Comfort Food Comics

Join us for what may end up as our last episode ever, or at least for awhile, as we discuss an all-time classic with King Kirby's New Gods #7 - The Pact!

CROM!! Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast takes on the mighty Cimmerian, Conan himself, as the boys discuss Marvel's first outing with the character in 1970's Conan The Barbarian #1!!

We take on the start of Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke's JLA run with the single issue classic "Two Minute Warning".  Join us as we delve into what we love about it but also what could have been done to really make this one of the best comics ever made.

Join us as we discuss the gorgeously Olivier Coipel illustrated issue that usually is noted for the wedding between Luke Cage and Jessica Jones but is mainly a bizarre fight of zero consequence with some nice slice of life scenes for this iconic team roster.

The CFC Duo keep Single Issue Summer rolling with a little backstory exclusive.   Join us as we discuss and rank the high-cherished backstory of ASM #248 with the story "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man".

Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast continues on with its single issue summer as we discuss and rank a hidden gem in Thor #356.

On this week's episode of CFC: The Podcast, the duo rank and discuss Action Comics Annual 1.

Happy 4th of July folks!  For this week's installment, CFC: The Podcast gets all patriotic on ya with a Marvel Treasury Special from the LEGEND King Kirby.  Listen as we discuss and rank, Jack Kirby's Captain America's Bicentennial Battles Vol 1.

Single Issue Summer continues with a CFC: The Podcast favorite, the Demon.  Listen as we discuss and rank The Demon Annual #2 featuring the first appearance of Hitman, Tommy Monaghan!

Join us for a SILENT INTERLUDE!! All Summer long Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast is going to be celebrating Single Issue Summer!!  Trying to give more time to us the hosts & you the listeners, we will be doing shorter episodes focused on single issue stories.  We kick it off by quietly mouthing "Yo, Joe!" as we take on this legendary silent issue!

The boys dig into that slice of goodness that is the Michelinie/McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man!!  Join Dave and Dan as they discuss and rank the first and second appearance of Venom!  It's a Symbiote Spectacular!!

The Avengers are UNDER SIEGE in this week's episode of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast.  Listen as we discuss and rank Avengers #270-277!

Comfort Food Comics:The Podcast finishes their month long dive into obscure crossovers with a bang.  NBA Superstars and superheroes! Listen in as we discuss and rank that arc were Jermey Lin teams up with the totally awesome Hulk for a charity basketball game in Totally Awesome Hulk #13 & 14, and that time when Carmelo Anthony drank some mutagen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures: Carmelo Anthony Special.

Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast continues their month long dive into team-ups you'd never expect to have happened!  For this installment, the duo discuss and rank Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker's 2004 Marvel Team-Up Vol. 3 #14: Spider-Man meets Invincible.  If you're new to Invincible or just want to hear your favorites chat about his book,  CFC: The Podcast Episode 8 features the first arc of Invincible's ongoing.  Enjoy!

Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast is back this week with a fun treat.  Join us as we discuss the hidden gem of DC Comics Presents #47: Superman and the Masters of the Universe.

On this week's installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast the duo dives into the era of Marvel Knights with Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada, and Jimmy Palmiotti's Daredevil: Guardian Devil (Vol. 2 #1-8).  Enjoy.

On this week's installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast, the duo dive into Bryan Lee O'Malley's follow-up to his hugely successful Scott Pilgrim series with the 2014 graphic novel Seconds.  Enjoy.

On this week's episode of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast the duo dive into a selection of classic golden age Captain Marvel stories.  Listen as we discuss and rank Captain Marvel Adventures #31 - "Captain Marvel in Buffalo", #79 - "Captain Marvel and the Talking Tiger", and #104 - "Captain Marvel and the Space Dragon".

On this week's installment, Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast celebrate the reason for the season with one of the strangest Marvel Comics that exist.  Enjoy as we discuss the Marvel/Nelson Comic Life of Christ: The Easter Story Vol. 1.  

One this week's episode Comfort Food Comics heads back to the aughts and discusses and ranks Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D Annual #1.

On this week's episode, Dave and Dan rank and discuss Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic Superman tale in Superman Annual 11 "For the Man that Has Everything".  Enjoy

On this first installment of year 2, Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast its all about new beginnings. Listen in as the duo discuss and rank Allen Heinberg and Jim Cheung's Young Avenger's Vol. #1-6.

We did it folks! Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast celebrates this week's milestone episode with arguable the most famous issue 50 of all-time in Amazing Spider-Man #50 by Stan "the man" Lee and John Romita Sr. Enjoy as we hold a "State of the List" discussion and dig into this extremely famous issue. Enjoy and thank you for your continued support!

For this week, Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast highlights a potpourri of single issues featuring Black characters and favorite Black creators. Listen in as we discuss and rank Teen Titans Spotlight #13; Jungle Action #18; Power Man #21; and Black Goliath #5.

On this week's installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast we dive into a hidden gem in the 1995 solo series, Black Lightning #1-4, and #5.

Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast continues its celebration of Black creators during the month of February by highlighting an under the radar gem. Join us as we discuss and rank Ronald Wimberly's b-side mix of Billy Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in his 2012 graphic novel, Prince of Cats. You don't want to sleep on this book any longer--or we DO bite our thumb at you sir!

Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast kicks off its month-long celebration of Black comics and Black comic creators with a site favorite in Dwyane Mcduffie's 1990 mini-series Deathlok. Join us and we discuss and rank this introductory story of Michael Collins and the introduction of Deathlok to the "present-day" Marvel Universe.

This week's installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast finds you favorite comics duo gushing over a newer series that readers both jaded and new should catch up on. Listen in as they discuss and rank Jed Mackay's 2019 series Black Cat #1-5.

This week's installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast features two wildly popular manga series. Join us as we discuss and rank the "Raditz Saga" in Dragon Ball Z Ch 1-11 and the introductory arc of One-Punch Man Ch 1-11.

As our faithful listeners know, Comfort Food Comics is all about that media collaboration--so this week we have a special selection to coincide with the release of the latest MCU series. Talk about synergy folks! Listen in as we rank and discuss the titular Vision and Scarlet Witch mini-series event in The Vision and Scarlet Witch Vol. 2 #1 - 12, with a little side of West Coast Avengers #2 mixed in to keep the story going. Enjoy!

To kick off 2021, Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast is discussing a blindspot in our resident expert, Dave's, reading knowledge--Wonder Woman. The duo chats a bit about the new film, WW84 (if you're looking to avoid spoilers, skip to 32:40 to avoid the boys riffing) before diving into this week's selection in Christopher Moeller's original graphic novel JLA: A League of One. Enjoy!

Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast returns from the Christmas hiatus to give you a leftover helping of that holiday spirit. Enjoy as we discuss and rank Grant Morrison and Dan Mora's Klaus. Enjoy!

The holidays are all about tradition and nostalgia, and for this week's episode Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast is taking everyone back to the bygone era of 1991. Join us as we discuss and rank the first Marvel Christmas anthology with Marvel's Holiday Special (1991).

The festive season continues this week on Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast with a special collection of X-Men Xmas Comics! Sit back and enjoy as the dynamic duo dive into Uncanny X-Men #143, #230, and #341.

On the first episode of Xmas Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast gave to thee, well it's Christmas themed comics of course! Enjoy as we rank and discuss Spider-Man's Tangled Web Vol. 1 #21, Marvel Two-in-One #8: The Thing and Ghost Rider, and Superman #64.

Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast is giving you another thing to be thankful for this holiday--a Wednesday release, Thanksgiving Special. That's right folks, join us as we discuss and rank the titular Thanksgiving classic, Power Pack Vol. 1 #19 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".

On these week's episode of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast, the duo travel back to the crazy time that is the early aughts. Enjoy as we discuss and rank Mark Millar's The Ultimates Vol. 1 #1-6.

Hear ye, hear ye; you are in King Kirby's presence. On this week's installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast, the duo dig their toe into the Fourth World of Jack Kirby. Listen and enjoy as Mister Miracle #1-4 are discussed and ranked. Enjoy!

On this week's installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast, the duo dive into a selection of your favorite ninja turtles. Enjoy as we discuss and rank the introduction of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Vol. 1 #1 and The River arc in #24-26. Cowabunga!

The CFC duo finishes off their month long transformation into the chilling DisComfort Food Comics: The Podcast with a special Halloween episode. Sit back and enjoy as we discuss and rank the second arc of Alan Moore's seminal work in Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #25-27. Turn off your lights.

The horror continues this week as we transform into DisComfort Food Comics: The Podcast with a group of selection meant to shock and subvert. Listen in as we discuss and rank 2006's Ghost Rider #35, Franken Fran Chapters 1 & 2, and Afterlife with Archie #6. Turn off the lights.

The terrifying transformation of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast into DisComfort Food Comics continues this week as we continue our month long celebration of all things creepy. For this installment, the duo tackles one of the defining authors and books of the horror manga genre as we discuss and rank the entire series of Junji Ito's Uzumaki. Turn off the lights.

That's right, we've got a rebranding folks. For the month of October Comfort Food Comics is getting uncomfortable. We'll be diving into all these spooky, scary, and creepy. For this first installment of DisComfort Food Comics: The Podcast, the duo discuss and rank Action Comics Vol. 2 #13, Uncanny X-Men #159, and Killadelphia #1-6. So turn off your lights and listen.

On this week's episode of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast, the duo take a peek behind the curtain of Grant Morrison's epic Batman run and examine the Silver Age titles that inspired and impacted the widely popular Batman: RIP storyline. Sit back and enjoy as we dive into Batman's "Black Casebook" as we discuss and rank Detective Comics #247: The Man Who Ended Batman's Career; Batman #113: Batman, The Superman of Planet X; Detective Comics #267: Enter Bat-Mite; Detective Comics #235: The First Batman; Detective Comics #215: The Batmen of Many Nations; World's Finest #89: The Club of Heroes; Batman #65: A Partner for Batman; Batman #86: Batman Indian Chief; Detective Comics #241: The Rainbow Batman; Batman #134: The Rainbow Creature; Batman #112: Am I Really Batman?; and Batman #156: Robin Dies at Dawn.

This week we have a very special installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast as we dive into the fan-favorite Amalgam Universe. Enjoy everyone's favorite Marvel and DC mash-ups as we discuss and rank Amazon #1, Legends of the Dark Claw #1, Super Soldier #1, and Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1.

An exciting FF special this week as Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast takes a look at Matt Fraction's FF series. Enjoy our discussion and ranking of FF Vol. 2 #1-8!

Back at it for another week, the CFC Duo are here to serve up some tasty comfort food comics. On this week's episode, enjoy as we rank and discuss the 2020 Ant-Man series (1-5) and Flash #54.

On this week’s episode the CFC duo tackles another evergreen title in the Death of Superman graphic novel. Enjoy our chat about the demise of Big Blue in the greatest selling graphic novel of all time!

To celebrate this weekends release of one of the strangest and problematic production cycles of a comic book movie Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast is going back to the source material with a New Mutants special. Sit back and enjoy our discussion and ranking of two new Mutants stories; The New Mutants #18-20: The Demon Bear Saga and The New Mutants #21: Slumber Party. Enjoy.

When you're talking about comfort foods, sometimes it's okay to over indulge. And this week the boys had a gluttonous feast with this week's selection. It may be a supersized episode--but the discussion is DEEP and we dive into a lot this week as we discuss and rank Protector #1-5, Darkhawk #1-3 and Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #24. Enjoy!

During this exciting installment of Comfort Food Comics: The Podcast, the duo dive into some later works from true titans of the industry--to varying degrees of success. Join us for a fun discussion as we chat about and rank Frank Miller and Todd McFarlane's 1994 one-shot Spawn/Batman, the original miniseries of Jim Lee, Brandon Choi & J. Scott Campbell's Gen13 and the perfect She-Hulk one-shot in Solo Avengers #14: Court Costs by the Chris Claremont and Alan Davis.