Heroes For Sale is all about Comics and Pop Culture. Stu Colson (owner of Heroes For Sale and ComicHub} and Riccardo Ball (Wrecking Ball Media) talk every Wednesday and cover new release Graphic Novels and Comic lines, what's currently spinning their wheels and the latest news from the Comic world.
Commander Colson and I have a horrorific time talking, Predator vs Spiderman in New York, we dip into the Spawn Universe and see what's become of Shirlee Johnson, checkout the latest James Tynion IV title (it involves secret Government, Assassins and a small town's Halloween) and Kiwi kreator Memoh unleashes her Graphic novel Dominion!
Captain Colson and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media wax lyrical about Greg Broadmore's brilliant One Path plus we talk Godzilla v Hulk Marvel One Shot, the 48 page 3 writer Superman Summer Special and Adventure Time has a new #1!
We are back!We hit the new DC Batman Hush 2 with Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb smashing it and Al Ewing making Green Lantern cool again.AWA and Futurific deliver Polis, the first of The Protopias Collection, written by Mark Russell and art from Laci and Marco Lesko.Our "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That" is Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips 'Criminal: Coward' - OMG, what a ride!
Stu and Riccardo talk Justice League Unlimited #1 from Mark Waid & Dan Mora.There's also James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas Book 4 Issue #1 of Wynd, Garth Ennis, Keith Burns, Brian K Vaughan & Chris BurnhamBattle Action Volume 3 #1 and Geoff Johns & Andrea Mutti's one shotr Graphic novel The Blizzard: Tales of the Unnamed
Stu & Riccardo deep dive into the Filth by Grant Morrison plus Negasonic Teenage Warhead # from Marvel, Absolute Superman from DC and Titan Comics Runescape: Untold Tales of the God Wars
This episode we talk new Iron man #1 The Stark-Roxxon War, Boom! Studio's Vicarious #1, Image's latest from Daniel Warren Johnson, The Moon is Following Us #1 and We Called Them Giants is the 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That'!Â
Stu and Riccardo talk the new #1's from Marvel, Dazzler and Avengers Assemble, Vault's new horror #1 Something Crawled Out and a new Graphic novel from Kiwi creators 'Machines of Mana'.
Stu and Riccardo are let loose on three cross over comics, Barbaric vs Deathstalker, Predator versus Black Panther and Aliens vs Avengers plus our 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This' is Daniel Warren Johnson's Wrestling epic 'Do a Powerbomb'!
On this episode of Heroes For Sale, Stu, Sue and Riccardo talk new number 1's from DC - 'Jenny Sparks' & 'DC vs Vampires: War World V', Marvel #1 'X-Factor - From the Ashes .. A New Beginning' and Oscar Fong's Manga title 'The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts'
Stu, Sue and Riccardo go retro sort of ... New #1 from IDW for the TMNT: Return to New York, new Madcave #1 for Flash Gordon and new Oni Press Bikewr Mice from Mars #1 all get reviewed plus we dive into the James Tynion the IV title W0RLDTR33.
We are back! Commander Colson and crew have landed the Good Ship Heroes For Sale at a new location on Symonds Street in Auckland city and we are podcasting again.There's Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy, My Chemical Romace) new title Paranoid Gardens, Witchblade has returned and DC have delivered with Absolute Power: Ground Zero plus 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That' returns with Chew!
On this Pod we look at Robert Kirkman's Void Rivals as the G.I Joe and Transformers universes launch into a comic franchise.We talk the new Zac Thompson title Cemetary Kids Don't Die, The Spectacular Spidermen and Ryan Sargeant Tom Garcia and Ben Templesmith's new title Crashdown which is part Alien, part Lost and has a Lovecraftian twist.
Commander & Captain Colson talk number 1's from Joshua Williamson's Duke, Sean Murphy's Zorro take and Si Spurrier's new Hellblazer run, Dead In America plus Art Brut by W Maxwell Prince is our "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That".
We are back for 2024 and so is Stu for the first time in a long time!Stu, Sue and Riccardo talk the Ghost Machine world launch through Image, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman and Rick Remender's new title The Holy Roller and kiwi creater Ben Stenbeck's new great new book Our Bones Dust.The 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That' is AWA title Year Zero - Volume 0 - strap yourselves in!Also Stu is guesting on another Pod about Kiwi Comics and the Industry check it out here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyQJUAQfQaI
Sue from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk new number 1's from Vault, IDW and Dark Horse Comics.Christopher Yost delivers historic Fantasy Horror in Unnatural Order, Scott Snyder creeps everyone out with Dark Spaces: Dungeon and Mike Mignola dishes up the first of a new Hellboy three parter in Giant Robot.What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That comes in the form of Boom! Studio BRZRKR. Volume 1 collects the first 4 books of a 12 books series from the minds of Keanu Reeves (yep that one) and Matt Kindt
Sue from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk a couple of big new DC releases in Wonder Woman (a new run penned by Tom King) and Batman & Robin with Joshua Williamson at the helm plus Ram V hits us with agreat new story Rare Flavours and our 'What Do You Mean You Have Read This' is from the Miranda Brothers in the form of 'We Live'.
Sue Colson, Supreme Commander of Heroes For Sale and Red Shirt Riccardo talk the new Mutant. Miss Marvel in the Fall of X, J.Michael Straczynski new AWA title The Madness, Lorenzo De Felici's Kroma and for you Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles fans, The Last Ronin from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird!
Sue from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk Fantasy!Titan Comics new Conan Number 1 is here and so is Dynamite's Frazetta approved Fire & Ice issue 1 plus G. Willow Wilson and Chris Wildgoose have dropped The Hunger and the Dusk, it has Orcs, Swords and something evil - serious Saga vibes.What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That comes from the twisted mind of Cullen Bunn - The Sixth Gun!
Commander Colson is so busy with ComicHun his superior officer Sue stepped into to the Pod!We talk the new James Tynion title 'The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos', Rob Kirkman's new title 'Void Rivals' and the implications of that and the new DC arc Night Terrors plus Liam Sharp's epic Starhenge is our 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That'!
Stu and Riccardo caught up with the creators of our favourite comic of the year so far ... Junction Jones and the Corduroy Conspiracy.From Baltimore to Buenos Aires to Auckland - thanks to the marvels of modern technology Tom Pescatore and Loco Gonzales talked us through their approach to comic making, how they ended up working together and what's next!!
Commander Colson and Riccardo discover a twisted new horror series from the mind of Cullen Bunn, something truly epic from the pen of Szymon Kudranski and the latest addition to the Batman White Knight pantheon.Our 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This' is another must read from Rick Remender and Jerome Opena.
Commander Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media bring up the 50th episode!!We talk a great independant Kiwi comic, the new Carnage/Miles Morales comic, Shazam's latest and for 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That' it's a look at a fantastic Fantasy title from Image - Rat Queens - Sass & Sorcery
On Heroes For Sale 49 Commander Colson and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media hit the horror!The new Marvel Alien #1 from Declan Shelvey, writer of Department of Truth, Something Is Killing the Children and The Nice House on the Lake - James Tynion IV, new book w0rldtr33 and for 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That' we deep dive Joshua Williamson's Nailbiter - serial killer candy!Plus there's a new book by Ben Kahn through WhatNot Publishing 'Gryffen:Galaxy's Most Wanted' - if you every wondered what Rick & Morty Star Wars would look like check this out.
Commander Colson and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk the new #1 from Scout Comics, 'Junction Jones & the Corduroy Conspiracy', the latest relaunch of Superman with 'Adventures of Superman Jon Kent - Road to Injustice' and The X-cellent Season 2 and our "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That" is Tom King's Mister Miracle!
Commander Colson and Riccardo get schooled by Sue who goes all I Am Batman on 'What Do You Mean Mean You Haven't Read This', there's new Rick Douek for IDW, Peter Tomasi delivers a killer number 1 for Image and Rick & Morty.
Captain Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk New Zealand comic Deathgasm from Jason Lei Howden, Pete Bune and Industrias Lamonicana - it's Horror, it's Metal and it's awesome. Opus are onto a winner.We also hit Mark Millar and Jorge Jimenez latest Nemisis Reloaded, if you're a Punisher fan this is a must and another winner from Image, another Image title is Black Cloak from the pen of Kelly Thompson - it's one hell of a story.Our "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That" is a slice of Rick Remender genius accompanied by Matteo Scaleras art - Black Science.
Commander Colson and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk the new Xtreme X-Men from Chris Claremont & Salvador Larroca. Batman Spawn DC/Image One-Shot from Todd McFarlane & Greg Capullo and something new and exciting - Boom Studios A Vicious Circle - possibly the comic of the year.Plus we revist Alan Moore & J.H Williams III Promethea as our "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That!
Commander Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk new releases from Marvel - Star Wars: Hidden Empire, Secret Invasion and Peach Momoko's Demon Wars plus Scottie Young is back with more Gertie in Fairyland and our 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read Thta' is a recent and ridiculous Manga release Rooster Fighter!
Captain Colson and Riccardo talk the new Tom King Batman story 'Gotham City: Year One', visit Devil Land, the Theme park Walt Disney would've designed if he'd been Anton Lavey, talk creepy horror with 'Night of the Ghoul' and meet Junkyard Joe.Our 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That' comes from Joe's creators Geoff Johns, and Gary Frank - think Mad Max in the pages of 2000AD
Commander Colson and Riccardo are back with a new episode that looks at the new DC Aquaman Black Label title Andromeda, Image title The Sins of the Black Flamingo (Think Hudson Hawk meets Indiana Jones in modern day Miami and throw in some Hellblazer or Lucifer) and Sacrament from AWA which is Alien meets the Exorcist but with it's own flavour.For What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That it's Saga!!
Captain Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo form Wrecking Ball Media talk new Image title from Daniel Warren Johnson 'Do A Power Bomb!", Aftershock's 'A Calculated Man' from the pen of Paul Tobin AWA's 'New Think' - Black Mirror fans, this one's for you. Plus we check out Jeff Memire and Andrea Sorrentino's 'Gideon Falls' for "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This?"
Stu and Riccardo talk a DC V Vampires One Shot, Metal band Disturbed launching Dark Messiah, James Tynion IV's latest work and Guillem March's Karmen is the "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That".
Commander Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk a couple of new Aftershock titles, Dogs of London by Peter Milligan and Naughty List by former Sopranos writer Nick Santora, a new Image title from Zack Kaplan for you dystopian sci-fi fans and Jason Aaron and Jason Latour feature as creators of Southern Bastards for What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That
Commander Colson and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk Flashpoint Beyond issue #1,the latest DC Black Label Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country, Blood Stained Teeth and Lemmy from Motorhead getting his story told in comic form plus the What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This is East To West!
Commander Colson and Riccardo talk the new Punisher run, Peacemaker's origin story, the return of Swamp Thing and The Amazons.
Captain Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk the new Marvel Strange #1, Bliss On Tap's astonishing new title Duel and the Loaded Bible follow up Loaded Bible: Blood of My Blood from Image.The 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This' is something a little newer in Batman - The Imposter and we talk The Batman too.
Super Stu Colson and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk Maus in the wake of a Tennessee school board removing from the curriculum and then Stu rabbit holes a bunch of WW2 Related graphic novels plus we look at the new Rick & Morty one shot, talk the Image title What's The Furthest Place From Here? and "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That" is MADI by Duncan Jones.
Stu Colson from Heroes for Sale and Riccardo Ball from Wrecking Ball Media talk the return of Saga, Cowboy Bebop's TV run and new comic and Monstress plus we throw in some Daredevil and Peacemaker chat as well.
Commander Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk the new King Conan run written by Jason Aaron, the history of The Crimson Reign and more Star Wars cannon plus why isn't there more science and fiction in this science fiction story and we look at the Kieran Gillen book Die for What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That
Commander Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk the new Marvel event Devil's Reign, Donny Cates new Hulk run and AMA's new title The Crimson Cage - if you like 80's Wrestling, Shakespeare and Swamp voodoo this is the book for you. We also look at the new Hawkeye Collection The Saga of Barton & Bishop which ties in nicely with the new Marvel series on Disney+
Commander Colson and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk Batman The Imposter, Animal Castle, Mark Millar's latest The King of Spies and Head Lopper is this episodes "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That".
Stu Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo Ball from Wrecking Ball Media talk the ever expanding Critical Role comic franchise, AMAs new take on the Superhero in Knighted, Behemoth's 1st issue of Watch Dog Legion and Skottie Young's hilarious I Hate Fairyland. Our What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That features a graphic novel whose main antagonist/protagonist make Paris Hilton look like the Dalai Lama.
Commander Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk Horror! DC Vs Vampires, The Heathens from Aftershock, Boom!'s House of Slaughter and Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? from the guys that brought you The Goon.Our What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That? is Y The Last Man from Brian K Vaughan
Stu Colson from Heroes for Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk The Son of Kal-El's new story arc, the latest Locke & Key, Batman meets Bigby, Rick Remender's latest title and drunk shamen, scarecrow heroes and more in Rumble.
Stu and Sue Colson from Heroes For Sale talk new titles from JH Williams - Echolands, Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lamire - Mazebook and Primordial plus Matthew Rosenberg's new title The Joker presents: A Puzzlebox? If that wasn't enough "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That" it's back to the Batverse for White Knight.
Captain Colson and Riccardo talk a new Horror release from Black Caravan, the latest One Shot from the Star Wars-verse and V for Vendetta is the ... What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That
Captain Colson and Riccardo give you a recommendation for the kids these school holidays with a Scooby-Doo and Batman comic, they deep dive Blade Runner 2029 and look at God Killer: Tomorrow's Ashes plus the "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This" is Kirkman doing Kung Fu.
Captain Colson and Riccardo talk Garth Ennis' take on Batman, look at some Nakamura Manga and our "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read It" is a graphic novel adaption of a famous anti-war novel. The Captain believes it's all time Top 10!
Captain Colson from Heroes for Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk three new Image titles. One will make you look at cutesy animal animation with trepidation, one will leave you scratching your head and the other is Spawn Universe! Plus we talk You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy - ohh and check this video out too! https://youtu.be/egG7fiE89IU
Stu from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media talk new titles, Blue Flame from Vault and Basalisk from Boom! Plus new in the Star Wars Universe "War of the Bounty Hunters" - what do you need to read and what you don't and this episodes "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This" is The Trials of Loki.
Stu and Riccardo talk DC's avalanche of Batman related releases, we go Japanese with Mask of Fudo book 2 review and Riccardo reads his first Manga plus the "What Do You Mean You Haven't Read This" is Prophet by Brandon Graham
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