Podcasts about Avengers Arena

Today we talk about more White Tigers, one is... a white tiger who was transformed into a woman, one is Kevin Cole who tried to be Black Panther until he was told no, and the last is Ava Ayala, who you may have seen on Spidey & His Amazing Friends. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Heroes for Hire (1997) #1-9, 11-16 -Thunderbolts (1997) #8 -Quicksilver (1997) #11-12 -Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver Annual (1998) #1 -Black Panther (1998) #50-56, 59-62 -The Crew (2003) -Avengers Academy (2010) #20-39 -Avengers Arena (2012) #13 -Mighty Avengers (2013) #1, 3-8, 12-14 -Young Avengers (2013) #12-14 -Infinity: Heist (2013) #3 -Captain America & The Mighty Avengers (2014) -New Avengers (2015) -Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016) #3-4 -The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) #8, 27 -Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #10 -Black Panther: World of Wakanda (2016) #6 -Defenders (2017) #9 -Black Panther (2016) #170-171 -Captain America (2018) #7-9, 12-14, 16, 29 -Marvel Comics (2019) #1000 -Contagion (2019) #3-5 -Black Panther (2018) #18, 23-25 -Women of Marvel (2021) #1 -Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2021) #1 -Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2022) #1 -Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #78-79 -Birds of Prey (2023) vol 1 -Love Everlasting vol 2 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Yo boys are back for another X-Men discussion. Arcade has hit the scene and he doesn't realize that he's playing for realsies. The X-Men fend for themselves as Professor X struggles to keep Juggernaut in a comatose state. All the while, Risty is not who she seems to be. On this episode we talk Avengers Arena, Battle Royale, oh yea, and we cover X-Men. Excelsior!

Today we talk about Power Pack, a group made up of four siblings: Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie, who are given superpowers from an alien to go save their dad who was kidnapped by a different alien. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Power Pack (1984) -Uncanny X-Men (1981) #195, 205 -Thor (1966) #357, 363 -Secret Wars II (1985) #6 -X-Factor Annual (1986) #2 -X-Factor (1986) #25 -Strange Tales (1987) #12-14 -Power Pack & Cloak and Dagger: Shelter from the Storm (1989) #1 -Fantastic Four (1961) #337, 574, 579-580, 584-588, 600, 604, 607-608 -Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #23 -Excalibur (1988) #29 -Marvel Fanfare (1982) #55 -Wolverine (1988) #37 -Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #6 -Power Pack Holiday Special (1992) -New Warriors (1990) #48-51, 56-75 -Nova (1994) #7 -Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha (1995) #1 -Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #227-228 -Web of Spider-Man (1985) #129 -Green Goblin (1995) #2 -Web of Scarlet Spider (1995) #3 -Venom: The Hunted (1996) #2-3 -Power Pack (2000) -Runaways (2005) #1-6 -The Loners (2007) -G.L.A. (2005) #2 -Marvel Holiday Special 2007 -War of Kings: Darkhawk (2009) #1 -Girl Comics (2010) #2 -FF (2011) #1-5, 11-23 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #658-661, 666 -X-23 (2010) #14-15 -Avengers Academy (2010) #20-39 -Avengers: Solo (2011) #5 -FF (2012) -Avenging Spider-Man (2011) #17 -Deadpool (2012) #7 -Avengers Arena (2012) #13 -Infinity: The Hunt (2013) -Young Avengers (2013) #12-15 -Fantastic Four (2014) #3, 5-6, 8-9, 13-14, 643-645 -Free Comic Book Day (Secret Wars) (2015) -Secret Wars (2015) #9 -Civil War II: Choosing Sides (2016) #4 -Deadpool: Back in Black (2016) #2 -Power Pack (2017) #63 -The Unbelievable Gwenpool (2016) #25 -Runaways (2017) #8-10 -Fantastic Four (2018) #2-4, 12, 26 -Future Foundation (2019) -Power Pack: Grow Up! (2019) #1 -Marvel Comics (2019) #1001 -Champions (2020) #1, 9 -Power Pack (2020) -It's Jeff Infinity Comic (2021) #1 -Love Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #44-49 -Marvel's Voices: Pride (2023) #1 -Power Pack: Into the Storm (2024) -The Boy Wonder (2024) #3 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

We're getting in touch with our inner teenagers this week for a very DRAMATIC edition of Dollar Bin Discoveries. Mike brought Avengers Arena #1 into the mix, while Jessika is coming to the table with Turtles in Time #3. That's right, it's an episode all about 2010s teen drama! ----more---- Our new site is live! For the transcript of this episode, head over to https://www.tencenttakes.com/transcripts.   Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com Twitter: @Tencenttakes Instagram: @Tencenttakes Facebook: /Tencenttakes Mastodon: retro.pizza/@tencenttakes Our banner art is original work by Sarah Frank  (https://www.lookmomdraws.com/) Hive: Tencenttakes

In this episode Kyle reviews Avengers Arena #3 Writer- Dennis Hopless Penciler- Kev Walker Inker- Kev Walker Colorist- Frank Martin Jr. Letterer- Joe Caramagna Editors- Bill Rosemann and Jon Moisan What happens in the Issue? Tune in and find out Follow me at  www.instagram.com/knockedoutfilms Digital Products- payhip.com/KnockedOutfilms Physical Products- https://knockedoutfilms.bigcartel.com/ 

Updates: Agatha: Coven of Chaos adds Patti LuPone as Lila Calderu Comics: Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #1 [15:09] Static: Shadows of Dakota #3 [22:25] Hellcat #2 [26:55] Mentions: The X-Cellent #3, The Magic Order 4 #4, Avengers Assemble Omega, She-Hulk #12 AR Club: Avengers Arena 15-18, next Justice League Unlimited 13-14 [30:51]

**SPOILERS FOR THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE**This is an audio transfer of Sunday's live stream. Click the link to watch the live video unedited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEvoRqnrxuE Bread and butter: (47:04) Star Wars Celebration and tons more in the news!- (47:04) In memoriam- (55:33) Misc.- (1:29:26) Casting- (1:34:33) Comics- (1:39:08) Star Wars: Celebration- (2:31:13) Trailer TalkMain Course: (2:58:28) A review of The Super Mario Bros. MovieFNBookClub: (3:54:20) Avengers Arena Vol. 1: Kill Or DiePersonal Links- Brandon's CBR Work: https://www.cbr.com/author/brandon_mcclure/?_locale=en - Brandon's Latest - Will Willow Return From Beyond The Shattered Sea?: https://www.atomicgeekdom.com/blog/will-willow-return-from-beyond-the-shattered-sea- Dndark S1 E22 - Shop Like an Egyptian: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-e22-shop-like-an-egyptian/id1650019202?i=1000607526921 From The Network- Subscribe to The Reel Score: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-score/id1678171542- Fake Nerds Watch - Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Ep. 7 "Dominion" Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVWqeoqMf3g&t=16s - Fake Nerds Watch - Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Ep. 7 "Dominion" Review (Audio): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/star-trek-picard-season-3-ep-7-dominion-review/id1668510804?i=1000607571709 - Basement Arcade: Pause Menu - Q1 2023 - Pause Menu Quarterly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9uc1b_BXSw&t=74s- Basement Arcade: Pause Menu - Q1 2023 - Pause Menu Quarterly (Audio): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q1-2023-pause-menu-quarterly/id1592846970?i=1000607995783- Basement Arcade: Pause Menu - Video Game Music w/ Gerry Trevino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2wNYG0Cxsc&t=48s - Basement Arcade: Pause Menu - Video Game Music w/ Gerry Trevino (Audio): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/video-game-music-w-gerry-trevino/id1592846970?i=1000607894271 Show LinksWebsite: http://www.fakenerdpodcast.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqTS1ndSguLHfbkQTnHHFNw/featuredPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/fakenerdpodcastTeepublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/fakenerdpodTags: #FakeNerdPod #FNBookClub #BreadandButter #TheSuperMarioBrosMovie #SuperMarioBros #MarioandLuigi #Mario #Luigi #Bowser #PrincessPeach #Toad #MushroomKingdom #StarWars #StarWarsCelebration #Ahsoka #IndianaJones #SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse #SpiderVerse #Moana #SpiderMan ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Step right up and listen to our episode about the most lethal carnival barker ever, ARCADE! Do Anthony & Doc press their luck and win big prizes, or do they hit a whammy with this assassin? Intro Background (2:02) Arcade created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne in Marvel Team-Up #65 (Jan 1978) Debuted as a hitman trying to kill Spider-Man and Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) in a game-like complex called Murderworld He often reappears regularly, establishing a new Murderworld with the help of various assistants, all of them designed to kill different heroes or pairs of heroes Murderworld is always filled with elaborate traps to extract maximum entertainment out of the killing, but Arcade always leaves his victims a sporting chance to escape - which they overwhelmingly do One of his biggest stories was Avengers Arena, where he kidnapped 16 teen heroes and brought them to an island, forcing them to kill each other until one survives, Battle Royale-style - unlike most previous stories, he does manage to kill several of the heroes Unlike many characters, little is known about Arcade's background - he claims to have grown up wealthy, but he was cut off by his father, whom he murdered in response Issues (4:48) Arcade. What Kevin McCallister probably would have become had he not grown up to be the Jigsaw Killer instead. The guy whose goofy panache and gimmicky trademarks bely a very dangerous and accomplished assassin. Arcade is one of those characters who's not even remotely a mystery in terms of his issues: Obsession with violence for the sake of entertainment. Think of the amount of work that goes into building the Murderworlds we've seen in the comics. Finding the physical space. Laying the foundation for construction. The blueprints, the design. Building a structure strong enough to withstand the impact of super-powered beings. Meticulously engineering multiple complex mechanical, electrical, computer, and robotics systems that all have to work in tandem with one another. Countless quality assurance tests to make sure everything runs the way he intends them to. And he custom-designs these giant deathtraps for every target. As an assassin, if his objective was just to kill, he could easily just use a ten-cent bullet. The sheer lengths that he goes to in order to carry out his hits are proof positive that it's not about the killing or the money he's being paid to kill for him, he really, really enjoys watching his targets struggle against his machinations, and the entertainment level that the violence and mayhem provide him. Disassociation with his actions. Much like the Jigsaw Killer, Arcade will never build a deathtrap that doesn't allow his victims a sporting chance to escape. Arcade has no philosophical motive towards making his targets appreciate their lives, however; he just doesn't think the game is any fun if the outcome is predetermined in advance. This does tend to cause him to overlook part of his own responsibility in what he's doing. It's not me killing these people. It's Murderworld. It's completely possible for them to win the game I've put them in, they're just not very good at it. (10:36) Inferiority complex. As revealed in the Avengers Arena arc, Arcade has an extremely poor reputation among both the superhero and supervillain community. Although he has a sterling record killing run of the mill targets, he has failed to kill every single superhero he's ever been contracted to assassinate. This causes him to suffer a deep depression when he finds out about it -- at his own birthday party, no less. (15:10) Break (21:55) Plugs for ODPH, Popcorn Psychology, and Chris Claremont Treatment (22:51) In-universe -  Out of universe -  People inured to the concept of violence when they see it on TV or on a computer screen, fans of contact or combat sports who turn themselves off to the pain being endured by the athletes for the sake of their entertainment. As a possible in-universe or out-of-universe way of diverting his talents to something not quite so evil, tell me Arcade -- with his proclivity for presentation, entertainment, and high stakes -- wouldn't make a perfect booker for a professional wrestling company. Skit (39:55) DOC: What? Huh? Where am I? ARCADE: Hello Doctor Issues, welcome to Murderworld! DOC: Who are you? ARCADE: I'm your friendly host, Arcade! You'll remember your stay here for the rest of your life. Unfortunately for you, that'll be, oh, about five more minutes! DOC: What? You won't get away with this! As soon as I call… ARCADE: Call whom? With what? You have no phone, no technology, no nothing. Let's face it, Doc, you're lonelier than a pimple-faced teen on prom night. But it's not all bad news, let me give you the rundown on exactly what's going to happen. You've got exactly five minutes to find the door that leads to your freedom, or this whole place will explode with the force of a hydrogen bomb, sending your atoms back into the oblivion from whence they came. DOC: Why do I have a feeling you're not exactly being honest with me? ARCADE: What would I have to gain from lying? You find the door, you walk away free. On my honor. DOC: All offense intended, that's not exactly encouraging. What's the catch? ARCADE: Fair enough, good sir. Now, if you walk through the door you're free. GETTING to the door, however… now there, I make no promises. Oh, and your clock starts… now. DOC: *running sounds* OK, I think I see something in this wooded area… WHOA. ARCADE: Ahh, here's your first test. Sure, there's a doorway just a few feet away. If only the whole ground, walls, and ceiling wasn't covered with arthropods, bugs, and more legs than the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular!  DOC: *shudders* Yeesh. ARCADE: Oh that's right, I forgot, you're terrified of… DOC: Hup hup haaahh… joke's on you, I'm not scared of bugs anymore. And I made it through the door with plenty of time to - aww man! ARCADE: Alright, fine, you made it through that one. But here's your next challenge - public speaking! All you have to do is recite the hippocratic oath in front of this crowd of people and TV cameras! Oh, such a shame I forgot to have a copy printed out for you in advance. Clock's ticking and all that. Welp, I guess you'll have to- DOC: *speedily* I do solemnly swear, by that which I hold most sacred, that I will be loyal to the profession of medicine, and just and generous to its members. I will lead my life and practice my art in uprightness and honor. And unto whoever house I enter, it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of my power. Holding myself apart from corruption, from tempting, from vice. I will exercise my art solely for the cure of my patients, and I will perform no operation for criminal purpose, even if solicited… ARCADE: Alright, hurry up and get to the finish so you can just die… DOC: But I didn't- ARCADE: Bah, you didn't stumble at all. I'm not worried, though, because there's no way you're going to make it through this last trap. Besides, you've only got thirty seconds left, and you won't solve this math- DOC: The limit does not exist. *unlock sound* *door opens* ARCADE: I… I really thought I was going to do it this time. I did my research, found out what you were afraid of. And then the math thing, I mean who can do differential calculus in their head like that? DOC: Haven't been scared of bugs in years. Public speaking? Dude, I host a podcast. And the math thing… did you do all that just for a Mean Girls reference? ARCADE: I gotta be honest, this wasn't my best work. I don't have my usual resources, I put a lot into Bitcoin, and whatever was in cash I had in Silicon Valley Bank. This kinda got slapped together.  DOC: Yeah, I can tell. My question is why? ARCADE: Ever since I knocked off those teens, I was riding high for a while. Then things came crashing down, and I needed another big win. I thought taking out the psychiatrist to the caped community would put me back on top.  DOC: But why do you have to be back on top? Do you realize the level of engineering and coordination it takes to set something up like this? You have an understanding of logistics and detail most people could only dream of. If you stopped trying to focus on killing people and pivoted towards a legitimate business, you could be the best in the field at that. ARCADE: But where's the challenge? The sport in watching someone try to figure out if they'll live? The adrenaline rush that you get seeing a person's head explode like a balloon? Without that, it's all just blueprints and greenbacks. There's more to life than money, surely you can appreciate that. DOC: I can, and far be it for me to tell someone not to pursue their passion. But when that passion comes at the expense of creating dangerous and deadly situations for innocent people, that's where- ARCADE: Oh come off it, Doctor. You can't possibly believe these caped clowns are innocent? How much collateral damage do they cause on a regular basis? I'm willing to wager that even your office has been impacted by them on more than one occasion. DOC: That's not the point. That's no reason to hurt or kill them. ARCADE: I didn't hear a denial. And anyway, it's all in the name of entertainment. Do you watch sports? Football? Boxing? MMA? I just take humanity's innate thirst for blood and guts, and I take it to its logical extremes. We thrill at the idea of someone pounding a man's skull in until he's incapable of speech, leaving him functionally brain dead towards the end of his life. But someone giving him the mercy of delivering a killing blow is beyond the pale? Let me ask you - would you rather remember Ali going out gracefully in 1978, or as a pale shell of his former self at the end of his life? DOC: Even if that's not a horrible analogy, which it absolutely is, you're ignoring the most important thing: choice. You kidnap these people and force them to kill or survive. That's not fair at all. ARCADE: It's not a guarantee that they'll die. There's always a sporting chance. Something to keep it interesting. DOC: Interesting for whom? That's my point.  ARCADE: For me, of course! What difference does it make if it doesn't interest anyone else? But you know that's false, too. Have you witnessed bare knuckle brawls, slap fighting, high speed racing? No one is there for competition alone. They all want to see someone's life changed forever…or ended. DOC: There's one thing you keep forgetting to mention…choice. Free will. It's obvious that you want complete control, AND you want violence. That's a terrible combination. ARCADE: We are made to compete. It's our nature. And we are destined to die. I make sure these happen at peak performance value. DOC: Then what's the difference between a game and…*snaps fingers* a game? That's it! A game! ARCADE: What are you getting at? DOC: Ever seen Wipeout? MXC? Ninja Warrior? Those are voluntary shows with some brutal consequences but people consider them to be in poor taste, not horrific. ARCADE: *slow to understand* And so… DOC: You could outplan all of those contraptions, I'm sure of it! But you're so stuck on one note that you've limited your creativity. It's death or nothing for you. How dull.  ARCADE: You mean…permanent disfigurement? DOC: *sigh* Broader than that! How about temporary embarrassment? Self doubt leading to self actualization. Impossible mortal feats being made possible to the non-caped community! ARCADE: Well, necromancy is where I draw the line DOC: Ugh…aaaaaanyway, my point is, do you think you could create a course so deviant that no one could solve it, and still not die? ARCADE: *pause* You are an absolute MADMAN, you know that? DOC: I'm sure it would have the backing of several major networks worth billions of dollars to the inventor and producer. ARCADE: *pause* My world is spinning right now. This is all absurd. You don't put people through trials and torture just to watch them succeed! DOC: Is it really that much worse than putting them through trials to DIE and they STILL succeed? ARCADE: Perhaps not. We'll have to agree to disagree then. DOC: *pause* wait, that's all? No extra ranting? No threats to kill me some other way? Just letting me go? ARCADE: I gave my word. You're not an interesting target anyway. You have no abilities, no talent, and it's obvious you don't do much for patients besides giving them guilt trips. DOC: That's a low blow ARCADE: No hard feelings. Shake on it?  DOC: *clearly wary* You serious right now? ARCADE: Always find ways to be serious when you're having fun, doctor. DOC: Alright *sound effects of struggle* ARCADE: YOU CHEATER! DOC: *out of breath* I may not know combat techniques, but I learned how to perform a patient takedown! You're not going anywhere until the proper authorities arrive *sound effect of handcuffs* and it's not a great idea to leave restraint equipment around even if you don't think anyone will be alive to use it. ARCADE: This isn't fair! I demand a do-over! A reset! … Ending Recommended reading:Avengers Arena Next episodes: Jonah Hex, Mister Sinister, Jeremy & Bre interview Plugs for social & GonnaGeek Network References: Tolerance paradox - Anthony (21:18) Motorhead “The Game” - Doc (51:27) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Twitter Facebook TikTok  Patreon TeePublic Discord

Updates Feige gives MCU update: Spider-Man 4 w/Holland, Deadpool 3 will be rated R, Blade begins filming in 10 weeks [2:54] Comics Photon #3 [11:27] Fantastic Four #4 [18:59] Captain Marvel #46 [23:54] X-Men #19 [29:05] Mentions: Batman Inc. #5, Avengers Forever #14, Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1, Nightcrawlers #1, AR Club: Young Avengers vol 1 or Avengers Arena for March? Rewatch: Ant-Man: Quantumania [36:27]

Movie of the Year: 2002Battle RoyaleThe Taste Buds goes to a remote island to kill each other discussing Battle Royale!Before Squid Game, before Ready or Not, before Avengers Arena, before the Purge series, before the Hunger Games, there was Battle Royale. The final film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, with a screenplay written by his son, Kenta Fukasaku, Battle Royale follows a 9th grade class on a field trip gone awry. In the near future, the Japanese government has passed the "BR" act out of fear of wayward youths. So they regularly send entire classes out to kill each other on a prepared battlefield. We get to know 40 some students, including, Shuya, a boy haunted by his father's suicide; Kuninobu, Shuyo's best friend who maybe stabbed a teacher once and is in love with Noriko, who MIGHT be in love with Shuya--because even though they're fighting for their lives, the kids still got crushes! Some of the kids embrace the game, some kill themselves rather than take out a classmate, some get slowly dragged into the proceedings but they're all at the whims oaf the army and their vengeful former teacher.The Taste Buds explore the legacy of Battle Royale and what makes it stand out from the imitators, what the film is saying about childhood vs adulthood, and the purpose of the transfer students! Plus the Rushmore of 2002 Fashion, a draft of killer children, and so much more!Make sure to also:Check out the 2002 bracketVisit our websiteUse our Amazon page!Join our Patreon team! (to get the show early and hear bonus segments!)Like us!Follow us!

Today we talk about the Bloodstone family, started by Ulysses Bloodstone who was an immortal monster hunter until he died and was succeeded by his daughter Elsa, who found her lost brother Cullen in another dimension, and then they discovered their sister Lyra! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Marvel Presents (1975) #1-#2 -Bloodstone (2001) -Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone & the Monster Hunters (2005) -Nextwave (2006) -Astonishing Tales: Boom Boom & Elsa Bloodstone (2009) #1 -Legion of Monsters (2011) -Avengers Arena (2012) -Avengers Undercover (2014) -Marvel Zombies (2015) -Monsters Unleashed! (2017) -Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018) -Excalibur (2019) #8 -Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone (2022) #1 -Batman vs. Robin (2022) #1 -Tales of the Human Target (2022) #1 -Dark Knights of Steel: Tales from the Three Kingdoms (2022) #1 -Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Another fun week at Arkham Comics and Games filled with laughs, books, bad jokes and just an all around great time hanging out talking all things comics!  If you like hanging out in a comic book store then this is the podcast for you!  Come on in and join John & DJ in a good ole fashion comic book store conversation.

On this week's comic book review podcast: Ultramega #1 Image Comics By James Harren Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1 Marvel By Si Spurrier & Sergio Dávila Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 Dark Horse Comics By James Stokoe Catwoman #29 DC Comics Written by Ram V Art by Fernando Blanco Radiant Black #2 Image Comics Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Marcelo Costa The Amazing Spider-Man: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Jed MacKay Art by Michele Bandini, Alberto Albuquerque Nightwing #78 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by Bruno Redondo Orcs! #2 Kaboom! By Christine Larsen The Trials of Ultraman #1 Marvel Written by Kyle Higgins & Mat Groom Art by Francesco Manna, Eduardo Ferigato and Gurihiru Justice League #59 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Ram V Art by David Marquez, Xermanico Snow Angels #2 ComiXology Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Jock SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that come out this week, but not Head Lopper. Justin:              Yeah, what the fuck, man? Alex:                 Never Head Lopper, never, ever. [crosstalk 00:00:22] They barely lop any heads anymore in that book. [crosstalk 00:00:28] Justin:              It should be Head Notper because they're not lopping anything up. Alex:                 It's a very good book. We're just not talking about it in The Stack. Instead, we're going to kick things off, talking about Ultramega #1, from Image Comics by James Harren. I think you actually said it best on the live show, Justin, so I don't know if you want to just take it from here, but I think you totally nailed my thoughts on this book. Justin:              Yeah. And so this book is a take on Kaiju, sort of a dark take. I've never been a Kaiju guy in comic book form. Pete:                Really? Justin:              Just in the comics, I feel like a lot of them are sort of similar to what we've seen before. And this book is such a dark take on it. You're in this character's head, it's just such a fresh version of this type of book. I loved every bit of the story and so many surprising moments and especially where it lands by the end. This was definitely the… Caught me off guard and was the most surprising and exciting book of the week for me. Pete:                Wow. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? Pete:                I loved it. The art's unbelievable. This is a real epic book. Unbelievable battles, super gross. Yeah. The storyline is really creative and different. It's dark in all the right places, creepy and gross looking in all the right places and huge and intense and others. And it's just really, really well done. Justin:              [crosstalk 00:01:56] Sorry, before you get there, Alex, one last thing, it's also the rare book that goes hard. It doesn't just set up the premise and then sit in it and be like, “Tune in next week.” Kind of a thing. It goes hard at the ideas and really pushes it. Alex:                 The basic premise of the thing. And this gives away the first couple of pages, which I think are surprising and exciting in and of themself as they slowly spool out the story. But I'll do this just to tease people about it and then not talk about what happens probably in the last two thirds of the book. Well, the general idea is this weird eye creature or space being gives three people powers to turn into giant beings kind of called, at least one of them is called Ultramega. And they are able to identify a Kaiju virus that has embedded itself in people, but the catch is when they approach those people, when they see it, it activates that virus and they turn into these giant Kaiju and then they need to fight them. And it's kind of what the world deals with after that. But as Justin was mentioning, it spins in these crazy, crazy dark directions that are so good. Alex:                 Art wise as well, Pete, I don't know if you're going to take exception to this, but this reminded me in a really pleasant way of Daniel Warren Johnson and his work, just because all of the action. I think this was the thing as well that really shocked me about this book because I'm also not a huge Kaiju fan most of the time, is how clear and unique the action felt across the board, how well it was staged. Great. And it just builds too, over the course of the book. It starts with these big fights and they only get huger by the end. It's amazing. Pete:                Yeah, it really is impressive. I guess I'm the only guy who likes Kaiju but that being said, I agree with Justin with the way that it moves. This book, it feels like they really sat on this book a little bit before releasing it and went over it again and again, and tightened and made all these different things because the way it… It's just a powerhouse from start to finish. Alex:                 And the creator talks about this a little bit at the end, we should also mention it's an oversized book. I might have the page count, but it's at least 60 pages or so. Justin:              Yep. 62 pages of comic action. Alex:                 Yeah. [crosstalk 00:04:12] And he talks about this in the end where he says, I know, normally it felt like you should be doing 20 ish pages of a book, but there's so much more he wanted to say in this first issue that he just jammed it all in there and worked on it and it's totally worth it. This is an incredible book. Definitely pick it up. Easily the pick of the week, but lots of other good things on The Stack so keep listening to our podcast because here we go. [crosstalk 00:04:34] Justin:              Yeah, don't shut it off just because we got a banger. [crosstalk 00:04:36]. Alex:                 Comic book shop. Pete:                No, I mean, that's how I would listen to it. I would just be like, “Well, all right, looks like this is the one they recommend. That's on you, dear. I'm going to go to the shop.” Alex:                 Well, stay tuned for our even more pick of the week that we're going to have [crosstalk 00:04:51] Justin:              Oh, nice. Way to sell it up. P.T. Barnum. Pete, when you listen to albums back in the day were you're like, “Oh, great song, smash. I'm done with this shit.” Pete:                It's all right, man. Justin:              You're like Pearl Jam Ten or Pearl Jam One, throw the rest away. I don't care about the rest of these songs. Alex:                 Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1 from Marvel by Si Spurrier and Sergio Davila, we read the Black Knight King in Black One Shot, enjoyed that. But I think our general impression was it felt like, “Ah, this is really just setting up a Black Knight series.” Surprise, it was in fact setting up a Black Knight series. And what you get here is also a very dark take on a classic Marvel character. Justin, you're a fan of the Black Knight. How'd you feel about this one? Justin:              I love the Black Knight and this was another great book. They do a great job in this book of specifically setting up a Black Knight as sort of the dark side of a Thor. Black Knight famously an Avenger, sort of a mid-tier Avenger who wasn't a super big hero, but was around a lot in different eras of the Avengers. And in this, he feels that. He's like, “I wish I had friends. I wish I could hang out with the Avengers.” It's sad. Pete:                Yeah. It's got to be tough. You're so close yet so far away. Justin:              Yeah. Well, he was in, he's in the Avengers. [crosstalk 00:06:13] Pete:                That's what I mean, but they won't hang out with him. Justin:              Yeah. It's a bummer. They only call him for the real fucked up missions. But in this, there's a great moment in here where Thor can't pick up Black Knight's sword, the Cursed Ebony Blade, because he's too pure and he's like, “You have to have a darkness. It has to feel your shadow.” Which I thought was just a great comparison as Thor was just throwing his worthy hammer in the air. And then you have this blade that is too dark for anyone to pick up but our guy Dane. Pete:                Which is surprising, because you would think with Thor's drinking, he would have a little bit of a dark side, but apparently not. Justin:              Yeah. He's a social drinker. Pete:                Well, it's interesting, the way the conflict that he has and the way that he has to use kind of the darkness inside of him. It's not the goodness that he uses to fight. It's the dark side. It's kind of like the anger. So I very much related to that. And it was very cool. Like this moment of him trying to deal with his emotions and talk things out in a way that he can be okay with who he is and how he battles and stuff like that. I thought it was very interesting and cool. Alex:                 I like this book quite a bit too. Let's move on and talk about Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 from Dark Horse Comics by James Stokoe. Pete, I don't know why you need your Head Lopper when you got your Orphan and the Five Beasts. I mean, come on, you got an angry fighter, you got a bunch of lopping going on. That's got to satisfy you. Justin:              This is right over the Pete plate right here. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, this was great. Don't get me wrong. This was a lot of fun. The thigh master or whatever it was really fucking bad-ass. Just kind of the cloak dude who is just really great at fighting. I very, very much enjoyed this book. Alex:                 And just to be clear, we like Head Lopper. I'll stop pretending that I'm slamming it over the rest of the podcast. Justin:              Love Head Lopper. Alex:                 But this is exactly what you wanted, to have James Stokoe, I'm trying to think how to describe it, but just like quest to kill five increasingly, probably deadly villains who have killed this ronin's master sort of story. You kind of know what you're in for, but it's the regular requisite James Stokoe insane art. This is very fun. It's very enjoyable and it looks great. Pete:                Yeah. I also really liked the kind of setup. Sometimes we get a set up of like, “I have to avenge because of this or whatever.” And it's sometimes interesting, but sometimes kind of typical. This is a very kind of cool a story to kind of set up how this is all going to go down, this whole you make a promise to, “Okay, I'll give you this power, but then you've got to come back and learn the right way to use it.” And I thought it was a very cool setup for [inaudible 00:09:07] and for all this unbelievable fighting and action. Justin:              This feels like it's at the intersection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the classic, Usagi Yojimbo and Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z. And that intersection is actually where Pete lives. If you're ever looking to send some mail to Pete, that's the address. Pete:                Yeah. I definitely get my mail there. There's no question. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Catwoman #29 from DC Comics written by Ram V., art by Fernando Blanco. In this issue, Catwoman is running shit downtown, but there's some different forces who are closing in on her at the same time. A couple of things that I'll throw out to you guys right at the top here, first of all, I sort of felt this last week, but I felt this even more this week, I am really appreciating Future State even more based on the fact that DC set up these art teams, kind of gave them two months to play around and figure things out and then put them on the permanent titles. And that pays off here with a really good, beautifully drawn story. I haven't read Catwoman in a really long time, but I like this quite a bit. On the flip side of things, I am wondering, and I know there has been blow back, should they have renumbered these to #1? Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Oh, my God. Jesus Christ. Justin:              I'm surprised they didn't, to be honest. But I do think coming out of Future State, which was all #1s and #2s, I get why they just kept going. And I appreciate that a little bit more because I think Future State was sort of the bait to get you to sign on to these books with these great new creative teams. And I want to say, I feel like Ram V. is having a moment. Pete:                Yeah. Ram V.! I agree. I really liked this book. I like how the villain is a kind of similar to Ghost in the Ant-Man movie. I also love this kind of strung out Riddler a little bit who's hooked on that Ivy. You know what I mean? A very interesting take. There's a lot going on in this book, which I appreciate. This is a very cool Catwoman book. The art's fantastic. Alex:                 I particularly like playing in this villainous side of the world. Catwoman always straddles this weird line, particularly now that she's canonically with Batman, has fallen more on the side of the heroes, but you do have all these characters in Gotham that have been on both sides. You have Poison Ivy, you have Harley Quinn, you have Catwoman, you have Riddler. All of these ones that are like, “They're bad, but are they really that bad?” To throw those into a book together as a cast and throw them against even worse villains, I think is a great place for Catwoman to be as a character. Justin:              I feel like the move there is to make them sort of selfish heroes, as opposed to villains. They're like heroes who do what they want as opposed to just always saving the day, which I think makes for a more interesting story. Alex:                 I agree. Moving on, Radiant Black #2 from Image Comics written by Kyle Higgins, art by Marcelo Costa. We loved the first issue here, it was about a guy that discovers a weird black hole over a train track, gets some powers, felt very much invincible, even though it's a different story and it's a different character. And it had a lot of the sense of that, that in my mind continues with the second issue, which finds him having breakfast with his dad multiple times, meeting up with another person with similar powers and fighting them. Great. I had a good time reading this book again and I'm very into it after two issues. Pete:                I would like to point out though, kids out there, if you see a floating black hole, you shouldn't go towards it and try to grab it, okay. That's a bad idea. We don't want to encourage that kind of stuff. Justin:              And that's a PSA we've done for years. We've put that out there on public radio and… We're the big don't touch the black hole guys. Alex:                 What'd you think about this book, Justin? Justin:              Nice, great question, Alex. I like the second issue a lot. I was fine with it in the first issue. And I think the second issue has made me like it more where we get into the character a little bit. It does feel like Invincible a lot without sort of the epic, worldwide storytelling. This is very much about this kid who wants to be a writer and failed and has to go back home and he's using his under the radar or his like, I need to figure out my life, “super powers” of being an Uber driver to aid in his super heroics. And I think that's cool. Pete:                Yeah. I think this is not only stylistically very cool. And I liked the outfits and when they're suited up, how that all looks, it looks really looks amazing. But I also like the person inside the suit and the struggles with what's going on. And yeah, you don't want to deal with your parents. Sure, you got to talk to them around mealtime, but otherwise, parents, fuck off. You know what I mean? I got shit to do. So I appreciated the check-in stuff. But I'm very interested to see now that he has a plan, how this is all going to go. Alex:                 Think it should be interesting to follow. Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man: King in Black #1 from Marvel written by Jed MacKay and art by Michele Bandini. In this, we're getting two stories. The first one has Spider-Man feeling super guilty as I think, frankly, he should about everything that's happening in King in Black. Teaming up with Reptil, who is one of the characters from Avengers Academy and then Avengers Arena, I believe, as well. And then the backup story shows us what's happening from Reptil's perspective and kicks off a new Reptil series that is coming later in the year, which is pretty surprising. Justin:              And you got the Querque on the art there, the backup story. Alex:                 The Querque? Justin:              Yeah. Albuquerque. Alex:                 Oh, was that Rafael Albuquerque? Justin:              You're god damn right it is. Alex:                 Is it? Are you sure about that? Justin:              That's all I'm fucking looking at right here. That's what it says. Alex:                 All right. Justin:              [crosstalk 00:15:15] story. Alberto Albuquerque. Alex:                 Alberto Albuquerque. That's not Rafael Albuquerque. Justin:              You're right. It's a different, but it's still… Pete:                A different Querque. Alex:                 Well, thank you for giving him credit, regardless. I appreciate that. Pete:                Yeah. Classic. Classic. But let me just ask you something. Alex:                 Yeah. What? Justin:              It's about time… Throw the question. Pete:                Nick Spencer is completely off this book now? Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:15:46] This is not Amazing Spider-Man. This is a King in Black One Shot. What emotions are you going through right now? Justin, can you talk about this book? Because Pete's [crosstalk 00:15:59] You are all over the place right now. Pete:                I was just hoping that this was the start of something fresh and new. Justin:              Pete came with such joy. He's like “I got the Querque. I got Jed MacKay, Nick Spencer and Alex just devastated. [crosstalk 00:16:18] One, two punched it. Pete:                Yeah. That was a combo I wasn't ready for. Justin:              Let me just say also, let's keep in mind that our podcast is the main news source for Pete LePage. He doesn't get his news anywhere else about anything, not just comics, but truly every bit of news he gets is right here. Alex:                 Every morning he opens up The Stack podcast and he's like, “Ah, what's happening to the world today.” Pete:                But the comic itself, a very touching kind of a classic Spider-Man story, very moving. I really enjoyed all of it. I thought this was a great kind of little guy versus big monsters. I thought this was such a great Spider-Man story. And I think that this is for me, one of the… I feel like this is a great example of why Spider-Man is great. Justin:              I liked this book a lot as well. I'm a big Jed MacKay fan, the writer of this. He writes the Black Cat book- Pete:                Brother of Adam MacKay, right? Justin:              That's not accurate. Again, not accurate. Just guessing about stuff, not working right now. Jed MacKay's Black Cat book. I've been a huge fan of, so it was great to see him taking on this Spider-Man book. And I agree, starting with Spider-Man feeling guilty about bringing the Venom suit back. We've all felt bad when we brought like a suit back from somewhere and it devastated the world. Whether it's with mobs or just starting a fashion trend, it caused problems. Alex:                 Yes. Just to stay in order, Justin, Pete, go ahead. Justin:              Reptil, as a character, got a lot of love in this issue. I did not see that coming and leading up to Reptil #1. Okay. Let's give it a try. Alex:                 It's fun. He could turn into dinosaurs. That's pretty cool. I like this issue quite a bit as well. Let's move on to another big surprise though. In retrospect, given the team and it shouldn't necessarily have been. Nightwing #78 from DC Comics written by Tom Taylor, art by Bruno Redondo. Alex:                 I'll tell you straight up, when I read this book, I was like, “Oh, another Nightwing book. Here we go.” First couple of pages, I was like, “Holy shit, this is great. Why is this so good?” And then we got to the credits and I realized, “Oh, that's why it's so good.” [crosstalk 00:18:38] This team is great. So this is Nightwing is back in the costume. He doesn't have the memory loss, which he pokes fun of a little bit in the middle of this issue, which is very fun, but he is back in Blüdhaven dealing with all that entails. Barbara Gordon comes to visit him. It was a big spoiler for the issue, but I'll mention this because I'm sure Pete wants to talk about this in particular. The major feature of the issue is Alfred turns out to have been a billionaire and leaves all of his money to Nightwing. Pete, how did you feel about this? Pete:                The letter was so touching and so moving. I really loved it. Yeah. How heartbreaking is it that the Alfred wrote him a letter every year because of the business that they're in and how crazy their life is. I was just so moved. I thought it was such a touching letter. Yeah, this was one of my favorite issues for the week. I love the humor in it. The fun bit about having Dick for a name, the dad bit, the Alfred with the dishes moments there. I got choked up for that. And then the whole fucking John Wick of it all, you don't fuck with dogs, man. Don't fuck with somebody's dog. That is just disgusting, as Nightwing put it. And yeah, it was just really just blockbuster fun. Yeah, I was just [crosstalk 00:20:09] Alex:                 Is that a joke on the fact that Blockbuster, the character, appears in here? Pete? Justin:              Yes. Pete:                Yeah, yeah. Justin:              He'll say yes. Now that you said it. Alfred the butling billionaire. Who would have thought? This guy was just butling for the fun of it. The love of the game. Pete:                When the Waynes died, they must've been like, “Here's a shit ton of money to raise our… Just in case.” Alex:                 And he was stealing it, he was stealing it from Bruce Wayne. Justin:              Yeah he stole that money. Alex:                 Every year, squirreling away a little bit of Bruce Wayne's money. Justin:              Here's what he's doing. He's telling the Wayne's that he's buying these expensive English cucumbers, and he's buying some shitty fell off the back of a truck cucumbers and pocketing the difference. [crosstalk 00:20:53] Pete:                I'm not going to sit here and let you fucking… Alfred is nothing but an angel. All right? That house of insanity and he's the only sane one, all right? [crosstalk 00:21:04] So don't fucking talk shit about Alfred. Alex:                 Justin's making a little bit of sense here because that might explain why Batman never eats any of the soup that he gets him because it tastes like shit. Justin:              It's trash soup. Because he's not buying the high end stuff, he's not buying the Progresso, he's buying like… Huh? Pete:                Don't you fucking say that. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:21:24] or whatever. Even Bruce is like, “Oh, this is bad.” Pete:                [inaudible 00:21:31]. Alex:                 “I don't like this.” Justin:              Wait, Pete, are you telling me you're like Alfred cooks the best food? Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              You know that for a fact? Pete:                Fact! Justin:              He only made little sandwiches and soups. It's not like he was bringing out like a dinner. Pete:                You don't know what he was doing while we weren't looking [crosstalk 00:21:48] Alex:                 What do you think his worst dish was? The thing when all the bat family [inaudible 00:21:53] And they're like, “Oh, he's making his lasagna. That's bad.” Justin:              “Master Bruce, I prepared your favorite French toast.” Justin:              “Oh, Alfred's French toast.” Pete:                Yo, he's dead, you fuckers. Where's the respect? Alex:                 “It's just too eggy.” Justin:              There's no cinnamon in it. Put a spice in it. For god sakes. Justin:              [inaudible 00:22:20] He doesn't even buy the good maple syrup. He buys the shitty stuff. Pete:                You don't know that. Don't say that. Alex:                 It's not even maple. It's not from Vermont. It's not B grade. Pete:                Don't you fucking… Alex:                 It's Log Cabin. Justin:              [inaudible 00:22:33] Log Cabin syrup. Pocketing the difference. Justin:              [crosstalk 00:22:36] Justin:              And then he's given this difference. He gave it to Nightwing in this issue and that's continuity right there. That's the truth. Alex:                 I don't want to downsize just to get back- Pete:                I hate talking comics with you guys. It's the fucking worst. Justin:              That's crazy because you do it a lot. Pete:                All you do is just fucking kill my dreams and hopes. You take everything that I like in an issue and just do bits until it's not fun anymore. You've killed Foggy Nelson for me and you can't fucking leave Alfred alone. The fucking guy just died and I still can't get any enjoyment out of… Justin:              What do you think Foggy's worst dish is? Alex:                 All of them. Justin:              “Hey, Matt, I made dinner tonight. It's a bunch of old gum.” Alex:                 I was doing the old man laugh. Where he's going… Pete:                [crosstalk 00:23:36] Please leave me alone. Justin:              I love Nightwing. I love this issue. Tom Taylor is also on a great run of books. It's great to see Nightwing, get back to some of the old stuff. Being in Blüdhaven, sort of carving out his own area away from Gotham. Pete:                Great use of Blockbuster. Justin:              Great use of Blockbuster. Barbara's in this issue, touching on his relationship with Alfred, which I do think despite what I said about how just God awful his lasagna was. Pete:                Fuck you. Justin:              He did have a great connection with Alfred. And I love seeing that here on display. What's he going to do with that money? Just buy some cool spandex? Alex:                 I don't know. Justin:              Blow it on spandex? Alex:                 I do want to shout out also Bruno Redondo's art. There is a gorgeous, gorgeous two page spread that happens earlier in the issue where Nightwing is jumping off a roof and it's the classic Batman jumping in front of the moon thing. But it's him jumping in front of the sun. And I thought it was just such a smart, awesome thing to do to delineate Nightwing from Batman. Loved it. Let's move on to a book that I'm betting Pete liked as well. Orcs! #2 from BOOM! By Christine Larsen. Just a bunch of orcs, doing fun orc stuff. Pete, how did you feel about this one? Pete:                Yeah, we loved to the first issue of this. I like this kind of this team up, if you will, of characters. I also love the love of story in this. People will risk a lot for a great story. I can appreciate that. The torture I go through so I can read comics is real. I thought this was fun. I also love the dedication that the person wears an eye patch and has two eyes just for the love of the game. That was really fun. I think the art and storytelling is great. I love the mix of cute and gruesome things. I like where this is going. This is exciting. Justin:              Yeah. The story within the story stuff is really fun. This reminded me of, this is a hyper-specific reference, but in the movie Willow, all the brownies, the little people that ride along, that's what this book reminds me of. Pete:                Really? Justin:              The orcs are sort of like a version of those guys. Alex:                 Yeah. I can see that. I think it's a fun book. People should definitely check it out. Next up. The Trials of Ultraman #1 from Marvel, written by, again, Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom, art by Francesco Manna, Eduardo Ferigato and Guri Hiru. We checked out the first issue of this book. And haven't checked in in a while. Obviously, this is a new story of Ultraman. It was interesting reading this in the same week as another Kyle Higgins book and another Kaiju book. How do you think it stacked up in comparison? Justin:              I wish I had read this one first, before I read Ultramega, because Ultramega felt so genre breaking that this felt very within the genre. And if you're a fan of Kaiju books, I think this is a great version of that and it's setting up a lot of interesting twists and turns on it and a potential new villain that I was surprised. I thought it was the backup story. I thought it was an advertisement for another book. And then it tied right into to this book. So yeah, I like this, but it definitely feels like just a fun new version of a Kaiju book. Pete:                Yeah. I thought this was kind of a comparison regardless of what is better or whatever. I thought this was a cool take. It felt different enough where I wasn't like, “Oh, this is kind of too similar.” I enjoyed where this was coming from and the perspective, I also like the start of this book. Yeah. I like what this is setting up. It's not as long as the other one. It's a little bit shorter, but they do a good job of keeping it simple, teasing the story, putting all the things in place. I've followed it well, I understood what was going on. Thought it was great art and storytelling. I think this is good. Alex:                 My favorite part of this book is still the insert pages. I think these are the ones that Guri Hiru is drawing where it's instruction manuals for what to do for the Kaiju organization or if a Kaiju attacks. They're super fun. They're super cute. I like that quite a bit. And it really breaks- [crosstalk 00:27:52] Justin:              The Kaiju steps. Alex:                 Kaiju steps. There you go. I enjoy those quite a bit. Agree with you guys. Otherwise, next up, Justice League #59 from DC Comics written by Brian Michael Bendis and Ram V., art by David Marquez and Xermanico. So the front story is Brian Michael Bendis on Justice League for the first time. Backup story is Ram V. doing Justice League Dark. What'd you guys think? Pete:                I thought it was a fun issue. It's kind of a setup issue, but really love the story and the art and Green Arrow wants more out of life. Justin:              It's interesting what the take here. This feels like a Black Adam book in a lot of ways. And re-introducing one of Bendis' characters right, at the end. Alex:                 Naomi. Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. So I don't know, that got me a little bit, like this feels like a very Bendis move where I don't know what the story is going to be about. It feels like it's like him being like, “Here's some stuff I think is cool.” And I want it to be a little bit more of like, “Here's an idea that I'm excited to create for these characters.” The art's really beautiful in the front story. Good Aquaman issue if you're an Aqua fan, but I don't know what the direction here is. It feels like it's almost like, “You like the Justice League? Well, here's a totally different bunch of people who are going to operate like the Justice League.” The Justice League Dark backup by Ram V. I thought was great. Spin this off and make it a book. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I agree. I really liked the backup. That was dark and weird and interesting in a very different way than James Tynion did the book, which I loved. But it was interesting to see this change and this more mythical take on the characters. For the front story, like this better than the Legion of Superheroes. I thought that was very messy. There were too many characters going on. It's surprising that Justice League feels like it has less characters and is more focused. So that's a little ridiculous, but the characterizations are good and fine. I don't know. Like you said, there's a lot of Bendis isms in the book and I would like to see what he does going forward, but it felt a little derivative down to basically doing the New Avengers cover on the cover here, but with the Justice League. And if he's going to do that, New Avengers felt different because it was Bendis coming in and doing his Bendis thing on Avengers for the first time. You don't necessarily get this here. I want him to do something bolder and more exciting. Justin:              Yeah. If you want to do the New Avengers for Justice League, give us that hit, give us that swing and have all these new characters introduced and have it be that because that's still a story that sticks right in the memory because it was such a big new change for the Avengers. Instead, it feels like sort of a middle ground here. Pete:                I agree. Alex:                 Last one, let's talk about Snow Angels #2 from ComiXology written by Jeff Lemire, art by Jock. We liked the first issue of this one, I believe, quite a bit. Takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where everybody lives in a snow filled trench. A family, a father, and two daughters is being chased by a guy named The Snowman. That picks up this issue. Pete, you've always been scared of snowmen. What did you think of this one? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, what's great is snowmen themselves are scary, but this is a nice heightening of that idea. Yeah. I think this is a great… First off an amazing team. And this is very action oriented, which I very much enjoy. And this does a great job. Each issue kind of leaving you really wanting more. I think this is a very intense, kind of reminds me of that horror movie where nobody can talk or whatever. So I think this is really fun. Very creative. Love the way it ended. Love the art. Alex:                 A Quiet Place? Is that what you're thinking of? Pete:                Yeah, A Quiet Place. [crosstalk 00:31:55] Justin:              Oh, I thought We Have To Talk About Kevin. Is that what it is? Pete:                No, it was A Quiet Place. Justin:              Nice. Either way, this book, everyone's skating really hard in this book. Pete:                You got to skate hard, bro. Justin:              You got to skate hard. So that was stressful. Great pace to this book. And a lot of just tense, a lot of tension. And I think A Quiet Place is a good comparison, I think. Alex:                 I would compare it to The Mighty Ducks, which is a movie with skating in it. Justin:              That's true. That's true. And Pete, I know you love this. It's sort of a cutting edge with less romance. Pete:                [inaudible 00:32:31] Alex:                 This is a great book. Definitely pick it up. You have another point you want to make Pete. What's up? Pete:                Yeah. I just wanted to, while you're wrapping up, while I was waiting for Head Lopper to come through, I did read Superman Red & Blue #1, and I just wanted to say, really fun, love the coloring, really amazing art. The Boy Who Saved Superman, a story by Wes Craig and Jill Thompson. So amazing. The art was unbelievable. His water colors and the little Clark Kent stuff was very, very adorable. Alex:                 I love how you act like, “Well, I have no say in what happens in this show.” Justin:              And then you secretly just review stuff at the end. That's nice. You take control in a way that I just would never be so audacious. Pete:                Well, thank you. Justin:              I would like to review my dinner that I made earlier, it was… But taco night, obviously… Pete:                Couldn't have been better than what Alfred would have prepared. Justin:              Yeah. I made Alfred's trash lasagna. Alex:                 Foggy's famous pile of worms. 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Longbox Crusade: 12 Days of Crusademas 2017Day 12: Twelve Avengers AvengingIssue: Avengers Arena #1 Listen here: 12 Days of Crusademas 2017 - Day 12 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!  The Dark Web has the great honor of closing out the 12 days of Crusademas with the gift of Avengers Arena #1.  Is it the the official Daisy model 1938 Red Ryder BB gun, or just a lame advertisement for Ovaltine?  Will Kristatos shoot his eye out?  Will the neighborhood bully, Weasel Skull, and his toadie, Death Probe, get their comeuppance?  I don't think any of those questions will be answered, but the boys will chat about Avengers Arena!  Donny Hathaway will wind down by the yule log with his version of "This Christmas."  Thank you to everyone who spent their Christmas season with us & the 12 Days of Crusademas.  We sincerely appreciate you joining us.  HAPPY NEW YEAR! Check out Jarrod's website The Yard Sale Artist at: http://www.theyardsaleartist.com/ Let us know what you think!Leave a comment by sending an email to: contact@longboxcrusade.com This podcast is a member of the CRUSADECAST Network:Visit the WEBSITE: http://www.longboxcrusade.com/Follow on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LongboxCrusadeLike the FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/LongboxCrusadeSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-longbox-crusade/id1118783510?mt=2 Thank you for listening and we hope you have enjoyed this episode of the Longbox Crusade: 12 Days of Crusademas. All songs, sound clips, and characters discussed are copyright of their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended. We make no money on this podcast, it is for entertainment purpose only.

Programa grabado el Miércoles 15 de Noviembre del 2017En esta ocasión los temas fueron:RunawaysExcelsiorYoung AvengersAvengers ArenaAvengers Undercover

IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE: [0:02:41] Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Guy_and_Rusty_the_Boy_Robot_(TV_series) TV Series - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217914/ Frank Miller - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_(comics) [0:07:30] Iron Giant - www.imdb.com/title/tt0129167/ [0:08:30] Brad Bird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Bird [0:09:35] The Incredibles - www.imdb.com/title/tt0317705/ [0:10:44] Automata - https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/story/automata Penny Arcade - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Arcade [0:19:40] Private Eye - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Eye [0:21:25] Panel Syndicate - panelsyndicate.com/ [0:23:20] Neon Genesis Evangelion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion Akira - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira Mecha Genre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha [0:32:10] Pacific Rim - www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/ Kaiju - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiju [0:36:20] Mecha Power Cable - http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.umbilicalcable.php [0:39:43] Descender - https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/descender Li’ll Gotham - dc.wikia.com/wiki/Lil_Gotham Saga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(comic_book) [0:43:00] Humble Bundle - https://www.humblebundle.com/ [0:44:50] Avengers Arena - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers_Arena DeathLocket - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Locket [0:48:28] Cyborg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_(comics) Lego Cyborg stealth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0rDzrI1YBg [0:55:00] Teen Titans - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Titans TV Series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Titans_(TV_series) [0:56:20] Justice League - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League Beast Boy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_Boy [0:58:08] New Teen Titans - http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Teen_Titans_(New_Earth) [0:59:30] Darwin Cooke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwyn_Cooke Twilight Children - http://www.vertigocomics.com/comics/the-twilight-children-2015/the-twilight-children-1 New Frontier - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC:_The_New_Frontier [1:05:35] DC new logo - https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KAS1_j8sm-E/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAA56A/K9qBcgC44yQ/s0-c-k-no-ns/photo.jpg Rebirth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Rebirth [1:08:57] Scarlet Fox - comicbookrealm.com/series/26381/0/scarlet-fox Red Tornado - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Tornado [1:13:00] Wonder Woman Movie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman_(2017_film) Flash TV series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flash_(2014_TV_series) [1:14:00] Rat Queens - https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/rat-queens [1:19:35] AMC Preacher - http://www.amc.com/shows/preacher [1:20:34] X-Men Apocalypse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Apocalypse ON THIS SHOW: Andrea Ballarin (Host) Dziugas Matas Dave Convery AUDIO EDITED AND PRODUCTION BY: Dziugas Matas SHOW NOTES COMPILED BY: Bill Chandler Fair Use All copyrighted material used under Fair use. In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.

It's one of the biggest episodes yet, as we tackled Avengers: The Initiative, Avengers Academy, Avengers Arena and Avengers Undercover. They're all books that focus on teen superheroes, so there's a fair share of misery this week. Journey Into Misery art by Joe Hunter.

In this episode, the Fanholes discuss the Marvel comic Avengers Arena, along with the Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time!

(0:01:05) Blu Rays: (Noah), (0:01:30) Coming Attractions: (Guardians of the Galaxy...Get On Up), (0:10:05) Box Office: ScarJo wills the win using 100% of her brain, (0:12:30) TV Talk: The Strain is interesting, The Leftovers opens with a stoning, The Legend of Korra moves online, and Manhattan premieres, (0:27:25) Darren: Hercules, finished The Wise Man's Fear, Montgomery trip/Tripp, Naxxramas, (0:51:50) Trey: Naxxramas wing 2, Wildstar dungeon, rat queens, pretty deadly, (1:09:10) Tripp: 300: Rise of an Empire … The Monuments Men … Robocop, (1:23:20) Shaun: More Arkham Origins, Jaws in a theater, Avengers Arena v2 and half of 3, and Dr. Who S4 finale, (1:47:25) Comic-Con came and went with no really big announcements... weird

The Hellboy Artist's Edition, Art Adams, Seth McFarlane, a long look at Excalibur by Chris Claremont, Alan Davis, and company (Paul Smith, Ron Lim, John Byrne, John Romita Jr., Frank Miller, Herb Trimpe, Joe Mad!, and more), Secret Wars and Mike Zeck, Nancy in Hell: A Dragon in Hell by El Torres, Enrique Lopez Lorenzana, and Esther Sanz from Amigo, Savage Dragon and Erik Larsen, Wally Wood's Cannon and The Outer Space Spirit with Will Eisner, Bikini Cowboy by Fresherluke (L. Frank Weber) on Comixology, the Stripped documentary (Bill Watterson, Doonsbury, and much more), The Charlton Arrow #1 (Mort Todd, Joe Staton, John Byrne, and company), Avengers Arena by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker, Vivian Maier: Street Photographer, The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs by Etienne Davodeau from NBM, Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips from Image, True Detective, and a whole mess more!

Mike Norton is in the house! Literally. Because this episode was recorded in Mike's house. We talk about Man of Steel, Superman, Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Superboy, Legion of Super-Heroes, John Byrne, Alpha Flight, She-Hulk, Fantastic Four, West Coast Avengers, Dick Giordano, All-New Atom, All-New Invaders, John Romita, Dennis Hopeless and The Answer, Kev Walker and Avengers Arena, Battlepug, and lots more!

In this episode we talk about superhero casting news, Morris Turner,comic conventions, comic book numbering,Avengers Arena, Revival,Earth 2 Annual,Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth and much more. You can also hear the show on Stitcher http://www.stitcher.com/ This podcast is sponsored by Friendly Neighborhood Comics http://friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com/ Discount Comic Book Services http://www.dcbservice.com/index.aspx Instock Trades http://www.instocktrades.com/ Join us on the forums at http://www.forumforgeeks.com http://thetaylornetwork.wordpress.com/ Leave us email by putting the show you are commenting on in the heading thetaylornetworkofpodcasts@gmail.com Follow us on twitter: @taylornetwork

In our final episode for 2013, Billy Z, Bryan and Justin are pleased to welcome Ed Catto of Captain Action Enterprises to the show! Captain Action has a special place in history as being the very first super-hero action figure.  Ed takes us through the history of the character and his appearances in comic books past and present, including the current Codename Action mini-series written by Chris Roberson and published by Dynamite Entertainment. Ed is also a partner and co-founder of the Bonfire Agency, a marketing firm centered around helping companies connect directly with genre markets. And since we are close to the holidays, favorite comic-related yuletide gifts work their way into the conversation. In the second part of the episode, the bear boys go through their favorites of 2013. Uncanny Avengers. Avengers Arena. Forever Evil. Saga. Hawkeye. Batman. The Fifth Beatle. Captain Midnight. All-New X-Men. Jonathan Hickman. Brian Michael Bendis. Charles Soule. Matt Fraction. Chip Zdarsky. Ramon Perez. David Aja. Chris Samnee. Afterlife with Archie. Injustice. Something Terrible. Will any of these be among our favorites? Well, you'll just have to listen in to find out! (And see if you can catch where Bill invents a new word to describe the people who put pencil to paper to draw the pretty pictures.)

Brother Bryan is out celebrating so Billy Z and Justin welcome William Lindus from the Movie Bears Podcast to the CBBears Den to fill the third seat! Will lets us in on his history reading comics then we get into current comics talk.  You'll hear us rap about Saga, Earth 2, Forever Evil, Year Zero, Animal Man, Scooby Doo Team Up, Fearless Defenders, Avengers Arena, Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe (... again), X-Men: Legacy, Hawkeye, Amazing X-Men, Infinity, Inhumanity, The Fifth Beatle, the trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Gal Gadot cast as Wonder Woman, Alan Moore and Watchmen.  All this plus a huge tangent about lousy haircut and facial hair choices in our collective past, Justin thinks Watchmen is boring and the movie was better, Bill can't pronounce "Moira Queen" to save his life and this episode is probably the only time you will hear Alan Moore being compared to Faye Dunaway. A word about the sound quality - for some reason when we recorded Bill was way over modulated and Will was a bit under modulated.  We fixed it as best as we could in the mix to mono.  If it is distracting, we still hope you will stick around because we think we get into some quality funny book conversation.

While Ali is away making moving pictures, John and Steve are left to clean up the messes that this week brought. The guys are here to get you caught up with all things comic with all the news and reviews you can tolerate. We have new books, old books and some Batman Vs. Superman talk that will make you probably pretty happy. It2019s the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Presented by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ! The Fallout Shelter: www.falloutsheltercomics.com / @FalloutShelter Show Notes: All New X-Men #18 (01:28) Unity #1 (04:10) The Manhattan Projects #16 (06:19) Manifest Destiny #1 (09:10) Captain America Living Legend #3 (12:47) Umbral #1 (15:14) Avengers Arena #17 (18:05) Three #2 (20:40) Reccomendations of the Week: Batman #25 (23:48) FBP #5 (28:22) News (31:20)

RUNANWAYS, JEAN RENO, AVENGERS ARENA, AND THAT'S BEFORE WE GET ON TOPIC!!!!

The crew chats about Avengers Arena, Captain America and Deadpool as they give you the latest Marvel news and much more!

Nine Panel Pulls is back and ready to get you ready to the #NYCC week of comics! We have a new book from Kieron Gillen, the continuation of Infinity, a spin-off for Forever Evil and much more! This is the last week where Nine Panel Pulls will be on the main Nine Panel feed so make sure to subscribe over at iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from! Show Notes: Star Wars #10 (01:16) Afterlife with Archie #1 (02:02) Deadpool #18 (02:58) Forever Evil: Arkham War #1 (03:50) The Walking Dead #115 (04:46) Infinity #4 (05:43) Superman Wonder Woman #1 (06:38) Shaolin Cowboy #1 (07:13) Rocket Girl #1 (07:54) Thor God of Thunder #14(08:38) Batman #24 (09:36) X #6 (10:18) Coffin Hill #1 (11:13) The Manhattan Projects #15 (12:01) Avengers Arena #16 (12:46) Astonishing X-Men #68 (13:39) Most Wanted Books of The Week: Chew #37 (14:56) Three #1 (16:41)

This month on Optic Blast! ...News! DC rides Villain's Month to the top of the sales charts....In 3D!Archie's gang tell Co-CEO to "STAY OUT OF RIVERDALE!"Chip and Matt's wild Sex Criminals-SEX PARTY! Previews! Optic Blast previews "PULP" by Jeremy Holt and Chris Peterson! Get your print copies at NYCC, or online at http://gum.co/pulp  Reviews! Zero #1Avengers Arena #14, #15Rat Queens #1Adventure Time #20Listener Mail! @AvidComicGuy asks us to create a contemporary version of this amazing crew!  Opening Music: Level 1 from Silver Surfer(NES)  Silver Surfer - Nintendo NES Virgin Interactive Closing Music: Summer is Gone by Slime Girls Vacation Wasteland $7.99 Slime Girls

Time to dig into your Marvel Now comics, this week The Stevil Dead talks one-on-one with Avengers Arena and Cable and the X-Force writer, Dennis Hopeless. Dennis tells us of his road to getting not one, but two big titles for the big comic juggernaut, and how bad-ass Cable really is. Time to get your angst and time travel on! 

This week's episode sees John and Steve agreeing for the first time in a long time, yet another week of Infinity, the continuation of Villain's Month and the start of a ton of new series. King's Guard, Eternal Warrior and more all debut this week and we take a quick look at each one. We finish it off with talking the latest news and some banter. It's the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Presented by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ! Fallout Shelter: www.falloutsheltercomics.com / @FalloutShelter Voicemail Line: 732.253.0975 Show Notes: The Manhattan Projects #14 (01:22) Sons of Anarchy #1 (04:50) Mighty Avengers #1 (07:30) Avengers Arena #15 (10:52) Batman & Robin: Court of the Owls #23.2 (14:30) Avengers #19 (16:53) Aquaman: Black Manta #23.1 (21:45) Kick-Ass 3 #3 (24:55) The Hunt #1 (27:45) Captain America #11 (30:54) Deadpool #16 (34:54) X-Men #5 (37:58) Reccomendations of the Week: The Walking Dead #114 (42:18) Locke & Key Alpha #1 (45:00) News: (53:01)

Baltimore Comic Con (IDW, BOOM!, Spawn, Ron Richards, Robert Atkins, Josef Rubinstein and New Mutants #81, Jim Starlin, Terry Moore, Herb Trimpe, Bob Mcleod and Wolfsbane, Mark Buckingham, and more), Mighty Avengers #1, Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth, Godzilla #11-13 and Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth #1-3 (Duane Swierczinski, Simon Gane, Chris Mowry, Matt Frank, Jeff Zornow, Bob Eggleton, Arthur Adams, and more), Star Trek: Into Darkness, Skyfall, the Queen and Country movie and Ellen Page, Bad Karma (Jeremy Haun, B. Clay Moore, Seth Peck, and Alex Grecian), Kickstarter (Andres Salazar and Pariah, Missouri, Osamu Tezuka, Ryan Stegman, Ryan Browne, and others), DC's Villains Month, Back Issue #68 from TwoMorrows, Jeff Smith's RASL HC, Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT, Battle for the Atom, Infinity, Secret Avengers, Avengers Arena, and a whole mess more!

Finally, after two weeks aways John and Steve are here to get you ready for the new comics of the week. It's a big week as we see the end of Trinity War, the return of Secret, a cute Hellboy and more of Marvel NOW! It's the Nine Panel Pulls Podcast for the week of August 28th, 2013! Voice Mail Line: Show Notes: Lazarus #3 (01:28) Flash #23 (02:38) Deadpool #15 (03:14) Itty Bitty Hellboy #1 (03:38) Aquaman #23 (04:26) Batman Incorporated Special #1 (05:50) Avengers Arena #14 (06:52) Captain America #10 (07:25) FF #11 (08:07) Secret #3 (08:37) Uncanny #3 (09:40) Batman Superman #3 (10:27) Wolverine & The X-Men #35 (11:16) Talon #11 (12:18) Justice League #23 (13:12) Journey Into Mystery #655 (14:26) Most Wanted Books of the Week: Thumbprint #3 (15:00) Young Avengers #9 (16:00)

On this week's episode we discuss the return of one of the industry's best books, the onslaught that is Jonathan Hickman and an interlude to Avengers Arena. We also review the summer's latest superhero movie, Kick-Ass 2. It's the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Presented by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ. Fallout Shelter: www.falloutsheltercomics.com / @FalloutShelter Voicemail Line: 732.253.0975 Show Notes: Thor God of Thunder #11 (01:20) Deadpool #14 (04:59) Infinity #1 (07:29) Walking Dead #113 (11:40) Suicide Squad #23 (15:04) Six Gun Gorilla #3 (17:50) Wolverine & The X-Men #34 (21:31) Avengers Arena #13 (24:44) Great Pacific #9 (27:35) Justice League of America #7 (30:30) Batgirl #23 (35:51) Batman #23 (38:15) Reccomendations of the Week: East of West #5 (42:28) Saga #13 (47:25) News (52:20) Kick-Ass 2 Discussion (01:00:14)

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the ninety-fifth episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for audio reviews of comics released Wednesday July 10th. This episode was originally recorded Saturday July 13th 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include:Astonishing X-Men #64- 5/10, Avengers Arena #12- 7/10, Batgirl #22- 8/10, Batman #22- 7/10, Daredevil #28- 8/10, Green Lantern Corps #22- 5/10, Hawkeye #12- 8/10, Indestructible Hulk #10- 8/10, Justice League #22- 6/10, Nightwing #22- 7.5/10, Secret Avengers #6- 8/10, Suicide Squad #22- 8/10, Superior Spider-Man #13- 8/10, Superman Unchained #2- 6/10, Uncanny X-Men #8- 6.5/10. Download it now! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com

The comic book industry needs to learn how to schedule their releases. Two weeks after a gigantic week and a week after a show where we struggled to get enough books together we have another large load. The guys are here to let you know what stood out, sat still and let us down. It's the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast presented by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ! The Fallout Shelter: www.falloutsheltercomics.com / @FalloutShelter Show Notes: Star Wars #7 (02:54) Ghosted #1 (05:22) Young Avengers #7 (07:36) East of West #4 (10:40) Sheltered #1 (13:46) X #3 (16:16) Daredevil #28 (18:46) Suicide Squad #22 (20:52) Avengers Arena #12 (23:05) The Walking Dead #112 (26:04) Hawkeye #12 (29:16) Quantum & Woody #1 (31:51) Reccomendations of the Week: Batman #22 (35:39) Justice League #22 (38:42) Indestructible Hulk #10 (42:52) News: (46:28) Key Words!: (01:01:39) Uncanny X-Men #8 Superman Unchained #2 Chew #35 Superior Spider-Man #13 X-O Manowar #15

John and Steve are here to get you ready for yet another New Comic Book Day. This time around the guys talk about the dominance of Marvel NOW!, the beginning of Batman and the return of a long forgotten title. Show Notes: George R.R. Martin's Skin Trade #1 (01:41) Uncanny X-Men #8 (02:38) Star Wars #7 (03:28) Storm Dogs #6 (04:28) Helheim #5 (05:18) Avengers Arena #12 (06:04) The Shadow Green Hornet Dark Nights #1 (07:05) Hawkeye #12 (08:11) Chew #35 (09:13) Superior Spider-Man #13 (10:20) Young Avengers #7 (11:12) Superman Unchained #2 (11:49) Daredevil #28 (12:41) America's Got Powers #6 (13:16) Ghosted #1 (14:21) Justice League #22 (15:11) Most Wanted Books of the Week: Batman #22 (16:20) Indestructible Hulk #10 (17:00)

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the ninety-first episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for audio reviews of comics released Wednesday June 26th. This episode was originally recorded Monday July 1st 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include:Age of Ultron #10AI- 6/10, All New X-Men #13- 8/10, Aquaman #21- 7/10, Avengers Arena #11- 8/10, Batman Dark Knight #21- 7/10, Batman/Superman #1- 4/10, Captain America #8- 5/10, Daredevil #27- 10/10, FF #8- 7/10, Flash #21- 7/10, Gambit #14- 4.5/10, Guardians of the Galaxy #4- 5/10, Hawkeye #11- 10/10, Justice League #21- 6/10, Justice  League of America #5- 6/10, Larfleeze #1- 2/10, Nova #5- 7/10, Red Lantern #21- 5/10, Scarlet Spider #18- 7/10, Secret Avengers #5- 9/10, Talon #9- 7.5/10, Teen Titans #21- 5/10, Uncanny X-Force #7- 4/10, Uncanny X-Men #7- 5/10, Wolverine and the X-Men #32- 5/10, X-Men #2- 9/10, Fury Max #13- 8/10 Download it now! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com

What a week for comics, huh? Between the three hosts, we have read nearly 40 books in 3 days, which makes us hungry and groggy. But don't fret! We are ready to shower you with comic review goodness as we cover a ton of new #1s, the continuing onslaught that is Marvel NOW! and a host of Image books. It's the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Present by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ! The Fallout Shelter: www.falloutsheltercomics.com / @FalloutShelter Show Notes: Roundtable Comic Reviews: Guardians of the Galaxy #4 (03:03) Lazarus #1 (06:00) Jupiter's Legacy #2 (08:43) Deadpool #12 (12:17) Powers Bureau #5 (14:53) Aquaman #21(17:23) Justice League #21 (20:31) Avengers Arena #9 (23:35) Age of Ultron #10 AI (26:18) Daredevil #27 (29:21) Uncanny #1 (33:00) All New X-Men #13 / Uncanny X-Men #7 (35:32) Recommendations of the Week: The Wake #2 (39:00) Batman Superman #1 (43:56) News (48:35) Key Word! (01:03:47) Larfleeze #1 Hawkeye #11 Wolverine & The X-Men #32 Sex #4

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the eighty-fifth episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday June 5th. This episode was originally recorded June 11th 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: Action Comics #21- 7/10, Age of Ultron #9- 6.5/10, All New X-Men #12- 8.5/10, Avengers #13- 9/10, Avengers Arena #10- 8/10, Batwing #21- 6.5/10, Cable and X-Force #9- 6/10, Daredevil: Dark Knights #1- 8/10, Daredevil: End of Days #8- 8/10, Detective Comics #21- 6.5/10, Earth 2 #13- 7/10, Green Lantern #21- 6/10, Iron Man #11- 6/10, Red She-Hulk #66- 7.5/10, Superior Spider-Man #11- 8.5/10, Thanos Rising #3- 6/10, Thunderbolts #10- 6/10, Winter Soldier #19- 8/10, X-Factor #257- 7/10. Download it now! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com

John and Steve are here to get you ready for New Comic Book Day which is happening this Wednesday, June 3rd, 2013! We have the beginning of a new Vertigo ongoing series, the penultimate issue of Age of Ultron and the beginnging of an unneeded(?) Kick-Ass 3 miniseries. Not only that but we count down the days to the end of Locke & Key as well as the continuing rise of Kieron Gillen's Uber. Oh, don't forget the beginning AND end to two different Daredevil series. It's Nine Panel Pulls. Show Notes: The Movement #2 (02:23) Daredevil End of Days #8 (03:11) Age of Ultron #9 (04:04) Daredevil Dark Nights #1 (05:02) Action Comics #21 (06:12) Green Lantern #21 (06:39) Thanos Rising #3 (07:59) Uber #2 (09:12) Astro City #1 (11:07) Earth 2 #13 (12:05) Avengers Arena #10 (13:16) Kick-Ass 3 #1 (13:59) East of West #3 (14:57) Archer & Armstrong #10 (15:45) All New X-Men #12 (16:58) Winter Soldier #19 (18:32) Most Wanted Book Of The Week: Locke & Key Omega #5 (19:30)

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the seventy-seventh episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday May 8th. This episode was originally recorded May 14th. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: Alpha Big Time #4, Astonishing X-Men #62, Avengers #11, Avengers Arena #9, Avengers Assemble #15AU, Avenging Spider-Man #20, Batman #20, Batman and Red Hood #20, Deathstroke #20, Green Lantern Corps #20, Iron Man #258.2, Justice League of America #3, Secret Avengers #4, Suicide Squad #20, Thor God of Thunder #8, Uncanny Avengers #8, Uncanny X-Force #4, Wolverine #3. Download it now! Comic Shenanigans is now on Facebook! Comic Shenanigans now has its own app for iPhone and iPod. Go to comicshenanigans.podbean.com/mobile/ on your iPhone or iPod, click the Quick Launch icon to add the app to your Home Screen.   Coming soon- Comic Shenanigans app for Android! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com

It's Mother's Day here in the States so we took a Sunday off to celebrate the women who let us become the nerds we are today. This week we discuss the relatively light week in comics including the slow pace of The Walking Dead #110, Batman fighting Bruce Wayne, having sex with grandparents and quite possibly the worst comic we have read in a long time. Oh, and there is this little show called Marvel's Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. that people are talking about among a ton of other news. It's the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Presented by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ! The Fallout Shelter: www.falloutsheltercomics.com Show Notes: Star Wars #5 (4:00) Wolverine #3 (6:15) Grimm #1 (8:40) Twelve Reasons To Die #1 (11:35) Secret Avengers #4 (14:45) Suicide Squad #20 (17:40) Avengers Arena #9 (19:57) Avenging Spider-Man #20 (22:30) Justice League of America #3 (24:10) Batman #20 (27:56) Constantine #3 (30:28) Über #1 (32:56) Reccomendations of the Week: Thor God of Thunder #8 (36:04) Avengers #11 (39:14) Uncanny Avengers #8 (41:42) News: (44:32) State Your Case! (53:18) Green Lanter Corps. #20 Deadpool #9 Batman & Red Hood #20 The Walking Dead #110 X #1 Archer & Armstrong #0

This week's Talking Comics is all about Iron Man 3!  We begin with a non spoiler general discussion and then that’s followed by a much more spoilery talk about the film, so if you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to pay attention to when we tell you to tune out. We start off the show with lots of news talk including the latest sales figures, talks of Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm, some David Tennant rumours and more. Then we talk about lots of comics get discussed this week, including: X-Factor, Red She-Hulk, The Movement, Dazzler, Firestar, Cloak and Dagger, Marvel Girl, Valkyrie, Ms. Marvel, Rescue, Avengers Arena, The Dream Merchant, Superior Spider-Man, Ten Grand, Habibi, Thanos Rising, Age of Ultron, Hawkeye and more. We also mention a bunch of Kickstarter projects, the links for which can be found here:  Lady Sabre & The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether Vol. 1, Amy Reeder's  Rocket Girl, Grek Pak's potential upcoming comic book based on songs by Jonathan Coulton,  Code Monkey. Annnnnnnnnnd... we say it on the show, but just in case you missed it, the Talking Comics crew on Twitter are: Bobby: @ bobbyshortle Steve: @ dead_anchoress Stephanie: @ hellocookie And Bob's email is  bobreyer@talkingcomicbooks.com FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful  Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our new superhero pictures.

Still recovering from the Free Comic Book Day hangover? John and Steve are here to get you ready for New Comic Book Day in less time than it takes to watch that episode of Bob's Burgers you were going to watch. Its a light week but we found 18 books you should know about when you head to you store tomorrow. Show Notes: Batman #20 (1:46) Green Lantern Corps. #20 (2:32) Avengers #11 (4:17) Archer & Armstrong #0 (5:14) Deathstroke #20 (6:02) Avengers Arena #9 (6:52) X #1 (7:52) Team 7 #8 (9:05) Deadpool #9 (10:31) Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #4 (11:21) Justice League of America #3 (12:06) Storm Dogs #5 (13:21) Uncanny Avengers #8 (14:26) Constantine #3 (15:32) Star Wars #5 (17:06) Chin Music #1 (18:38) Most Wanted Books of the Week: Thor God of Thunder #8 (19:58) Uber #1 (21:08)

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the seventy-third episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday April 24th. This episode was originally recorded April 30th 2013.   This episode was delayed from its originally scheduled date of April 28th 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: A + X #7, Avengers #10, Avengers Arena #8, Batman Incorporated #10, Batman the Dark Knight #19, East of West #2, Fantastic Four #7, FF #6, Flash #19, Gambit #11, Guardians of the Galaxy #2, Manhattan Projects #11, Morbius the Living Vampire #4, New Avengers #5, Red Lanterns #19, Savage Hawkman #19, Scarlet Spider #16, Talon #7, Teen Titans #19, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #22, Uncanny Avengers #7, Wolverine and the X-Men #28, X-Termination #2 and Young Avengers #4. Download it now! Comic Shenanigans is now on Facebook! Comic Shenanigans now has its own app for iPhone and iPod. Go to comicshenanigans.podbean.com/mobile/ on your iPhone or iPod, click the Quick Launch icon to add the app to your Home Screen.   Coming soon- Comic Shenanigans app for Android! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com

This week's episode is filled to the brim with books this week as both Image and Marvel make a strong case to make our wallets lighter. Not only were there a ton of books, a large majority of them were great! Plus we have all the news from C2E2, another round of State Your Case and much, much more! It's the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Presented by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ. Fallout Shelter: falloutsheltercomics.com Show Notes: Wolverine & The X-Men #28 (1:57) Jupiter's Legacy #1 (5:08) Uncanny Avengers #7 (9:30) The Manhattan Projects #11 (13:47) A Distant Soil #39 (17:34) Avengers Arena #8 (20:10) Helheim #2 (24:40) Lost Vegas #2 (27:28) Guardians of the Galaxy #2 (29:32) New Avengers #5 (33:08) Mega Man Worlds Collide #1 (36:32) Morning Glories #26 (39:20) Reccomendations of the Week: The Answer #4 (42:58) Batman Inc. #10 (46:30) Young Avengers #4 (50:08) News: (55:30) State Your Case: (1:05:25)

This week's episode is filled to the brim with books this week as both Image and Marvel make a strong case to make our wallets lighter. Not only were there a ton of books, a large majority of them were great! Plus we have all the news from C2E2, another round of State Your Case and much, much more! It's the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Presented by The Fallout Shelter in Highland Park, NJ. Fallout Shelter: falloutsheltercomics.com Show Notes: Wolverine & The X-Men #28 (1:57) Jupiter's Legacy #1 (5:08) Uncanny Avengers #7 (9:30) The Manhattan Projects #11 (13:47) A Distant Soil #39 (17:34) Avengers Arena #8 (20:10) Helheim #2 (24:40) Lost Vegas #2 (27:28) Guardians of the Galaxy #2 (29:32) New Avengers #5 (33:08) Mega Man Worlds Collide #1 (36:32) Morning Glories #26 (39:20) Reccomendations of the Week: The Answer #4 (42:58) Batman Inc. #10 (46:30) Young Avengers #4 (50:08) News: (55:30) State Your Case: (1:05:25)

How many groups of people can the Forum offend in one segment? Quite possibly all of them! Apologies in advance and consider yourself warned. Also reviews of Uncanny Avengers #6, House of Gold and Bones #1 and Green Lantern #19. Mayor gives us a PlayStation crossbar mini rants and an impromptu debate over the merits of Avengers Arena. Fantastic Forum assemble!

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the sixty-ninth episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday April 10th. This episode was originally recorded April 16th 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: Age of Ultron #5, Alpha Big Time #3, Avengers #9, Avengers Arena #7, Avenging Spider-Man #19, Batgirl #19, Batman #19, Batman and Red Robin #19, Constantine #2, Deathstroke #19, Fantastic Four #6, Green Lantern Corps #19, Hawkeye #9, Secret Avengers #3, Thor God of Thunder #7, Ultron #1AU, Uncanny Avengers #6, Uncanny X-Men #4, Wolverine #2, X-Treme X-Men #13. Download it now! Comic Shenanigans is now on Facebook! Comic Shenanigans now has its own app for iPhone and iPod. Go to comicshenanigans.podbean.com/mobile/ on your iPhone or iPod, click the Quick Launch icon to add the app to your Home Screen.   Coming soon- Comic Shenanigans app for Android! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com!

Come listen to Nine Panel discuss their Reccomendations of the Week; Saga #12 & Hawkeye #9! We also debut a new, basset-hound written and produced Nine Panel theme song. Not only that but we introduce a new game to the mix where we State The Case on whether you should pick up a series. Plus, we talk about a lot of books. It's the Nine Panel Weekly Podcast Presented By The Fallout Shelter. The Fallout Shelter: http://falloutsheltercomics.com/ Show Notes: Roundtable Comic Book Reviews: Star Wars #4 (4:22) Harbinger #11 (6:02) X #0 (8:18) Saucer Country #14 (11:32) Invincible Universe #1 (15:30) Secret Service #6 (19:20) Avengers Arena #7 (22:38) Ultron #001AU (25:32) Thor God of Thunder #7 (28:26) Batman #19 (32:55) Sex #2 (36:19) Age of Ultron #5 (39:15) Reccomendations of the Week: Saga #12 (44:47) Hawkeye #9 (50:20) News (54:49) State Your Case: (1:05:00) Batman & Red Robin #19 (1:05:38) The Walking Dead #109 (1:06:45) Constantine #2 (1:08:06) Fantastic Four #6 (1:09:30) Uncanny Avengers #6 (2:10:54) Uncanny X-Men #4 (1:13:06)

It's another episode of the Nine Panel Pulls Podcast! John and Steve get you ready for the latest in comic book goodness and prepare you for the day that is, New Comic Book Day. Come for the comics, stay for speech slurring. Show Notes: Batman #19 (1:32) Saga #12 (2:33) Thor God of Thunder #7 (3:41) Uncanny Avengers #6 (4:38) Batman & Red Robin #19 (5:39) Star Wars #4 (6:47) Colonize #1 (8:39) Green Lantern Corps. #19 (9:31) Age of Ultron #5 (10:34) Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #3 (11:52) Hawkeye #9 (12:58) Ultron #1 (13:41) Invincible Universe #1 (14:43) Archer & Armstrong #9 (15:24) Fantastic Four #6 (16:20) Mars Attacks #9 (17:50) Most Wanted Books of the Week: Saucer Country #14 (19:01) Avengers Arena #7 (21:06)

Transformers, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Marvel: The Untold Story (Rob Liefeld, John Byrne, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Jackson, and more), Three Fingers by Rich Koslowsky, Alpha Flight, Excalibur and Alan Davis, Domino and Colossus, Drew Hayes' Poison Elves #1 from the Outlaw imprint of Ape Entertainment, Pacific Rim, Evil Dead, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Kirby and Kamandi, a Marvel Now overview (All-New X-Men, Avengers, Avengers: Arena, Cable and X-Force, Uncanny X-Force, Deadpool volume 4, Fantastic Four and FF, Indestructible Hulk, Iron Man, New Avengers, Savage Wolverine, Thor: God of Thunder, Thunderbolts, Uncanny Avengers, Young Avengers, and more), Showcase: Justice League of America volume six, John Carter and the Gods of Mars, Creepy Presents: Richard Corben, Fringe, Skottie Young, Amelia Cole and the Unknown World, and much more!

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the sixty-first episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday March13th. This episode was originally recorded March 17th 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: Age of Ultron #2, Alpha Big Time #2, Avengers Arena #6, Avengers Assemble #13, Avenging Spider-Man #18, Batgirl #18, Batman #18, Batman and Robin #18, Deathstroke #18, Fantastic Four #5, Green Lantern Corps #18, Manhattan Projects #10, Secret Avengers #2, Suicide Squad #18, Thunderbolts #6, Uncanny X-Men #3, Wolverine #1 and Wolverine and the X-Men #26. Download it now! Comic Shenanigans is now on Facebook! Comic Shenanigans now has its own app for iPhone and iPod. Go to comicshenanigans.podbean.com/mobile/ on your iPhone or iPod, click the Quick Launch icon to add the app to your Home Screen.   Coming soon- Comic Shenanigans app for Android! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com!

March 17, 2013 - This show is out on St. Patrick's Day, and yet there are no references at all. In fact, we're down one Kilpatrick! Jim Mroczkowski, our intrepid columnist fills in ably, and Paul starts off with a twang. There are things liked, and things unliked, and reasons given for nearly all of it. No children, fictional or otherwise, were harmed in the recording of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast Steve gets yelled at for being racist. We try our best not to be terrible people but alas, here we are. In other news though, we do talk about a lot of comic books including Batman & Robin #18, Batman #18, Avengers Arena #6, Peter Panzerfaust #10 and more. We also have a return of our truly unstable Flash Round and a good amount of news to fill you in on. Come for the comics, leave because of the racism. Its the Nine Panel Weekly Comic Book Podcast: The Official Podcast of The Fallout Shelter. Show Notes: Batman #18 (3:48) Thor God of Thunder #6 (6:45) Archer & Armstrong #8 (9:22) Age of Ultron #2 (12:14) Wolverine #1 (16:11) X-Men Legacy #7 (18:50) Star Wars #3 (21:46) Fearless Defenders #2 (24:00) Where is Jake Ellis #3 (27:09) The Manhattan Projects #10 (30:44) Crossed Badlands #25 (33:51) Uncanny X-Men #3 (39:09) Reccomendations of the Week: Avengers Arena #6 (42:58) Batman & Robin #18 (47:12) Peter Panzerfaust #10 (50:30) News (56:35) Flash Round (1:04:04) Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #2 Change #4 Green Lantern Corps. #18 Before Watchmen Ozymandias #6 Wolverine & The X-Men #26 Team 7 #6 Fantastic Four #5 Mind the Gap #8 The Walking Dead #108 Todd The Ugliest Kid On Earth #3

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the fifty-seventh episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday February 27th. This episode was originally recorded March 3rd 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: Aquaman #17, Avengers Arena #5, Avenging Spider-Man #17, Batman Incorporated #8, Batman the Dark Knight #17, FF #4, Flash #17, Gambit #9, Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1, Hawkeye #8, Punisher War Zone #5, Red Lanterns #17, Savage Hawkman #17, Talon #5, Teen Titans #17, Thunderbolts #5, Uncanny Avengers #4, Uncanny X-Force #2, Uncanny X-Men #2, X-Men Legacy #6, Young Avengers #2. Comic Shenanigans is now on Facebook! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com!

We moved to a new studio this week so forgive our sound quality as we get adjusted to our new space. This week brings a heavy heart to the podcast as the death of an iconic DC character occurs. We also talk abou the hip book that is Young Avengers, our differing opinions on FF and the douchebaggery of Kid Briton. We also play Taps... so there is that. Show Notes: Roundtable Comic Book Reviews: Young Avengers #2 (2:30) Legend of Luther Strode #3 (4:52) The Answer #2 (7:02) Uncanny X-Men #2 (9:41) Justice League Dark #17 (11:46) Punisher War Zone #5 (14:07) Uncanny Avengers #4 (16:46) Talon #5 (19:44) Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #1 (22:30) FF #4 (25:22) Hawkeye #8 (28:05) Avengers Arena #5 (31:30) Recommendations of the Week: Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 (36:12) Batman Inc. #8 (42:05) News: (42:45)

I don't know how he does it but John has yet to hear about the big revelation that will be occuring this week within the DC Universe. Therefore we avoid any and all talk about the event and leave it for the weekly podcast this upcoming Sunday. Either way, we have a lot of books to get you ready for on this New Comic Book Day including the continuation of The Answer, the start of Guardians of the Galaxy & the aftermath of the Throne of Atlantis. It's the Nine Panel Pulls Podcast. Show Notes: Legend of Luther Strode #3 (1:15) Injustice Gods Among Us #2 (1:53) Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 (2:41) Deadpool Killustrated #2 (3:39) Aquaman #17 (5:30) Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #1 (6:05) Avengers Arena #5 (6:50) Talon #5 (7:25) Comeback #4 (8:14) Uncanny X-Force #2 (9:20) Young Avengers #2 (10:14) Justice League Dark #17 (11:05) Before Watchen Dr. Manhattan #4 FINAL ISSUE (11:45) Punisher War Zone #5 FINAL ISSUE (12:56) Uncanny X-Men #2 (13:48) Massive #9 (14:44) Most Wanted Books Of The Week X-Men Legacy #6 (15:50) The Answer #2 (16:58)

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the fifty-third episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday February 13th. This episode was originally recorded February 18th 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: Age of Apocalypse #12, Avengers Arena #4, Avengers Assemble #12, Batgirl #17, Batman #17, Batman and Robin #17, Cable and X-Force #4, Deathstroke #17, Fantastic Four #4, Manhattan Projects #9, Scarlet Spider #14, Secret Avengers #1, Suicide Squad #17, Uncanny X-Men #1, Wolverine and the X-Men #25. Comic Shenanigans is now on Facebook! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com!

The only thing you need to know about this episode is that Steve made Before Watchmen Comedian his Recommendation of the Week. Then he awoke from his own personal hell and shifted directions. This week we cover the ridiculous amount of books from this week including the finale of Death of the Family & the second issue of Brian Wood's Star Wars. News will be in full effect today as the week was relentless on us. Plus... the Flash Round! Show Notes: Roundtable Comic Discussion: The Walking Dead #107 (2:04) America's Got Powers #5 (4:10) Wolverine & The X-Men #25 (6:50) Uncanny X-Men #1 (9:25) Batgirl #17 (12:40) Todd The Ugliest Kid On Earth #2 (15:27) Fantastic Four #4 (18:22) Before Watchmen Comedian #5 (22:43) Change #3 (25:35) Star Wars #2 (29:02) Batman #17 (32:05) Peter Panzerfaust #9 (36:30) Recommendations of the Week: The Manhattan Projects #9 (40:02) Batman & Robin #17 (43:21) Avengers Arena #4 (46:24) News: (50:39) Spider-Man's New Costume Tweeted Sin City 2 Image Houston, We Have A Drax Atwell will cameo in Winter Soldier Dinklage In For Days of Future Past! Arrow Renewed Wonder Woman Doc JLA Problems Overflow Onto Batman Reboot Spider-Man No More? Again? Again? DiDio Mans Up & Apologizes to Writers Walking Dead Kills On Sunday Night Flash Round!

Russell and David get into the mix with Book of the Week Batman #17 as well as Batman and Robin #17, Batgirl #17, Superboy #17, Katana #1, Star Wars #2, America's Got Powers #5, Clone #4, Avengers Arena #4, Bedlam #4, Uncanny X-Men #1 and The Walking Dead #107. Then all talk focuses on the amazing Batman crossover event 'Death of the Family'. Finally the guys preview what's coming out next week and talk some news stories from the world of comics.

Why are you even listening to this? You know the books you want to read this week... Star Wars #2 and Batman #17. Honestly, no better way to waste your time? Well we are happy you chose to waste it with us at Nine Panel Pulls. The guys get you ready for February 13th's New Comic Book Day. Show Notes: Team 7 #5 (0:40) Saucer Country #12 (1:15) Katanna #1 (2:20) Mylo Xyloto #1 (2:55) Avengers Arena #4 (4:20) Change #3 (5:00) Uncanny X-Men #1 (6:12) Powers Bureau #1 (7:22) Fantastic Four #4 (7:55) Bedlam #4 (8:40) Clone #4 (9:24) Mars Attacks #7 (9:59) The Walking Dead #106 (10:58) Todd The Ugliest Kid On Earth #2 (11:55) The Manhattan Projects #9 (12:42) Storm Dogs #3 (13:30) Most Wanted Books of the Week Batman #17 (14:43) Star Wars #2 (15:54)

Zone 4 Reviews covering Marvel NOW issues from January and February 2013! This episode I review: Superior Spider-Man #1 Avengers Arena #3 Captan America #3  New Avengers #1  Young Avengers #1  All-New X-Men #6  All-New X-Men #7 www.zone4podcast.com (Original Numbering: Zone 4 Reviews #4: Marvel NOW!)

On this installment of Fantastic Forum the crew brings you thoughts on The Hobbit, calls from listener Maximillion and DPL's DerrickH, reviews of Avengers Arena #1, The Hulk #1, X-Treme X-Men #7.1 and Aspen's Idolized as well as the latest comic book news. Fantastic Forum assemble!

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the forty-third episode, join Adam Chapman (comic reviewer for Comics & Gaming Magazine, cXpulp.com) for  audio reviews of comics released Wednesday January 9th. This episode was originally recorded January 14th 2013. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: Action Comics #16, Age of Apocalypse #11, Animal Man #16, Avengers Arena #3, Batwing #16, Cable and X-Force #3, Detective Comics #16, Earth 2 #8, Fantastic Four #3, Punisher Warzone #3, Scarlet Spider #13, Secret Avengers #36, Superior Spider-Man #1, Swamp Thing #16, Thor God of Thunder #1, Thunderbolts #3, Worlds' Finest #8 and X-Men Legacy #4. Comic Shenanigans is now on Facebook! Got questions or feedback for Comic Shenanigans?  Drop us a line at comicshenanigans@gmail.com!

Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.Listen to Episode #54 here! You can click the link to listen to the podcast or right click “save link as” to download it.This week, we are joined once again by the Atlanta Falcon's Super Fan Tom McNeely as we choose characters from Jonathan Hickman's new "New Avengers" book to duke it out in Wakanda, the New Illuminati members Black Panther vs. Captain America vs. Mr. Fantastic!Vote for who you think would win here over at our forums!Also in this episode, we talk about our High's list: Secret Avengers #36, Avengers Arena #3, and Swamp Thing #15; and our Low's list: Thunderbolts #3, The First X-Men #5, and Saga #1??? We also discuss this week's comics news, if Batman could defeat Iron Man on the National Mall, and all things Joss Whedon!Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!Jeff Jacksonjeff@comicattack.net@FrJeffJackson

On this week's episode the guys get together to talk about the huge week that was comics. From a slew of great Image titles to the continuing onslaught of Marvel NOW! the guys have you covered. It doesn't stop at reviews though, as the news cycle has been fast and furious this week. We also hear from David Bitterbaum in his Newest Rant. Show Notes: Roundtable Comic Reviews: Fantastic Four #3 (1:33) Punisher War Zone #3 (3:45) Wolverine & The X-Men #23 (5:55) The Legend of Luther Strode #2 (8:08) Change #2 (10:53) Secret Service #5 (14:14) Superior Spider-Man #1 (17:35) Action Comics #16 (20:18) X-Men Legacy #4 (23:34) Shadowman #3 (26:40) Secret Avengers #36 (29:35) Batman Detective Comics #16 (32:00) Recommendations of the Week: Thor: God of Thunder #4 (35:13) The Walking Dead #106 (38:20) Star Wars #1 (43:10) The Newest Rant with David Bitterbaum: Too Much In A Week (47:57) News (51:07) Flash Round: Peter Panzerfaust #8 (1:03:42) Scarlet Spider #13 (1:04:00) Clone #3 (1:04:20) Mind the Gap #7 (1:04:37) Thunderbolts #3 (1:04:54) Earth 2 #8 (1:05:13) Avengers Arena #3 (1:05:35) Think Tank Military Dossier (1:05:50) The Phantom Stranger #4 (1:06:12) The Perhapnauts Danger Down Under #3 (1:06:29) Cable & X-Force #3 (1:06:48)