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Welcome to the one and only podcast about Marvel Comic's greatest talking duck, Howard The Duck. Trapped In A World He Never Made: the Marvel 616 universe. Hosted by Knol (who has a history with Howard The Duck going back to the early 80's) and Russell (a

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    Trapped In A World: Record Club 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 61:15


    No theme this time, but Justin, Russ and Knol pick three records they love this month to show each other. Will the others love them as much? Spoilers; no. Griderman from Grinderman. I'm Not A Doctor from Moloko and... um... Chickens In The Shadows from Toasters And Moose.

    Trapped In A World: Record Club 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 58:28


    Because we are still finding some time to record the next proper episode of TIAW here's a special treat. Russ, Knol and Justin the Owl share 3 female lead records they dig, just in time for Women's History Month to be over. Dang. Still, we love these records and hoped our co-hosts would too. Do they? Listen and find out.

    Trapped In A World: Record Club 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 72:39


    Life comes at you quickly and sometime you run out of time to prep for an episode… so the public people are lucky to hear another patreon episode from our Record Club. This time Russ, Justin The Owl and Knol celebrate Black History Month (ironically on March 1st) with three records from black artists we love. We will be back in two weeks with the second arc of the Howard The Duck newspaper strip.

    Trapped In A World: 22 Pop Syke Newspaper Strip

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 49:08


    We are back! For real this time. Knol and Russ cover the first arch of the HTD newspaper strip “Pop Syke” from 1977/78 by Gerber and Colan. Read along with us by checking out the Howard The Duck Cultural Society's Facebook group here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/102604678522/media/albums and then send in some feedback to Howardpodcast@gmail.com.Everyone's favorite new bit Kiss In Time is back, some DUCK NEWS! and other highjinx.

    Trapped In A World: Record Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 55:24


    Since Knol has been sick for the 3rd time in as many months we offer up a bonus episode from our patreon's newest show Record Club with Justin The Owl. Be back in two weeks with the HTD Newspaper strip.

    Trapped In A World: 21 Calling Dr. Bong - Season 2 Update And What's Been Happenin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 46:29


    We're back! Sort of. Knol and Russ return to the podcast airwaves to talk about what's in store for Season 2 of Trapped In A World with some life updates, a new segment and some listener feedback. Oh, plus hear the newest rock song that's taking the world by storm. Check out the link below to read the Howard The Duck newspaper strip we'll be talking about on the next episode…https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10158162528488523&type=3

    Trapped In A World: Rocket Raccoon 1985 Limited Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 74:02


    We will be releasing some bonus episodes from our Patreon to the general public to give listeners a taste of what they are missing while Knol has this new baby. Knol and Russ welcome our good friend Justin The Owl to talk about the original 1985 Rocket Raccoon limited series by Bill Mantlo and the first Marvel comic illustrated by Mike Mignola. We will be back in tie new year with brand new episodes.

    Trapped In A World: Slapstick #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 41:00


    We will be releasing some bonus episodes from our Patreon to the general public to give listeners a taste of what they are missing while Knol has this new baby. The boys cover issue 1 of the "The Totally Awesome Origin of Slapstick!", the weird cartoon come to life Marvel character voted best new character in 1992 in who knows what by who knows who.

    Trapped In A World: Elf With A Gun

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 38:04


    We will be releasing some bonus episodes from our Patreon to the general public to give listeners a taste of what they are missing while Knol has this new baby. The boys invite on their pal Justin The Owl to talk about the five 70s appearances of Steve Gerber's Elf With A Gun in The Defenders. Nuff said. www.patreon.com/trappedinaworld

    Trapped In A World: Kiss Super Special #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 65:23


    We will be releasing some bonus episodes from our Patreon to the general public to give listeners a taste of what they are missing while Knol has this new baby. From our first Patreon only podcast: we discuss Marvel Super Special number 1 from 1977 featuring Kiss! We go page by page of the book, discuss a little history and trivia of this weird moment in time and the weird Kiss made for TV movie: Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park. Plus some personal random Kiss talk. Lots of fun. Look forward to getting a Patreon only podcast from us once a month. www.patreon.com/trappedinaworld

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    Trapped In A World: 01 Remaster Fear #19 & Man-Thing #1 01 Fear #19 & Man-Thing #1 01 Fear #19 & Man-Thing #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 47:05


    Episode 01 Remaster Fear #19 & Man-Thing #1A remaster of our first episode for new listeners to catch up on the wonderful and weird world of Howard The Duck. This episode host Knol & Russ discuss Howard The Duck's first appearances in Adventure Into Fear #19 & Man-Thing #1 along with some background on his creators Steve Gerber & Val Mayerik.https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

    Trapped In A World: 20 Howard The Duck Vol. 1 #30 & 31 The Final Bong!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 70:58


    This is it! Knol & Russell talk the “last” issues of Vol 1 of Howard The Duck, 30 & 31; “If This Be Bongsday” & “The Final Bong”. Bill Mantlo's first penned issues of HTD with Gene Colan back on art. The final battle between Howard and Dr. Bong is on. Lee hooks Howard up with his friend Claude to help him get “suited up” for the battle. Beverly “hatches” a plan. Howard throws everything and the kitchen sink in the fight but Bev is the real winner. The game is over… back to Cleveland… again… again. Onto the newspaper strips! All that and Duck News! The Word Of The Day from you know who and feedback from a listener. One listener. WRITE OR SEND US A VOICE MEMO, DAMMIT! Check out this link (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10158162528488523&type=3) to read the first arc of the HTD newspaper comic strip.

    Trapped In A World: 19 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #28 & 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 68:42


    Knol & Russell tackle issues 28 & 29 from Vol 1 of Howard The Duck “Cooking With Gas” & “Help Stamp Out Ducks”, the later being Steve Gerber's “last issue”. A bikini clad assassin, clumsy bus driver & one wacked out, paranoid General all see a shirk about seeing a talking duck. Then Howard gets wrapped into a money making scheme & ends up headed back to Cleveland… again. All that and Duck News! The Word Of The Day from you know who and feedback from listeners.

    Trapped In A World: 18 Howard The Duck Vol. 1 #26 & 27 with Rey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 84:36


    This week we invite on our good friend, collaborator, podcaster and Aussie, Rey to cover Howard The Duck issues 26 and 27, “Repercussions" and “Circus Maximus!" from volume 1. Howard fights back against his capture by The Circus Of Crime. Paul, Winda and Iris head toward Cleveland to rescue Howard but get into some “trouble” of their own. Another amazing surrealist scene from Gerber and Colan. The Fowl teams up with Iris to take down the Circus. Beverly dancing for Doctor Bong? Howard take a stroll in Cleveland. All that plus listener feedback, Duck News! and Doctor Bong's Word Of The Day.

    Trapped In A World: 17 "Where Do You Go, What Do You Do, The Night After You Saved The Universe?" and “Getting Smooth!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 82:31


    After returning from saving the universe we get a night in the life of Howard The Duck. What a night is was. He also meets back up with Paul and Winda. Speaking of Paul, he's flush with cash and a new "friend" who introduces the group to the Circus Of Crime. All of that plus Word Of The Day, Rusty's Rock N' Roll Corner and of course listener feedback. Song at the break “Music from Grown Ass Men, Vol. 4: Citizen Nerd. Adam Bernstein”.

    Trapped In A World: 16 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #22 & 23 with Al 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 88:15


    Trapped In A World… The Howard The Duck Podcast. Episode 16. Howard The Duck Vol 1 #22 & #23 with Al from Resurrections - An Adam Warlock and Thanos Podcast. "May the Farce Be with You!" & “Star Waugh”.This episode your hosts invite on Al from Resurrections - An Adam Warlock and Thanos Podcast to talk about 2 of the weirdest and goofiest Steve Gerber Howard The Ducks; The Star Waugh Saga. In New York Howard is attacked by simian salt and a fly leading to a return of Howard's first crew go to the land between darkness and light. A kidnapping. Star crossed and crossed eyed lovers make the ultimate enemy. The crew plans a rescue but Howard don't wanna. Vapid Californians. Hamburger editors and a battle with a whole freakin' K-mart. Not the Osmonds. All that plus listener feedback, Rock N' Roll with Rusty and the Word Of The Day.

    Trapped In A World: 15 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #20 & #21. "Scrubba-Dub Death!” & ”If You Knew SOOFI...!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 77:55


    Oh boy, this episode Knol and Russell cover two of the most bizarre and biting of the Steve Gerber HTD issues. Howard defeats(?) Dr. Bong and finds respite in an almost familiar setting with a new, al be it, short lived job. Tiny bubbles become a problem when filth needs to be cleaned. The SOOFI's clean up the city from fun with songs and bombs. Anita Bryant is an asshole and punk rock lessons for Russ. All that plus Dr. Bong's Word Of The Day, listener feedback and a decent into chaos. Happy listening.

    Trapped In A World: 14 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #18 & #19, “Metamorphosis” and "Howard the Human”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 77:36


    This week we are tired. Covering two weird issues of Gerber and Colan's Howard The Duck. The first; A turn in the Evolo-Chamber that turns our duck into something he never wanted to be. One failed and one daring escape from Doctor Bong's castle. A Russian boat marriage, and a tragic “death”. The second; Howard finds himself in New York, again. Bong goes on a duck hunt. Drugs, violence, another messed up dinner and… sex!?! All that plus some voice memo feedback from our friends… a dragon and a terrific letter, also a new “segment”!

    Trapped In A World: 13 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #17 with Justin Osgood & Phil Perich

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 67:22


    This episode Knol & Russell invite on Justin “The Owl” Osgood from Tomes Of Evil, Gamma Charge & The Lost Library Of Legions podcasts and Phil “The Drop King” Perich from the Capes and Lunatics family of podcasts to do a dramatic reenactment of HTD #17 “Doctor Bong” by Steve Gerber & Gene Colan. We also review the issue, discuss some of the background on the good doctor and share some listener feedback on this strange issue. All that and a extra special guest crashes the episode. Enjoy!

    Trapped In A World: 12 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #16 with Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 80:28


    Trapped In A World: 11 Howard The Duck Vol. 1 #15 & Quack Ups!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 66:01


    This episode Russell picks a few of his favorite letters to the editor, aka Quack Ups, from HTD Vol 1. Well, his favorite letters he could find anyway. Knol listens and makes fun of them. We also go over Howard The Duck #15 “The Island Of Doctor Bong”. A boat ride home from Bagmom, Bev in a bikini, some ducks can't swim, a horny sea serpent, duck l'orange and duck puke. “knees” and finally; the meeting of Doctor Boooonnnggg! A little “Duck News”, well, Man-Thing news. A mini review of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. All that, listener feedback and probably some more we've forgotten about in this episode.

    Trapped In A World: 10 Howard The Duck Annual #1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 62:04


    This week we cover the one and only Howard The Duck Annual “The Thief Of Bagmom:” Knol is doing the podcast from a secret, undisclosed location. Your hosts are cranky but some Howard The Duck cures what ails them, sort of. Not really. Howard and crew are all living in Cleveland in Paul's little apartment before something magical sweeps Beverly and Winda off their feet and off the Middle East, leaving Howard and the former Winky Man to track them down in… Bagmom? Spilled coffee, harems, an evil oil company, a leering duck, maybe STAN LEE?. All that, listener feedback and a whole lot more in this weeks episode.

    Trapped In A World: 09 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #13 & 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 64:46


    This week we cover "Howard the Duck" Vol. 1 #13 "Rock, Roll Over and Writhe!" and #14 "A Duck Possessed".Russell is using a crappy backup microphone. The guys talk about Spring, living near water and getting attacked by geese. KISS arrives through Winda psyche to tell Howard the "word" before fucking off. Mania in an insane asylaum. A Marvel "Satanic Panic" star (who's name we can't pronounce) pops in to help out. Howared ends up being a child of Satan himself, goes to Cleveland and acts like an asshole to Beverly. What a wonderful, family-friendly time. All of that and some feeback across this wide world.

    Trapped In A World: 08 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #11 & 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 62:07


    This week we cover Howard The Duck Vol 1 #11 "Quack-Up!" and #12 “Mind-Mush”.After his fight with Le Beaver Howard starts his spin down the mental heath hole. We go back to… CLEVELAND?!? Introduce a new charwecter into Howard's life, a fight on a bus with the Kidney Lady, and some Creatures Of The Night in a mental hospital.Check out Chicago journalist Charlie Meyerson's August 1976 college radio interview with Steve Gerber on University of Illinois' WPGU-FM in full on his blog, https://www.meyersonstrategy.com/2016/09/when-howard-duck-ran-for-president.html. https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

    Trapped In A World: 07 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #9 & #10

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 63:44


    This week we cover Howard The Duck Vol 1 #9 "Scandal Plucks Duck" and Howard the Duck Vol 1 #10 "Swan-Song... Of The Living Dead Duck!”. A weird couple issues. From losing his bid for President to fighting a Canadian super patriot to losing his damn mind, we are in for a unique adventure.Check out Chicago journalist Charlie Meyerson's August 1976 college radio interview with Steve Gerber on University of Illinois' WPGU-FM in full on his blog.Check out the great Doug Bost and Adam Bernstein are Grown Ass Men podcast and their episode dedicated to Steve Gerber.Donate to the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Education Support Professionals, Local 59 Strike Fund.Check out the Netflix Andy Warhol documentary.https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

    Trapped In A World: 06 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #7 & #8, Marvel Treasury Edition #12

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 80:38


    Welcome to this week's Giant-Sized episode where we go over Howard The Duck volume 1 issues 7, "The Way the Cookie Crumbles" and 8, "Open Season!". Plus we talk Marvel Treasury Edition #12; “The Duck and The Defenders” with special guest Charle Esser of the Capes & Lunatics podcast family. Get ready for politics, assassinations, leering country singers, mystic magic, superheroes and strangling the duck.Send us your thoughts about future Howard issues via voice memo or e-mail at howardpodcast@gmail.com.https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

    Trapped In A World: 05 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #5 & #6

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 53:56


    This episode we talk about Howard The Duck & Beverly's money troubles & troubled trip to New York City, with clowns, wrestlers, monsters, Cultists and Kidney Ladies along the way. We are blessed with some feedback from Justin The Owl from Tomes of Evil. Also a little banned book talk. Send us your thoughts about future Howard issues via voice memo or e-mail at howardpodcast@gmail.com.https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

    Trapped In A World: 04 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #3 & #4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 58:44


    Knol and Russ discuss issues 3 and 4 of Howard the Duck vol 1; "Four Feathers of Death! Or: Enter the Duck!" and "Sleep of the... Just!" by Steve Gerber, John Buscema and Gene Colan from 1976. PLUS some listener feedback and some Turtle talk.Send us your thoughts about future Howard issues via voice memo or e-mail at howardpodcast@gmail.com.https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

    Trapped In A World: 03 Howard The Duck Vol 1 #1 & #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 45:12


    Knol and Russel discuss Howard's very first solo comics and the introduction of Howard's Hairless Ape Soul Mate; Beverly Switzler. The hosts also talk a bit about how they got into comics in the first place. It's a duckin' good time.Send us your thoughts about future Howard issues via voice memo or e-mail at howardpodcast@gmail.com.https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

    Trapped In A World: 02 Giant-Sized Man-Thing #4 & #5

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 47:19


    Happy New Year, ya Ducks. This episode Russ & Knol discuss Howard The Ducks first solo adventures as back up stories in Giant-Sized Man-Thing numbers 4 & 5 by Steve Gerber & Frank Brunner.https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

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    Trapped In A World: 01 Fear #19 & Man-Thing #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 51:30


    Our first episode. This week host Knol & Russ discuss Howard The Duck's first appearances in Adventure Into Fear #19 & Man-Thing #1 along with some background on his creators Steve Gerber & Val Mayerik. https://linktr.ee/Howardpodcast

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