzi show up. Also, Wonder Woman stops by looking for some legal representation. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show...
Quarantine Comics: Route 666
July 23, 2020 22:33 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBRoute 666 #3 (2002) ROUTE 666 follows Cassie, a gymnast on an alternate Earth-like planet, who develops the power to see dead people. She can’t stop inadvertently killing those around her so she gets committed to a sanitarium (welcome home) run by a cannibal Tobias Funke. Tobias eats a dude’s neck so Cassie bolts and ruins the lives of a local sheriff and his son. Also, let’s not forget this time…..money plane. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryherosh...
Quarantine Comics: Silver Sable and The Wild Pack
July 18, 2020 05:03 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBSilver Sable and The Wild Pack #3 (1992) Welcome back to the show, Silver! It’s a shame that Silver Sable never really gets more of a shine (pun intended) in the Marvel media offerings. She’s got a unique look and she likes to f*ckfight with her ex-husband Lou Gramm, the Foreigner. She’s also got a rogues gallery (or maybe just a single rogue) featuring the likes of Gattling, the unholy union of Brock Lesnar and Jesse Ventura’s gun from PREDATOR. We also get to hang out with Silver...
Quarantine Comics: Outcasts
July 09, 2020 23:32 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBOutcasts #3 (1987) OUTCASTS is about the mutant-hating future where they send said mutants to the moon to hang out with corporate Pinhead at a resort colony where the men get gassed to death. The women and their children are harvested for enzymes that let old people live forever and get sexually aroused. Fighting against the status quo are the Outcasts, comprised of Ricardo Montalban, a blue zombie, albino Kane and cyborg Sloth from THE GOONIES. Also, some dude gets impaled by a sk...
Quarantine Comics: Hero Zero
July 04, 2020 00:13 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBComics’ Greatest World: Hero Zero #1 (1993) In this Dark Horse offering, some kid runs out into the freezing Nevada desert in the middle of the night to turn himself into a giant pastel Iron Man-looking ripoff. It’s not for nothing though as he punches a reluctant dragon and shatters it into pygmy monsters. Also, we meet up again with the Rimjob and the Waffle Aliens from our previous encounter with COMICS GREATEST WORLD. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @an...
Quarantine Comics: Thunderstrike & Luke Cage
June 25, 2020 22:39 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThunderstrike #13 (1994) Thunderstrike and Luke Cage team up to track down a former college basketball standout-turned-bison monster into the bowels of a barbershop where a rouge S.H.I.E.L.D. operative whips out his Mandroid. We’ve also got some phone-related action as Luke uses the phone inside of a renovated porno theatre while Mephisto (maybe?) has an extremely moist conversation with a henchman. On top of all that, Thunderstrike becomes roommates with a Celestial murderess who ...
Quarantine Comics: Hourman
June 18, 2020 19:18 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBHourman #8 (1999) DC decided that after a few random JLA appearances that the new android Hourman was hip enough to get his own series. It was a dubious call to some but adding Snapper Carr as a human tether is not going to help you in the long run. In this issue, Hourman isn’t even there so we’re stuck with jabroni-ass Snapper bargaining with demons over cheesecake, making ketchup pentagrams and generally just sitting in a swamp of his own sweat. Continue the conversation with S...
Quarantine Comics: Poison Elves
June 11, 2020 06:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBPoison Elves #19 (1996) POISON ELVES was a super-indie cult comic about, well, elves that like to dress up like ninjas and seek vengeance against other elves and maybe some humans. In this particular issue, Lusiphur the Assassin Elf drops some serious ultra-violence on a warehouse full of villains (?) that may or may not have killed his father and caused his mother to get gangrene in her foot. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansf...
Quarantine Comics: Starjammers
June 04, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBStarjammers [vol 2] #5 (2005) STARJAMMERS are a group of Marvel space pirates, one of which is Cyclops’s dad. Since that would be interesting, he doesn’t appear in this book. We do get in its place the tale of a young military cadet disillusioned with what he’s been fighting for as the government raids a planet of Groots to use their seeds for drug snacks. FYI - there was some audio botching in the later half of the ep. We did our best to get it right but we apologize for the gros...
Quarantine Comics: JLA Classified
May 28, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBJLA Classified #6 (2006) Booster Gold screws around in Doctor Fate’s tower and accidentally sends a bunch of JLAers and himself to Hell. Instead of being melted and tortured by the Spinner of Lies, fast food franchise owner Etrigan approaches them with the option to work at his burger joint and avoid demon slaughter. Meanwhile, back on non-Hell Earth (but really, what’s the difference), Power Girl and Guy Gardner get snippy with each other and devise a plan to save their friends....
Quarantine Comics: Jon Sable, Freelance
May 18, 2020 00:28 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBJon Sable, Freelance #16 (1984) Jon Sable (possibly a distant relative of Silver Sable) is a hitman-for-hire that specializes in Godkiller firearms and having sex with jewel thieves in Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes. He’s such a good freelance hitman that he built a physical representation of HOGAN’S ALLEY on the NES in his own home. In this particular issue, Jon and Maggie The Jewel Thief rescue the formula for Coca-Cola from a group of nerds and shoot the leader to death wit...
Quarantine Comics: DC's The Next
May 10, 2020 20:33 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThe Next #1 (2006) THE NEXT is DC’s stab at a mid-80s low budget teenage movie premise about gnarly dudes and dudettes screwing with the space-time continuum, presented thru the filter of 1999 MTV Spring Break but released in the mid-2000s. The aforementioned teenagers and their translucent dog show up in our timeline, cause a young woman to get hit by a bus, only to be revived by a group of dead presidents. There’s also an unrelated space-time rip that Superman goes full Mr. Miyag...