The Last Comic Shop Podcast

The Last Comic Shop Podcast

The Last Comic Shop is a podcast dedicated to saving one of the great literary art forms: Comics! Weekly reviews and recommendations for comic book fans both new and life long! Have a comic book you want us to review? Email us at lastcomicshoppodcast@gmail.com

Episodes

October 14, 2025 58 mins

We continue our macabre march through the world of spooky comic books this week with the first 10 issues of "House of Secrets" by Steven Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen released under DC Comics famous Vertigo subprint! 

Plus, the Last Comic Shop gang holds a seance to summon the spirits of long passed comic book legends! Who will show up at the shop? Listen and SEE!!!!

 

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey ...

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Happy Halloween Last Comic Shop Fans! 

We've got Seven Spooky past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast lined up for you in this extended play format featuring some of the absolute best our haunted house has to offer! 

From a Tournament of the Best Trick or Treat Candy to the History of Oktoberfest to Terrifying Trivia games sure to liven up your Halloween Party, enjoy all of our Harvest time shenanigans while getting the lowdo...

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October 7, 2025 62 mins
The 2025 Halloween Season at the Last Comic Shop Podcast kicks off with a SNKIT this week! Yes, its our review of one of the greatest Wolverine stories of all time with the original "Weapon X" story from Barry Windsor Smith! 

 

Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in March of 1991!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

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September 30, 2025 58 mins

We are starting the Halloween season a day early with a book all about the supernatural and occult with a Filipino twist! It's Volume 1 of Trese entitled "Murder on Balete Drive" from Budjette Tan & Kajo Baldisimo!

Plus we take a deep dive into one of most popular comic book collecting apps on the market: CLZ! 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

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We're celebrating our 250th episode of the podcast with a trip back to the OLD WEST! It's volume one of the New 52 version of All Star Western from Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Moritat!

Plus we unveil our newest comic book related game: The Lantern Line! Where do your favorite comic book characters rank in terms of being franchise players that can anchor their own books? 

 

Host: Andy Larson

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September 16, 2025 65 mins

Watch out for evil alien snow and giant monster bugs as we dive into the strange world of the original Eternaut comic strip by Héctor Germán Oesterheld & Francisco Solano López, now adapted into a hit TV show on Netflix! 

Plus we are planting our flag with a tournament of the top 16 comic book superheroes of all time! Who will emerge victorious from our brackets? 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

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September 9, 2025 61 mins
Can you keep a SECRET? We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us look back at the Grand Daddy of all Marvel Comics Event Crossovers with "Secret Wars" by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, and tons more! 

 

Plus we look at the movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as the conclusion of this series in April of 1985!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott

Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox S...

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September 2, 2025 60 mins

It's back to school here at the Last Comic Shop Podcast, as we look to educate you on a personal story of survival set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. It's "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui.

Plus we play another round of our classic comic book related game "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best school bus driver?" 

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole L...

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August 29, 2025 352 mins
Walloping Webspinners Last Comic Shop Fans! Have we got a treat for you this Labor Day weekend!   It's another of our carefully curated collection of past episodes from our evergreen archives all spun together into one extended play experience! Get ready True Believers for a Sinister Six Pack of Shows all featuring the one and only Spider-man including reviews of:    Kraven's Last Hunt: Originally Aired 9/6/2022   Maximum Carnage...
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August 26, 2025 60 mins

Rewind to this year's Live Stream For the Cure event as the Last Comic Shop Podcast takes a look one of the strangest comic book mash ups of all time with "The Punisher Meets Archie"!

Plus fans challenge us to come up with some of the greatest hypothetical mash ups ever! From Captain Kirk vs. Steven Seagal to Jughead vs. Wimpy, get ready for the hilarity!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

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August 19, 2025 61 mins

The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles a giant sized modern day fable with "We Called Them Giants" by Kieron Gillan and Stephanie Hans this week!

Plus a good old fashioned random trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Summer Bloc party!   

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

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August 15, 2025 340 mins
Revisit six past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast featuring The Man of Steel all in one Mega Pack!   Perfect for extended listening/streaming, these Superman shows from our evergreen archives deliver some of the best comics featuring that champion from Krypton!    Episodes in this Pack:    1) Superman: Red Son & Superman 2025 Movie Review. Originally aired 7/15/2025. 2) Superman: Super Corps. Originally aired 2/20/2024....
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We've got one of the most interesting guests in the history of the Last Comic Shop Podcast this week as we welcome the supremely talented artist, Cynthia Von Buhler, on the show!   We'll be chatting about her versatility as a stage producer, children's book author, and latest turn as a graphic novelist with the Minky Woodcock series from Titan Comics including the latest entry "The Girl Called Cthulhu"! 

 

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August 5, 2025 65 mins

It's 96 ounces of Kick ass Batman this week as we look at the first 6 issues of the new Absolute Batman series by Scott Synder and Nick Dragotta!

Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! Who are the best Batman writers? Who was the sexiest Lois Lane? See how we rank when we don't know what's coming next!?!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

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The First Family of the Marvel Universe are taking center stage this week as it's all about the Fantastic Four! 

First we've got the original 3 issue arc from the classic FF #48-50 featuring "The Coming of Galactus" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby! 

Then blast off with our movie review of Fantastic Four: First Steps starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Nicole Larson

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July 22, 2025 62 mins

We continue our march towards the 2025 Eisner Awards this week with "Helen of Wyndhorn" by Tom King and Bilquis Evely nominated for "Best Limited Series" at this year's awards.

Plus hear our predictions for the rest of the winners of comic books most prestigious industry award to be given at San Diego Comic Con later this week!

 

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

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Up in the Sky! It's A Bird! It's a Plane! It's an entire episode about SUPERMAN!

 

First, it's a review of the famous Elseworlds story where Superman becomes a Commie with "Red Son" by Mark Millar & Dave Johnson.

Then its time for a movie review of Superman directed by James Gunn!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

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July 8, 2025 63 mins

With the long awaited sequel to the original "Old Guard" movie dropping on Netflix this week, we are taking a trip back in our Last Comic Shop archives to our previously unaired review of the first 2020 movie as well as the comic book series that inspired it by Greg Rukka & Leandro Fernandez!

 

Host: Nicole Larson 

Co Hosts: Andy Larson, Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Ethan Larson

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Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the Independence Day of America! This year's entry is Captain America: Castaway in Dimension Z by Rick Remender & John Romita Jr!

Plus we're pitting the most famous ice cream flavors against each other in "The Last Ice Cream Shop" tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vote @lastcomicshop on social media ...

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We are celebrating Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews straight from the floor of this year's 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA!  Listen to some tremendous industry stories from writers and artists creating some of your favorite comic books today!

Hosts:  JA Scott & Ethan Larson

Interviewers: Andy Larson, Chad Smith, & Mikey Wood

 

Interview Guests:

Tom Scioli (Godzilla Monsterpiece The...

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