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Absolute Green Lantern #1 (2025)It is yet another entry in our DC Absolute Universe Month as we cover the horror-tinged — and possibly AMERICAN PIE-tinged — ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN.Green Lantern this time around is the Far Sector's Jo Mullein and much like Absolute Batman, she is friends with her contemporaries such as toy collector slash architect Hal Jordan, local police chief Guy Gardner and the salad-loving John Stewart. However, friendship takes a backseat to a HUGE GL symbol-shaped Jello mold materializing in the middle of their quaint Nevada town. Traveling bikers are liquefied, weird sinister powers are bestowed and the illegitimate son of Metamorpho, Majin Buu and Goro is making life difficult for everyone.Also, Jen and Shawn chat about new Superman toys, bad X-Files episodes written by famous scribes and the time Baby Jessica fell down the well.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:42 ***Promo: CAPES AND LUNATICS (https://open.spotify.com/show/6gcVNuoX3Si4I9FoFYTeC2?si=6b4d2b7e8d0b4ca6)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (2025)Absolute Month from DC Comics rolls along as we check out the immensely awesome ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN! There's a lot to dig here because it's basically Wonder Woman rubbing monster blood across her eyes and slaughtering assorted Hell demons and monsters that fly out of an upside down pyramid in the sky. If that's not wild enough, Absolute WW was RAISED AS A CHILD in Hell by Circe and it looks downright cozy! We also need to stress that “Hell” is just an island somewhere that the Greek gods occasionally visit to foist babies onto reluctant witches. All this plus Mike Wazowski from MONSTERS INC visits the stygian abyss!Also, Jen and Shawn talk about the Ministry concert, recent comic book purchases and castles in the Adirondacks.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:20:25 ***Promos: PEACE BOUND AND DOWN - A WONDER WOMAN PODCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/wonderwoman/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Absolute Batman #1 (2024)It is all about the Absolute this month as we check out some of the premiere issues of the Absolute Universe from DC Comics!We start off with the meaty thighs of ABSOLUTE BATMAN and his blue-collar origin story where Bruce is almost seven feet tall, Alfred is not his friend (yet) and Martha Wayne is STILL ALIVE! We also got possible squid people, Alfred with Paulie Walnuts hair, ears that turn into knives and baby tailors turned Doonesbury characters. All joking aside, this is a pretty sweet book and well worth your time.All this plus we share some gripes about how to read digital comics. Why does Amazon have to make it so difficult?*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:13:47 ***Promos: EARTH-2 PODCAST (https://theearth2podcast.podbean.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Thunderbolts #3 (1997)Our Thunderbolts comes to an end as Marvel's newest team of fake superheroes clashes with the newest version of evil villains as the Masters of Evil….return? Its's quite the crew: there's a freshly mutated Tiger Shark, a guy dressed as a tiger that FLYS, an Olympic skier turned violent feminist, a French mafia operative wearing a dead guy's gear and Justin Hammer's daughter with her prehensile cape.Also, Jolt (not the cola) re-enters the scene, Black Widow juggles her new publishing gig with vigilantism and the discovery of UNDERWORLD GOODS~!!All this plus Jen blows Shawn's mind with the reveal that Batman and Deadman have dinner once a month.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:30 ***Promos: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Spider-Man Team-Up #7 (1997)Look, I know it's supposed to be more Thunderbolts but the “Justice Like Lightning” trade tricks you into reading a Spider-Man book. Thankfully, it is chronologically congruent to the ongoing storyline that we are covering so let's keep going.Spider-Man is framed for murder and the Thunderbolts are the only ones to can help (because everyone else is dead). Songbird and Mach-1 brawl with the web-slinger while Atlas signs a rooftop autograph using his fingernails. It is ultimately revealed the Enclave (aka Wilford Brimley and the Egon Spanglers) are sending androids out to muck up the works and that really steams Mach-1's ponytail.Also, Spider-Man hits a brick wall, Stan Lee makes Batman obese, Techno goes full Dolby and Mary Jane's course books are just too damn EXPENSIVE!All this plus Jen and Shawn share their experience at the latest RetroMania and talk about the new, bizarre Superman movie toys.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:30 ***Promos: 8TW AUDIO WORKS (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/8tw-promo-pilot-season/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Thunderbolts #2 (1997)Our OG Thunderbolts discussion continues as the Thunderbolts adjust to their newly heroic personas in a battle against the Mad Thinker and his plan to suck knowledge out of Franklin Richards's brain. Thankfully, the T-Bolts are here to handle the situation even though they pretty much get their asses handed to them by Thinker's Gumby-looking android.Also, Mach-1 gets amorous, Citizen V tells a joke and the mayor of NYC strong-arms a grieving child into allowing the T-Bolts to inhabit the home of his deceased family.All this plus Shawn talks about the DEATH OF SUPERMAN and Jen expresses her frustration with BATMAN: H2SH!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:03 ***Promo: MARVEL STAR WARS: FROM EMPIRE TO JEDI (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/empiretojedi/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Thunderbolts #1 (1997)It's time to talk about the origins of the MCU's latest offering as we look at the very first issue of the THUNDERBOLTS!Of course, there is the big undercover villain twist at the end here but who can blame them when Onslaught eliminated all of our heroes and all that's left is Spider-Man, Daredevil and (maybe) Blade. We got Baron Zemo masquerading as a capoeira-slinging Homelander, Techno smuggling in his contraband robot bartenders and so many free-floating goatees you'll think you're trapped in a cable-ready erotic thriller.Also, Meteorite gets judgy, NYC ladies get thirsty of Atlas and Black Widow shows up dressed like she's late for work at a print publishing firm.All this plus Jen and Shawn cover some recent purchases from Free Comic Book Day.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:11:51 ***Promos: CELLULOID HEROES (https://open.spotify.com/show/5G4VxlMzO0yy7Rub7MPUzx?si=851e84cb62b24949)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

THUNDERBOLTS* is dropping this Friday and we've got a selection from the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE to go with it as we talk about Red Guardian (I)! Join us as we chat about the OG Red Guardian (played by David Harbour in the upcoming film) and learn about his humble beginnings as a hotshot test pilot, his marriage to Black Widow (wait, isn't his daughter in….) and his involvement in psychotropic warfare. Plus, there was the time he was shot with a laser gun and then a volcano fell on him and he died! * Also, Red Guardian throws his belt buckle in Hawkeye's face and gives Captain America a rest hold!*As of 1986-87, the original Red Guardian is considered deceased but he did get better somehow thru various necromancies and what not.Promo: FANTASTIC POUR (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/the-fantastic-pour/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / BlueSky / Threads via @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

JSA #58 / Hawkman #25 (2004)Apologies for the delay but here it is — the final chapter in our #JSApril stint as we cover the final two installments of the “Black Reign” story arc!First in JSA, we suffer a few unintentional casualties on the heel side, Doctor Fate gets trapped in suburbia and Brainwave Jr. Jr. Jr. has actual brain WORMS in his head and they're…friendly, sort of?Then in HAWKMAN, Shazam gets sniffing, Hawkman gets emotional, Green Lantern gets creative and Atom Smasher has a series of massive sulks as “Black Reign” comes to a conclusion.All this plus Jen and Shawn chat about Night One of WrestleMania and the Atom's preferred method of international transportation.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:05 ***Promos: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/) / THE MONITOR TAPES (http://themonitortapes.com)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

JSA #57 / Hawkman #24 (2004)It's a double dose of #JSApril this week as we double up the conversation on the next two installments of the “Black Reign” story arc!In JSA, the team makes its way to Kahndaq, having to use air travel as opposed to magic travel because Nabu's being REAL cranky these days. Along the way, Power Girl calls Hawkman an ass, Black Adam bifurcates thru the JSA transport and all of Northwind's friends, with their bird talons and supple chests, look to make mincemeat of the heroes.Over in HAWKMAN, Doctor Fate seemingly turns heel as Nabu mucks up the JSA on the offensive. Hawkman clangs his own son on the head with his mace, Brainwave probes Shazam's teenage thoughts and Hourman is gutted….literally!All this plus Jen and Shawn offer a correction regarding Billy Batson's age and discuss Jason Todd's failed pro wrestling career.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:09:55 ***Promos: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/) / THE MONITOR TAPES (http://themonitortapes.com)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Hawkman #23 (2004)#JSApril continues to chug along as we jump over to HAWKMAN for the next installment of the “Black Reign” arc!Before it all goes to hell, the JSA are in St. Roch aka Earth-One New Orleans for honor Hawkman on his presumed birthday. The JSA is wild in the streets as Power Girl endures a fortune telling, Wildcat plays pocket pool, Doctor Mid-Nite threatens to drown a man with his own blood and Hourman Jr. Jr. sweats it out in the hotel.This all culminates at the Hawkman party where Carter, fresh from mutilating Matter Master, fills the team in on the Kahndaq situation and it gets real REAL fast.All this plus Jen and Shawn chat about yet another shopping excursion resulting in Nightwing action figure repaints and more BatCat wins!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:13 ***Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

JSA #56 (2004)Welcome to #JSApril! Worst Collection Ever is proud to participate in this celebration of JSA content by delivering our wicked takes on Geoff Johns's “Black Reign” saga!This issue plays out more like the first act of a promsing action flick, with Black Adam recruiting a crew of disenchanted, mayhem-seeking folks to help him liberate his home country of Kahndaq. We got the assassin Nemesis, a tatted-up Eclipso, a freshly-mutated Northwind, a conflicted Atom Smasher and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park aka Brainwave aka Robert Englund from the V mini-series. The scene gets bloody and emotional and there are cooling brains all over the place.We also spend a bit of time parsing out Northwind's creation so, if you new to the podcast, put a fun movie on for the kids and then hide under a blanket while you listen to this.All this plus Jen and Shawn buy a bunch of cheap trades, new DC Absolute offerings and the Hawk Tuah Girl runs afoul of the Dark Knight![NOTE — we (or specifically Shawn) refers to Northwind a bunch as “Hawkwind.” Hawkwind was a band that Lemmy was in before Motörhead - we are aware of this. We will most likely screw this up again, so there you go]*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:22:14 ***Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

GUY GARDNER: WARRIOR #0 (1994)It is our first podcast guest in a LONG time as Shawn's brother -- the mighty Brian Marek -- joins us to talk about pivotal (to Shawn and Brian at least) 90's comic GUY GARDNER: WARRIOR. It is the Zero Hour issue that reboots Guy as a descendant of a race of peace-keeping aliens who have been traveling the cosmos in a quest to create the perfect, well, warrior. This all gets SUPER body horror pretty quick, with veiny cannon arms and flesh syringes. For the most part, we put this over pretty strongly because the Guy Gardner aesthetic from his era is totally 90s and totally pro wrestling and it's the best.All this plus we chat about the Ultimate Warrior's corpse running amok in the DC Comics offices, Power Girl's forgotten baby, Guy's Irish heritage and which foods you should NOT bring to an orgy.[ONE MORE THING — this podcast was recorded using Streamyard and may eventually come out as video on our YT channel. That being said, the audio does have some aberrations and skips that were unavoidable or skipped over so please bear with us. It was our first time recording the podcast in this format and will need to fine-tuned. Thanks!]*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:16:24 ***Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Follow Brian on Instagram for dog pics and pierogi stuff (https://www.instagram.com/pieroguy/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

DIAL H FOR HERO from Superboy #39 (1983)Something a bit different this week as we revisit a backup story from Superboy [vol 2] featuring the Dial H For Hero crew! The Dial H stuff is pretty boring and lame to be honest but there's some fun stuff to talk about. We got lead boy Chris's dad living in an Al Bundy simulacrum, Turkish cigarette preferences, larceny and ill-advised attempts at bus magic.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:02:03 ***Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering:Ep9 / 10: THE MAIN MAN — PARTS 1 & 2 (Airdates: 11/9/96 & 11/16/96)Join us as we discuss topics such as:Is it Speweege or Spooj?Clark is a sick manLobo eats rebar the long wayThe origins of Superman's alien menagerie/zooGas Babes Gone Wild!*** EPISODE DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:54 ***Plus, we do some follow-up from last week's DEFENDERS finale pertaining to the Hulk's physical stats and why the hell RUSH was involved!Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Defenders #45 (1977)It's a Defenders Gender Battle as the Red Rajah saga comes to close! Doctor Strange, all red-gemmed up as the Red Rajah, wants mankind as his universal think tank and he's starting with Manhattan. He's got the boy Defenders under his control so its up to the girl Defenders to save NYC (and humanity pretty much).Also, Red Guardian goes full Gwen Stefani with her outfit, Hellcat and Valkyrie dish about communism, the Hulk rocks out to Pearl Jam and the Marvel editors shout out 2112-era Rush!All this plus Jen and Shawn chat haphazardly about the Oscars and review the 1986 sleepy monkey thriller LINK.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:21 ***Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Defenders #44 (1977)Man, the Incredible Hulk can be an incredible pain in the ass sometimes. Presently apoplectic that Doctor Strange, the only solution is for the rest of the Defenders to track him down. Unbeknownst to them, Doctor Strange is now the Red Rajah, an entity focused on bringing Manhattan together as one big think tank whether they want to or not!We also got Valkyrie's ex-husband stumbling into the Sanctorum, Russia telling Red Guardian to get her ass back home and Patsy Walker aka Hellcat interjecting herself into the team dynamic after a peyote quest on Titan.All this plus Jen and Shawn visit a 90's museum exhibit and feel really ancient afterwards.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:09:44 ***Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Defenders #43 (1977)The fun times keep rolling along for Marvel's favorite non-team as the Cobalt Man's about to explode and all the Hulk wants to do is punch the radioactive villain in the face. Thankfully, Knighthawk (who is still shirtless) has a better solution. We also have Egghead unleashing his lethal egg-based offense with surprisingly efficient results, Luke Cage yeeting an agitated George Lucas, Rhino busting out a pre-Nicholson THE SHINING bit and the debut of Dr. Strange as the slightly problematic (but admittedly well-dressed) Red Rajah!All this plus we chat about Hellstorm from the 90s and the new, underwhelming THUNDERBOLTS trailer.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:42 ***Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Taking a deviation in our Defenders coverage to bring you a [R]OHOTMU featuring one of the prominent villains, Solarr!Solarr, as discussed last week, is a mutant with the power to harness energy from the sun and use it for crime and other stuff. Plus, he's gotten a few upgrades over the years thanks to Egghead. Oh, and he's also died twice. His first death comes at the hands of El Segundo's hottest new dad band, “Drew” Bres and the FOMO(R). His second demise involves the Goblin Queen but it's not as goofy.Be here next week as we continue with the Defenders and the Capistan Ruby!Promo: #JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Defenders #42 (1976)Oh man….the Defenders are back on WCE, baby! This is a wacky arc (as most Defenders books tend to feature) where Doctor Strange gets transfixed by a mystical ruby like he's Kevin Garnett in UNCUT GEMS. He also gets super ageist towards his friend's courier and skips out on the Defenders while they fend off Cobalt Man.We also got Egghead stealing an ENTIRE NASA space station, Nighthawk spontaneously combusting like he's Brad Dourif or something and Hulk dressing up as an incognito Ninja Turtle.All this plus we chat about the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble, picture puzzles and the dog from MARRIED WITH CHILDREN.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:18:45 ***Promo: MOVING KRYPTONIAN IMAGES (https://www.fortressofbaileytude.com/) Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering:STOLEN MEMORIES (Airdate: 11/2/96)Join us as we discuss topics such as:Lois Lane doppelgängersLex's DUKES OF HAZZARD DVD collectionOld Man levitationLeftover BvS rage (there's always more)Superman Hates Robots Part 1,000,000*** EPISODE DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:17:12 ***Also, we comment on the recent RetroMania event here in town, Jen's new BatCat aspirations and some of the stranger highlights of Kenner's Legends of the Dark Knight action figure line.Promo: THE MONITOR TAPES: A CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS PODCAST (https://brickcrisis.com/show/the-monitor-tapes/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #33 (2024)We have reached the finale of the “Darkness Falls” here in WORLD'S FINEST. All Bruce Gordon wanted to was to create a literal Sun City. Unfortunately, Eclipso has ruined it all and now the world's is in chaos. You got Robin slinging Doctor Fate magic, the Atom performing brain surgery and million-dollar GRE words getting dropped left and right. How will it all end?!?All this plus we share some thoughts on ALIEN: ROMULUS and CREATURE COMMANDOS!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:44 ***Promo: JSAPRIL (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsapril/) Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #32 (2024)It is the continuation of the Eclipso/Word's Finest arc as the crap really hits the fan because both Superman AND Batman have been Eclipsified! The Watchtower is in pieces, Red Tornado's all screwed up and the rest of the Justice League is trapped in a purple jewel in the middle of the Sahara.And the worst thing is that Eclipso now has Batman's dark web password and wants Superman to use the Earth's satellites as a pickleball court. Will Green Arrow verbally berate Green Lantern into freeing them from their purple prison? Will the Spectre face significant self-esteem issues? Will Robin literally have to BREAK HIS NECK in order to bring Batman back to reality? Maybe? Probably?!?*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:01:30 ***Promo: TASK FORCE X (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/task-force-x/id896494965)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #31 (2024)Trying out some of the NEW comics this week as we discuss the latest iteration of WORLD'S FINEST! It's time to watch the eclipse from the JLA Watchtower! Superman's got his Dippin' Dots, Batman's got a dumb look on his face and about half of the JLA is possessed by Eclipso. It's all because Bruce Gordon doesn't know how to use Dr. Light's Rolodex Gun. We also witness bear witness to Green Arrow's superhuman feats of strength (LIVE ON CBS!), the Atom trampling through Flash's brain and we finally share our thoughts on MADAME WEB (and PEARL if you like horror movies and random Superman cameos)*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:48 ***Promo: THE FANTASTIC POUR (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/the-fantastic-pour/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Something a bit different to start off the year as Shawn and Jen talk about some new comic book pick-ups and as well as some recent shopping experiences at 2nd & Charles and Hero Headquarters here in Denver.Join us as we chat about:Renee Montoya as Vampire Hunter D in the new QUESTION limited seriesJen's dread headed into Tom King's BATMANUnderwhelming WEST COAST AVENGERS VOL 4What to look forward to in DC's ABSOLUTE UNIVERSEPromo: THE SPIDER DIARIES (https://jonreadscomics.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Superboy [vol 2] #39 (1983)It's the Superboy Holiday Special!!! Starring….Superboy! Clark's Sweet Plaid Winter Overcoat! Pollution! Earth-39 Apocalyptic Children Wearing Basketball Shorts and Brandishing Spears! Christmas Cuckolding! And from Peaches & Herb…Herb!Superboy has this friend, Bash Bashford, and Bash is pretty sour over the holiday. So, like any normal teenager, Superboy wraps his friend up mummy-style in his cape and travels to a different earth to prove that Christmas means something to everyone, only to put his friend in immediate danger. Turns out Earth-39 is a Mad Max reality where holidays, clean air and law enforcement don't exist. Whoops.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:17:20 ***Promo: PEACE BOUND AND DOWN - A WONDER WOMAN PODCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/wonderwoman/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering:THE WAY OF ALL FLESH (Airdate: 10/19/96)Join us as we discuss topics such as:LEX'S FREAK ISLAND~!~!~!Clark gooning over exotic diseasesMetallo's most European of outfitsSuperman rides a bikeMetallica joins the DCAU?!?*** PROPER EPISODE DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:11:37 ***Also, we chat about some additional DC Animated offerings in CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: PART 3 and JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTIONPromo: COFFEE & COMICS (https://coffeeandcomicspodcast.blogspot.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Captain America #320 (1986)We've reached the end of all this Scourge business — for now — as Cap gets his hands on *one* of the Scourges. This is all thanks to wearing a freshly-murdered man's outfit and lying to the media. There's also an old-fashioned origin story here for the Scourge involving classic Westerns and Mission: Impossible masks.Plus, we have some comments on all the conveniently-placed mattresses in this issue, Water Wizard's thigh high boots, the return of crop-tops for men and Ohio sheriffs who only watch HEE-HAW.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:48 ***Promo: ACTION FILM FACE-OFF (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/action-film-face-off/id1461778011)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Amazing Spider-Man #278 (1986)Carrying on with Scourge-related content, we jet over to THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to find that Scourge is in NYC listening to Don Imus and getting ready to hunt down the newly framed for being Hobgoblin, Flash Thompson. But don't worry because Spider-Man has a police station men's room-centric plan to ensure Flash's safety.Also, we recount the story of poor Brian DeWolff aka The Wraith who just happens to start his vengeance tour at the absolute worst possible time.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:07 ***All this plus we pine over our fun Batman Xmas “ornament” and hash out the hierarchy over at the Daily Bugle.Promo: JUSTICE LEAGUE LEGACIES (https://justiceleaguelegacies.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!http://bit.ly/wcepod

Captain America #319 (1986)It is time for the fireworks factory folks! This is the issue of Captain America where a bunch of random-ass villains get eliminated from existence by the Scourge of the Underworld. Sadly, even after all this, still no one knows who Hellrazor is.Other stuff happens as well including Cap meeting future paramour Diamondback for the first time and it gets real spicy, REAL fast. Like, she has zero chill when it comes to seeking out that All-American package! Also, Cap stays on his Marvel deadline, Death Adder's parents receive bad news and Blacklash builds a nest egg for his mother thru crime!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:08:23 ***All this plus we talk Thanksgiving food and address whether or not Letha was inspired by an 80s pornstar.Promo: MIKE'S COMIC SHOP ROADSHOW (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mikes-comic-shop-roadshow/id1662011650)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!http://bit.ly/wcepod

There's a bit of a hiccup in our schedule so it's time for another round of [R]OHOTMU but at least it fits in with the current Captain America story we are working with.This week, we find out what the deal is with professional wrestler/super-villain LETHA. As it turns out, Letha broke into the business via a sort of Fabulous Moolah operation and ends up in Rikers because of some mark fan at Roxxon using her to rough up Project Pegasus. After that, she has to contend with Dazzler while in the slammer like some sort of 1970s prison exploitation movie. And then on top of all THAT, she ends up getting murdered in Ohio. At least she got to give Quasar an atomic noogie.Be here next week as we continue with Captain America and the Scourge of the Underworld!Promo: CAPES ON THE COUCH (https://capesonthecouch.live/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Captain America #318 (1986)It's true — we have now entered Captain America's Guy Fieri phase as he travels the USA, not for “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” but more “Diners, Drive-Ins and CRIMES!” He's putzing around in a windowless van like he's in BLACK PHONE or something, showing off his Wakandan road technology. He runs into Blue Streak, the roller-skate based villain that goes it alone and changes outfits quicker than David Spade in that airplane bathroom in TOMMY BOY. Unfortunately for Blue Streak, it is 1986 and he's in a Captain America comic so he's soon to depart this mortal coil. Just ask Death Adder. Your co-worker ditches you to go see the first WrestleMania and next thing you know, some starstruck cabbie is waving a weapon in our face.Also (man there's too much here), Cap checks in with Jim Shooter and the Rockettes go on a massive group date with Hercules and Namor!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:13:10 ***All this plus some convo on AGATHA ALL ALONG, THE PENGUIN and Jen buys a statue!Promo: WEIRD WARRIORS (weirdwarriorspodcast.podbean.com)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

It is time for another [RANDOM] OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE segment as Shawn goes it solo to explain the history and general existence of an arbitrary Marvel Comics character (circa 1986).This week we see what the deal is with Marvel's resident Jesus Christ cosplayer AQUARIAN! For some reason, Marvel decided to give this guy a carbon copy of Superman's origin, exploding planets and what not. He's also been adopted by Namorita, press-slammed Man-Thing and gotten up close and personal with the Cosmic Cube. Aquarian can be pretty powerful, power-dampening abilities and all, but can he be defeated by a slow-moving NERF ball?Be here next week as we dive into some Captain America from 80's.Promo: DC SPECIALCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering:FEEDING TIME (Ep6 - Airdate: 9/21/96)Join us as we discuss topics such as:the greasiest bag lunchesholding the Olympics inside the Daily Planet officeBrion James absolutely nailing it as the voice of Parasitewhen are we going to see Superman's cold breath in actionhow Clark Kent affords such a nice balcony*** PROPER EPISODE DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:07 ***Also, we chat about our Halloween costumes and the 1994 sci-fi flop BRAINSCAN.Promo: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FROM THE BEGINNING (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-amazing-spider-man-from-the-beginning/id1750730665)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!http://bit.ly/wcepod

Saga of the Swamp Thing #6 (1982)The SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING comes to an end as we finally make it to the Plague Ship, where Swampy encounters a frilly tentacle alien. It gets even wilder when a masquerade ball turns into a cyclops gathering at the stroke of midnight. This is a transitional book of sorts but lots to unpack such as Swamp Thing's traversing half of the Eastern coastline on foot in a matter of hours and the best way to attack someone with a physician's bag.Also, our back-up story sees Phantom Stranger confronts Death in his penthouse to question the accuracy of his scheduling of pretty blond ladies who trip in the street.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:44 ***All this plus recap the recent DISMEMBER THE ALAMO event and some fun horror films.Promo: 3RD DEGREE BYRNE (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/3rd-degree-byrne/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Saga of the Swamp Thing #5 (1982)We keep rolling with our friend Swamp Thing as he takes on a bit of convalescence in a unaccredited hospital that stores a bunch of pink clones in the basement. It might very well be a sequel (or prequel) to BARBARIAN that Swampy has found himself wrapped up in. Regardless, it is a wild time with chokeslams, Swamp Thing back-body dropping security guards and an evil Captain Kangaroo running around.Also, our back-up story sees Phantom Stranger cosplaying as Phil Donahue (RIP) to defeat his nemesis Tannarak by turning him into an ornery baby. *** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:44 ***All this plus we rewatch BLOOD BEACH~! and it is as great as we remembered.Promo: CHECKERED PAST (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/checkered-past/id1350233450)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Saga of the Swamp Thing #4 (1982)Happy Halloween Month! In honor of the spooky season, we start a run on some pre-Alan Moore SWAMP THING because nothing is more frightening than a moist, musty man covered in moss.Here, Swamp Thing finds himself in the back of a watermelon transport and is dumped in the path of a child-murdering demon. We also get a large helping of media accountability, DEATH TO SMOOCHY comparisons and swamp monster flexibility.As a bonus, there's even a backup tale with Phantom Stranger posting for lucha libre bumps in a hospital rampant with occult-fueled surgeons.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:11:54 ***Also, be here for some chatter on recent horror cinema!Promo: THE MONSTERS THAT MADE US (https://www.cageclub.me/monsters/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

It is time to return to our rewatch of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! This time out, we are covering:FUN AND GAMES (Airdate: 9/7/96)A LITTLE PIECE OF HOME (Airdate: 9/14/96)Join us as we discuss topics such as:Bruno Mannheim's dump truck assThe dawn of the “fused-hand” fetishEliot Stabler squares off against a giant duckLois Lane's need for a modest action skirtThe proper way to run a newspaperKryptonite triggering Superman's IBS*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:11:39 ***Also, we discuss some recent purchases and share our thoughts on the THUNDERBOLTS trailer.Promo: THE BAT-POD (https://www.thebatpod.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Silver Surfer #3 (1968)It's the debut of Marvel's [kind of] Satan, Mephisto, as we close out our Silver Surfer run. Surfer saves the Earth girl from last episode but Earth is ungrateful and calls him a “rotten killer.” In response, Silver Surfer disables the planet with an EMP for about ten minutes, probably killing millions in the process. Meanwhile, Mephisto gets hot over Surfer giving humanity grief because that's HIS job dammit. Find out how it all ends PLUS we discuss Mephisto's hair care, Silver Surfer channeling Dylan McKay and even a bit of alien anatomy.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:27:27 ***Also, we chat about some Batman Day purchases and some of the insanity that is LOIS LANE: ENEMY OF THE PEOPLEPromo: BATMAN FAMILY REUNION (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Silver Surfer #2 (1968)We're back on track with the Silver Surfer's earth-bound adventures as the Sentinel of the Spaceways attempts to figure out his place on this infernal planet. He starts out in Transylvania but Teddy Roosevelt runs him out of town. Then it is off to NYC (?) but since Surfer is practically nude, all they want to do is throw him in jail. Maybe warning the planet about the invading force of invisible reptilian aliens will endear him to us. Probably not but an alien's gotta try….Also, Ben Grimm's cousin, “Meaty Hands” Larry Grimm, boiled pigeon dinners and how to live a zesty extraterrestrial life! *** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:07:35 ***All this plus Shawn goes to a local toy convention and we try to recall the early 90s live-action SUPERBOY show but can't because it was in syndication and there were other things going on.Promo: QUAD M PRODUCTIONS (https://www.quadmproductions.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

[R]OHOTMU: Turner D. CenturyIt's the RETURN of the [RANDOM] OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE segment as Shawn goes it solo to explain the history and general existence of an arbitrary Marvel Comics character (circa 1986).Join as Shawn earnestly stumbles his way through the tale of Turner D. Century, the anachronistic Spider-Woman villain who rode a flying bicycle and had a flamethrower umbrella. This dude was raised in a full-scale Madame Tussauds and went violently bonkers on San Francisco all because of a bit of debauchery (maybe a lot of debauchery — still not cool). His biggest scheme involved the use of ultrasonic waves to wipe out the Gen X population of NYC, but, he couldn't figure out the remote, Universal Remote my ass!Be here next week as we pick up on the cosmic tale of early Silver Surfer adventures!Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!http://bit.ly/wcepod

Silver Surfer #1 (1968)So, ok, this is a REALLY GOOD comic book and not the worst of our collection BUT there is a lot to pick apart and make fun of because, my goodness, is Silver Surfer a dramatic boy! Join us as we talk about the Surfer's first ongoing book where we learn about how extra he was as young Norrin Radd on Zenn-La. Dude was SO BORED on a planet full of peace and art and prosperity. He wanted to fly around and look under rocks that he shouldn't just because HE didn't earn it. Brother — take up knitting or something. Thank goodness for Galactus swinging by to eat their planet. We also got annoyed fish, battling Yetis, knowledge being beamed right into the skull and Shalla-Bal attempting to chokeslam herself out of grief. It's all here and it's going to be RAD(D)!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:01 ***All this plus some discussion on the DC's CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS animated film and whether or not the new Superman movie might be good.Promo: BATGIRL TO ORACLE: A BARBARA GORDON PODCAST (https://thebatmanuniverse.net/category/podcast/bto/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

We are trying something very different out this week as we kick what will be an ongoing (most likely monthly) retrospective of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! Be here this week for coverage on the first THREE (!) episodes of the series:THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON - Part 1 (Airdate: 9/6/96)THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON - Part 2 (Airdate: 9/6/96)THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON - Part 3 (Airdate: 9/6/96)Join us as we heap massive praise on this wonderful animated show, from the writing to the art and especially the casting. We also delve into topics such as:Why is Brainiac such a lazy creep?Why didn't Jor-El take the family and just peace out of Krypton when everyone wouldn't trust him?Did the Kents not harbor any concern that their new baby might melt their faces with cosmic radiation?How is Lana no-selling Clark walking out of flaming wreckage like the Terminator?Does Bibbo constantly carry around that crowbar?Promo: ROLLED SPINE PODCASTS (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rolled-spine-podcasts/id908880908)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Shadowpact #3 (2006)We're almost there but Shadowpact is SUPER close to figuring out this Pentacle Plot and saving Wyoming. If only they can escape from their blood prisons with the help of David Lynch and his high standards for villainy.All this plus Detective Chimp getting his revenge, Blue Devil as Drew McIntyre and the Murder Hole in action!Promo: REQUIRED READING (https://requiredreadingwithtomandstella.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Shadowpact #2 (2006)Shadowpact is still stuck inside the blood bubble, running out of time as the Pentacle enacts its plans to throw innocent people into the MURDER HOLE. Can they save the town or will a psychotic child (?) in a Boy Scout uniform prove victorious?*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:19 ***All this plus super-beings outfit-shaming each other, a sword that makes you sleepy and why the Mandalorian is such a dim fellow.Promo: ONCE UPON A GEEK (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/onceuponageek/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Shadowpact #1 (2006)Shadowpact is a group of paranormal-flavored heroes investigating paranormal-flavored villains and calamities. I was going to make a sly comment and say they are “Justice League Dark with a recovering alcoholic monkey” but Detective Chimp kicks it both groups so I'll just go kick rocks.Join us as a dome of blood envelopes a Wyoming town like a Stephen King novel. Phantom Stranger proves to be useless as do Superman and Green Lantern but that's ok because Ragman and friends are here. It's up to them to take down the Pentacle, a group consisting of an Italian witch, David Lynch, Sister Christian and some of the worst villain names we've seen in a long while.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:49 ***All this plus Jen's thoughts on the Bruce Timm Batman series BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER on Amazon and, hell, some WWE SummerSlam conversation as well.Promo: PEACE BOUND AND DOWN - A WONDER WOMAN PODCASTContinue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!http://bit.ly/wcepod

Secret Defenders #17 (1994)We wrap our short duology of Deadpool stories as we cover the conclusion of his team-up with Doctor Druid, Luke Cage, Shadowoman and the hip new hero Cadaver. The Secret crew seeks to stop the maniacal Malachi from whizzing all over the time-stream just to resurrect her ambivalent lover. All this at the cost of turning kindergarteners into early on-set Adam Sandlers and robbing Seattle of corn. Things get even worse when the malevolent (not Doctor) Strange shows up to collect magic gimmicks while the real Doctor Strange is stuck in limbo looking like a present-day Trent Reznor with Paulie Walnuts hair.*** DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE SPOILERS — 00:04:21 to 00:19:03 ****** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:27:53 ***All this plus a meaty DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE conversation (with spoilers - see above) and our thought on Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU as NOT Iron Man.Promo: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FROM THE BEGINNING (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-amazing-spider-man-from-the-beginning/id1750730665)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!http://bit.ly/wcepod

Secret Defenders #16 (1994)It's a new run of books as we prep for DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE with some early Deadpool content. Here, our favorite Merc with a Mouth joins up with the Secret Defenders - Doctor Strange's (and eventually Doctor Druid's) crew of randomly aligned heroes. In this case, it is Luke Cage (neat), Shadowoman (who?) and Doctor Druid (bleh)Check us out as we chat about Seattle graveyards, pre-death “your mom” jokes, Spider-Woman's garage sale, Chris Cornell, reincarnation and zombie teenager superheroes.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:19:00 ***All this plus we rock some introspection over a dual rewatch of X-MEN (2000) and X2! Turns out they are both still pretty great!Promo: OHOTMU OR NOT (http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/ohotmu-or-not/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!http://bit.ly/wcepod

Daredevil #164 (1980)We've reached the end of this Daredevil “Marked For Death” storyline and it doesn't appear that we've gotten anywhere. All we get here is a DD origin story - which is nice - but what does it have to do with him being targeted?Anyway, Daredevil shares his life story including tales about his school bully John Cena, how he became a pretzel snob and the time he watched his dad box Morgan Freeman. Also, Ben Urich smokes in a hospital!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:20:26 ***All this plus we share our thoughts on the new trailers for CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD and AGATHA ALL ALONG!Promo: THE LAW OF EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE (https://loee.buzzsprout.com/ )Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Daredevil #163 (1979)The Hulk rolls into town as we carry on with Daredevil not being so much “marked for death” as he is “marked for some really bad publicity” as Ben Urich closes in on his identity. Not only that, but DD has to deal with Bruce Banner spiking his fine china like a football, Foggy telling dirty jokes to priests and disco dudes sweeping up his ex-girlfriends. It will all be well if you just keep your cool on the subway and don't let Mean Gene Okerlund put out his cigar on your jacket*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:17:14 ***All this plus we chat about our general malaise towards celebrity autographs and why you should, SERIAL on NPR and why you shouldn't harass Tom Atkins.Promo: WHEN IT WAS COOL (https://www.whenitwascool.com/whenitwascoolpodcast)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Daredevil #161 (1979)Daredevil is STILL marked for death and but now he's gonna do something about it. Bullseye has captured Black Widow and put a Real Doll of her on a rollercoaster track. DD has to avoid a descending restaurant, a knife-throwing Beyonder and a barrage of baseballs to get her back.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:27 ***All this plus we discuss brown food in North Hollywood, wallet chains and Donald Pleasance eating spaghetti at an Italian Wendy's.Promo: SUPERMAN RADIO REVISITED (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matthew-t-cody) Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!