Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics
COMIC BOOKS! Join Kevin and Will Hines — two brothers, lifelong comics fans and kind of comedians — as they discuss the comics they have loved their whole lives! What we lack in accuracy we make up for in enthusiasm!
Episodes
We're on to issue #2 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! After issue one is a surprise hit, the creators scramble to come up with a second issue. We get a not-quite-as-good but still-pretty-good story! We meet April and a new villain Baxter Stockman. We learn that Donatello is tech savvy and that Splinter has an extensive book collection!
We also go over a survey Kevin ran to see just how much people know about the Turtles, even if th...
EPISODE 325 - We start our season on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with an in-depth look at the original issue #1. Famously created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, this issue was meant as a one-shot story. Not quite a joke, but not quite serious either, the creators had no idea they were creating a media empire.
The comic is good! We meet the turtles, Master Splinter and Shredder!
How much did Will know about the turtles going in ...
Episode 324 - We end our Gamma Sops season with an issue that does not have the Hulk in it! Clay Quartermain is testifying before Congress, and Betty is dealing with carrying Bruce's baby! Todd MacFarlane only did breakdowns, but Erik Larsen delivers quality art. It's a fine issue to end our coverage on!
Next week: we start our coverage of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with issue one of the original Eastman/Laird run!
EPISODE 323 - THREE MILKSOPS EDITION. A Hines family reunion has put Kevin and Will in the same room with brother Brian, and so we take a slight sidestep from the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run to go to the end of Peter David' first long run on the Hulk. We look at Hulk 467, which features a slightly-in-the-future and maybe-alternate-reality Rick Jones looking back on a future we don't get to see. It's a poignant smart issue -- a...
This is it! The sorta-kinda final issue from Peter David / Todd McFarlane's run on Hulk!
Though Todd only does breakdowns.
And he does do layouts next issue, which is the epilogue of the story.
Anyway. This is a fun issue! Also sad. But good!
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It's not the last Todd McFarlane issue, though we're close to the end of his run on Hulk. Nor is it the most ICONIC issue -- that's probably the Hulk/Wolverine fight. But this might be the BEST issue of the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run.
Loose Screws: How Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning is really War Games 2.
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EPISODE 320 - Betty Banner is back in the story, briefly, as Hulk fights the Leader's robots... as does Bruce Banner! Plus we get some nifty flashbacks of the Hulkbusters with great visual from Mr. Todd McFarlane.
For Loose Screws, Kevin likes the TV show Murderbot and Will saw an exhibit of Jack Kirby's art.
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We were saddened to hear that Peter David, writer of the very Hulk run we are covering, passed away this past Saturday, May 24, 2025.
Kevin and Will devote this episode to David's stellar career. Kevin in particular was a fan of Peter David's work and shares of lot his thoughts and feelings about the many comics he loved that PAD wrote!
Among the many comics we discuss: Spider-Man, Hulk, Spider-Man 2099, Future Imperfect, X-Factor...
EPISODE 318 - It's Hulk versus the Leader! Sort of! Really, it's Hulk versus Half-Life, who was sent BY the Leader. Didn't Hulk beat him pretty easily before? Yeah, but now Half-Life has ARMOR! Despite this lackluster description, the issue is good! Peter David is writing the Grey Hulk as he wishes, and Todd McFarlane's art has fully manifested.
In Loose Screws, Will discusses his new ring tone (really) and Kevin is mad about spo...
EPISODE 317 - Hulk Versus the Man-Bull! Or maybe it's "Savage Man-Bull" or maybe just "Savage!" At any rate, the Hulk fights another mirror image of himself in a way, and he alternatively feels compassion for Man-Bull and also beats him up.
For Loose Screws, Will talks about going through a box of old comics his friend gave him, and Kevin talks about the first arc in Season 2 of Andor.
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Episode 316 - We go over issue 340, which is the iconic Hulk Vs. Wolverine battle with the even more iconic cover by Todd McFarlane. Wolverine's claws out, reflecting Hulk's angry face. We feel with this issue McFarlane has fully arrived. Peter David is also in fine form, and the result is the best issue in the run so far.
For Loose Screws, Will discusses the movie Sinners and Kevin discusses the institution of sports.
Stick around...
EPISODE 315 - We continue our coverage of the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run on The Incredible Hulk. This issue, the theme is fathers and more specifically abusive fathers. The "enemy" such as it is, is a super-powered child who has lost his father and sees his caretaker threatened. The Hulk talks a big game about not caring but in the end, does the right thing.
This story picks up a thread that has now become a major fixture in ...
EPISODE 314 - We discuss issue 338! Hulk faces a demon? alien? ghost? called Mercy! She's not called that, but we call her that.
In Loose Screws, we talk about Kevin's son watching Star Wars for the first time and the video game Untitled Goose Game!
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EPISODE 313 - We look at Incredible Hulk 337, where we finish up the crossover with X-Factor (X-Terminators?). We start with Hulk trapped in a block of ice and end up with the explosion of the Gamma Base. Peter David is making the book his own.
For Loose Screws, we discuss the Wheel of Time TV series!
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EPISODE 312 - We do a quick survey of Hulk 335 (non-Todd McFarlane art, but a nice creepy possession story) and then dig more deeply into Hulk 336, where he crosses paths with X-Factor! I mean the X-Terminators! No, wait, I mean X-Factor!
Loose Screws: Will talks about the 1950 Bogart film In A Lonely Place and Kevin discusses the video game Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West!
EPISODE 311 - The Incredible Hulk battles Half-Life, a brand new villain! Is he gamma-created? You know it!
We are continuing are examination of the run by writer Peter David and artist Todd McFarlane. Peter is starting to really dig in. Todd's artworks is showing tremors of his style that will soon erupt!
For Loose Screws, Kevin talks about his new Plastic Man reprtins and Will can't get his iPad to update!
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EPISODE 310 - We are three issues into the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run on Incredible Hulk! Todd is still relatively contained, but Peter is starting to really assert himself as a writer. The Grey Hulk's personality is emerging as a cynical, tough witness to the hypocrisies of humanity! He's also very big!
Loose Screws: A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs and the documentary "We Beat The Dream Team."
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EPISODE 309: Continuing our coverage of the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run on The Incredible Hulk!
We've got McFarlane's distinctive art style starting to poke through (evil Hulk in sillhouette), Peter David's style (grey Hulk's personality shaping up), plus Hulkbusters, The Leader and Betty Banner's long-lost husband question mark?
For Loose Screws, we discuss the movies Companion and Captain America; Brave New World.
EPISODE 308: The milksops begin a new season covering the writer Peter David / artist Todd McFarlane issues of the Incredible Hulk! Done before either of them became the instituation they would, these issues are a really interesting look at each of their talents! We are starting with the first issue they did togeter, issue 331 which came out in February of 1987.
For Loose Screws, we discuss the Fantastic Four movie trailer.
Episode 307 - We wrap up our episode on Watchmen with a discussion of the animated film "Watchmen Chapter II" which was released to little fanfare (despite being having pretty stellar reviews) toward the end of 2024.
Plus we read lots of the email we've gotten about this season!
Next season (starting next week): We go over the Peter David / Todd McFarlene run on Incredible Hulk.
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