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 It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Apparently the upload got missed last week, MY MOST EPIC APOLOGIES! The episode exists, and I can upload it if the community so demands... just let me know.THIS week though we have ANOTHER strike special! Epic animated metal band RETURNS, plus the return of a community favorite actor might be in jeopardy, and SO MUCH more.Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show and Saturdays for the re-post of the Friday night LIVE SHOW. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content.    MusicFollow-ups/CorrectionsZZ Top - New music will feature both Dusty Hill pre-recorded tracks, as well as contributions from current bass player Elwood Francis.New Music/VideoDethklok - Aortic Desecration https://youtu.be/R8r2heCJAUU August 25th. Production feels different on this one.Everclear - Heroin Girl https://youtu.be/Rj68atiZnDs the album that will feature the Year of the Tiger track they released a few months ago will be a live album. Live at the Whisky A Go Go, out Friday Sept 8th. The sound mix here is incredible.Tours/FestivalsBorn Dead Fest - Albany New York's first annual Born Dead Fest from Born Dead Clothing is Sept 2&3. Hatebreed, Bleeding Through, Madball, Vein.fm, Jesus Piece. https://blabbermouth.net/news/hatebreed-bleeding-through-integrity-madball-confirmed-for-albanys-inaugural-born-dead-fest Hell's Heroes - March 21-23 in Houston Texas. Sodom, Queensryche, Candlemass, Rotting Christ.https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A005EAF38049DF4 Alice in Chains - Touring with GnR. Starts Sept 23 in Kansas City, MO, through Oct 18 in Vancouver BCAvatar - Chimp Mosh Pit with Orbit Culture and The Native Howl. Starts Sept 10 in Alton VA through Oct 8 in San Louis Obispo CA. https://avatarmetal.com/#tour SuggestsEverclear “Sparkle and Fade”Gaming/TechFollow-ups/CorrectionsBatman: Arkham Trilogy - Physical release on the Switch will be glorified digital download, only with added requirement of having the cart in the console in order to play.Mortal Kombat 1 - Stress Test happened!Nintendo Direct - - Super Mario Bros. Wonder - A new 2D Mario game coming to Switch on October 20, 2023.- Super Mario RPG Remake - A remake of the classic Super Nintendo game, coming to Switch in 2023.- Detective Pikachu 2 - A sequel to the 2016 game, coming to Switch in October 2023.- WarioWare: Move It! - A new WarioWare game, coming to Switch in December 2023.- Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol. 1 - A collection of the first three Metal Gear Solid games, coming to Switch in November 2023.- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Zelda and Ganondorf to Get amiibo - Amiibo figures of Zelda and Ganondorf from the upcoming game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be released later this year.- New Pikmin 4 Details and Gameplay Revealed - New details and gameplay footage of Pikmin 4 were revealed. The game is still in development, but it is expected to be released in 2024.- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Expansions Get a New Look - The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero expansions for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were given a new look. The expansions will be released in December 2023.- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Adds a New Course Alongside Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek - A new course, Shroom Ridge, was added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The course is based on the Mushroom Kingdom from Super Mario Bros. 3. Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek were also added as playable characters.- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Remaster Announced Along With Princess Peach Game - A remaster of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon was announced. The remaster will be released in November 2023. A new game starring Princess Peach was also announced. The game is still in development, but it is expected to be released in 2024.https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-direct-june-2023-everything-announced TrailersFort Solis - https://youtu.be/OBcZGqXv6lE Haven't heard much since the reveal at last year's summer games fest. Troy Baker! August 22.Transformers: EarthSpark - https://youtu.be/2gQn3jP8O3o Oct. 20th for current AND previous gen consoles.Reg ‘ol NewsAmazon - Amazon, our future tech overlords, are enlisting the help of local businesses for delivery. The only requirements are that the business have a certain amount of physical storage and that they deliver 30 packages a day (minus holidays). The TYPE of business is not taken into consideration. Estimations have the per package monetary benefit for the delivery company at about $2.50 per package.https://www.engadget.com/amazon-will-use-small-businesses-to-help-deliver-packages-in-the-us-132503498.html YouTube - AI dubbing is now a thing. YouTube has plans to go beyond translated subtitles by allowing creators to dub videos into other spoken languages. The company announced that it's testing an AI-powered dubbing service called Aloud, developed at Google's Area 120 incubator. The service assists creators by transcribing, translating, and narrating their videos from English to either Spanish or Portuguese. The service is still in testing phase and is not yet available for all languages.https://www.engadget.com/youtubes-new-tool-can-automatically-dub-videos-into-other-languages-093624288.html SuggestsBatman: Arkham trilogyComic Books/BooksFollow-ups/CorrectionsG.I. Joe - Following up on the Transformers joint universe from last week, we now know that G.I. Joe is an image title thanks to Robert Kirkman and his Skybound imprint. Longtime writer Larry Hama and fan-favorite artist Chris Mooneyham and colorist Francesco Segala breathing new life into the iconic characters, with covers by the incomparable Andy Kubert.TrailersFall of X - https://youtu.be/dq9xp_dCa2o Reg ‘ol NewsSpider-Boy - Spider-Boy is a teenage hero who claims to be the webhead's sidekick. He made his first appearance in Spider-Man #7 and was introduced in the finale of "The End of the Spider-Verse" arc in Dan Slott and Mark Bagley's Spider-Man comic. Some of Spider-Boy's secrets were peeled back in Edge of Spider-Verse #3, but Marvel will continue his adventures in a solo series from Spider-Boy's co-creator Dan Slott and artist Paco Medina, with covers by Spider-Boy co-creator Humberto Ramos¹. The series is set to be released on November 1st.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/spider-man-sidekick-spider-boy-marvel-series-dan-slott-paco-medina/ Firefly - Boom! Studios has announced Firefly: The Fall Guys, its first Firefly series starring the original Firefly cast since All-New Firefly concluded. The series will be a six-part miniseries and is set to be released in September. Sam Humphries (W), teaming with artist Jordi Pérez, and colorist Francesco Segalahttps://comicbook.com/comics/news/firefly-series-new-the-fall-guys-serenity/ Batman Beyond - DC Comics is returning to the Batman Beyond future for a new series this summer. The last story to feature Terry McGinnis' version of the Dark Knight was Batman Beyond: Neo-Year. The new series is called Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic and will feature Terry McGinnis looking for lost children. A search that brings him to old Gotham after teaming up with a mysterious splicer named Kyle the Catboi. Now without Bruce, how will the new hero do against this deadly threat? The series will be written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and illustrated by Max Dunbar. It will feature covers by Dunbar, Christian Ward, Ejikure, Belén Ortega, and Dike Ruan. The first issue will be released on July 25th.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-announces-new-batman-beyond-series/#1 TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures Continued - writer Erik Burnham and artist Tim Lattie will be returning for MORE of this comic book series from IDW.https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-saturday-morning-adventures-continued-writer-discusses-the-return-of-turtlemania/ SuggestsX-Men anything from Chris Claremont's late 80s through 90s run!TV ShowsTrailersFuturama - https://youtu.be/aWmtcYvhj68 New Season July 24 on Hulu. Second reboot?Superpowered - https://youtu.be/NtOcOLUg9wg DC Story on Max. July 20Reg ‘ol NewsParamount+ -  Star Trek: Prodigy has been canceled and will be removed from Paramount+ next week. The show was canceled as part of Paramount+'s merger with Showtime, which will happen at the end of June. The show has completed its run on Paramount+ and will not be returning to the service.https://www.engadget.com/star-trek-prodigy-will-be-pulled-from-paramount-next-week-191704393.html Among Us - An animated series based on the hugely-popular video game Among Us is reportedly in development at CBS Studios. The studio, via CBS Eye Animation Productions, has partnered with Innersloth, the independent game developer behind Among Us. Owen Dennis is poised to serve as the creator and executive producer of the series at CBS Studios and will work in tandem with Titmouse, who is the animation company behind the project. Here are some additional details from the article:The series will be 10 episodes long.It will be targeted at a young adult audience.The animation style will be inspired by the art of the Among Us game.The series will feature a new original story that is not based on any of the existing Among Us content.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs/ SuggestsTHE BEAR!!MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsShrunk - Josh Gad has cast doubt on the Lega-sequel that is supposed to bring Rick Moranis back to the acting business. https://comicbook.com/movies/news/josh-gad-reveals-surprising-update-on-honey-i-shrunk-the-kids-reboot-with-rick-moranis/ TrailersDrive Away Dolls - https://youtu.be/Oy0RYiQRWUk Coen Brothers… not doin much for me.Five Nights at Freddy's - https://youtu.be/MKNl7ZDQmvk Oct 27 in theaters AND on Peacock.Reg ‘ol NewsChadwick Boseman - Posthumus star on the Walk of Fame. https://fandomwire.com/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-to-be-honored-by-hollywood-with-an-award-that-was-refused-by-clint-eastwood/Superman: Legacy - David Cornswet and Rachel Brosnahan have been cast as Clark Kent and Lois Lanehttps://deadline.com/2023/06/superman-legacy-david-corenswet-rachel-brosnahan-cast-1235420180/ SuggestsHoney I Shrunk the KidsRumor MillNew RumorsStar Wars the Acolyte - Cancelled? Also Leslye Headland (director) fired?Deadpool - Ben Affleck's Daredevil said to have a cameo.The Marvels - Plot leak and post credits scenes leaked. Plot revolves around an incursion and Monica Rambeau getting stuck in a different universe. First post credit scene sets up Young Avengers. Second post credit scene sets up a Maria Rambeau from 838 universe feeding into other rumors saying that 838 and 616 are leading up for a major conflict in the Secret Wars movie.Metal Gear - Metal Gear Solid IV: Guns of the Patriots is supposed to have been leaked as the next remake on Konami's docket.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

 It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Apparently the upload got missed last week, MY MOST EPIC APOLOGIES! The episode exists, and I can upload it if the community so demands... just let me know.THIS week though we have ANOTHER strike special! Epic animated metal band RETURNS, plus the return of a community favorite actor might be in jeopardy, and SO MUCH more.Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show and Saturdays for the re-post of the Friday night LIVE SHOW. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content.    MusicFollow-ups/CorrectionsZZ Top - New music will feature both Dusty Hill pre-recorded tracks, as well as contributions from current bass player Elwood Francis.New Music/VideoDethklok - Aortic Desecration https://youtu.be/R8r2heCJAUU August 25th. Production feels different on this one.Everclear - Heroin Girl https://youtu.be/Rj68atiZnDs the album that will feature the Year of the Tiger track they released a few months ago will be a live album. Live at the Whisky A Go Go, out Friday Sept 8th. The sound mix here is incredible.Tours/FestivalsBorn Dead Fest - Albany New York's first annual Born Dead Fest from Born Dead Clothing is Sept 2&3. Hatebreed, Bleeding Through, Madball, Vein.fm, Jesus Piece. https://blabbermouth.net/news/hatebreed-bleeding-through-integrity-madball-confirmed-for-albanys-inaugural-born-dead-fest Hell's Heroes - March 21-23 in Houston Texas. Sodom, Queensryche, Candlemass, Rotting Christ.https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A005EAF38049DF4 Alice in Chains - Touring with GnR. Starts Sept 23 in Kansas City, MO, through Oct 18 in Vancouver BCAvatar - Chimp Mosh Pit with Orbit Culture and The Native Howl. Starts Sept 10 in Alton VA through Oct 8 in San Louis Obispo CA. https://avatarmetal.com/#tour SuggestsEverclear “Sparkle and Fade”Gaming/TechFollow-ups/CorrectionsBatman: Arkham Trilogy - Physical release on the Switch will be glorified digital download, only with added requirement of having the cart in the console in order to play.Mortal Kombat 1 - Stress Test happened!Nintendo Direct - - Super Mario Bros. Wonder - A new 2D Mario game coming to Switch on October 20, 2023.- Super Mario RPG Remake - A remake of the classic Super Nintendo game, coming to Switch in 2023.- Detective Pikachu 2 - A sequel to the 2016 game, coming to Switch in October 2023.- WarioWare: Move It! - A new WarioWare game, coming to Switch in December 2023.- Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol. 1 - A collection of the first three Metal Gear Solid games, coming to Switch in November 2023.- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Zelda and Ganondorf to Get amiibo - Amiibo figures of Zelda and Ganondorf from the upcoming game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be released later this year.- New Pikmin 4 Details and Gameplay Revealed - New details and gameplay footage of Pikmin 4 were revealed. The game is still in development, but it is expected to be released in 2024.- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Expansions Get a New Look - The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero expansions for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were given a new look. The expansions will be released in December 2023.- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Adds a New Course Alongside Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek - A new course, Shroom Ridge, was added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The course is based on the Mushroom Kingdom from Super Mario Bros. 3. Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek were also added as playable characters.- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Remaster Announced Along With Princess Peach Game - A remaster of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon was announced. The remaster will be released in November 2023. A new game starring Princess Peach was also announced. The game is still in development, but it is expected to be released in 2024.https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-direct-june-2023-everything-announced TrailersFort Solis - https://youtu.be/OBcZGqXv6lE Haven't heard much since the reveal at last year's summer games fest. Troy Baker! August 22.Transformers: EarthSpark - https://youtu.be/2gQn3jP8O3o Oct. 20th for current AND previous gen consoles.Reg ‘ol NewsAmazon - Amazon, our future tech overlords, are enlisting the help of local businesses for delivery. The only requirements are that the business have a certain amount of physical storage and that they deliver 30 packages a day (minus holidays). The TYPE of business is not taken into consideration. Estimations have the per package monetary benefit for the delivery company at about $2.50 per package.https://www.engadget.com/amazon-will-use-small-businesses-to-help-deliver-packages-in-the-us-132503498.html YouTube - AI dubbing is now a thing. YouTube has plans to go beyond translated subtitles by allowing creators to dub videos into other spoken languages. The company announced that it's testing an AI-powered dubbing service called Aloud, developed at Google's Area 120 incubator. The service assists creators by transcribing, translating, and narrating their videos from English to either Spanish or Portuguese. The service is still in testing phase and is not yet available for all languages.https://www.engadget.com/youtubes-new-tool-can-automatically-dub-videos-into-other-languages-093624288.html SuggestsBatman: Arkham trilogyComic Books/BooksFollow-ups/CorrectionsG.I. Joe - Following up on the Transformers joint universe from last week, we now know that G.I. Joe is an image title thanks to Robert Kirkman and his Skybound imprint. Longtime writer Larry Hama and fan-favorite artist Chris Mooneyham and colorist Francesco Segala breathing new life into the iconic characters, with covers by the incomparable Andy Kubert.TrailersFall of X - https://youtu.be/dq9xp_dCa2o Reg ‘ol NewsSpider-Boy - Spider-Boy is a teenage hero who claims to be the webhead's sidekick. He made his first appearance in Spider-Man #7 and was introduced in the finale of "The End of the Spider-Verse" arc in Dan Slott and Mark Bagley's Spider-Man comic. Some of Spider-Boy's secrets were peeled back in Edge of Spider-Verse #3, but Marvel will continue his adventures in a solo series from Spider-Boy's co-creator Dan Slott and artist Paco Medina, with covers by Spider-Boy co-creator Humberto Ramos¹. The series is set to be released on November 1st.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/spider-man-sidekick-spider-boy-marvel-series-dan-slott-paco-medina/ Firefly - Boom! Studios has announced Firefly: The Fall Guys, its first Firefly series starring the original Firefly cast since All-New Firefly concluded. The series will be a six-part miniseries and is set to be released in September. Sam Humphries (W), teaming with artist Jordi Pérez, and colorist Francesco Segalahttps://comicbook.com/comics/news/firefly-series-new-the-fall-guys-serenity/ Batman Beyond - DC Comics is returning to the Batman Beyond future for a new series this summer. The last story to feature Terry McGinnis' version of the Dark Knight was Batman Beyond: Neo-Year. The new series is called Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic and will feature Terry McGinnis looking for lost children. A search that brings him to old Gotham after teaming up with a mysterious splicer named Kyle the Catboi. Now without Bruce, how will the new hero do against this deadly threat? The series will be written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and illustrated by Max Dunbar. It will feature covers by Dunbar, Christian Ward, Ejikure, Belén Ortega, and Dike Ruan. The first issue will be released on July 25th.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-announces-new-batman-beyond-series/#1 TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures Continued - writer Erik Burnham and artist Tim Lattie will be returning for MORE of this comic book series from IDW.https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-saturday-morning-adventures-continued-writer-discusses-the-return-of-turtlemania/ SuggestsX-Men anything from Chris Claremont's late 80s through 90s run!TV ShowsTrailersFuturama - https://youtu.be/aWmtcYvhj68 New Season July 24 on Hulu. Second reboot?Superpowered - https://youtu.be/NtOcOLUg9wg DC Story on Max. July 20Reg ‘ol NewsParamount+ -  Star Trek: Prodigy has been canceled and will be removed from Paramount+ next week. The show was canceled as part of Paramount+'s merger with Showtime, which will happen at the end of June. The show has completed its run on Paramount+ and will not be returning to the service.https://www.engadget.com/star-trek-prodigy-will-be-pulled-from-paramount-next-week-191704393.html Among Us - An animated series based on the hugely-popular video game Among Us is reportedly in development at CBS Studios. The studio, via CBS Eye Animation Productions, has partnered with Innersloth, the independent game developer behind Among Us. Owen Dennis is poised to serve as the creator and executive producer of the series at CBS Studios and will work in tandem with Titmouse, who is the animation company behind the project. Here are some additional details from the article:The series will be 10 episodes long.It will be targeted at a young adult audience.The animation style will be inspired by the art of the Among Us game.The series will feature a new original story that is not based on any of the existing Among Us content.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs/ SuggestsTHE BEAR!!MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsShrunk - Josh Gad has cast doubt on the Lega-sequel that is supposed to bring Rick Moranis back to the acting business. https://comicbook.com/movies/news/josh-gad-reveals-surprising-update-on-honey-i-shrunk-the-kids-reboot-with-rick-moranis/ TrailersDrive Away Dolls - https://youtu.be/Oy0RYiQRWUk Coen Brothers… not doin much for me.Five Nights at Freddy's - https://youtu.be/MKNl7ZDQmvk Oct 27 in theaters AND on Peacock.Reg ‘ol NewsChadwick Boseman - Posthumus star on the Walk of Fame. https://fandomwire.com/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-to-be-honored-by-hollywood-with-an-award-that-was-refused-by-clint-eastwood/Superman: Legacy - David Cornswet and Rachel Brosnahan have been cast as Clark Kent and Lois Lanehttps://deadline.com/2023/06/superman-legacy-david-corenswet-rachel-brosnahan-cast-1235420180/ SuggestsHoney I Shrunk the KidsRumor MillNew RumorsStar Wars the Acolyte - Cancelled? Also Leslye Headland (director) fired?Deadpool - Ben Affleck's Daredevil said to have a cameo.The Marvels - Plot leak and post credits scenes leaked. Plot revolves around an incursion and Monica Rambeau getting stuck in a different universe. First post credit scene sets up Young Avengers. Second post credit scene sets up a Maria Rambeau from 838 universe feeding into other rumors saying that 838 and 616 are leading up for a major conflict in the Secret Wars movie.Metal Gear - Metal Gear Solid IV: Guns of the Patriots is supposed to have been leaked as the next remake on Konami's docket.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

My guest this week is comedian Pavel Zborik, direct from Switzerland! What moment in the Spider-Man PS4 game really shows off the kind of guy Peter Parker is? Why does Pavel love John Constantine? Do you follow writers or artists? What is Infinite Vacation about? What did Warren Ellis do with Moon Knight? What is Spectators about? What can you get in Brian K. Vaughn's substack? Is Alan Moore right to not want his work adapted for the screen? What is Mister Miracle's deal? How were those early X-Men movies? Who played Captain America in the 1980s awful Cap movie? Where do you start with Hellboy? What makes the Hellboy comics good? What characters show up in the Injustice video games? Which popular characters does Pavel not like? What is the series Die about?  Reading list: Ultimate X-Men https://amzn.to/3Xpuqhw Hellblazer https://amzn.to/44fxtuV Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3PpINjN Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3qTURzz Infinite Vacation by Nick Spencer and Christian Ward https://amzn.to/3JrJ0PC Morning Glories https://amzn.to/3Nng6S3 Superior Foes of Spider-Man (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3XphsQH Dying is Easy by Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3Poany1   Snelson: Comedy is Dying by Paul Constant and Fred Harper https://amzn.to/42Zl4dv Knock 'Em Dead by Eliot Rahal https://amzn.to/3XpuPR4 Bleed Them Dry by Eliot Rahal and Dike Ruan https://amzn.to/3Xq09iL Hot Lunch Special by Eliot Rahal https://amzn.to/42VlEJg Moon Knight by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/46nFno2 Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darrick Robertson (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3PoaQAh Brian K. Vaughan books: Ex Machina with Tony Harris (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3XkXsPj Spectators (free on his substack) https://explodinggiraffe.substack.com/ Saga with Fiona Staples https://amzn.to/3CLoQN6 Paper Girls with Cliff Chiang https://amzn.to/3CID1Cf Y The Last Man with Pia Guerra https://amzn.to/3CHRDlu Sandman by Neil Gaiman https://amzn.to/43YQEtk League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore https://amzn.to/46onqFB Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley (free with Kindle Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3NrrWL1 Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads https://amzn.to/3Nr0qx2 Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (free on Comixology Unlimited) Hellboy by Mike Mignola (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3JwhjoZ Keiron Gillen books: Die With Stephanie Hans  https://amzn.to/44aXRXn Loki: Journey into Mystery https://amzn.to/3XnnvFr The Wicked and The Divine with Jamie Mckelvie (free with Kindle Unlimited) https://amzn.to/44dx5gv Young Avengers (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/44hRuAO Phonogram with Jamie McKelvie https://amzn.to/3NrtZyN Uber with Daniel Gete https://amzn.to/4416TWD Books by James Tynion IV: Something is Killing the Children with Werther Dell'Edera (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3NoKJGT The Nice House on the Lake https://amzn.to/42REZLf Loki: Agent of Asgard by Al Ewing and more https://amzn.to/46lW9nh Watch list: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World https://amzn.to/3pbh2kA X-Men https://amzn.to/3CGydxv Superman: The Movie https://amzn.to/3PuDwrs Superman II https://amzn.to/3pl9PhH Batman (Tim Burton) https://amzn.to/3XrqzAG Batman Returns https://amzn.to/3qRHWhA Hellboy https://amzn.to/3NKZHs0 Hellboy II: The Golden Army https://amzn.to/3NKhD63 Video games: Spider-Man PS4 https://amzn.to/3Nmxl68 Injustice 2 https://amzn.to/3psyCQS Recorded 6-11-23 via Zencastr

Bonjour à toutes et tous et bienvenue dans un nouveau rendez-vous du format Front Page ! Il s'agit de votre revue d'actualité comics pour faire le tour de tout ce qu'il s'est passé au cours des dix derniers jours, puisque nous revenons trois fois par mois avec l'ami Corentin pour décortiquer cette actu bouillonnante ! Nous espérons vous intéresser à tous les sujets abordés, avec une grosse partie - comme souvent - dédiée à la pure bande dessinée, avant de s'attarder un peu sur les adaptations. Si vous ne découvrez pas l'émission aujourd'hui, vous connaissez maintenant la formule !   D'ailleurs, on en profite pour remercier nos derniers soutiens sur Tipeee et les cent et quelques personnes qui nous permettent de tenir le podcast sur le long terme. Vous pouvez contribuer également si vous appréciez notre travail, ou simplement partager nos podcasts afin de nous soutenir ! Bonne écoute et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !    Le Programme  COMICS - 02:25  Javier Fernandez, Belén Ortega et Dike Ruan se rajoutent au PFF 2023  Orphan and the Five Beasts à soutenir chez Komics Initiative, et Armorclads chez Bliss  Une grande expo' Marvel à la Cité de la BD en 2024  Delirium annonce du Dredd par Al Ewing  La collection petit prix Marvel Multivers annoncée chez Panini Comics  Le grand retour de Lazarus en VF chez Urban, aussi  Du JSA Chronicles 2000 et du Junkyard Joe par Geoff Johns en Juin…  … tandis que juillet 2023 sera un mois Ram V  Void Rivals, le nouveau Robert Kirkman / Lorenzo De Felici  Un retour de Murder, Inc. de Bendis chez Dark Horse  La jolie douille de Battle Chasers #10  DC annonce son event estival Knight Terrors  Jonathan Hickman et Bryan Hitch sur Ultimate Invasion  TV - 1:25:45  Un premier trailer pour l'adaptation de Essex County  La série Dead Boy Detectives passe sur Netflix  Les créateurs de Dark reprennent l'adaptation de Something is Killing the Children  Un trailer de gameplay pour Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League  CINEMA - 1:41:15  Le nouvel Hellboy a trouvé son interprète  Le film Gorillaz sur Netflix n'aura pas lieu  Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur Tipeee

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

This week we talk about Shang-Chi: Brothers and Sisters AND Shang-Chi vs. the Marvel Universe by Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan and Philip Tan. A lot of fun, new stuff is introduced in the pages of this book and and Dike Ruan's kick ass art is the perfect way to illustrate it! Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: https://www.instagram.com/comicbookraiders/

Comic Reviews: DC Monkey Prince 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Bernard Chang, Sebastian Cheng Justice League Incarnate 4 by Joshua Williamson, Dennis Culver, Andrei Bressan, Mike Norton, Chris Burnham, Hi-Fi Marvel Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha by Dan Slott, Carlos Magno, Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Fonteriz, Guru eFX Sabretooth 1 by Victor LaValle, Leonard Kirk, Rain Beredo Savage Spider-Man 1 by Joe Kelly, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, Chris Sotomayor Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser: The Halcyon Legacy 1 by Ethan Sacks, Will Sliney, Rachelle Rosenberg X-Cellent 1 by Peter Milligan, Michael Allred, Laura Allred Mighty Marvel Holiday Special - Year of the Wong Image Geiger 80-Page Giant 1 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson, Paul Pelletier, Tony Kordos, Hi-Fi, Peter Tomasi, Peter Snejberg, Sterling Gates, Kelley Jones, John Kalisz, Leon Hendrix III, Staz Johnson, Anderson Cabral, Pornsak Pichetshote, Sean Galloway, Rosa La Barbera, Janet Harvey Nevala, Megan Levens, Charlie Kirchoff, Jay Faerber, Joe Prado, Dijji Lima New Masters 1 by Shobo Coker, Shof Coker Official Image Timeline 1 by  Dark Horse Manor Black: Fire in the Blood 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Tyler Crook Children of the Woods by Joshua Hixson, Roman Stevens Dynamite Red Sonja Valentine's Special 2022 by Chuck Brown, Lee Ferguson, Jogdish Kumar Aftershock Dark Red: Where Roads Lead 1 by Tim Seeley, Corin Howell, Mark Englert, Carlos Mangual AWA Primos 1 by Al Madrigal, Brian Reber, Carlo Barberi, Felipe Flores Behemoth Until My Knuckles Bleed 1 by Victor Santos Mad Cave Speed Republic 1 by Ryan Lindsay, Emanuele Parascandolo, Michele Monte GNs Magical Boy by Vincent Kao He-Man Masters of the Universe: Legends From Castle Grayskull by Amanda Deibert, Rob David, Mike Anderson Nightmare in Savannah by Lela Gwenn, Rowan MacColl, Micah Myers Substack Love Everlasting by Tom King, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth The Closet by James Tynion, Gavin Fullerton, Chris O'Halloran Public Domain by Chip Zdarsky Additional Reviews: Thunderbolts omni, Fargo s4, Welcome to Murderville eps 1-3, Masters of the Universe cartoon, Bountiful Garden, Moonfall, Night House, Boba Fett ep6 News: new AvXvE event, DC trolls Alan Moore, Archie meets Riverdale by Daniel Kibblesmith, Peter David writing new Fantastic Four series, Madame Web nonsense, new Savage Avengers staring Anti-Venom, Hulkverine, Darelektra, and Black Knight, Jurassic League, Scream 6, Obi-Wan comic series on the way, new Secret Invasion mini series, Hickman steals Steve Wacker, Goosebumps TV series on Disney+, ND Stevenson Boba Fett comic, Shadow War anthology one-shot by Williamson and friends, new Giant Days Comics Countdown: Crossover 11 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe Nocterra 7 by Scott Snyder, Tim Daniel, Sandu Florea, Marcelo Maiolo Dark Knights of Steel 4 by Tom Taylor, Bengal, Arif Prianto Geiger 80-Page Giant by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson, Paul Pelletier, Tony Kordos, Hi-Fi, Peter Tomasi, Peter Snejberg, Sterling Gates, Kelley Jones, John Kalisz, Leon Hendrix III, Staz Johnson, Anderson Cabral, Pornsak Pichetshote, Sean Galloway, Rosa La Barbera, Janet Harvey Nevala, Megan Levens, Charlie Kirchoff, Jay Faerber, Joe Prado, Dijji Lima Newburn 3 by Chip Zdarsky, Nadia Shammas, Ziyed Yusuf Ayoub, Jacob Phillips Batman 120 by Joshua Williamson, Karl Kerschl, Mikel Janin, Jorge Molina, Tomeu Morey, Dave McCaig World of Krypton 3 by Robert Venditti, Michael Avon Oeming, Nick Filardi Dark Red: Where Roads Lead by Tim Seeley, Corin Howell, Mark Englert, Carlos Mangual Daredevil: Woman Without Fear 2 by Chip Zdarsky, Rafael de Latorre, Federico Blee Shang-Chi 8 by Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan, Triona Farrell, Sunny Gho

On this episode, Keenan and LZ rate and discuss these comic books: 4:02 Nubia and the Amazons #2 - Stephanie Williams/Vita Ayala and Alitha Martinez 10:23 Aquaman: The Becoming #3 - Brandon Thomas and Scott Koblish 16:46 Nightwing #86 - Tom Taylor and Robbie Rodriguez 21:50 Shang-Chi #6 - Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan 26:23 S.W.O.R.D. #10 - Al Ewing and Jocopo Camangi This week's panel is a character spotlight on Kate Bishop aka Hawkeye! LZ and Keenan talk about the young avenger, her place in the marvel universe and her appearances in the new Marvel Studios Disney+ series! [37:43] Another reread - Hawkeye! Join along while the crew discusses issues 1-6 of the critically acclaimed series by Matt Fraction and David Aja! Thanks for listening! We really appreciate all the support! Leave us a comment and subscribe to the youtube channel! Feel free to contact us! Twitter - Another Relaunch - Keenan -LZ or via email anotherrelaunch@gmail.com

Welcome back! Plenty of comic books and content this week! LZ and Keenan review and discuss: 2:33 Superman and the Authority #4 - w: Grant Morrison, a: Mikal Janin, c: Jordie Bellaire 8:09 Shang-Chi #5 - w: Gene Luen Yang, a: Dike Ruan, c: Triona Farrell 13:20 Immortal Hulk #50 - w: Al Ewing, a: Joe Bennett, c: Paul amounts 20:19 X-Men #4 - w: Gerry Duggan, a: Javier Pina, c: Erick Arciniega DC Fandome was here! Did you watch the event? Keenan and LZ give a recap on some of their favorite moments like the batman trailer and the milestone media updates! Inferno Part 1! The 1989 X-Men crossover event is one that still holds up so joins Keenan and LZ for a re-read! Send your questions and comments! And don't forget, next week we will have writer Kelly Thompson on to walk comic book teams so send us your comments and questions! Thanks for listening! We really appreciate all the support! Leave us a comment and subscribe to the youtube channel! Feel free to contact us! Twitter - Another Relaunch - Keenan -LZ or via email anotherrelaunch@gmail.com

In honor of the release of the MCU's Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, Amy, Esteves, & Nerd On! host Tom discuss Marvel's 2020 Shang-Chi comic series—created by Gene Yang, Philip Tan, & Dike Ruan! Also—as an added bonus—Amy & Tom give their quick reviews on the Marvel film! Twitter - @thecapelessones Instagram - @thecapelesscrusaders Facebook - @thecapelesscrusaders BIG thank you to our wonderful sponsor Empire's Comics Vault The Capeless Crusaders are presented by Nerd On! Be sure to subscribe and follow Nerd On! for all future content, including The Capeless Crusaders... Twitter - @nerdontv Facebook - @nerdontv Instagram - @nerdontv and on iTunes and YouTube BIG thank you to our wonderful partners! Check them out HERE Join The Nerd On! Nation powered by Patreon today to get exclusive content and much more! Donate to the show HERE via PayPal. Every little bit helps. Learn more about Nerd On! HERE

Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan bring to life the most skilled martial artist in the Marvel universe. Shang-Chi. But his father, though dead, has left an unpleasant surprise for him. Does the story hold up? Does Dane think this is a masterpiece? Does David say it's terrible? Why are you still reading? Play the episode! Don't forget to let us know what you think: Twitter @comictradespod Facebook facebook.com/ctmpod Or email us ctradesmonthly@gmail.com

This week we cover: Shang-Chi #1-5 (6:00) Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings (23:00) We found a pretty solid Shang-Chi comic to read alongside our discussion of the new MCU movie! This book is by Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan, and Philip Tan! This week we're all about the Master of Kung-Fu! Every week our show reads and reviews comic book arcs and then reviews a comic book shows or comic book movie based on that same character. At the end we will rank them all! We cover DC Comics, Marvel comics, and everything in between. Our comic book podcast will have a rotating topic. Follow us on Twitter Support us on Patreon or send us mail at agentsofcomicbook@gmail.com Find out more at http://agentsofcomicbook.com

On this week's Comics Syllabus, some examination of “Shang-Chi”… but not the movie, since host Paul is still avoiding theaters. Pandemic! Delta! (For a good take on Marvel's groundbreaking movie, check out Christopher Chiu-Tabet's Multiversity review as well as All Over the Internet.) Instead, Paul shares thoughts on the recent Marvel series written by Gene Luen Yang and drawn by Dike Ruan and Philip Tan, including the five issue mini-series “Brothers and Sisters” and the first three issues of the current ongoing. Then, a brief “Polybagged” with mentions of comics that Paul's recently been reading, including: “Jia and the Nian Monster” by Mike Richardson and Megan Huang (Dark Horse) “Amazing Fantasy” #1-2 by Kaare Andrews (Marvel) “Always Never” by Jordi Lafebre (Europe Comics) “Eve” #1-4 by Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong (Boom!) “Superman: Son of Kal-El” #1-2 by Tom Taylor and John Timms with Gabe Eltaeb (DC) “Mouse Guard: Fall 1152” by David Peterson (Villard, 2008) Finally, we launch our “Long Read” for the Fall, a re-read of “Y the Last Man” by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. With the show coming in a couple weeks, join us as we read the original run of this series. A reading schedule: Deluxe Edition v1 and v2: Sep 19, 2021 Deluxe Edition v3 and v4: Oct 3, 2021 Deluxe Edition v5 and v6: Oct 17, 2021 Read with us! Check out the Comics Syllabus SubStack, and find out how you can support Paul's work on this podcast, at comicssyllabus.substack.com Find the Comics Syllabus at its home at Multiversitycomics.com: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/comics-syllabus/ Find the weekly audio podcast version of the Comics Syllabus on Sundays at its home at Multiversitycomics.com: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/comics-syllabus/ For video segments, subscribe/follow the Comics Syllabus on Apple Podcasts or video-friendly podcast apps like Pocket Casts. You can try this RSS feed including video or watch the segments here at our podcast host Castos. For audio-only episodes, you can find us on Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, your favorite podcast app, or use this weekly audio-only RSS feed.

In the septenary episode of True Believers, Andrew & chrs cover the long and somewhat questionable history of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung Fu, as a quick guide for fans before the September 3rd premiere of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.Follow us on instagram @truebelieverspod, on twitter @truebelieversp (yes, the name was too long), and on facebook @truebelieverspod (facebook.com/truebelieverspod)If you want to speak to us directly, feel free to DM us on social media or email us at 1truebelieverspod@gmail.com, or, you can leave us a voicemail at (650) 761-2629.NOTES: “In 2020, Shang-Chi starred in a self-titled five issue miniseries written by American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang with art by Dike Ruan and Philip Tan. Initially set for a June 2020 release, the first issue was delayed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” -WikipediaTony Shalhoub is actually doing a parody of David Carradine in Kung Fu in the movie Galaxy Quest “I can't play an Asian guy. I won't play an Asian guy. But I will play a guy who plays an Asian guy.” and he is the son of a Lebanese immigrant (I don't remember if I said that I didn't know what his ethnicity was, but, bases covered).Annette Bening absolutely DOES play Mar-Vell in Captain Marvel, and she's the avatar of the Kree Supreme Intelligence.“The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu” (the first book in Sax Rohmer's series) was published in 1913. Here is an article about the birth of the character: (It's giving The Birth of a Nation vibes) http://philsp.com/SaxRohmer/birthof.htmMoving Shadow is actually Shang-Chi's half-brother.Jodie Landon, the self-proclaimed (and undisputed) ‘Queen of the Negroes' in Daria is dating Michael Jordan “Mack” Mackenzie, my fourth favorite character on Daria behind Jodie, Mrs. Morgendorffer, and Principal Li.I, unfortunately, now know that there's not a separate word for people who have bug fursonas, but it's not an unheard of phenomenon. Please direct all questions about furry categorization, furries, or being a furry to askpapabear.com. If you direct them to me, I will tell you to go right to the pits of hell.The Peter Parker of Earth-92100 has six arms.https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EthnicMagicianThe Five Weapons Society is made up of the House of the Deadly Staff, the House of the Deadly Sabre, the House of the Deadly Dagger, the House of the Deadly Hammer, and the House of the Deadly Hand.I was going to verify my statement that the Protector of China was a Makluan and I ended up on the MCU wikipedia page instead by accident, so, you heard it here folks: the Great Protector is in Shang-Chi.https://time.com/3524847/gwen-stefani-racist-harajuku-girls/Music: “Xenon Sentry” by Shane Ivers - www.silvermansound.com

Fecha de Grabación: Domingo 23 de mayo de 2021Algunas de las noticias y temas comentados:Falleció Kentaro Miura, mangaka japonés famoso como creador de Berserk, víctima de complicaciones cardiacas.Jeff Smith anunció que ya prepara Bone: Tall Tales 2, su regreso al mundo de los primos Bone por primera vez en casi cinco años.J.H.Williams III y Haden Blackman anunciaron el lanzamiento de Echolands, una serie de su propia creación que será publicada por Image Comics.Respondemos preguntas de los auditores.¡...Y muchísimo más!Comentario de series y películas:The Army of the Dead, película de zombis coescrita y dirigida por Zack Snyder, con las actuaciones de Dave Bautista y Ana de la Reguera, entre otros. (Netflix)Comentario de cómics:Shang Chi, escrito por Gene Luen Yang y dibujado por Dike Ruan, con color de Triona Farrell. (Marvel Comics)Radiant Black, escrito por Kyle D. Higgins y con arte y color de Marcelo Costa. (Image Comics)Wonder Girl, escrito y dibujado por Joëlle Jones, con color de Jordie Bellaire. (DC Comics)Nightwing, escrito por Tom Taylor y dibujado por Bruno Redondo, con color de Adriano Lucas. (DC Comics)Pueden escuchar el Podcast en este reproductor.Descarga Directa MP3 (Usar botón derecho del mouse y opción "guardar enlace como"). Peso: MB; Calidad: 128 Kbps.El episodio tiene una duración de 01:45:36.Recuerden que ya está otra vez activa nuestra campaña en Patreon. Cada episodio del podcast se publica ahí al menos 24 horas antes que a través de los canales habituales, y cada mes grabamos un especial temático que es exclusivo de esta plataforma. Puedes sumarte a nuestros patreoncinadores™ con aportaciones desde 1 dólar al mes, y no existe un mínimo de tiempo para mantener su suscripción.También puedes encontrar nuestro podcast en los siguientes agregadores y servicios especializados:Comicverso en SpotifyComicverso en iVooxComicverso en Apple PodcastsComicverso en Google PodcastsComicverso en Amazon MusicComicverso en Archive.orgComicverso en I Heart RadioComicverso en Overcast.fmComicverso en Pocket CastsComicverso en RadioPublicComicverso en CastBox.fm¿Usas alguna app o servicio que no tiene a Comicverso? En la barra lateral está el feed del podcast, mismo que puedes agregar al servicio de tu preferencia.Nos interesa conocer opiniones y críticas para seguir mejorando. Si te gusta nuestro trabajo, por favor ayúdanos compartiendo el enlace a esta entrada, cuéntale a tus amigos sobre nuestro Podcast, y recomiéndalo a quien creas que pueda interesarle. Hasta pronto.Deja tus comentarios o escríbenos directamente a comicverso@gmail.com

Interview with Scott Snyder! August 2021 solicitations Comic Reviews: Wonder Girl 1 by Joelle Jones, Jordie Bellaire Superman: Red and Blue 3 by Steven Seagle, Jesse Holland, James Stokie, Michel Fiffe, Christian Ward, Duncan Rouleau, Laura Braga, Nick Spencer, Hi-Fi, Brandon Thomas, Berat Pekmezci Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters by Al Ewing, Alex Paknadel, Juan Ferreyra, David Vaughan, Kevin Nowlan Fantastic Four: Life Story 1 by Mark Russell, Sean Izaakse, Nolan Woodard Shang-Chi 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan, Triona Farrell Far Cry: Rite of Passage 1 by Bryan Edward Hill, Geraldo Borges, Michael Atiyeh Rangers of the Divide 1 by Megan Huang Red Room by Ed Piskor La Mano del Destino by J. Gonzo Gone Too Quickly: Rise and Fall of the Anthropocene by Donald Bason 99 Cent Theater: Ghost Gauntlet 1 by Lesly Julien, Sam Owen Scrambled 1 by Liam Akin Tales of Your Destruction 1 by Robert Deshaies II, Jeff Hutchison Stashquatch 1 by Joshua Boulet Solid Blood 17 by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Cliff Rathburn ENIAC by Matt Kindt, Doug Braithwaite, Diego Rodriguez Additional Reviews: Amphibia s2, Monstress, M.O.D.O.K., Camp Cretaceous s3 News: Morbius delayed to January, Discovery/WB merger, HBO Max/WB Entertainment changes, Owl House returns June 12, Silver Coin s2, network fall schedules and pilot pickups, Aquaman 80th special, Netflix Home Team, new Stern/Frenz/Buscema project, new Batman animated series, Tynion Scarecrow event to begin in August, Robins vs. Suicide Squad, new Superman cartoon, Wednesday Addams casting, Injustice animated movie, Batgirl gets directors, Filoni and Star Wars, Mech Cadet Yu coming to Netflix, Liefeld leaves The Shield before first issue, Sandman/Locke & Key is only two issues, Rex Ogle controversy, Dwayne Johnson is Krypto, Marvel giving retail exclusive variants through Random House Trailers: Snake Eyes, Sweet Tooth, Monsters at Work, Hotel Transylvania 4 Comics Countdown: Ultramega 3 by James Harren, Dave Stewart Stray Dogs 4 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner Radiant Black 4 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Becca Carey Many Deaths of Laila Starr 2 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade Snow Angels 4 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Nightwing 80 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas Stillwater 7 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Spicer, Ramon Perez Daredevil 30 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Marcio Menyz Runaways 36 by Rainbow Rowell, Andres Genolet, Dee Cunniffe Autumnal 7 by Daniel Kraus, Chris Shehan, Jason Wordie

Shang-Chi has taken over his dead father's criminal empire. He and his family are trying to right all the wrongs committed by his father. His first obstacle is gonna be Wild Animal Man! Publisher Description (W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Dike Ruan (CA) Jung-Geun Yoon SHANG-CHI VS. THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! Shang-Chi and his family are back! And this time, they're colliding head-to-head with the Marvel Universe's biggest heroes! Shang-Chi has finally taken his place as the leader of the Five Weapons Society. But using an evil secret organization as a force for good won't be easy. And it's about to get a lot harder when Shang-Chi's fellow super heroes, like the Amazing Spider-Man, start to see him as the bad guy! Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan return to bring you the next chapter of this Marvel legend! Rated T+ SUBSCRIBE to watch more videos like this one! LET'S CONNECT! -- Talk Nerdy to Me Facebook -- Zia Comics Facebook -- Zia Comics Twitter -- Zia Comics Instagram -- Talk Nerdy to Me website -- Zia Comics website LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST! - iTunes - RSS Feed - Stitcher - Google Play - Podbean - Spotify - Tune In/Alexa - Pandora #ziacomics #marvel #shangchi #shang-chi #spiderman #spider-man #fiveweapons

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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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On this week's Stack podcast: The Department of Truth #1, Shang-Chi #1, That Texas Blood #4, Batman: Three Jokers #2, Chu #3, X-Factor #2, Nailbiter Returns #5, WW84 #1, Sea of Stars #7, Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #2, Ascender #13, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey #3, Rogue Planet #5, The Immortal Hulk: The Threshing Place #1 and X-Ray Robot #2. 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 Transcript: Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Pete:                I'm Pete. And- Alex:                 And I'm… What? What? Pete:                Real quick. Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                You still have the two owls fucking up behind you. They're still fucking each other behind you, in between shows, you could have taken one down or separated them. Alex:                 Listen Pete, you do not know that the same people who watch our live show are also listening to our Stack podcasts. Don't assume that there's a continuity there. Just to explain to everybody just listening to this podcast. Pete:                I am listening. Alex:                 There are two owls who may or may not be fucking behind me. It's unclear, and nobody knows. All right? Pete:                Okay. Alex:                 But I will say one of them has a very deep hole and the other one does not. Pete:                Stop saying that. Please stop. Alex:                 It's a puppet. It's a puppet. So you can put your hand in it. That's what I'm saying. He'll wear you like a puppet, Pete. Let's talk about The Stack. There's a bunch of books that came out. Pete:                So many books. Alex:                 So many books for us to chat about, and some big books as well. Kicking it off with The Department of Truth. Number one, print image comic… Pete:                Oh, you want to start with your favorite? Alex:                 I want to start with my favorite. There's also a ton of hype on this book, so I'm excited to chat about it. Written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. James Tynion IV, as we talked about a lot on all of our podcasts, has been on a roll lately. And in particular, I think like… This is not an insult, but Wind, maybe a little less so, even though I really enjoy that book, but there's something about- Pete:                Wow. Fuck you. Don't. Alex:                 Something is Killing the Children came out and there was an insane amount of hype on it, and then it delivered. The Department of Truth seems sort of to think like such a clear title, you know what this book is on going in, and then it completely delivers in the first issue. I'm almost reticent to spoil it because it is one of those books, in my mind, it feels like a Brian Kay von book, where you read it and you're like, “Yes. Okay. This last page, this got me.” Pete:                Oh my God. The last page though. Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                But that's the thing, you said you read it and you know what's going on, I did not. It took me a while to kind of piece it all together, but man, by that last page you are hyped. Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                You are so hyped and ready for the next issue. It's unbelievable. But the art is are really cool. It really fits the tone of what they're trying to do in such a great way. Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                And man, is the book good. Alex:                 I know we're bouncing around and not actually mentioning the plot here, and part of it is by design. Pete:                That's how I like to talk. Alex:                 Well, I don't want to tell the people what the plot are, because I read the book, not actually knowing what it was, then read, went to Image Comics' website and looked at their blurb, it gives away too much. I didn't want to know any of that stuff going in. Alex:                 So, go in totally clean, know that it is a thing. You could probably tell us from the title, but it's a thing about kind of conspiracy theories and the government. I think that's all you need to know. Pete:                Don't spoil it. You fucking ass. Alex:                 That's all I'm going to say. The art, the writing, everything, it feels to me, it feels like a vintage vertigo book. Like a book that like would come out at the same time as Sandman and everything else where you'd be like, “Oh shit, this is going to change the industry.” Alex:                 And now it's another in a line of amazing books from Image Comics, but it is great. And to your point, Martin Simmonds art, it feels a little… Ah, who's the guy who did 30 days of Night? Is it Ben Templesmith? Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 It feels a little like Ben Templesmith on the art, but it's different enough. James Tynion is on a fire here, and it is a book that feels insanely current, like insanely current. Pete:                It's really well done. It's just so good. I wonder if the people at Image are just high fiving themselves like, “We're fucking killing it right now. You can't touch us.” Alex:                 Well, the thing that is, I think, so great about this book, and again, this is not spoilers, this is just kind of skirting what it's about, is that it is about our current moment in time and our current political moment in time, but it's fun to read at the same time. It's still scary at points. It's fun at points. There's good action. There's good adventure. There's good weirdness. Great, great book. Do not miss this one. Pete:                Really great book. Alex:                 Don't miss it. Alex:                 Next up, another book that I'm going to say don't mix, Shang-Chi, number one from Marvel, written by Gene Luen Yang and art by Dike Ruan. This is another one that I wasn't sure about going in, but as usual, Gene Luen Yang killed it. Alex:                 We get Shang-Chi, turns out he's part of a dynasty of five weapons. It's very similar on the surface to what happened with Iron Fist, where there were those seven immortal cities, but it goes in a very different direction by the ed. Super fun. Great last page. I'm 100% on board with the character, and it's a very different take on Shang-Chi. Alex:                 It's clearly calculated to have something that has a trade or multiple trades on the shelves by the time the movie hits, but you will not regret picking up this comic book. Pete:                I'm so happy with the team behind this book. So happy for this new relaunch of Shang-Chi. One of my favorite characters as a kid, also get a little Fin Fang Foom, which I was totally pumped to see. This is a great book, great art, fun storytelling, and it picks up and you think like, “Okay.” But then you're like… It just does such a great job of unveiling the story in such a way that kind of is a little different than what we're used to, but still has all the action and stuff that you want. Pete:                I'm very impressed with this book. I'm very excited to see how this is going to move forward. And also this was the first Marvel book that I read with the Brian Starfreeze- Alex:                 Stelfreeze? Pete:                Stelfreeze, sorry. Stelfreeze tribute to Chadwick Bozeman, and it's very fucking moving and an amazing art and so powerful. And I'm so happy that Marvel is doing this. Alex:                 Man, they really went all out for that. I mean, just to talk about that for a moment. A lot of last weeks books had the Chadwick Bozeman tribute [crosstalk 00:06:51] rest in power branding on it. But this week, there's a whole testimonial from Ta-Nehisi Coates. There was the art, as you mentioned. And yeah, it's really powerful stuff. Pete:                Yeah. It's really moving. Alex:                 But yeah, that's all said about Shang-Chi. One of the things that I love about it is Yang does such a great job of sneaking humor in out of nowhere. The rhythm of his humor, it almost sneaks in from the side in a certain way where it's in the middle of an action sequence and suddenly there's a joke. Alex:                 It completely throws me in the right way where I'm like, “Wait, wait, hold up, this was a serious scene, what's going on? That's funny, that thing that you're doing.” It just makes it really fun to read, even as he's setting up these good characters, this good mythology. Alex:                 Getting back to the Iron Fist thing, it almost feels like a rejoinder to Iron Fist, which is very good, mind you, but to the whole conversation surrounding Iron Fist, the TV show, where people are like, “Dude, cast an Asian person, person of Asian descent as Iron Fist, or just do Shang-Chi. What are you doing?” Alex:                 And this comic series is very specifically to be like, “Here you go.” Pete:                Thank you. Yes, please. Alex:                 Great stuff. Can't wait to read the second issue of that. Let's move on to one of our favorites here on the show, that Texas blood number four Image Comics, by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips. We had Chris Condon on the live show a couple of weeks ago, and that was super fun to talk to him about this book. Alex:                 This issue, we're continuing the storyline of this brother who's come back to Texas. He's discovered some bad doings around his brother who was killed. This is very much a middle of the arc issue, but there's still such good character stuff here. And there's such a good emotionally based character twist that happens as well. Every issue of this is great. I'm really enjoying it. Pete:                Yeah. The storytelling, the pacing, the art, it's really, really well done. It's very interesting. They do a great job issue to issue, giving you more information on this bigger thing in such a cool way that you're just you're in and you want more and more and more. They're killing it on this book. Just the paneling, it's just really impressive package. Alex:                 Yeah. There's a great scene in here with our sheriff character, who we haven't seen a lot of since the first issue. Where he's sitting down with his wife and his wife is talking to him and his… If you haven't been reading the book, he has this verbal tick where he just says, “Well.” And that's pretty much it all the time. Alex:                 The way that the lettering plays out in particular, it reads so well as a scene where she's just- Pete:                So well. Alex:                 Yeah. Yes. Where she's just kind of like needling him a little bit. And he's like, “Well.” And she's like, “Well?” Alex:                 It's great. Just the rhythm of that scene is so good. And just those little character moments are so nice. Definitely pick up this book. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Next one up, I'm very curious to get your take on this, Pete. Batman: Three Jokers, number two from DC Comics written by Jeff Johns and Jason Fabok. This is continuing with the storyline, as you can tell from the title of, there are actually three Jokers. There's the original Joker, the criminal, there's the comedian, and there's the performer. I'm forgetting what the third one is. Whatever it is. He's dead this issue. Pete:                The criminal, the comedian, and the clown. Alex:                 The clown, there we go. And the clown was killed by Red Hood last issue. There's serious repercussions for this issue. I got to tell you, I am so stressed out reading this book, I can't quite explain it. Alex:                 Jason Fabok's art is phenomenal, but the feeling and the tension that Jeff Johns is putting in this through the characters is everything that should have been present to Doomsday Clock but wasn't, but is here. It's very hard to read, but it feels like that is part of the point. What's your take on it? Pete:                Yeah. That's the thing. It is very hard to read. What sucks is it reopens a wound of… We get Jason Todd again, fucked up by the Joker in a way that's not cool and way out of bounds. And you have this hard conversation with Batman and Barbara and it's like, I'm reading this going, “Hey, Jeff Johns, what are you fucking doing to me over here, man? Well, I already lived this and had to live with this already. And then you're making us redo it.” It's very painful and I'm just wondering why. Why? Alex:                 Well, it's interesting to pair this with Doomsday Clock, I think, because Doomsday Clock, for all its faults, was Jeff John's mission statement on what Alan Moore had to say through Watchman, what Alan Moore had to say about superhero comics and what he had to say about the universe. Alex:                 It's certainly, at the very least in this issue, particularly given the last page, feels like this is- Pete:                That last page was awesome though. Alex:                 Well, it's Jeff Johns' mission statement on killing Joke versus Watchman, which is not unimpeachable, but it's still a masterpiece of the forum, as we talked about at length on our Watchman watch podcast. Killing Joke has not aged well. Killing Joke- Pete:                Well, that's also the thing, is the killing joke recently had a movie done that was awful. Just garbage in a way that was unnecessary and very painful. I went to the movie theater very excited about what I was going to see and got kicked in the nuts repeatedly. And now Jeff John's like, “Oh, guess what? I'm not done kicking you in the fucking nuts yet.” Alex:                 Here's your problem, you got to stop going to 4D Movie theaters, and then you won't get kicked in the nuts repeatedly. You pay extra for the shit, right? Pete:                Don't bring up 4D, man. That shit is awful. Alex:                 Jason Fabok started [crosstalk 00:13:23] Pete:                I think 4D is the reason we're in this fucking pandemic, because there's spraying in the seats and that's where the COVID started. Alex:                 Oh man. Pete, by the way, I love your podcast that you do out of Alex Ross's network. It's very good. Batman: Three jokers is also, I think, very well done. Makes me uncomfortable. I'm not quite sure where it's going. And I'm certainly nervous on the places it going to leave the Joker and Batman in continuity, when eventually things link up. But it's a nicely put together package, I would say. Pete:                It's too bad Justin is not here. Alex:                 Yeah. He loves the tight little package. Next up Chew Number Three from Image Comics, written and lettered by John Layman, art and colors by Dan Boultwood. This is continuing the story of the Breaking Bad and the Chew universe as Chew's sister. Goes darker and darker. Now they're just good fun issue of this book. I'm really enjoying a lot and I'm enjoying revisiting the Chew universe through this time. Pete:                Oh, see what you did there? Alex:                 Yes, I do. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. This is just a fun extension of something we already love. Very interesting to kind of have these two kind of like sisters. It's very cool to see where this goes. I think it's just a great continuation of something, and the art and writing, it feels spot on to what we love and it's just great. Alex:                 Yeah. It took a little while. I enjoyed the first two issues, but this is the first issue that really feels humor-wise on the same level as Chew, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm very happy about the series. Alex:                 Let's move on to one I'm sure we're going to agree on, X-Factor Number Two from Marvel, written by Leah Williams and art by Carlos Gomez. This is the second part of 10 of Swords. I know I loved the first issue of this. I thought this is great. Alex:                 The second issue is a little more of a business issue as the team recovers from the disaster that happened in other worlds. Now, they need to find 10 swords to battle apocalypses, evil children. That's what's going on. Here though, they're dealing with the fact that Rockslide died, Apocalypse got killed, Richter almost got killed. And what happens after that. Alex:                 And we once again get a realignment of how death works in the X-Men part of the universe, that I though was very smart and ups the stakes of everything that happens. I'm really enjoying this crossover. Pete, I'm sure you feel the same. Over to you. Pete:                This fucking sucks, man. This is such fucking bullshit. What the fuck is even happening? There is so much shit happening that it is just insane. There is too much to deal with. And then in between that, they're making us read these fucking briefing statements- Alex:                 Love it. Pete:                … wherever the fuck they are. The signed affidavit bullshit. I'm so happy that Charles Xavier finally lost his lollipop head. I'm very excited in that. Alex:                 Can we talk about that moment? I know you don't like this, but the very fact that everybody, this entire time, since House of Acts and Powers of 10 launched, has been talking about, “Wait, the X-Men could just resurrect themselves whenever they want, what does it matter if they die? The moment when, and this is a big spoiler for the issue, but they try to resurrect Rockslide and it goes horribly wrong to the point where Xavier's helmet shorts out, and we get to see every other helmet short out. Alex:                 I screamed, is probably too strong, but I definitely was gassed at that moment, because it was like, “This is all over.” It turns out that's not exactly what's going on, but that the stakes are that high for this thing, I thought was great. Pete:                Yeah. You said this thing, because you don't even know what the fuck is going on. Alex:                 I know what's going on. Pete:                Your shit is too confusing. And it's weird because it's like, okay, here's a shot of Xavier's helmet in a root bath, overlooking something. And then, oh, here's a shot of Xavier's helmet in a root bath that's in space, in a root bath that's somewhere else under a sun and then water. Alex:                 Hold on. This is the most- Pete:                What is happening in this book? Alex:                 This is the most excited I've been about the X-Men in decades. Pete:                Congratulations. You should- Alex:                 Thank you. Pete:                … read X-Men more. I think that it's just sanity stacked on insanity, stacked on insanity. We have to deal with the first thing you did before we can move on. We're barely dealing with the fact that all the X-Men said, “Hey, fuck you to the rest of the world.” Okay. Now you're on your own private Island, you're fucking each other, great. Then it's just one insane thing after another insane thing, and then this insane council that like oversees everything. It is just so much insanity I keep hoping like, “All right, eventually this is going to calm down so we can catch up to all the madness.” And it just stays on the gas pedal, and I'm really having a hard time keeping up and dealing with it. Alex:                 I mean, I get what you're saying. I do think though that this crossover is more accessible than the stuff that has come before. I love the fact that, again, spoiler for the issue, but Polaris is some sort of seer, she's been given- Pete:                Poor Polaris, is really falling apart here. Alex:                 She is falling apart because she let down her team, she let down everybody, but she has the information to where these 10 swords are going to be so that they can battle Apocalypse's evil children. Alex:                 I love the fact that she does this prophecy and the folks at Marvel, no, we're going to pick it apart, we're going to figure it out very quickly. So instead, at the end of the issue, they have Cipher being like, “Okay, here's what I think they're talking about on the prophecy. Here's the characters. They're going to go get swords.” Alex:                 And some of them are going to be wrong, but I love the idea that they're sending us on a wrong path in some places, while on the right path in others, like of course, Wolverine's going to have a sword. We already know Illyana is one of the people who has the sword. Pete:                The Illyana part was great. Alex:                 That was great, so much fun. I am having a blast so far with the storyline and I'm excited to see what happens Pete:                I would like to be enjoying it, but there's just too much madness going on with portals opening and closing, and then the White Queen's being mean. It's just it's too much. Alex:                 Excuse me. Pete:                Well timed cough there, buddy. Alex:                 No problem. Pete:                What are you trying to say? Alex:                 Nothing. Nailbiter returns number five from Image Comic. Story and art by Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson. This is picking up the storyline. There's a contest going on in Buckaroo with a bunch of copycat serial killers, or are they? In this issue, there's a big twist. And we find there's another Nailbiter who looks exactly like the original Nailbiter. Some big action goes down. Alex:                 We had Joshua Williamson on the show a couple of months ago and he talked about the storyline. I love that he's just following through on it. This is a big fun action. Every single issue, out of the gate. I'm having a blast reading this one too. Pete:                It's unbelievable. It's really a lot of fun. It's fast paced. It's action oriented. But also the art is amazeballs. You've got a lot of fun, double spread stuff. Great characters. Great action. This is just really, really fun book. Alex:                 Yeah. Next up WW84 Number One, which of course is World War 84. We skipped a couple in there, but that's all right. Number one. Just kidding. It's Wonder Woman 84, Number one. This is- Pete:                Story. Alex:                 Yes. Hold on. A story by Anna Obropta and Louise Simonson art by Brett Blevins. I'm going to say two things about this. Pete:                Well, wait, wait, wait. Alex:                 Yeah. Yeah. Pete:                First off, it's a tie into the movie. Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                Which I am so excited for this movie, but obviously let's push it back until we can all go see it in theaters or whatever we need to do. So excited for this movie. And then was so excited for this comic book because it's a tie in and I'm like, “Okay, maybe it'll match the tone of what's going on.” But then I got really disappointed and was like, “God, I hope the movie is nothing like this, because there is some really just lame character stuff. I mean, one of them is called Jazz and is just like chill Jazz, grownups never listen, who wrote this? Like what are you- Alex:                 Anna Obropta and Louise Simonson. Pete:                Yeah, I know. But like really over the top kind of like, I'm being a kid right now and parents are lame. And then the accents of the robbers like, “The stairs. Tor the roof. Over that way.” I'm like, wow. No, [crosstalk 00:22:49] but let's tone this down a little bit. Make it a little bit more like not… It seems a joke to me. Alex:                 Wow. I didn't realize you'd be so negative about this. I thought this was just fine. I thought that was fine as like a movie tie-in comic. The big blubber to me was this idea that like… It's very clear that this machine is running, but certain parts of it are not working well. And what I mean by that is, as you mentioned, the movie was supposed to come out months ago, then it was supposed to come out in, I want to say, October. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 And now it's being pushed to December. It'll probably be pushed back again. Let's be honest. But this weekend I actually went to Target, which was a harrowing experience. Pete:                Why would you do that? Alex:                 It was actually fine. We needed to get my kids shoes and there was barely anybody there, so it was totally okay. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 Yeah, it was pretty awesome. I was very nervous about it. But walking through the toy aisle, they had Legos for Wonder Woman in 1984, and I was like, “Man, this is not coming out for months now and you have the Legos already on the shelf.” And it's the same thing with the comic. And it's a real bummer to be like, they couldn't stop it. The comic still needed to come out, the Legos still needed to come out, even though the movie has been pushed way, way back. And that made me weirdly sad. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 That's all. But that said, I thought the comic is fine. It is the sort of thing that if the movie was out or the movie was coming out next week, I think we'd read it and be like, “Yeah, this is cute. This is fine. I can't wait to see the movie.” As is, as the only thing we're getting for months and months, there's a lot more pressure on it. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I do like this idea of putting Wonder Woman in a museum where she can tell stories about like- Alex:                 She belongs in a museum. Pete:                Fuck you. Telling stories about bad-ass females throughout history, that's awesome. I fucking love that. Premise, I don't want stereotypical weird kind of characters. Alex:                 We named Need the dog Diana. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                Well, I hope you got your kids wonderful Wonder Woman shoes while you were at Target. Alex:                 No, they didn't want that. Next up, Sea of stars, Number seven from Image Comics written by Jason Aaron and Dennis Hallum, art by Steven Green. Another really just good solid issue of this book as a dad chases his son through the universe. In this issue, the son finds out that his dad is alive. There's some mix-ups there and some great action set pieces involving space. Well, what'd you think, Pete? Pete:                This is just continues to be amazing. The art is really still in the show. And the characters, these are so fun and creative characters and really well drawn. It's just kind of the scary thing of, you think losing your kid in a store is bad, try losing your kid in space. Unbelievable scenario and just really over the top fun. Every issue has just been a real treat and it continues, continues to get better. Alex:                 Yeah, I agree. Let's move on to Marvel Zombies Resurrection, Number two, from Marvel. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Leonard Kirk. We've really been enjoying this book or at least the first issue and the preview, zero issue, whatever you want to call it. The issue that came before. As Spiderman takes Franklin and Valarie Richards to try to stop the zombie plague that has affected their universe. Alex:                 It was a great twist in this issue involving the Phalynx and the robots of the Marvel universe that I thought was so smart and so well done and added some of the danger in a really nice way. There's also a wonderful and sad scene with Viv Vision's daughter. Another just very good solid issue of this book. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, the Punisher [crosstalk 00:26:56] before- Alex:                 Yeah, what did you think about that, Pete? Pete:                I mean, come on. Fucking come on. But this comic is great, even though I was like, “Oh man.” But the Viv thing was just so heartbreaking. Alex:                 No, you can do it. Come for him. Come for Phillip Kennedy Johnson. We've had him on the show a couple of times. Come for him. You tell him what he did to your boy, the Punisher. Pete:                He made a choice. He made a choice. It wasn't as upsetting as Frankie Castle. It's an interesting choice. Alex:                 Filings Castle? Pete:                Yeah, I don't know about- Alex:                 Yeah. It doesn't quite work as well. It doesn't roll off the tongue. Really good book, excited to see how this potentially ties into the bigger story in the Marvel universe that's being told. That should be very cool. Alex:                 Next up, Ascender, Number 13 from Image Comics written by Jeff Lemire and art by Dustin Nguyen. I don't know. Every issue. This is good. The end. Pete:                I mean, it's hard because it's like… It really is. Every issue is just like a painted, just unbelievable artistic feet that is like water color and beautiful and amazing. Pete:                The action, the storytelling, the connecting, these Ascender, Descender worlds, it's really impressive how big the story It's great that Jeff Lemire has got to tell this giant story. And he has an amazing artist who bring it to life. Alex:                 I cannot believe how much it is tying into Descender at this point. I really thought it was going to be its own thing, but nope, it's basically the same story at this point. And every old character that we get back again is so exciting. Another one happens at the end of this issue, the cover of the next one promises a huge one is coming back. This is great. This is just a thrilling fantasy Sci-fi mashup that I can't wait to read every month. Pete:                Yeah. And also, I just wanted to say the Driller playing hide and seek was just so nice. Alex:                 Great stuff. Love Driller. Pete:                In the middle of all this madness. Alex:                 So good. Next up, one that I'm sure you liked, Pete. Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey, Number Three, from DC Comics, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner, art by Amanda Conner. Alex:                 As we talked about with the two previous issues, this is just classic. Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner on a Harley Quinn, except as raunchy as they want to be. And they want to be very raunchy as usual. Alex:                 Harley Quinn has gotten one over the Joker, stolen the collective treasure of all the criminals in Gotham City, and they're coming for her this issue. The Birds of Prey of course, kind of hate her, but are kind of having her back at the same time. This is just so much fun to read. This is one of my favorite things coming out from Black Label. Pete:                It's great. And it's also nice to see Alfred alive. And the Alfred, Batman conversation about Harley Quinn being at the Wayne Manor is hysterical and really fun. It just feels like an extension of the animated series. And I hear the voices of the characters from that. Especially Clay Face. And the hole riddled with nails joke was hysterical. I mean, those two are just a powerhouse couple and they're killing it. Alex:                 It's just so much fun. Amanda Conner's art is so great, and so enjoyable. So funny to read every time. Just the way that they mine jokes, like the Beaver jokes, over and over and over again. But at the same time, they're still funny and stupid in the right way. Every single issue. And not just every single issue of this book, but their entire run of Harley Quinn books. It's wild that it still works this far down the road, but it absolutely does. Pete:                I just want to say, while we're still in the DC world. I did check out some of that, wasn't on the list, and I wanted to quickly talk. Batman, Joker or War zone, Number one. A lot of people are wondering about the Clown Hunter, and you do get the reveal of who the Clown Hunter is in that issue. Pete:                That was driving me crazy. If that was something that you wanted to go check out, you do get to the bottom of that in that issue. Alex:                 Who is it? Who's Clown Hunter, Pete? Pete:                Well, that's the fun thing is it's not like, oh my God, it's, you know what I mean? It's a kid who grew up in Gotham who says Batman could have saved his parents. And I was like, “Great. That's good enough for me. That makes sense.” Alex:                 He figured out who Batman is? Pete:                Well, he just sees Batman as Batman. Alex:                 Oh, okay, I see what you're saying. All right. Fun stuff. Thanks for the surprise pick. Moving onto Rogue planet, Number five, from Oni press, written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Andy McDonald. We talked about every issue of this wild space horror book. Alex:                 I believe this is the last one, which I was kind of surprised by. But we get some very, I thought, satisfying answers to all the bizarre, horrific weirdness that's been going on to this planet. Pete:                That's the thing. I was like, “How are they going to tie in all this madness?” Because it seemed like every issue was just, “Look at this crazier thing that's going on on this planet. Oh, you thought that was crazy, check this out.” And it just keep tightening. And then they really delivered on this issue. Such a cool explanation. So moving. Very, very cool and interesting. This book is worth it. Check this out, get it collected, whatever you want to do. You'll be happy you did. Rogue Planet is not only artistically amazing, but it's a great story. Alex:                 Yeah. And a little pluggy plug, we're actually going to have Cullen Bunn on our live show next month, ostensibly, to talk about varying comic stuff, but I'm sure we will bring up Rogue Planet as well. Alex:                 But as Pete mentioned, it's coming out in Trade, definitely pick it up there. It's worth it. Ties up really nicely. I was very happy and very surprised at how concretely everything made sense by the end. Pete:                Yeah, it was really impressive. Alex:                 There you go. Let's talk about another horror book, The Immortal Hulk: The Threshing Place, Number one, from Marvel. Written by Jeff Lemire and art by Mike Del Mundo. This is, I believe, one of the first time somebody other than Al Ewing has written specifically an Immortal Hulk tale. We've had the Hulk pop-up in other books at this point in the Immortal Hulk form, but this is a one-off horror story set in this universe. And I love it. Alex:                 I wish they would do this forever. It feels like the main book, and Pete, maybe this is part of what you've responded to. I know you haven't loved the horror Hulk in general. But it really started off as these done in one, almost tales from the crypt episodes, but starring the Hulk. And we very much got away from this, for this Uber story that Al Ewing has built, which is wild and insane. And I've been loving it a very different way. Alex:                 But this story gets back to basics here, where it's almost like the Hulk series, but through the lens of Immortal Hulk, where Bruce Banner is traveling around, he finds a weird gamma mystery. It's very dark. It's very sad. Mike Del Mundo's art is very evocative, and Americana, while also not shying away from the horror elements, just a really good one-shot across the board. Pete:                I was really, really, really impressed with this book. Jeff Lemire killed this. This was a very moving book, still in this world of Al Ewing's kind of horror version, but just there was a lot of beauty and heart in this. Whereas I feel like if you're telling a Hulk story, it's got to kind of have those things of what are we really doing here, what's really important? And the Hulk kind of helping these people and really saving this kid was so beautiful. And the whole fact of like, at least you're not alone kid, you have your father, was just very touching, really well done. Pete:                I'm so happy Jeff Lemire got to tell this one shot, and it still worked in the kind of bigger picture of what Al is doing. I was really impressed by this book. Very moved by it. Alex:                 Yeah, I agree. I know I kind of said this before, but I could read a million of these. I hope that they just keep releasing Immortal Hulk one shots from different perspectives with different writer, artists, teams. I don't know if they will, but that would be so much fun. So we'll see what happens. Alex:                 Last but not least. X-ray Robot, Number Two, from Dark Horse Comics. Story and art by Michael Allred, color art by Laura Allred. If you see the names of the cover, you know exactly what you're getting into. Alex:                 It's a bunch of Sci-fi psychedelic weirdness involving a robot who is sucking people through multiple dimensions. There's some really goofy shit that happens in this book that is just bits, and exactly the right way, involving portals. It's much more slapstick, I think, than their usual books, but I had a fun time reading this. How'd you feel about it, Pete? Pete:                Portal bits, I love it. Yeah. This was a lot of fun. It's this classic kind of like art for kind of tripped out world. I just think it's really kind of in their sweet spot and it's a really great book. If you've enjoyed any of their stuff, you will really love this book. It's definitely, really cool and really well done. Alex:                 I agree. And that is it for the Stack. If you'd like to support us patreon.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 your favorite comic books. Socially @comicbooklive, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. 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