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Eddie and Lee share eight 80s TV intros with their daughters plus they get to decide which one is the best. Listen and see if you agree. TV Intros: Who's the Boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkD9wzrrhiA Turbo Teen : Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e_ID-DpA DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS Cartoon Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JjhQ1Oi_3k Knight Rider - Original Show Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNyXYPhnUIs Manimal Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNX5Z9WwHF0 Transformers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLS2N9mHWaw Star Trek: The Next Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9EM7-vf4g G.I. Joe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HrtKoHsIf8 Ways to connect: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch

I sit down with Hero Quest fan Kurgan and talk about all things Hero Quest in 2023, the future of the game, plus much more. Kurgans Twitch channel Youtube channel for Kurgan Hero Quest fans Discord https://www.youtube.com/@AshQuest

My daughter and I watch the 1988 WWF The Main Event and we get to hear her reaction.   Ways to contact me and support the show: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: ----more----

Ben, Al and Lee talk about comics that haven't been made into a movie and TV show yet. They make their arguments on why they should be created. What do you think? ----more---- Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch  

Lee sits down and talks with two board game experts, his kids to talk about why they like board games and why you should too. ----more---- Links from the show: Ruths picks Mancala Wingspan Salem   Aarons picks Spirit Island John Company Star Wars Rebellion   Ways to contact me and support the show: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Tim and Lee talk about phase one and beyond for Star Wars: The High Republic project and why we love it. Previous episode with Tim talking about Star Wars expanded universe   ----more---- Links in the episode: Tims Twitter Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:  

Al, Ben and Lee talk about their favorite villains from 90s comic books.   Als picks: Random and Violator Bens picks: Bane and Stryfe Lees picks: Omega Red and Violator   Links from the episode: List_of_comic_book_supervillain_debuts#1990s wikipedia.org Omega_Red www.marvel.com omega-red "X-Men vs. Omega Red": X-Men The Animated Series 1992 Omega Red and Sabretooth | Hulk Vs Wolverine Wolverine Vs Omega Red (X-Men Evolution) 'Deadpool 2' Behind The Scenes Photo Reveals X-Men Villain Omega Red Omega Red (Marvel) | Villains Wiki | Fandom X-Men Issue # 4 (Marvel Comics) Value Violator (comics) - Wikipedia Spawn Issue # 2 (Image Comics) 1st appearance of violator Violator Collection Violator | Spawn Wiki | Fandom Spawn (Comic Book) - TV Tropes Spawn / Funny - TV Tropes Violator origin Spawn (1997) (Film) - TV Tropes Random | X-Men Wiki | Fandom Random (comics) - Wikipedia X-Factor Issue # 88 (Marvel Comics) Stryfe - Wikipedia New Mutants Issue # 87 (Marvel Comics) Stryfe | X-Men Wiki | Fandom Key Collector Comics Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Tim and Lee discuss the best of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) phase 4 and what is exciting and predictions for phase 5. ----more---- Previous episode with Tim   Links in the episode: Tims Twitter Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:  

Ben, Al and Lee discuss their favorite 90s comic book based video games.  What are some of your favorites.   Al's pick: NES Silver Surfer What started it all: Silver Surfer high score contest Silver Surfer Cartridge value now   Bens pick: TMNT: Turtles in Time Turtles in Time Cartridge value now   Lees pick: X-Men Arcade game X-Men Arcade details X-Men (1992 video game) Pride of the X-Men intro X-Men arcade playthrough X-Men Six Player Arcade X-Men 6 player instruction manual   Lees pick: X-Men Children of the Atom X-Men Children of the Atom Play through Video Game / X-Men: Children of the Atom Arcade Museum children of the atom   Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Ruth Jesse and Lee take a look at their predictions from last year about season 5 and compare them to what happened. They also look to the future of Cobra Kai. Will it continue? Listen and find out plus much much more. ----more---- Links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:   Check out my other podcast: Uchoose Podcast Join in the fun as Eddie and Lee read through the 80's Choose Your Own Adventure books and YOU decide how the story ends. Join us live on Youtube, Facebook and Twitch or listen later on podcast app of your choice.

Great time talking about Hero Quest and the new expansions and future releases from Avalon Hill. We also make predictions about where the game is going in the future. We also discuss what makes a good homebrew quests and much more. ----more---- Links from the show: Hero Quest Builder   www.twitch.tv/heroquestfans (Kurgans Twitch channel) https://www.youtube.com/xsc3 (home of heroquest fans on youtube, videos get posted here after being streamed) https://discord.gg/hYEBbxsKGC (Discord channel for HeroQuestFans)   Links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Al, Ben and Lee talk about their favorite comic book crossovers and comic book ads. If you are having trouble seeing the images from the show click here ----more----   Who's the Artists?       Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network      

Ruth and Lee watch Peter Jacksons 2002 The Two Towers. Listen and watch the movie while they educate and entertain you with their comments. Or listen only and enjoy the conversation. ----more---- Links mention in the Episode: Previous watch along Other Links: The New Tolkien companion by J. E. A. Tyler Map of Middle Earth and the Undying lands Tolkien Gateway Online Reference Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring trivia and facts   Links: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:  

Al, Ben and Lee talk about their favorite 90s comic book characters. ----more---- If you are having trouble seeing the images from the show click here   X from Dark Horse Comcis Blood Wulf Image Comics Bishop Marvel Comics Bane DC Comics Blink Marvel Comics Gambit Marvel Comcis Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Al Ben and Lee talk about their favorite limited comic book series from the 1990s, hear what they enjoyed and let them know what your favorite 90s limited series is from the 90s. ----more---- If you are having trouble seeing the images from the show click here   Als first pick:   Bens pick: Lees First pick: Als second pick: Lees second pick:   Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Eddie and Lee sit down with their daughters and talk about the media that influence each of them during their formative years. Hear their kids opinion about the movies Eddie and Lee liked as kids and how the dads like the media the girls like. ----more---- Lees pick: Transformers The Movie (1986) Original Trailer The Transformers The Movie draft script Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (intro) GI JOE PSA - COMPILATION   Ruths pick: Avatar The Last Airbender Original Trailer (2004) Avatar - Sokka High Drinking Cactus Juice   Eddies Pick: Genesis - a trick of the tail   Daphnes Pick: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - People-Vultures   Links: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:  

Matt and Lee talk about Deathmate Image/Valiant crossover and some of their favorite Valiant Comics from the 90's. ----more---- Images from the show are HERE Deathmate notes: Designated by color rather than issue numbers (namely Yellow, Blue, Black, and Red) plus two book-end issues, Deathmate Prologue and Deathmate Epilogue, as well as Preview issues collected with comic products, the four main issues were written so they could be read in any order. Created at the peak of the comic book speculator boom, the project was heavily promoted and sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but was beset with production delays. The Image half (Black, Red, and Epilogue) came out severely behind schedule and out of sequence. Deathmate Red shipped after the epilogue issue, and despite cover dates of September 1993 to February 1994, the actual publication lag was far longer than six months. The plot evolved around a chance interdimensional meeting of two characters, Solar from Valiant and Void from Image's WildC.A.T.s. The two became lovers, but their joining would mean the destruction of both comic book universes. It is notable that only half of the Image founding members chose to take part. Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino, and Todd McFarlane were not involved, although McFarlane's character Al Simmons makes a brief appearance in Deathmate Red. In my personal opinion yellow, blue and the prologue had a more cohesive story. Where the image characters had a better integration into the valiant universe's history. Case in point brigade's characters worked for Harada Industries, an X men derived group. Besides being delayed black and red's stories definitely had a rushed feel to the story.  In black we see the Top Cow studio take front and center with ties to Wildcats and Gen 13.  X O makes an appearance, but he is used more like a power hungry military general than a visigoth with an alien suit of armor.  Union , an energy based alien creature is the one character from black that allows this story to connect to the epilogue. Red's story, sadly for me, is just a Rob Liefeld sketchbook. The story is about Youngblood in this new universe the biggest addition is that Bloodshot is a member.  While the Prophet is poorly used as a plot point to let the heroes know what is wrong with this amalgamation of a world. Red was so far delayed that it was released after the epilogue issue. Epilogue centers more around the events from blue with Solar, supreme, and Darque. This series had a great germ of an idea, but it missed the boat with the creative teams. If it had some editorial oversight for both companies it might have had a chance at being a success. However, with egos, missed deadlines, and perhaps the lack of experience from portions of the owners with the business side of things it went down as a failure. For me , I liked parts of the story and going back and rereading the story with a more mature eye I can see what drew me to the story. 1 The crossover was something rarely seen between two independent comic groups. 2 Deathmate had the rock and roll comic artists 3 Although Valiant at the beginning wasn't flashy, they had a good set of storytellers and a well thought-out and connected universe. I was hoping that it would influence the Image books. 4 Finally the book introduced me to more “up and coming'' creators.   Like Joe Q and Jeff Matsuda. Facts about publication sales: The Valiant Deathmate books (Prologue, Blue, and Yellow) had print runs of over 700,000 copies, but by the time Deathmate Red was released, it had a print run of 250,000, although retailers were nonetheless left with many unsold copies. At the time, comic book distributors would only allow unsold books to be returned if they were six months late.   Valiant Comics Notes: In 1988, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics Jim Shooter, Steven J. Massarsky and a group of investors attempted to purchase Marvel Entertainment. They submitted the second-highest bid, with financier Ronald Perelman submitting the highest bid and acquiring Marvel. Shooter and Massarsky instead formed Voyager Communications in 1989 with significant venture capital financing from Triumph Capital. Valiant (an imprint of Voyager Communications) recruited numerous writers and artists from Marvel, including Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton, and launched an interconnected line of superhero comics featuring a mixture of characters licensed from Western Publishing and original creations.    1993 Valiant won Best Publisher over 5% Market Share, becoming the first publisher outside of Marvel and DC to do so.  Valiant also engaged in several comic book-marketing innovations common in the 1990s, such as issue zero "origin" issues, the gold logo program, coupons redeemable for original comic books, and chromium covers. Following the conclusion of the "Unity" crossover in September 1992, Valiant released Bloodshot, Ninjak, H.A.R.D. Corps, The Second Life of Dr. Mirage, and Timewalker, among other titles.  Turok #1 (VALIANT) - One of the top ten largest print runs in history, a runaway video game success that brought gamers into the fold, and the first real sign that comic properties were viable for licensing  Perhaps the biggest innovation was their use of continuity. The events in the comics almost always took place during the same time frame as publication with readers expecting one month time jumps between issues. There was the rare exception to this rule, such as two back-to-back issues covering the events of the same night. In this case, the narration box would date them — for example, both issues would be dated "December 12th, 1991" if the event began in a December issue released on the 12th. Another method they used took advantage of the more hard scifi setting, and had characters experience a jump forward of several months as a side effect of traveling faster than light. An event in one comic had immediate and lasting effects in another. Once an event happened, it was set in stone. RetCons never happened, and Comic-Book Time was averted. The Valiant universe was split into two time periods: the modern day, and the 41st century, with events in the former having effects on the latter. All in all, the formula worked, attracting many fans with its refreshing and unique style, and Valiant sold over 80 million comics in its first 5 years, becoming the third highest selling comic book company (after, of course, Marvel and DC)...    Magnus Robot fighter Cover Date:, May '91  Artist Art Nichols and Writer Jim Shooter  By the year 4000, humanity has become dependent on robots. H8, the Robot Police chief of the civic sector of North Am, a continent-spanning mega-city, is damaged in a radiation accident. It seeks to promote the human dependency on robots and gradually impose totalitarian rule in the area under its control. Magnus was trained from infancy by 1A a self aware robot in an under-sea domed house, using advanced techniques, to become a skilled martial artist who could break steel with his bare hands. In addition, 1A equipped his charge with a device that would allow him to "hear" robot-to-robot radio communications.  https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/3513/art-nichols/comics  Magnus, Robot Fighter  1A, the Freewill robot mentor of Magnus and lover of Grandmother (whom he calls "Kimi").  Claiburne, President of North Am  Leeja Clane, Magnus's girlfriend and future wife  Love how Valiant kept the 60s art style and concepts  Fan of Isaac Asimov Irobot, Magnus is heavily influenced by Asimov.    Turok Dinosaur hunter Cover Date:, Jul '93  He first appeared in Four Color Comics #596 (October/November 1954).[1] After a second Four Color appearance (#656 October 1955), the character graduated to his own title – Turok, Son of Stone (#3 March–May 1956) — published by both Dell and then Gold Key Comics from 1956 to 1982.  Writer David Michelinie  Art Bart Sears    Rai  Cover Date: Mar '92  In his original incarnation, Rai is the spirit guardian that protects the nation of Japan in the 41st century. It is a mantle that is usually passed down from father to son through the generations, with some exceptions. As such, the series chronicled a number of protagonists.  By the year 4001, industrialization in Japan had begun to consume every square inch of free space within the island nation's borders. To house and feed its growing population, the country had built upon its own infrastructure centuries before, turning the whole of Japan into a towering pillar, hundreds of miles wide. Eventually, the nation detached from Earth entirely, and now orbits the planet.  Governed by a mysterious yet benevolent artificial intelligence named Father, the Japan of 4001 is divided into various sectors, with names derived from the time of founding, and generally separated among the lines of economic status and social class. Where a citizen's sector falls in the literal hierarchy of Japan's many sectors also directly affirms their social ranking; the closer you are to the Earth, the less essential you are.  Part of the magnus Robot Fighter Universe  I like how they were able to take an Obscure mention in Magnus and make an entire universe    Matt's shows: 60's Reboot Podcast Comics With My Kids   Ways to connect with us: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Al, Ben and Lee talk about their favorite 1st issues comic books from the 90's ----more----       More fun notes from the episode   Guess the Artist   Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Ben Al and Lee talk about their favorite comic book cards from the 90's.  ----more---- Marvel Trading card pack The controversial Marvel card power rating Definition of power rating   Links from the Episode: Youngblood card series Marvel checklist Marvel Series 3 Marvel Series 2 Marvel Series 1 How Marvel created the comic book card power levels Marvel master series   Hilarious marvel 1975 stickers John Byrne X-Force cards   Ways to connect with us: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Ruth and Lee watch Peter Jacksons 2001 Fellowship of the Ring. Listen and watch the movie while they educate and entertain you with their comments. Or listen only and enjoy the conversation. ----more---- Links mention in the Episode: The New Tolkien companion by J. E. A. Tyler Map of Middle Earth and the Undying lands Tolkien Gateway Online Reference Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring trivia and facts   Links: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Previous episode with Ruth    

Al, Ben and Lee talk about their favorite gimmick comic book covers from the 90's. Listen and let us know which one is your favorite. ----more---- The Dark Age of Comic Books was the culmination of a gradual move towards an older audience for Comic Books, particularly those featuring superheroes that had started in The Bronze Age of Comic Books. Sometimes, to follow the Gold/Silver/Bronze progression, at other times it is jokingly called "the Chrome Age", owing to the frequency of publishers selling comics with holofoil covers as a marketing gimmick during the period, but "Dark Age" is the much more common and accepted term. Usually characterized as a Darker and Edgier period featuring an increased focus on sex, violence and dark, gritty portrayals of the characters involved, much of the content produced during this era is very controversial among comic book fans.   It's not the world's most exciting cover, but 1991's Silver Surfer #50 gets the nod for being the first comic in industry history to feature the chromium embossed effect, and for how it utilizes the gimmick in a sensible manner.  As the 90s chugged along, publishers were seemingly embossing every other comic without much rhyme or reason. But Silver Surfer #50 adds the embossing to the Mr. Radd himself. And that makes sense since the character's name is "Silver Surfer" – so some silver chromium embossing is neither excessive nor inappropriate. Yes, I understand that I'm essentially awarding points here for lack of excess, but considering we're talking about the 90s here, why not applaud Marvel's show of restraint.  Tom Chirstopher  Cover Art  Tom Christopher Inks  Ron Lim Pencils - Cover Art  James (Jim) Starlin  Scripts  Tom Vincent Colors  Als first pick: Marvels Silver Surfer #50 1991   One of the biggest selling comic books of all time, more than 8 million copies of X-Men #1 were snatched up in the 90s, primarily because of the gimmick – five variant covers that interlocked to create a beautiful Jim Lee-illustrated landscape of the X-Men fighting Magneto (there was also a special edition gatefold version of the comic which contained the entire image). Sure, needing to buy five copies of the same comic in order to see Lee's entire image was annoying and an inefficient use of funds, but the iconography of this issue and its gimmick cannot be denied. Plus, in terms of its historical significance, this was the comic that cemented Lee as one of the industry's best young artists, which of course led to the "Image Revolution" in 1992 of which Lee was one of the core founding member of the company (alongside Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld and Erik Larsen). Chris Claremont-Scripts  Jim Lee Pencils - Cover Art  Tom Orzechowski Letters Joe Rosas Colors  Scott Williams Cover Art - Inks Ben's 1st Pick: Marvels X-Men #1 Oct. 1991 Great interior art from Jim Lee. Look at Magnetos glorious mane. Another amazing interior fold out page The X-Men gather for Illyana's funeral. Magneto brings Avalon to Earth and offers the X-Folk a chance to join his dream. Colossus says "Yes."  Script Scott Lobdell  Pencils John Romita Jr.; Jae Lee; Chris Sprouse; Brandon Peterson; Paul Smith  Inks Dan Green; Dan Panosian; Terry Austin; Tom Palmer; Keith Williams  Colors Mike Thomas  Letters Chris Eliopoulos  Lee's 1st pick: Marvels Uncanny X-Men #304 September 1993   Writer(s)  Dan Abnett  and Andy Lanning  Penciler(s)  Doug Braithwaite  Inker(s) Josef Rubinstein  Colorist(s)  Kevin Tinsley  Letterer(s) Mike Higgins Als 2nd pick: Marvels Punisher #75 Feb. 1993   Nails     Ghost Rider Writer: Howard Mackie  Penciller: Mark Texeira Cover Artist: Mark Texeira    Bens 2nd Pick: Marvels Ghost Rider #15 July 1991     Est. Print Run:, 935,000  Cover Date:, Apr '93  Cover Price:, $2.95  Current Value:, $3.00  Blood Brothers: Prelude. Story by Rob Liefeld and Eric Stephenson . Art by Rob Liefeld, Dan Fraga, and Danny Miki. When the government needs a job done, they call in the best, they call in Bloodstrike. An elite group of metas and efficient killers who accomplish their missions with deadly precision. Created out of Project: Born Again, Bloodstrike consists of Fourplay, giantess with four arms of terror, Deadlock, psychotic ex-member of the nefarious Four, Tag, the lassie with the freezing touch, Shogun, robotic killing machine, and Cabbot, their leader who has a mysterious connection to Battlestone, the leader of Brigade. Story continues in Brigade (2nd Series) #1.  Dan Fraga Pencils - Cover Art Kurt Hathaway Letters Rob Liefeld Pencils - Cover Art  Danny Miki Inks Brian Murray Colors  Eric Stephenson Scripts - Editor Byron Talman Colors Lees 2nd pick: Image comics Bloodstrike Apr. 1993 Typical 90's and Image comics artwork Is that Snake Eyes? Spiral and Wolverine? Remastered version     Links from the episode: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network

Al, Ben and Lee talk about their favorite early 90's comic books. They each talk about two early 90's comic books and what they liked about the comic and how the comic holds up after all of these years. Listen and let us know which are your favorite 90's comicbook. ----more---- Links from the episode: Omug Comics Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud member of the podcast Arcade Network   Als first pick is Todd Mcfarlanes Spiderman   Bens first pick is Newmen from Image comics   Lees first pick is Youngblood from Image comics   1st appearance of Youngblood in the Megaton comic   Who wants Al to start a fan club like Rob Liefield. Als 2nd pick X-Factor from Marvel comics Bens 2nd pick Wetworks by Image comics     Lees last pick: Death of Superman DC Comics First issues have 4 panels                                                                         Last issue only has one panel          

Ruth, Jesse and Lee talk all things Cobra Kai season 4. We discuss our predictions from last time we got right and our predictions for season 5, plus much more.  ----more---- Links from the episode: Previous Cobra Kai episode Jesse is a co-host on the Grawlixpodcast Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:  

Tim and Lee talk all things MCU since Avengers end game. Favorite shows and movies and what they are looking forward to seeing in the future. Spoilers in the episode. ----more---- Tims letter Links in the episode: Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Tims Twitter Covert Nerd Website Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

I talked with Hero Quest expert Kurgan, about the Hero Quest board game remake Hasbro released this October. He gives us his opinion and predictions on where Hasbro/Avalon Hill will take Hero Quest in the future.  ----more---- www.twitch.tv/heroquestfans (Kurgans Twitch channel) https://www.youtube.com/xsc3 (home of heroquest fans on youtube, videos get posted here after being streamed) https://discord.gg/hYEBbxsKGC (Discord channel for HeroQuestFans) YeOldeInn discussions of note: http://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=5572 Unboxing thread with links to other videos and pictures http://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=1709&start=70&sid=d13148013e4ffa1092a19573fb752f9e&sid=022ccf374d8532532aeb8d558fb3b424#p112625 (one of many threads devoted to translating the unique Japanese version of HeroQuest into English, currently spearheaded by HispaZargon) https://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=1684&p=112176#p112630 (rulebook) http://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=5779&p=112628&sid=d13148013e4ffa1092a19573fb752f9e&sid=022ccf374d8532532aeb8d558fb3b424#p112626 (character boards and sheets) http://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=4944 The "De-Magicified World" mod (heroquest without magic) http://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=5834&hilit=errata HeroQuest Remake "Errata" http://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4877 Using Reaper Miniatures to re-create those rare expansions   The Campaigner Issue 09 Kurgans customs quests   Links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

I had a great time talking with Alma and Sam about starting a gaming cafe, their favorite games and more. ----more---- Links from the episode: Managames Merch Facebook Instagram Tiktok Email Alma  alma@mana-games.com Email Sam  sam@mana-games.com Mana Games Links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Talking with longtime Hero Quest fan, Kurgan about first playing Hero Quest and his continued love of the game. We also talk about the upcoming re-release of Hero Quest.  ----more---- Links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:   Check out Kurgans Twitch page for great Heroquest content: https://www.twitch.tv/heroquestfans   If you would like to contact Kurgan directly you can email him here: kurganx@mediacombb.net

Eddie and Lee go through the game based on the classic 80's book, the House of Danger Board game and YOU can determine the outcome. ----more----   Monocle wearing chimp   Show links: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: The Podcast Arcade Omug Comics

Lee talks with fellow Hero Quest Enthusiast and dad to talk about introducing Hero Quest to his kids and how as a family they have enjoyed the game system over the years.  Peter is a veteran gamer of various genres and his kids have caught the gaming bug too. Hear Peter and his kids explain how they got started and how they all continue to play Hero Quest. Links and pictures listed below: ----more---- ----more----   Links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:  

Eddie and Lee go through the game based on the classic 80's book, the House of Danger Board game and YOU can determine the outcome. ----more----     Show links: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: The Podcast Arcade Omug Comics  

Lee talks with longtime gamer who played the Heroquest Game system shortly after it was released in late 1989. He tells you the stories about his lifetime of gaming and how Heroquest still captures the fascination of his kids and almost anyone he introduces the game to. ----more---- Dans Instagram Rotten Flesh Radio Youtube Dans new podcast Rotten Flesh Radio website Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate.  They will try to survive in Prisoner of the Ant People and The Race Forever. Will Eddie and Lee survive their adventures? Join in and be part of the fun!  Listen and find out. ----more----                                                                     Rendoxall   Flipto           Prisoner of the Ant People The Race Forever Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: The Podcast Arcade Omug Comics

Tim and Lee discuss in detail Marvel Comics X of Swords epic event. ----more---- Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Tims Twitter Saucy Nugs Video Ander AKA Saucy Nugs guy Twitter Covert Nerd Website Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:   Peach Momoko covers:      

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate.  For the 2nd time they will try to survive in Deadwood City and The Third Planet from Altair. Join in and be part of the fun! Will Eddie and Lee survive their adventures? Listen and find out. ----more----       Links from the episode: Prufrock and Schmidt episode Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Omug Comics

Ruth, Jesse and Lee talk all things Cobra Kai season 3. We discuss our predictions from last time we got right and our predictions for season 4, plus much more.  ----more---- Links from the episode: Previous Cobra Kai episode Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Omug Comics

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate. They will try to survive in Deadwood City and The Third Planet from Altair. Join in and be part of the fun! Will Eddie and Lee survive their adventures? Listen and find out. Links and picture below: ----more----     The Morning Star Ending       Links from the episode: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Omug Comics

The good things from 2020, I know a bit of an oxymoron, but take a listen and hear me out. Links below ----more---- Ways to get in touch with me: Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch   Links from the episode: Retro Recycling episode Hero Quest Episode Details about the Hero Quest game system Hero Quest reboot/rerelease details Main Covert Nerd website

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate. For a second time the books they will try to survive in are Secret Treasure of Tibet and The Abominable Snowman. Join in and be part of the fun!   Can Eddie and Lee solve the mystery?     Yak Butter Teas is for real: Yak Butter Tea Recipe Fun hashtags from the episode: #yetiquette#yetication#ineedaRunal#yakbuttertea#zeroconcussions Will Lee and Eddie find the Yeti?   Where to find the Abominable Snowman Zodak in the village                                             Zodak in The Masters of the Universe (MOTU)       Links from the episode: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Omug Comics

Tim and Lee talk about all things from DC Comics latest mini series Batman 3 Jokers. Full show notes and links below: ----more---- The Joker is a supervillain created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson who first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman (April 25, 1940), published by DC Comics. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. In his comic book appearances, the Joker is portrayed as a criminal mastermind. Introduced as a psychopath with a warped, sadistic sense of humor; the character became a goofy prankster in the late 1950s in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority, before returning to his darker roots during the early 1970s. As Batman's nemesis, the Joker has been part of the superhero's defining stories, including the murder of Jason Todd—the second Robin and Batman's ward—and the paralysis of one of Batman's allies, Barbara Gordon. The Joker has had various possible origin stories during his decades of appearances. The most common story involves him falling into a tank of chemical waste that bleaches his skin white and turns his hair green and lips bright red; the resulting disfigurement drives him insane. The antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance, the Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary.        Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson are credited with creating the Joker, but their accounts of the character's conception differ, each providing his own version of events. Finger's, Kane's, and Robinson's versions acknowledge that Finger produced an image of actor Conrad Veidt in character as Gwynplaine (a man with a disfigured face, giving him a perpetual grin) in the 1928 film The Man Who Laughs as an inspiration for the Joker's appearance, and Robinson produced a sketch of a joker playing card.                           In the 1988–89 story arc "A Death in the Family", the Joker murders Batman's sidekick (the second Robin, Jason Todd). "A Death in the Family" is a four-issue, 1988 Batman comic book storyline published by DC Comics. The story was written by Jim Starlin and illustrated by Jim Aparo, while Mike Mignola (28 year old Mike) designed each cover. Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke expands on the Joker's origins, describing the character as a failed comedian who adopts the identity of the Red Hood to support his pregnant wife.[25][52] Unlike The Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke takes place in mainstream continuity.[53] The novel is described by critics as one of the greatest Joker stories ever written, influencing later comic stories (including the forced retirement of then-Batgirl Barbara Gordon after she is paralyzed by the Joker) Batman: Three Jokers Geoff Johns basically taps Alan Moore's origin for The Joker from The Killing Joke as the official Joker origin - and then twists it. Instead of The Comedian's pregnant wife dying in that electrical fire (as Moore told it), she was helped by the police to escape from her increasingly insane and criminal husband. This drastically changes the dynamic between Joker and Batman - and the potential danger the villain poses, if he ever finds out the truth. In 2006, the Joker was number one on Wizard magazine's "100 Greatest Villains of All Time." In 2008 Wizard's list of "200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time" placed the Joker fifth, and the character was eighth on Empire's list of "50 Greatest Comic Book Characters" (the highest-ranked villain on both lists). In 2009, the Joker was second on IGN's list of "Top 100 Comic Book Villains," and in 2011, Wired named him "Comics' Greatest Supervillain." Complex, CollegeHumor, and WhatCulture named the Joker the greatest comic book villain of all time while IGN listed him the top DC Comics villain in 2013, and Newsarama as the greatest Batman villain.                 Links: Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Covert Nerd Website Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate. The books they will try to survive in are Secret Treasure of Tibet and The Abominable Snowman. Join in and be part of the fun! Links from the show below ----more----     Snide or should I say electric Snide Crampon     Tibetan Blue Bear                                                 My wife and Josh Gates   Links from the episode: Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Omug Comics

Lee and Jeff from the MEGA and Tirekicker podcast talk about 6 Wonky 80's movies they know you will like.  Full show notes listed below ----more----   Fortress (1985)   An Australian school teacher and her students are kidnapped. She and the children fight for their lives and try to escape from their captors.  Loosely based on the 1972 Faraday School kidnapping of a teacher and her class by Edwin John Eastwood and Robert Clyde Boland. Eastwood later escaped from prison and repeated the crime with another teacher and her class in 1977. The Faraday kidnapping was in turn a real-life copycat crime based on a scene in the Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry (1971) where the Scorpio Killer holds a bus driver and several schoolchildren hostage.          The Faraday School kidnapping occurred on 6 October 1972 at a one-teacher school in the rural town of Faraday in Victoria, Australia, where two plasterers, Edwin John Eastwood and Robert Clyde Boland, kidnapped six female pupils and their teacher for a $1,000,000 ransom. The Victorian government claimed it would pay the ransom. The victims escaped and the criminals were captured, tried and convicted. Eastwood escaped and later kidnapped a teacher and nine pupils. He was again captured, convicted and sentenced. While in prison, Eastwood strangled convicted rapist Glen Davies in what was ruled self-defence. He was eventually released, having served his sentence. The film was initially released directly to cable television by the HBO channel in the United States on 24 November 1985.It contains scenes of graphic violence unusual for TV productions of the time. It was released to cinemas in Australia on 26 June 1986. Played for years on HBO     Megaforce (1982) The story involves two fictional countries, the peaceful Republic of Sardun and their aggressive neighbor Gamibia. Unable to defend themselves from a Gamibian incursion, Sardun sends Major Zara and General Byrne-White to ask the help of MegaForce – a secret army composed of international soldiers from throughout the western world, equipped with advanced weapons and vehicles. The MegaForce leader, Commander Ace Hunter, will lead a mission to destroy the Gamibian forces, which are led by his rival, and former military academy friend, Duke Gurerra. While Hunter composes an elaborate battle plan to destroy Gurerra's forces, Zara tries out to become a member of MegaForce. As she executes the various tests, Hunter's feelings of affection toward her grow. And while she passes the tests, he is unable to allow her to participate in their raid, because her presence, as an outsider, would disrupt the trust and familiarity of his force. Eventually, MegaForce successfully para-drops its attack vehicles into Gamibia and Hunter mounts his sneak attack against Gurerra's forces. Although they manage to destroy his base, they are told by General Byrne-White that Sardun has decided they will not be allowed to cross the border into their country because they consider MegaForce too dangerous a global organization. At the same time, Gurerra has set a trap for them at the team's only means of escape – a dry lake bed where the cargo planes will pick them up. Gurerra sends his tanks to secure the lake bed while Hunter comes up with a plan to attack Gurerra from behind by crossing over a mountain range the enemy tanks had turned their backs toward. The plan succeeds, and MegaForce manages to break through Gurerra's tanks, but one of MegaForce's cargo planes is damaged in the process. Having to abandon their high-tech vehicles (which they program to self-destruct), the team successfully makes it on foot to the last plane, except for Hunter. The commander, instead, makes his own dramatic escape on his motorcycle after it deploys airfoils and a rocket motor and catches up with the cargo plane in midair. Although he has lost the battle, Gurerra shows admiration for Hunter's cunning, and he gives his old friend a thumbs up. Hal Needham later described it as: Kind of a version of James Bond done with a helluva lot of less budget and no Roger Moore, but it was a high tech, good "right wing" film and I thought it was kinda interesting. Those buggies that we built, they were dune buggies and we revamped 'em a little bit, and put the weapons on 'em and all that, and the military sent people out there to look at my weapons and my vehicles and how they run, and how they handle...they were out there in the desert with me for a week watching. And, if you go back and take a look at Desert Storm, there's a pretty good resemblance to my vehicles. They were pretty slick, pretty tricked out, and they had a helluva job putting those together. The film was poorly received by critics, bombed at the box office and was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture.   See the flying bike scene   Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend 1985 A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa,  and try to protect them from a group of hunters intent on capturing the dinosaurs.   Starring William Katt from TV show the greatest american hero. Sean Young From Balde runner and dune and Ace Ventura Sparked an interest in learning more about actual sightings of dinosaurs. An article in a school magazine wrote about possible sighting in Congo. My imagination was hooked.             Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Truck driver Jack Burton arrives in Chinatown, San Francisco, and goes to the airport with his Chinese friend Wang Chi to welcome his green-eyed fiancée Miao Yin who is arriving from China. However she is kidnapped on the arrival by a Chinese street gang and Jack and Wang chase the group. Soon they learn that the powerful evil sorcerer called David Lo Pan, who has been cursed more than two thousand years ago to exist without physical body, needs to marry a woman with green eyes to retrieve his physical body and Miao is the chosen one. Jack and Wang team-up with the lawyer Gracie Law, the bus driver and sorcerer apprentice Egg Shen and their friends and embark in a great adventure in the underground of Chinatown, where they face a world of magicians and magic, monsters and martial arts fighters. The film only gross $11.1M in the box office where it had an estimated gross budget of $25M, but James Cameron’s Aliens came out at the same time and took all of the thunder. Directed by John Carpenter and starred Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall   The movie did so bad that John Carpenter said he would never do another blockbuster type movie again and went to independent film making from then on out. IT has since become a cult classic and has a 78% average rating on Rotten Tomatoes.   Better Off Dead 1985 The teenager Lane Meyer has a crush on his girlfriend Beth Truss. When Beth dumps him to stay with the successful skier Roy Stalin, Lane is depressed and decides to commit suicide. However he gives up and tries to improve his skill of skier to ski the dangerous K12 slope to impress Beth. Meanwhile his neighbor Mrs. Smith receives the exchange French student Monique Junot and her fat son Ricky Smith considers Monique his girlfriend; however, Monique has an unrequited crush on Lane that does not note her. When Lane stumbles upon Monique in a high-school party, he befriends her. The upset Lane challenges Roy in a competition on the K12 slope but then he regrets. However Monique is a great mechanic and skier, and fix Lane's Camaro and teaches him how to ski the K12 slope. Star a young John Cusack Lane Meyer David Ogden Stiers Al Meyer from MASH Dan Schneider Ricky Smith Starred in Head of the Class, but later know writing and producing kids shows like Good burger, Drake and Josh and iCarly. Curtis Armstrong Charles De Mar Who was also in Revenge of the nerds as Booger and later in Moonlighting TV Show with Bruce Willis.   According to Savage Steve Holland, the film is mostly autobiographical. Holland really was suicidal when his high school girlfriend left him for captain of the ski team. Also, he really did have a paperboy named Johnny Gasparini who would harass him for two dollars. According to Holland, when the film came out, the ex-girlfriend contacted him to apologize. Lane's mother's experimental cooking was inspired by Savage Steve Holland's mother, who did the same thing. "My mom would get McCall's magazine, and she would find these recipes and make these things, and have some excuse why they didn't taste good-because she forgot something or she didn't have an ingredient," Holland told Entertainment Weekly. One year for his birthday-not Christmas-she gifted him with some TV dinners. "She was like, 'And I got you these really cool frozen dinners because you like the peach cobbler in this one' or something. And I was like, 'Wow. Really? This is my life.'"   John Cusack hated the movie when he saw an early cut The last line of the credits reads The film's over... you can go now. Badger his bizarre, but genius little brother Opening Weekend USA:  $56,371, 25 August 1985 Gross USA:  $10,297,601 7.1 on Amazon and 77% on rotten tomatoes Had resurgence on VHS and Cable   UHF (1989) George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job. His uncle decides George would be the perfect man to manage Channel 62, a television station which is losing money and viewers fast. When George replaces the station's reruns with bizarre programs such as "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse", "Wheel of Fish" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom", ratings begin to soar again.   Mean-spirited and cynical mogul R.J. Fletcher becomes furious that the UHF station is getting better ratings than his network's programming. Because of gambling debts, the uncle is forced to consider selling the station to Fletcher, who would only too happily shut it down (he cannot legally own two stations in the same town). George and his friends organize a 48-hour telethon to raise the money by selling investment stock from Channel 62 to save the town's new favorite station.         Links from the episode Tirekicker Instagram Tirekicker Twitter Tirekicker Facebook Page Tirekicker Podcast page MEGA (Make Eternia Great Again) Podcast Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

A fun Choose your own adventure live event. Eddie and Lee go through Space and Beyond and Space Patrol. You can participate and help them out. Watch the Covert Nerd Facebook and Twitter account  (see links below) for dates and times. ----more----   Space and Beyond                                                      Being sucked into a black hole Space Patrol                                                               Henry the our robot companion     We like a dagwood sandwich while we patrol space   Taking on space pirates     Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Omug Comics

Tim and Lee talk about the DC comics and TV series character by Geoff Johns Stargirl. More notes below ----more---- The many commissions Tim has of Starman            Star Spangle Kid                 Star Spangle Kid and Stripesy           Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Covert Nerd Website Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:      

A fun Choose your own adventure live event. Eddie and Lee go through UFO 54-40 and Space and Beyond. You can participate and help them out. Watch the Covert Nerd Facebook and Twitter account  (see links below) for dates and times. ----more---- UFO 54-40 cut out, we need more of these.               We wear suits when we fly, it's the 80's it okay.         The Utai paradise you can only find by reader through the book Look at our chin! Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Amazing Vinyl products from Kim at Star Lite Studios Omug Comics

What's old is new New amazing work of Jeff Lemire, EC Comics new old comics and the SNES Classic. DESCENDER One young robot’s struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham. ASCENDER Powerhouse creative team JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN launch an all-new sequel series to DESCENDER with the launch of ASCENDER! Set ten years after the conclusion of DESCENDER’s storyline, magic has taken the place of machinery and the rules are very different indeed… Mila, the daughter of Andy and Effie from DESCENDER, spends her days exploring the lonely wilds of the planet Sampson and trying to stay out of the clutches of the evil disciples of the all-powerful vampire witch known only as Mother. But, like her parents, Mila doesn’t like to play by the rules, and when a certain robot pal of her dad’s shows up, nothing will ever be the same! With all the scope and heart of the sci-fi classic DESCENDER, LEMIRE and NGUYEN reunite to take readers on an unforgettable fantasy quest! Like you I’m sure you can tell when something is good, whether it’s a book, comic book or podcast you can’t stop consuming it. This is one you won’t be able to put down. Like most of Lemires work it’s excellent and addicting.  The whole future dynamic between robots and humans is fascinating to all of us, especially now when AI is getting closer than it ever has been. The art is gritty and fits the story telling. The story starts with Descender and chapter two is Ascender. Also as I have said before I like the story because it has a beginning and ending.If you like the conflict between humans and robots you will love Jeff Lemires Descender/Ascender.   This isn’t new, but it’s new to me. EC Comics collection from Dark Horse. When you think Dark Horse might be down for the count they hit back hard, THE EC ARCHIVES Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series. In 1954–55, censorship pressures prompted EC Comics to concentrate on the humor magazine Mad, leading to the company’s greatest and most enduring success. Initially, EC was privately owned by Maxwell Gaines and specialized in educational and child-oriented stories. Later, during its period of notoriety, it was owned by his son, William Gaines. He sold the company in 1960, and it was eventually absorbed into the Kinney National Company, the same corporation that later purchased DC Comics and Warner Bros. EC had success with its fresh approach and pioneered in forming relationships with its readers through its letters to the editor and its fan organization, the National EC Fan-Addict Club. EC Comics promoted its stable of illustrators, allowing each to sign his art and encouraging them to develop unique styles; the company additionally published one-page biographies of them in the comic books. This was in contrast to the industry's common practice, in which credits were often missing, They were also known for their shock endings in the stories, like Weird Fantasy #18 (April 1953) The story depicted a human astronaut, a representative of the Galactic Republic, visiting the planet Cybrinia, inhabited by robots. He finds the robots divided into functionally identical orange and blue races, one of which has fewer rights and privileges than the other. The astronaut determines that due to the robots' bigotry, the Galactic Republic should not admit the planet until these problems are resolved. In the final panel, he removes his helmet, revealing himself to be a person of color. Which in 1953 America was shocking. Almost all of their stories had an ending like this. Another fun series is Adventure into the unknown. One of the stories simply titled Haunted house might be what a Scooby Doo episode was based on. A couple has to stay overnight in a haunted house in order to get their inheritance from a rich relative. The lawyer in charge of the estate tries to scare them out of the house by making the house appear to be haunted. Classic story and art from 1948. At the time these stories were considered edgy before the comics code of authority. These comics are the reason for the code. What a great idea! Rather than create new characters and stories why not go back 75 years and retell stories to many who have never seen it. This concept fits the saying “why recreate the wheel” you have great stories very few today have seen, why not reprint and give a chance for new readers to experience and enjoy an old story. IDW also released a special limited run edition feature the best artists edition, but I believe the Dark Horse reprints are complete and unabridged. If you have listened to this podcast for any length of time you can tell I’m a bit of a nostalgia nut. Seeing these old comics even though I didn’t live in this time period I still like the vibe I get from reading them. The optimism they project is inspiring, for example the writers had humans traveling in space like we drive to the grocery store. Yes, I will admit some of it is a bit corny but getting a glimpse of what people living in that time period were thinking is fun to consider.   Look at least one of these volumes and see what you think. The people who created these comics and stories were the pioneers of the industry that we enjoy today. They were learning as they went along. They created the medium and creators today are perfecting the medium. This reminds of the SNES classic my kids gave me. To clarify if you don’t know the SNES classic is a small Super NES console with 21 SNES games on it. No carts and they included controls identical to the original 1990 controllers. The games play just like the originals. again, what's old is new again.                       Best of all you can hack it to play even more retro games from the NES to Sega Genesis and more. Nostalgia is in and in a big way. With all that is going on in the world I believe people like to go back to what they believe in their mind was a simpler time. Whether it was or not is debatable, but if you go back to when you were 10 it was a simpler time. Or at least I hope it was for you. When you are 10 you don’t have to concern yourself with a job, house payments and getting the next promotion. The most you had to worry about is who you are going to hang out with today and what game to play. Some may knock people who like to talk about and buy things from their childhood. I would say like most things there is a healthy and unhealthy balance that needs to be adhered to. For example, do not put a second mortgage on your house to buy that one-of-a-kind limited-edition Star Wars action figure. The guys over at the MEGA podcast came up with the idea of having a mini collection of MOTU figures. I believe the number to be considered mini was 8-10 figures. I thought this was a good way to not go overboard, but still have a piece of your childhood. Overall, I don’t think it’s bad to have a few things from your past. You know the feelings and memories that come rushing back when you hold that one thing from your childhood and instantly you are 10 again and you have your whole world to explore. Even if it’s only for a few minutes at least let people enjoy it and let them share their memories with you and the excitement they got to experience. A friend told me his wife didn’t understand why he collected and talked about old MOTU figures. He said because it brings back feelings and memories from a good time in his life and made him feel good to revisit those memories again. She still didn’t understand why. A few months later her birthday came around and he bought her an original bear she had as kid that she mentioned she had lost during a move when she was a kid and wished she had never lost it. When she opened the box she was stunned and started to cry as the memories of the bear came rushing back. He had bought her the exact bear she had lost. And he said this is why I buy those old figures. That story nailed it for me. Maybe you have a similar story. If so you can email me cn@covertnerd.net or go to covertnerd.net to find out how to reach me. I will put a link in the show notes that you can access on whatever device you are using to listen to this podcast. Let me know about your thoughts on this episode and any ideas you have for future topics I would love to hear what you think.   60's Reboot Podcast Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate. The books they go through are Cave of Time and Inside UFO 54-40 both authored by the Choose Your Own Adventure creator Edward Packard. To participate in the next Choose Your Own Adventure Live! go to the Covert Nerd Facebook   Read the Choose Your Own adventure books here at Archive.org: Cave of Time  Inside UFO 54-40 Other episode links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

I had the honor of talking with hall of fame podcaster Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting. He has over 15 years of podcasting and has great insight into starting a project and the mindset you need to take your first steps. Do you have a topic you are passionate about? Dave has great advice to help you out. Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate. The books they go through are Ghost Hunter and The Mystery of Chimney Rock both authored by the Choose Your Own Adventure creator Edward Packard.   Links and pictures from the episode listed below: ----more----       The caretaker from Chimney Rock                                                           You fall and become a ghost in Ghost Hunter   Covert Nerd Facebook Read the Choose Your Own adventure books here at Archive.org: Mystery of Chimney Rock Ghost Hunter Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Rainbowcomics website

Tim and Lee talk Star Wars the Clone Wars, is this the end for the Clone Wars saga? They discuss their favorite characters and story arcs from the series.   Episode Links: ----more---- Previous episode with Tim Star Wars Prequels Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Covert Nerd Website Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twiter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go through the classic 80's Choose Your Own Adventure book Ghost Hunter. Eddie is a co-host at the Make Eternia Great Again (MEGA) podcast (Sponsor) Rainbow Comics and Cards Lincoln (Sponsor) Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twiter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Hear about how the amazing card game Hordes of Power got started. Lee Bokma gives the exciting story of how he created the game and gives advice to any game makers who are looking to get started. LOTS OF GREAT LINKS AND PICTURES BELOW! ----more---- Links in the episode: Previous episodes Lee has been on:MEGA Nerd Death Match 3Nerd Death Match 4MEGA Nerd Death Match 2MEGA Nerd Death MatchNerd Death Match 3 Nerd Death Match 2Nerd Death MatchThe Barbarian Invasion Hordes of Power merch   Get amazing vinyls at Starlite Studios Send Kevin Costner figures to Eddie from the MEGA Podcast Hordes of Power WebsiteArt of Lee Bokma FacebookArt of Lee Bokma TwitterArt of Lee Bokma Instagram (Sponsor) Rainbow Comics and Cards Lincoln (Sponsor) Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twiter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: How the game started: 1st hand drawn draft    2nd draft working on color, font and icon placement Final Draft All 3 version side by side The Slap Jack deck that sparked the idea Lee's favorite cars from Hordes of Power One of Lee's favorite childhood games   *Must be at least 18 years of age for the Hordes of Power giveaway