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
Spend your Christmas with the Last Comic Shop crew as we review the first six issues of Ram V. and Evan Cagle's recent renewal of the New Gods series collected in the trade entitled "The Falling Sky"!
Plus Santa Mikey makes a stop at the Shop to pass out comic book related presents to all our loyal listeners!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood
Merry Christmas Last Comic Shop Fans!
At this special time of year, the Last Comic Shop celebrates DC Comics with their annual event they call DCember. And what kind of DCember would it be if we didn't celebrate one of their most famous heroes in the Dark Knight himself, Batman!
So grab a glass of eggnog, some festively decorated sugar cookies and enjoy evergreen past reviews including:
1) Batman & The Joker, The Deadly Duo:...
We travel to the underground world of Skartaris to celebrate the recent release of Mike Grell's high fantasy masterpiece "The Warlord" in Omnibus!
Plus we are finally planting our flag with a tournament of the top 16 Action Figure Play sets of all time! Which set from your childhood will emerge victorious from our brackets? Castle Grayskull? The USS Flagg? Listen and See!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Eth...
We'd be "Lion" if we told you we didn't have another great book picked out for "DC"ember! It's Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon from DC Comics Black Label!
Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! What's the Best Christmas Movie? Whose Christmas Song reigns supreme? Who wins in a fist fight between The Grinch and Yukon Cornelius? Listen and find out!!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott...
We welcome back Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics, to kick off our annual "DC"ember event featuring 5 weeks of all DC Comics!
This week's selection is all 12 issues of the "Dark Knights of Steel" Elseworlds story by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri & others featuring your favorite DC superheroes re-imagined in a high fantasy setting!
Plus what's on our comic book Christmas' lists this year? Get the scoop on thos...
Autobots Roll Out with another Last Comic Shop Podcast episode featuring a licensed toy comic tie in series! That's right, it's the first 6 issues of the recent Skybound/Image reboot of the Transformers Comic by Daniel Warren Johnson!
Plus in preparation for our upcoming tournament on the "Greatest Action Figure Playset of All Time", we are debating which toys pass the mustard to be included among the 16 participates and which one...
Plus we look at the music, movies, and comics released at the same time as issue 1 of this series in September of 2001!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith and Nicole Larson
Guest Host: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
We're going nuclear this week as the "Year of JA" continues with one of his all time favorite series: Valiant Comics original Solar, Man of the Atom run by Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor Smith, Bob Layton & more!
Plus another round of 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
Co Ho...
Face Front True Believers!
We've got six past episodes from our evergreen archives collected in one extended play format for you! All of the Marvel Books! All of them featuring arguably our most famous and frequent guest host, Mr. Mikey Wood!
Feast your ears on this collection of comics from the House of Ideas featuring:
1) Silver Surfer, Parable: Originally aired 9/28/21 2) Rom, Space Knight: Originally aired 3/12/24 3) The U...
The Avengers are assembling this week on the Last Comic Shop Podcast, as we look at this love letter to the Silver Age with "The Avengers: The Veracity Trap" by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho!
Plus, it's the 4th Annual Mighty Marvel Trivia Challenge! Test your knowledge of all things Marvel against our panel of comic book geeks!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood
We're finishing out our spooktacular comic season for 2025 with a sultry tale of witchcraft that is equal parts sexy and scary! It's the Eisner award winning "Somna, A Bedtime Story" by Becky Cloonan & Tula Lotay!
Plus a good old fashioned game of "Mash Ups" where we dare to pair Marvel Cinematic Universe Characters and Most Iconic Monsters in Pop Culture together! Captain Dracula? Franken-Thor? Tune in to see what we come up ...
OH NO! There goes Tokyo! It's our review of Godzilla Monsterpiece Theatre from former Last Comic Shop Podcast guest, Tom Scioli!
Plus prepare to get schooled on the History of Supernatural and Horror related comics with our annual Halloween trivia game!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
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 ...
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...
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
Guest Host: George from Shortbox ...
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
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
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, &am...
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
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...
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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