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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July 2, 2025 70 mins

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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More fun to be had with issue 109 of Wizard as we discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Space Ghost and The Tick, Garth Ennis casts a The Punisher movie, explore the original 7 comics to get a 10.0 grade from the CGC and so much more!

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The full trio of WIZARDS co-hosts explore the glitz and glamor of the "Celebrity Issue" of Wizard issue 109 that reveals the favorite characters and titles enjoyed by actors, athletes and musicians who read comics. Plus, Todd McFarlane sued for $24 million? Would Marvel Knights publish a Howard The Duck series? These questions answered and so much more!

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Adam flies solo to share an exclusive story about meeting Larry Hama, discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Doctor Fate and Doctor Strange, explore a Wizard interview with Joss Whedon about entering the world of comic book writing and more.

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In this jam-packed episode, Adam and Mike Schwartz dive into the "Ultimate Collecting Issue" of Wizard.

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UNLOCKED from the Patreon vault we bring you our Super Cinema discussion of The Punisher from 1989 starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle. Of course we can't help but discuss the other cinematic adventures of Marvel's Mafia murdering madman as well.

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May 7, 2025 45 mins

Former Wizard Managing Editor, Mel Caylo shares his stories of getting Wizard expense account credit cards revoked, being pranked by other Wizard editors, shenanigans with solicitations in the PREVIEWS catalog and more.

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William Bruce West returns to continue the conversation about Wizard 107, including an X-Men sequel Casting Call, X-Men movie trivia, Mort of the Month, comic book reviews and so much more.

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Adam and William Bruce West work their way through Wizard 107 to discuss Jim Lee drawing an X-Men themed Last Man Standing battle, top artists selling original art on eBay in the year 2000, whether comic book movies lead to new comic book readers and more fascinating discussions along the way.

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April 16, 2025 52 mins

In this amazing interview with former Wizard Staff Writer, Christopher Lawrence we learn about his involvement in the fictional origin of The Sentry from Marvel Comics, his time spent on the set of the X-Men movie in 2000, traveling to Ireland to interview Garth Ennis, modeling for Alex Ross and so much more. These stories are not to be missed, so listen now, Geeks!

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Adam and Mike Schwartz dive into a Last Man Standing battle between Lara Croft and Indiana Jones, discuss the career of Peter David, including a review of his book SpyBoy for Dark Horse and discuss E.V.E. Protomecha by Liquid! Graphics. Plus a Mort of the Month quiz, Top 10 HOT Comics and more. 

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April 2, 2025 55 mins

In this Patreon Preview, our episode of the Patreon exclusive Super Cinema podcast about the X-Men movie from 2000 has been UNLOCKED! Join Adam and Michael Cannetti as they pop their claws to discuss the film that kicked off a HUGE franchise of Marvel movies. 

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Adam and Michael Cannetti talk Stan Lee reimagining the DC Comics universe, the rise of CGC grading and online auction sites changing the comic collectors market forever, The Witchblade TV series and more X-Men movie hype than you can handle. All this and more comic book nostalgia from the year 2000!

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March 19, 2025 48 mins

Mark McNabb was an essential contributor to Wizard magazine from the beginning, providing color and design work to the covers, cards, posters and more amazing art associated with The Guide To Comics. In this interview, you'll hear a behind the scenes stories of how the most iconic Wizard covers were produced and so much more. 

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Adam and Mike Schwartz get into more fun from "The Greatest Issue Ever" discussing Wizard's list of the 10 Characters That Make Comics Great, a Last Team Standing Battle between the JLA and Avengers, Casting Call for a Batman: Dark Victory movie and so much more!

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In this special, UNCUT podcast presentation, Dalibor, The Indie Hype Man returns to the podcast to discuss what Wizard declared to be "The Greatest Issue Ever". We discuss why 1986 was the greatest year in comics history, the 10 Biggest Creators in comics, the short-lived Gorilla Comics imprint, tangents about Chris Claremont and The Lawrence Brothers (HUH?!). It's wild, it's geeky, it's unedited!

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Mike Schwartz is back and so are the laughs as we dive deeper in issue 104 to find the "hidden" gags and April Fool's comedy from Wizard. Plus we talk about Toy Fair 2000, the legacy of Gil Kane, X-Men movie merchandise and more!

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Michael Cannetti is back to laugh along with the Wizard April Fool's Day issue from 2000 that's full of fake-outs and geeky gags. Plus the hosts review Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, X-plore a ton of behind the scenes X-Men movie news and so much more.

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