Jacked Kirby
Join Jack Kirby fans Mike D & Tommy Lombardozzi as they invite weekly guests to discuss and explore the work and contributions of the comic book industry's greatest creator, with lots of laughs along the way! All hail the King of Comics!
Episodes
May 8, 2025 • 100 mins
Our friend and scribe supreme FRED VAN LENTE returns to discuss some torturous theme parks! Fred has a new trade coming out as this episode drops, collecting his series Murder Kingdom… and we’re gonna pair that with a delicious chilled glass of Forever People issue 4 (DC Comics, December 1971), featuring diabolical Desaad’s Happyland! Oh what fun! Plus, we discuss his BRAND new book, The Future Is ******!
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May 1, 2025 • 98 mins
Our Jamaican buddy Sam James is visiting us here in the US via Germany, so we’ve decided to have some fun with him covering issue number 9 of Jack Kirby’s Black Panther series! What do we think of 1978’s “The Black Musketeers”?! Listen and find out!
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April 24, 2025 • 77 mins
Cartoonist RYAN DUNLAVEY is FINALLY on the show to talk about his career, comic book artists as cartoonists, how Kirby has influenced his work, AND his upcoming (this weekend) appearance at the Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase (@BICSbrooklyn on Instagram- go follow!) We’ve known Ryan awhile now, so we’re glad to finally have him on the program! Fun shit!
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April 17, 2025 • 78 mins
We’re back after a little forced hiatus, and we’re talkin’ toys. KIRBY toys! From some of Marvel’s very first products, to Kenner’s Super Powers, to the current McFarlane line… and everything in between. Which are our favorites, which are on our wishlists, which do we have in our Kirby Collections… listen and find out!
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March 27, 2025 • 73 mins
Hot on the heels of last week’s episode, we’re jumping back into a Fantastic Four Annual (annual 5 from summer of ‘67) and the return of Quasimodo in the very first Silver Surfer solo story, "The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer"!
We bust it down, explore the cosmos, & have some laughs all in the patented Jacked Kirby style you know and love!
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March 20, 2025 • 76 mins
This week we dig into Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four annual 4 from 1966, focusing on the main story ‘The Torch That Was’… which features the Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organism computer aka QuasiMoDO! What a story! What a character! What fun! Bust out your copy and join us as we discuss this wacky FF tale!
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March 13, 2025 • 96 mins
It’s been awhile, but he’s back! Our friend JOSEPH MILAZZO (Brooklyn-based artist, writer, musician, & lover of all things ethereal) returns to the program to discuss Marvel Comics ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ issue 1 from December of 1976. Kirby’s series picks up where his Treasury Edition adaption of the Stanley Kubrick movie leaves off. What did we think?! Listen and find out! Joe always brings great insight to Kirby’...
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March 9, 2025 • 94 mins
Mike D. came across this wacky little story in Marvel Comics’ Journey Into Mystery issue 57 (cover dated March 1960) titled “The Martian Who Stole My Body!"…. so we’re gonna discuss it on this episode! Plus, martians in pop culture! It’s gonna be out of this world! (Sorry, sorry.)
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February 27, 2025 • 88 mins
We’re doing something a little different with this episode, discussing the Jack Kirby-adjacent, very recent Marvel Comic ‘What If… ? Mickey And Friends Became The Fantastic Four?’.. and were joined by our good friend writer, filmmaker, podcaster, and roastmaster CHRIS LAUDANDO… a Disneyphile if ever there was one! We’re gonna have some Space Mountain-/Death Star-sized fun!
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February 21, 2025 • 87 mins
After a short hiatus, we’re back! And we’re celebrating our 275th episode by doing absolutely nothing! Wooohooo! Mike D. & Tommy shoot the shit about various topics including Instagram, The Terminator, folk horror, Red Lobster, comics, Stephen King, and more! Join us for some fun!
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January 23, 2025 • 73 mins
Oh man, it’s been a year so far! For our first episode of 2025, we talk about what’s been going on in Jacked Kirby Land! Sickness, birthdays, post-holiday craziness… and we discuss some plans for the new year, some resolutions, and some Kirby wishlist items.
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December 19, 2024 • 95 mins
We have a special holiday treat this week, as artist GIDEON KENDALL joins us to discuss his new graphic novel ‘Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost: A Christmas Carol’, a project long in the making that is finally available… just in time for Xmas! We discuss the genesis of this project, Gideon’s career, and his thoughts on Jack Kirby. Pour yourself a stiff cup of eggnog, sit back, and enjoy!
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December 12, 2024 • 89 mins
We’re taking a trip back to 1963 to discuss Fantastic Four issue 13… more specifically the villain of that issue, the Red Ghost! We figured since he’s rumored to be appearing in the upcoming MCU FF movie, now’s a good time to talk about the comic book introduction of one Ivan Kragoff and his indescribable super-apes! Plus, The Watcher!
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November 28, 2024 • 101 mins
Episode 271- “With Rick Parker!”
Legendary comic book letterer, artist, and now author RICK PARKER joins us to bestow upon us a little bit of inspiration and life advice, as well as discuss his brand new (and quite wonderful) graphic novel ‘DRAFTED’ (available wherever you can buy books!) We had a great time talking with Rick about his career, his life, and his philosophy… ...
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November 21, 2024 • 102 mins
Episode 270- “With Mike Allred!”
We finally get to sit down with consummate comic book creator MIKE ALLRED! A huge name in both the independent and mainstream comic book landscapes, we talk to Red about his career (the guy created Madman! C’mon!), comics, Kirby, and much more! What a treat. We’re glad to finally have Mike on the show, and you’ll be glad you listened!
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November 14, 2024 • 123 mins
Our homie Dean Haspiel returns to the show to discuss his latest Kickstarter campaign (Chest Face!), and how it relates to this episode’s subject, the bizarre Captain America villain Arnim Zola! We’ll discuss the influence and impetus for Dino’s new work (which you can support at the link below… hurry!), while also breaking down Zola’s introduction in Captain America issues 208 & 209 from 1977! It’s always a fun time...
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November 6, 2024 • 126 mins
This week, CHARLES GOWER (aka Chaz aka Chuck- so many names!) joins us to discuss the controversy and crimes featured in his new book ‘Stan Lee Lied: Your Handy Guide to Every Lie in The Origins of Marvel Comics’… oh boy!
The book is available everywhere right now, but the conversation only takes place RIGHT HERE! Listen & learn, true believers!
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October 30, 2024 • 105 mins
We wrap up our annual month of spooky JackedTober episodes with a trio of tales meant to coincide (kinda) with the three stories featured in the classic 1975 made-for-TV movie Trilogy Of Terror! ‘Detour Lorelei on Highway 52’ from Black Magic issue 18, ‘Voodoo on 10th Avenue’ from Black Magic issue 4, and finally ‘I Learned The Monstrous Secret of Bombu!’ From Journey into Mystery issue 60. Fun terror times! Get your...
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October 22, 2024 • 109 mins
Etrigan gets a devilish doppelgänger, Klarion the witchboy is pulling the strings, Gargora needs a new head, and we sit down with storyboard artist, writer, and lover of the macabre CHRIS ANDERSON to discuss issues 14 & 15 of Jack Kirby’s DC Comic The Demon! Plus we get to hear about some of the cool shit Chris is working on! Fun stuff!
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October 17, 2024 • 120 mins
Back for their annual JackedTober visit, our friends Alil Kunica and Steve Carleton (co-hosts of The Geekz Podcast- check ‘em out!) join us to discuss the story “The Genie With The Light Brown Hair” from Journey Into Mystery issue 76 (Marvel Comics, November 1961).
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