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Journey Into Misery is a podcast that seeks to explain complicated comics characters, continuity and concepts to a patient and perpetually perplexed newcomer to the medium Hosted by Kieran Shiach, with permanent second-chair Helena Hart, each week sees one character or concept explained in as much detail as possible to showcase just what comics fans have to put up with sometimes.

Kieran Shiach & Helena Hart


    • May 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 21m AVG DURATION
    • 205 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Journey Into Misery

    Episode 198: X-Men (X of Swords)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 77:57


    Krakoa goes to war! [Image Gallery]

    Episode 197: X-Men (Dawn of X)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 147:23


    The Krakoan Era truly begins! [Image Gallery]

    Episode 196: Dark Nights - Metal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 59:55


    Perpetua v The Batman Who Laughs with the multiverse on the line! [Image Gallery]

    Episode 195: Justice League (Scott Snyder)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 98:09


    Justice League vs Legion of Doom for the fate of the multiverse!   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 194: Eternals

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 92:51


    The guardian angels of the Marvel Universe!   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 193: The War of the Realms

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 60:51


    Malekith's war comes to Midgard as Jason Aaron wraps up his run on Thor. [Image Gallery]

    Episode 192: Green Lantern (Wrath of the First Lantern)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 86:13


    We wrap up Geoff Johns' run on Green Lantern with new threats and new Lanterns!   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 191: Agents of Atlas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 70:58


    Marvel Comics' blasts from the past.   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 190: JLA (Mark Waid)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 82:13


    The JLA take on threats too abstract to punch in Mark Waid's excellent tenure on the titular title.   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 189: Jubilee

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 62:39


    The X-Men's resident mallbabe!   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 188: Superman (The New 52)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 99:28


    The rough-and-tumble turn of the decade reinvention of Superman steps into the spotlight. [Image Gallery]

    Episode 187: Darkhawk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 69:05


    The forgotten son of Marvel's cosmic wing! [Image Gallery]

    Episode 186: The Multiversity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 80:27


    Who's that knocking on the door? It's our very special Multiversity episode!   (N.B. There's an echo in the background of this episode that we just couldn't get rid of. I'd rather still upload it than scrap nearly an hour-and-a-half of work, but I'm sorry it doesn't sound as good as usual.)   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 185: X-Men (Jason Aaron)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 104:02


    Welcome to the Jean Grey School, hope you survive the experience. [Image Gallery]

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    Episode 184: Lex Luthor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 67:54


    Mad scientist, evil billionaire or the saviour of humanity?   [Image Gallery]

    Episode 183: Cloak & Dagger

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 61:46


    Marvel's original runaways, Cloak & Dagger! [Image Gallery]

    Episode 182: Wonder Woman (Azzarello/Chiang)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 70:26


    One of the most divisive relaunches of the entire New 52 which firmly entrenches Diana in the world of Greek mythology in a whole new way!

    Episode 181: Ms. Marvel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 84:41


    It's time to embiggen Helena's knowledge of the best new superhero of the 21st century. [Image Gallery]

    Episode 180: Doomsday Clock

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 92:36


    Like all things, this was inevitable. [Image Gallery]

    Episode 179: Avengers (Al Ewing)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 115:50


    Start with the impossible! We're talking about Mighty Avengers, New Avengers, USAvengers and Ultimates in this giant episode! [Image Gallery]

    Episode 178: Batman (Tom King)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 117:40


    We're back in a big way with a two-hour look at Tom King's recent Batman epic. [Image Gallery]

    Episode 177: House of X & Powers of X

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 108:40


    Humans of the planet Earth. While you slept, the world changed.

    Episode 176: Black Lightning

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 45:30


    He's a father, an educator, an outsider and a hero... Black Lightning!

    Episode 175: Thunderbolts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 69:31


    Delivering justice, like lightning. It's everyone's favourite supervillains turned superheroes turned government sponsored supervillains pretending to be superheroes turned black ops kill squad turned supervillains turned superheroes.

    Episode 174: The Atom

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 58:01


    Al Pratt, Ray Palmer, Ryan Choi; the many men to don the mantle of the mighty mite!   [image gallery]

    Episode 173: Thor (Jason Aaron) [Part 2]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 99:06


    Odinson is unworthy, Jane Foster is Thor and the War of the Realms is coming. [image gallery]

    Episode 172: Marville

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 38:04


    Happy April Fools! I had to read this god-awful comic, so you have to listen to what we have to say about it!

    Episode 171: Thor (Jason Aaron) [Part 1]

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 87:02


    Ahead of The War of the Realms, here's the first part of our big deep dive into Jason Aaron's epic run on Thor; covering The God Butcher, The League of Realms, the fall of Odinson and the rise of a new Thor. [image gallery]

    Episode 170: Green Lantern (Blackest Night)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 119:55


    The dead rise from their graves to take over the DC Universe in this Geoff Johns' summer crossover event which brings together the seven Lantern Corps for the first time to fight Nekron and his Black Lanterns. [image gallery]

    Episode 169: New X-Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 77:54


    One of the most groundbreaking & influential runs on X-Men; featuring Xorn, Kid Omega, Cassandra Nova and a super-sentient racist bacteria. Check out the image gallery here.

    Episode 168: Gotham Central

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 75:04


    How do you get by as a cop in the same city as Batman? With great difficulty, as the officers of Gotham's Major Crimes Unit discover every time they go to work. Check out the image gallery here.

    Episode 167: Iron Man (Armor Wars)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 66:11


    Tony Stark's tech is out in the wild, and he's going to have to go rogue to shut it down in this instant classic story from the late-eighties. Check out the image gallery here.

    Episode 166: Teen Titans (Geoff Johns)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 77:41


    A roster of veteran Titans return to mentor the new generation, in this hugely popular revival of DC's greatest superteens. Check out the image gallery for this episode here.

    Episode 165: Legion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 76:47


    One of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel Universe and the son of Charles Xavier, it's David Haller! (He doesn't like to be called "Legion" but we had to put it in the title of the episode.) Check out the image gallery for the episode here.

    Episode 164: The Outsiders

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 69:48


    The lovable misfits who handle the jobs too dirty for the Justice League... The Outsiders! Check out the image gallery for this episode here.

    Journey Into Misery Extra #75 - Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 11:47


    We're making this milestone 75th bonus episode of Journey Into Misery Extra available to everyone!  The Titans and Young Justice are tested like never before, not everyone's going to survive and whoever does comes out changed forever.  It gives a bit of extra context to two upcoming episodes of the show, so while not essential to enjoy those episodes, it's a fun bonus (if your idea of fun involves two dead Titans, ya weirdos.)

    Episode 163: Spider-Man (J. Michael Straczynski)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019 93:56


    Spider-Man reads from the book of Ezekiel and makes his peace with sins past, but what would he do with one more day? Check out the image gallery here.

    Episode 162: Birds of Prey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 78:47


    Oracle, Black Canary and Huntress are just the start when it comes to DC's fiercest female superheroes as we dive into 25 years of Birds of Prey continuity. Check out the image gallery for this week's episode here.

    Episode 161: X-Factor Investigations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 77:43


    While the X-Men deal with world-ending crises, someone needs to be there for the little guy, and that's where X-Factor comes in. A mutant private investigation firm that becomes something so much more, in one of the best, most loved runs of the 21st century. Check out the image gallery here.

    Episode 160: Superboy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2019 70:25


    Kon-El was one of the biggest breakout stars of DC in the '90s and 00's and then disappeared completely. Track the rise and fall and return of Superboy in our latest episode. Check out the image gallery for this week's episode, here.

    Episode 159: Continuity Catch-Up 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2018 87:46


    Catch up on the year in superhero comics with our bumper continuity catch-up. Who lived, who died, who got married, who didn't; everything you need to know about superheroes in 2018 in this episode.

    Episode 158: Aquaman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2018 102:09


    The king of the seas has come to cinemas, and we're celebrating with a deep dive into the near-eighty year history of Arthur Curry, the Aquaman!   Check out the Image Gallery for the episode here.

    Episode 157: Spider-Verse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 58:41


    Journey into the Spider-Verse with Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy and many, many, many more. Spoilers: one of them is a talking car! Here's a link to the image gallery!

    Episode 156: Four Years Later

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 73:52


    Come celebrate four years of Journey Into Misery with more of the weirdest and most wonderful characters comics has to offer.

    Episode 155: Exiles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 97:44


    You have become unhinged from time! Join the Exiles and journey through the multiverse fixing one world at a time until they can go home.

    Episode 154: Batman (Snyder/Capullo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 123:08


    Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's horror-tinged five year run redefined Batman for this decade, and we're gonna dig into it on this week's Journey Into Misery.

    Episode 153: Miracleman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 67:04


    Kimota! We're diving deep into everything you need to know about Miracleman! Lawsuits, acrimonious creator relationship and one of the most complex deconstructions of superhero myth in the history of comics.

    Episode 152: Squadron Supreme

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 70:54


    What would the Justice League look like if it came from Marvel Comics? I think it would go a little something, like this.

    Episode 151: Saga of the Swamp Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 96:08


    Head into the swamps of Louisiana with Swamp Thing and Alan Moore for a complete reinvention of how mature readers comics can exist in a superhero shared universe.

    Episode 150: Power Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 96:55


    To celebrate our milestone 150th episode, we're talking about another colossally confusing comic character; the last daughter of Earth-Two, Power Girl!

    Episode 149: Adam Strange

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 86:54


    On Earth, he is a regular archaeologist but in space, he is the greatest hero the planet Rann has ever known. He is Adam Strange, the man of two worlds!

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