A comic book appreciation podcast from two longtime fanboys. Chris and Eric take turns picking each week’s comic for discussion before diving into its pros, cons, and oddities.
This week we discuss X-Factor #207-212, aka the story where Wolfsbane experiences gay panic and sends Shatterstar flying through a window.
This week we discuss New X-Men #135-138. Our discussion includes some spoilers for plot events beyond those issues as well, up through the end of Grant Morrison's tenure on the book.
This week we discuss JLA (1997) #5-9.
By Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
Sebastian O by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell.
By Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt, and Henry Flint.
This week we discuss Ron Zimmerman and Duncan Fegredo's 2002 series Ultimate Adventures, a.k.a. Ultimate Batman and Robin.
Daredevil (Vol. 2) #26-31 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
This week we discuss Steve Gerber and Phil Winslade's 2002 Howard the Duck series. It's a satirical story deeply steeped in the pop culture of its time, but does it hold up?
In the longest episode of the podcast to date we discuss Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch, and co.'s The Ultimates (2002) #7-13. Topics of discussion include the intrinsic conflict between the series' core concepts and its status as an ongoing narrative, the incorporation of real world anti-Semitic conspiracy theories into the Chitauri aliens' lore, casual homophobic language of the time period, racist lettering choices, and more.
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This week we discuss the 2001 horror-western Desperadoes: Quiet of the Grave by Jeff Mariotte and John Severin.
In which we discuss The Ultimates #1-6 by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch.
In which Eiji gets a gun and we praise the sound effects at length.
This week we discuss Batman #667-669 by Grant Morrison and J.H. Williams III.
This week we read Keiji Nakazawa's memoir manga about his experience living through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I Saw It. We discuss both English adaptations: a 1982 colorized version from Educomics, and a 2023 edition from Last Gasp which preserves the original art. The 2023 edition is still in-print and available at https://lastgasp.com/products/i-saw-it-1
This week we read Daredevil #227-233.
Note: During our discussion we misattribute a future story; the Kingpin bathroom murder story we mention is from Zdarsky's Daredevil tenure, not Soule's.
This week we discuss the fantasy BL comic The Bride of God by PenguinFrontier. The comic is available for free on their Twitter (@PenguinFrontier) as well as in PDF form with bonus pages at https://penguinfrontier.gumroad.com/l/awdfx. NSFW warning for the comic and the aforementioned links.
Chris's wife Shannon joins us to discuss 2023's Amazing Spider-Man #26, aka the death of Ms. Marvel. (It doesn't count as a spoiler when Entertainment Weekly posted said headline before the issue even came out.)
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