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Today's episode features a heavenly conversation between Jimmy and Caitlin Yarsky as they discuss her Dark Horse Comics series Living Hell. Caitlin is both drawing and writing this series about Jerome, a husband, father, and demon, desperate to avoid Hell's bounty hunters. Issue 1 came out November 6th and issue 2 will hit your LCS on January 8th. Jimmy described the series as Supernatural meets Good Omens. Jimmy and Caitlin discuss the series, her experiences pulling double duty, as well as her influences. Plus Jimmy gets to gush about the print he bought from Caitlin at Baltimore Comic-Con of Picard with the flute from "Inner Light", Jimmy's favorite episode of TNG.  Caitlin's website: https://www.caitlinyarsky.com Living Hell From the publisher Meet Jerome Jameel-husband, father, demon. Hell is not just a place; it's a prison, a realm where demons have lived in exile for eons. A few of them find a way back to the human world, where they hide in plain sight. Jerome was one of the lucky few to escape and start a new life, and for the sake of his daughter-Jerome is determined to stay out of trouble. But when he comes face-to-face with one of Hell's bounty hunters, his plans go awry. Issue 2 PATREON We have a new Patreon, CryptidCreatorCornerpod. If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. We got two simple tiers, $1 and $3. I'll be uploading a story every Sunday about some of the crazy things I've gotten into over the years. The first one dropped last week about me relocating a drug lord's sharks. Yes, it did happen, and the alligators didn't even get in the way. Want to know more, you know what to do. Arkenforge Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. They have everything you need to make your TTRPG more fun and immersive, allowing you to build, play, and export animated maps including in person fog of war capability that let's your players interact with maps as the adventure unfolds while you, the DM get the full picture. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. Global Comix Save on a subscription to GlobalComix with us. Visit the link below and use the discount code COMICBOOKYETI. https://globalcomix.com/lp/promos/af/comicbookyeti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Caitlin Yarsky joins the show to talk about her Dark Horse Comics series Living Hell and play some Demon Trivia.

The Real American Heroes RETURN! In this week’s episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring the debut of Absolute Superman, the LONG-awaited launch of Skybound’s G.I. Joe reboot, Caitlin Yarsky’s amazing new supernatural thriller, Spidey getting killed in shiny new duds, and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new comic picks for next […] The post Absolute Superman, Living Hell, Amazing Spider-Man, G.I. Joe & MORE: New Comics Review Show #760 appeared first on The Two-Headed Nerd Comic Book Podcast.

We talk to writer and illustrator Caitlin Yarsky about her new comic "Living Hell" out this week from Dark Horse! Issue 1 comes out this Wednesday, November 6th. Check out more of Caitlin's work on her website and on instagram @caitlynyarsky

Writer/artist Caitlin Yarsky joins the show to talk about her upcoming Dark Horse Comics series Living Hell and what goes into soloing a comics project. Yarsky discusses her current slate, working on Black Hammer, how she engages with comics, influences outside of comics, overthinking art, the origins of Living Hell, the appeal of folklore and mythology, domestic life, writing for yourself, the different levels of ideas, the hook of the book, pulling from real life, her process, working with Dark Horse, the business side of comics, the Portland art community, and more.

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For the first time in recorded Blue Tiger history, a former guest has made the ascension to the cosmic throne of cohost. Theoretical models warn that even the most subtle adjustment to the BTR broadcast transmission may cause what is known as a ripple effect in the space-time-continuum and thus causation of unpredictable universal events. This is a risk that we here at BTR are willing to… risk… for you… the cubs. The wonderful Leila Del Duca replaces Tadd since he, the garbage humanoid that he is, has escaped to Big Island Hawaii for an undisclosed amount of time. We start the show off discussing the rare and recent Peter Laird interview. Leila breaks down her first time viewing of the 1990 TMNT movie.Leila proves to be the superior co-host, as she brings a special guest; comic artist, Caitlin Yarsky! Originally from New York, Caitlin is now in Portland, Oregon and a member of the largest comic book collective of working professionals in the industry, Helioscope Studios. Her works include Black Hammer: Reborn, Bliss, Catwoman, and DC's Lazurus Planet. You can find Caitlin, along with links to her socials, at her website. Everyone, FINALLY, comes clean on why Tadd is universally despised and hopefully lost in some ancient jungle, never to return. Resulting in a long and fruitful reign of Del Duca as the other half of your world tag-team podcasting champions.This is not an episode you want to miss. Have you experienced the elusive and majestic energy of the Blue Tiger? Had a sighting in the wilderness of the eternal forest? Tasted the blue milk of it's revenge? Then let the people know it exists!Get caught up on BTR's webcomic, “Operation: B.L.U.E.” at GNAR PIG. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluetigerrevenge.substack.com

Comic Reviews: DC Action Comics 1051 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms, Dan Jurgens, Lee Weeks, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage Batman: One Bad Day - Catwoman by G. Willow Wilson, Jamie McKelvie Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods by Francis Manapul, Dan Watters, Max Dunbar, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jack Herbert, Alex Guimaraes, Josie Campbell, Caitlin Yarsky, Jordie Bellaire Marvel Murderworld: Wolverine by Jim Zub, Ray Fawkes, Carlos Nieto, Victor Nava, Matt Milla Sins of Sinister 1 by Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, Geoffrey Shaw, Marco Checchetto, Juan Jose Ryp, David Baldeon, Travel Foreman, Carlos Gomez, Federico Vicentini, David Lopez, Joshua Cassara, Stefano Caselli, Bryan Valenza Infinity Comics Marvel's Voices 37: Reptil by Daniel Jose Older, Michael Shelfer, Ceci De La Cruz Devil Dinosaur 1 by Stephen Byrne, Arianna Florean, Pete Pantazis Image Inferno Girl Red: Book One 1 by Erica D'Urso, Mat Froom, Igor Monti Magic Order 4 1 by Mark Millar, Dike Ruan, Giovanna Niro Dark Horse Dragon Age: The Missing 1 by George Mann, Kieran McKeown, Michael Atiyeh Dynamite Darkwing Duck 1 by Amanda Deibert, Carlo Lauro Green Hornet: One Night in Bangkok by  IDW TMNT: Last Ronin - The Lost Years 1 by Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, SL Gallant, Maria Keane, Ben Bishop, Luis Antonio Delgado AfterShock Bulls of Beacon Hill 1 by Steve Orlando, Andy MacDonald, Lorenzo Scaramella Archie Archie vs. the World by Aubrey Sitterson, Jed Dougherty, Matt Herms, Doug Garbark ComiXology Youth Vol 3 1 by Curt Pires, Alex Diotto, Dee Cunniffe Ray's OGN Corner of the Week: Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte, Ann Xu Additional Reviews: Staircase, Hulk by PAD Omni Vol 4, Men, Invisible Woman by Mark Waid News: Harley Valentine's Day Special, Oscar nom weirdness, Violent Night sequel, Rick and Morty, Taylor and Scott on Titans, Green Lantern reshuffle and other DC things, Source Point announces new Jewish comic imprint, Titans and Doom Patrol ending Trailers: Shazam 2 Comics Countdown (24-Jan-2023): Inferno Girl Red Book One 1 by Erica D'Urso, Mat Froom, Igor Monti Human Target 11 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood Junkyard Joe 4 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Action Comics 1051 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms, Dan Jurgens, Lee Weeks, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage Once Upon A Time At The End of The World 3 by Jason Aaron, Nick Dragotta, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Rico Renzi, Lee Loughridge TMNT: Last Ronin - The Lost Years 1 by Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, SL Gallant, Maria Keane, Ben Bishop, Luis Antonio Delgado Justice Society of America 2 by Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Jerry Ordway, Mikel Janin, John Kalisz, Jordie Bellaire Traveling to Mars 3 by Mark Russell, Roberto Meli Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 4 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor Sandman Universe Presents: Dead Boy Detectives 2 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Jeff Stokely, Craig Taillefer, Miquel Muerto

Comic Reviews: DC Dark Crisis: War Zone by Frank Tieri, Matthew Rosenberg, Delilah Dawson, Jeremy Adams, Stephanie Williams, Tom Derenick, Fernando Pasarin, Daniel Bayliss, George Kambadais, Caitlin Yarsky, Serg Acuna, Matt Ryan, Pete Pantazis, Matt Herms Marvel Dark Web 1 by Zeb Wells, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin Miles Morales: Spider-Man 1 by Cody Ziglar, Federico Vicentini, Bryan Valenza Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 1 by Jordan Ifueko, Alba Glez, Jose Marzan Jr, Kike Diaz Thanos: Death Notes 1 by J. Michael Straczynski, Kyle Starks, Christopher Cantwell, Torunn Gronbekk, Travel Foreman, Ron Lim, Andrea Di Vito, Geoff Shaw, Rachelle Rosenberg, Dean White, David Curiel, Ruth Redmond, Israel Silva X-Treme X-Men 1 by Chris Claremont, Salvador Larroca, Guru eFX Infinity Comics Alligator Loki Image All Against All 1 by Alex Paknadel, Caspar Wijngaard Hexware 1 by Tim Seeley, Zulema Scotto Lavina, Valentina Cuomo, Andrea Meloni Nocterra: Val Special by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Francis Manapul Radiant Pink 1 by Melissa Flores, Meghan Camarena, Emma Kubert, Rebecca Nalty Dark Horse It's Only Teenage Wasteland 1 by Curt Pires, Jacoby Salcedo, Mark Dale, Micah Myers Sumerian Firstborns 1 by E & E Plissken, Luca Vassallo Titan Blade Runner 2039 1 by Mike Johnson, Mellow Brown, Andres Guinaldo, Marco Lesko Boom Know Your Station 1 by Sarah Gailey, Liana Kangas Ablaze Family Time 1 by Robert Windom, Lily Windom, Asiah Fulmore Dynamite Gargoyles 1 by Greg Weisman, George Kambadais OGNs Unfamiliar by Haley Newsome The Incal: Psychoverse by Mark Russell, Yanick Paquette Ray's OGN Corner: Amulet - The Stone Keeper by Kazu Kibuishi Additional Reviews: X, Once & Future HC vol 1, Violent Night, We Only Kill Each Other, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again News: another odd Simpsons short, new Stranger Things comic anthology, DC news/rumors, Flanagan adapting the DARK TOWER, Kevin Conroy's last outing as Batman, Capullo goes to Marvel, Millar announces new book and teases return to DC, It's Jeff goes to paper, Priest writing new Superman series, Aftershock scandal, Valiant issues, Omninews Comics Countdown: Do A Powerbomb 7 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Fantastic Four 2 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Jesus Aburtov Batman 130 by Chip Zdasrksy, Leonardo Romero, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey, Jordie Bellaire Spider-Man 3 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Edgar Delgado Radiant Pink 1 by Melissa Flores, Meghan Camarena, Emma Kubert, Rebecca Nalty All Against All 1 by Alex Paknadel, Caspar Wijngaard That Texas Blood 20 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips Gotham City: Year One 3 by Tom King, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Jordie Bellaire Daredevil 6 by Chip Zdarsky, Rafael de Latorre, Matt Wilson Nocterra: Val Special by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Francis Manapul  

Comic Reviews: DC Olympus Rebirth by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Caitlin Yarsky, Jordie Bellaire Tales of the Human Target by Tom King, Greg Smallwood, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart, Alex Sinclair, Arif Prianto Marvel A.X.E. Judgment Day 3 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Damage Control 1 by Hans Rodionoff, Adam Goldberg, Charlotte Fullerton, Will Robson, Ruth Redmond, Jay Fosgitt Fantastic Four 46 by Dan Slott, Cafu, Jesus Aburtov ComiXology New America 1 by Curt Pires, Lucas Casalanguida, Mark Dale Dark Horse Minor Threats 1 by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories 1 by Amanda Deibert, Lucas Marangon Boom Magic: Ajani Goldmane 1 by Seanan McGuire, Ariel Olivetti Wynd: Throne in the Sky 1 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas Dynamite Dejah Thoris Fairy Tales by Ron Marz, Andres Labrada Vault End After End 1 by David Brian Andry, Tim Daniel, Sunando, Michael Russell Archie Big Ethel Energy by Keryl Brown Ahmed, Siobhan Keenan Titan Gun Honey: Blood for Blood 1 by Charles Ardai, Ang Hor Kheng, Asifur Rahman Ray's OGN Corner: The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag Additional Reviews: She-Hulk ep2, Sandman, Nope, Game of Thrones, Daredevil by Charles Soule, Hamster and Gretel, Rage by Jimmy Palmiotti News: More HBO cuts, Mr. Sinister event next year, Monica Rambeau mini-series, new Red Sonja movie, King Kong series on Disney+, bizarre new animated project, delays for Shazam 2 and Aquaman 2, Matt Shankman of WandaVision rumored as new FF director, Umbrella Academy gets fourth and final season, new head of DC film division, Omninews, Resident Evil cancelled, Wasp mini from Al Ewing, GoT gets a second season, Kyle Rayner Hispanic Heritage Month variant cover controversy Trailers: Pinocchio Comics Countdown:   Tales of the Human Target by Tom King, Greg Smallwood, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart, Alex Sinclair, Arif Prianto Wynd: The Throne in the Sky 1 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas Deadly Class 55 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge Radiant Black 17 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Igor Monti Swamp Thing 16 by Ram V, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer Department of Truth 20 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds Lonesome Hunters 3 by Tyler Crook I Hate This Place 4 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge TMNT: Armageddon Game – Opening Moves 2 by Tom Waltz, Fero Peniche, Ronda Pattison Grim 4 by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Rico Renzi

Updates 3:09 Matt shackman F4? 7:59 Monica Rambeau: Photon by Eve Ewing and Michael Maria Comics 17:44 Olympus: Rebirth (Michael Conrad & Becky Cloonan, Caitlin Yarsky) 20:30 Captain America: Symbol of Truth #4 (Michael Onyebuchi and Silva/Ze Carlos) 23:34 AXE: Judgment Day #3 (Kieran Gillen and Valerio Schiti) Mentions: Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings #3, Defenders #2, Action Comics #1046, The Swamp Thing #16 Rewatch: She-Hulk Ep. 2 [34:15] *Had some recording issues during the book club so we will bring that back next week! Catch up and send us your New X-Men thoughts. We will be going over issues #32-34!*

The News on this episode kicks off with the delightful announcement of a "Photon" Monica Rambeau comic series (0:06:45), coming this December! That's followed by talk of the Umbrella Academy season four, and news on not one but two unrelated King Kong projects! I readdress the Batgirl movie situation (0:28:19) as we know it, along with some other DC film delays, and a little info on a meeting regarding the future of their Flashpoint movie. House of the Dragon episode 2 (0:36:24) is briefly discussed, and the News wraps up with some relevant and exciting highlights to look forward to in the month of September (0:39:43), including events, upcoming announcements, and new writers for the Avengers AND Fantastic Four series! Plus, be sure to check out the link below on November comics! Preorders are due in to your local comic shop by September 18th. Comic Book Picks (0:45:38) for the week of the 24th had a ton of great indie material to cover, plus another issue of Judgement Day, and wonderful Caitlin Yarsky interiors of Olympus: Rebirth! This week's Comic Book Pulls (0:53:28) coming out this last week of August are much lighter on the indie end, but have some very exciting DC ladies' Annuals, and the premier of the new Thunderbolts team! I go over She-Hulk ep. 2, titled Superhuman Law (0:58:09) in full, focusing more this week on comic references (who was Pug?) and Easter eggs, not to mention theories on where Jen is going to take the big case from here! Make sure to check out the She-Hulk Companion Special, as well, which features over two-and-a-half hours of absolutely everything you ever wondered about Marvel's Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk! Finally, I briefly go over Harley Quinn Ep. 7 (1:13:08), titled Another Sharkley Adventure. It was a particularly ridiculous episode, dare I say filler? But left me excited to see more, as usual.  Next week will bring episode 78, covering the news, the comics, al the usual goodies, but also pre-D23 Expo coverage, and the convention will be happening that weekend!  Link to this episode's Podcast Notes: http://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/full-archive/ep77-she-hulk-episode-2-monica-rambeaus-big-december-multiple-king-kongs-batgirl-v-warnerdisc-september-look-ahead-more  November Big-Two Solicitation https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/full-archive/november-marvel-and-dc-comics-solicitations  The Yancy Street Discord! https://discord.gg/HuUH8t3s  -Yancy Street Specials: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/full-archive/category/yancy-st-specials -Beginner's Guide to Comics: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/beginners-guide-to-comic-books.html   !!Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/id1550410718   !!Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/45qGcYnP147aZBVIHC09lI?si=cb8b8c1a4f8c4ac7   !!Pandora https://www.pandora.com/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/PC:74557   Find me on Instagram: @annawiththecomics https://www.instagram.com/annawiththecomics/   Podcast Updates on Twitter: @savageshegeek https://twitter.com/savageshegeek   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KoazT-HEFbqCALjxRLjFQ   Website/Blog: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/   Donation and All Other Links https://linktr.ee/sensationalshegeek

Welcome welcome!   This week's News is surprisingly positive, and I'll take it! Adding in a bit about the fantastic Lee Pace's marriage announcement, this week the news focuses on confirmation of Matt Reeves' Batman future, the latest on the Red Sonja movie, and last week's super-fun Wednesday Trailer! Also, House of the Dragon ep.1 premiered Sunday on HBO, which is briefly discussed here, but jury is still out barfing in the bathroom after that unnecessarily Saw-like sequence...   This week's comic book Picks 0:20:54 are from the week of Wednesday the 17th. My picks of the week are (in more or less order) Flavor Girls #2 (LOOOVE), Seven Sons #3, Daredevil #2, New Mutants 28, and Strange #5, among others.  Meanwhile, this week's comic book Pulls 0:35:33 include the return of Damage Control, Caitlin Yarsky on the Olympus: Rebirth one-shot, Chip Zdarsky's Public Domain #3, Sins of the Black Flamingo #3, Grim #4, and more! Once again, we truly are in a Golden Era of Indie Comics.   The latest from the Harley Quinn Show's Ep 6 45:03, titled Joker: The Killing Vote, has a brief section talking easter eggs and Killing Joke references, but the main event comes at the end:   She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 48:38 episode 1 coverage! Including summary of events, theories, comic references, speculation, and more! ALSO: Be sure to check out the August Yancy Street Special podcast: The She-Hulk Companion! Covering 42 years of Jennifer Walters history, everything I could possibly research and report! The episode is posted right after this one, linked here: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4zduc-12a7910    That's it this week! Until next time, my message for you this week is that you can be critical of a system that you're also forced to take part in. And be kind.  On Matt Reeves' Batman: https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-batman-matt-reeves-warner-bros-film-television-overall-deal-the-penguin-1235096315/  On Red Sonja updates: https://deadline.com/2022/08/red-sonja-film-casts-matilda-lutz-wallis-day-robert-sheehan-1235098151/  She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Merch: https://www.marvel.com/articles/gear/shop-marvel-must-haves-she-hulk-episode-1  Variety Article Spurring my Theory: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/she-hulk-steve-rogers-virginity-cut-scenes-1235342096/    The Yancy Street Discord! https://discord.gg/HuUH8t3s  -Yancy Street Specials: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/full-archive/category/yancy-st-specials -Beginner's Guide to Comics: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/beginners-guide-to-comic-books.html   !!Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/id1550410718   !!Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/45qGcYnP147aZBVIHC09lI?si=cb8b8c1a4f8c4ac7   !!Pandora https://www.pandora.com/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/PC:74557   Find me on Instagram: @annawiththecomics https://www.instagram.com/annawiththecomics/   Podcast Updates on Twitter: @savageshegeek https://twitter.com/savageshegeek   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KoazT-HEFbqCALjxRLjFQ   Website/Blog: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/   Donation and All Other Links https://linktr.ee/sensationalshegeek

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Episode 28, May 22, 2022Wednesday Comics Issue 7News of NoteBuffaloEisner NomineesSo Many Cool Books Coming!3 Amazing New BooksTyler:Fables #151, Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, DC Black LabelNew Mutants #25, Vita Ayala, Rod Reis, MarvelI Hate This Place #1, Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, ImageTad:The Blue Flame #8 Christopher Cantwell, Adam Gorham, Vault Yellow Cab, Benoit Cohen, Christophe Chaboute, IDWBlack Hammer: Reborn #12 Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dark Horse  Honorable Mentions: Batman: The Knight #5, Hit Me #3, I Hate This Place #1, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #20, Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca #2, Usagi Yojimbo #28Great Responsibility - Wednesday Comics Week 7Best Story So FarTad: MetamorphoTyer: SupermanBest Page This IssueTad: DeadmanTyler: BatmanBest Use of FormatTad:BatmanTyler: DeadmanBest Panel This IssueTad: Catwoman poised to strikeTyler: Batman, cigarette and the eye3 Books We Hope Will Be SpectacularTad:Saga #59 Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Image Pearl III #1 Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, Dark Horse Newburn #7 Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips, ImageGraphic Novels & Collections: Black Widow Vol. 3 Die By The Blade - Kelly Thompson, Elena Casagrande, MarvelHonorable Mentions: Adventureman #9, Batman: Beyond the White Knight #3, Batman: Fortress #1, Blood-Stained Teeth #2, The Department of Truth #18, Devil's Reign: Omega #1, Image! #2, Killadelphia #22, The Killer: Affairs of State #4, Moon Knight #11, Stillwater #13Tyler:Spectro #1, Juan Doe, AftershockCode 45 #1, Benjamin Hunting, Joe Ng, Scout Comics Saga #59, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Image Consider becoming a patron!

August 2022 solicits Comic Reviews: DC Duo 1 by Greg Pak, Khoi Pham, Scott Hanna, Chris Sotomayor Fables 151 by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Lee Loughridge Earth Prime 4: Stargirl by James Robinson, Paula Sevenbergen, Jerry Ordway, John Kalisz Shadow War Zone 1 by Joshua Williamson, Ed Brisson, Stephanie Phillips, Nadia Shammas, Trevor Hairsine, Mike Bowden, Ann Maulina, Otto Schmidt, Sweeney Boo, Mark Morales, Antonio Fabela Galaxy: The Prettiest Star OGN by Jadzia Axelrod, Jess Taylor Marvel Marvel's Voices: Identity by Pornsak Pichetshote, Jeremy Holt, Sabir Pirzada, Emily Kim, Kei Zama, Eric Koda, Rickie Yagawa, Brian Reber, Bryan Valenza, Sebastian Cheng, Irma Kniivila Savage Avengers 1 by David Pepose, Carlos Magno, Espen Grundetjern Image I Hate This Place 1 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge Iphigenia in Eulis: The Age of Bronze Edition by Euripides, Edward Einhorn, Eric Shanower Dark Horse Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin 1 by Geoff Darrow, Dave Stewart Ahoy Wrong Earth: Purple by Stuart Moore, Fred Harper Archie Fox Family Values by Dean Haspiel, Matt Herms, Vito Delsante, Richard Ortiz, Alex Toth GNs The Oates and the Elphyne by Michael Walsh Sorceline by Sylvia Douye, Paola Antista Additional Reviews: Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus vol 3, Owl House, Chip n Dale Worst reality show concept? Am it Glenn and a Rant News: Zuko animated movie and Avatar prequel series, Jon Watts showrunning new Star Wars series, Batman One Bad Day OGNs announced, Omninews, Power Rangers reuniting original cast for 30th anniversary special, Captain Carter live action project in development, casting for President Snow in Hunger Games prequel, Eisner noms, Amphibia graphic novel, Velma reboot for HBO Max, Felix the Cat comic from Source Point, Riverdale ending, Daredevil series coming for Disney+, Batman vs. Robin by Mark Waid, Williamson leaving Robin in August Trailers: She-Hulk, Baymax, Dead End: Paranormal Park Comics Countdown: The Oates and the Elphyne GN by Michael Walsh Black Hammer Reborn 12 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Batman: The Knight 5 by Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia Shadow War Zone by Joshua Williamson, Ed Brisson, Stephanie Phillips, Nadia Shammas, Trevor Hairsine, Mike Bowden, Ann Maulina, Otto Schmidt, Sweeney Boo, Mark Morales, Antonio Fabela Usagi Yojimbo 28 by Stan Sakai Nightwing 92 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas Immortal X-Men 2 by Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, David Curiel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star OGN by Jadzia Axelrod, Jess Taylor I Hate This Place 1 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge X-Men Red 2 by Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee, Matt Wilson

July 2022 Solicits Comic Reviews: DC Earth-Prime 2: Superman and Lois by Adam Mallinger, Jai Jamison, Andrew Wong, Tom Grummett, Norm Rapmund, Hi-Fi Marvel Captain America 0 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Tochi Onyebuchi, Mattia De Iulis Doctor Strange: Nexus of Nightmares by Ralph Macchio, Ibrahim Moustafa, Neeraj Menon Infinity Comics: Squirrel Girl 1 by Ryan North, Derek Charm, Rico Renzi Infinity Comics: Who is the Scarlet Witch by Steve Orlando, Rye Hickman, Brittany Peer Infinity Comics: Who is America Chavez by Alex Segura, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza Shuri and T'Challa Into the Heartlands by Roseanne Brown, Dika Araujo, Natacha Bustos, Claudia Aguirre Image Secret History of the War on Weed by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, Scott Koblish Dark Horse Collector: Unit 731 1 by Will Conrad, Marco Lesko, Rod Monteiro Crows GN by Anders Fager, Peter Bergting WindMaker by Roye Okupe, Sunkanmi Akinboye, Toyin Ajetunmobi Ham-Let: A Shakespearean Mash-Up by Jim Burnstein, Garrett Schiff, Elisa Ferrari Boom Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker 1 by Mairghread Scott, Fabiana Mascolo Vampire Slayer 1 by Sarah Gailey, Michael Shelfer, Valentina Pinto IDW TMNT: The Armageddon Game Pre-Game 1 by Bobby Curnow, Pablo Tunica, Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Dave Wachet, Rona Pattison, Adam Gorham, John Rauch, MIchael Garland, Casey Maloney, Maria Keane, Luis Antonio Delgado Dynamite John Carter of Mars 1 by Chuck Brown, George Kambadais Scout Broken Soul Ballad: Hell is for Kids David Byrne's Canceled by Pabliku Man, Renan Balmonte, Medmanga, Nick Justus Additional Reviews: You s3, How To Get Away With Murder, Predator, Unbelievable Unteens, Song of Spider-Man, Moon Knight ep4, Picard 2:8, Green Eggs and Ham s2, Hulk: Dogs of War, Amphibia, Owl House, Victor LaValle's Destroyer, Flash by Johns vol 6, Save Yourself, Frankenstein Alive Alive, The Simpsons - When Billie Met Lisa, Young Justice News: Black Hammer - The End details, Netflix cancels Bone and other issues, Spider-Verse delayed, Elsa Bloodstone cast, Round Robin Blue Beetle, Round Robin anthology, Marvel animation woes, Die RPG Trailer: Paws of Fury - The Legend of Hank Comics Countdown: Black Hammer Reborn 11 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Nice House on the Lake 8 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire Batman: The Knight 4 by Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia Good Asian 10 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Lee Loughridge Night of the Ghoul 6 by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines 4 by Kurt Busiek, Carlos Pacheco, Jose Villarrubia, Rafael Fonteriz Nightwing 91 by Tom Taylor, Geraldo Borges, Adriano Lucas Batman/Superman: World's Finest 2 by Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain Ice Cream Man 29 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran Avengers 55 by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, David Curiel

This episode has taken longer to publish because once we do, All Comics Considered won't be recording anymore. And I am not ready for the show to end.A few months back, we received a cease and desist order from NPR, stating that they have a trademark on the All __ Considered brand. We were given six months to change our name, and we were not required to destroy our archive. When we started this show, we knew this was a possibility. We never aspired to be like All Things Considered - the flagship news program that provides coverage of daily events. Instead, we wanted to be more like All Songs Considered – the show that describes music and says, “This is cool. Dig this.” What we set out to do was talk about the comics and comics creators that we liked. To have a conversation that wasn't based on which Batman villain could beat Daredevil, or talk about why THIS version of Spider-man was better than that version. We wanted to talk about why folks may like Daredevil, Spider-man, Letters to Lucardo, Bliss, or the countless other titles we mentioned. We wanted to share a love of comics with as wide an audience as possible and tear down whatever gate held folks back.I think we did the best we could. I'm proud of what we accomplished. Our interviews with Ariel from Amalgam Philly, Chip Zdarsky, Ellis Bojar, Pornsak Picetshote, Sean Lewis and Caitlin Yarsky are, in my very biased opinion, some of the best interviews i've heard on a comics pod. Our reading series on Fantastic Four, Bone, and Astro City helped us get grounding in why we love this medium. But what matters most, for all of us, was how we were able to use this show to invest in each other. This isn't the cliché, “it was the friends you made along the way.” We used our show to support each other, inspire each other and encourage each other to do better. Hannah is living her best life in Pennsylvania and working with survivors of domestic violence.Tim's been promoted and has reconnected with his artistic side. And he's really good at it.Nick is going to be an amazing counselor who will not shy away from dealing with the issues that most white therapists wouldn't touch for all the Medicare reimbursement in the world.Steve is making more music. Hell, you may catch him in a band in the Pacific Northwest soon.I'm doing grassroots organizing. It doesn't sound so glamorous, but it means I get to talk to complete strangers about things I'm passionate about – and that's something I loved about podcasting too.Speaking of podcasting, Tim, Nick, and I are still thinking about what we'll do next. However, when it comes to ACC, we're shutting down. It's time to do something a little different. Maybe more creative. Maybe more scripted. Maybe less. And while I agree it's time to move on, I'm not ready to say goodbye. I love talking about comics. I love reading comics. I love hearing other people get excited about fictional worlds that give them an escape from a scary, toxic place. I love how it brought people into my life like Caitlin,Kelsey, Tom and Joe. I think I love everything about comics except the publishing bullshit, but I can deal with that.There are a few stories we didn't get to finish. We never recorded Kingdom Come – maybe the third time would have been the charm. We had a huge piece to do on Immortal Hulk, and I was hoping we'd get to talk to at Al Ewing. I wanted to talk to bring back Sean and Caitlin to talk about books we should be reading. I really wanted to talk about Daredevil with Chip. I wanted to bring in so many colorists and editors to talk about their ideas on storytelling… I'll stop talking about comics when I move on from this Earth. I'll be coordinating with my crew as we figure out what comes next. I know I'll come back to comics one day – and I hope folks will want to listen to that like you did with ACC.Until next time, friends, remember this: adventures end, but that's when you can start a new journey.

Comic Reviews (23-Mar-2022): DC Rogues 1 by Joshua Williamson, Leomacs, Mat Lopes Trial of the Amazons: Wonder Girl 1 by Joelle Jones, Jordie Bellaire Marvel Demon Days: Blood Feud 1 by Peach Momoko Venom: Lethal Protector 1 by David Michelinie, Ivan Fiorelli, Bryan Valenza Wolverine: Patch 1 by Larry Hama, Andrea Di Vito, Le Beau Underwood, Sebastian Cheng Avengers Forever Infinity Comic 1 by Jason Aaron, Kev Walker, Dean White Image Ghost Cage 1 by Nick Dragotta, Caleb Goellner, Rus Wooton Dark Horse Stranger Things: Kamchatka 1 by Michael Moreci, Todor Hristov, Dan Jackson Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter 1 by Davud Dastmalchian, Lukas Ketner IDW Godzilla vs. the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1 by Cullen Bunn, Freddie Williams II, Andrew Dalhouse Scout Beyond the Beyond 1 by Christian Tropeano, Gian Fernando Pentagram of Horror 1 by Marco Fontanili  Valiant Armorclads 1 by JJ O'Connor, Brian Buccellato, Manuel Garcia, Raul Fernandez, Rex Lokus Blu Lullaby 1 by Chad Perkins, Andrea Montano Strgrl 1 by Lucas Mendonca Last Days of Black Hammer by Jeff Lemire, Stefano Simone Secret Passages by Axelle Lenoir Keeper of the Little Folk vol 2 by Carbone, Veronique Barrau, Charline Forns Additional Reviews: Parker Martini Edition, Black Hammer vol 5, Arcane: League of Legends, Korra s2, Death On The Nile, Captain America by Rick Remender, Is It Cake? DCeased, In A Cottage In A Wood, Picard s2e4, Amphibia, Owl House, Superman: Up In The Sky News: Omninews, Joker deleted scene, Nova movie in development Trailers: Men Comics Countdown: Ghost Cage 1 by Nick Dragotta, Caleb Goellner, Rus Wooton Department of Truth 17 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Fornes, Jordie Bellaire Black Hammer Reborn 10 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Robin 12 by Joshua Williamson, Roger Cruz, Norm Rapmund, Luis Guerrero Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines 3 by Kurt Busiek, Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Fonteriz, Jose Villarrubia Rogues 1 by Joshua Williamson, Leomacs, Mat Lopes Clear 5 by Scott Snyder, Francis Manapul,  Shang-Chi 10 by Gene Luen Yang, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, Sunny Gho, Jesus Aburtov Bolero 3 by Wyatt Kennedy, Luana Vecchio Avengers Forever 4 by Jason Aaron, Jim Towe, Guru eFX

In which A Girl and Todd talk "Turtles as Demi-Gods, Addiction, and What Does it Mean to be a Serial Killer?" or Bliss #1-8. ​ Bliss is published by Image Comics and was co-created by Sean Lewis and Caitlin Yarsky. The series is collected as one volume and is beautifully done. ​ Support us if you can and check us out on socials [here](https://linktr.ee/GirlsTalkComics). ​ This episode was edited by Todd

In which A Girl and Todd talk "Turtles as Demi-Gods, Addiction, and What Does it Mean to be a Serial Killer?" or Bliss #1-8. Bliss is published by Image Comics and was co-created by Sean Lewis and Caitlin Yarsky. The series is collected as one volume and is beautifully done. Support us if you can and check us out on socials here (https://linktr.ee/GirlsTalkComics). This episode was edited by Todd

Comic Reviews: DC Aquamen 1 by Brandon Thomas, Chuck Brown, Sami Basri, Adriano Lucas Teen Titans Academy 12 by Tim Sheridan, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Alejandro Sanchez Marvel Carnage Forever 1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Ram V, Ty Templeton, Salvador Larroca, Edgar Salazar, Rain Beredo, Rachelle Rosenberg Ghost Rider 1 by Benjamin Percy, Cory Smith, Bryan Valenza Citizen: The Power of Light Star Wars: High Republic - Edge of Balance vol 2 by Shima Shinya, Daniel Older, Mizuki Sakakibara Image Step by Bloody Step 1 by Simon Spurrier, Matias Bergara, Mat Lopes Supermassive 1 by Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Simone Ragazzoni, Francesco Manna, Igor Monti Rockstar and Softboy by Sina Grace Dark Horse Stranger Things: Erica the Great GN by Greg Pak, Danny Lore, Valeria Favoccia, Dan Jackson Boom All-New Firefly 1 by David M. Booher, Jordi Perez, Francesco Segala Killer: Affairs of the State 1 by Matz, Luc Jacamon IDW Star Trek Klingons 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Timothy Green Scout Distorted 1 by Salvatore Vivenzio, Gabriele Falzone Kingjira 1 by Marco Fontanili Shepherd the Valentine 1 by Andrea Molinari, Roberto Molinari, Jaime Rodriguez Source Point Press Christmas Caroline Annual by Garrett Gunn, Christina Blanch, Kit Wallis Katie the Catsitter Book 2: Best Friends for Never by Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yu Wrassle Castle Book 2: Riders on the Storm by Paul Tobin, Colleen Coover, Galaad, Rebecca Horner Creepy Cat Vol 2 by Cotton Valent Additional Reviews: John Wick 2, Thursday Murder Club 2 (The Man Who Died Twice), Night Mary, Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser The state of sales in the industry Ray explains how to show for digital comics now News: new X-O Manowar series, new Bloodshot series, Spider-Ham sequel OGN from Steve Foxe and a bizarre second project, Chameleon cast, new Moon Girl anthology, new Ant-Man book by Al Ewing, new Batman creative team, Flash & Aquaman: Voidsong, DC Mech, Human Target takes a break, Omninews, Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man, DCeased III, Genis-Vell by Peter David, new Marvel Fortnite mini, Clobberin' Time by Steve Skroce, Iron Cat, Mandolorian s1 adaption Comics Countdown: Supermassive 1 by Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Simone Ragazzoni, Francesco Manna, Igor Monti Black Hammer Reborn 9 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Deadly Class 51 by Rick Remender, Wesley Craig, Lee Loughridge Oblivion Song 35 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici Night of the Ghoul 5 by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines 2 by Kurt Busiek, Carlos Pacheco, Jose Villarrubia, Rafael Fonteriz Robin 11 by Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov, Luis Guerrero Strange Academy 16 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Human Target 5 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood Department of Truth 16 by James Tynion IV, Alison Sampson, Jordie Bellaire

To the land of Zoom we go again because joining Rob and Patrick is returning guest and very good friend of the Carnival, comic artist Caitlin Yarsky to talk goings on and new things on the horizon in comic land. Check this one out for sure and check out her website to keep up to date on what's going on.Keep on being as safe as possible and supporting those local businesses, artists and musicians.Caitlin's WebsiteCarnival of Randomness

To take your mind off the lovely weather we're having, back to the archives we go! Stay tuned for new stuff in the very near future:Rob and Patrick are back in the Zoom realm and joined by special guest from last week Mike and a returning guest. Not just any guest folks, but our very first guest we ever had in the studio, award winning comic artist Caitlin Yarsky. She joins us for a nice little chat about what's been going on after the success of Coyotes and the myriad of new projects that are coming up in her life, including Bliss and taking over the reigns of Dark Horse's Black Hammer. Check out her website for information on where to get the comics, as we do highly recommend them if you truly appreciate great artwork.Keep on being as safe as possible and supporting those local businesses, artists and musicians.Caitlin's WebsiteCarnival of Randomness

This week the guys discuss some new X-Men titles announced, the Boy Season 3 release date, and more! Also this week the guys are joined by Caitlyn Yarsky. Caitlyn is the artist behind Coyote, Bliss, and Black Hammer Reborn. Make sure to check out her work using the links below. https://www.comixology.com/Caitlin-Yarsky/comics-creator/146807 https://www.caitlinyarsky.com/ Don't forget the guys talk about the comics they are reading off the shelves from last week, and as always all of the news fit for print. Comics we discuss in this episode:Night of the Ghoul #3Clear #3Deathstoke Inc #4Batman #119Dark Knights of Steel #3Thor #20Marjorie Finnegan Temporal Criminal #8World of Krypton #2 Get 20% off your Geek Grind Coffee with the promo code: CHRIR20https://geekgrindcoffee.com?p=rJRo_vrPd Get your Fortress Comics merchandise with the link belowhttps://www.teepublic.com/user/fortress-comics Get your copy of Battle Monsters #1 on Comixology or the Fortress of Comic News online storehttps://www.comixology.com/Fortress-Comics/comics-publisher/20312-0?ref=Y29taWMvdmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL2JyZWFkY3J1bWJz Want to talk comics and chat with the hosts of your favorite Fortress Comics content? Join our facebook group with the link below:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1607250199464647/?ref=share Join us on Discord:https://discord.gg/SFQuqJ9 FortressofComicNews.com YouTube.com/FortressComics Chris twitter @fortresschris Mike twitter @fortressricker Patreon.com/FortressComics Thanks for Listening! #marvel #marvelcomics #mcu #dccomics #comicbooks #comicnews #podcast #indiecomics #batman

Sales DC January 2022 Solicits Comic Reviews: Batman: The Audio Adventures Special by Dennis McNicholas, Paul Scheer, Bobby Moynihan, Heidi Gardner, Ike Barinholtz, Anthony Marques, Leonardo Romero, Emma Kubert, Derec Donovan, German Peralta, Jacob Edgar, Juni Ba, Jon Mikel, J. Bone, Rich Ellis, Jesus Hervas, Roberto Poggi, Dave Stewart, Hi-Fi, Nick Filardi, Rex Lokus, David Baron, Kristian Rossi, Dee Cunniffe Batman: The Imposter 1 by Mattson Tomlin, Andrew Sorrentino, Jordie Bellaire Batman Urban Legends 8 Strange Adventures 12 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Doc Shaner Robins 1 by Tim Seeley, Baldemar Rivas, Romulo Fajardo Jr Black Panther Legends 1 by Tochi Onyebuchi, Sektor Fiadzigbey Darkhold: Iron Man 1 by Ryan North, Guillermo Sanna, Ian Herring Eternals Forever by Ralph Macchio, Ramon F Bachs, Rachelle Rosenberg Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows 1 by Daniel Jose Older, Dave Wachter, Marchisio Immortal Hulk 50 by Kieron Gillen Marvel Meow by Nao Fuji Clear 1 by Scott Snyder, Francis Manapul ET-ER 1 by Dan Panosian, Jeff McComsey, Javier Pulido, Shawn Crystal James Bond: Himeros 1 by Rodney Barnes, Antonio Fuso Electric Black 1 by Joseph Paul Schmalke, Rich Woodall Ninja Scouts and the Mask of Humbaba 1 by Kevin Doyle, Martin Plsko Creepy Cat GN by Cotton Valent Weird Western Adventures: The Lady and The Witch by Greg Boucher, Mark Otto, Ken Lamug, Sergio Rios, Alex Schwafel, Edgar Tavitas The New Monster (A Pocket Reynolds Chiller) by Chris Reynolds Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 9 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Robert Hack, Jack Morelli Additional Reviews: Candyman, Sheets, Delicates, Aquaman cartoon pilot, stories by Junji Ito, Young Justice s4 (first two episodes), Baking Impossible, James Bond: No Time To Die Longbox of Horror: Uncanny X-Men by Chuck Austen News: British soap news, Adam Warlock cast, Omninews, another Walking Dead show, new How to Train Your Dragon spin-off, Star Wars cruise ship comic, new Lanzing/Kelly kickstarter, Adventures Everywhere kickstarter, Spider-Verse II title, Hawkeye release schedule, Daredevil: Woman Without Fear 3-issue mini, DC anti-comicsgate, Milestone news, Robins #1 drops early on DC Universe Infinite, Superman drops the "American Way", Gene Luen Yang Monkey Prince maxiseries, WW crossover event, Y cancelled, Aquamen Glenn asks a Symbiote Spider-Man question. Trailers: Home Sweet Home Alone, Scream 5, Black Phone, Needle in a Timestack, The Batman, Doctor Who, Flashpoint Comics Countdown: Mazebook 2 by Jeff Lemire Immortal Hulk 50 by Kieron Gillen, Joe Bennett, Belardino Brabo, Ruy Jose, Paul Mounts Black Hammer: Reborn 4 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Unbelievable Unteens 4 by Jeff Lemire, Tyler Crook,  Strange Adventures 12 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Doc Shaner Mamo 4 by Sas Milledge Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton 5 by Kyle Starks, Chris Schweizer Batman '89 3 by Sam Hamm, Joe Quinones, Jordan Gibson, Leonardo Ito Ordinary Gods 4 by Kyle Higgins, Felipe Watanabe, Joseph Clark, Frank William Deadbox 2 by Mark Russell, Ben Tiesma, Popov

Rich chats with Caitlin Yarsky about her work on Black Hammer and much more!!!

October solicits Comic Reviews: Blue and Gold 1 by Dan Jurgens, Ryan Sook Shazam 1 by Tim Sheridan, Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo Superman and the Authority 1 by Grant Morrison, Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire Superman: Red and Blue 5 by Judd Winick, Ibrahim Moustafa, G. Willow Wilson, Valentine De Landro, Joshua Williamson, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Hi-Fi, Mark Buckingham, Lee Loughridge, Daniel Warren Johnson Extreme Carnage: Phage by Steve Orlando, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, Chris Sotomayor Moon Knight 1 by Jed MacKay, Alessandro Cappuccio, Rachelle Rosenberg Thor Annual by Aaron Kuder, Cam Smith, Chris O'Halloran Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters: Jabba the Hutt 1 by Justina Ireland, Ibraim Roberson, Luca Pizzari, Edgar Delgado, Giada Marchisio M.O.M.: Mother of Madness 1 by Emilia Clarke, Marguerite Bennett, Leila Leiz Syphon 1 by Mohsen Ashraf, Patrick Meaney, Jeff Edwards, John Kalisz Mawrth Valliis by EPHK Bermuda 1 by John Layman, Nick Bradshaw, Len O'Grady Dejah Thoris vs. John Carter of Mars 1 by Dan Abnett, Alessandro Miracolo, Dearbhla Kelly Tales From Harrow County: The Fair Folk 1 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall, Tyler Crook Dark Blood 1 by Latoya Morgan, Walt Barna, A.H.G. Everyone is Tulip by Nicole Goux, Dave Baker, Ellie Hall One Line by Ray Fawkes 99 Cent Night Jackal by Heath Michaels, Philip Renne, Falk Hansel Additional Reviews: Batman the Adventures Continue vol 1, The Empty Man, Washington Black, Masters of the Universe, Fargo s4, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, Schmigadoon, Sexy Beasts, Owl House ep7, Fear Street 1666, How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death by Molly Knox Ostertag News: Millar's new comic King of Spies, Batgirl casting, Larime Taylor TV series in development, Blade director, Anansi Boys adaptation, All-Nighters comixology series from Zdarsky, Michaela Coel cast in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina returns, Michael B. Jordan black Superman project, All-Nighters, Remender is a naughty boy, Eisners, Amphibia season 3 release date, Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye confirmed for 2021, odd Legends news, Snyder signs massive deal with Comixology/Dark Horse, Astro City returns to Image Trailers: Malignant, Nope, Doctor Who series 13, Dexter: New Blood Ray Asks A Question Comics Countdown:  Many Deaths of Laila Starr 4 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade Black Hammer Reborn 2 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Superman and the Authority 1 by Grant Morrison, Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire Ascender 17 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Usagi Yojimbo 21 by Stan Sakai Undiscovered Country 14 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Matt Wilson Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow 2 by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes Snow Angels Season Two 2 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Tales From Harrow County: Fair Folk 1 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall, Tyler Crook Radiant Black 6 by Kyle Higgins, Cherish Chen, Darko Lafuente, Miquel Muerto, Becca Carey

Sep 2021 Solicits Comic Reviews: Wonder Woman: Black and Gold 1 by AJ Mendez, Ming Doyle, Nadia Shammas, Morgan Beem, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, Amy Reeder, Becky Cloonan Batman: Reptilian 1 by Garth Ennis, Liam Sharp Checkmate 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Dave Stewart Infinite Frontier 1 by Joshua Williamson, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr Gamma Flight 1 by Al Ewing, Crystal Frasier, Lan Medina, Antonio Fabela Heroes Return 1 by Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Matt Wilson Marvel's Voices: Pride by Kieron Gillen, Allan Heinberg, Terry Blas, Steve Orlando, Tini Howard, Mariko Tamaki, Vita Ayala, Leah Williams, Lilah Sturges, Anthony Oliveira, Crystal Frasier, J.J. Kirby, Jan Bazaldua, Jim Cheung, Kris Anka, Olivier Coipel, Jethro Morales, Derek Charm, Joanna Estep, Javier Garron, Claudia Aguirre, Jen Hickman, Brittney Williams, Samantha Dodge, Luciano Vecchio, Marcelo Maiolo, David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Tamra Bonvillain, Paulina Ganucheau, Brittany Peer, Kendall Goode Vinyl 1 by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, Dave Stewart Spawn's Universe 1 by Todd McFarlane, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Jim Cheung, Brett Booth, Adelso Corona, FCO Plascencia, Peter Steigerwald, Andrew Dalhouse Black Hammer Reborn 1 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Imogen of the Wyrding Way by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Peter Bergting, Michelle Madsen Good Luck 1 by Matthew Erman, Stefano Simeone Snow Angels vol 2 1 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Sonic 30th Anniversary Special Carmen Sandiego: Need For Speed Caper Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine by Brenda Hickey Keeper of the Little Folks: Fairy Balm by Carbone, Veronique Barrau, Charline Forns Claire and the Dragons 1 by Wander Antunes ExtraOrdinary 1 by V.E. Schwab, Enid Balam, Ana Godis 99 Cent Lounger 1 by Nick Mullins Homerville 1 & 2 by Justin Young Wandering Koala 1 by Jeff Thomason After the Storm by Stefano Petris Deadgods 1 by Juan Ramon Lapaix Jupiter Invincible 1 by Yusef Komunyakaa, Ashley Woods Loveland by Timothy Pitoniak Tales From the Dispatch Vol 2 by Maxwell Bristol, Catherine Broxton, Shaun Evans, Edward Ficklin, Matthew Sotello, Eric Young Tales of the Scarlet Order Vampires by David Lee Summers, Michael Ellis The Black Car by Michael Kaz, Josh Maikis, Gregory Ramos The Walk by Michael Moreci, Jesus Hervas Additional Reviews: Shazam!, Loki ep3, Owl House 2.3 News: Batwoman stupidity, hope for Gwen Stacy, ScarJo returning to Disney for Tower of Terror, Spider-Man Beyond (from Saladin Ahmed, Cody Zigler, Zeb Wells, Patrick Gleason, Kelly Thompson), Joker manga where he raises deaged Batman, return of Warren Ellis, Skybound YA graphic novel line, delays to Batman/Catwoman, Cates/Stegman series Vanish, Savage Land-based movie, Marvel NFTs, Avatar new live-action series makes all the old mistakes Trailers: Jurassic World Dominion, Sexy Beasts, Karen, Shang-Chi Am it Glenn? Comics Countdown: Ascender 16 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Stray Dogs 5 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner Undiscovered Country 13 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson Something is Killing the Children 17 by James Tynion IV, Wether Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto Black Hammer Reborn 1 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Snow Angels Season Two 1 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Batman/Superman 19 by Gene Luen Yang, Emanuela Lupacchino, Darick Robertson, Kyle Hotz, Steve Lieber, Matt Santorelli, Sabine Rich Robin 3 by Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov, Luis Guerrero Shadecraft 4 by Joe Henderson, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela Guardians of the Galaxy 15 and SWORD 6 by Al Ewing, Juan Frigeri, Guru eFX, Adelso Corona, David Curiel, Federico Blee, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia

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Rob and Patrick are back in the Zoom realm and joined by special guest from last week Mike and a returning guest. Not just any guest folks, but our very first guest we ever had in the studio, award winning comic artist Caitlin Yarsky. She joins us for a nice little chat about what's been going on after the success of Coyotes and the myriad of new projects that are coming up in her life, including Bliss and taking over the reigns of Dark Horse's Black Hammer. Check out her website for information on where to get the comics, as we do highly recommend them if you truly appreciate great artwork. Keep on being as safe as possible and supporting those local businesses, artists and musicians. Caitlin's Website Carnival of Randomness

Comics  Wrong Earth Night And Day #4 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Tom Peyer | Artist(s): Jamal Igle Juan Castro | $3.99  Fire Power #11 from Image | Writer(s): Robert Kirkman | Artist(s): Chris Samnee Matthew Wilson | $3.99   Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal #1 of 8 from AWA/Upshot (W) Garth Ennis (A) Goran Sudzuka $3.99 Nocterra #3 from Image Comics (W) Scott Snyder (A) Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey - $3.99    Fear Case #4 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Tyler Jenkins | Colors: Hilary Jenkins | Letters: Jim Campbell | $3.99 The Good Asian #1 from Image Comics | Writer: Pornsak Pichetshote; | Artist: Alexandre Tefenkgi | Colors: Lee Loughridge | Letters: Jeff Powell | $3.99   Eve #1 from BOOM Studios | Writer: Victor LaValle | Artist: Jo Mi-Gyeong | Colors: Brittany Peer | Letters: Andworld Design  $3.99  Eden #1 (One Shot) from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Dakbor Talajic | $6.99 Beasts Of Burden Occupied Territory #2 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer | Artist(s): Benjamin Dewey | Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot | $3.99 Hollow Heart #3 from Vault Comics | Writer(s) and Letters: Paul Allor | Artist(s): Paul Tucker | $3.99 ExtraOrdinary from Titan Comics |Writer: V.E. Schwab | Art: Enid Balam | Colors: Jordi Escuin | Letters: Rob Steen Whalesville X Rocks and Minerals from Bad Idea Comics | Written by Matt Kindt | Art by: Adam Pollina, Tony Millionaire | Colors: Matt Hollingsworth | Letters: Jim Campbell | $9.99 Bliss #7 from Image | Writer(s): Sean Lewis | Artist(s): Caitlin Yarsky | $3.99 Commanders In Crisis #8 from Image | Writer(s): Steve Orlando | Artist(s): Davide Tinto | $3.99 Broken Souls Ballad #1 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Massimo Rosi | Artist(s): Ludovica Ceregatti | $3.99 Vampire The Masquerade #8 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Various | Artist(s): Dev Pramanik Nathan Gooden | $3.99   Trades   EC Archives Tales From The Crypt Vol 1 TP from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Al Feldstein Various | Artist(s): Various | $19.99 Upcoming Comics House Of Lost Horizons A Sarah Jewell Mystery #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Chris Roberson | Artist(s): Leila Del Duca | $3.99 Canto & The City Of Giants #2 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): David M. Booher | Artist(s): Sebastian Piriz | $3.99 Comic Book History Of Animation #5 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Fred Van Lente | Artist(s): Ryan Dunlavey | $3.99 Sea Of Sorrows #5 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Rich Douek | Artist(s): Alex Cormack | $3.99 Geiger #2 from Image | Writer(s): Geoff Johns | Artist(s): Gary Frank Brad Anderson | $3.99 Ice Cream Man #24 from Image | Writer(s): W. Maxwell Prince | Artist(s): Martin Morazzo Chris OHalloran | $3.99 Karmen #3 from Image | Writer(s): Guillem March | Artist(s): Guillem March | $3.99 Silver Coin #2 from Image | Writer(s): Chip Zdarsky | Artist(s): Michael Walsh | $3.99 Black Cotton #2 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Patrick Foreman Brian Hawkins | Artist(s): Marco Perugini | $3.99 Heavy #6 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Max Bemis | Artist(s): Eryk Donovan | $3.99 Maniac Of New York #4 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Elliott Kalan | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | $3.99 Proctor Valley Road #3 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Alex Child Grant Morrison | Artist(s): Naomi Franquiz | $3.99 Scouts Honor #5 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): David Pepose | Artist(s): Luca Casalanguida | $3.99 Silver City #1 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Olivia Cuartero-Briggs | Artist(s): Luca Merli | $4.99 Space Bastards #5 from Humanoids Publishing | Writer(s): Joe Aubrey Eric Peterson | Artist(s): Darick Robertson | $4.99   Time Before Time #1 from Image Comics (W) Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville  (A) Joe Palmer, Chris O'Halloran $3.99 - extra-sized  Project Patron #2 from AfterShock Comics (W) Steve Orlando (A) Patrick Piazzalunga $3.99  You Promised Me Darkness #2 from Behemoth Comics (W/A) Damian Connelly $3.99     TRADES Sleeping Beauties Vol 1 HC from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Stephen King Various | Artist(s): Alison Sampson | $19.99

Comics  Crossover #6 from Image | Writer(s): Donny Cates | Artist(s): Geoff Shaw | $3.99  Abbott 1973 #4 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Saladin Ahmed | Artist(s): Sami Kivela | $3.99 Happy Hour #6 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Peter Miligan | Artist(s): Michael Montenat | $3.99 Once and Future #18 from BOOM! Studios (W) Kieron Gillen (A) Dan Mora $3.99   The Modern Frankenstein #1 from Heavy Metal Presents Magma Comix (W) Paul Cornell (A) Emma Vieceli - $3.99 Shadecraft #2 from Image | Writer(s): Joe Henderson | Artist(s): Lee Garbett | Colors by Antonio Fabela | Letters by Simon Bowland | $3.99   BRZRKR (Berzerker) #2 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Keanu Reeves Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Ron Garney | Colors by Bill Crabtree | Letters by Clem Robins | $3.99 Witchblood #2 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Matthew Erman | Artist(s): Lisa Sterle | Colors by Gab Contreras | Letters by Jim Campbell |  $3.99 Nuclear Family #3 from Aftershock | Written by Stephanie Phillips | Art by Tony Shasteen | Colors by JD Mettler | Letters by Troy Peteri Shadowman #1 from Valiant | Writer: Cullen Bunn | Art by Jon Davis-Hunt | Colors: Jordie Bellaire | Letters by Clayton Cowles Department Of Truth #8 from Image | Writer(s): James Tynion IV | Artist(s): Martin Simmonds | $3.99 Bitter Root #12 from Image | Writer(s): David Walker Chuck Brown | Artist(s): Sanford Greene | $3.99 Cult Of Dracula #2 from Source Point Press | Writer(s): Rich Davis | Artist(s): Henry Martinez | $3.99 Frank At Home On The Farm #4 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Jordan Thomas | Artist(s): Clark Bint | $3.99 Mirka Andolfos Unsacred Vol 2 #6 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Mirka Andolfo Davide Goy | Artist(s): Ilaria Catalani Veronica Ciancarini | $3.99   Helm Greycastle #1 from Image Comics (W) Henry Barajas  (A) Rahmat Handoko, Bryan Valenza - $4.99  Summoners War: Legacy #1 from Image Comics (W) Justin Jordan (A) Luca Claretti, Giovanna Niro $3.99    Trades   Plot Vol 2 TP from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Tim Daniel Michael Moreci | Artist(s): Josh Hixson | $17.99 Gideon Falls Vol 6 The End TP from Image | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Andrea Sorrentino Dave Stewart | $12.99 Upcoming Comics Beasts Of Burden Occupied Territory #2 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer | Artist(s): Benjamin Dewey | $3.99 Fear Case #4 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Tyler Jenkins | $3.99 Bliss #7 from Image | Writer(s): Sean Lewis | Artist(s): Caitlin Yarsky | $3.99 Commanders In Crisis #8 from Image | Writer(s): Steve Orlando | Artist(s): Davide Tinto | $3.99 Fire Power #11 from Image | Writer(s): Robert Kirkman | Artist(s): Chris Samnee Matthew Wilson | $3.99 Broken Souls Ballad #1 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Massimo Rosi | Artist(s): Ludovica Ceregatti | $3.99 Eden #1 (One Shot) from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Dakbor Talajic | $6.99 Hollow Heart #3 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Paul Allor | Artist(s): Paul Tucker | $3.99 Vampire The Masquerade #8 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Various | Artist(s): Dev Pramanik Nathan Gooden | $3.99 Whalesville x Rocks and Minerals #1 (One Shot) from Bad Idea | Writer(s): Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Adam Pollina | $9.99 Wrong Earth Night And Day #4 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Tom Peyer | Artist(s): Jamal Igle Juan Castro | $3.99   Nocterra #3 from Image Comics (W) Scott Snyder (A) Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey - $3.99     Trades EC Archives Tales From The Crypt Vol 1 TP from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Al Feldstein Various | Artist(s): Various | $19.99  

On this week's comic book review podcast: Magic #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Jed MacKay Illustrated by Ig Guara Green Lantern #1 DC Comics Written by Geoffrey Thorne Art by Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci The Silver Coin #1 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Michael Walsh Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer Art by Benjamin Dewey King in Black #5 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Ryan Stegman Venom #34 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Ivan Coello Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #2 Oni Press By Chris and Laura Samnee The Swamp Thing #2 DC Comics Written by Ram V Art by Mike Perkins Seven Secrets #7 BOOM! Studios Written by Tom Taylor Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo The Immortal Hulk #45 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett Dead Dog's Bite #2 Dark Horse Comics By Tyler Boss Batman #107 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Jorge Jimenez and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz The Last Witch #4 BOOM! Box Written by Conor McCreery Illustrated by V.V. Glass America Chavez: Made In The USA #2 Marvel Written by Kalinda Vazquez Art by Carlos Gómez Fear Case #3 Dark Horse Comics Written by Matt Kindt Art by Tyler Jenkins Suicide Squad #2 DC Comics Written by Robbie Thompson Art by Eduardo Pansica Nocterra #2 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Tony S. Daniel Geiger #1 Image Comics Written by Geoff Johns Art by Gary Frank Far Sector #11 DC Comics Written by N.K. Jemisin Art by Jamal Campbell Crime Syndicate #2 DC Comics Written by Andy Schmidt Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch Bliss #6 Image Comics Written by Sean Lewis Art by Caitlin Yarsky 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 ThanAlex:         What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Tons of books out this week. Lots of number ones to get through. Pete:                Tons. Tons. Alex:                 So let's jump into it talking about Magic. Number one from BOOM! Studios written by Jed MacKay, art illustrated by Ig Guara. This is a bit of a reinvention of the classic universe people probably know from Magic: The Gathering and the card games. It takes a bunch of Planeswalkers, essentially magic folks and otherwise, has them attacked, spoiler over the course of the issue, and they end up having to band together. I got to tell you, I obsessively collected Magic: The Gathering cards as a kid, but I don't think I ever paid attention to the mythology. So I didn't know a lot going into this, but I still, as usual with the Jed MacKay book, enjoyed it quite a bit. What did you think, Pete? Pete:                Yeah, I thought it was cool. It definitely seemed like I was like, “Oh, there's a lot more going on than I know about.” But I wasn't sure. But, man, loved the Medusa character for sure. Alex:                 Well, the thing that I really liked about this, and again, this is a spoiler for the issue, but it sets it up as this very typical fantasy world and then wrecks everything about halfway through the issue. And I thought that was- Pete:                That was really hard. Alex:                 Yeah. I thought that was a really bold, fun move. It's basically saying, “Oh, this fantasy world that maybe you know from card games, from books, I assume, and otherwise, don't worry about that. We're going into our own story. We're doing our own thing.” So just kind of just follow it from there. Pete:                Why did you say, “I assume.” Are you worried that people do magic for real. I'm thinking are you talking about them? Alex:                 No. I assume there are magic novels, but I don't know. Pete:                Oh, okay. I see what you're saying. Okay. Okay. Alex:                 Yeah. I just don't know enough about this world, but [crosstalk 00:02:02] Pete:                I thought you were throwing shade to magicians for a second. Alex:                 Oh my God. I never would. They would come after me. Green Lantern, number one from DC Comics written by Geoffrey Thorne, art by Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci. In this, we are getting the Oa's on the Green Lanterns, dealing with the new status quo of the universe. There is a new United Planets, as we've seen over the Superman books and otherwise, and that is affecting things here where they're trying to decide, “Hey. If we're the United Planets, if we have our own police force, what do we need the Green Lanterns for?” Of course, things go a little wrong over the course of this issue. Pete, now you're not the biggest fan of Green Lantern other than a book we're going to talk about it a little later at The Stack. But what did you think of this one? Pete:                Well, first off, I want to just say a couple of nice things about the book. Really love the start, very crazy heavy action, kind of love this kind of who done it. And then, a spoiler, fun killing one of the floating large shirt tail peep know-it-alls. I've always wanted to do that. So I'm glad it finally happened in this book. Alex:                 Can I just interrupt? It's weird to me that you don't like the guardians given you love short people and they are very short. Pete:                Yes I do. I love short people very much. Know-it-alls, I have a problem with. Also, the whole flowing large shirt thing bothers me. And I also hate how they look like you with the giant heads and always talking about how smart they are. Alex:                 What the fuck. How dare you? Also, thank you. I would love to look like [inaudible 00:03:46] Pete:                I'm sure you would. Also, you would look amazing in a flowing gown. I mean, how are you going to have a Green Lantern number one and not have Far Sector in your shit? It's the best Green Lantern of all time and you're going to have a Green Lantern number one and- Alex:                 Here's the thing, she is in, and this is a little bit of a spoiler from the title, a Far Sector. So there's no reason for her to come back to the main planet for this. I will say I kept going back and forth in this issue where I thought based on the cover, “Okay. This is going to focus on the new teen Lantern character and what's going on with her.” It doesn't completely. She plays into it, but there's so much going on here that there were things that I felt like, “All right. I don't quite get this or why this is here or what's going on.” But by the end, so much was set up that I felt like, “Okay. We have a solid. This is just throwing everything at the wall. Let's see what sticks going into the second issue.” Pete:                All right. Alex:                 Next up. Let's talk about one of my favorite issues of the week, which I know Pete probably didn't like, as well. We're starting off so well here, the Silver Coin number one from Image Comics, written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Michael Walsh. It's creepy, but it's supposed to be creepy. I love this book. This is a new horror anthology from a bunch of folks like Chip Zdarsky and, I think, well, I should probably look up who else is on it. But there's a bunch of folks that are contributing and they're each, I think, going to write a different issue as it follows this evil cursed silver coin through different situations. Alex:                 Here, we get a rock and roll tale that ends in a very Tales from the Crypt style way. Love the art by Michael Walsh. Like you said, creepy and terrifying in exactly the right way and viewers just dread into it. Chip Zdarsky writes a good rock and roll tale. I enjoyed this quite a bit. I didn't know what to expect going in, but I like this. I was always a sucker back in the day for Tales from the Crypt and shows like that, and this channels those very well. Pete:                I agree. I definitely agree. It does have a fun Tales from the Crypt feel. It's also going to be cool to see how this moves forward, but this first story is just kind of the classic band selling their soul to the devil to kind of make it big. But it's got a very kind of interesting, it's not that in all the right ways. And, I think, it's the way they kind of leave it with the coin is very cool to see how this is going to keep moving forward. So as creeped out as I was and how much I knew Zalben enjoyed it, I still enjoyed this. And, I think, not only did I enjoy it, but I'm looking forward to see how the next one goes. Alex:                 They call them comics, but they're not very funny. Pete:                I don't know what you're doing, but please, stop. Alex:                 That was my Crypt Keeper. He was always doing like [crosstalk 00:06:48] Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. That was pretty good. My bad. My bad. Alex:                 Thank you. Let's talk about something I do think you liked because this is one of your favorite series out there. Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory number one from Dark Horse Comics, written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer, art by Benjamin Dewey. If you haven't followed the series, this is about a bunch of dogs and other animals that investigate supernatural mysteries. Here, we're getting a tale from back in the day of a sheep dog back in World War II, I believe, who is looking into a simile supernatural mystery there. Man, I love this series. It's so adorable and terrifying at the same time, the perfect mix. Pete:                Okay. So a couple of things I want to ask. So here's the hard part for me about Beasts of Burden, okay? Beast of Burden, love the story, love the idea but, originally, Jill Thompson on the art, who does these amazing water colors and you get that in kind of the fold Beast of Burdens created by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson. So then, I feel weird about supporting this book. Okay. It's the same writer. It's the same title. I should be supporting this book, but it's not this amazing watercolor artist. I love Sarah's art. I think this is very cool, different take. Alex:                 Benjamin Dewey did the art. Pete:                Oh, I thought it said Sarah Dyer. Alex:                 I think Sarah Dyer wrote it with Evan Dorkin. Pete:                Oh, my bad. My apologies. Alex:                 That's all right. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. Pete:                Regardless, art is clean. It's a different take on it, all of the same characters we love. The story is great. But I kind of have this thing of like, “Should it be okay that I'm still reading this book? Or is it betraying Jill and her amazing work?” Talk me through this, Zalben. How should we do this? Alex:                 I mean, I sort of had the same thought process as you because Jill Thompson's art is so gorgeous and so necessary to this book that I was thrown initially, when I saw Benjamin Dewey's art. I do think Benjamin Dewey's art is real good, as well. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Alex:                 It's super fun for a flashback tale. Yeah. I don't know anything that might be on behind the scenes. It's entirely possible given artistic schedules, maybe Jill Thompson is working ahead on something else that takes place in the present. And, excuse me, Benjamin Dewey is doing this thing because it takes place in the past. I don't think Evan Dorkin was like, “Screw you, Jill Thompson. I'm doing my own comic at my own time.” or anything like that. So I don't think it's anything you need to feel bad about necessarily. But Jill Thompson is great, so it's okay to miss her art at the same time. This is super fun. Alex:                 You don't need to know anything about Beasts of Burden to jump into this. All you need to know is talking animals, supernatural mysteries. There's a terrifying last page here that maybe out loud I'd go. So it's good stuff. Next up, King in Black number five from Marvel, written by Donny Cates, art by Ryan Stegman. I thought this was worth talking about in a block with Venom number 34 from Marvel, also written by Donny Cates, art by Iban Coello because they're both ends of the era leading directly into the next status quo for Venom and I believe Donny Cates leaving the title after this. King in Black wraps up. They made King in Black saga. Venom number 34 interweaves with it a little bit and sets up, spoiler, a new status quo for Flash Thompson. Pete, go ahead. Pete:                What was the order reading this? Because I read King in Black first and then I was like, “Oh, I think I should have read Venom first.” I just want to [crosstalk 00:10:29] Alex:                 We are simpatico here. I had the same thought process where I got to about page five of King in Black and thought, “Wait, did I miss something? What's going on here?” Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Alex:                 So I think Venom number 34 happens concurrently with King in Black. So you kind of can read them in any order, but probably you should read Venom number 34 first, then King in Black number five. Pete:                Yeah. Because I did the opposite and I was like, “I shouldn't have done that.” Because reading Venom, it's kind of like, “Oh, I know what's going to happen.” So read King in Black number five first, then read Venom. Okay. But let's kind of go in that order, King in Black. First off, Donny Cates did this epic giant tail and I feel like was really impressive. All the stuff with the son was great. This was a giant kind of epic event, but also had a lot of small, amazing moments, a lot of great Flash Thompson moments, a lot of, “Holy shit, look at the size of that sword. I've never seen Silver Surfer with a giant sword before. This is fucking cool.” It just got even better. I really love this book. I really loved how it ended. It ended so well I wanted to go back and reread the whole thing again. Man, this was really a lot of fun and I was surprised at how much it covered and how much happened in it. Alex:                 I did appreciate that the ending here brought it back around to Eddie Brock and Venom. I thought that was a really good sense of focus under the event both in King in Black number five and Venom number 34. I think he gave a nice crest to the story he wants to tell, though there's probably at least one more issue going on there before he really wrapped things up. Yeah. I also appreciate the fact I really identified with people throughout this event being like, “Ugh, is this a Venom thing? I hate symbions. This sucks.” Because that's my general feeling going into it but, like you said, Donnie Cates and company made it feel very cool and big and fun throughout the event. So good times. Pete:                Yeah. Also, it's a great book to pick up if you're like… I love comics where someone's mostly free falling and just kind of thinking about things and then there's flashbacks and stuff because they really [crosstalk 00:12:51] Alex:                 Are you a big Tom Petty fan? Then check out King in Black number five and Venom number 34. Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters number two from Oni Press by Chris and Laura Samnee. This is a almost mostly silent series at this point. It's all ages as well about a girl looking for her sister who has gotten lost in the wild with the unpossible monsters in the title. Beautiful, beautiful book. I want more of it every time is my only thing. I kind of want to wait until there's a trade. And then maybe hand it to my kids and say, “Hey, check this out.” But gorgeous. Pete:                Yeah. I mean you and your kids this, and you're a cool dad. You're winning. This is a really amazing book. Art is, I mean, I say it all the time, but it's worth it alone. It's just so fantastic. Love the role building. Love the pace of this. Storytelling is unbelievable. Touching, badass, all the right things. Yeah. I can't get enough. Yeah. It does read quick and I'm sure I'll read it a lot better than the trade, but man, single issues have been a lot of fun. Alex:                 Let's move on then to talk about the Swamp Thing number two from DC Comics, written by Ram V, art by Mike Perkins. We have a new Swamp Thing here who is investigating some weird doings out in the desert. We had the setup, but not exactly the explanation in the first issue. Here, the new Swamp Thing is exploring his powers and abilities a little bit more and tangling with somebody new and very, very bad. This book is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. Mike Perkins' art is incredible. And Ram V is really leaning into that. This, to me, feels like, I feel like you're going to yell at me here, Pete, but this feels like on par with the first couple of issues of Batwoman by J.H. Williams III. It's just breaking the layouts, playing with it, playing with the format feels really engaging and dark in a very similar way. Pete:                Yeah. That's hell of a praise. That's really fantastic praise. Okay. I agree. It's absolutely gorgeous. This is a lot of fun. Swamp Thing can be hit or miss for me. I enjoyed this issue a lot. I didn't enjoy all the human stuff as much, but I really thought this was cool. And also, we got to talk about this. You guys don't go to central park in the middle of the night because there's full grown dudes being born out of trees and I'm glad Swamp Thing is finally talking about it. It's fucked up and someone needs to look into this because it's not right, man. It's just really messed up. Alex:                 I'll tell you what, I've been to The Ramble at night and I don't think that's what dudes are doing in trees. Pete:                Well, that's what's happening in this comic book. Alex:                 Great book. Seven Secrets number seven from BOOM! Studios, written by Tom Taylor, art by Daniele Di Nicuolo. Pete:                I mean, Seven Secrets number seven. I mean, that's you. Alex:                 We still don't know what the secrets are, but in this issue, our main character has wandered off the road into the land of fairy [crosstalk 00:16:08] Pete:                We don't know all the secrets. We know a couple. Alex:                 We don't know anything. The secrets are still secret in this book. We know they're important, but we don't know what they are or anything about them, which is kind of wild. But we do know more about the main character, about where he comes from, another really good issue of this very fun title. I'm enjoying it. How about you, Pete? Pete:                Yes. Absolutely. Art's amazing. Paneling is fantastic. And if you're going to do a glowing horse with a fish tail, this is just the peak that which all should be measured. This is very creative. Very cool. Interesting paneling, amazing storytelling. Yeah. This is just really kind of creepy and tripped out in all the right ways. It's one of those things where you got to be like, “All right. I'm definitely going to find out the secret in this issue.” But they do such a good job of keeping you busy in all the right ways. I'm impressed by this book. Alex:                 By the way, the thing you mentioned, the horse with the tail of a fish, like they say in the book, it's called a sulky, which is where the expression taking a sulky comes from. Pete:                Oh my God. You're such a dad joke. It's ridiculous. Alex:                 The Immortal Hulk number 45 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. In this issue, the Hulk is once again, dead, killed by the U-Foes, trapped in the land below grid, I always forget what the name is. But it's Joe Fixit and the dumb, very flabby, kid Hawk being trapped by the leader while back on earth, things are going wild. I'll tell you what, not only do I love this book, like we talk about every issue. Not only are all the designs absolutely terrifying and the amount that Al Ewing and Joe Bennett are building into the mythology, rather fascinating. But I don't think any other book, since a Brian K. Vaughan book like Saga, consistently on the last page out loud makes me go, “Oh, here we go.” Every single time out of the gate. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I wish I could, after reading this book and all the crazy thing, is I wish I could have been on this pitch meeting for Marvel. Can you imagine how you'll be going, “All right, listen. I'm going to take Hawk and I'm going to twist them and I'm going to turn them. And it's going to be so gross and so fucked up, it's probably going to turn a lot of people away. But if people check this out.” I mean, this keeps getting weirder and more fucked up, yet I'm having such a great time. I don't know. I don't know how to describe this to somebody. I don't know what's going on. I love the last page. I can not wait to see what's happening. I don't know. I'm so confused. I'm so grossed out. I love this book. I love the way it starts with the quote every time. And then it gets all sorts of fucked up. This is some groundbreaking, really cool shit right here. Alex:                 This is one of the most epic Hulk rods of all time. And it's so exciting to be able to be reading that right now. I love it. Next up, let's talk about one that I know you really liked a lot, Dead Dog's Bite number two from Dark Horse Comics by Tyler Boss. Now this is one we missed talking about the first issue of this, which I really regret because Tyler Boss, great artist. We know him from 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, which he did with Matthew Rosenberg and other things. Pete:                The Burgee. Alex:                 This is about a woman who is investigating a disappearance. It's weird. It's funny. The panel layouts are great. I loved it. Love this issue. Pete:                It's really impressive. This is very, very creative in all the right ways. The Boss is killing it here. I mean, it kind of takes a little bit of like gives me that Hawkeye feel with a little bit of, God, what was it, King's Vision with the different panelings and stuff here. But it's got this great Indie kind of creative field, but just the paneling and the logos and the different stuff that they're doing. I mean, I'm enthralled watching someone put money in a machine to try to get soda out. How can you do that? How is that enthralling? Yeah. I'm just really, really impressed with how creative and fantastic this book is. The scene where she goes and sits down with their mom at the fucking lunch table. Oh my God. This is crazy. I cannot wait to see how this kind of unfolds or gets explained. This is fantastic. I'm completely on board. Alex:                 Me, too. I want to go back and read the first issue at this point. I feel bad about missing it. This is great. Next up, Batman number 107 from DC Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Jorge Jimenez and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz. In this issue, we're continuing to find out about how Batman is dealing with the new status quo of Gotham City. Scarecrow is on the move. Other forces are, as well. And the backup story is about Ghost-Maker. What'd you think, Pete? Pete:                All right. I've never seen Scarecrow so badass portrayed in a Batman book in a while. This is very interesting and cool. Tynion's doing unbelievable stuff. The art's fantastic. The Harley Quinn stuff has been so enjoyable. I think just kind of sprinkled throughout this Batman run and I think in a great way, and then we kind of get this new lady in red with green plant dogs who loves roses, so very intriguing. Tynion has done introducing a lot of different new characters with Ghost-Maker and now this lady in red. This is interesting to see what's going to be happening here for Batman. Yeah. I've been enjoying it. Alex:                 I'm going to throw a theory out at you. So there's a character named Simon Saint, who we know is tied to the magistrate program that we saw in the future state books that essentially takes over Gotham and turns it into a police state, potentially in the future. Is Simon Saint Scarecrow? Because there's a scene in the book where- Pete:                Don't you fucking spoil this for me, you son of a bitch. Alex:                 No. I have no idea. But there's a scene in the book where Simon Saint is looking outside and Scarecrow almost seems to be talking into his mind standing on a gargoyle. We've previously seen Scarecrow in his office sitting there in the darkness and it almost seems like maybe there's a split personality thing going on there. Pete:                Oh, interesting. Alex:                 Just a thought. Whatever it is, love this book. I'm glad James Tynion has the, whatever you call it, handcuffs off or something like that and is able to just go wild in this book. It's great. Next up, The Last Witch number four from Boom! Box, written by Conor McCreery, art illustrated by V.V. Glass. As a little bit of a note, we're going to have Conor McCreery on our live show in a couple of weeks, so definitely check that out. I know you and Justin are going- Pete:                For real? Alex:                 For real. I love giving you news on our podcast. Pete:                Oh, man, that's great. Dude, this book has been fantastic. I cannot wait to talk about this. Alex:                 Yes. We'll talk about this one, then. We have our young witch is continuing to learn magic as she goes on a hunt for other witches. Here, we meet a refugee from Ferry who seems to be working with her. Maybe he's not, necessarily. What'd you think about this issue? Pete:                Yeah. Really great set up. I mean, first off, the girl's grandmother's just fantastic. What a badass. Alex:                 You love a grandma. Pete:                There's nothing better than a badass grandma, all right? I don't know what it is, but it's glorious. Yeah. So just interesting. Alex:                 That's the thing that you love about grandmas, Pete. They keep getting older and so do you. Pete:                Okay. Great. Stop being creepy. Yeah. Yeah. It seemed like a interesting kind of dude tagging along on this. Amazing kind of last page reveal on that. Yeah. Love the art. It makes it seem like it's this kind of all ages, innocent thing, but there's really a lot going on underneath the surface. So I'm very intrigued by this. Love all the main characters. It does such a great job of giving you story, giving you fun, giving you action. Yeah. I can't wait to see how this all unfolds. Alex:                 I like the V.V. Glass art in particular on this book. It really feels like sort of a, Don Bluth isn't exactly right, but it's very classic animation style where you could almost feel like it's moving between the panels. It's very nice. Next up, America Chavez: Made in the USA number two from Marvel, written by Kalinda Vazquez, art by Carlos Gomez. In this, we're continuing to find more about the origin of America Chavez and it is not what we thought it was. We're definitely in retcon territory here, folks, where we find out there's a family after she left the Utopian Parallel that adopted her and kept her for a while. We get to see how she started to develop her characters and there's the hint that everything she knew was wrong. I'm really enjoying the series quite a bit. And I say this as somebody who likes the concept of America Chavez a little better than the solo series I've seen. I've always liked her in a team book, but haven't quite understood the character out of here. This is so far and we're in the early going, maybe my favorite American Chavez story so far. Pete:                Oh, cool. Yeah. I agree. This is really great. I feel like the art's fantastic. We're getting just enough backstory where it doesn't feel like too much. It's done so well with the kind of back and forth. I also really liked her with Spider-Man. That was great. Yeah. It's very interesting how we're kind of slowly getting her backstory, I would say a lot more in this issue, which is good. I'm very interested to see how this goes. I like how she's moving about the world solving kind of things, trying to figure stuff out. Sometimes when that's done, it can seem forced but it feels really natural here. Yeah. I mean, going into old-timey arcade place at night, that's just not a smart idea. Nothing's good is going to happen there. Alex:                 Next up, Fear Case number three from Dark Horse Comics, written by Matt Kindt, art by Tyler Jenkins. Pete, you read this book and we missed it, right? What'd you think about this one? Pete:                Yeah. I thought this was creepy in all the right ways. Very interestingly drawn. I love the kind of pencil kind of take on it. A lot of really powerful panels. And I just kind of finding things out with the characters here. Really love the last page, oh, shit kind of reveal. I think this is very interesting to see how each one of these fear cases kind of unfold. I think it's really well done. The art's fantastic. Alex:                 Next up, Suicide Squad number two from DC Comics, written by Robbie Thompson, art by Eduardo Pansica. This is continuing the assault on Arkham storyline, which finds the Suicide Squad trying to liberate Talon from Arkham Asylum just as seemingly Scarecrow is, not Scarecrow, excuse me, joker's fear toxin is being released throughout it as we've seen in a couple of other comic books. As usual with Suicide Squad, a bunch of people die. It's very dark. There's complicated and morality here. I think this is a really good classic Suicide Squad story with some very nice superhero art by Eduardo Pansica. What do you think, Pete? Pete:                Yeah. I agree. I think this is really cool. Also, I'm glad that in Suicide Squad, the comic, we're getting more Peacemaker here getting us ready for the movie. Really an over the top kind of person. So I think having what's his face playing it is going to be very- Alex:                 John Cena. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Can you smell what John Cena is cooking? Pete:                No. No. No. You can't see me, okay? But I also really love the pulp fiction heart attack moment. I thought that was fun. Alex:                 Good stuff. Next up, I don't know anything about wrestling. Nocterra number two from Image Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Tony S. Daniel. Pete:                Just for the audio podcast, I was waving my hand in front of my face like John Cena does. Alex:                 Okay. All right. Why does he do that? Pete:                Because you can't see him. You can't see. Alex:                 Is that where the Drax [inaudible 00:29:26] came from? No, that's Dave Bautista. Nevermind. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 They're different people? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Okay. Pete:                See how it works is they're different people. Alex:                 Okay. I don't see people. Pete:                Wow. Alex:                 I just don't see people. I don't see things. Okay. Nocterra number two written by Scott Snyder, who we had on the live show. He talked quite a bit about this as well, as many spoilers for Nocterra number three, which was very cool and very fun. So check out that live podcast if you hadn't. In this book, we're continuing our journey through a world where it's always night and it's filled with horrific creatures. Tony S. Daniel's art is stunning here as usual. Just great action scenes. They're fighting a terrifying villain named Blacktop Bill. This is great. This is like duel on sci-fi steroids is what I'd compare it to. You love this issue too, right? Pete:                Oh my God. Yeah. And I love Blacktop Bill. Yeah. And also, really amazing art, bold choices. We talked about that Batman issue with him but two solid pages of all black, bold, bold choice. I was like, “Wait, did this not download right? What's going on here?” Yeah. I think this is really getting crazier and crazier. Yeah. This is just really over the top fun. Yeah. It kind of reminds me of having metal in all the right ways where it's like, “Oh yeah, this is just gonna be completely non-stop trucker fucking.” Yeah. This is fun. Alex:                 Well, I also like the fact that it's not delaying or an issue too. We already know a ton of information and things about the world. Pete:                But it's so much to know. That's the fun part. Alex:                 Well, exactly. But it's the sort of story where it feels like, “Oh, okay. These are things that you kind of drag out and get to an issue 12.” But nope. We're getting them in issue two. And that's awesome. Next up. Let's chat about Geiger number one from Image Comics, written by Geoff Johns, art by Gary Frank. Now, before we get into it, I do want to mention, this was initially at the top of our stack. We moved it down here because if you haven't read it, there was a big interview with Ray Fisher from Justice League talking about his treatment from Geoff Johns. There were a lot of quotes in there. There were a lot of back and forth. We don't know anything necessarily about it. Certainly, we want to listen to every single viewpoint and understand what went on. Alex:                 As the story continues, we will continue to discuss it and find out more about it. But as is, I felt like it was still potentially worth talking about a Image Comic book from Geoff Johns and Gary Frank that's coming out. So we'll see. Maybe we'll scrub this from the podcast later, if more things come out. But as is, let's talk about the comic as the comic and as it is. So that all said, this is a new issue from this team who's worked on Doomsday Clock as well as a lot of other things. Here, we're getting an original property set in a post-apocalyptic world where one man has been seemingly affected by the radiation and gained radiation powers. The world, specifically, Las Vegas here has been split into different ruling factions as the outside of the world is not safe. What'd you think about this book, Pete? Pete:                Yeah. I don't know about all that shit. This is kind of news to me. Alex:                 Again, I love giving you news right on the podcast. Pete:                Yeah. So, hopefully, we're not enjoying something that's whatever. I don't know what to say, but just looking at this comic as a comic and hopefully… All right. My point is that this is very cool idea. I've very much enjoyed the action. I thought the glowing man was really badass. I'm very interested to see how this kind of all enfolds. This two-headed dog is my favorite. This is really very, very cool. You got the broady kind of villain. So if everything's okay, I'll be interested to see how this all unfolds. Alex:                 Yeah. Sorry I threw you there, Pete. I can see you're really struggling with it and that is totally fair. I think the thing that I would say about this is Gary Frank's art is meticulous as always as well as of layouts. I do think a lot of the problems that we had with Doomsday Clock, which got very in its head about the whole Watchmen of it all. There's a lot of themes and ideas and images that I think do get hit on and in a certain way, and not a necessarily bad way recycled here, but it feels much more wide open. It feels a little looser, both in terms of the storytelling and the plotting. And it'll be interesting to see, potentially, if everything gets clear, what this team does away from DC Comics. This is something that we talked with Scott a bit about as he is on his Rumspringa from DC Comics right now, about how you don't have the corporate responsibility. You don't have the things that you need to write because you're serving a greater master here. Alex:                 So again, we'll see what happens. If anybody has any feedback or questions about any of this, we, of course, are happy to chat either at comicbookclublive@gmail.com at Comic Book Live on Twitter or in our page here on Slack. We'd love to get your feedback on whether we should be covering this comic or not. But again, we like to cover number ones. We like to talk about this. This is a big superstar team, so it was worth throwing in there. Maybe not as the first comic book in The Stack. Next up, let's move to happier climbs with Far Sector number 11 from DC Comics, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell. Another fantastic issue of this book that just gets bigger and bigger every issue out of the gate. Pete, this is the Green Lantern you like. Go ahead. Pete:                I mean, it sets the bar higher and higher with each issue and then continues to meet that bar and go above it. I mean, it's just fantastic. 20% ring to save 20 billion. I mean, come on. This is exciting stuff. Everything has been unfolding in such a cool way. The art alone is worth the pickup. It is gorgeous in all the right ways. Characters designs are new and fresh, breaking this mold of stereotypical people and what they should look like. I love every single minute of it. Alex:                 Well, I say this every issue, but I don't think you can undervalue the fact that Jamal Campbell has drawn every issue of Far Sector, as well as N.K. Jemisin writing it, and they make a great team together. I know it's not always possible with the monthly schedule of comic books, but I love that they have been able to continue together and kept this world consistent and build on it and make it look weirder and more interesting every issue out of the gate. It's great. This book is great. And I'm really curious to see if it ends with issue 12. Is it going to continue? What's going to happen? Because it's such a fun interesting premise that they've set up here. One little side note- Pete:                Am I to go and take over Green Lantern? We don't need Green Lantern. We got Far Sector. Alex:                 There you go. One little side note I'll mention, I checked out, because I love this book so much, I read N.K. Jemisin's The City We Became which is a novel. It's awesome. I know everybody probably already noticed this, but just in case you haven't checked it out yet, it is, I don't even kind of want to spoil it, but it's about people who become living cities and it's not the same themes. But you can kind of get a sense of similar things that she's trying out here in Far Sector. Particularly as a new Yorker, I love it because it's based in New York. It's so of New York. Such an awesome book. Alex:                 Again, I'm sure a lot of people have read it who are listening to this, but if you've only checked out our comics, definitely read that, as well. It's well worth it. Next up, Crime Syndicate number two from DC Comics, written by Andy Schmidt, art by Keiran McKeown and Bryan Hitch. I think we were a little split on the first issue of this because it takes a more satirical look at the Crime Syndicate, at the evil Justice League. Here, we get them fighting Starro and we also get a backstory for Owlman. What'd you think about this one, Pete? Pete:                It's interesting. It's cool. I mean, the Flash, shirtless Flash, with the crazy chain pants was hysterical. So fun. Alex:                 I like this a little better. I felt the humor was a little strained in the first issue, but it hits more of its rhythm in this one. I like the backup story here. Bryan Hitch's art is always pretty good. So I was ready to jump ship after this issue, but I think I'm more than willing to check out a third issue after this one. Pete:                Cool. Alex:                 Next up, Bliss number six from Image Comics, written by Sean Lewis, art by Caitlin Yarsky. We are, I think, getting towards the end game here as we finally find out a big secret from the past of the father and son who were trying to find each other in this world where gods run a muck. There's some great bits here with one god that the son is palling around with, this turtle god who hangs his mouth open the entire time. There's some very dark and emotional stuff that happens as well. What did you think, Pete? Pete:                Yeah. This is just really unbelievable. Fantastic storytelling. This has been a real roller coaster of rooting for them or not rooting for them. It seems like really evil, but then the other side to him. We've got the AOC on the cover with the old balance of power there, the scales. Yeah. I really think this is a very interesting, cool world and it's really done very well. The art and the characters are weird in all the right ways. Yeah. We find out a lot about the family in this. This is great. This really continues to be a book that you're like, “What is this going to be?” every time you pick it up and it doesn't disappoint. Alex:                 Totally agree. And that's it from The Stack. If you'd like to support us patrion.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out. We would love to chat with you about comic books. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe, listen, and follow the show. At Comic Book Live on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, we'll see you at the virtual comic book shop. The post The Stack: Magic, Green Lantern And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On this week's comic book review podcast: Radiant Black #1 Image Comics Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Marcelo Costa Sweet Tooth: The Return #4 DC Comics Written and art by Jeff Lemire Eternals #2 Marvel Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Esad Ribić Low #26 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Greg Tochhini Rorschach #5 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Daredevil #27 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Checchetto and Mike Hawthorne Birthright #46 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Andrei Bressan Black Hammer: Visions #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Patton Oswalt Art by Dean Kotz Future State: Dark Detective #3 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg Art by Dan Mora, Carmine Giandomenico Future State: Teen Titans #2 DC Comics Written by Tim Sheridan Art by Rafa Sandoval Future State: Robin Eternal #2 DC Comics Written by Meghan Fitzmartin Art by Eddy Barrows Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #2 DC Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Leila del Duca Future State: Green Lantern #2 DC Comics Written by Geoffrey Thorne, Robert Venditti, Josie Campbell Art by Tom Raney, Andy Tong, Dexter Soy Future State : Justice League #2 DC Comics Written by Joshua Williamson, Ram V Art by Robson Rocha, Marcio Takara Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman #2 DC Comics Written by Marguerite Bennett Art by Marguerite Sauvage Critical Role: Vox Machina: Origins: Series III #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jody Houser Art by Oliver Samson Thunderbolts #2 Marvel Written by Matthew Rosenberg Art by Juan Ferreyra Undiscovered Country #12 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi The Last Witch #2 BOOM! Box Written by Conor McCreery Art by V.V. Glass American Vampire 1976 #5 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Black Panther: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Geoffrey Thorne Art by Germán Peralta Bliss #5 Image Comics Written by Sean Lewis Art by Caitlin Yarsky Orcs #1 Kaboom! Written and art by Christine Larsen Home Sick Pilots #3 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Caspar Wijngaard 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, kicking it off with Radiant Black number one from Image Comics written by Kyle Higgins, art by Marcello Costa. This is of course, as you could probably tell from the number one and totally new book. And the premise is a Downer's luck author who has not gotten jobs for a while, heads back home, encounters something weird and may or may not become some sort of a superhero, pretty typical setup. But I really liked how this was executed personally. I thought the designs were great and I'm very excited to read this going forward. What did you guys think? Pete:                I agree. I was really impressed with this setup. I mean just seeing this guy cry when he goes through early, really makes you, “Oh, you're rooting for this person.” And then just the way he falls into is very interesting. And the design of the suit and stuff is really fantastic. I think this does a great job of getting you excited for a new series. Justin:              Yeah, this had some vibes of invincible to me very much Early Kirkman stuff. Pete:                Sure- Justin:              And both in the writing and the art. And yeah, it was an interesting launch. I was very triggered by a writer who struggles to work- Pete:                Wow- Justin:              Because that's a constant stress. Pete:                The douchey friend reminded me of you. Justin:              Oh, that's so interesting. The animal, I think it was some hamster or rat that was dead next to the tracks. It reminded me of you. Pete:                Oh, wow. That's really fucked up. Alex:                 So in the back matter, Kyle Higgins talks a little bit about how he was inspired while he was writing Power Rangers- Pete:                Yeah- Alex:                 And that really firmed a bunch of stuff up in Bye-Bye and for the- Pete:                Yes, big time- Alex:                 About the world what is going on here. But I think what he's done is he found a really grounded way of taking this Power Rangers concept, making it feel afresh, make it feel new. And it's a lot of fun. I'm excited to read more of this. Alex:                 Next up Sweet Tooth return number four from TC Comics so written and art by Jeff Lameer. We get some big answers here about what's been- Pete:                Yeah- Alex:                 Going on with this rebooted- Justin:              Yeah- Alex:                 Sweet Tooth. Justin, I know you've been concerned about the end game here. So how did you feel about this issue [inaudible 00:02:34]? Justin:              This issue did a lot for me. I think we got to learn a lot of the backstory here and what I love about the take here, and it reminded me of a lot of the later stuff. The later arcs on the original Sweet Tooth. The way that Jeff Lameer combines in the writing, the ideas of scientists who become religious fanatics, breaking that dichotomy between science and religion and showing that the real danger is when fanatical people actually have the tools they need to cause real problems for the planet. Justin:              That's when we as a society get into trouble. I think it's on display again here. And this is such a great issue to really flash out the mythology. We get to hear a little bit of why the people in charge of this newer world are motivated to do what they do and it's great. Pete:                I thought the stuff about the shirt was very sweet and touching. Alex:                 There's some stuff about Sweet Tooth shirt, particularly that was such a big thing back in the old book. And that gets called back here. I agree, really good issue, very excited to see how this all starts to wrap up, going over to a Turtle's number two from Marvel written by Karen Gillan, art by [inaudible 00:03:48] where we left off in the last issue, Thanos was attacking some of the members of the Eternals. So one of the Eternals had been murdered. Usually not a problem. It turns out it is a little bit of a problem here- Pete:                There's a problem- Alex:                 But you get some big revelations and explanation of what's going on. One- Pete:                Yeah- Alex:                 Of my favorite things about this book is it is revealed. I don't know if it was real to the first issue, but it's revealed here in a very funny and very Karen Gillen way that the person who is narrating this, is the eternal machine that helps resurrect the Eternals, but that machine is broken. And just the way that is executed, the way that tells the story of the series feels so unique and exciting to me. Pete:                Yeah. I was- Justin:              Totally the narration is funny, it's sort of irreverent. It feels like you're hearing the Karen Gillan, basically make fun of the characters in the book that he's currently writing, which I think is so great. Pete:                Yeah. I was really impressed with this. You got a big Eternals movie coming out from Marvel. So I feel like this does a great job of getting people excited for that. Eternals to me never really was something I could latch onto, but I'm really into this book. I think it's a really cool setup of a what's the problem is and what's going on and what's going to happen. And I'm really looking forward to it. Art's fantastic. A really fun time jumps stuff here. Yeah. And even there's sweet touching moments where they make mistakes. And I was really impressed with this. This is a really solid book. Justin:              And their R is so good. It feels so big mythology while also having great comic book action at the same time. This comic is really just delivering on all the fronts you want. Alex:                 Well, on that note, let's turn a bit to low number 26 from Image Comics written by Greg Takini- Justin:              Oh, here we go- Alex:                 This is the last issue of this book. Justin, this has been one of your favorite books for a very long time. How do you think it wrapped up? Justin:              Great. Just so good. Rick Rimenda. I don't know how, I mean, we talked to him about this book a few weeks ago and it was on the podcast. And I don't know how he writes his books. When does he think of the ending? Because he really does such a good job with endings in a lot of his work. He's able to tie up the character arcs, the emotional arcs as well as just the central theme and leave you thinking and feeling a certain way, in his last issues, it was same with Black Science. Justin:              And this issue is just beautifully done. You see that… And I don't want to spoil too much of it. Because I think you really need to read this and take it in. And I want to reread the entire series to really get every ounce of story out of it. But it's about a family at the end of the day. And you get to see that land in a way that is tragic, heartbreaking, but beautiful and sentimental at the same time. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, this is the sweetest most moving way Rimenda could kick you in the nuts. He's still going to get you, but this is done so well. And it's so moving. It's really impressive. The art is just… A lot of times when you're dealing with different worlds, different ideas, the art can get too crazy, but it's done in such a way that it shows grace and beauty and different things. Pete:                The layering to it is really impressive. There's different characters that aren't human that are very humanized, it's really amazing and impressive the way this all ties in. This got really weird at times, but man, does he land this so well. Justin:              And he- Pete:                He does it so well, it really does make you want to be like, “Wait, I want to go back and see that beginning again.” Justin:              If I may just get your jacket book quote correct. I think it's a beautiful kick in the nuts that makes you turn and say thank you to the nut kicker. Pete:                Right. Justin:              Peel the page. Alex:                 Next step Rorschach number five from DC Comics written by Tom King art by Hori Fornace. I hesitate to say it was my favorite issue so far, but this is the one to me that really felt like- Justin:              Yeah- Alex:                 It pulled back the veil on what's happening potentially where this book is heading. We've had this guy investigating this mystery. There was an attempted presidential assassination, but somebody dressed as Rorschach and somebody dressed as a cowboy. Alex:                 The first couple of issues have been really building up, was investigator looking through this mystery. And if I was to purely speculate for a bit, we found out that this cowboy character has been going up to people and telling them, “Hey, you are the reincarnation of Rorschach. His energy with Dr. Manhattan Blue is hemp, has gone into various people. You and Rorschach, come with me, let's do vigilante justice.” Pete:                That'll pick up line. Alex:                 That'll pick up line. I think whether that is true or not, that's what's happening to our main guy, right? He is going to get to a place where either he becomes Rorschach or even thinks he is Rorschach and maybe starts to think this is true. Justin:              Well, he believes that he's Rorschach at the end of the day. I think that's just smart. Alex:                 Well specifically because the theme that Tom King is dealing with here is conspiracy theories. And I think this is a little bit about how the deeper you get into conspiracy theory, the more things start to look like conspiracy, and the more it starts to become believable, whether you're investigating it or whether you're the one who's putting it out there. Justin:              Yeah, I think that's such a smart take because my takeaway from this issue specifically… I mean, last issue, we talked about this a little bit because it was tricking people into believing certain things and them taking it to the extreme where they end up- Alex:                 Right- Justin:              Believing it above everything else in their lives. Also very topical thing going on in our real world. And in this, this issue is about masks. And then we have this character who's running for president to try to take down a Robert Redford who's won for like five terms in a row. And he's shitting on wearing mask because he is so comfortable believing a bunch of nonsense maskless. Justin:              And the people that wear masks are quote unquote, hiding their beliefs, their identities, whatever, yet this person is so brazen and out there saying nonsense. He doesn't have to hide even the craziest opinions that he has. That was my takeaway from this, is just, the people that wear the mask are maybe the people to trust more so. Pete:                I agree with… It's all been, a lot more is solidified, click into place here. Tom King, just piece meals information as he twists and turns stories. But this is one of my favorite issues for sure. And the last couple of panels, just absolutely fantastic. And so cool. Yeah, I thought this was a great issue and I'm very excited for more. Alex:                 I agree, next up Daredevil number 27 from Marvel written by [inaudible 00:11:20] who is on the live show this very week, talking about this book, art by Marco Maketto and Mike Hawthorne. This book we're dealing with the King Black crossover while Electra is filling in for Matt Murdock fighting on the streets of New York. Matt is trapped in prison and has been infected by [inaudible 00:11:36] the God of the Symbionts. So we're getting these dual stories going on and they're both very good. Justin:              I was really impressed with this. I thought the way they handled Matt Murdoch's belief in religion and God when it came to, what the fuck is, the King of black, what's his name there? Alex:                 Knull. Justin:              Knull, thank you. Yeah, I thought that was so great. And so well explained in such a way that really felt like Matt Murdoch character. I was really impressed with that. It was crazy to hear, to be like, “Yeah, religion, I don't know.” Because it really felt like he was coming from a place, for this, but I guess he just really gets in the head of his character so well. Justin:              But yeah, I thought this was really a great, fantastic, hold it up over time issue of Daredevil, really interesting. It's all of the characters really doing their own thing in their own way, right down to kingpin and a lecturer as Daredevil. I was really impressed with the art and everything that happened in this issue. Pete:                It's really rare when a book can continue its story through a crossover and the crossover actually enhances a lot of the themes that we're dealing with. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                And this book really does it. And the only thing that was missing was a scene where Foggy was sitting alone in his apartment, which is what he does a lot. And a symbiont comes up, jumps on him and then the symbiont is like, “Eh nevermind.” And just goes on to just someone else or just to wrap around a mouse or whatever. Justin:              Yeah. Well, Foggy wins again. Alex:                 Next up Birthright, number 46 from Image comics written by Joshua Williamson and art by Andre Bresson. This is kicking off the final arc of this book. As we start to wrap up this story here, everybody's picking up the pieces by finally taking down the God King Lore. We get some flashbacks back to the world that Mikey and friends were living in for a very long period of time. What'd you think about this? I think we felt like everything wrapped up really nicely in the last couple of issues. And now we have more Birthright. Justin:              We have this and four more issues. This is another one of my favorite books coming to an end in a great way. The fact that we had the big battle the land of the last arc, we get to see a nice epilogue an emotional- Alex:                 Oh yeah- Justin:              Epilogue, which is what again, about family and about what it means, despite all the crazy shit going on in our lives. What do we chase after when the going gets tough? And in this case, family, I love this book. Pete:                It's really dawning on me that family's important. I think comic books might be right. It's crazy. No, I agree, Justin, this is really impressive. What they're doing afterwards, this huge thing, it's kind of like, okay, onto the next adventure. No, they're really sitting in this aftermath, exploring other things that maybe they could have talked about more while all this madness was happening. I was really impressed with the relationship stuff in this, very moving, this book continues to be amazing. Alex:                 Next up Black Hammer visions never went from Dark Horse Comics written by Patton Oswalt art by Dean Cots. This is the first issue of course, of this anthology telling stories about the Black Hammer characters from creators. Other than Jeff Lameer, we've been really big fans of the miniseries, they've been rolling off here. These are these one-shots. Alex:                 I thought this as usual was absolutely great. This is a one-shot story that mixes up Black Hammer and Ghost World of all things and awards as a coda to Ghost World while still telling a story of Gail for the Black Hammer universe. Absolutely wonderful. I was completely surprised by this. Did not see this coming from Patton Oswalt at all. Really good one-shot comic book. Pete:                Patton Oswalt, really getting into the comic book game. Justin:              Yeah, I was really impressed with this. This wasn't just a comedian doing bits. This was really smart, very moving stuff, such a cool story, the way everything tied in and fit with this world. I was really impressed with this. I really liked the setting of it. I thought it was great. The art's glorious. Alex:                 Yeah, really good stuff. Next, oh God. Pete:                I agree as well. Sorry. Really got into the fact that he was able to bring Ghost World into it, was clearly something that he loves. He's got some Amy Mann quote lyrics from at the end of the book and still be telling a story that fits seamlessly into this world and is fun, funny with good reveals. It's really great. Alex:                 Let's jump into our Future State block, where we talk about all of the books that have come out for future change. Justin:              Oh yeah. Alex:                 And just to read down the list this week, we've got Future State, Dark Detective, number three. Future State Teen Titans, number two. Future State [inaudible 00:16:38], number two. Future State Superman and Wonder Woman, number two. Future State Green Lantern number two. Future State Justice League, number two. And Future State [inaudible 00:16:46] Superwoman, number two. I got to admit, I'm a little slightly with Pete here where they definitely hit me this week where I was like, “Oh, there's a lot of books we're reading, oh boy.” Justin:              Yes. It is a lot, but- Alex:                 Fuck this guy- Justin:              The stories are, so they get to- Alex:                 [inaudible 00:17:01]- Justin:              Go off in a lot of different directions. And if we're going to dive into our faves I'm going to give it up for Future State Justice League number two, which I really liked the way they went here by having the white Martian takeover. And it became about all the different heroes identities, and the fact that they need to connect with each other or else nothing, or else they're just weaker as a team. And I liked that as a theme, it was something I didn't see coming really in the last issue they laid it out and this really paid it off. I thought it was just really well done. Pete:                Yeah. I completely agree. I love Justice League, amazing art, The White Martian story was great. And also having Joe, the new Green Lantern, he was the best Green Lantern of all time. It was just fantastic. And it made the book so much better and the backup story was great. Magic is hope motherfuckers, I thought that was great. I thought [inaudible 00:18:03]- Justin:              The Justice League dark story. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 The other thing I mentioned that I thought it was interesting about this week is we're getting two things here, right? One, we're getting the wrap-up of these future state stories, but also we're getting teases for what's down the road. And DC has started to announce that some of these titles are continuing in different forums. For example, Wonder Woman is continuing as Wonder Girls, or we're going to get that there. Alex:                 I think, I'm forgetting which other ones are going to continue, but certainly there's teases at the end of a couple of these for how they're going to flesh out in different storylines. Green Lantern number two ends with the tease of Green Lantern 2021, which does seem again, Joe, from- Pete:                Oh, yeah- Alex:                 Fire sector is going to be fighting Hell Jordan in the subway. So that should be fun to watch. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 The one that- Justin:              Great crew- Alex:                 Really jumped out to me, I love the first issue of this, and I love the second issue of this too. Future States Superman, Wonder Woman, which is of course, teaming up the characters, but sending them off on these very different stories, Superman fighting Solaris, [inaudible 00:19:00]. Wonder Woman trying to have a race around the universe with the Sun God from her culture. I just really liked how these characters related. I thought there was a fun tone to it. The art was really nice as well, and it felt like an enjoyable all ages title, but with these new Superman, Wonder Woman characters and it made me really delighted to potentially follow them going forward. Justin:              I agree. And this felt really mythological, the whole thing felt it could have been something in the back of an Edith Hamilton book that you read in school and were pleasantly surprised how much a comic book it was. Pete:                Oh, wow. I really liked Kara Zor-El Superwoman, number two. The art was just so phenomenal and I really liked the character design for Superwoman amazing, just cool [inaudible 00:19:57] like dragons. Very enjoyable. I've been enjoying that series as well. Alex:                 Now let me ask you Pete, at the end of this book we leave Kara Zor-El buried next to her dog Krypto. Pete:                Right. Alex:                 Would you feel if you were awesome shared a grave with them a dog, would you be like, “That's it.” Or in your case, I guess it'd be a cat. Pete:                Well, currently, I mean, don't put shit like that out there. I don't want my cat to die, but- Alex:                 I'm not saying your cat's going to die, but someday it will. Pete:                Oh, that's fucking heartbreaking, man. Justin:              Is your cat like a [inaudible 00:20:32] where if your cat dies, you have to be buried alive with the cat? Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                I hope not. I don't want to do that, but yeah, I love that. I thought that was super sweet. Alex:                 Sorry man your cats live at will, it's going to happen. I have your cat's [inaudible 00:20:51]- Justin:              You can't sign it with a [inaudible 00:20:52]- Pete:                My cat can't read. So it's going to be fine. Justin:              The cat doesn't have to read, [inaudible 00:20:57]- Alex:                 I explained it very clearly to your cat, your cat agreed- Justin:              Put a little ink print. Pete:                [inaudible 00:21:03] my cat then, I'll see you in court. Justin:              Lapage versus Whiskers of some sort. All the way to the Supreme court, what's your cat's name? Pete. Pete:                It's a very long name. I call her Caboots. Alex:                 Why are you being secrective about this? Justin:              Do we not have time to get into this? Pete:                It's a very long name. Justin:              Okay. Are you worried about threading tape on it? Because I talked to the engineer and we actually have the tape. We can run it. So go ahead. Lay out the whole name, I guess. Pete:                Okay, fine. It's kitten NASCA of the Valley of the wind Lapage Thomas. Justin:              Aw, that's very cute. Alex:                 That's very cool. Pete:                I call her Caboots. Justin:              Well, I look forward to visiting your grave in the Valley of the wind. Pete:                Nice. Justin:              Your shared grave. Alex:                 Alright. Why don't we move on from Future State and talk about critical Role Vox Mac- Pete:                Wait- Alex:                 Oh, there's other things you wanted to talk about? Pete:                Yeah it's- Alex:                 We've got also Dark Detective. We've got Teen Titans. We got [inaudible 00:22:07] Turtle. Pete:                Yeah. I wanted to talk about Dark Detective. I really thought it was a great issue. Justin:              It's great. Pete:                I love this tech Batman versus future Batman. The two designs are really cool and it's fun to see them go head to head. And to [inaudible 00:22:27] guys so drones are scary and I'm just putting that out there now. Drones are going to be very scary in the future. Justin:              Yeah. You mean the nano drones that are hovering right around your head even as we speak. Pete:                Yeah. I'm sure they're out there, but also I checked out a DC Love is a Battlefield. [crosstalk 00:22:47]. There was very durable. They did a lot of coupling up for Valentine's day. And Tim Seeley did a Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn love story. It was just so great. So touching. Justin:              It is amazing how you do this every week and in such an odd way. I really liked Dark Detective as well. The front story has been one of my favorites of this run. And just a quick rundown of the rest, Green Lantern too, I thought the setup for the next issues, I was really into the Green Lantern 2021 coming forward with how Jordan felt like a nice starting point going forward. And I liked the Robin Eternal issue here as well with Tim Drake, really suffering from some juicy Lazarus problems. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, critical role [inaudible 00:23:37] series three, number one from Dark Horse Comics written by Jody Houser, art by Oliver Samson in this book, we're getting a bunch of fantasy stuff is happening. What did you guys think? I'm sorry. I'm just not very familiar with critical role. So I read this and I was like, “Yes, this is a fantasy world.” But funny. I get it. Pete:                Yeah. I think this is a fun adventure book, a bunch of people teaming up going on adventures. Joining fight clubs. I thought the arts fantastic. Some fun storytelling. I thought this was a cool team to get behind. I'm very excited to see where this goes. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. I was concerned with the fight club that they fight in teams and how do you really judge on a team? If we were to fight another trio, how would we know we were an evenly balanced team? Pete:                If we won, we would be good. Alex:                 So Pete is the tank, right? Justin:              Yeah, that's what we say off mic. Alex:                 Justin, you're the thief, you're quick and sneaky. Justin:              That's okay. Alex:                 And I'm white like [inaudible 00:24:45]- Pete:                You're the evil mastermind. Justin:              You're the baby hands- Alex:                 Baby hands. Justin:              Every trio has them- Alex:                 Crucial. Pete:                The tank, the thief- Justin:              Yeah, you're a boss baby [crosstalk 00:24:55]- Alex:                 I'm a muscle. Pete:                Justin's [inaudible 00:24:58]- Alex:                 I'm a boss baby back in business. Justin:              Now streaming on Netflix- Pete:                Justin's a face man. He can talk his way into anything. Alex:                 There we go. Justin:              We're quite a trio. None of those things we're fighting by the way just so we're clear. Alex:                 Thunderbolts, number two for Marvel Comics written by Matthew Rosenberg, art by Van Ferrari. This is tying into the King and Black event. Lots of goopy stuff going on this week- Justin:              Goopy- Alex:                 More [inaudible 00:25:21] to come. Here we get a bunch of villains, have tried to rescue maybe, or work with Norman Osborn to find out some information from him. So they spent a lot of time in Raven Croft. I always want to say Arkham, but it's not Arkham, it's Raven Croft. Justin:              It's close. Alex:                 And it's super fun as usual. Justin:              How could you mix those two up Alex? How would you mix those two things up? Alex:                 They're two- Justin:              It's impossible. There are two very different in [inaudible 00:25:45] in two very different universes. Alex:                 You right, I'm sorry. Super fun bits in here, in particular. And I feel Matthew Rosenberg is just writing for the bits for some of these things where just, what is it? Mister Fear says something to Kingpin. He doesn't realize he's of the zoom and Kingpin is, “Hey, Taskmaster you're here.” And he's, “Yeah.” He's like, “Okay, punch Mister Fear.” And he punches Mister Fear, Norman Osborn getting too close to the zoom and his whole face filling it, just fun, it's a fun book to read. I had a blast reading it across the board. Pete:                Yeah. I think he does great on team books. This was fun. I also really to see Taskmaster around, so I thought this was a lot of fun, great kingpin stuff. The art's great. This is just a fun book. Justin:              Yeah. It's a great mix of real good comic storytelling, good fights. Character-driven stuff, even characters we don't really see a lot. I really liked this new star character that the series that we read six months ago now. Seeing her hair, it's great. Really well-written but also very fun, funny, and still tying into this goopy old crossover. Pete:                And also, you got to be wary if you just find… Nobody's just taking a nap in the bush. You got to be careful. That's all I'm saying. I don't want to give things away, but that was creepy. Alex:                 I hope this comic continues. I don't know if it will, but this is the sort of thing where I could see Wilson Fisk having a bunch of villains going on disposable missions. Most of them getting killed, not coming back alive, betray each other. It's suicide squad without the bombs in the head, but it's fun to read and he's writing the hell out of it. So I'll definitely read more. Alex:                 Next up Undiscovered Country, number 12 from Image Comics written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soul art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo and Marcello Grassi. This is tying up the second arc of this book, unity in a huge fashion, propelling us into the next arc of the book. This is a wild ride as usual, incredible visuals throughout. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Particularly with this issue, we had Scott on the show a little while ago and he was talking about how he and Charles are writing the movie. I do not know how they're writing a movie of this. It's just so big. Everything that happens. Justin:              It would be crazy to boil this arc down to one set piece. Because that's what it would have to be, sort of. I would think. Pete:                I don't know how- Justin:              The comic, you get the emotional beats are here, it's wild storytelling. There are so many ideas here. I mean, it's the same stuff we always compliment this book about, but they just continue to really find the balance of giving this… In this book, there's this very wild escape. It plays a Super Mario kart race for a portion of it. But then you get this really great heartfelt moment where to the main characters, the brother and sister are talking to their images of their parents and it's great. Pete:                Yeah. There's so much to this comic. There's so much happening. It can be a little crazy, but man, does it deliver? And the big monster aspect in this issue was just glorious and so cool that a six shooter was really crazy. This was really cool also, they thought this place that they're out was one thing and it turned out to be something different, really great ideas going on in this book. Pete:                I mean, I did think it was a little bit like, “All right, when it's these young kids.” And they're like, “This is old technology, the first iPod, how do you even use this?” I was, “Okay. All right.” But really impressive fun stuff. Art's really unbelievable. This continues to be such a scratch your head, what's happening, but then delivers really well. Justin:              Yeah. And the last page reveal is just a hundred percent fun. Alex:                 It's great stuff- Justin:              It's like, “Okay. Yeah, let's get fun.” Alex:                 I'm in, I'm on board. Love it. Can't wait for the next arc. Next up, The Last, Witch, number two for BoomBox written by- Justin:              Oh man- Alex:                 Connor MCcury art by [inaudible 00:30:09]. You guys have been buzzing about this book. Pete:                [inaudible 00:30:13]. This book is buzzing. This book is so good- Alex:                 Buzzing. First. So we got a girl in a small town heading off to a witch's tower. Just wants to check it out a little bit, things pick up and this issue where I was, “Did I miss an issue? Is this issue, number three, what's going on here?” Because this is insane from the first page with witches eating people and powers and everything. What do you guys about this book in particular? Pete:                Well first off, the art is really unbelievable. It feels like an amazing animation and still form… The characters designed in the witches and the faces and the different kind of glowing things in them are really cool. This is moving, it's intense, it's sentimental. The little part where the kid is like, “I told you, it was so awesome.” Yeah, I'm really impressed with this book. I didn't think I would like it so much. The grandma smoking a cigar is glorious. Justin:              You love a good grandma, who doesn't love a good grandma? Alex:                 You love a grandma. And you Pete, you know that's a blunt dude, you know she's [inaudible 00:31:20]. Justin:              She's far from [inaudible 00:31:22] bro- Alex:                 She even says, she's like, “Let's get this Juniper going around the room.” Justin:              Honestly. I know we're joking about it, but Pete, you are very into grandma's and comics from this to watching Future. I'm sure there's a couple of others I'm forgetting- Alex:                 And real life. He loves a grandma. Justin:              You should release your own podcast where you count down the top 10 grandmas of all time. Pete:                Oh that'd be cool. I could do it. But yeah, I think this book really took me by surprise and is really impressive. I cannot wait for more. Each issue continues to give us such a great movement for the story. Yeah. I'm really impressed. Justin:              I love the art in this a lot. It reminds me of some classic Ralph [inaudible 00:32:08] animation style getting in like, the old habit series back in the day. And to your question earlier, Alex, why we think it's such a buzz, buzz, buzzy book. It moves quickly. It's both fun, lighthearted, welcoming us into this world. It's scary at times. But it's always just driving the story forward in a well done, confident way. It's just a good book. There's a little mystery going on at the end. We get a lot of mythology building here and cabins in the woods. Watch out. Alex:                 Yeah. All right, everybody that has been our buzz-buzz busy [inaudible 00:32:48] book of the week. Let's move on and talk about American Vampire 1976, number five from TC Comics written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Talk about things getting big- Justin:              [inaudible 00:32:59]- Alex:                 In this issue, our heroes are fighting a bunch of giants, encounter a council of vampires, tons of mythology dump in this issue are going on here as we're on to the end game, seemingly of American Vampire. Another great issue, but it's just wild to me that we are so far into the road of this book and they're still laying down huge pieces of the mythology. It's very impressive. Justin:              Yeah. And it all fits. It all feels very deliberate and they've done a great job of setting up a villain that is worse than everything else we've seen it before. And the way that they're able to keep, Skinner's such a central part of this character just by the fact that he's been devamped and he's just sort of, “Ah, I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just hanging around.” And he's still such a fun character, is great. Pete:                Yeah. Scott Snyder knows what the fuck he's doing when it comes to writing comic books, because this is really impressive, so well done. After all these arcs you would think that maybe the ideas would get a little, “All right, we're going to try.” But man just delivers hard on every issue. The last panel reveal on this was really unbelievable. I can't say enough about the art. These two teaming up is just magic. Alex:                 Next up Black Panther, Keegan Black, number one written by Jeffery Thorn art by Jermaine Peralta in this issue, as you can probably imagine these symbionts are attacking Wakanda and they start to fight back. What'd you think about this issue? Another book that feels it was inspired by, “Hey, what characters have black in their name? Let's put them in the Black King and Black Event.” But personally I think it panned out a lot better than you might expect based on that. Pete:                I was really impressed with this book. Also, I didn't expect to get choked up but there was a moment where Black Panther and Siri see each other and give each other a hug. And I got a little choked up because I was, “That's never going to happen in TV or movies and we're never going to get to see that.” And it got me a little bit, which I wasn't ready for. Justin:              It's funny you say that Pete, because I was thinking the same thing. It's so rare, I think in a comic book, where from the adaptation to the movie has such an effect on reading the comic book going forward. Because I do feel, when I see Black Panther, I'm just, “Oh, there's a loss there.” Pete:                Yeah, It's tough yeah- Justin:              I view the character in the way that it's never happened to me before. And I just can't imagine it has happened before. And to see this, I don't know, does that harm the Black Panther character in the Marvel universe? The fact that Chadwick Boseman was such an icon for the role and then died. And is it going to stay with us for forever? I guess would say. Pete:                I wonder because it's like, the comic came first. They should be able to do what they want, but man, it was just… I was having a hard time reading it. I was really getting choked up and being, “Ah, I don't know, what did you just say? Series Black Panther and not kind of deal with it just so you don't have these kinds of reactions.” But that doesn't seem fair. Alex:                 I do think there's something to be said. I agree with you guys. I had the exact same reaction emotionally and there was a brief thought of you're saying, Pete, should they retire to Tchala as Black Panther for a while? Which sounds insane. But just to get around that uncomfortable sad reaction that you have, but I would say no, you keep it going because it is a tribute to how powerful he was as the character that even though he passed away in a very untimely manner, the character continues and it does pay a tribute to him by continuing to exist, by continuing to have these ventures. And as long as they keep being good and they keep treating the character in a good way, that does pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman's performance in a back way as well. Pete:                Now I do want to talk a little bit about this issue, not you know talking about that. I thought this was a great issue of Black Panther, lot of cool things and the call back to one of Black Panthers enemies was such a cool idea to help stop this menace. I was really impressed with the writing on this and there's really cool, beast showdowns here. Yeah. Wow. What an awesome issue. What amazing art. This was really cool. Alex:                 Next up Bliss, number five from Image Comics written by Sean Lewis, art by Caitlin Yarsky. In this issue, we're getting a bunch of backstory about what's going on with our father character who was going up against the main antagonist of this book. We find out how he broke out of the hold of this drug. I guess you can call it a drug. Bliss, how he worked his way forward. Meanwhile, we're following his son as he is trying to track down his dad, I believe. Still some incredible imagining coming out of this book, even five issues in. Justin:              This reminded me of, and maybe this is a stretch. Do tell me. It's a reverse never-ending story? Alex:                 Oh wow. Interesting. Justin:              I guess it's just like the never ending story. The dad is going on the adventure and the kid is [inaudible 00:38:35] hearing the dad adventure. Pete:                That's a way to reverse Everett Dick story, as [crosstalk 00:38:43]- Alex:                 You said, the kid being directed to the drug, it's the dad and then- Justin:              What I was thinking about was the fact that it's the dad going on the adventure and the kid is hearing this stories- Pete:                Riding a dragon means drugs. And then- Alex:                 I always describe, I don't know if you guys do this too, but I always describe 13, going on 30 is a double reverse pig. Pete:                Exactly. And you talk about that a lot, especially in your work as a critic. Yeah. Alex:                 I try to relate everything back to 13 going on 30 if I can. Pete:                Seven a movie. Yeah, I thought this was a really beautiful issue. Unbelievable. This story continues to move forward in a great way. You go from absolutely hating this dad to maybe there's something that could be done. Yeah, I'm just really impressed with this story. And then fun kind of join us next time. And they got the AOC with the scales of justice. I thought that was crazy cool. Alex:                 What? Pete:                The character designs are very interesting. Justin:              I will say to Pete's point, I don't think it's actually AOC, but the woman in the preview for next issue looks just like AOC. Pete:                It's AOC dude. Alex:                 Next step Orcs, number one from Kaboom written by and art by Christine Larson. This is pretty much you could do that you could expect from the title. It's a bunch of adventure in Orcs. [inaudible 00:40:07] it's Kaboom, it is very all ages. I thought this was a delightful, fun book to read with some great character designs. I enjoyed this quite a bit. Pete, I imagine given its similarity to other things like Head Lopper and whatnot, you might've liked it as well? Pete:                Oh, I really loved it. I especially loved the first story, thought it was really cool. It's fun to see things that are cute be violent. But man, it was fun- Justin:              Yes. Are you Soggy or Jimbo that little bunny? Pete:                Yeah. I think that… Don't call him little. You [inaudible 00:40:41]- Justin:              Oh, I thought you weren't going to take the bait and then you did. [crosstalk 00:40:45]- Pete:                It was like that fish that swims by, and you're, “Wow, I missed it.” And then it's, “What's that? Is that a worm?” Justin:              [crosstalk 00:40:53]. Fish. I love worms. I'm a fish. I love worms even though I never encounter them because I live in the water. But let try that worm it's exotic to me, because it lives over the ground. Pete:                Yeah. The arts in this is really cool. It's all ages, but really it doesn't feel it's pandering to children or anything like that. There's a lot of cool action and adventure. I think this is a cool book. Alex:                 What I like about this is, it's an Orc, never ending story. Pete:                I thought it to be more of a 13 going on 30 myself. Oh wow. Justin:              I really did like this. Especially the first bit that ends up being the grandma Orc telling a story, Pete. Grandma Orc you must be just basically coming in your pants because you've seen grandma here. Pete:                I wouldn't go that far, but then I like how the grandma trips out a little bit. That was fun. Story times over, I'm getting fucked up. Alex:                 I'm sorry, just to ask, would you not let me go that far to edge her about grandmas. Let's go down. Pete:                What? What did you say? Alex:                 Nevermind. It's not important. Justin:              [inaudible 00:42:24] broke man. Pete:                Anyway. Good book. Justin:              [inaudible 00:42:27] book. Pete:                [inaudible 00:42:28], I'm fine. Justin:              You're trying to take the baton, Pete? Pete:                I don't know. Yeah. Justin:              Some are homesick pilots- Alex:                 Yeah. Go for it. Number six, Pilots Image Comics written by Dead Waters, art by Casper Winguard. We've been really enjoying this book, I think it's so many things at the same time, but essentially it's about a girl in a punk band, maybe a heavy metal band who discovers a haunted house has to recover a bunch of ghosts, but it's so much more than that. So many different things going on. It ramps up the premise at exactly what's happening. Every single issue ends with a wild visual at the end here. This is great. I really enjoy reading this. Justin:              Yeah, me too. It was one of my favorite new books out there. Talk about visuals, the visual of the sort of videotape ghost. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              It was haunting. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              I want to see that for sure. I want to see that in some movie or film or TV show. So good. Pete:                Yeah. I also really liked lessons in this, they're like, “Yo, if you're going to join a band, it is hard, it is grueling and you might get trapped in a house and not be able to make it out.” So you got to be ready for that. Also don't fucking go into other people's houses. All right. It's not going to end well. Justin:              Two lessons. Pete:                But the art is just fantastic and they really try different, the crackly, black panels that they have that look an old book in the middle of the comic is just really cool and creepy and sets this cool tone. They keep using this shot of this window in this creepy house almost looking like it's about to explode. I'm really impressed with what they're doing with this book creatively and how they're telling this story. It keeps being just fantastic every issue. Alex:                 Great stuff. If you'd like to support our show, patrion.com/comic book club, also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube come hang out. We would love to chat with you about comic books. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and more at comicbooklive on Twitter. Until next time. Keep those grandma's coming, Pete, can't get it up. Pete:                What are you doing? Justin:              Enjoy your marathon of Golden Girls Pete. You're going to fucking love it. Pete:                You're weird man. The post The Stack: Radiant Black, Sweet Tooth And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. 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Hey there ACC-tion heroes! You may remember when we interviewed Caitlin Yarsky a few months ago, she discussed her love of Umbrella Academy! So naturally, we invited her to come back on the show to talk about the art, framing, and story of this Netflix Original Series. Caitlin also hints at a new project that she's working on (And if you were on the stream, you got to see the oil painting of the cover to Bliss #4)So join us as we expand the crew with one of the great artists of our time and delve into the world of Umbrella Academy

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On this week's comic book review podcast: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 IDW Story by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird & Tom Waltz Script by Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman Layouts by Kevin Eastman Pencils/Inks by Esua & Isaac Escorza X of Swords: Stasis #1 Marvel Written by Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman Art by Pepe Larraz and Mahmud Asrar Wynd #5 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Art by Michael Dialynas Dark Nights: Death Metal – Rise of the New God #1 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV, Bryan Hill Art by Jesus Merino, Nik Virella Sex Criminals #69 Image Comics By Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky Stranger Things: Science Camp #2 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jody Houser Pencils by Edgar Salazar The Immortal Hulk #39 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett The Last God: Songs of Lost Children #1 DC Comics Created by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Written by Dan Watters Art by Steve Beach The Department of Truth #2 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds G.I. Joe #9 IDW Written by Paul Allor Art by Ryan Kelly Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Tyler Crook Chu #4 Image Comics Written by John Layman Art by Dan Boultwood Batman: Three Jokers #3 DC Comics Written by Geoff Johns Art by Jason Fabok Ascender #14 Image Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Dustin Nguyen Shang-Chi #2 Marvel Written by Gene Luen Yang Art by Dike Ruan Undiscovered Country #9 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi Batgirl #50 DC Comics Written by Cecil Castellucci Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Marguerite Sauvage, Aneke Bliss #4 Image Comics Written by Sean Lewis Art by Caitlin Yarsky An Unkindness of Ravens #2 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Art by Marianna Ignazzi A Man Among Ye #3 Image Comics Written by Stephanie Phillips Art by Craig Cermak SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This episode is sponsored by Helstrom, now on Hulu. This episode is also sponsored by Alitu. Check out their guide on how to start a podcast, right now: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/start Full Transcript: Alex:                 What is up you all? Welcome to the stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on the stack we talk about a ton of comics that came out this week. So many comics, so many big comics, but I want to kick it off with this one Pete. Pete, this goes out to you. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Once upon a time, there was a little boy who grew up in Rochester, loving four turtles. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Those four turtles lived in the sewer, they loved pizza and they were ninjas. They were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and this is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 dedicated to Pete LePage. Pete:                From IDW comics story about Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Tom Waltz script by Tom Waltz and Kevin Eastman. Layouts by Kevin Eastman, Pencils and Inks by Esau and Isaac Escorza. Now the whole thing behind this is, this is reportedly [crosstalk 00:02:18] Alex:                 Wait, wait. Allow me to just take it over. Allow me to just take it from here. Pete:                Oh you want to take it over? Okay take it from here. Justin:              It seems like a risk. Alex:                 Basically Eastman and Laird back in the day had this story and they just put it on the shelf because they stopped doing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a while. And so they had this story planned a long time ago and just as a fan it's very exciting that they got the chance to do this. And the fact that just to see the names Eastman and Laird next to each other again, what a magical time, but I'm sorry [inaudible 00:02:55]. Go ahead. Justin:              No, I have a question. Because they famously started getting along, right Pete? Pete:                I don't know if it who… They split ways. They went their separate ways. I don't know why or whatever happened? I didn't really dig into that but. Justin:              So is this them getting back together a little bit? Pete:                Well, this is them at least dusting off something and being [crosstalk 00:03:21]. No it's Eastman dusting it off and working with IDW to move forward with a story probably without Laird or I mean, I don't know him but I assume him being like, “Whatever, do whatever you want.” Justin:              You don't know Laird? Pete:                I don't know Laird. Justin:              Let me ask you, do you think they are going to do any alternate covers or anything for this book? Pete:                I tell you what's funny about that is, because there's 60 of them. Alex:                 71 alternate covers. Pete:                But I just want to say, I was paging through them and I was like, “Wait a second, Last Ronin. Oh my God. The other turtles are dead.” And it took me to the 45th cover before I really put it together. I was like, “Oh no, this is going to be sad as fuck.” I'm not ready for this. Alex:                 That's the genius about it is it really does take you until the 45th cover to really get the plot of the book. Justin:              Yeah, honestly when I was it's a little bit behind the curtain we get to review these, we get them as PDFs and I was already through it. I was, “Wait a second. Is this the comic? Am I just not putting this together?” And I was like, “No, these are covers.” After another 30 I was like, “Oh no, this has to be the comic, am I missing the story or maybe they link up.” And then finally I was, “No, I guess this is just covers.” And then one last time I was, “This is just a series of pinups or something.” Pete:                It's an emotional roller coaster to page through for sure? Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                But then it's actually a story. It's basically Dark Knight Returns but with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, that's pretty much it or old man [crosstalk 00:05:06] Teenage Mutant chip in the story. Alex:                 Hold on. Pete don't jump on me yet because I thought this was great. I'm saying, this as a reference point, it is very much one of the turtles heads back to the city to take down the descendant of Shredder, he's the only one left, he's old man turtle now and that's what it is. You know what the setup is but it really does feel there's old Eastman and Laird comic books down to the art, down to the piecing and everything and I thought it was awesome. I was very excited about reading this comic, even though I understood the comic, even though the concept, even though we've walked through this thing multiple times before it's fun to see the turtles in it or turtle. Pete:                Or turtle. Justin:              It's super sad. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              It definitely has that very much like I dwell in darkness vibe throughout and that's why the reveal at the end is like the whoa moment. Alex:                 Yeah. That was really heartbreaking and I was not ready for. Justin:              Let me say, there's a moment where our Last Ronin turtle falls out of a skyscraper and falls. He's like, “Oh no, I'm going to die.” And then he lands and he doesn't land on his shell. And I feel if he landed on his shell he would have been all right. Alex:                 Right [crosstalk 00:06:32]. Justin:              I guess that's what [crosstalk 00:06:38] trouble. Pete:                I think later the last couple of panels, explain why do you, if you put that together, but you know, okay. Justin:              Wait, why does they explain why? Pete:                Because of what happens later? Justin:              No, it doesn't explain why he didn't land on the shell. Alex:                 No, that doesn't explain. Pete:                I will say, one of the things that I also thought was great about this is one of the Hills I'll die on is I never liked the animated series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It made me actively angry. And one of the reason it made me angry is, I read the Eastman and Laird comics first and those are bloody, those are intense, they're emotional at times and then they turn them into these [inaudible 00:07:17] dude eating pizza guys and it was very frustrating for me that this was why everybody loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles versus the comics. That was definitely my first gatekeeping experience, I think. And getting back to these comics, it feels like getting back to reminding people, no, these comics were actually kind of hardcore. Alex:                 These turtles are miserable. They're not having fun with [inaudible 00:07:44], they're mad and sad. Though I will say you get your Baxter Stockman references here, you get your [inaudible 00:07:52] references here. And were those in the original comics or is that? Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              I all the time, and we've talked about this in the show before, but I all the time think about as a teen reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and being like, “Okay, they're going to beat Shredder in this first arc.” And they don't and Shredder destroys them and they run away and they spend an entire arc hiding at a farm and healing because they got beaten up so badly by Shredder and that needs such an impact on me. So same sort of thing here happening to our Last Ronin, I think it is very reminiscent of that. Starting it off at a place where they just don't win, they lose. It almost works against the idea of them being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at a certain way, where it is very serious and it is very bloody, but an intense action, but it's very good. Alex:                 They're teenagers, when you're a teen- Pete:                You're going to lose. Alex:                 Yeah. You couldn't lose. Justin:              You're going to lose. Speaking of people that are going to lose, let's move on and talk about- Pete:                Wait, wait, wait, not moving on yet. Alex:                 Just wanted to say a couple of things here. First off, I was really hoping this was all going to be black and white. I was a little disappointed it was color. The original ones were black and white and really well done but the coloring is cool I guess. And I was really kind of heartbroken by this issue. This is very sad and depressing and I was really looking forward for this to pick me up and when it didn't and it made me sadder it was rough. I was really looking forward to this issue and the fact that I liked how dark and gritty it was, but the way it ended really hurt. But I do hope that Eastman and Laird can set aside whatever they have, because I would love for them to give me a little bit more TMNT. Justin:              I don't think that's going to happen, but let's move on to another team. X Of Swords: Stasis #1 or 10 Of Swords: Stasis #1 from Marvel written by Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman, art by Pepe Larraz and a Mahmud Asrar. This is the mid point exactly I think. I think it's chapter- Alex:                 Of 22. Justin:              Yeah of 22 of 10 Of Swords and we finally get the thing that you've been begging for Pete, that you've been asking for, we transition from everybody getting their swords to getting ready for the tournament. That's what happens in this issue. We finally have our sword bears. We meet the other side, we meet the villains and then they all get together in other worlds. Get ready for the final battle. This is great. Pete:                So good. Justin:              I loved the building of the villains. I love these villains. They're so smart and they're so interesting. And even if the reveal at the end is pretty obvious, I feel like you could have seen it going for the building beginning, it's still very emotionally satisfying. Pete:                Yeah. I'm happy we got the fast forward button because I would have really been upset if we had to go through another 10 issues of everybody getting their swords on the villain side. So I was glad it was one issue and get it all done. I wish we could have had that with the other side but great. It's all out of the fucking way now, the next issue's got to have action. It's got to have a sword fighting, right? Alex:                 I actually don't think there's any sword fighting I think now that they have their swords all together they'll put them away and [crosstalk 00:11:35]. Pete:                Wolverine [crosstalk 00:11:37], right? Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                That they're like metaphorical swords. Alex:                 Exactly. And he's also like, “You know what? Claws are just tiny sores. I don't need these either. I'll give these up as well.” Justin:              He hands them to a poor [inaudible 00:11:50] kid on the street. He's like, “Here you go. Here's my claws.” Pete:                [crosstalk 00:11:54] day is it sir? Christmas morning. Have my claws. Alex:                 I got to say though, this is an Epic cover. It's a really glorious cover to this book. Justin:              I love all of this. I feel like with this issue, everything's cranky on all cylinders. The Arakko stuff is really starting to come together and the different corners of it, the different sort of monsters and mutants from their side coming together. We get the interstitial panels where we get to see all their swords. Very cool. Saturnine is setting up both a villain and sort of the unlike the person who's just not able to control the situation that she's created and then the tarot card bit at the end I thought was awesome. Alex:                 Yeah, this is all so good. The art by Pepe Larraz and Mahmud Asrar is seamless. Normally I'm not a fan of taking two artists and sticking them together though both of the artists are great but fantastic. There was no stoppage in the pace of the issue between their different pages. I think Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman are working on musically together. You can tell where Tini Howard is leading into jokes at Jonathan Hickman is leading into, “Here's some insane mythology.” But it still blends very seamlessly. Fantastic stuff. This is one of my favorite crossovers that has happened in a very, very long time. Alex:                 Let's move to a ending, at least for now with WYND #5 from BOOM! Studios written by James Tynion IV and wrote by Michael Dialynas, I got to get that right at some point. So this is as mentioned the end of the arc, they're going to be coming back next year at some point with this issue with this title. This [inaudible 00:13:45] fantasy world that hates weird things. We get some big revelations this issue about the villains, as well as our heroes, as well as the promise of more to come. There's a big show down. I thought this was a really good arc and I'd highly recommend if you didn't pick it up in individual issues, definitely pick this up and trade. Pete:                Yeah. I think this really ended such a great place. It did such an amazing job of weaving the venture tail and such a cool way. And man, what a fantastic last issue that makes me very sad that it's ending. I want more, they really did a great job of setting up this world and I hope they get to play in it more because I would be excited to read it. Art's fantastic, writing's unbelievable. This is a great, great package. And speaking of great packages, Justin, what are your thoughts? Justin:              Thanks Pete. I am a great package using your words as a description of me. I like this a lot too. I feel like it really is a small step into a huge world that I feel like James Tynion IV is ready to really walk us into. It's a world where everything is pretty contained and controlled but it's also like… Basically any fantastical thing can exist in this world. It's just been so restrained that it needs to be released perhaps by our hero. And that's just a nice spot to start this whole series or however long they run it for. Alex:                 Yeah. And just to mention off of what Pete was saying, it is coming back for WYND #6 next year. This is just the end of the first arc. There's just going to be a gap. I believe it's coming back in May. Pete:                Sweet. Alex:                 So there you go. Moving on to another James Tynion IV book, Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of The New God #1 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV and Bryan Hill, art by Jesus Merino and Nik Virella. This is picking up on the Dark Nights Death Metal event and showing us, this is kind of a big revelation, not just for this event but also for the mythology that Scott Snyder and company have built up. They have been promising that Perpetua, the mother of the multi-verse has been preparing the multi-verse for someone or something else. And we finally get a little taste of what that something or something else is here in a more dick watcher who shows up essentially to [inaudible 00:16:16] what's going on in DC Universe. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:16:19], you were like more of the dick watcher. I was like, what? Like a watcher with more penises. Justin:              I was like, man, if you want more dick, check out this new watcher. Pete:                That is a note we get a lot is like, I love the watcher, but more dick. Alex:                 Yeah, but we meet new character called the Chronicler who is of course chronically the DC Universe. Things go interestingly from there as he resurrects a character who was recently killed. I'd like this issue though, this was not what I expected for the title and it's a key piece of the mythology and I'm happy that they're finally getting there. Pete:                Yeah. This is just continues to be over the top fun. I enjoy it. The Chronicler is a cool new kind of like reveal. Also this Metron guy really misses his chair and I get it, man. If you're standing for a long time, especially out in space, that's got to be rough when you- Justin:              It's actually very easy to stand in space. Pete:                Well, he's complaining a lot for a guy who misses his space chair. Alex:                 Have you ever seen the movie Gravity? Sandra Bullock has a lot of lines about, “Wow, this is easy. I'm standing. This is so easy” Justin:              And that big ending is where she's like, “It's even easier than I thought it was.” I like this issue a lot. This Chronicle, it's very [inaudible 00:17:51] this whole issue. Now at a point in the book, the Chronicle is showing off his his little book, his codex of the DC Universe to brainiac five and he reads it and barfs. Now what do you think would have to be in a book to make you instantly barf? Is there a comic book you've ever read where you got very close to barfing? Alex:                 I don't think so but if somebody had to be the next Game of Thrones book, I'd probably throw up excitement. Justin:              Like a positive. Pete:                Oh, a positive barf, I don't know. I was going to say, if they were graphically describing something that was grotesque and was very queasy I might throw up. If it was talking about maggots writhing in some kind of vomit or garbage. Alex:                 Like if you saw a picture of someone vomiting in a book, you'll be like, “Oh, here I go.” Pete:                I'll be like, oh. Alex:                 Maybe that's what it was. Pete:                I did. When I saw Brainiac 5 throw up that book I vomited too. Alex:                 Yeah. It's visceral. Pete:                Sympathy vomit. Alex:                 Yeah. But good stuff. Moving on to Sex Criminals #69, you get it. Image comics by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky. This is the last issue of Sex Criminals ever. They're done with the story. We kind of thought they were done with the story last issue but we zoom forward a bunch of years to catch up with the characters. Justin:              I got to ask you a personal question here yourselves, you got to be really disappointed because dedicated to there's an Alex W not an Alex Z that is dedicated to, that had to really chop your buns. Alex:                 Yeah, I definitely read that, saw that and had a emotional reaction to that so thanks for catching that. Justin:              I'm sorry man. Pete famously known for reading every dedication page in a comic book and giving us his take. I think this series finished really strong, a series that I thought wavered a bit at a point, and by their own admission, Matt Fraction was sort of like, “Yeah, we wandered for a little bit in there.” But I think really the last issue I thought was great and this issue had all the… It felt like those moments when you see someone that you used to date or used to be in love with or something and all of that, it just played so well in this from top to bottom. And then all of the sort of the sex stuff is treated as just a little side thing, which I think is a little bit the point of the series whereas it was always about the characters and their sex crimes, the Sex Criminals stuff was just the fun bit that got everyone [inaudible 00:20:53]. Pete:                I love this. I wish the whole series was like this. I thought it was really focused on the love. Alex:                 Sure. You would prefer love criminals? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Oh, interesting. Pete:                Or just sex relationshipers. Alex:                 Even if it wrapped up very nicely in the last issue with the main plot, this is a nice little coda, a nice little finishing bit on there. Yeah. I can make a lot of jokes but for Pete's sake, I will refrain from making all of them. Alex:                 Stranger Things: Science Camp #2 from Dark Horse Comics written by Jodie Houser, pencils by Edgar Salazar. This is a interesting comic that takes place between seasons two and three of Stranger Things as Dustin is at science camp meeting Susie, the girl of his dreams that we find out about it in season three. And it turns out there's maybe a stalker killer at the camp. And the weird thing to me, I like this book just fine but the weird thing to me about Stranger Things comic books is almost nothing strange should ideally happen in any books outside of the big continuity or stranger things, right? Pete:                What? They can't have some side fun? Alex:                 No. Justin:              I sort of felt the opposite. I felt like I wanted something to happen. This was very less strange. Pete:                What are you talking about? The guy is killing kids. Alex:                 Is he though? Justin:              This just feels like a totally unrelated book so I'm like, yeah, it's vaguely one of the stranger things kids here but it feels unrelated to the main series and so it's hard to get in on it. Pete:                Focusing it on the star of the show. I love it. It's great. Alex:                 So you like this one? Pete:                Yeah. I thought it was fun. I like the setup of this relationship. And I like the kind of, okay, some things are happening and I'm sure our hero we'll get to the bottom of it and save the day. Alex:                 Yeah. I guess we'll see what happens. I do think Jodie Houser does a good job with the writing, captures Dustin, Edgar Salazar's art is good as well. Yeah, it's just tough to wrap your mind around this book a little bit, at least from my perspective. Next step, here's an easy book to understand, one that you could just sink right into. The Immortal Hulk #39 from Marvel Comics written by Al Ewing and art by Joe Bennett. Oh my God. This issue was insane. As the leader continues to enact his plan working for the one below who controls this whole gamma hell, whatever is going on there and tried to take over the Hulk, we thought the leader was doubted out last issue, it turns out he was very much not, as usual he has a plan to get one over on all the Hulks and everybody as we slowly moved towards the end game of the series. This is as wild and gross as any issue of this title. Pete:                Yes. This one, I felt like really brought a lot of this stuff to a head. The grossness, the viscera of the Hulk throat mouth coming out and eating Hulk's dad in the middle of this book and just like, I love it though. It's so good. The idea that the only way to defeat the Hulk is to get inside his brain, open the green door, inside his own mental state. And we see Hulk at his weakest tier where he's like, “I just want my dad to say I love you.” And he messes up, he fucks up because he it's his vulnerability and we'll have to watch it happen ending on this just horrifying image. Justin:              Yeah. It keeps getting worse and worse for the Hulk and it gets creepier and more disgusting looking and, man this is a crazy fucking tale. I'm really interested to see how this all ends up. But amazing ride and this has been an amazing new take on the Hulk and it continues to crank forward in such a cool way. For someone who's read the Hawk for most of his life, this is unbelievable. Alex:                 Well to that end, and this is something I was thinking about reading this issue in particular, is the one below somebody we know, or is this a new character? Because it feels like Al Ewing has been mining so many different aspects of Hulk continuity throughout this run, from Bruce Banner's father to Bruce Banner, to all the Hulk's different personalities, to everything throughout his history, it feels like this should be some sort of new villain who's the ultimate villain who's controlling things, but is it somebody we know already? Is that possible? Pete:                What could the possible options be? Thunderbolt Ross or Bruce Banner himself. Alex:                 Right. Pete:                Right? Alex:                 I think that's it. Pete:                What are the other possible the truly Epic Hulk villains? Alex:                 I don't know, Abomination? Pete:                Yeah. Maybe, but I feel like, didn't we fight him already in the early part of [inaudible 00:27:39]? Alex:                 Well, and to your point, leader is the step up there, right? Leader is the big Hulk villain. And once you've gotten past Bruce Banner's father, the only place you can really go is Bruce Banner himself. So if there is some sort of the one below was Bruce Banner when he was separated by the gamma bomb or something like that, I could see that as a possibility, but I don't know. It was just something that occurred to me while I was reading this. Let's move on and talk about The Last God: Songs of Lost Children #1 from DC Comics created by Phillip Kennedy Johnson written by Dan Watters and art by Steve Beach. This is an interesting one because we've been loving reading The Last God, but this is not written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, this is somebody else, somebody else is playing in his world here which is pretty fascinating. How do you think it holds up and how do you think it works as a comic all on its own? Pete:                This is a fucking freaky ass story. I think it's a nice kind of like it fits in this world, but kind of it's its own thing. I think it's a cool kind of like Halloween tale in the middle of this thing. It's just kind of like a fun, scary ass fucking creepy story with the kid that, oh my God, I'm a very scary monster. That freaked me the fuck out. That was really intense and very scary. This is a very cool book if you like horror books or Halloween kind of things, this is definitely a must pick up. Justin:              I love that this is becoming a little corner of the universe. The Last God is such a fun, well thought out universe and story and the fact that we get sort of just another version of that, that is equally horrifying. Talk about body dysmorphia in the Hulk, we get a bunch of that here as well, which is gross and scary. I hope there's more, I hope this becomes a real thing. Alex:                 Yeah, I agree. Just a great one-shot. Even if you haven't been reading the main series, if you want to read a horror fantasy one shot, this is a real good. Steve Beach's art is great and horrifying. Dan Watters definitely captures the tone of the [inaudible 00:29:57] series. Just a very good book overall. Let's move to one that I know Justin was very excited about, The Department of Truth #2 from the Image Comics written once again by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmons. The set of this book is, what if every conspiracy theory is true? Or rather if you believes conspiracy theories are true, they become true in the real world and there's a governmental agency that is trying to take them down. We see all of this through a new recruit of the agency and in this issue, we find a big twist about his past the ties into the satanic panic of the 80s. What did you think about this one? Did it hold up to the lofty heights of the first issue? Justin:              I love this series because it takes a real world issue and concept and doesn't play it for the politics of it or anything that is in the public eye, it plays it pretty straight. It is dangerous in our current world that so many people believe false things, believe conspiracy theories and it's causing problems in our culture. And so the fact that those people believe that is making it harder for us all to live normal lives. And this takes that one very small step further in that the amount of people that believe in a conspiracy theory make it actual reality. Justin:              And if enough people believe in something, it will manifest. If enough people typically we hit a tipping point where more people believe that the earth is flat than not, the earth becomes flat and everything changes. It's such a smart real threading the needle premise. And to play that through the first issue and then the second issue, which is about the satanic panic and how it was something that wasn't believed and then the more and more people believed it meant it started to become real which is literally what happened in America. Pete:                Satanic panic. Yeah, this is very creepy shit. It's really well done. The art is perfectly creepy in all the right waves and right ways. Yeah, I think it's just really cool, really well done. I'm completely all in, and I love the kind of reveal that we get in this issue about the main characters past and why he is where he is. So I'm very excited to see how this all unfolds. I've been really impressed with each issue. Alex:                 Martin Simmons art is great, James Tynion's writing is great as well. I am very nervous about this arc speaking as a Jewish person just because the character, the demon character, just a spoiler here, that is menacing our main character, which they referenced this way in the book is a anti-Semitic stereotype. Just to describe him, he is a guy who has a upside down pentagram on his face, he eats babies. This isn't exactly the thing. It's like one step removed, but there is an anti-Semitic stereotype, I don't know, not meme is the only word that I'm thinking of, but that Jews eat Christian babies. Justin:              It's like a century's old conspiracy. Conspiracy theory stereotype, whatever you want to say like racist belief. Alex:                 Yes. So I think James Tynion is aware of this given that he references it in the book. Justin:              Yeah, I think it's meant… But I also think that, it's good, you finish your point. Alex:                 No, no, no, all I was going to say is, it definitely makes my chest feel a little tight when I'm reading it because it gets be concerned about how all of this is going to turn out. I'm not too worried about it. He's a responsible writer, but it's something that puts me on edge when I'm reading it. Justin:              Do you mean how reality is going to turn out? Alex:                 Yeah reality, that's what I'm talking about. Justin:              I agree. I was like, whoa, that's a thing to put down is your villain here. But I also think he's manifesting something that is one of the longest held conspiracy theories in our world. So I feel like he's sort of, what I like about this book is it really looks hard at real shit and leans into the paranoia and anxiety through the main character here about what it means to believe in something no matter what it is. It's scary and good. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              It feels like a vertigo book despite the fact that it's from Image Comics. The art feels very Dave McKean. It's really nice. Alex:                 Yeah. It feels like in a certain way, the air of [inaudible 00:34:46] which I know is a big thing the second issue is something, but it could to get there. G.I. Joe #9 from IDW written by Paul Allor and art by Ryan Kelly. We have been loving this book that is completely reinvented G.I. Joe for a modern context. In this issue we're focusing on Tunnel Rat I want to say who [crosstalk 00:35:09] in tunnels with rats and he's fighting some bats which are Cobra, robot soldiers and these tunnels and that's what's going on. Pete:                It's funny because all I can think about when I read this now is you because when they're saying everybody's code name, you have no reference for that so you're just seeing a silly name and then it's like somebody died. But because- Justin:              A lot of these are made. Pete:                No they're actual G.I. Joe's so real people. Yeah. Justin:              There's a guy whose name was [crosstalk 00:35:47]. Pete:                Yeah, it was my favorite, well one of my favorite Joes is Shipwreck. Justin:              But that's [crosstalk 00:35:53]. Yeah, Shipwreck Jones. But Pete that'd be like, if he was a good sailor, he wouldn't be named Shipwreck. Pete:                Yeah, but he's a scrappy guy. It's a fun name. Justin:              That'd be if one of us is named bad podcaster. Alex:                 My favorite G.I. Joe is fuck up. Jinx. There's a jinx. She was in G.I. Joe. She was great or is great. Justin:              Great. Does she always like saying the same stuff at the same time? Alex:                 I didn't love this issue. This is after a run of fantastic issues. This was a little bit of a step down for me. I still think the art by Ryan Kelly was good but the story didn't feel quite as sharp as the last couple which were granted high water marks and excellence so I think that's an unfair judging point. But this is a good story of war. I like the whole overall arc of Cobra has one, G.I. Joe has to fight back. That's a smart place to put them. But I do think the last couple of issues were bad. Also it's kind of crazy to see G.I. Joe's use real guns because in the show it was always lasers, no one got hit. So it was crazy to see turn around and actually shoot someone and see blood. I was like, “Damn.” But yeah. Justin:              Well and I think that's what this issue. I take your point Alex, the other ones really dealt, the previous issues dealt with really intense themes and this feels more like it's taking an episode of the G.I. Joe animated series and giving an actual stakes where a bunch of Joes died and Tunnel Rat is scraping by, getting away with this, by the skin of his teeth and escaping from this horrible situation. Alex:                 Spoiler. Justin:              So in that way, it felt like giving, giving stakes to the goofy plots of so many of those G.I. Joe episodes, I wasn't allowed to watch it because they had guns is I think, cool. I like this issue. Alex:                 Agreed, and it's also kind of like naming Joes and then being like they died. So it's kind of sad. And if you don't really connect with it, I can understand what you're saying [inaudible 00:38:14]. Justin:              Yeah. I can't believe [inaudible 00:38:18], my favorite child died in this. Alex:                 RIP. That is a sour note to end on. Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1 from Dark Horse Comics written by Jeff Lemire and art by Tyler Crook. This is spinning off of the Black Hammer series following the, I guess he's best described as the Adam Strange of the Black Hammer universe who has gotten unstuck in time our Slaughterhouse-Five. This is following him as he was trying to piece together his history. As usual just great comics, great plotting, Tyler Crook's art is great. This is great. The end. Pete:                It felt to me like a pitch for Adam Strange and I was like, “Oh, someone's already doing that. Okay, well I'll just put it over here.” And it's really great. Like you said, I felt the same way of the comparisons. Adam strange and Slaughterhouse-Five, two things I love. So with the fantastic art here is a great book to read. Justin:              It's not the worst than when you go to grab a sodie pop and then you're stuck in time. It's just rough. But yeah, this is classic tripped out Jeff Lemire shit and I'm excited to see where this goes. The art is unbelievable in this kind of setup in this world. Yeah, I thought it was a solid first issue. Does a great job of getting you excited for more. I can't wait. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Chu #4 from Image Comics written by John Layman, art by Dan Boultwood. We're finally getting into it here as Chu and his sister are coming to head by the end of the issue. This series is really hitting its stride I think in terms of a heir to Chew C-H-E-W versus C-H-U. It took an issue or two to get there, but John Layman has hit his groove again in terms of the series. There's fun stuff, there's ridiculous stuff, there's dark stuff that's happening. I'm having a lot of fun reading this series. Justin:              Me too and I'm not a Chu fan. I'm not a Chu head. I'm not a chow hound but I like this issue a lot. I like this series a lot. I don't know if it means I should go back and reread the original Chus. Take another, go back because I feel like I ate it and then I spit it out and I'll just eat it again. Okay. Pete:                I'm a Chu head so I was going to like this, but yeah, I'm really impressed with this now, especially it feels like it's really got its rhythm and this is very exciting, fantastic ending. I'm excited to see what happened and who got shot. Alex:                 I think two fans are called chronic masticators. Is that true? Justin:              Wow. Pete:                I'm glad you Googled it. Justin:              I think so. Alex:                 Didn't Google it, my brain did. My brain did right out. Justin:              The original Google. Alex:                 Let's move on to one that I am concerned and nervous and interested to talk to you guys about, Batman: Three Jokers #3 from DC Comics written by Geoff Johns and art by Jason Fabook. Now I think we've been pretty complimentary of the first two issues. Jason Fabook's art has been great, Geoff Johns plotting as Batman and Red Hood and Batgirl have been tracking down the three jokers and trying to figure out. The mystery has been I think interesting and really driveling into the characters. I believe what I said with the last issue is this felt like what Geoff Johns was trying to do with Doomsday Clock but is actually now doing his Alan Moore riff on killing joke instead. I got to tell you though, I was real disappointed of this issue personally. I didn't love how it turned out, still like Jason Fabook's art, but I was unhappy with the turns for Red Hood, for Batgirl, for Batman, for Joker. Just none of it really sat with me the right way even though I respect the craft that was put into it. Pete:                There was one. I thought the way they had that Joe chill interview run throughout the issue was cool. While different things were happening you got little clips of it. I thought that was very creative and cool and you kind of really felt that. Yeah, the reveal of what the deal is is the big thing on this and you're either like, “Oh cool.” Or you're like, “What?” And I was a little scratching my head. And it was also weird. There was a lot of infighting which I don't like. Batman losing it on Robin and a lot of fighting with Robin and Barbara. And it was just a lot of misconnects there. I wasn't excited. I think it was an interesting choice and the art is definitely worth checking it out. I did kind of like there was a Batman moment where he saved somebody and I thought that was powerful and cool, but yeah, I don't know, the reveal was a little kind of. Justin:              For me, it's like, because I agree. I really like the art and I think that really shines through a lot of it. I haven't seen a comic really laid out this way with a sort of classic conflict paneling but very close up. You're very close up to a lot of the characters. But I think it's a little bit impenetrable as a read because you got “three jokers”, and then you've got these three characters in the bat family who are the most affected victims of Joker. It feels a little too directed or it's a little too on the nose in the way that the story unfolds. And then it feels like too much of threading together different continuity things. It feels like it's doing so much editorial work that I don't need it all to make sense. I feel like we've reconciled for the fact. Justin:              We talk about this a lot that, yeah, the Joker's a sort of genius biochemist and a crazed psychopath who just shoots random people all the time. And it's like, well, that's just what people have chosen to take the character in different iterations of the character. To try to thread all that together is difficult and also a little bit unnecessary and I think it's difficult. I think this issue proves it's really hard. Pete:                I also really liked how Alfred was alive in this and it was nice to see Batman talking to Alfred again. Alex:                 Sure. One of my problems with this is I think Scott Snyder already put in the work to explain this in his run, where he went through very meticulously and explained how the Joker reinvents himself all the time for various reasons but one of them to be to respond to Batman, to be the different antagonist that Batman needs because he loves Batman and he needs Batman and he wants to make a better Batman or whatever he wants to do at the current time. And Geoff Johns coming up with these three jokers, the ultimate conclusion here seems to reiterate that in a different way that already feels like it's been covered. Beyond that the two things that really kind of, this sounds too strong, but stuck in my craw, I didn't love how he characterized Barbara. I think she was too much like, “Oh boys, what are you doing?” Alex:                 There's a lot of conflicted looks from her and not a lot of action and she's a fantastic character who should have agency of her own that has nothing to do with the Red Hood's arc or Batman's arc. Well then the other thing, the big thing, and this is getting into the big spoiler for the issue so if you don't want to know, definitely turn away, but he pretty definitively chooses one of the three jokers from killing Joke to say, this is who the Joker is, this is his origin and I hate that. I hate that because he tries to have it both ways by saying it doesn't matter who the Joker is. It's not important. Also here's who he is and here's this origin and here's his family and why I don't say what his name is. And that to me is a very frustrating have your cake and eat it too type moment that I did not love at all. Justin:              And it's also like what's the point of doing that in this non continuity book? It's just literally Geoff Johns putting his stamp on something but it doesn't really mean much for the larger world. And I think this book and so many books are like, I'm going to research so much of the continuity and carve out a tiny little thing that feels like there's an opening there. And I think as a comic book reader, I'm ready to move on from that as a philosophy of storytelling which I think we've done a lot in the last five, 10 years. Pete:                I would like to say that I think sometimes when get an idea for maybe a character or something and you want to try it, I think, yeah, go for it, definitely. Well, I want to see Geoff Johns take on this three jokers idea. I was into it. I was like, yeah, let's do this. This could be crazy. This will be fun. Geoff Johns is amazing writer. Sometimes you're like, I tried something, great. I don't think he should not try it because maybe somebody else did something similar or whatever, he should be allowed to do it. He definitely tried and hey, sometimes it's like, “Oh my God, that's crazy.” And sometimes it's like, “What are you going to do?” Alex:                 I think he just needs to stop correcting for Alan Moore. Geoff Johns is his own writer. He's a fantastic writer. He's written some of the best DC Comic stories of all time. Doomsday Clock was his way of correcting the course from Watchman. This is clearly his way of correcting the chorus from killing Joke. He doesn't need to respond to him anymore. He's done it. I want to see him move on. I want to see him do his own stories, create his own stories, create his own continuity because the things that he's done have been so wonderful and he has so much craft and so much heart to his things and we need more of that. I don't know what that character is. Obviously he's doing Stargirl and I love that show that it's wonderful and there is so much heart put into that. But when and if he comes back to comics, I want to see more on that side than just saying no Alan Moore sent the DC Universe the wrong direction for 20 years, let's [crosstalk 00:49:32]. Pete:                But maybe that's how we get Stargirl with so much heart because he's got to write something that's darker and more fucked up. Alex:                 Maybe. I'm not necessarily saying about that, I'm saying specifically about relating to Alan Moore, which is fine, those exist. Let's move on. Speaking of which let's move on to Ascender for #14 from Image Comics written by Jeff Lemire and art by Dustin Nguyen. This I think is my favorite book in the stack everyone. I think this is the bit that I [inaudible 00:50:07] about the things that happened to the book, and in this issue we continue to get so many characters coming together. Spoiler, three, two, one, but Tim 21 from Descender finally comes back of this issue and it is such a thrill. And this is the Epic space opera that we've been missing while saga has been gone and it is wonderful to read every month, month after month. Pete:                Just every character really pops in this book in every issue and there's so many great moments like, the team on this book has just done the work to establish so much stuff in Descender. And the fact that they were able to from a writing with Jeff Lemire and the artist standpoint with Dustin Nguyen continue to just deliver these excellent stories, where we see driller in this and he's just being himself. He has one scene, but it's just great. And a great battle here near the end and then reveal of Tim 21 like Alex said is just so sweet it makes you cheer and it's so hard to do that. And the fact that they can do that with almost every issue in this series is amazing. Alex:                 Yeah. It's really impressive. There's one kind of character who's kind of like the reader a little bit who's like, “What? Oh, shit, look who it is.” And you're kind of like, “Oh.” It's just it's so well done and so impressive. And I can't stress this enough. The art is like a watercolor painting. It's so beautiful and so cool with what they're doing and I love the characters and this just continues to kick freaking ass every single issue and I can't wait for this to be collected Ascender, Descender because I want to go back and read it all again. Justin:              Do you think they're going to do a third series like just Sender, return to sender? Alex:                 Come on, don't ruin it man. Pete:                Return to sender. Alex:                 Don't ruin it. Justin:              It will be, it's Descender and then Ascender and then just sitting there cold chilling. Alex:                 Next up. Shang-Chi #2 Shang cheek, number two from Marvel Comics written by Gene Luen Yang and art by Dike Ruan. We really enjoyed, I think the first issue of this book was found Shang-Chi returning to his roots, going up against his sister. Here, we meet his sister very briefly and a conflict arises as well as more of mythology. I really liked this issue. I just needed more of it. That's my one criticism. It was surprisingly short it felt like. Justin:              Yeah, I feel that way in that a lot of the stuff that happens I'm like, I see this makes sense, everything total sense. And then later in the issue, we get some fun reveals and some great art transitions. Shang-Chi has a sort of vision at one point and that's where the issue really touched off for me and it was great. Pete:                Yeah. I've been really impressed with this, also just the classic story. It sucks when your sibling gets split off from you to be raised in some kind of killer martial arts and you don't get to see them till later in life because you miss those golden years. But I think this is- Justin:              Yeah Pete, how is Sam? Pete:                Ah, man, he's good. He's on torture Island, still doing great, doing what he loves. But I think that this is just- Justin:              Being tortured? Pete:                No, he does the torturing. He's moved his way up in the island, worked from the bottom now he's [crosstalk 00:53:57]. Justin:              We should have him on the podcast. Pete:                I don't think that's a good idea. Justin:              He actually has a much more controlled temper than you. Pete:                Yeah, well it's all the training. Alex:                 I just think this is a great book. I hope people give it a chance and I'm excited to see where this goes. The art continues to be amazing. Next up, Undiscovered Country #9 from Image Comics written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi. In this issue our heroes? Are in the second wrong of America as they continue to go deeper and deeper towards the middle. I find a lot more about the backstory of American, what happened after the closing of the walls around America? Also some very, very bad things happen to unity, courtesy of the destiny man. Just a really good every issue I enjoy. I'm really enjoying this arc in particular. It feels far more accessible than the previous arc. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yes. I feel like with this issue specifically, I'm like I finally come to grips with not the stuff I don't know and the stuff I do know they're in balance in a way where I'm like, yes, now I can move through this story. Because I agree with you. I really like it. The arts were great. It's like peer discovery every issue and every panel that you're reading of this comic and now it feels like we know what the characters know and we can all move forward together. Pete:                Yeah. I think it's really because it's us as the reader and this comic really line up because there a moment where a wall is gone and they start driving and it's like, “All right, here we go. Now we're rolling.” And I feel like there's so much craziness and us trying to figure out what's going on. And now we've gotten to a place where it's like, “All right, I kind of understand some things enough to really start enjoying the story.” And it's really taking off in a great way so I'm excited to see how this unfolds, but it's really rolling now and I'm very excited. Alex:                 Yeah. Great stuff. Move it on to an ending, Batgirl #50 from DC Comics written by Cecil Castellucci, art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Marguerite Sauvage and Aneke, and this is the last issue of Batgirl for now. Also kind of a big deal because it introduces Ryan Wilder aka, the new Batwoman on TV into DC Comics continuity, albeit very briefly. I got to tell you, I have not read Batgirl that much recently but I like this issue quite a bit versus my commentary on three jokers. I think Cecil Castellucci perfectly captures what Barbara is about. I like her status quo here working for a Congress candidate I want to say. And just the balance she finds throughout these three stories with both Batgirl and Barbara Gordon I thought it was very nice across the board. Justin:              Yeah. I thought this was a lot of fun. The game night story was great. Bright fun stories. It was wasn't as dark and gritty. I like Batgirl and it's sad to see her go. Pete:                I thought the art throughout this whole issue is just so good. It's so clean. I feel like Barbara just really pops the whole time. And yeah, to your point, Batgirl in this book really exists in her own pocket of the Bat family and the Gotham universe. And I think that's the way it should be. I too haven't read too much of this arc, but I love the Batgirl character and I love how each different writer gets to come in and really find a different avenue to explore with Batgirl. I'm going to go back and reread some of the earlier stuff. Alex:                 I think so too because I like this quite a bit and I like the status quo as well. I hadn't really read it since the Batgirl and [inaudible 00:58:10] stuff but this is a nice place to put Barbara. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Next up Bliss #4 for Image Comics written by Sean Lewis and art by Caitlin Yarsky. It was set in a world where people suck on a what? Pete:                Cheese steak? I want to say cheese steak. Alex:                 Ballistic. Justin:              Don't force it guys. Don't force it. Alex:                 There are beings who sell misery and suck out people's misery. There's a guy who works for them. He is going after his wife. We both catch up to that moment and catch up to the present here and finally move beyond it in this issue. There's just some epic action and emotional stuff here, and this title continues to be. Pete:                Yeah, this is one of my favorite picks for the week. I was really impressed. It kind of builds to this moment in such a great way. This comic does a great job of like, okay, this is what it's about, but it all culminates in this issue, and a classic husband and wife showdown and then- Justin:              Classic gunfight. We're all going to be there in a gunfight with our significant other,. Pete:                And you got to be careful for crows because they can fly through people if they want to. So fun fact. Justin:              Smart birds. Pete:                But yeah, I thought this was a fantastic bad-ass issue. The father-son hug was such a cool moment that they lingered on a little bit, which I really liked. I had just been really impressed with where this comic started to where it is now. The art is unbelievable, but man what a cool story. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. This to me feels like Dune meets Twin Peaks in a cool way. Later when we see the older version of one of our main characters, Bob from Twin Peaks which I think was very cool. Yeah, so I liked that blend. The art is fantastic. I agree. It's good. Alex:                 Next up, An Unkindness of Ravens #2 from BOOM! Studios written by Dan Panosian and art by Marianna Ignazzi. If you haven't listened to our live podcast with Dan Panosian you can go back just a week or so and listen to that in the comic book club feed. But the first issue was kind of like the craft meets Sabrina and meets a couple of other things as a girl moves to a new town, finds out she looks exactly like somebody who's missing and it gets pulled between the popular kids and the goth kids who turn out to be the witch kids. We find out a little bit more about this this issue. How do you think this held up from issue number one? Pete:                I think it's great. It pushes both stories sort of down the line. When we talked to Dan, I said, I really love the transition of the first little bit at the top that sets the dark tone into the more Archie style art I think is so nice. It really lets the horrifying tone from the first couple of pages bleed over into the situation and you feel more paranoid reading it and it really puts you in the same mindset as the main character. I like [crosstalk 01:01:21]. Justin:              I do too. I'm really impressed from where it started to where it goes. It's really, the more we kind of find out, the better the story gets. This is really interesting. The art's unbelievable and they're doing a great job with the art leading the story in such a way, like they really change panels in such a cool, magical way that really fits things. And yeah, you got to be careful when someone wants to write on your hand, you can't just be okay with that. You know what I mean? You got to be really wary when someone's like, “Hey, give me your hand.” That's not cool. Pete:                Hey, you don't want to join the PEN15 club. Alex:                 I know what you're talking about. Last but not least, A Man Among Ye #3 for Image Comics written by Stephanie Phillips and art by Craig Cermak. We talked about the first two issues of this one as well. This is a female focused pirate tale. The place that they left off at the last issue felt like finally getting the crew together and I felt like that's where we pick up this issue. This is the one that I've enjoyed the most so far because I feel like we finally have the right mix of characters in this crew, even if they're not technically a crew yet. But lots of fun, and Craig Cermax's art is still great. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I felt like this is really picking up steam and all the right ways. It's very excited now that we kind of got the people all in the same place, how this is going to unfold. But yeah, just classic bad-ass pirate lady. I love it. This is really cool. I love the last page reveal. I think this is great and the art is fantastic. Justin:              Yeah. It's all right. It reminds me of Captain Valiant, the Sunday comic. Pete:                Hey, fuck you man. Justin:              Where I was like, I'll read this at the end of the comic. Pete:                Fuck you, man. Justin:              Okay. Pete:                This comic's better than that. Alex:                 Hey, I'll tell you what, I'm glad we ended with this one. If you like support our podcast patrion.com/comic book club, also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out. We would love to chat with you about comics, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show at comic book live on Twitter, comicbookclub.com, this podcast and many more. Until next time, what's up [inaudible 01:03:54]. Pete:                Yeah, it's all right. Justin:              What? I had a slightly non bang review and you're like, man. Pete:                I think it's better than you're giving it. You're not giving it a chance. Justin:              Okay, I can read it. Alex:                 Not to interrupt you guys, but the show is over. Pete:                Okay. Justin:              No, it's not over yet. Bye. I just have to take this call with the Marvel Comics action figure line for watcher with more dick and I think it's going really well. 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