WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics

Adam & Michael re-examine the 90's comic book boom through the pages of Wizard magazine.

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October 8, 2025 47 mins

We're joined by Ray Stakenas and Robert Clarke-Chan of Knowing Is Half The Podcast for an outrageous discussion of the G.I. Joe movie Casting Call from Wizard issue 117. Wild tangents abound as we talk Dolph Lundgren's filmography, encounters with Destro voice actor Arthur Burghardt and so much more.

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In this sneak preview of Wizards! The Podcast Guide to Comics crew take to Patreon Exclusive for SUPER CINEMA with this months featured movie, the Animated Classic All-Star Superman!  We have an ALL STAR line up have commentators on this episode with Adam, Michael, and Will  diving deep into this hugely popular graphic novel adaptation.

Does the movie, and the book live up to the hype?  You'll have to tune and find out.


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Returning guest, Lee Markowitz joins Adam to talk a Last Woman Standing battle between Black Canary and Black Widow, a The Flash movie Casting Call by Geoff Johns, a Hawkman themed CBIQ quiz, Hot 10 Comics, Mort of the Month and more geeky fun!

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Phillip Sevy returns to share his passion for J. Michael Straczynski's Spider-Man run, the reveal of The Sentry hoax and JLA/Avengers getting the green light. Plus, Wizard's annual April Fool's Day hijinks and more!

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Adam and William Bruce West dive even DEEPER into issue 115 to discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Wolverine and Ultimate Wolverine, a Titans movie Casting Call, Batman's co-heroes of Gotham, CrossGen theories, the excitement over Smallville and Justice League on TV and so much more.

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Adam and returning guest, William Bruce West have a great time talking about the comic book news of the day, exploring the bloodiest comics of 2001, an outrageous interview with Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar about the success of the Ultimate comics, Lady Death: Alive!, Marvel Knights Ghost Rider and so much more. 

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Michael and Adam discuss Wizard's irreverent take on the Fantastic Four, a Last Man Standing battle between rookie versions of Batman and Daredevil, outrageous comic book legal battles and more Wizard magazine goofiness. Plus, William Bruce West jumps in to discuss a Batman: Year One Casting Call by Greg Rucka.

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Former Wizard staffer and host of Comic Book School, Buddy Scalera joins us to explore the tips for breaking into the comic book business contained in issue 114 of Wizard, share behind the scenes stories and more. Get more insight into the business of creating comic books with Buddy Scalera and Mike Fasolo, every Tuesday on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_zRjwaA_rcwLD0HtyiK7w

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In this free preview of Wizards! The Podcast Guide To Comics Patreon Exclusive episode of Super Cinema, Adam, Michael, and Pete dive into the legacy of the 2011 DC Comics Green Lantern film starring #RyanReynolds #BlakeLively #markstrong and stacked cast of stars and the movie that was meant to kickstart a new DC Universe yet it failed to launch.  It also just happened to be the featured cover for the final issue of Wizard...

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Mike Schwartz returns for this mini-episode to discuss his experience at San Diego ComicCon 2025, a Last Man Standing battle between Martian Manhunter and Vision, Casting Call for a The Authority movie by Mark Millar, Mort of the Month and an important revelation about the future of the podcast!

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Adam and returning guest, Dalibor The Indie Hype Man explore the 2001 preview issue featuring news on the cancellation of 6 X-Men books, a deep discussion about Kevin Smith's Green Arrow, Top 10 Comic Book Slugfests, an interview with writer Paul Jenkins and so much more.

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Wizard declares the Best of the Best in comics for the year 2000, a Last Woman Standing Battle between Batgirl and Batgirl (?) and Mort of the Month. Plus, former WIZARDS co-host and Fantastic Four superfan, Steven Tsapelas stops by to give his review of Fantastic Four: First Steps. All this an more on a ver fun, mini-episode!

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In this sneak preview of Wizards the Podcast Guide to Comics Patreon Exclusive podcast "Super Cinema" Adam, Michael, and Pete dive deep into #superman  2025 directed by #JamesGunn, and #fantasticfourfirststeps  starring #pedropascal  and #VanessaKirby.  In this slightly spoiler free review we share with you a sampling of the fun we have over on #Patreon and all the goodness we geeks found in these two massive #blockbuster ...

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Former Marvel Comics employee and co-host of the Dollar Bin Bandits podcast, Mike Farah joins us to talk the origins of Ultimate X-Men and The Dark Knight Strikes Again, WIZARD's rankings for the 10 Toughest Superhero Teams, the inspiring story of Michael Turner and more.

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Comic book writer, Todd Matthy of Dynamite's Robots vs Princesses joins Adam to referee a Last Man Standing battle between Namor and Aquaman, review Just A Pilgrim from Black Bull, explore new Image Comics of the early 2000's and Mort of the Month. Plus tons of 80s cartoon talk and so much more. 

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In this unlocked archive episode of Super Cinema brought to you by Wizards The Podcast Guide To Comics, we discuss all the various iterations of Superman on TV, the good, the bad, the great, and why would they make that?  Join, Adam, Michael, Mike, and Pete as we discuss this and more.  You can find this and more on our Patreon Exclusive Super Cinema Series.  

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In this interview collaborators and friends, Bart Sears and Mark McNabb share stories of their time together at the Joe Kubert School, working for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, designing Hasbro's COPS N' Crooks line of toys, creating iconic covers for Wizard magazine and so much more.

You can view a video version of the interview on our YouTube channel at this link: https://youtu.be/2fgBEi8zWuE

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Adam and Mike Schwartz explore issue 111 of Wizard featuring a TON of Stan Lee and Joe Quesada stories, Wizard's picks for 80's cartoon comic book dream teams, a Fantastic Four movie Casting Call by Jeph Loeb, plus more superhero movie and comic news of the year 2000.

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Adam returns to respond to Mike and Michael's criticism of the show during his absence, then dives into a Last Man Standing battle between Bizarro and Venom, reviews the JLA/Witchblade crossover and Killraven 2020, plus the criminal records of comic book writers, rare Golden Age DC Comics ashcans and more!

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Mike Schwartz and Michael Cannetti host this episode while Adam is on a family road trip, discussing "comic book convicts" writing in to the magazine, Joe Quesada becoming Editor In Chief of Marvel Comics, Mark Waid taking over JLA, Alex Ross' ideas for a Spider-Man movie costume and more.

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