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The Amazing Friends confront the Black Knight's problematic attitude towards women with their own problematic language and then unproblematically save the world from Modred, an evil magician looking to marry Firestar all on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss...Getting closer to the new Superman movie and loving the Indiana Jones video game!Flash Thompson, cruelly tortured yet again by the gang!They should have just let the stupid statue fall in the first place!EVEN DEMONS DREAM!!!The X-Men TAS Podcast just opened a SECRET reddit group, join by clicking here! We are also on Twitch sometimes… click here to go to our page and follow and subscribe so you can join in on all the mysterious fun to be had! Also, make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout or iTunes and tell all your friends about it! Follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and Threads and please join our Facebook Group! Last but not least, if you want to support the show, you can Buy Us a Coffee as well!
In this episode I review all the changes in today's OTA .. Professor X, Cannonball, Hela, Ebony Blade, Stegron, Shanna (again lol) Red HULK, Captain America and the season pass card Gilgamesh.
HI-SEAS (The Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) is an analog space research station on an isolated Mars and Moon-like site on the Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island of Hawai‘i at approximately 8200 feet above sea level. And on this episode of the Road Show, Mike is nearby on the island of Oahu at 808 Collectibles. This comic shop is small but has huge heart, and the owner Art is a super guy. Plus, he has a very interesting story of how he got started. Meeting Art was a great experience, and his story is inspiring. Be sure to stop in at 808 Collectibles the next time you visit Hawaii and experience it for yourself! Enjoy the interview with Art and then join Mike and his co-host, Shag Matthews of Fire and Water Podcast Network fame, as they discuss Art's recommendation: Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade! A big thanks to Art for letting me hang out with him! You can find 808 Collectibles at 945 Kamehameha Hwy # 10, Pearl City, HI 96782, (808) 230-5980. Explore the multitude of podcasts by Shag Matthews at http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/. Follow Fire and Water on X @FWPodcasts and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork. A big thanks to Shag for joining in on the fun!
Dibujante, historietista, portadista y entintador, Sergio Fernández Dávila comenzó su carrera en el mercado norteamericano, en la independiente Dynamite. Sus trabajos en esta editorial incluyen títulos como: “Lord of the Jungle o “Red Sonja”. También en este sello, se encarga de ilustrar “Legendarry”, crossover protagonizado por los principales personajes de la editorial como Vampirella, Green Hornet, Red Sonja y Flash Gordon, y guionizado por Bill Willigham. Posteriormente, cumple el sueño de poder poner su arte a disposición de uno de sus personajes favoritos, Conan el bárbaro. Dentro de la editorial Dark Horse, en 2016, ilustra títulos como “Conan” y “Conan el Asesino”, junto al guionista Cullen Bunn. En 2018, comienza a colaborar con DC Cómics, en varios títulos de la editorial: “Injustice God Among Us”, “Superman”, “Wonder Woman”, “Deathstroke”, “Hal Jordan y los Green Lantern Corps”, etc.. Actualmente, Sergio Dávila, trabaja para Marvel en donde además de haber ilustrado el evento “Fornite X Marvel”, participa en la miniserie “Black Knight: Curse Of the Ebony Blade” y en la colección de la Capitana Marvel.
Art and Perry are talking about another wielder of the Ebony Blade. Play Handbook Bingo along at home! Use this link to generate a card and see if the squares are mentioned in the entry spoken in the episode! Perry can be found on This Is My Burbon Podcast. Art is also on Justice Like Lightning, Creepy Critters, Over Innsmouth, and Into the Rewatch podcasts. You can help by donating to Patreon. Find us on Twitter, Tumblr, TikTok, and Instagram as @alphabetflight or at the Hodge Pod Facebook Group.
Before he makes his big screen debut in Wakanda Forever, we take a deep dive on NAMOR! To what depths does his distrust of the surface world go? Intro New patron: Citizen Amar-Kareem Background (4:55) Namor Mckenzie, the Sub-Mariner, created by Bill Everett in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly (April 1939) and Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939) Namor was born from a human father, sea captain Leonard McKenzie, and an Atlantean, Fen, daughter of Emperor Thakorr His unique parentage gave him both strengths and weaknesses that other Atlanteans did not possess: he is pink skinned like humans as opposed to the blue skin of pureblood Atlanteans, but he cannot survive in water or on land for prolonged periods of time, or it will impact his psyche Initially Namor was, if not a full villain, at best an antihero or well-intentioned extremist, attacking Americans in the name of protecting Atlantis and the ocean Once WWII started, he joined other heroes in attacking Nazis After WWII, he suffered an amnesiac attack, and once he recovered, he joined Professor Xavier in searching for mutants - Xavier's attempt at repairing his memories, however, created further issues in Namor's mind, and gave him bipolar disorder He was later found wandering the streets of New York as an amnesiac vagrant - upon learning that Atlantis was destroyed by nuclear bombs, his memories returned and he vowed revenge on the surface world, pitting him against the Fantastic Four numerous times He would attempt several times to woo Susan Storm away from Reed, but although Sue admits an attraction to Namor, she remains loyal to her husband He married twice - his first wife Dorma was killed shortly after the wedding by an evil mermaid, and his second wife Marrina was driven mad, and Namor was forced to kill her with the Ebony Blade - she survived, and Norman Osborn altered her DNA to turn her into a raging beast as part of his revenge on Namor, who killed her once again #BecauseComics In the 90s, he searches for sunken treasures and uses the money to finance a corporation that focuses on conservation He is a member of the Illuminati, and notably the only one opposed to sending the Hulk into space, as he foresaw dire consequences should Bruce return - he was the only one who Bruce didn't seek vengeance upon when Hulk came back Due to his mutant abilities, he formally joins the X-Men, and is one of the Phoenix Five during AvX, but is the first one to be defeated and lose his Phoenix Force powers Namor is killed by the Squadron Supreme in retaliation for his numerous attacks on Earth and other worlds, but this is undone by time travel after the team realized Namor's murder would lead to global destruction Fights the Agents of Atlas after Atlantis' guardian dragon is stolen - after some battling, Namor & the agents come to an understanding, and then team up against the King in Black Issues - born of two worlds, welcome in neither Mixed parentage creates hostility Unique physiology leads to bipolar disorder, or at least manic/depressive swings Zealotry for Atlanteans leads to issues with both his people as well as surface dwellers Break Plugs for Last Sons of Krypton, Cheers to Comics, and Meghan Fitzmartin Treatment In-universe - Out of universe - Mixed race parentage Skit Hello Namor, I'm Dr. Issues. - I am King Namor, ruler of Atlantis. I am not one of your colleagues, we are not fraternizing over a beverage. You will address me accordingly. My apologies, your majesty…your highness…your Atlantean Majestic highness? I'm bad at this. -I gave you one job and yet you have failed. But I am a forgiving ruler, so you will get one more chance. Thank you, King Namo…wait, you don't rule me! -That is not the point. As long as you show the proper respect, and the appropriate decorum, then I have no quarrel with you. Very well then. What does the mighty King of Atlantis have to gain from gracing the presence of a common land-dwelling human psychiatrist? -I would have thought that my message was delivered ahead of time. If not, then I will be forced to punish the one that failed to deliver said message, AND then I will have them re-send that message twice as fast the next time. There is no room for error in troubling times such as these. So…what was the message? - That I, albeit one of the most important figures in existence, has made his mark on the world, yet still find challenges that can only be mastered through the guiding hand of one with the knowledge of the mind. You, my humble servant, are such a man. Um…thanks? So, what can I help you with? -My people have respected me for so long that I worry they no longer fear me the way they should. There is no room for comfort when our world remains in great peril on all sides. No offense but, that comes across a bit paranoid. -You wouldn't say that if you have fought the battles we have fought. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. But why would you want fear instead of respect? Fear is the more primal response and that sounds…beneath you. -Fear can be harnessed. Respect is dormant, docile even. Boy, you really have a hard edge. Do you ever relax? -I am capable of the finest travels in leisure only privy to those that would dare seek such an endeavor. *pause* Such as… -That's classified. It is beneath a man of my stature to, as you say, kiss and tell. Oooooookaaaaay…are you always this obtuse? -There is no need to use such language! Remember your place amongst royalty. *pause* You don't know what that word means, do you? -*pause* The kingdom of Atlantis has no need for obscure vocabulary. We speak directly, we are a people of action. All you're talking about so far is your people. That's nice, but the point of individual therapy is the individual. What do you want to change? -Nothing. Then we're done here. What's the point? -You once again have a misguided approach. I am saying that I value consistency. Tradition. Honor. Or are those concepts too…obtuse for you to comprehend? You want permanent, everlasting control of that which is important to you. -Now we are speaking the right language. As a psychiatrist, I must inform you, King Namor of the Atlanteans, that I am in no position to make any such guarantee that our sessions will yield that result. - I see. You need to work on your delivery of sarcasm. It does not match any of my rivals for wit or passion. You're USED to people talking to you that way? Did you ever think that it's because you get under the skin of every person you meet? -A pearl is made by an irritant of sand in an oyster's mouth. And yet, not every oyster produces a pearl. My lot in life is to create more treasures of the sea. Why should I care if others are intolerable of my grit? I'm not sure that's a “lot” in life instead of a conscious choice. -*pause* That's not a question. I…don't think I wanted it to be a question? Anyway, you're blocking my attempts to understand your emotions, your thought process, and your values. What do you want from me? -Well, you haven't attempted to throw me out of your office yet, so that tells me you are more tolerant than most plebs. ***paper unfurls*** Here's a list of every goal that is relevant to my success. The first 50 of them are crossed off. You don't need to show me those. -Then how will you know of my great achievements? I agree -What? *quickly* Nothing…now, you name at least 20 people here and simply have an exclamation point next to their names…except Sue, where you have a heart…but there are no details for any of them - I don't need explanations; I know what they mean. But I DON'T know what they mean! -That's for you to decipher as we talk over the next 22 sessions 22?! Aww man…um, why 22? -I have a full calendar of every in-person session and phone call that we'll have so that you can't say “I'm busy” at the last moment. Your online system is truly convenient. Are you trying to make up for a lack of other attachments by putting more energy into me? -*pause* You say it like it's a bad thing. 15 minute…10 minute time limit - But I *interrupting* and only 3 topics -You are in no position to *interrupting again* plus if you are more than 5 minutes late I charge double -*pause* you are trying to create barriers. I see. But a king never yields. You WILL treat me and you WILL know my greatness. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go salvage a barren stretch of an unknown trench that you have never heard of but will save countless ocean creatures for the sake of Atlantean commerce. I'll be sure to send you a private message when it concludes at…oh, about 4AM on your time scale. *heaviest sigh* I look forward to it. - Now THAT was better. Ending Recommended reading: Sub-Mariner: The Depths Next episodes: Mystique, Poison Ivy, Moira McTaggert Plugs for social References: Sue Storm episode - Anthony (11:34) Captain Planet - Anthony (12:38) Evil Overlord List - Anthony (14:10) Marx Brothers Duck Soup - Anthony (14:34) Transcript Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Twitter Facebook TikTok Patreon TeePublic Discord
No, this didn't suddenly become a DC podcast. We just had thoughts about shoes. And also the comics we read! Will: The Mighty Valkyries, W.E.B. of Spider-Man, Silk vol 1: Threats and Menaces, Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade. Steve: Wolverine vol 2 #129-132, Wolverine: Black Rio, Generation X vol 1 #44-49, Generation X Annual 1998, X-Men: Liberators, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #22.
It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Following up on all the things!! Some BREAKING NEWS, 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. TV/StreamingFollow-ups/CorrectionsMoon Knight - Happy Moon Knight Day! Also, this series is NOT part of the greater MCU. Much like the Daredevil universe of Netflix series'.Halo - The series… Archive 81 - DONEDark MatterJoel Edgerton is set to star, with original author Blake Crouch serving as writer and showrunner. The show is based on the novel based on the bestselling sci-fi book of the same name. No release date just yet.https://cosmicbook.news/joel-edgerton-dark-matter-sci-fi-series-apple-tv-plus James BondAmazon's first series with the 007 franchise in their possession (Amazon bought MGM for $8.5 Billion last week) is a “contestants-race-around-the-world” style reality/game show called “007's Road to a Million”. Challenges will take place in iconic Bond shooting locations.https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/james-bond-amazon-show-mgm-1235214551/#recipient_hashed=50809d4239339486180988dd324dcecadbfddccf80c8df65f1b0000f7493c848 IT: Welcome to DerryPrequel on board for HBO Max. Andy Muchietti, his wife Barbara, and Jason Fuchs will produce with Fuchs also writing the script. The story seems to be around the Bob Gray character from the novel who was alluded to in the 2019 movie.https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/it-prequel-series-hbo-max-1235218176/ SuggestsYoung Justice season 4.Manley25 (tiktok) Request.MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsBlue Beetle - Sharon Stone and George Lopez have been cast in the movie. Sharon Stone as Victoria Kord (possibly wife of Ted Kord the OG Blue Beetle). Lopez will play Uncle Rudy Reyes to Xolo Maridueña's Jaimie Reyes. Still set for Aug 18 2023. https://deadline.com/2022/03/sharon-stone-in-final-talks-to-play-villain-in-warner-bros-dcs-blue-beetle-1234990422/ Deadpool 3 - Leslie Uggams returning as Blind Al. She and Ryan Reynolds have confirmed as much in recent tweets. https://twitter.com/LeslieUggams/status/1507845409238040576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Morbius - Both end credit scenes have apparently leaked online. Though neither is especially surprising. Still on track for April 1 2022.Teen Wolf - Ian Bohen and Khylin Rhambo will be reprising their roles.Tyler Hoechlin is in negotiations to feature in the movie, as well. https://deadline.com/2022/03/teen-wolf-ian-bohen-khylin-rhambo-cast-revival-movie-tyler-hoechlin-1234986642/ TrailersTop Gun: Maverick - https://youtu.be/giXco2jaZ_4 May 27 2022The Batman - Joker scene https://youtu.be/Qf59OXCkjUg SuggestsSevenRumor MillBladeThere is supposedly going to be multiple timelines in the new Blade movie. One of which will include Kit Harrington's Dane Whitman, aka Black Knight. We DID see Whitman finding the Ebony Blade in the Eternals post credit scene, while hearing Mahershala Ali's voice asking if he is “ready for that.”~ALSO~Dracula is rumored to be a part of the Blade movie story. Possibly played by Giancarlo Esposito.Guardians of the GalaxyKevin Bacon rumored to have a cameo on either the Christmas Special or the third movie.Son of KongThe next movie for the Monsterverse?DC TimelineRumor has it that Ezra Miller is the cause of the DC movie timeline shake up last month. With some reworking being in order now that The Flash is slated LAST in the line instead of FIRST.Blue BeetleTed Kord said to ALSO appear as the OG Blue Beetle.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! Following up on all the things!! Some BREAKING NEWS, 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. TV/StreamingFollow-ups/CorrectionsMoon Knight - Happy Moon Knight Day! Also, this series is NOT part of the greater MCU. Much like the Daredevil universe of Netflix series'.Halo - The series… Archive 81 - DONEDark MatterJoel Edgerton is set to star, with original author Blake Crouch serving as writer and showrunner. The show is based on the novel based on the bestselling sci-fi book of the same name. No release date just yet.https://cosmicbook.news/joel-edgerton-dark-matter-sci-fi-series-apple-tv-plus James BondAmazon's first series with the 007 franchise in their possession (Amazon bought MGM for $8.5 Billion last week) is a “contestants-race-around-the-world” style reality/game show called “007's Road to a Million”. Challenges will take place in iconic Bond shooting locations.https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/james-bond-amazon-show-mgm-1235214551/#recipient_hashed=50809d4239339486180988dd324dcecadbfddccf80c8df65f1b0000f7493c848 IT: Welcome to DerryPrequel on board for HBO Max. Andy Muchietti, his wife Barbara, and Jason Fuchs will produce with Fuchs also writing the script. The story seems to be around the Bob Gray character from the novel who was alluded to in the 2019 movie.https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/it-prequel-series-hbo-max-1235218176/ SuggestsYoung Justice season 4.Manley25 (tiktok) Request.MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsBlue Beetle - Sharon Stone and George Lopez have been cast in the movie. Sharon Stone as Victoria Kord (possibly wife of Ted Kord the OG Blue Beetle). Lopez will play Uncle Rudy Reyes to Xolo Maridueña's Jaimie Reyes. Still set for Aug 18 2023. https://deadline.com/2022/03/sharon-stone-in-final-talks-to-play-villain-in-warner-bros-dcs-blue-beetle-1234990422/ Deadpool 3 - Leslie Uggams returning as Blind Al. She and Ryan Reynolds have confirmed as much in recent tweets. https://twitter.com/LeslieUggams/status/1507845409238040576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Morbius - Both end credit scenes have apparently leaked online. Though neither is especially surprising. Still on track for April 1 2022.Teen Wolf - Ian Bohen and Khylin Rhambo will be reprising their roles.Tyler Hoechlin is in negotiations to feature in the movie, as well. https://deadline.com/2022/03/teen-wolf-ian-bohen-khylin-rhambo-cast-revival-movie-tyler-hoechlin-1234986642/ TrailersTop Gun: Maverick - https://youtu.be/giXco2jaZ_4 May 27 2022The Batman - Joker scene https://youtu.be/Qf59OXCkjUg SuggestsSevenRumor MillBladeThere is supposedly going to be multiple timelines in the new Blade movie. One of which will include Kit Harrington's Dane Whitman, aka Black Knight. We DID see Whitman finding the Ebony Blade in the Eternals post credit scene, while hearing Mahershala Ali's voice asking if he is “ready for that.”~ALSO~Dracula is rumored to be a part of the Blade movie story. Possibly played by Giancarlo Esposito.Guardians of the GalaxyKevin Bacon rumored to have a cameo on either the Christmas Special or the third movie.Son of KongThe next movie for the Monsterverse?DC TimelineRumor has it that Ezra Miller is the cause of the DC movie timeline shake up last month. With some reworking being in order now that The Flash is slated LAST in the line instead of FIRST.Blue BeetleTed Kord said to ALSO appear as the OG Blue Beetle.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
"If it ain't broke, keep fixing it." - James. Arishem's eternally dumb plan for Deviants and Eternals, Thanos was the good guy, the Ebony Blade leads to Knull and the Symbiotic future of the MCM, and Peacemaker can't keep the Peace. It's all not broke, but it's all getting fixed in today's episode. It's good to be back with you, guys! (Seriously, not a single female listens to this podcast. It's 100% Dudes. Just the way Peacemaker would like it.)
It's been a while since Doc and FryGuy both focused on Marvel stories. After they go over what's new this week in comics (7:29), they took at Hawkeye (40:11), in light of his upcoming show, and Black Knight (56:10), who many just met in Marvel's Eternals. Find the guys @TLDR_pod (IG/Twitter), @Fry_Guy1 (Twitter) and @BackCrackah (IG/Twitter) and with the rest of the #DORK shared GUniverse on Facebook. TLDR is now on YouTube and TikTok, too! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
It's been a while since Doc and FryGuy both focused on Marvel stories. After they go over what's new this week in comics (6:52), they took at Hawkeye (39:34), in light of his upcoming show, and Black Knight (55:33), who many just met in Marvel's Eternals. Find the guys @TLDR_pod (IG/Twitter), @Fry_Guy1 (Twitter) and @BackCrackah (IG/Twitter) and with the rest of the #DORK shared GUniverse on Facebook. TLDR is now on YouTube and TikTok, too!
Eternals post-credit scene reveals BLADE (Mahershala Ali) teaming up with Dane Whitman! Will we see these two in Moon Knight? Head to http://Stance.com to pick out some great styles of socks and shirts for yourself. Find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments today when you go to http://UPSTART.com/ROGUE. Head to http://FAHERTYBRAND.com and use code ROGUE at checkout to snag 20% off ALL your fall gear. Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code ROGUE at http://BlueChew.com --just pay $5 shipping. The second post-credit scene of Marvel's Eternals links up Dane Whitman, future Black Knight and bearer of the Ebony Blade, teaming up with Mahershala Ali as Blade the Daywalker in the MCU. When will we see these two next, and on what team -- the Midnight Sons, STAKE, or MI-13? And will they show up in the upcoming MCU Oscar Isaac series MOON KNIGHT? In this episode of Rogue Theory, Erik Voss, MT, Jessica Clemons, and Eddie Villanueva go rogue about Blade in the MCU and Dane Whitman's dark lineage with the Ebony Blade! Check out our sweet, sweet merch! http://www.newrockstarsmerch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the November 10, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about Marvel's Eternals. [embed=] Opening Banter: In The Spoiler Room: Eternals Reactions:Peter Brad The Twist:Hannah: Eternals Ending Explained: The Truth About Celestials Emerges “the Eternals have learned that they're actually humanoid creations used by the Celestials to harvest the population of planets by keeping Deviants (also created by Celestials) at bay to allow enough energy to be created in order for a Celestial to be born out of a planet's destruction.” War -> Tech Why didn't they try to stop thanos? / Thanos was actually saving humanity Jeremy: Were Any Of The Eternals Blipped By Thanos? Chloe Zhao Has The Answer The Ending: “Sersi, Kingo, and Phastos will stay on Earth to protect it, and Sprite has been granted mortality by Sersi's newfound abilities. But at the end of the film, Arishem appears above Earth and summons Sersi, Kingo, and Phastos to answer for their betrayal. Meanwhile, Thena, Makkari, and Druig head off in their ship, the Domo, to spread the word to the other Eternals” Mid Credits SceneBrad: Eternals Credits Scenes Explained: What Does This Mean For The Future Of The MCU? Lex: Everything You Need To Know About Those Eternals Cameos Shania: Chloe Zhao Pitched That Eternals Credits Character Reveal With The Actor Already In Mind Who is Pip The Troll? But Isn't Patton Oswalt already MODOK? Who is Starfox? Danielle: This Is How Thanos Is Connected To The Eternals Post Credits Scene : Jeremy: Eternals Sneakily Introduces A Major MCU Character – Here Are The Details Brad: Marvel's Eternals Post-Credits Scene Almost Featured An Avenger Kirk: Things Only Comics Fans Know About Eternals' Dane Whitman, Aka The Black Knight Who is Black Knight? What is the Ebony Blade? Why Blade? Sequels:Ryan: Eternals Proves Marvel Is Still Bulletproof At The Box Office, Relatively Speaking Ryan: Eternals Star Salma Hayek Reveals She's Signed On For Multiple Marvel Movies Jeff: Eternals Just Opened The Door To Countless Potential Marvel Movies Also mentioned: Joshua's Eternals Spoiler Review: A Cosmic Superhero Family Dispute Where It's Complicated, Real Complicated Chris: Who Is The Voice Of Deviant Leader Kro In Eternals? Sandy: Who Is Tiamut In Eternals? Explaining The Celestial Jeremy: Who Is Arishem In Eternals? The Leader Of The Four Celestial Hosts Explained All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.
Intro Upcoming holiday hiatus Background (2:38) Dane Whitman created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema in Avengers #47 (Dec. 1967) Dane Whitman is the nephew of Nathan Garrett, a descendant of Sir Percy of Scandia who served in the Court of King Arthur as the Black Knight, and was bestowed with a sword known as the Ebony Blade, carved from a meteorite and only to be wielded by the most honorable of knights The sword then made its way to Nathan Garrett, who called himself the Black Knight and used the Ebony Blade to commit crime - on his deathbed, he renounced his life and told Dane to take up the sword and restore the family legacy After initially being mistaken for his villainous uncle, he later joins the Avengers and the Defenders While serving with the Avengers, he discovers the Ebony Blade is cursed - the more blood is shed with it, the more its wielder becomes insane - after battling Morgan le Fay and Mordred, Sir Percy's spirit merges with the blade, cancelling the curse He then becomes romantically involved with Crystal and Sersi - He is attracted to both, but in an effort to save Sersi from an intergalactic illness, Dane is unwillingly bonded to Sersi in a merger called the “Gann Josin” - the bond is broken during a battle with alternate dimension versions of the Avengers, led by Proctor, a Dane Whitman from another world who was rejected by his Sersi and now travels the multiverse killing every version of her he can find - a Watcher creates an alternate reality where Sersi can be free of the curse, and Dane goes with her over guilt of his actions #BecauseComics Meanwhile, his squire Sean Dolan gets the Ebony Blade, and becomes the villain known as Bloodwraith Dane & Sersi are sent to the Ultraverse, home of Malibu Comics, where Dane becomes the leader of Ultraforce - attempts to return home, but ends up in the 12th century, where he battles Apocalypse and the mutant who would become Exodus Upon returning to the 616 universe and current time, he joins Heroes for Hire for a period After killing the villain Carnivore with the Ebony Blade, he leaves for Weirdworld, but is followed shortly after by the Avengers, who want to bring him to justice - Steve Rogers takes the Blade from him, but it drives him mad, and only after battling a possessed Steve and regaining control does the team realize Dane has things more under control than believed During King In Black, it's revealed that the Ebony Blade is actually an evil blade that amplifies the anger and insanity within its wielder - Merlyn lied to Dane, who realized all the times that he lost control were all his fault Recently revealed he had a daughter, Jacks, who now shares the mantle of Black Knight with him, because the two of them can split the burden of the Ebony Blade so that neither handles the madness alone Issues (8:01) Addicted to the Blade Guilt over how much of his actions were his doing vs the blade (19:36) Legacy character - trying to undo the negativity of his uncle, all while “failing” in his own way (27:53) Break (35:16) Plugs for BetterHelp, Bedknobs & Broomflicks, and Philip Kennedy Johnson Treatment (38:57) In-universe - Bring in Kazuma Kuwabara from YuYu Hakusho, who can manifest energy into a sword, and teach him to let go of the Ebony Blade and focus on other things Out of universe - (41:02) Skit (47:27) DOC: Hello Dane, I'm Dr. Issues. DANE WHITMAN: Hi Doc. DOC: So what can I do for you? DW: Well… SIR PERCY: Why do ye waste yer time with this fool? He cannot comprehend the magnitude of yer burden. DOC: Are you alright? You seem a bit… distant. DW: Doc, schizophrenia is when you hear voices in your head, right? DOC: Auditory hallucinations can be a symptom, although they're not exclusive to schizophrenia nor are they present in every case of schizophrenia. What makes you bring that up? SP: Go on, tell him. Tell him ye hear yer great-great-granda talk to ye. Better yet, tell him ye can SEE me. Aye, that'll help. DW: *shut up* DOC: I'm sorry, are you- DW: No, not to you. SP: Doin' great so far. DW: It's my great-grandfather. Great… I don't even know how many times over. SP: Greater than ye'll ever be, at this rate. DOC: OK… DW: Let me start over. I have this sword. SP: Oh sure, blame the sword. Not the sword's fault yer a foppish twit who's in over ye head. DW: *Keep it up, old man, and I'll find a way to bring you back to life just to cut your head off.* DOC: Alright, I'm getting the idea that I'm definitely not the only person you're talking to here. Are you talking to the sword? DW: No, but the sword is the reason I'm talking to someone else. DOC: Keep going. SP: Aye, I cannae wait to hear how ye explain this. DW: This sword is powerful. SP: *sarcastic clap* bravo, hero. Are ye gonna tell ‘em it cuts things, too? DOC: For you to put so much stock in it, I'm sure it is. How does that connect to talking to someone else? DW: If it weren't for my kin, I wouldn't have it. DOC: Ah, a treasured heirloom...but more to it still, I'm guessing. Any soldier SP AND DW: KNIGHT DOC: Sorry...any knight holds their weapon dear to them. You don't just keep it close, though. You're staring at it. SP: It's better than lookin' at his face. Ye know he'd see through ye, right? DW: He's bonded with the sword...my ancestor...I know this sounds crazy DOC: I'd never say that SP: Cuz he's blind to ye, lad. DOC: Is there anything that keeps you distracted, so your stress doesn't overwhelm you? DW: I don't part with my duties. I have sworn to protect what's right. SP: Atta' boy! DOC: Sometimes being away from something you cherish can give a person a fresh perspective. DW: I'm uniquely qualified to handle this weapon. That's not the problem. It's what happens when I let others get in my way SP: So ye see now? He doesn't know how special you are...WE are. This is a gift, lad. DOC: Nobody is put on the Earth to solely be your obstacle. Only circumstances and personal choices ever do that. I actually want to take this psychological journey WITH you, not against you. DW: I've fought alongside many. I'm not paranoid. Just stressed. DOC (subdued) AND SP (emphatic) : I can see that DW: If my mind's not right, I'll lose control. Believe me, nobody wants that. SP: So take control DOC: So let go a bit DW: *clearly confused* what? SP: This ward of potions wants to weaken ye, too soft. DOC: You're going to have to...I don't know...ration out or delegate your responsibilities. That's a tough thing to do in the short term, but you'll be able to redouble your efforts if you give yourself time to rest. Plus, the fact that you're STILL staring at that sword concerns me. DW: (somber) Tell me, doctor...do you think a man can do good things with dark intentions? SP: What are ye on about? DOC: I don't pretend to know the answer to hypotheticals DW: It's NOT hypothetical. *frustrated groan* This sword...feeds off of some things that I'd rather not talk about, not even to a psychiatrist. When it works...oh MAN does it work. I can slay any enemy. I can save people. But when things go bad...like I said, let's not talk about it. DOC: Well, that's kind of my thing, sooooo SP: Keep going and someone who would not be considered worthy of the court will know more than some of the sorcerers in my day DW: I...can't. The point is, I don't want to go nuts. I don't need to be labeled insane. I have a lot of wrongs to right. Not just for me...for anybody who ever held this sword. My family. Does that part make sense? DOC: Definitely. SP: Ye see? You only need yerself, and that sword. I can still guide ye. DOC: From everything you've told me, I want to make an alliance. It's my own oath to help that compels me to make sure you remain fit to wield that thing. A combination of talk therapy along with medication management SP: *interrupting* No apothecaries DW: I...have a bit of trouble with that last part. DOC: You, or someone else? SP: HE CANNAE KNOW THAT! DW: I'd rather not say DOC: I'll let you in on something...your delays in responses are a giveaway that you have what we call internal stimuli. I'm not trying to judge that. But if you have to hesitate like that when there are life and death decisions to be made, and even if they're distracting you with positive ideas, you're going to falter. I see it all the time. And if you don't take charge of this right now, then one of your fellow heroes or friends or family will try to protect you by whatever means necessary. It doesn't have to get to that point. SP: Aye, he means well, but he doesn't know our kind. DW: *pause* You don't make this easy DOC: Nothing over a sword ever is, right? Ending (53:45) Recommended reading: 2015 Black Knight solo series Next episodes: Donna Troy, Homelander, Polaris Plugs for social References: Crystal episode - Anthony (4:09) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: here Twitter Facebook Patreon TeePublic Discord
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Conor Kilpatrick is back! And so is The Bell because every comic book came out this week! Running Time: 01:09:42 Pick of the Week: 00:02:51 – Beta Ray Bill #5 Comics: 00:14:19 – Action Comics #1033 00:19:42 – Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 00:24:31 – The United States of Captain America #2 00:30:01 – That Texas Blood #8 00:34:05 – Strange Adventures #11 The Bell: 00:41:39 – The Bell is back! 00:42:58 – Groo Meets Tarzan #1 00:43:20 – Robin #4 00:43:48 – Avengers: Mech Strike #5 00:44:09 – Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #5 00:44:34 – Shang-Chi #3 00:44:56 – Batman/Superman #20 00:45:22 – Icon & Rocket: Season One #1 00:45:44 – Batman: Reptillian #2 00:46:09 – The Scumbag #9 00:46:31 – Usagi Yojimbo: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy #2 00:46:53 – The Blue Flame #3 00:47:18 – Made in Korea #4 00:47:43 – Black Cat #8 00:48:07 – Daredevil #32 00:48:30 – Shadow Doctor #5 00:48:53 – The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #4 00:49:17 – Fantastic Four #34 00:49:41 – Symbiote Spider-Man: Crossroads #1 Patron Pick: 00:50:37 – Amazing Fantasy #1 Patron Thanks: 00:55:25 – Juan Ponce 00:56:45 – Kid Keith 00:57:30 – John Costello 00:58:39 – Off-White Saviour Audience Question: 00:59:33 – Paul P. has been doubling up on his reading and wonders if that might benefit the iFanboys. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: “Dear Mr. Fantasy” Traffic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The face of the Marvel Universe is shifting -- and so is XI4P! The X-Pack take on more mutants, more magic, and more Marvels all summer long as the team grows featuring familiar hosts, classic voices, and new recruits, and this episode checks all the boxes. First up, Way Of X continues to blow the X-Pack and the Krakoan's minds, figuratively and literally, respectively. Then, at 42:30, the team examines back-to-back issues of the transformative Black Knight: Curse Of The Ebony Blade as there are more and more Ebony weapons, and less and less of Dane left. Finally, at 1:21:30, take one final look at the first issue of Gerry Duggan's X-Men -- all this and more on a new XI4P: MMM!
¡Arqueros, capitantes, texanos sangrientos y crossovers invaden los cómics de la semana este 2 de julio! DC COMICS - (12:04) Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 MARVEL - (27:45) Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy #1. The United States of Captain America #1. Beta Ray Bill #4. Daredevil #31. X-Factor #10. Cable #11. Black Widow #8. Shang-Chi #2. Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #4. MANGA - (95:29) Rent-a-girlfriend #1 (Panini) INDIES - (105:45) The Mighty Crusaders: The Shield #1 (Archie Comics). Usagi Yojimbo: Dragon Bellows Conspiracy #1 (IDW Publishing). Parasomnia #1 (Dark Horse Comics). The Department of Truth #10 (Image Comics). Crossover #7 (Image Comics). That Texas Blood #7 (Image Comics). Money Shot #12 (Vault Comics). Made in Korea #2 (Image Comics) FICHA COVACHA Mesa: Bernardo Arteaga y Valentín García Síguenos en Twitter, Facebook, YouTube y ¡ahora en Twitch! Fecha: Viernes 02 de Julio, 2021 Música Midnight City by c152 feat. chirrrex Chase by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5766-chase License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Lofi Chill Hip-Hop by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6347-lofi-chill-hip-hop License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Vlog Lofi by RamolPro Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7071-vlog-lofi License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Once again, Joe "The Horror" Lewis Reviews the Marvel Universe, with reviews of Heroes Reborn 4, Hyperion and The Imperial Guard, and Black Knight The Curse of the Ebony Blade 1-3. If I were my own variant, would I even know? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cheeseburgersandmarijuana/support
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Hi Skrull gak ada angin gak ada ujan beberapa waktu yang lalu Marvel studio akhirnya ngasih kita first look teaser dari film eternals yang bakal tayang dibulan November tahun ini. So apa aja yang bakal terjadi di film ini, yuk simak pembahasan kita kali ini
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¡Sobre chicas maravilla e historias fantásticas de vida hablaremos esta noche en Los Cómics de la Semana!, y los más viejitos celebran el fin de la "DiDioctadura" en DC. DC COMICS - (4:01) Catwoman #31. Wonder Girl #1. Superman: Red and Blue #3. Justice League #61. The Flash #770. Nightwing #80 MARVEL - (84:09) The Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1. Fantastic Four: Life Story #1. Shang-Chi #1. Heroes Reborn #3. Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #3. Way of X #2. The Amazing Spider-Man #66. Daredevil #30. Runaways #36. MANGA - (175:42) To Your Eternity (Panini). Gigantomaquia (Panini) INDIES - (193:30) Stillwater #7 (Skybound). Stray Dogs #4 (Image Comics). We Only Find Them When They're Dead #6 (BOOM! Studios). Rangers of the Divide #1 (Dark Horse Comics). Luna #4 (BOOM! Studios). The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #2 (BOOM! Studios). Project Patron #2 (Aftershock). Home #2 (Image Comics). Jonna and The Unpossible Monsters #3 (Oni Press) FICHA COVACHA Mesa: Francisco Espinosa, Bernardo Arteaga y Valentín García Síguenos en Twitter, Facebook, YouTube y ¡ahora en Twitch! Fecha: Viernes 21 de Mayo, 2021 Música Midnight City by c152 feat. chirrrex Forgot About Me by DreamHeaven License Lofi Chill Hip-Hop by WinnieTheMoog License Vlog Lofi by RamolPro License Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod License
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The X-Pack return with a look at all side of the Marvel Universe (but of course, mostly Krakoa)! First up, join Josh, Drew, & Evelyn as they examine the most recent issue of Hellions, the first in a long stretch to focus on the dark and forego much of the humor that has surrounded the build-up to here -- and where is here? Exactly where Sinister wants it to be -- FULL OF CLONES. Then, join Arturo as he, Matty, & Blake discuss the possibility of Cable-as-Stryfe as well as the antepenultimate issue of the series. Lastly, Black Knight hasn't had an easy go of it lately, and Nico, Kevo, Jonah, Blake, & Nathan are here for it as they continue to take a look at Black Knight Curse Of The Ebony Blade with its second Elsa-Bloodstone-loaded issue!
0m - INTRODUCTION Keith’s collection breaks 10000 issues! Nightwing v.1 & v.2! Alan’s finished Invincible! Keith finally completed Spider-Man on PS4 and started on Horizon Zero Dawn! New DC Horror Line: Conjuring Tie-Ins, Alan’s latest rant on speculators - Batman/Fortnite, Falcon & Winter Soldier Ep.6, Falcon show runners writing next Captain America movie, Loki next COMIC REVIEWS HONOURABLE MENTIONS 35m15s - DC – Superman: Red & Blue #2, Catwoman #30 39m 45s - Marvel - Alien #2, Carnage: Black, White & Blood #2, SWORD #5, Way of X #1, Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #2 1hr 05m 40s - Indie - Orphan & Five Beasts #2, Knock ‘Em Dead #5, Blade Runner Origins #3, The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #1 PICKS 1hr 21m 38s - Alan - Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 1hr 31m 14s - Paddy - The Avengers 45 1hr 40m 40s - Keith - Nightwing #79 1hr 53m 05s - Titles to look forward to next NCBD Alan - Deadly Class #45, Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book, Beta Ray Bill #2 Paddy - Robin #1, Department of Truth #8, Teen Titans Academy #2 Keith - The Marvels #1, Once & Future #18, Two Moons #3
0m - INTRODUCTION Keith’s collection breaks 10000 issues! Nightwing v.1 & v.2! Alan’s finished Invincible! Keith finally completed Spider-Man on PS4 and started on Horizon Zero Dawn! New DC Horror Line: Conjuring Tie-Ins, Alan’s latest rant on speculators - Batman/Fortnite, Falcon & Winter Soldier Ep.6, Falcon show runners writing next Captain America movie, Loki next COMIC REVIEWS HONOURABLE MENTIONS 35m15s - DC – Superman: Red & Blue #2, Catwoman #30 39m 45s - Marvel - Alien #2, Carnage: Black, White & Blood #2, SWORD #5, Way of X #1, Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #2 1hr 05m 40s - Indie - Orphan & Five Beasts #2, Knock ‘Em Dead #5, Blade Runner Origins #3, The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #1 PICKS 1hr 21m 38s - Alan - Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 1hr 31m 14s - Paddy - The Avengers 45 1hr 40m 40s - Keith - Nightwing #79 1hr 53m 05s - Titles to look forward to next NCBD Alan - Deadly Class #45, Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book, Beta Ray Bill #2 Paddy - Robin #1, Department of Truth #8, Teen Titans Academy #2 Keith - The Marvels #1, Once & Future #18, Two Moons #3
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Najnowszy odcinek Pulsa to przede wszystkim omówienie komiksowych zapowiedzi wydawnictwa Egmont na czerwiec 2021 z logiem Marvela na okładce. Czy warto sięgnąć po nowe serie w ramach inicjatywy Marvel Fresh, która zastąpi Marvel NOW 2.0.? Krzysiek i Wojtek postarają się odpowiedzieć na to pytanie. Nie zabraknie też miejsca na rozmowę o premierowych "jedynkach" z ostatnich dwóch tygodni, które okazały się być dużo lepszą lekturą niż komiksy ostatnio omawiane w Pulsie. 00:00 Nowe trailer filmu "Black Widow" i "Loki" 03:18 Venom: Let there be Carnage znów przesunięty 04:12 John Romita Jr powraca do Marvela 08:25 Zapowiedzi wydawnictwa Egmont na czerwiec 2021 23:21 ZESZYTÓWKA: Beta Ray Bill #1 25:54 ZESZYTÓWKA: Silk #1 28:35 ZESZYTÓWKA: Avengers: Curse of Man-Thing #1 31:10 ZESZYTÓWKA: Black Knight: Curse of Ebony Blade #1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AvalonMarvelComicsPL/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarvelComicsPL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marvelcomics.pl/ Grupa na Facebooku: https://www.facebook.com/groups/239895254267566 Podcastu możecie także słuchać na innych platformach jak i na YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfrhA9_xUJrE0XzE19BciUg
On this week's comic book review podcast: Ultramega #1 Image Comics By James Harren Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1 Marvel By Si Spurrier & Sergio Dávila Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 Dark Horse Comics By James Stokoe Catwoman #29 DC Comics Written by Ram V Art by Fernando Blanco Radiant Black #2 Image Comics Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Marcelo Costa The Amazing Spider-Man: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Jed MacKay Art by Michele Bandini, Alberto Albuquerque Nightwing #78 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by Bruno Redondo Orcs! #2 Kaboom! By Christine Larsen The Trials of Ultraman #1 Marvel Written by Kyle Higgins & Mat Groom Art by Francesco Manna, Eduardo Ferigato and Gurihiru Justice League #59 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Ram V Art by David Marquez, Xermanico Snow Angels #2 ComiXology Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Jock SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript Alex: What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that come out this week, but not Head Lopper. Justin: Yeah, what the fuck, man? Alex: Never Head Lopper, never, ever. [crosstalk 00:00:22] They barely lop any heads anymore in that book. [crosstalk 00:00:28] Justin: It should be Head Notper because they're not lopping anything up. Alex: It's a very good book. We're just not talking about it in The Stack. Instead, we're going to kick things off, talking about Ultramega #1, from Image Comics by James Harren. I think you actually said it best on the live show, Justin, so I don't know if you want to just take it from here, but I think you totally nailed my thoughts on this book. Justin: Yeah. And so this book is a take on Kaiju, sort of a dark take. I've never been a Kaiju guy in comic book form. Pete: Really? Justin: Just in the comics, I feel like a lot of them are sort of similar to what we've seen before. And this book is such a dark take on it. You're in this character's head, it's just such a fresh version of this type of book. I loved every bit of the story and so many surprising moments and especially where it lands by the end. This was definitely the… Caught me off guard and was the most surprising and exciting book of the week for me. Pete: Wow. Alex: Pete, what about you? Pete: I loved it. The art's unbelievable. This is a real epic book. Unbelievable battles, super gross. Yeah. The storyline is really creative and different. It's dark in all the right places, creepy and gross looking in all the right places and huge and intense and others. And it's just really, really well done. Justin: [crosstalk 00:01:56] Sorry, before you get there, Alex, one last thing, it's also the rare book that goes hard. It doesn't just set up the premise and then sit in it and be like, “Tune in next week.” Kind of a thing. It goes hard at the ideas and really pushes it. Alex: The basic premise of the thing. And this gives away the first couple of pages, which I think are surprising and exciting in and of themself as they slowly spool out the story. But I'll do this just to tease people about it and then not talk about what happens probably in the last two thirds of the book. Well, the general idea is this weird eye creature or space being gives three people powers to turn into giant beings kind of called, at least one of them is called Ultramega. And they are able to identify a Kaiju virus that has embedded itself in people, but the catch is when they approach those people, when they see it, it activates that virus and they turn into these giant Kaiju and then they need to fight them. And it's kind of what the world deals with after that. But as Justin was mentioning, it spins in these crazy, crazy dark directions that are so good. Alex: Art wise as well, Pete, I don't know if you're going to take exception to this, but this reminded me in a really pleasant way of Daniel Warren Johnson and his work, just because all of the action. I think this was the thing as well that really shocked me about this book because I'm also not a huge Kaiju fan most of the time, is how clear and unique the action felt across the board, how well it was staged. Great. And it just builds too, over the course of the book. It starts with these big fights and they only get huger by the end. It's amazing. Pete: Yeah, it really is impressive. I guess I'm the only guy who likes Kaiju but that being said, I agree with Justin with the way that it moves. This book, it feels like they really sat on this book a little bit before releasing it and went over it again and again, and tightened and made all these different things because the way it… It's just a powerhouse from start to finish. Alex: And the creator talks about this a little bit at the end, we should also mention it's an oversized book. I might have the page count, but it's at least 60 pages or so. Justin: Yep. 62 pages of comic action. Alex: Yeah. [crosstalk 00:04:12] And he talks about this in the end where he says, I know, normally it felt like you should be doing 20 ish pages of a book, but there's so much more he wanted to say in this first issue that he just jammed it all in there and worked on it and it's totally worth it. This is an incredible book. Definitely pick it up. Easily the pick of the week, but lots of other good things on The Stack so keep listening to our podcast because here we go. [crosstalk 00:04:34] Justin: Yeah, don't shut it off just because we got a banger. [crosstalk 00:04:36]. Alex: Comic book shop. Pete: No, I mean, that's how I would listen to it. I would just be like, “Well, all right, looks like this is the one they recommend. That's on you, dear. I'm going to go to the shop.” Alex: Well, stay tuned for our even more pick of the week that we're going to have [crosstalk 00:04:51] Justin: Oh, nice. Way to sell it up. P.T. Barnum. Pete, when you listen to albums back in the day were you're like, “Oh, great song, smash. I'm done with this shit.” Pete: It's all right, man. Justin: You're like Pearl Jam Ten or Pearl Jam One, throw the rest away. I don't care about the rest of these songs. Alex: Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1 from Marvel by Si Spurrier and Sergio Davila, we read the Black Knight King in Black One Shot, enjoyed that. But I think our general impression was it felt like, “Ah, this is really just setting up a Black Knight series.” Surprise, it was in fact setting up a Black Knight series. And what you get here is also a very dark take on a classic Marvel character. Justin, you're a fan of the Black Knight. How'd you feel about this one? Justin: I love the Black Knight and this was another great book. They do a great job in this book of specifically setting up a Black Knight as sort of the dark side of a Thor. Black Knight famously an Avenger, sort of a mid-tier Avenger who wasn't a super big hero, but was around a lot in different eras of the Avengers. And in this, he feels that. He's like, “I wish I had friends. I wish I could hang out with the Avengers.” It's sad. Pete: Yeah. It's got to be tough. You're so close yet so far away. Justin: Yeah. Well, he was in, he's in the Avengers. [crosstalk 00:06:13] Pete: That's what I mean, but they won't hang out with him. Justin: Yeah. It's a bummer. They only call him for the real fucked up missions. But in this, there's a great moment in here where Thor can't pick up Black Knight's sword, the Cursed Ebony Blade, because he's too pure and he's like, “You have to have a darkness. It has to feel your shadow.” Which I thought was just a great comparison as Thor was just throwing his worthy hammer in the air. And then you have this blade that is too dark for anyone to pick up but our guy Dane. Pete: Which is surprising, because you would think with Thor's drinking, he would have a little bit of a dark side, but apparently not. Justin: Yeah. He's a social drinker. Pete: Well, it's interesting, the way the conflict that he has and the way that he has to use kind of the darkness inside of him. It's not the goodness that he uses to fight. It's the dark side. It's kind of like the anger. So I very much related to that. And it was very cool. Like this moment of him trying to deal with his emotions and talk things out in a way that he can be okay with who he is and how he battles and stuff like that. I thought it was very interesting and cool. Alex: I like this book quite a bit too. Let's move on and talk about Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 from Dark Horse Comics by James Stokoe. Pete, I don't know why you need your Head Lopper when you got your Orphan and the Five Beasts. I mean, come on, you got an angry fighter, you got a bunch of lopping going on. That's got to satisfy you. Justin: This is right over the Pete plate right here. Pete: Yeah. I mean, this was great. Don't get me wrong. This was a lot of fun. The thigh master or whatever it was really fucking bad-ass. Just kind of the cloak dude who is just really great at fighting. I very, very much enjoyed this book. Alex: And just to be clear, we like Head Lopper. I'll stop pretending that I'm slamming it over the rest of the podcast. Justin: Love Head Lopper. Alex: But this is exactly what you wanted, to have James Stokoe, I'm trying to think how to describe it, but just like quest to kill five increasingly, probably deadly villains who have killed this ronin's master sort of story. You kind of know what you're in for, but it's the regular requisite James Stokoe insane art. This is very fun. It's very enjoyable and it looks great. Pete: Yeah. I also really liked the kind of setup. Sometimes we get a set up of like, “I have to avenge because of this or whatever.” And it's sometimes interesting, but sometimes kind of typical. This is a very kind of cool a story to kind of set up how this is all going to go down, this whole you make a promise to, “Okay, I'll give you this power, but then you've got to come back and learn the right way to use it.” And I thought it was a very cool setup for [inaudible 00:09:07] and for all this unbelievable fighting and action. Justin: This feels like it's at the intersection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the classic, Usagi Yojimbo and Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z. And that intersection is actually where Pete lives. If you're ever looking to send some mail to Pete, that's the address. Pete: Yeah. I definitely get my mail there. There's no question. Alex: Let's move on and talk about Catwoman #29 from DC Comics written by Ram V., art by Fernando Blanco. In this issue, Catwoman is running shit downtown, but there's some different forces who are closing in on her at the same time. A couple of things that I'll throw out to you guys right at the top here, first of all, I sort of felt this last week, but I felt this even more this week, I am really appreciating Future State even more based on the fact that DC set up these art teams, kind of gave them two months to play around and figure things out and then put them on the permanent titles. And that pays off here with a really good, beautifully drawn story. I haven't read Catwoman in a really long time, but I like this quite a bit. On the flip side of things, I am wondering, and I know there has been blow back, should they have renumbered these to #1? Justin: Wow. Pete: Oh, my God. Jesus Christ. Justin: I'm surprised they didn't, to be honest. But I do think coming out of Future State, which was all #1s and #2s, I get why they just kept going. And I appreciate that a little bit more because I think Future State was sort of the bait to get you to sign on to these books with these great new creative teams. And I want to say, I feel like Ram V. is having a moment. Pete: Yeah. Ram V.! I agree. I really liked this book. I like how the villain is a kind of similar to Ghost in the Ant-Man movie. I also love this kind of strung out Riddler a little bit who's hooked on that Ivy. You know what I mean? A very interesting take. There's a lot going on in this book, which I appreciate. This is a very cool Catwoman book. The art's fantastic. Alex: I particularly like playing in this villainous side of the world. Catwoman always straddles this weird line, particularly now that she's canonically with Batman, has fallen more on the side of the heroes, but you do have all these characters in Gotham that have been on both sides. You have Poison Ivy, you have Harley Quinn, you have Catwoman, you have Riddler. All of these ones that are like, “They're bad, but are they really that bad?” To throw those into a book together as a cast and throw them against even worse villains, I think is a great place for Catwoman to be as a character. Justin: I feel like the move there is to make them sort of selfish heroes, as opposed to villains. They're like heroes who do what they want as opposed to just always saving the day, which I think makes for a more interesting story. Alex: I agree. Moving on, Radiant Black #2 from Image Comics written by Kyle Higgins, art by Marcelo Costa. We loved the first issue here, it was about a guy that discovers a weird black hole over a train track, gets some powers, felt very much invincible, even though it's a different story and it's a different character. And it had a lot of the sense of that, that in my mind continues with the second issue, which finds him having breakfast with his dad multiple times, meeting up with another person with similar powers and fighting them. Great. I had a good time reading this book again and I'm very into it after two issues. Pete: I would like to point out though, kids out there, if you see a floating black hole, you shouldn't go towards it and try to grab it, okay. That's a bad idea. We don't want to encourage that kind of stuff. Justin: And that's a PSA we've done for years. We've put that out there on public radio and… We're the big don't touch the black hole guys. Alex: What'd you think about this book, Justin? Justin: Nice, great question, Alex. I like the second issue a lot. I was fine with it in the first issue. And I think the second issue has made me like it more where we get into the character a little bit. It does feel like Invincible a lot without sort of the epic, worldwide storytelling. This is very much about this kid who wants to be a writer and failed and has to go back home and he's using his under the radar or his like, I need to figure out my life, “super powers” of being an Uber driver to aid in his super heroics. And I think that's cool. Pete: Yeah. I think this is not only stylistically very cool. And I liked the outfits and when they're suited up, how that all looks, it looks really looks amazing. But I also like the person inside the suit and the struggles with what's going on. And yeah, you don't want to deal with your parents. Sure, you got to talk to them around mealtime, but otherwise, parents, fuck off. You know what I mean? I got shit to do. So I appreciated the check-in stuff. But I'm very interested to see now that he has a plan, how this is all going to go. Alex: Think it should be interesting to follow. Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man: King in Black #1 from Marvel written by Jed MacKay and art by Michele Bandini. In this, we're getting two stories. The first one has Spider-Man feeling super guilty as I think, frankly, he should about everything that's happening in King in Black. Teaming up with Reptil, who is one of the characters from Avengers Academy and then Avengers Arena, I believe, as well. And then the backup story shows us what's happening from Reptil's perspective and kicks off a new Reptil series that is coming later in the year, which is pretty surprising. Justin: And you got the Querque on the art there, the backup story. Alex: The Querque? Justin: Yeah. Albuquerque. Alex: Oh, was that Rafael Albuquerque? Justin: You're god damn right it is. Alex: Is it? Are you sure about that? Justin: That's all I'm fucking looking at right here. That's what it says. Alex: All right. Justin: [crosstalk 00:15:15] story. Alberto Albuquerque. Alex: Alberto Albuquerque. That's not Rafael Albuquerque. Justin: You're right. It's a different, but it's still… Pete: A different Querque. Alex: Well, thank you for giving him credit, regardless. I appreciate that. Pete: Yeah. Classic. Classic. But let me just ask you something. Alex: Yeah. What? Justin: It's about time… Throw the question. Pete: Nick Spencer is completely off this book now? Alex: [crosstalk 00:15:46] This is not Amazing Spider-Man. This is a King in Black One Shot. What emotions are you going through right now? Justin, can you talk about this book? Because Pete's [crosstalk 00:15:59] You are all over the place right now. Pete: I was just hoping that this was the start of something fresh and new. Justin: Pete came with such joy. He's like “I got the Querque. I got Jed MacKay, Nick Spencer and Alex just devastated. [crosstalk 00:16:18] One, two punched it. Pete: Yeah. That was a combo I wasn't ready for. Justin: Let me just say also, let's keep in mind that our podcast is the main news source for Pete LePage. He doesn't get his news anywhere else about anything, not just comics, but truly every bit of news he gets is right here. Alex: Every morning he opens up The Stack podcast and he's like, “Ah, what's happening to the world today.” Pete: But the comic itself, a very touching kind of a classic Spider-Man story, very moving. I really enjoyed all of it. I thought this was a great kind of little guy versus big monsters. I thought this was such a great Spider-Man story. And I think that this is for me, one of the… I feel like this is a great example of why Spider-Man is great. Justin: I liked this book a lot as well. I'm a big Jed MacKay fan, the writer of this. He writes the Black Cat book- Pete: Brother of Adam MacKay, right? Justin: That's not accurate. Again, not accurate. Just guessing about stuff, not working right now. Jed MacKay's Black Cat book. I've been a huge fan of, so it was great to see him taking on this Spider-Man book. And I agree, starting with Spider-Man feeling guilty about bringing the Venom suit back. We've all felt bad when we brought like a suit back from somewhere and it devastated the world. Whether it's with mobs or just starting a fashion trend, it caused problems. Alex: Yes. Just to stay in order, Justin, Pete, go ahead. Justin: Reptil, as a character, got a lot of love in this issue. I did not see that coming and leading up to Reptil #1. Okay. Let's give it a try. Alex: It's fun. He could turn into dinosaurs. That's pretty cool. I like this issue quite a bit as well. Let's move on to another big surprise though. In retrospect, given the team and it shouldn't necessarily have been. Nightwing #78 from DC Comics written by Tom Taylor, art by Bruno Redondo. Alex: I'll tell you straight up, when I read this book, I was like, “Oh, another Nightwing book. Here we go.” First couple of pages, I was like, “Holy shit, this is great. Why is this so good?” And then we got to the credits and I realized, “Oh, that's why it's so good.” [crosstalk 00:18:38] This team is great. So this is Nightwing is back in the costume. He doesn't have the memory loss, which he pokes fun of a little bit in the middle of this issue, which is very fun, but he is back in Blüdhaven dealing with all that entails. Barbara Gordon comes to visit him. It was a big spoiler for the issue, but I'll mention this because I'm sure Pete wants to talk about this in particular. The major feature of the issue is Alfred turns out to have been a billionaire and leaves all of his money to Nightwing. Pete, how did you feel about this? Pete: The letter was so touching and so moving. I really loved it. Yeah. How heartbreaking is it that the Alfred wrote him a letter every year because of the business that they're in and how crazy their life is. I was just so moved. I thought it was such a touching letter. Yeah, this was one of my favorite issues for the week. I love the humor in it. The fun bit about having Dick for a name, the dad bit, the Alfred with the dishes moments there. I got choked up for that. And then the whole fucking John Wick of it all, you don't fuck with dogs, man. Don't fuck with somebody's dog. That is just disgusting, as Nightwing put it. And yeah, it was just really just blockbuster fun. Yeah, I was just [crosstalk 00:20:09] Alex: Is that a joke on the fact that Blockbuster, the character, appears in here? Pete? Justin: Yes. Pete: Yeah, yeah. Justin: He'll say yes. Now that you said it. Alfred the butling billionaire. Who would have thought? This guy was just butling for the fun of it. The love of the game. Pete: When the Waynes died, they must've been like, “Here's a shit ton of money to raise our… Just in case.” Alex: And he was stealing it, he was stealing it from Bruce Wayne. Justin: Yeah he stole that money. Alex: Every year, squirreling away a little bit of Bruce Wayne's money. Justin: Here's what he's doing. He's telling the Wayne's that he's buying these expensive English cucumbers, and he's buying some shitty fell off the back of a truck cucumbers and pocketing the difference. [crosstalk 00:20:53] Pete: I'm not going to sit here and let you fucking… Alfred is nothing but an angel. All right? That house of insanity and he's the only sane one, all right? [crosstalk 00:21:04] So don't fucking talk shit about Alfred. Alex: Justin's making a little bit of sense here because that might explain why Batman never eats any of the soup that he gets him because it tastes like shit. Justin: It's trash soup. Because he's not buying the high end stuff, he's not buying the Progresso, he's buying like… Huh? Pete: Don't you fucking say that. Alex: [crosstalk 00:21:24] or whatever. Even Bruce is like, “Oh, this is bad.” Pete: [inaudible 00:21:31]. Alex: “I don't like this.” Justin: Wait, Pete, are you telling me you're like Alfred cooks the best food? Pete: Yeah. Justin: You know that for a fact? Pete: Fact! Justin: He only made little sandwiches and soups. It's not like he was bringing out like a dinner. Pete: You don't know what he was doing while we weren't looking [crosstalk 00:21:48] Alex: What do you think his worst dish was? The thing when all the bat family [inaudible 00:21:53] And they're like, “Oh, he's making his lasagna. That's bad.” Justin: “Master Bruce, I prepared your favorite French toast.” Justin: “Oh, Alfred's French toast.” Pete: Yo, he's dead, you fuckers. Where's the respect? Alex: “It's just too eggy.” Justin: There's no cinnamon in it. Put a spice in it. For god sakes. Justin: [inaudible 00:22:20] He doesn't even buy the good maple syrup. He buys the shitty stuff. Pete: You don't know that. Don't say that. Alex: It's not even maple. It's not from Vermont. It's not B grade. Pete: Don't you fucking… Alex: It's Log Cabin. Justin: [inaudible 00:22:33] Log Cabin syrup. Pocketing the difference. Justin: [crosstalk 00:22:36] Justin: And then he's given this difference. He gave it to Nightwing in this issue and that's continuity right there. That's the truth. Alex: I don't want to downsize just to get back- Pete: I hate talking comics with you guys. It's the fucking worst. Justin: That's crazy because you do it a lot. Pete: All you do is just fucking kill my dreams and hopes. You take everything that I like in an issue and just do bits until it's not fun anymore. You've killed Foggy Nelson for me and you can't fucking leave Alfred alone. The fucking guy just died and I still can't get any enjoyment out of… Justin: What do you think Foggy's worst dish is? Alex: All of them. Justin: “Hey, Matt, I made dinner tonight. It's a bunch of old gum.” Alex: I was doing the old man laugh. Where he's going… Pete: [crosstalk 00:23:36] Please leave me alone. Justin: I love Nightwing. I love this issue. Tom Taylor is also on a great run of books. It's great to see Nightwing, get back to some of the old stuff. Being in Blüdhaven, sort of carving out his own area away from Gotham. Pete: Great use of Blockbuster. Justin: Great use of Blockbuster. Barbara's in this issue, touching on his relationship with Alfred, which I do think despite what I said about how just God awful his lasagna was. Pete: Fuck you. Justin: He did have a great connection with Alfred. And I love seeing that here on display. What's he going to do with that money? Just buy some cool spandex? Alex: I don't know. Justin: Blow it on spandex? Alex: I do want to shout out also Bruno Redondo's art. There is a gorgeous, gorgeous two page spread that happens earlier in the issue where Nightwing is jumping off a roof and it's the classic Batman jumping in front of the moon thing. But it's him jumping in front of the sun. And I thought it was just such a smart, awesome thing to do to delineate Nightwing from Batman. Loved it. Let's move on to a book that I'm betting Pete liked as well. Orcs! #2 from BOOM! By Christine Larsen. Just a bunch of orcs, doing fun orc stuff. Pete, how did you feel about this one? Pete: Yeah, we loved to the first issue of this. I like this kind of this team up, if you will, of characters. I also love the love of story in this. People will risk a lot for a great story. I can appreciate that. The torture I go through so I can read comics is real. I thought this was fun. I also love the dedication that the person wears an eye patch and has two eyes just for the love of the game. That was really fun. I think the art and storytelling is great. I love the mix of cute and gruesome things. I like where this is going. This is exciting. Justin: Yeah. The story within the story stuff is really fun. This reminded me of, this is a hyper-specific reference, but in the movie Willow, all the brownies, the little people that ride along, that's what this book reminds me of. Pete: Really? Justin: The orcs are sort of like a version of those guys. Alex: Yeah. I can see that. I think it's a fun book. People should definitely check it out. Next up. The Trials of Ultraman #1 from Marvel, written by, again, Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom, art by Francesco Manna, Eduardo Ferigato and Guri Hiru. We checked out the first issue of this book. And haven't checked in in a while. Obviously, this is a new story of Ultraman. It was interesting reading this in the same week as another Kyle Higgins book and another Kaiju book. How do you think it stacked up in comparison? Justin: I wish I had read this one first, before I read Ultramega, because Ultramega felt so genre breaking that this felt very within the genre. And if you're a fan of Kaiju books, I think this is a great version of that and it's setting up a lot of interesting twists and turns on it and a potential new villain that I was surprised. I thought it was the backup story. I thought it was an advertisement for another book. And then it tied right into to this book. So yeah, I like this, but it definitely feels like just a fun new version of a Kaiju book. Pete: Yeah. I thought this was kind of a comparison regardless of what is better or whatever. I thought this was a cool take. It felt different enough where I wasn't like, “Oh, this is kind of too similar.” I enjoyed where this was coming from and the perspective, I also like the start of this book. Yeah. I like what this is setting up. It's not as long as the other one. It's a little bit shorter, but they do a good job of keeping it simple, teasing the story, putting all the things in place. I've followed it well, I understood what was going on. Thought it was great art and storytelling. I think this is good. Alex: My favorite part of this book is still the insert pages. I think these are the ones that Guri Hiru is drawing where it's instruction manuals for what to do for the Kaiju organization or if a Kaiju attacks. They're super fun. They're super cute. I like that quite a bit. And it really breaks- [crosstalk 00:27:52] Justin: The Kaiju steps. Alex: Kaiju steps. There you go. I enjoy those quite a bit. Agree with you guys. Otherwise, next up, Justice League #59 from DC Comics written by Brian Michael Bendis and Ram V., art by David Marquez and Xermanico. So the front story is Brian Michael Bendis on Justice League for the first time. Backup story is Ram V. doing Justice League Dark. What'd you guys think? Pete: I thought it was a fun issue. It's kind of a setup issue, but really love the story and the art and Green Arrow wants more out of life. Justin: It's interesting what the take here. This feels like a Black Adam book in a lot of ways. And re-introducing one of Bendis' characters right, at the end. Alex: Naomi. Yeah. Justin: Yeah. So I don't know, that got me a little bit, like this feels like a very Bendis move where I don't know what the story is going to be about. It feels like it's like him being like, “Here's some stuff I think is cool.” And I want it to be a little bit more of like, “Here's an idea that I'm excited to create for these characters.” The art's really beautiful in the front story. Good Aquaman issue if you're an Aqua fan, but I don't know what the direction here is. It feels like it's almost like, “You like the Justice League? Well, here's a totally different bunch of people who are going to operate like the Justice League.” The Justice League Dark backup by Ram V. I thought was great. Spin this off and make it a book. Pete: Yeah. Alex: I agree. I really liked the backup. That was dark and weird and interesting in a very different way than James Tynion did the book, which I loved. But it was interesting to see this change and this more mythical take on the characters. For the front story, like this better than the Legion of Superheroes. I thought that was very messy. There were too many characters going on. It's surprising that Justice League feels like it has less characters and is more focused. So that's a little ridiculous, but the characterizations are good and fine. I don't know. Like you said, there's a lot of Bendis isms in the book and I would like to see what he does going forward, but it felt a little derivative down to basically doing the New Avengers cover on the cover here, but with the Justice League. And if he's going to do that, New Avengers felt different because it was Bendis coming in and doing his Bendis thing on Avengers for the first time. You don't necessarily get this here. I want him to do something bolder and more exciting. Justin: Yeah. If you want to do the New Avengers for Justice League, give us that hit, give us that swing and have all these new characters introduced and have it be that because that's still a story that sticks right in the memory because it was such a big new change for the Avengers. Instead, it feels like sort of a middle ground here. Pete: I agree. Alex: Last one, let's talk about Snow Angels #2 from ComiXology written by Jeff Lemire, art by Jock. We liked the first issue of this one, I believe, quite a bit. Takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where everybody lives in a snow filled trench. A family, a father, and two daughters is being chased by a guy named The Snowman. That picks up this issue. Pete, you've always been scared of snowmen. What did you think of this one? Pete: Yeah. I mean, what's great is snowmen themselves are scary, but this is a nice heightening of that idea. Yeah. I think this is a great… First off an amazing team. And this is very action oriented, which I very much enjoy. And this does a great job. Each issue kind of leaving you really wanting more. I think this is a very intense, kind of reminds me of that horror movie where nobody can talk or whatever. So I think this is really fun. Very creative. Love the way it ended. Love the art. Alex: A Quiet Place? Is that what you're thinking of? Pete: Yeah, A Quiet Place. [crosstalk 00:31:55] Justin: Oh, I thought We Have To Talk About Kevin. Is that what it is? Pete: No, it was A Quiet Place. Justin: Nice. Either way, this book, everyone's skating really hard in this book. Pete: You got to skate hard, bro. Justin: You got to skate hard. So that was stressful. Great pace to this book. And a lot of just tense, a lot of tension. And I think A Quiet Place is a good comparison, I think. Alex: I would compare it to The Mighty Ducks, which is a movie with skating in it. Justin: That's true. That's true. And Pete, I know you love this. It's sort of a cutting edge with less romance. Pete: [inaudible 00:32:31] Alex: This is a great book. Definitely pick it up. You have another point you want to make Pete. What's up? Pete: Yeah. I just wanted to, while you're wrapping up, while I was waiting for Head Lopper to come through, I did read Superman Red & Blue #1, and I just wanted to say, really fun, love the coloring, really amazing art. The Boy Who Saved Superman, a story by Wes Craig and Jill Thompson. So amazing. The art was unbelievable. His water colors and the little Clark Kent stuff was very, very adorable. Alex: I love how you act like, “Well, I have no say in what happens in this show.” Justin: And then you secretly just review stuff at the end. That's nice. You take control in a way that I just would never be so audacious. Pete: Well, thank you. Justin: I would like to review my dinner that I made earlier, it was… But taco night, obviously… Pete: Couldn't have been better than what Alfred would have prepared. 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