Podcasts about home sick pilots

In this episode, Phillip and Eric are talking the Image series Home Sick Pilots by Dan Watters and Casper Wijngaard. They break down its weird, unique mashup of haunted horse horror, punk rock, and mecha genres, its unusually vibrant color scheme for a horror comic, and Eric asks Phillip to weigh in on controversial takes on Gundam.

Today I'm joined by a newcomer to our show, Dan Watters. Dan's portfolio includes writing credits for Home Sick Pilots, Loki, Lucifer, a personal favorite of mine The Seasons Have Teeth, Six Fingers, and the recently released Creature from the Black Lagoon among others, and now he's turned his attention helping Skybound launch the Energon Universe mashing up the world of the classic GI Joe and Transformers franchises with the Destro mini-series which along with Scarlett kicks off the next phase of their book releases. I got a chance to read an advance copy of Destro and, no surprise, it's a fantastic addition to the Energon Universe Skybound is creating. I think the true credit on this book and the others in that universe is how well they can stand alone without the need of their brethren to carry them. It makes it easy to jump in for new readers and feedback is fantastic from the shops I've talked to. They are excited that it's bringing new, younger faces in the store which is no small feat when relaunching older IPs. From the publisher: Acclaimed writer Dan Watters (Loki, Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!) and artist Andrei Bressan (Dark Ride, Birthright) change the balance of power in the Energon Universe forever in Destro #1, launching June 19, 2024. James McCullen Destro XXIV is the man behind M.A.R.S. Industries, the undisputed leader in providing high-tech weapons to world powers…for the right price. But the emergence of Energon has changed everything. As Destro's ambitions grow, the “Crimson Twins” Tomax and Xamot Paoli emerge to destroy their competition, and Cobra Commander realizes his current ally could be his future greatest enemy. Our episode sponsor Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. They have everything you need to make your TTRPG more fun and immersive, allowing you to build, play, and export animated maps including in person fog of war capability that let's your players interact with maps as the adventure unfolds while you, the DM get the full picture. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

En este episodio de La Porción, programa cortito y diario de Caballeros de la Pizza Redonda, te traemos Home sick pilots. Timo es el encargado de contarte qué le ha parecido este cómic.

In this episode, we embark on an immersive journey into the mind of acclaimed comic book writer Dan Watters as we explore his distinctive approach to storytelling, as we delve into the realms of dreams, nightmares, and the supernatural that populate his works, including "The Seasons Have Teeth," "Limbo," "Home Sick Pilots," etc. Prepare to be captivated by Dan's ability to blend intricate narratives with rich symbolism and delve into the depths of the human psyche. We uncover Dan Watters' creative process as he seamlessly merges the visual medium of comics with his evocative storytelling, and how he crafts dynamic and multi-layered worlds. We delve into the dynamics of working with artists, colorists, letterers, and publishers and do initial creator ideas get transformed in such a delicate process and the rewards of bringing a shared vision to life. We debate the importance of maintaining continuity within the larger comic book universes, such as Marvel, and how Dan approaches weaving his stories into established mythologies while leaving his distinct mark on beloved characters. From his independent works to his contributions to the DC and Marvel universes, how complex is to create new worlds and new characters from scratch, how challenging is to play with established traditions, and what he has to bring to the table with his vision of Loki's story. We discuss one surreal tale at the time.

Join Andrew Dunn and Chris Triebel as they discuss Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3! Then stick around for a review of Home Sick Pilots by Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard. Also, 'Home Sick Pilots' should be the name of the next MCU Spider-Man film. SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/c/themedialunchbreak?sub_confirmation=1 BUY SOME MERCH: https://the-media-lunch-break.creator-spring.com Twitter: twitter.com/MediaLunchBreak Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheMediaLunchBreak Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/TheMediaLunchBreak Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheMediaLunchBreak Instagram: @TheMediaLunchBreak Or email us at: TheMediaLunchBreak@gmail.com Listen to and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts! The Media Lunch Break on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/themedialunchbreak Graphic art by: Melinda Filonuk - www.melgraphics.com www.etsy.com/shop/melgraphicscreations Eric Scotolati - https://twitter.com/ericscotolati

Nuevo programa de cómics en el que traemos un buen mintón de recomendaciones de todo tipo de editoriales, incluso hablamos de la mítica Fantagraphics. Manga clásico, terror gore subido de nivel, adolescentes, amor a través del tiempo y el espacio, corsarios vascos... Una gran mezcla de estilos y géneros. Esto es todo lo que traemos... -Sección Albúm de Sellos: Fantagraphics (00:06:03) -La Taberna de los Corsarios (00:21:15) -Amor Eterno (00:30:55) -Contrition (00:38:10) -Home Sick Pilots (00:50:45) -Sunny (01:00:46) -The Nice House of the Lake (01:12:35) -Attacker You! (01:32:17) -Haunt (01:40:10) -Correspondencia desde el fin del Universo (01:51:01) -Red Room (01:59:20) La canción del final es de Maneskin. Se trata de su "New Song" Y recordad que estamos a todas horas en www.hellofriki.com y en las redes sociales, además de compartir un estupendo grupo en Telegram

No need to adjust your speakers, that White Noise you're hearing is none other than my chat with the writer of such fine comic books as Arcadia, Friendo, Giga, and REDFORK, it's Alex Paknadel. I was excited to talk to Alex because I love his writing. He has the ability to take big concepts and craft relatable, human stories always teaming up with wonderful artists, masters of visual storytelling and his newest comic is no exception. All Against All #1 is being described as "What if the xenomorph from Alien were Tarzan?" As if that wasn't enough, Alex has teamed up with Casper Wijngaard who recently finished the fantastic Home Sick Pilots with Dan Waters. I has a fantastic chat with Alex, he's warm, genuine, and funny. There was even a surprise appearance from my daughter Penny during recording. The FOC (Final Order Cutoff) for All Against All #1 is November 14th so once you've had a chance to listen, go tell your LCS you want a copy. I've read it, I loved it, and I was delighted to chat with Alex about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another Creator Interview, and it was our pleasure to welcome Alex Paknadel and Caspar Wijngaard onto the show! We talk about their upcoming All Against All, one of our most anticipated titles to close out 2022! Also chatting Home Sick Pilots, the White Noise Collective, working for DC/Marvel vs Indie Companies, and everything else in between! All Against All #1 is due out on 7th December 2022 so get it on your pull list now. Having been fortunate to get an early peek, believe me when I say, you are not going to want to miss this!

Welcome to another Creator Interview, and it was our pleasure to welcome Alex Paknadel and Caspar Wijngaard onto the show! We talk about their upcoming All Against All, one of our most anticipated titles to close out 2022! Also chatting Home Sick Pilots, the White Noise Collective, working for DC/Marvel vs Indie Companies, and everything else in between! All Against All #1 is due out on 7th December 2022 so get it on your pull list now. Having been fortunate to get an early peek, believe me when I say, you are not going to want to miss this!

- Beware the Eye of Odin #1. Doug Wagner (W), Tim Odland (A), Michelle Madsen (C). (Image). - Black Adam #1 (de 12). Christopher Priest (W), Rafa Sandoval (A), Matt Herms (C). (DC). - The Lonesome Hunters #1. Tyler Crook. (Dark Horse). - I Hate This Place #2. Kyle Starks (W), Artyom Topilin (A), Lee Loughridge (C). (Image). Los Irresistibles [00:38:35]: Blood Stained Teeth #3, Home Sick Pilots #15 (Final), Immortal X-Men #3, Moon Knight #12, Newburn #8, Nightwing #93, Silver Surfer: Rebirth #5 (Final), The Silver Coin #11, We Only Find Them When They're Dead #11.

- Blood Stained Teeth #1. Christian Ward (W), Patric Reynolds (A), Heather Moore (C). (Image). - Punisher #2 (de 12). Jason Aaron (W), Jesús Saiz y Paul Azaceta (A), Dave Stewart (C). (Marvel). - We Live: Age of Palladions #2. Iñaki y Roy Miranda (W), Iñaki Miranda (A), Eva de la Cruz (C). (Aftershock). Los Irresistibles [00:23:39]: Bolero #4 (de 5), Dark Knights of Steel #6 (de 12), Faithless III #3 (de 6), Home Sick Pilots #14, Hulk #6, Newburn #6, Nightwing #91, Saga #58, Silver Surfer Rebirth #4 (de 5), Step by Bloody Step #3 (de 4), The Good Asian #10 (final), The Nice House on the Lake #8, Thor #24.

¡En este video tenemos a los mejores del mundo, al mejor en lo que hace y la cazadora, además se cierran refrigeradores, se visitan lagos, regresan los capitanes, se terminan castillos. Todo esto y más en #LosCómicsDeLaSemana! DC COMICS - (13:50) Trial of the Amazons: Wonder Girl #2. Wonder Woman: Evolution #6. Earth-Prime #2: Superman & Lois. Batman / Superman: World's Finest #2 (⭐Axel). Catwoman: Lonely City #3. Batman: The Knight #4. Blue & Gold #8. Nightwing #91 (⭐ Valentín). The Flash #781 (⭐ Bernardo / Francisco). Refrigerator Full of Heads #6. The Nice House on the Lake #8. MARVEL COMICS - (1:32:28) Captain America #0. Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse #2. Hulk #6. Shang-Chi #11. Wolverine #20. CÓMICS INDIE - (2:12:06) The Secret History of the War on Weed #1 (Image Comics). The Collector: Unit 731 #1 (Dark Horse Comics). John Carter of Mars #1 (Dynamite). The Vampire Slayer #1 (BOOM! Studios). Slumber #2 (Image Comics). Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #9 (Oni Press). Faithless III #3 (BOOM! Studios). We Ride Titans #3 (Vault Comics). Bolero #4 (Image Comics). Animal Castle #5 (Ablaze). Black Hammer Reborn #11 (Dark Horse Comics). Home Sick Pilots #14 (Image Comics). Ice Cream Man #29 (Image Comics). FICHA COVACHA MESA: Valentín García, Francisco Espinosa y Bernardo Arteaga. FECHA: Viernes 22 de abril, 2022. PODCAST: Bernardo Arteaga. REDES & DISEÑO: Valentín García. Síguenos en Twitter, Facebook, YouTube y Twitch, La Covacha Anime Suscríbete al Podcast: Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Google, Anchor Descarga Directa: https://archive.org/details/los-comics-de-la-semana-97-abril-22-15-2022 Música Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8342-rock-guitar-intro-07 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4379-smooth-lovin License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Esta semana toca programa exclusivamente compuesto por Los Irresistibles. Los Irresistibles: Bolero #3 (de 5), Eternals: The Heretic #1, Faithless III #2, Home Sick Pilots #13, Nightwing #90, Rain #3 (de 5), Saga #57, Stillwater: The Escape, The Human Target #6, The Lion and the Eagle #2, The Silver Coin #10, We Live: Age of the Palladions: Black #1.

- Iron Fist #1 (de 5). Alyssa Wong (W), Michael Yg (A), Jay David Ramos (C). (Marvel). - The Lion & the Eagle #1. Garth Ennis (W), PJ Holden (A), Matt Milla (C). (Aftershock). - Rain #2 (de 5). Joe Hill (Story), David M. Booher (W), Zoe Thorogood (A), Chris O'Halloran (C). (Image). Los Irresistibles [00:25:46]: A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #5, Home Sick Pilots #12, Hulk #4, Nightwing #89, Primordial #6 (final), Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8 (final), The Silver Coin #9, Thor #22.

Good morrow and happy anniversary! That's right, Sensational She-Geek Live from Yancy street has been a podcast regularly updated for one whole year! That year has found lots of change in the industry as well as personally, giving us a whopping 90 episodes, and making this the glorious 91st! So kick back and get ready to enjoy the first ever anniversary episode!  NEWS of the week actually features actual news for once, which is exciting. It includes The Batman runtime, AppleTV+'s MonsterVerse show announcement, Marvel's 2022 Women's History covers, Daredevil rebooting with #1 in June, the official green light for Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and one unjust cancellation. This all starts at  0:08:28! the RUMORS portion of the news can be found at 0:31:02, covering the Daredevil She-Hulk rumors (and an explanation on his first-ever comic suit), and some Secret Wars speculation based off of recent leaked images.  Weekly Comic Book Picks start at 0:34:36 with a special edition discussion of the Cursed Pirate Girl saga by Jeremy Bastian! It came out with it's fifth chapter, The Devil's Cave, this past week, which  led me into a deep dive on the series, which I share in summary here with you. Other Picks of the week include Bolero #1, She0Hulk #1 (of 5 :( ), Home Sick Pilots, and more. The Weekly Comic Pull list, at 0:47:23, covers a surprising number of independent #1 comics and a few delightful comic book specials, but the best comes last (1:01:01) with a short, excited bit on the glorious return of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga! Gone since 2018 and the hype is as big as ever.  The most recent Book of Boba Fett rundown for episode 4, The Gathering Storm, can be found at 1:03:51. I cover a brief overview of the episode's events, including more on how cool Fennec Shand is, the story of the hatred between Wookies and Trandoshans, and theories on where the final 3 episodes will be taking us--or who they'll show us.  Since they've both been released, I went ahead and covered both the Marvel (1:10:08) and DC (1:27:50) April comic book solicitations. I cover these each month because it's a good way to keep your ear to the ground as to what's going on at two of the biggest players in the geek industries, as well as to hopefully pique listeners' interests to something in those goings-on. It's also a good way to get to know common creator names in the industry! I'll be back with another episode next week, on January 31st! We'll cover comic Picks (based off this week's Pulls) and next week's Pull list, this week's Book of Boba Fett episode 5, and anything else relevant! We're already through the first month of 2022, folks, keep it sweaty!  Website/Blog: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/ Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/id1550410718 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/45qGcYnP147aZBVIHC09lI?si=cb8b8c1a4f8c4ac7 Instagram: @annawiththecomics Twitter: @savageshegeek YouTube: Sensational She-Geek Donation and All Other Links https://linktr.ee/sensationalshegeek

In this weeks episode Elle and Ric review almost 20 new books that debuted. Also (sadly) our twitter feed dies twice and makes the viewable episode terrible! Good thing you're listening right? Featuring reviews of: My Date With Monsters, Home Sick Pilots, Superman: Son of Kal-El, Every Wonder Woman Title currently out there, and SOOOOO much more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wrestling-nerds-radio-net/support

- 20XX: Transport #1. Jonathan Luna. (Panel Syndicate). - Batman: The Knight #1 (de 10). Chip Zdarsky (W), Carmine di Giandomenico (A), Iván Plascencia (C). (DC). - Bolero #1. Wyatt Kennedy (W), Luana Vecchio (A/C). (Image). - Rain #1 (de 5). Joe Hill (Story), David M. Booher (W), Zoe Thorogood (A), Chris O'Halloran (C). (Image). - She-Hulk #1 (de 5). Rainbow Rowell (W), Rogê Antônio (A), Rico Renzi (C). (Marvel). - Silk #1 (de 5). Emily Kim (W), Takeshi Miyazawa (A), Ian Herring (C). (Marvel). - Silver Surfer: Rebirth #1 (de 5). Ron Marz (W), Ron Lim (A), Don Ho (I), Israel Silva (C). (Marvel). - We Ride Titans #1. Tres Dean (W), Sebastián Píriz (A), Dee Cunniffe (C). (Vault). - X Lives of Wolverine #1 (de 5). Benjamin Percy (W), Joshua Cassara (A), Frank Martin (C). (Marvel). Los Irresistibles [00:55:40]: A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #4, Dark Ages #4 (de 6), Defenders #5 (final), Eternals #9, Home Sick Pilots #11, Hulk #3, Marauders #27, Mazebook #5 (final), Moon Knight #7, Nightwing #88, No One Left To Fight II #4, Primordial #5, Seven Secrets #13, Stillwater #12, Strange Academy #15, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #7 (de 8), Superman: Son of Kal-El #7, The Good Asian #8 (de 10), The Silver Coin #8, We Only Find Them When They're Dead #10.

Segment: Highlights from the show 2021 - Before we get to our best of 2021 winners, we highlight some of our favorite moments and episodes of 2021 including the Boulet Brothers, Jeff Smith, Karla Pacheco and her mom joining us, and more!News:Dark Horse purchased by EmbracerNew ‘Punisher' series promises to be ‘next step' for Frank Castle out March 2022AIPT Comics Podcast Best of the year 2021Best SurpriseNathan - Eddie dies in Venom #1Dave - Jonathan Hickman leaving as Head of XBest for a Lapsed FanNathan - Amazing Spider-Man (Saladin Ahmed, Cody Ziglar, Patrick Gleason, Zeb Wells, Kelly Thompson, and more)Dave - X-Men (Hickman, Duggan, Pepe Larraz Marte Gracia)Best single issueNathan - The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #5 (Ram V, Felipe Andrade)Dave - The Dreaming: Waking Hours #6 (G. Willow Wilson, Javier Rodriguez)Best #1 Nathan - TMNT: The Last Ronin #1 (Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Peter Laird, Ben Bishop, Isaac Escorza, Esau Escorza)Dave - Non-Stop Spider-Man (2021) #1 (Joe Kelly, Chris Bachalo)Best ongoing seriesNathan - The Silver Coin (Michael Walsh, a buncha writers)Dave - Home Sick Pilots (Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard)Best ArtistNathan - Daniel Warren Johnson (Beta Ray Bill, Superman Red & Blue, Murder Falcon, a ton of covers)Dave - Chris SamneeBest colorist?Nathan - Jordie Bellaire (Black Widow, Darkhold, The Thing, Darth Maul, Future State: Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl, a zillllllion other books!)Dave - Mat Lopes (Supergirl, Ka-Zar, The Dreaming)Best LettererDave - Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Nathan - Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou - Memoria, BEYOND THE BREACH, X-0 Manowar Best WriterNathan - Ram V (Laila Starr, Venom, Swamp Thing, JLD, Catwoman)Dave - Jed MacKay (Moon Knight, Death of Doctor Strange, Spider-Man One-shots, Black Cat)

On this episode Wyatt talks about some awesome deluxe hardcovers he recently added to his collection including Something is Killing the Children, Once and Future, and Grass of Parnassus. Some announcements of upcoming comics including We Live: Age of the Palladions from Aftershock and Rogues from DC's Black Label. He also talks about some recent trade reading which includes Nottingham and Home Sick Pilots. And finally he concludes with some expansive thoughts on the awe-inspiring series Coda.

Grab your witch hats and lucky horse shoes! It's time for another episode of Comics! Stripped. This month we're talking about Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 01 and Home Sick Pilots Vol. 01.

In this episode Eric and Kaushal stray a little from the norm and talk about some thriller/horror comics as well as one of Eric's personal favorites, Radiant Black. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @2bdudescomics Time Stamps: Collectors Corner - 00:00:00 Radiant Black - 00:04:40 Old Guard - 00:12:45 Home Sick Pilots - 00:20:23 Locke and Key - 00:26:59 What are you reading - 00:36:26 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/2browndudescomics/support

Writer Dan Watters joins me from London as we talk living in Gotham City, being a punk rock teen, writing in the pandemic and more. SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW EPISODES!  -TWITCH: Kotarex97 -INSTA: @dakota_morgan97 -TWITTER: @dakotamorgan3  STAY CREATIVE! 

Alex, Brian, and Meghan talk The Autumnal, Department of Truth, Gideon Falls, Home Sick Pilots, Ice Cream Man, Nailbiter Returns, The Nice House on the Lake, Nocterra, Proctor Valley Road, Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Something Wicked, Secrets of Camp Whatever, The Silver Coin, Specter Inspectors, Stillwater, Swamp Thing, Witchblood, and more!

A new Comic Chat show where I talk about some comic books I read in June 2021, as well as some news about the return of Saga and Kurt Busiek to Image Comics! Spotlighted comic books: Thief of Thieves v1 Shortcomings All-Star Comics #3-6 I also read: Star Trek Y5 v3 Home Sick Pilots v1 Seven Secrets v1 November v1 Please send your comments to longboxreview@gmail.com, chat with me @longboxreview on Twitter, or visit longboxreview.com. Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listening!

- Batman the Imposter #1. Mattson Tomlin (W), Andrea Sorrentino (A), Jordie Bellaire (C). (DC). - Catwoman: Lonely City #1. Cliff Chiang. (DC). - Clear #1. Scott Snyder (W), Francis Manapul (A/C). (Comixology). - Night of the Ghoul #1. Scott Snyder (W), Francesco Francavilla (A/C). (Comixology). Los Irresistibles [00:37:27]: Blackhand & Ironhead #3, Death of Doctor Strange #2 (de 5), Home Sick Pilots #10, Mamo #4, Mazebook #2, No One Left to Fight II #1, Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #5 (de 6), Strange Adventures #12 (final), Superman: Son of Kal-El #4, Tales From Harrow County: Fair Folk #4 (final), The Immortal Hulk #50 (final), Thor #18, X-Force #24, X-Men #4.

Join Sis and Big Pops for a fun, fun talk about one of the things we love most, Nerd Stuff. We discuss our fav bits of nerd news from the week: there's a new thing happening with RWBY, a famous guy did an episode of Moon Knight, and Apple may only do one more season of Ted Lasso. There are also a lot of new trailers out, we mention: Moonfall, Peacemaker, Shazam, Batman, and Olaf Presents. As for bingeing, Big Pops has been watching Ted Lasso, Just Beyond, Foundations, and Batman the Audio Dramas. Sis finished Squid Game and finally watched Pulp Fiction for the first time. Pops shares his pull list, this week he introduces us to Ironman Issue 13 and DarkHold Ironman issue 1 by Marvel; Joker Issue 8 by DC and Batman the Imposter Issue 1 DC Black Label; as well as Home Sick Pilots issue 10 and Deep Beyond Issue 9 by Image. With an Honorable mention of StarTrek Next Generation: Mirror Wars Issue 1 by IDW. Andddd, his Book of the Week is Immortal Hulk Issue 50 by Marvel. We reviewed the first Issue of Clear, a Comixology Original. We also review Nightbooks on Netflix, and the new Bond movie, No Time to Die. This episode was originally recorded on 10/17/21. Check us out on twitter @sisnpopsculture

Guess who's back? Talk Comics to Me is back. We're here to talk comics and do some ranting and this week we are out of rants. This week we get into: Home Sick Pilots, Mamo, Ordinary Gods, The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, and more!

Alex and Brian talk Clear, Superman and the Authority, Titans United, Wonder Woman, Home Sick Pilots, The Amazing Spider-Man, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, and more!

The incredibly talented Dan Watters(Coffin Bound, The Picture of Everything Else, Lucifer, Deep Roots, House of Whispers) comes on to talk the boys about Arkham City: Order of the World, Home Sick Pilots, Batman Urban Legends and more! We are incredibly grateful that he came on for this very special 50th episode! You can order all of Dans books at your local comic book shop(preferred), if you are not near a comic shop they are available to order on CBCS, Amazon and available digitally on ComiXology. You can follow the show on Twitter @0utsidethe @poetheir33 @Sin_Aesthetix @chazsimons

Drew and Kiel from Comics Elite comic shop preview the best and worst comic book releases of the week. DC and Marvel Comics are debuting several new titles during new comic week October 13th including Batman: The Imposter Batman and Black Panther: Legends. Drew and Kiel lay out this weeks new releases you shouldn't expect much from or can outright skip. (00:00) Drew and Kiel then name his Top 10 must read new comics for the week. (42:35) Must listen for readers looking for the best bang for their new comic buck. Marvel Comics feature issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men and the Immortal Hulk finale. DC Comics feature new title Batman: The Imposter and new issues of Batman '89, Justice League: Last Ride, The Joker and Wonder Woman. Image Comics release new issues of 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, Ordinary Gods and Home Sick Pilots. Other indie comics of note include; Power Rangers, Mazebook, Ninja and Transformers: King Grimlock.    Comics Elite Info YT: youtube.com/channel/UCqomzHuP6X3QLXElMdzm1JA Website: comicselitecomics.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/comicselite/   Support Thinking Critical at Ko-fi. Monthly subscriptions receive bonus content and early access to some channel content. Ko-fi.com/thinkingcritical Thank you for supporting the channel!

Comics  Bermuda #3 of 4 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): John Layman | Artist(s): Nick Bradshaw | $4.99 Fight Girls #3 of 5 from AWA/Upshot (W/A) Frank Cho $3.99   Moths #4 of 6 from AWA/Upshot (W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Mike Choi $3.99 Primordial #1 from Image | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Andrea Sorrentino | Colors: Dave Stewart | Letters: Steve Wands | $3.99   Maw #1 of 5 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Jude Ellison, S. Doyle | Artist(s): A.L. Kaplan | Colors: Fabiana Mascolo, Federica Mascolo | Letters: Cardinal Rae | $3.99 Second Coming Only Begotten Son #5 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Mark Russell | Artist(s): Richard Pace Leonard Kirk | Colors: Andy Troy | Letters: Rob Steen | $3.99 Blacks Myth #3 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Eric Palicki | Artist(s): Wendell Cavalcanti | Letters: Rob Steen | $3.99 Man-Eaters The Cursed #3 from Image | Writer(s): Chelsea Cain | Artist(s): Lia Miternique | $3.99 House Of Lost Horizons A Sarah Jewell Mystery #5 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Chris Roberson | Artist(s): Leila Del Duca | Colors: Michelle Madsen | Letters: Clem Robins | $3.99 Maria Llovets Porcelain #2 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Maria Llovet | Artist(s): Maria Llovet | Letters: Saida Temofonte | $3.99 Home Sick Pilots #9 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99 Scumbag #10 from Image | Writer(s): Rick Remender | Artist(s): Matias Bergara Moreno DiNisio | $3.99 Beyond The Breach #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Ed Brisson | Artist(s): Damian Couceiro | $3.99 Red Room #4 from Fantagraphics | Writer(s): Ed Piskor | Artist(s): Ed Piskor  | $3.99   Upcoming Comics Tales From Harrow County Fair Folk #3 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Emily Schnall | $3.99 Chu #8 from Image | Writer(s): John Layman | Artist(s): Dan Boultwood | $3.99 Mirka Andolfos Sweet Paprika #3 from Image | Writer(s): Mirka Andolfo | Artist(s): Mirka Andolfo | $3.99 Radiant Black #8 from Image | Writer(s): Kyle Higgins | Artist(s): Marcello Costa | $3.99 Stillwater #10 from Image | Writer(s): Chip Zdarsky | Artist(s): Ramon K. Perez Mike Spicer | $3.99 Vinyl #4 from Image | Writer(s): Doug Wagner | Artist(s): Daniel Hillyard Dave Stewart | $3.99 Bunny Mask #4 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Paul Tobin | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | $4.99 He Who Fights With Monsters #1 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Francesco Artibani | Artist(s): Werther Dell Edera | $3.99 Impossible Jones #1 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Karl Kesel | Artist(s): David Hahn | $3.99 Marjorie Finnegan Temporal Criminal #5 from | Artists | Writers & Artisans | Writer(s): Garth Ennis | Artist(s): Goran Sudzuka | $3.99 Midnight Western Theatre #5 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Louis Southard | Artist(s): David Hahn | $3.99 Shudder Magazine #1 from Warrant Publishing Company | Writer(s): Various | Artist(s): Various | $5.95   Eat the Rich #2 from BOOM! Studios (W) Sarah Gailey (A) Pius Bak $3.99   Frontiersman #1 from Image Comics (W) Patrick Kindlon (A) Marco Ferrari $3.99  Once and Future #20 from BOOM! Studios (W) Kieron Gillen (A) Dan Mora $3.99     

- Eternals: Thanos Rises #1. Kieron Gillen (W), Dustin Weaver (A), Matthew Wilson (C). (Marvel). - Maw #1. Jude Ellison S. Doyle (W), A. L. Kaplan (A), Fabiana y Federica Mascolo (C). (Boom). - Primordial #1 (de 6). Jeff Lemire (W), Andrea Sorrentino (A), Dave Stewart (C). (Image). - X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #2 (de 5). Leah Williams (W), Lucas Werneck (A), Edgar Delgado (C). (Marvel). Los Irresistibles [00:34:52]: Black Widow #11, Home Sick Pilots #9, Marauders #24, Rorschach #12 (final), Seven Secrets #12.

Comics  Last Flight Out #1 of 6 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Marc Guggenheim | Artist(s): Eduardo Ferigato | $3.99 Six Sidekicks Of Trigger Keaton #4 of 6 from Image | Writer(s): Kyle Starks | Artist(s): Chris Schweizer | $3.99 Mazebook #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Jeff Lemire | Letters: Steve Wands | $5.99 Deadbox #1 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Mark Russell | Artist(s): Ben Tiesma | Colors: Vladimir Popov | Letters: Andworld | $3.99 Not All Robots #2 from | AWA Upshot | Writer(s): Mark Russell | Artist(s): Mike Deodato Jr. | $3.99 The Me You Love In The Dark #2 from Image | Writer(s): Skottie Young | Artist(s): Jorge Corona | Colors: Jean-Francois Beaulieu | Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot | $3.99 Last Book You'll Ever Read #2 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Leila Leiz | Colors: Giada Marchisio and Vlad Popov | Letters: Jim Campbell | $3.99 Snelson #2 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Paul Constant | Artist(s): Fred Harper | Colors: Lee Loughridge | Letters: Rob Steen | $3.99 Unbelievable Unteens From The World Of Black Hammer #2 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s), Color, Letters: Tyler Crook | $3.99 Betty And Veronica Friends Forever Halloween Spooktacular #1 (One Shot) from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Francis Bonnet | Artist(s): Various | $2.99 Witchblood #6 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Matthew Erman | Artist(s): Lisa Sterle | Colors: Gab Contreras | Letters: Andworld | $3.99 | For Mature Audiences Canto III Lionhearted #3 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): David M. Booher | Artist(s): Drew Zucker | $3.99 Eve #5 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Victor Lavalle | Artist(s): Jo Migyeong  |$3.99   Upcoming Comics House Of Lost Horizons A Sarah Jewell Mystery #5 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Chris Roberson | Artist(s): Leila Del Duca | $3.99 Bermuda #3 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): John Layman | Artist(s): Nick Bradshaw | $4.99 Home Sick Pilots #9 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99 Man-Eaters The Cursed #3 from Image | Writer(s): Chelsea Cain | Artist(s): Lia Miternique | $3.99 Primordial #1 from Image | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Andrea Sorrentino | $3.99 Scumbag #10 from Image | Writer(s): Rick Remender | Artist(s): Matias Bergara Moreno DiNisio | $3.99 Beyond The Breach #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Ed Brisson | Artist(s): Damian Couceiro | $3.99 Blacks Myth #3 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Eric Palicki | Artist(s): Wendell Cavalcanti | $3.99 Maria Llovets Porcelain #2 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Maria Llovet | Artist(s): Maria Llovet | $3.99 Maw #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Jude Ellison S. Doyle | Artist(s): AL Kaplan | $3.99 Red Room #4 from Fantagraphics | Writer(s): Ed Piskor | Artist(s): Ed Piskor  | $3.99 Second Coming Only Begotten Son #5 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Mark Russell | Artist(s): Richard Pace Leonard Kirk | $3.99   Fight Girls #3 of 5 from AWA/Upshot (W/A) Frank Cho $3.99  Moths #4 of 6 from AWA/Upshot (W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Mike Choi $3.99    TRADES Stray Dogs TP from Image | Writer(s): Tony Fleecs | Artist(s): Trish Forstner Various | $16.99 Other Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body from Boom! Studios by Christopher Cantwell and Luca Casalanguida releasing 11/10/2021 Fantastic Giants Facsimile Edition - from Fantaco Enterprises. Ditko art from Charlton comics in shops December 1 2021.

Alex and Brian talk about a few FCBD comics, Eat the Rich, Killer Queens, Clownhunter, Nightwing, Superman and the Authority, Home Sick Pilots, Kang the Conqueror, Marauders, Way of X, X-Corp, The Trial of Magneto, and more!

NEWSJonathan Hickman exits X-Men with ‘Inferno' this fallBrian Michael Bendis' Jinxworld headed to Dark Horse ComicsDC Characters Are Coming to Webcomics Through Deal With WebtoonDonny Cates and Ryan Stegman launch SubstackZdarsky launching Newburn at Image Comics.EXCLUSIVE BOOM! First Look: Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #1BOOM! Studios announces ‘Power Rangers Universe' eventMatthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss reunite for ‘What's the Furthest Place From Here?'Image Comics Solicitations November 2021Marvel Solicitations!Marvel reveals Kraven and Morbius are the ones who knock in ‘Amazing Spider-Man' #78-80Hawkeye: Kate Bishop coming!Marvel announces ‘Marvel's Voices: Heritage' #1 for NovemberDiamond reveals top 10 comics of JulyOur Top Books of the WeekDave:Home Sick Pilots #8 (Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard)Nocterra #6 (Scott Snyder, Tony S. Daniel)Nathan:Superman and the Authority #2 (Grant Morrison, Mikel Janin)Nightwing #83 (Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Nightwing #83 (Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo)Dave - Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters #3 (Charles Soule, Luke Ross with David Messina) TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Spider-Man: Life Story Annual #1 (Chip Zdarsky, Mark Bagley)Nathan: Superman ‘78 #1 (Rob Venditti, Wilfredo Torres)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Amazing Fantasy #2 (Kaare Andrews)Nathan: Alien #6 (Jay Anacleto)Segment: Interview: Taboo and B. Earl - Writers of Spirits of Vengeance and Werewolf by NightBen Earl, Taboo, thank you for joining the AIPT comics podcast to talk about your comics work! Spirits of Vengeance: Spirit Rider #1 is an extra-sized issue now out in shops, what made this the right project to follow Werewolf by Night?Did your collaboration process change at all when working on Spirits of Vengeance?Spirits of Vengeance has Paul Davidson on art, and also Jeffrey Veregge, how did this duo join you on the project?What was it like working with them on this project?Taboo, how does crafting a comic book story compare to crafting your music?A really fun thing about Kushala is that she's sort of a woman out of time. She's still adjusting to the modern-day, but she also is embracing it in some ways (karaoke and open mics). What are the challenges to approaching a character who is still trying to figure out her place in the world, who's just a bit out of step?Are there any Marvel characters that are on your bucket list to write next?What comics are you reading right now?Off topic off shelf with B Earl and Taboo - Philosophize This, family, A kids book about identity -- Ikidscompanyabout, Flow Water

- Eat The Rich #1. Sarah Gailey (W), Pius Bak (A), Roman Titov (C). (Boom!). - Kang the Conqueror #1 (de 5). Collin Kelly y Jackson Lanzig (W), Carlos Magno (A), Espen Grundetjern (C). (Marvel). - Killer Queens #1. David M. Booher (W), Claudia Balboni (A), Harry Saxon (C). (Dark Horse). - Warhammer 40.000: Sisters of Battle #1 (de 5). Torunn Grønbekk (W), Edgar Salazar (A), Arif Prianto (C). (Marvel). - X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1 (de 5). Leah Williams (W), Lucas Werneck (A), Edgar Delgado (C). (Marvel). Los Irresistibles [00:54:54]: Batman/Catwoman #6, Black Cat #9, Guardians of the Galaxy #17, Home Sick Pilots #8, Marauders #23, Moon Knight #2, Nightwing #83, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #3, Tales From Harrow County: Fair Folk #2.

- Moon Knight #1. Jed MacKay (W), Alessandro Cappuccio (A), Rachelle Rosenberg (C). (Marvel). - Superman and the Authority #1 (de 4). Grant Morrison (W), Mikel Janín (A), Jordie Bellaire (C). (DC). - Superman: Son of Kal-El #1. Tom Taylor (W), John Timms (A), Gabe Eltaeb (C). (DC). - Tales from Harrow County: Fair Folk #1. Cullen Bunn (W), Emily Schnall (A/C). (Dark Horse). - Barbaric #2. Michael Moreci (W), Nathan Gooden (A), Addison Duke (C). (Vault). - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #2 (de 8). Tom King (W), Bilquis Evely (A), Matheus Lopes (C). (DC). Los Irresistibles [00:53:54]: Beta Ray Bill #5 (final), Black Cat #8, Black Widow #9, Captain Marvel #30, Daredevil #32, Eternals #6, Guardians of the Galaxy #16, Home Sick Pilots #7, Made in Korea #3 (de 6), Marauders #22, Nightwing #82, Paranoia Killer #4 (final), Proctor Valley Road #5 (final), Strange Adventures #11 (de 12), SWORD #7, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #4.

Alex and Brian talk Beyond the Breach, Dark Blood, Catwoman, The Flash, Nightwing, Shazam, Superman and the Authority, Bermuda, Home Sick Pilots, M.O.M.: Mother of Madness, Moon Knight, Thor Annual, and more!

INTRODUCTION COMICS: Bat/Cat Clay/Sharp announcement! Previews Order due this week so please let us know of any pull list additions of new titles! New DC Previews released, usual previews pod to follow soon. TV/MOVIES: Y The Last Man promo! Black Widow! Loki finale! HONOURABLE MENTIONS DC – 30m 25s The Nice House on the Lake #2, Batman: The Adventure Continue S2 #2, Justice League #64, The Next Batman: Second Son #4, The Swamp Thing #5 Marvel – 48m 45s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, Extreme Carnage Alpha #1, The Immortal Hulk #48 Indie – 1hr 01m 52s Firepower #13, MotU: Revelation #1, Skybound X #1, The Good Asian #3, Wynd #8, Fight Girls #1, Walking Dead Deluxe #18 PICKS OF THE WEEK Alan – 1hr 26m 15s - Batman #110 Keith – 1hr 34m 30s - X-Men #1 Stephen - Amazing Spider-Man #70 Titles to look forward to next NCBD (21.07.21) 1hr 48m 20s Alan - Canto III: Lionhearted #1, Seven Secrets #10, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #2 Keith - Many Deaths of Laila Starr #4, Moon Knight #1, Dark Blood #1 Stephen - Power Rangers #9, Home Sick Pilots #7, Thor Annual #1 www.coffeeandheroes.com

INTRODUCTION COMICS: Bat/Cat Clay/Sharp announcement! Previews Order due this week so please let us know of any pull list additions of new titles! New DC Previews released, usual previews pod to follow soon. TV/MOVIES: Y The Last Man promo! Black Widow! Loki finale! HONOURABLE MENTIONS DC – 30m 25s The Nice House on the Lake #2, Batman: The Adventure Continue S2 #2, Justice League #64, The Next Batman: Second Son #4, The Swamp Thing #5 Marvel – 48m 45s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, Extreme Carnage Alpha #1, The Immortal Hulk #48 Indie – 1hr 01m 52s Firepower #13, MotU: Revelation #1, Skybound X #1, The Good Asian #3, Wynd #8, Fight Girls #1, Walking Dead Deluxe #18 PICKS OF THE WEEK Alan – 1hr 26m 15s - Batman #110 Keith – 1hr 34m 30s - X-Men #1 Stephen - Amazing Spider-Man #70 Titles to look forward to next NCBD (21.07.21) 1hr 48m 20s Alan - Canto III: Lionhearted #1, Seven Secrets #10, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #2 Keith - Many Deaths of Laila Starr #4, Moon Knight #1, Dark Blood #1 Stephen - Power Rangers #9, Home Sick Pilots #7, Thor Annual #1 www.coffeeandheroes.com

Superconnectivity Ep #347: Loki Episode 3, Heroes Return #1 Charlie and Phil discuss various topics including: Shang-Chi trailer #2 Scarlett Johannson and her next project What does Robert Downey Jr have to do and not do? Loki episode 3 New comics including Heroes Return #1, Amazing Spider-Man #69, Fantastic Four: Life Story #2, Reptil #2, Gamma Flight #1, Nuclear Family #5, Bitter Root #14, Home Sick Pilots #6 Superconnectivity Ep #347: Loki Episode 3, Heroes Return #1 Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Charlie Esser on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/CharlieEsser Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn't cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Support the Southgate Media Group on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Join Sis and Big Pops for a talk about pop culture news fun things happening in movies, tv-shows, and comic books, for our fancy one-year anniversary. We discuss a plethora of movie news: Transformers, F9, Tomorrow War, Black Panther, Song 2, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Knives Out 2, The Simpsons, and Chainsaw-Man to name a few. As well as some Lego news. We go over what we're bingeing right now. Sis has been reading a lot of mystery books, and still loves Gravity Falls. And Pops is getting read to read as well, The Foundation, but is absolutely Loving Kid Cosmic on Netflix. Pops shares his pull list, this week he introduces us to Life Story Issue 2, and Gamma Flight Issue 1 by Marvel; Robin Issue 3 an Infinite Frontier: Justice League Incarnate Issue 1 4 by DC; as well as Vinyl Issue 1 and the Ascender Issue 16 by Image. His honorable mention is Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, which just finished it's first run. His book of the week is Mr. Miracle and the Source of Freedom Issue 1, by DC. We reviewed the classic sci-fi-horror film, Alien. We also reviewed the first trade paperback of the Image comic, Home Sick Pilots. This episode was originally recorded on 6/30/21. Check us out on twitter @sisnpopsculture

Superconnectivity Ep #347: Loki Episode 3, Heroes Return #1 Charlie and Phil discuss various topics including: Shang-Chi trailer #2 Scarlett Johannson and her next project What does Robert Downey Jr have to do and not do? Loki episode 3 New comics including Heroes Return #1, Amazing Spider-Man #69, Fantastic Four: Life Story #2, Reptil #2, Gamma Flight #1, Nuclear Family #5, Bitter Root #14, Home Sick Pilots #6 Superconnectivity Ep #347: Loki Episode 3, Heroes Return #1 Find all of our Social Media here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Charlie Esser on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/CharlieEsser Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn't cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics Support the Southgate Media Group on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Episode 104! This week we are giving our thoughts on Home Sick Pilots Vol. 1: Teenage Haunts, as well as going over some nerd news! I can't wait to hear what you all think of our opinion! We decided we wanted you guys to get to know the real us so we're taking a break on any real editing. Apologies ahead of time to anyone we offend. In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band—who's been missing for weeks. How did she get there? What do these ghosts want? And does this mean the band has to break up? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action as Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes really), and as writer DAN WATTERS (Lucifer, COFFIN BOUND) and artist CASPAR WIJNGAARD (LIMBO, Star Wars, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt) delve into the horrors of misspent youth. COLLECTS HOME SICK PILOTS #1-5 As usual you can head over to our Patreon and find an episode that will be an uncut version of the recording so get ready for long off topic conversations and technical difficulties! Join our discord and help us build the community! https://discord.gg/C8kX8kyKTM Support The Wednesday Pull List! https://www.patreon.com/wednesdaypull Check out our show sponsors! https://www.mycomicshop.com/?AffID=1881246P01 https://galactictoys.com/?rfsn=4874329.21dc80 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wednesdaypull/message

Comics    Stray Dogs #5 from Image | Writer(s): Tony Fleecs | Artist(s): Trish Forstner | $3.99    Good Luck #1 from Boom! Studios (W) Matthew Erman (A) Stefano Simeone $3.99   Bloom #2 of 4 from Hero Tomorrow Comics (W) Ted Sikora (A) Butch Mara - $3.99 BACK ISSUE! #128 (magazine) from TwoMorrows Publishing - Bronze Age TV Tie-Ins Issue - $9.99     Shadecraft #4 from Image | Writer(s): Joe Henderson | Artist(s): Lee Garbett | Colors: Antonio Fabela | Letters: Simon Bowland | $3.99 Vinyl #1 from Image | Writer(s): Doug Wagner | Artist(s): Daniel Hillyard | Colors: Dave Stewart | Letters: Ed Dukeshire | $3.99 Something Is Killing The Children #17 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): James Tynion IV | Artist(s): Werther Dell Edera | Colors: Miquel Muerto | Letters: Andworld Design | $3.99 Blue Flame #2 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Christopher Cantwell | Artist(s): Adam Gorham | Colors: Kurt Michael Russell | Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou | $3.99 Lady Baltimore Witch Queens #4 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Christopher Golden | Artist(s): Bridgit Connell | Colors: Michelle Madsen | Letters: Clem Robins | $3.99 Imogen of the Wyrding Way from Dark Horse | Writer: Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden | Artist: Peter Bergting | | Colors: Michelle Madsen | Letters: Clem Robins | $3.99 Bitter Root #14 from Image | Writer(s): David Walker Chuck Brown | Artist(s): Sanford Greene | $3.99 Home Sick Pilots #6 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99 Jules Vernes Lighthouse #3 from Image | Writer(s): David Hine Brian Haberlin | Artist(s): Brian Haberlin Geirrod Van Dyke | $3.99 Sea Of Stars #10 from Image | Writer(s): Jason Aaron Dennis Hopeless Hallum | Artist(s): Stephen Green Rico Renzi | $3.99 Maria Llovets Eros Psyche #4 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Maria Llovet | Artist(s): Maria Llovet | $3.99 Modern Frankenstein #3 from Heavy Metal | Writer(s): Paul Cornell | Artist(s): Emma Vieceli | $3.99 Nuclear Family #5 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Stephanie Phillips | Artist(s): Tony Shasteen | $3.99 Phantom On The Scan #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Mark Torres | $3.99 Wasted Space #21 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Michael Moreci | Artist(s): Hayden Sherman | $3.99 TRADES Ice Cream Man Vol 6 Just Desserts TP from Image | Writer(s): W Maxwell Prince | Artist(s): Martin Morazzo | $16.99 Upcoming Comics Parasomnia #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | $3.99 Canto & The City Of Giants #3 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): David M. Booher | Artist(s): Sebastian Piriz | $3.99 Chained To The Grave #4 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Brian Level Andrew Eschenbach | Artist(s): Kate Sherron | $3.99 Department Of Truth #10 from Image | Writer(s): James Tynion IV | Artist(s): Martin Simmonds | $3.99 Autumnal #8 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Daniel Kraus | Artist(s): Chris Shehan | $3.99 Barbaric #1 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Michael Moreci | Artist(s): Nathan Gooden | $3.99 Cult Of Dracula #4 from Source Point Press | Writer(s): Rich Davis | Artist(s): Henry Martinez | $3.99 Girls Of Dimension 13 #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Graham Nolan | Artist(s): Bret Blevins | $3.99 Midnight Western Theater #2 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Louis Southard | Artist(s): David Hahn | $3.99 Specter Inspectors #5 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Bowen McCurdy Kaitlyn Musto | Artist(s): Bowen McCurdy | $4.99 Undone from Blood Or The Other Side Of Eden #4 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Lonnie Nadler Zac Thompson | Artist(s): Sami Kivela | $4.99 We Only Find Them When Theyre Dead #7 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Al Ewing | Artist(s): Simone Di Meo | $3.99 Witchblood #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Matthew Erman | Artist(s): Lisa Sterle | $3.99   Crossover #7 from Image Comics (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Phil Hester & Various $3.99    Made in Korea #2 from Image Comics (W) Jeremy Holt (A) George Schall $3.99    Trade Family Tree Vol 3 Forest TP from Image | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Phil Hester Various | $14.99  

Alex and Brian welcome CPOV Supreme Intelligence Case Aiken to Panelology to deep-dive into Heroes Reborn as the event wraps up—then we talk Ninjak, Black Hammer Reborn, Action Comics, Superman, Checkmate, Infinite Frontier, RWBY/Jusitce League, Wonder Woman: Black & Gold, Home Sick Pilots, Gamma Flight, Marvel's Voices: Pride, Reptil, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hellfire Gala, and more!

NEWSComics creators condemn news of Warren Ellis's return to comics. Image gives a statementSeptember 2021 Marvel solicitations: ‘Dark Ages' rages and Inferno is here!Marvel teases Spider-Man: Beyond, reveals it'll be 3 times a month!Dark Horse announces Jeff Lemire's ‘Mazebook' for September 2021Dark Horse announces sci-fi one-shot ‘Children of the Plague'Dark Horse schedules ‘Last Flight Out' for September 2021Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman launching Kids Love Chains Press with ‘Vanish' as first title‘The Department of Truth' #1 sells out and gets sixth printingMarvel to offer NFT collecting via Veve Digital Collectibles AppSegment: Heroes Don't Do That - Do they though? Second Week: Do heroes binge watch Netflix?Our Top Books of the WeekDave:Infinite Frontier #1 (Josh Williamson, Xermanico)Home Sick Pilots #6 (Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard)Nathan:Home Sick Pilots #6 (Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard)Stray Dogs #5 (Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Batman/Superman #19Dave - Infinite Frontier #1TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Barbaric #1Nathan: Barbaric #1JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Autumnal #8 Chris ShehanNathan: Shang-Chi #2 (Michael Cho variant)Segment: The Best Comics of 2021...so far!Dave:The Many Deaths of Laila StarrStrange Adventures Nathan: Specter InspectorsThe Many Deaths of Laila StarrThe Swamp ThingSegment: Interview: Frank Gogol Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness #1. Frank, last time we spoke was November 2020, and I believe this project might have been around the corner. How long has Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness been in the works?Were you a fan at all of Power Rangers before taking on this project?The Phantom Ranger has been a mystery to fans for over 20 years; did you feel any pressure in peeling back some of the character's layers?This issue features a familiar character, Rita, what was it like writing this version of the character?I kind of love the concept of the Phantom Ranger and him being a space-knight since we've seen it work so well with the Mandolorian. That got me thinking, was there any novels, films, or TV that you love that have similar themes to this issue?When writing an extra-sized issue like this, do you approach writing and plotting differently than the usual 20 page comic?Do you have a favorite Power Ranger?I loved the epic nature of this issue, let's say a famous director and/or studio took on this project, who would you want producing?Off Topic Top Shelf: Frank Gogol - Video games, Assassin Creed games open world action RPG

- Batman: Reptilian #1. Garth Ennis (W), Liam Sharp (A/C). (DC). - Checkmate #1 (de 6). Brian Michael Bendis (W), Alex Maleev (A), Dave Stewart (C). (DC). - Gamma Flight #1 (de 5). Al Ewing y Crystal Frasier (W), Lan Medina (A), Antonio Fabela (C). (Marvel). - Good Luck #1. Matthew Erman (W), Stefano Simeone (A/C). (Boom). - Infinite Frontier #1 (de 6). Joshua Williamson (W), Xermanico (A), Romulo Fajardo Jr. (C). (DC). - Fantastic Four: Life Story #2 (de 6). Mark Russell (W), Sean Izaakse (A), Nolan Woodard (C). (Marvel). Los Irresistibles [01:09:41]: Captain Marvel #29, Guardians of the Galaxy #15, Home Sick Pilots #6, SWORD #6.

Happy Friday! This Friday episode starts with the usual weekly comic book pick list, and boy did we have some great picks! I mostly discuss Homesick Pilot #6, Harley Quinn #4, and Batman: Reptilian #1, but also touch on Silk, Captain Marvel, Marvel Voices Pride, and some others!  After the picks, we go straight into this week's third episode of Loki. It was a very different watching experience than the previous two, and not necessarily in good ways. But we did learn some integral information about the TVA and our cast of characters, and I discuss all the speculation as well! After a brief mention of Superman and Lois, I discuss the new trailers for The Suicide Squad and Shang Chi! I'm excited for both movies, for totally different reasons. And since Shang-Chi has such an involved world it's tying into, there are a  lot of Easter eggs to be on the lookout for! Finally, this week's podcasts wrap up with the news of a new era for the Amazing Spider-Man, complete with some major switch-ups, including the return of Ben Reilly! There's a whole new set of creatives on these new projects, so if you're a fan of Spider-Man, you'll want to stay in the loop! I'll be back for a new episode this coming Monday, June 28th, where I'll discuss the coming week's comic book pull list, tonight's episode  of the Bad Batch, and whatever other news or speculation rears it's head between now and then! In the meantime, stay cool this hot summer; hydrate, hippies; practice empathy; get sweaty about comics! Website/Blog: www.sensationalshegeek.weebly.com Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify Instagram: @annawiththecomics Twitter: @savageshegeek YouTube: Sensational She-Geek

Comics  Radiant Black #5 from Image | Writer(s): Kyle Higgins | Artist(s): Marcello Costa | $3.99   Hard Case Crime/Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla #3 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Cynthia von Buhler | Artist(s): Cynthia von Buhler | $3.99 BRZRKR #3 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Keanu Reeves Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Ron Garney | $3.99 Home #3 from Image | Writer(s): Julio Anta | Artist(s): Anna Wieszczyk | $3.99   Time Before Time #2 from Image | Writer(s): Declan Shalvey Rory McConville | Artist(s): Joe Palmer | $3.99 Silver Coin #3 from Image | Writer(s): Chip Zdarsky/Ed Brisson | Lines and Letters: Michael Walsh | Colors: Michael Walsh, Toni Marie Griffin | $3.99 Many Deaths Of Laila Starr #3 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): V. Ram | Artist(s): Filipe Andrade | Color Assist: Ines Amaro | Letters: Andworld Design | $3.99 Resonant #10 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): David Andry | Artist(s): Skylar Patridge | Colors: Jason Wordie | Letters: Deron Bennett | $3.99 House Of Lost Horizons A Sarah Jewell Mystery #2 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Chris Roberson | Artist(s): Leila Del Duca | Colors: Michelle Madsen | Letters: Clem Robins | $3.99 Stillwater #8 from Image | Writer(s): Chip Zdarsky | Artist(s): Ramon K. Perez | Colors: Mike Spicer | Letters: Rus Wooton | $3.99 Vampiress Carmilla from Warrant Publishing | Various writers and artists Ice Cream Man #24 from Image | Writer(s): W. Maxwell Prince | Artist(s): Martin Morazzo Chris Ohalloran | $3.99 Silver City #2 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Olivia Cuartero-Briggs | Artist(s): Luca Merli | $3.99   Compass #1 from Image Comics (W) Robert Mackenzie, Dave Walker (A/CA) Justin Greenwood $3.99 Save Yourself #1 from Boom Box! (W) Bones Leopard (A) Kelly Matthews, Nichole Matthews $4.99 Seven Swords #1 from AfterShock Comics (W) Evan Daugherty (A) Riccardo Mattina $4.99    Upcoming Comics Lady Baltimore Witch Queens #4 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Christopher Golden | Artist(s): Bridgit Connell | $3.99 Bitter Root #14 from Image | Writer(s): David Walker Chuck Brown | Artist(s): Sanford Greene | $3.99 Home Sick Pilots #6 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99 Jules Vernes Lighthouse #3 from Image | Writer(s): David Hine Brian Haberlin | Artist(s): Brian Haberlin Geirrod Van Dyke | $3.99 Good Luck #1 from Boom! Studios (W) Matthew Erman (A) Stefano Simeone $3.99 Sea Of Stars #10 from Image | Writer(s): Jason Aaron Dennis Hopeless Hallum | Artist(s): Stephen Green Rico Renzi | $3.99 Shadecraft #4 from Image | Writer(s): Joe Henderson | Artist(s): Lee Garbett Antonio Fabela | $3.99 Stray Dogs #5 from Image | Writer(s): Tony Fleecs | Artist(s): Trish Forstner | $3.99 Vinyl #1 from Image | Writer(s): Doug Wagner | Artist(s): Daniel Hillyard Dave Stewart | $3.99 Blue Flame #2 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Christopher Cantwell | Artist(s): Adam Gorham Kurt Michael Russell | $3.99 Maria Llovets Eros Psyche #4 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Maria Llovet | Artist(s): Maria Llovet | $3.99 Modern Frankenstein #3 from Heavy Metal | Writer(s): Paul Cornell | Artist(s): Emma Vieceli | $3.99 Nuclear Family #5 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Stephanie Phillips | Artist(s): Tony Shasteen | $3.99 Phantom On The Scan #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Mark Torres | $3.99 Something Is Killing The Children #17 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): James Tynion IV | Artist(s): Werther Dell Edera | $3.99 Wasted Space #21 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Michael Moreci | Artist(s): Hayden Sherman | $3.99   TRADES   Ice Cream Man Vol 6 Just Desserts TP from Image | Writer(s): W Maxwell Prince | Artist(s): Martin Morazzo | $16.99

This week the ACP talk about the other side of the comic shop experience, and to do so are joined by Danielle Tute from the mighty OK Comics in Leeds! Theres talk about web stores, recommendations to customers, pull lists and so much more. Plus there's lots of great books to check out and add to your wish lists! Great stuff to check out this week - OK Comics, Danielle Tute, Monsters, Barry Windsor Smith, Celery Stalks, Pat Rooks, Home Sick Pilots, Etherington Brothers, Edison Neo, No Brainer, The Nice House on the Lake, Lonely Receiver,  Click here to buy comics from the creators of the Awesome Comics Podcast! Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com  Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

Episode 35!!! I called @caspar_wijngaard to talk about making original comics for @imagecomics (Home Sick Pilots vol 1 w/ @danpgwatters out now!!!), jumping into the #starwars universe for @marvel & creating one of the most vibey color palettes in the comic book industry. https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/home-sick-pilots https://imagecomics.com/creators/caspar-wijngaard https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C1524112798 https://www.marvel.com/comics/creators/13219/caspar_wijngaard --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/givethedrummersome/support

Chris and JB discuss all the latest comic books they have been reading recently, including Non-Stop Spider-Man #1, Home Sick Pilots #4, Alien #1, Captain Marvel #27, and X-Men: Legends issues 1 to 4. The boys also talk about Spider-Man character Silk, and her past and present runs. Email at chrisscomicspodcast@gmail.com

One of the hardest questions to answer with comics is a very basic one, "Where do I begin?" Each week Starting Points helps answer that by going over this week's new comics to point out ongoing series starting new arcs, notable new series, and trades and graphic novels coming out.Time Stamps:00:00 - Opening New Series:00:28 - Wonder Girl #102:29 - Legends of the Dark Knight #104:09 - The Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #105:56 - Shang Chi #107:53 - Red Room #1Ongoing Series Starting New Arcs: 09:36 - We Only Find Them When They're Dead 10:47 - Stillwater #711:49 - Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #12Graphic Novels/Trades13:14 - We Hereby Refuse 14:53 - Superman by Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason16:16 - Sengi and Tembo 17:37 - Aliens: The Early Years 1851 - Home Sick Pilots 19:51 - Harley Quinn/ Poison Ivy Pick of the Week21:21 - Pick of the Week (Fantastic Four: Life Story)

This week Angela and Zach are discussing one of our favourite series of the year so far: Home Sick Pilots by Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard, Aditya Bidikar and Tom Muller from Image Comics! They're also updating their review of the Resident Alien TV series, tangent-ing their way into talking about The Tick and then just discussing Alan Tudyk's career for a while... So Spoilers for Home Sick Pilots, and also Resident Alien I guess? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alex, Jenna, and Brian talk The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Knock 'Em Dead, Phantom on the Scan, Alice in Leatherland, Batman / Fortnite: Zero Point, The Flash, Infinite Frontier: Secret Files, Justice League, Nightwing, The Rise, Home, Home Sick Pilots, The Old Guard: Tales Through Time, Stray Dogs, Champions, The Mighty Valkyries, Children of the Atom, X-Force, S.W.O.R.D., Way of X, and more!

Comics  Home #1 from Image | Writer(s): Julio Anta | Artist(s): Anna Wieszczyk | $3.99  Hard Case Crime Minky Woodcock Girl Who Electrified Tesla #1 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Cynthia von Buhler | Artist(s): Cynthia von Buhler | $3.99   Jules Vernes Lighthouse #1 from Image | Writer(s): David Hine Brian Haberlin | Artist(s): Brian Haberlin Geirrod Van Dyke | $4.99   Riverdale:  The Ties That Bind graphic novel from Archie Comics (W) Micol Ostow (A) Thomas Pitilli $14.99 Redemption #3 of 5 from AWA/Upshot Comics (W) Christa Faust (A) Mike Deodato Jr. $3.99   Scumbag #7 from Image | Writer(s): Rick Remender | Artist(s): Francesco Mobili Moreno DiNisio | $3.99 Scouts Honor #4 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): David Pepose | Artist(s): Luca Casalanguida | $3.99  Phantom On The Scan #1 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Mark Torres | Letters: David Sharpe | $4.99 Proctor Valley Road #2 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Alex Child Grant Morrison | Artist(s): Naomi Franquiz | Colors: Tamra Bonvillain | Letters: Jim Campbell | $3.99 Karmen #2 from Image | Writer(s): Guillem March | Artist(s): Guillem March | Color Assistant: Tony Lopez | $3.99 Autumnal #6 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Daniel Kraus | Artist(s): Chris Shehan | Colors: Jason Wordie | Letters: Jim Campbell | $3.99 Maniac Of New York #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Elliott Kalan | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | Letters: Taylor Esposito | $3.99 Canto & The City Of Giants #1 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): David M. Booher | Artist(s): Sebastian Piriz | Letters: Andworld Design | $3.99 Chained To The Grave #2 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Brian Level Andrew Eschenbach | Artist(s): Kate Sherron | Letters: Micah Myers | $3.99 Locke & Key Sandman Hell & Gone #1 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Joe Hill Neil Gaiman | Artist(s): Gabriel Rodriguez | Colors: Jay Fotos | Letters: Shawn Lee | $6.99 Undone from Blood Or The Other Side Of Eden #2 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Lonnie Nadler Zac Thompson | Artist(s): Sami Kivela | Colors: Jason Wordie | Letters: Hassan Otsame-Elhaou | $4.99 Home Sick Pilots #5 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99  Eros Psyche #2 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Maria Llovet | Artist(s): Maria Llovet | $3.99 Picture Of Everything Else #3 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Kishore Mohan | $3.99 Space Bastards #4 from Humanoids Publishing | Writer(s): Joe Aubrey Eric Peterson | Artist(s): Darick Robertson | $4.99 Upcoming Comics Cojacaru The Skinner #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Christopher Golden | Artist(s): Peter Bergting | $3.99 Crimson Flower #4 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Matt Lesniewski | $3.99 Lady Baltimore Witch Queens #2 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Mignola Christopher Golden | Artist(s): Bridgit Connell | $3.99 HAHA #4 from Image | Writer(s): W. Maxwell Price | Artist(s): Patrick Horvath | $3.99 Stray Dogs #3 from Image | Writer(s): Tony Fleecs | Artist(s): Trish Forstner | $3.99 I Walk With Monsters #5 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Paul Cornell | Artist(s): Sally Cantirino | $3.99 Knock Em Dead #5 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Mattia Monaco | $3.99 Many Deaths Of Laila Starr #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Ram V. | Artist(s): Filipe Andrade | $4.99 Resonant #9 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): David Andry | Artist(s): Skylar Patridge | $3.99 Specter Inspectors #3 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Bowen McCurdy Kaitlyn Musto | Artist(s): Bowen McCurdy | $4.99   Radiant Black #3 from Image Comics (W) Kyle Higgins (A) Marcello Costa $3.99  You Promised Me Darkness #1 from Behemoth Comics (W/A)  Damian Connelly $3.99      

Alex and Brian welcome Chris Grine to the show to talk about his newest book, The Secrets of Camp Whatever! Plus: Black Hammer: Visions, Batman: The Detective, Batman: Urban Legends, The Joker, Locke & Key / Sandman: Hell & Gone, Home Sick Pilots, Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow, and more!

- Batman: The Detective #1 (de 6). Tom Taylor (W), Andy Kubert (A), Brad Anderson (C). (DC). - Geiger #1. Geoff Johns (W), Gary Frank (A), Brad Anderson (C). (Image). - Phantom on the Scan #1. Cullen Bunn (W), Mark Torres (A/C). (Aftershock). - Project: Patron #1. Steve Orlando (W), Patrick Piazzalunga (A), Carlos López (C). (Aftershock). - Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow #1. Chip Zdarsky (W), Pasqual Ferry (A), Matt Hollingsworth (C). (Marvel). - The Silver Coin #1. Chip Zdarsky (W), Michael Walsh (A/C). (Image). Los Irresistibles [00:42:27]: América Chávez: Made in the USA #2, Birthright #48, Black Cat #5, Children of the Atom #2, Daredevil #29, Far Sector #11 (de 12), Fear Case #3, Friday #3, Guardians of the Galaxy #13, Home Sick Pilots #5, Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #4 (de 6), King in Black #5 (final), Marauders #19, Power Pack #5 (final), Proctor Valley Road #2, Rorschach #7, Runaways #35, Seven Secrets #7, The Autumnal #6, The Immortal Hulk #45, Thor #14, Venom #34.

Happy Friday everyone! This week's B episode starts with the regular New Comic Book Day Picks, covering what I loved best from this week's comic book releases. This week's picks include Batman and Oracle stories, Daredevil, Iron Man, Karmen, Home Sick Pilots, Black Cat, and Children of the Atom! The comics chat is followed by a discussion of Black Lightning Season 4, all the way up to the most recent episode, ep.7, "Painkiller." Then there are announcements about what's coming up in comics later this year, including an unexpected Batman/Catwoman annual and the new World War She-Hulk event for the Avengers series! There's a lot to unpack with the latter announcement, including my own personal connection with the character of Jennifer Walters. Finally, the episode wraps up with some brief DCEU casting news. I'll be back Monday, April 19th for an all-new podcast episode covering next week comics pull list, Falcon and the Winter Soldier ep. 5, and any news or updates that break between now and then! It's a great time to be a nerd, so be kind and sweat it out!

Comics    Project: Patron #1 from AfterShock Comics (W) Steve Orlando (A)  Patrick Piazzalunga $4.99 Magic the Gathering #1 from BOOM Studios!  (W) Jed MacKay (A) Ig Guara $4.99 Bloom #1 from Hero Tomorrow Comics (W) Ted Siroka (A) Butch Mapa $3.99    Fire Power #10 from Image | Writer(s): Robert Kirkman | Artist(s): Chris Samnee Matthew Wilson | $3.99   Nocterra #2 from Image Comics (W) Scott Snyder (A Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey $3.99   The Silver Coin #1 from Image | Writer(s): Chip Zdarsky | Artist(s): Michael Walsh | $3.99 Geiger #1 from Image | Writer(s): Geoff Johns | Artist(s): Gary Frank | Colors: Brad Anderson | Letters: Rob Leigh | $3.99 Fear Case #3 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Tyler Jenkins | Colors: Hilary Jenkins | $3.99 Beasts Of Burden Occupied Territory #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer | Artist(s): Benjamin Dewey | Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot | $3.99 Hollow Heart #2 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Paul Allor | Artist(s): Paul Tucker | $3.99 Commanders In Crisis #7 from Image | Writer(s): Steve Orlando | Artist(s): Davide Tinto | $3.99   Deep Beyond #3 from Image Comics (W) Mirka Andolfo, David Goy (A) Andrea Broccardo $3.99  Miles to Go #4 from AfterShock Comics (W) B. Clay Moore (A) Stephen Molnar $3.99  The Impure #1 Scout Comics (W) Ralf Singh (A) Hannes Radke $3.99      Upcoming Comics Canto & The City Of Giants #1 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): David M. Booher | Artist(s): Sebastian Piriz | $3.99 Chained To The Grave #2 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Brian Level Andrew Eschenbach | Artist(s): Kate Sherron | $3.99 Locke & Key Sandman Hell & Gone #1 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Joe Hill Neil Gaiman | Artist(s): Gabriel Rodriguez | $6.99 Home #1 from Image | Writer(s): Julio Anta | Artist(s): Anna Wieszczyk | $3.99 Home Sick Pilots #5 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99  Jules Vernes Lighthouse #1 from Image | Writer(s): David Hine Brian Haberlin | Artist(s): Brian Haberlin Geirrod Van Dyke | $4.99 Karmen #2 from Image | Writer(s): Guillem March | Artist(s): Guillem March | $3.99 Scumbag #7 from Image | Writer(s): Rick Remender | Artist(s): Francesco Mobili Moreno DiNisio | $3.99 Autumnal #6 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Daniel Kraus | Artist(s): Chris Shehan | $3.99 Hard Case Crime Minky Woodcock Girl Who Electrified Tesla #1 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Cynthia von Buhler | Artist(s): Cynthia von Buhler | $3.99 Maniac Of New York #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Elliott Kalan | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | $3.99 Eros Psyche #2 from Ablaze Media | Writer(s): Maria Llovet | Artist(s): Maria Llovet | $3.99 Phantom On The Scan #1 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Mark Torres | $4.99 Picture Of Everything Else #3 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Kishore Mohan | $3.99 Proctor Valley Road #2 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Alex Child Grant Morrison | Artist(s): Naomi Franquiz | $3.99 Scouts Honor #4 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): David Pepose | Artist(s): Luca Casalanguida | $3.99 Space Bastards #4 from Humanoids Publishing | Writer(s): Joe Aubrey Eric Peterson | Artist(s): Darick Robertson | $4.99 Undone from Blood Or The Other Side Of Eden #2 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Lonnie Nadler Zac Thompson | Artist(s): Sami Kivela | $4.99

Comics Redemption #2 of 5 from AWA Writer: Christa Fost Art: Mike Diodato jr. Wrong Earth Night And Day #3 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Tom Peyer | Artist(s): Jamal Igle Juan Castro | $3.99  Karmen #1 from Image | Writer(s): Guillem March | Artist(s): Guillem March | Color Assist: Tony Lopez | $3.99 Proctor Valley Road #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Alex Child Grant Morrison | Artist(s): Naomi Franquiz | Colors: Tamra Bonvillain | Letters: Jim Campbell | $3.99 Autumnal #5 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Daniel Kraus | Artist(s): Chris Shehan | Colors: Jason Wordie | Letters: Jim Campbell | $3.99 Home Sick Pilots #4 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | Letters: Aditya Bidikar $3.99 Maniac Of New York #2 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Elliott Kalan | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | Letters: Taylor Esposito | $3.99 Specter Inspectors #2 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Bowen McCurdy Kaitlyn Musto | Artist(s): Bowen McCurdy | Letters: Jim Campbell | $4.99 Neil Gaiman Norse Mythology #6 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Neil Gaiman P. Craig Russell | Artist(s): P. Craig Russell Various  Complete Chester Goulds Dick Tracy Vol 29 1976 - 1977 HC from IDW Publishing |  Writer(s): Chester Gould | Artist(s): Chester Gould | $44.99 Deep Beyond #2 from Image | Writer(s): David Goy Mirka Andolfo | Artist(s): Andrea Broccardo | $3.99 Sea Of Stars #9 from Image | Writer(s): Jason Aaron Dennis Hopeless Hallum | Artist(s): Stephen Green Rico Renzi | $3.99 Knock Em Dead #4 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Mattia Monaco | $3.99 Scouts Honor #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): David Pepose | Artist(s): Luca Casalanguida | $3.99 Space Bastards #3 from Humanoids Publishing | Writer(s): Joe Aubrey Eric Peterson | Artist(s): Darick Robertson | $4.99 Wasted Space #20  from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Michael Moreci | Artist(s): Hayden Sherman | $3.99 Upcoming Comics Abbott 1973 #3 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Saladin Ahmed | Artist(s): Sami Kivela | $3.99 I Walk With Monsters #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Paul Cornell | Artist(s): Sally Cantirino | $3.99 Midnight Western Theater #1 from Scout Comics | Writer(s): Louis Southard | Artist(s): David Hahn | $3.99 Red Atlantis #5 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Stephanie Phillips | Artist(s): Robert Carey | $3.99   E-Ratic #4 from AWA/Upshot (W/A) Kaare Andrews $3.99  Happy Hour #5 from Ahoy Comics (W) Peter Miligan (A) Michael Montenat $3.99 Radiant Black #2 from Image Comics (W) Kyle Higgins (A) Marcello Costa $3.99  Ultramega #1 from Image Comics (W/A) James Harren $7.99  Maria Llovet's Eros/Psyche #1 from Ablaze Media  (W/A) Maria Llovet $3.99   Trades Sabrina The Teenage Witch Something Wicked TP from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Kelly Thompson | Artist(s): Veronica Fish Andy Fish | $14.99 Stillwater Vol 1 Rage Rage TP from Image | Writer(s): Chip Zdarsky | Artist(s): Ramon K. Perez Mike Spicer | $16.99 Count TP from Humanoids Publishing | Writer(s): Ibrahim Moustafa | Artist(s): Ibrahim Moustafa | $19.99

This week the gang are joined by creator of 'Stan and Jack' and Drink and Draw regular Pete Doree to talk about auto and semi biographical comics and what makes them such a popular genre. Theres tons of listener recommendations and thoughts, the gang talk about a lot of classic comic creators and of course there's plenty of laughs and amazing indie comics to check out too! Great stuff to check out this week - Pete Doree, Stand and Jack, Harvey Pekar, The Twilight Man, Poppes of Iraq, Hate!, The Unseen Jack Katz, Kingdom, Rom, Josh Bayer, Home Sick Pilots #4, As Before So Behind (redux) Click here to buy comics from the creators of the Awesome Comics Podcast! Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com  Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

This week, Chad and Emily talk Yashahinae and other anime, Alex watches more Naruto, and Jean-luc plays Apex on the Switch to middling results. After that it's some NFT talk because we have to, then some Batman stuff, Joker, Wonder Woman, Karmen, Home Sick Pilots, Specter Inspectors, and at least two other Boom Studio books which I can't remember the names of. It's fun. You should listen and then share.

This week, Chad and Emily talk Yashahinae and other anime, Alex watches more Naruto, and Jean-luc plays Apex on the Switch to middling results. After that it's some NFT talk because we have to, then some Batman stuff, Joker, Wonder Woman, Karmen, Home Sick Pilots, Specter Inspectors, and at least two other Boom Studio books which I can't remember the names of. It's fun. You should listen and then share.

This week, Chad and Emily talk Yashahinae and other anime, Alex watches more Naruto, and Jean-luc plays Apex on the Switch to middling results. After that it's some NFT talk because we have to, then some Batman stuff, Joker, Wonder Woman, Karmen, Home Sick Pilots, Specter Inspectors, and at least two other Boom Studio books which I can't remember the names of. It's fun. You should listen and then share.

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On this week's Stack podcast: The Joker #1 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns Art by Guillem March, Mirka Andolfo Children of the Atom #1 Marvel Written by Vita Ayala Art by Bernard Chang Karmen #1 Image Comics By Guillem March Wonder Woman #770 DC Comics Written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire Art by Travis Moore, Paulina Ganucheau Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 Marvel Written by Joe Kelly Art by Chris Bachalo Proctor Valley Road #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Grant Morrison & Alex Child Art by Naomi Franquiz American Vampire 1976 #6 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Deadpool Nerdy Thirty #1 Marvel Written by Joe Kelly, Skottie Young, Kelly Thompson, Fabian Nicieza, Gail Simone, Daniel Way, Gerry Duggan & Brian Poeshn, Rob Liefeld & Chad Bowers Art by Cerardo Sandoval, Aaron Conley, Kevin Libranda with Bob Quinn, Patch Zircher, Michael Shelfer, Paco Medina, Scott Koblish, Rob Liefeld Home Sick Pilots #4 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Caspar Wijngaard Rorschach #6 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #1 Marvel Written by Mariko Tamaki Art by Gurihiru Black Hammer Visions #2 Dark Horse Comics Written by Geoff Johns Art by Scott Kolins Superman #29 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Sean Lewis Art by Phil Hester, Sami Basri Eternals #3 Marvel Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Esad Ribić Birthright #47 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Andrei Bressan Luna #2 BOOM! Studios By Maria Llovet Sweet Tooth: The Return #5 DC Comics By Jeff Lemire The Immortal Hulk #44 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett Specter Inspectors #2 Boom! Box By Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto The Amazing Spider-Man #61 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Art by Patrick Gleason The Last Witch #3 BOOM! Box Written by Conor McCreery Illustrated by V.V. Glass 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:                 Hey. What's up, everybody. Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 On The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week, and let's kick it off with the clown prince of crime himself, The Joker #1 from DC Comics, written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns, art by Guillem March and Mirka Andolfo. This is the first time ever the Joker has an ongoing series. So of course, it's mostly about Commissioner Gordon. I mean, this is reliably good. It's James Tynion, Guillem March. His art is gorgeous, as usually, even with the swerve here that it mostly is not about the Joker. It's still a really good story. I liked it quite a bit. What'd you guys think? Pete:                Yeah. I was really impressed. I thought it was very interesting because it's like “Okay. Joker #1. What are we going to get here?” and I was really impressed with the choices that they made with this comic. Also, we're still getting this kind of Punchline kind of backup story in this, which is great, and it's going to be really interesting to see how this Punchline thing unfolds, but yeah. As far as Joker #1, I thought they did an amazing job of getting you excited for this big kind of arc that they're telling. I think, as far as this first issue is concerned, it does its job really well. I am very excited for more. Justin:              Yeah. I really like this version of Commissioner Gordon, or ex-Commissioner Gordon. We get to see a nice flashback of when he was in the Chicago PD before he got busted down to Gotham, and it reminded me a lot of Scott Snyder's Detective Comics run, sort of where he was plucked from that. Pete:                Oh, yeah. With Jock. Jock was doing the art. Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. He was plucked, and Francavilla, Frencesco Francavilla, was doing the art on that for a little bit as well when he was dealing with his son and being suspicious of him becoming a murderer. Pete:                Yeah. That whole restaurant scene was just so- Justin:              A hundred percent. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              In this, we get a little … There's some reflections of that here in the story as well, and it's just a great story, and I really like the idea that it's not a story where we have to watch the Joker being a crazy person the whole time. It's this sort of- Pete:                Or there's three or four Jokers or … You know what I mean? Justin:              Yes. This sort of detective story where we're following Commissioner Gordon make some hard choices that I'm curious to see how plays out. Alex:                 It's good storytelling across the board. If you were hesitant at all, definitely pick it up. Next up, Children of the Atom #1 from Marvel, written by Vita Ayala, art by Bernard Chang. This is an interesting take on what's currently going on with X-Men to show us several characters that seemingly have decided not to go to Krakoa and instead be regular teenagers in high school while fighting crime as mutants. There's, of course, a little bit of a twist there, but what did you think about this first issue? Justin:              I'm curious what Pete thinks of it, because we get to see perhaps a Cyclops that he can really get on board with. Pete:                Yeah. It was an issue of a comic book. Had some X-Men in it, which is great. Justin:              True. Pete:                There's some fighting. Yeah. I liked a couple of the characters. Art was really good. Justin:              Interesting. Not sort of a non-take there, really. I like this story a lot, especially in the larger context of the X-Men universe right now. This feels like a simple, standalone series where we're going to follow these characters and whatever is up with them. They feel like sort of mutant wannabes, almost, trying to find their place by replicating the original X-Men in a fun way. It's drawn really nicely. It was cool. Great reveal at the end. Alex:                 Yeah. I like the fact that we're getting to see outside of Krakoa and what's going on there, because this is a part of the world that we need to find out more about of and their reaction to things. So I am curious, given the twist at the end in particular, where this is going to go, but Vita Ayala is always reliable as a writer, but Chang's art is good. These characters are interesting. I'm excited to read the second issue. Alex:                 Next up, Karmen #1 from Image Comics by and art by Guillem March. This is a very different take on an angel dressed in sort of a skeleton thing straight out of Karate Kid, right, Pete? You know what I'm talking about. Pete:                I do know what you're referencing, but I feel like this costume is a little bit more elaborate than that one. Alex:                 Slightly more elaborate because it actually is her skeleton, but she is visiting with somebody who … They don't come out and say it, but has recently died or is about to die and takes her around as a ghost to sort of show her the world. It's not quite clear to me what this book is going to be about going forward yet at this point. There's a tease of something a little bit more at the end here, but it's always a pleasure to see Guillem March's art. Justin:              Great art, and this feels like something that is like a labor of love, like something that the amount of time and focus put into this book is just palpable. It's beautiful, and it's sort of haunting in the way the story unfolds. I thought this was great, and yeah. Love the art. Pete:                Yeah. It's very sad and very powerful, and yeah. I mean, it's kind of a twisted tale about something that is just … Whoa. Everybody okay? I thought that was a fire alarm going off there. Alex:                 It's all right. Justin:              No. I didn't hear anything. Alex:                 I mean, I will say, to that point, not to interrupt you, Pete, but I do want to mention for anybody interested in picking this up, trigger warning for suicide in this book, potentially. They don't come out and say it, but it's pretty clear what's going on there. Also, there is a fair amount of nudity. So this is not a book that should go necessarily handing to kids, but go ahead, Pete, if there was anything else you wanted to say. Pete:                Yeah. It's kind of a dark tale, but they're kind of putting a bright kind of light on it. So I'm very interested to see how this all unfolds and what the point of this is, because it's a little fucked up, but yeah. I mean, it's not something you can read in the subway or something. You have to read this by yourself somewhere, but it does a great job of grabbing the reader's attention, and I'm curious to see kind of how it all unfolds. Alex:                 Pete, did you take this one to your reading hole? Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Alex:                 Me too. Yeah. I got in my hole, just crawled up, and read that book so nobody could see me. Justin:              I made a reservation in Pete's reading hole, and I still haven't really got my arrival date. Alex:                 Oh, you got to try the cheese puffs there. They are to die for. Justin:              So good. Alex:                 Wonder Woman #770 from DC Comics, written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan and Jordie Bellaire, art by Travis Moore and Paulina Ganucheau or Ganucheau. Excuse me. We talked about this a little bit on the live show. This is coming out of the Future State stuff. So Wonder Woman had this new status quo where she pulled herself back from being sort of a guardian of the universe type thing but instead has found herself in Valhalla in the Norse afterlife fighting the same fights over and over again. That's the front story. The back story is showing us young Wonder Woman. I thought this was phenomenal. Justin:              This was one of my favorite books of the week. Really great. I was really curious, reading all the stuff coming out of Future State, where Wonder Woman was going to land. It felt like it was going to be just not a fun place, she was going to be doing something different, and this was such a breath of fresh air. Diana sort of doesn't know what Wonder Woman is. She doesn't have her powers. She's just being a warrior in its purest form. There's a mystery unfolding behind the scenes. There's some romance here, perhaps. Really just a great story top to bottom. Really caught me off guard. Alex:                 Pete, you were very patiently raising your hand. What's going on? Pete:                All right. So I'm a huge fan of Wonder Woman, but it was weird. I know there's a lot of different kind of mythology, historical and non-historical, wrapped up with Wonder Woman. So it was like I was like “Asgard? Wonder Woman? Why am I fighting this in my brain?” It's this weird Valhalla. I know it should be okay, but to me, it's like I associate it so hard with Marvel that it was hard for me to be like “Yeah. This is cool. Wonder Woman's walking around Marvel right now. This is totally fine. There's nothing wrong with this.” Alex:                 Yeah. I get what you're saying, but it's definitely a very different take than Thor stuff over in Marvel, certainly. I agree with you. It is nearly impossible for comic books to divorce Norse mythology from Thor and the Thor comics books and Loki and et cetera, but those existed beforehand. They definitely time immemorial, and this feels like a more mythological take on Norse mythology than exactly what's going on, usually at least, in Marvel comics. So I got over it by the end, but I was definitely there with you at the beginning with it, Pete. Justin:              Thor was a different dude. He had a red beard. So that's totally different. Pete:                Sure. Sure. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, but that aside, I really thought this was a great start for this new team. I feel like this is really cool. I also really liked the backup. I thought that was fun. I'm excited for this. Alex:                 Well, let's move on to one that you're very excited for as well, Pete, Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 from Marvel, written by Joe Kelly and art by Chris Bachalo. Pete:                Come on. Alex:                 Of course, this is taking Spider-Man and putting him in the position of Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton, because he is going non-stop. Pete:                Don't ruin this for me, you fucking piece of shit. Justin:              My favorite song from Hamilton is Non-Stop. Alex:                 Really? Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Oh, interesting. Pete, you love this book. This is the fast and the furious of Spider-Man books. It's sort of the total opposite of what's going on in Amazing Spider-Man. No real soap opera going on here, just complete balls-to-the-wall action with brief interludes to give you backstory about what's going on. Talk about what you liked about this book. Justin:              Even those interludes are happening pretty fast. This is a smash opera, which is Pete's medium of choice. Pete:                Yeah. I love this. There's no time wasted. It's all non-stop. It's all happening. During a fight scene, which is such a great idea, don't waste time like “Oh, let's go to a coffee shop and fucking talk about our feelings.” No. It's all action. It is just non-stop. I loved it. The art alone is worth picking this up. Unbelievable. Just so fun how Spider-Man's falling but counting the stories by having this inner monologue. I needed this Spider-Man, because Nick Spencer's fucking killing me on that other Spider-Man book, and I just needed a light, fun Spider-Man Spider-Man book that isn't doing a bunch of weird shit. So I really needed this book, and the art is just so good, and I love the pace of it. I love the action. Every single page was glorious, and then the backup story with not your mom's Zemo here. This is a new Zemo here that's just has a lot of sass, got some backtalk, really owning the fact that he's rocking a purple mask in a fun way, and it's all about that drip. Justin:              He does love that drip. Yeah. I first opened this book, and I was like “Surely there's going to be a couple stops in here.” None. Pete:                No. Why do you need stops? What do you need stops for? It's an express train. Justin:              It's an express train. Pete:                You go on the local if you want some fucking stops and look around. Justin:              Pete, what did you think of the backmatter where the editor, Nick Lowe, talks about how, in every single page, he's getting his relationship with Mary Jane annulled. Pete:                That's not true. Justin:              That's how non-stop it is. Pete:                That's not true. Alex:                 Non-stop annulments. Yeah. Pete:                That's not true. it's not true at all. Alex:                 This is the perfect team- Justin:              It is true. Re-read it. Alex:                 I would say this is the perfect team for this book. Joe Kelly, great at this sort of thing. Chris Bachalo, great at this sort of thing. This is fun. Like you're saying, Pete, this is the opposite of what's going on in Amazing Spider-Man, and it's a nice little treat after reading that. Pete:                It is a nice treat. Come on. Justin:              Yeah. No. I really enjoyed it. Chris Bachalo's art's great. It's great to see him on a book like Spider-Man where you get to see- Pete:                It's phenomenal. Justin:              There's so much going on. The panels are crooked. When I got to the end, I was like “This surely can't be the end,” and there's a whole other story. So the stops kept not stopping, you know? Pete:                Yeah. Exactly. Never stop stopping. What'd you guys think of the backup? Justin:              Fun. Alex:                 The Baron Zemo backup? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I love Zemo. I don't know what it is. I just love that guy. Pete:                Yeah. I didn't know you were such a Zemo head. Alex:                 I love Zemo. Pete:                But this- Alex:                 I can't explain it. Pete:                How do you- Alex:                 No. Actually, I can explain it. It's because Under Siege, Avengers: Under Siege, is probably my favorite Avengers storyline. I was like “Yo. I'm sold on this guy. This guy-“ Justin:              Avengers: Under Siege is your favorite Avengers story? Alex:                 Absolutely. Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              There it is. Pete:                How do you feel- Justin:              You love a real loose mask, huh? Pete:                How do you feel about this updated Zemo a little bit? He's got a little sass. Justin:              You keep pushing his sass. Pete:                Well, it's just I haven't seen the Zemo, and Zalben's a Zemo head. So I'm wondering if he's like “This is my Zemo,” or like he feels cool with it. Alex:                 No. It's straight out- Justin:              Pete, have you- Alex:                 If anything, it's old Zemo. He's got the loose mask back again instead of the tight mask. Pete:                Sure. Yeah. Alex:                 His neck's getting some air. Pete:                Right, but I mean, the way he's talking is not how Zemo normally talks. Alex:                 It's fine. Justin:              Pete, this story focuses on a drug called A Plus. Have you been taking some of it? Because you seem hyped. You're non-stop right now. Pete:                Dude, I am non-stop, and I needed a book like this to get me hyped. Alex:                 Let's move on then and talk about Proctor Valley Road #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by- Pete:                Oh, boy. Alex:                 … Grant Morrison and Alex Child, art by- Pete:                What? Alex:                 … Naomi Franquiz. What? Pete:                I kept the whole time reading this being like “I can't believe this is written by Grant Morrison. It looks like such a nice, wholesome book, and I can't believe Grant Morrison is doing this shit.” Alex:                 Yeah, and then you got to the end, right? Pete:                Oh, yeah. I did. Alex:                 So this is about a bunch of kids who hear a legend about a place called Proctor Valley Road, where a bunch of people seemed to die. Like Pete's saying, it starts relatively like just regular teen fun movie for three quarters of the book, and then things get messed up by the end in a really big way, spinning out into some mythology. It doesn't feel like a Grant Morrison book at all, I would say- Pete:                It doesn't. Alex:                 … but Justin, what did you think about this one? Pete:                It's easy to follow. You can understand. It's impressive. Justin:              Well, I think the biggest difference why it doesn't feel very Grant Morrison is the art. The choice of the artist, Naomi Franquiz, is very different, feels very not Grant Morrison, but I think it sort of plays against type a little bit in a good way, because the horror comes at you in such a different way by the end. I feel like you get in the heads of the characters very quickly, and they're all fun, likable, smart characters. Has sort of Scooby Doo vibe with the collection and the era of characters here. Alex:                 Now, I don't want to jump on you too much, but the artist's name is actually Franquiz, and that's a great segue to start up my Fran quiz. First question. Who played the nanny on the hit TV show The Nanny? Pete:                Fran Drescher. Alex:                 Correct. That was the whole quiz. I can't think of another Fran. I'm sorry. Justin:              Oh, that's good. Most famous Frans are Fran Drescher. Pete:                I do want to talk about that podcast we were on, at some point. That was kind of crazy. Alex:                 Let's just skip by that and instead talk about American Vampire 1976 #6 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Here- Pete:                The Querque. Alex:                 … shit is going down, and we're heading towards, I would say, the endgame of American Vampire at this point as our heroes finally close in on the thing that's going to let them beat the Tongue, the demonic entity that's trying to take over the Earth, and things go horrifically wrong. I like this issue. I also like every issue of this book. Pete:                Holy twists and turns, Batman. This is some shit. Justin:              Holy twisted tongue. The Tongue always wins. Can't beat the Tongue. Pete:                Yeah. Wow. Yeah. This was very impressive. Alex:                 That's what I always say to my wife. Pete:                Oh, my god. Don't be creepy, you fuck. Yeah. American Vampire just continues to impress. You think like “Okay. I got a handle on what's going on.” Nope. No. You do not. Yeah. I think this is a really solid, great issue. The Querque is just killing it on the art. It's a lot of fun and really crazy and over the top. Justin:              Really making that nickname work. What is so great about this book and a lot of Scott Snyder's stuff is he always had another gear. This series, there's such a big cast. It's like “Oh, right. These are all … I remember how all these characters work together,” and in this issue and throughout this series, they've been in an ever-worsening situation, and in this issue, the situation somehow gets much worse, and he focuses the cast down to the characters we care the most about and the twists and turns that happen there. He's masterful at timing the big story moves, and this is another great example of that. Pete:                That guy's a great writer. Alex:                 Good stuff. Deadpool Nerdy 30 #1 from Marvel, written by Joe Kelly, Skottie Young, Kelly Thompson, Fabian Nicieza, Gail Simone, Daniel Way, Gerry Duggan, and Brian Posehn, Rob Liefeld, and Chad Bowers, art by Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Conley, Kevin Libranda, with Bob Quinn, Patch Zircher, Michael Shelfer, Paco Medina, Scott Koblish, and Rob Liefeld. Basically, anybody that you can imagine having something to do with Deadpool over the years was pretty much involved in this. This was a bunch of short stories all set on different birthdays that Deadpool is happening. We'll turn it over to Pete, our Deadpool expert. Pete:                Yeah. This is nice. This is just a who's who that's put their fingerprints on Deadpool coming back to tell some fun stories, and that's exactly what it is. You've got everything from Rob Liefeld making fun of pouches to just insane party birthday things. Yeah. It's crazy. It's Deadpool. It's over the top. It's fun. It's also like the art styles are very different for all these different stories. There's a lot of really funny stories in this, a lot of funny ideas. Yeah. The No Chill story was really fun. Yeah. I believe Deadpool would hide guns in different ice cream shops all over the country. Why not? Yeah. It's a ton of fun. It's a lot of great art, and it's one of those collected stories that I think is worth it. Justin:              I've been celebrating Deadpool's birthday every year. So the fact that he's hit 30 is just a real boon. I'm cutting loose like crazy over here. I thought this was fun as well. I want to give it up for the Skottie Young story, Baby's First Cable, which is very fun. Kelly Thompson's Best There Is was really, really good, and the Fabian Nicieza story, I thought, was very good as well. Alex:                 That's the one that I wanted to call out in particular. The thing that I really liked about this book is it's very easy to do a bunch of goofs with Deadpool, but Fabian went for something much serious and much darker, and I think people forget that Deadpool stories can get really dark sometimes. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 So that was great. I was very trepidatious going into this, because I don't usually love collections. They feel like a mixed bag, but they got the right creators working on it, and this is good. If you're a fan of Deadpool at any point in his history, I think this is kind of a must-pick-up. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Next up, Home Sick Pilots #4 from Image Comics, written by Dan Waters, art by Caspar Wijngaard. This is so good. This book is so good. Pick up this book. Justin:              It's so much better than it has any right to be, out of the gate just coming out hot with this story about some teens who are in a band, the Home Sick Pilots. They go into a haunted house. One of them becomes this ghost gatherer of these haunted objects, and this is sort of the all fight issue where things are coming to a head. It's so much action. It's beautifully drawn. The premise is so strong, and it has this sort of intense loneliness about it as well that I really like. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, if you would have tried to explain this story to me, I'd be like “You're out of your gourd. This doesn't sound good,” but it is so well done, so creative, so different. The art, the storytelling, the paneling … It all works so well. This is such a crazy unique story, and some really unique characters. Yeah. I just continue to be impressed. This is one of those ones where you get it and you're like “Man, I hope it's going to be as good as the last issue,” and it fucking delivers. Alex:                 I think a lot of it has to do with Caspar Wijngaard's art, honestly, where the character designs are so unique. We talked about this in the last issue, but there's a VHS something ghost, zombie, I don't know, monster. I don't know exactly what's going on, but it's so terrifyingly and beautifully drawn. One of the main ghost is this horseshoe ghost, has a horseshoe head. Again, absolutely terrifying. We find out more about the mythology here. There seems to be an outside group that kind of has maybe ghosts trapped in TVs that are strapped to their chests that are tracking down ghosts. So there's so much going on in this book, but it- Pete:                Then the haunted house double-page spread thing was fucking insane. Alex:                 Beautiful. The fact that everything is very distinct in terms of the look, in terms of the coloring of the book … Fantastic. Pick up this book. I cannot wait for the next issue. Next up, Rorschach- Justin:              Don't trust VHS tapes. Switch to Betamax. Alex:                 I only use LaserDisc, personally. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 Rorschach #6 from DC Comics, written by Tom King, art by Jorge Fornés. In this issue, we're continuing to work our way back through the history of our cowboy character, who was killed back in the first issue. Here, we find out how she met the Jack Kirby-esque artist who later went on to don the mask of Rorschach. This is good. I was not quite sure about it going in or what was going on, but like we talked about with the last issue, I think that really started to indicate where the story is going and sell me on it. I like this quite a bit. Pete:                Yeah. I was a little worried this was going to be like that Eminem song, like “Dear Stan, my biggest fan.” So I'm glad that she didn't kill herself in those letters or whatever, but man, this was a really great idea and well pulled off. I have no idea what's going on in this Rorschach book, but I've been really impressed with all the different issues, and it's the classic King thing where he's like “Oh, yeah. I'm just going to give you just enough information to pick up the next issue.” That guy is a master. Alex:                 Pete, it's interesting you brought that up, because you know Tom King wrote the Eminem/Punisher crossover that was in XXL. Pete:                Oh, I know. It's a fucking great issue, man. Alex:                 He didn't write that, but … Justin:              Wow. Pete took that bait very quickly. Pete:                Yeah, but it is a great issue regardless of who wrote it. Alex:                 Is it? Pete:                It was Eminem who wrote it. Justin:              I like this issue of Rorschach a lot. I feel like Tom King is trying to say something about American with this book in a really smart, subtle way, almost as if to say … Here's what I think he's picking apart. In the original Watchmen book, it was all about how bringing the world together via the squid monster was a necessary thing to prevent everyone from world war from killing all human, if you were to believe that plan, and this is about how society is drifting apart and what sort of in a very personal in these personal stories, and we get to sort of see that happen in this story following these two characters who are corresponding via letter, and then we're hearing the presidential debate underneath it all, between Robert Redford and the conservative candidate, and it's just really good. I am always excited to see what the next big idea he's getting to is. Pete:                I'm not sick of this Robert Redford bit. This is fun. Justin:              Not a bit. Alex:                 Not a bit. It's real. It's happening. Thor and Loki: Double Trouble #1 from Marvel, written by Mariko Tamaki, art by Gurihiru. This is an all-ages title showing Thor and Loki as teens? 20? Pete:                Double trouble. Alex:                 Something like that, and just- Justin:              Something. Alex:                 … playing some tricks on each other and having a good time. I know I'm a sucker for this sort of thing, but what did you guys think of this book? Justin:              It's fun. It's fun to see, I mean, the inherent dynamic between Thor and Loki where it's like “Oh, you can't trust Loki,” but Thor always does because Thor's a sucker for Loki. This feels the most natural of that, where they're young, they're sort of daring each other, and it goes instantly and horribly wrong in a fun, all-ages way. Pete:                Yeah. I thought this was cute and well done in all the right ways. Even though it's an all-ages, it's still a very enjoyable book to read. It's kind of fun to see them depicted this way and the kind of team-ups and mischief they get into. Yeah. It was a good book. Alex:                 Next up, from all ages to no ages, Black Hammer: Visions #2 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Geoff Johns, art by Scott Kolins. This is very exciting to me, personally. I don't want to speak for you guys or the world at large, but to see Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, the team for The Flash and many other things, collaborating on a very hardcore horror book that's set in the Black Hammer universe, I thought, was very neat. I was a little worried about it. I wasn't sure how it would play out, but I thought it was horrifying and well written, and I liked the little twist there. It felt like a Tales from the Crypt episode. I was very happy with how this book turned out. What did you guys think? Justin:              Yeah. It felt like just classic, classic comics, comic horror with a lot of great execution. We don't know who the bad guy is right out of the gate, and then it's like “Oh, this is bad. Oh, maybe everything's bad.” It feels like we end in a place where it's just “Oh, this is just awful across the board for everyone,” which is very true to classic horror comics, I think, in a good way. Love the art. This series is so good. Next up, in April we get Chip Zdarsky and Johnnie Christmas teaming up. This has been one of my favorite anthology series to pick up. Pete:                Yeah. It was creepy in ways that I wasn't ready for a little bit. It was just like this white dude who has got a POC in the back and gets pulled over by the comics and then is like “Hey. I'm white. So you don't fucking question me,” or whatever. So it just sucked that so far we haven't got any … The poor kid gets really completely fucked over and then turned into something monstrous. I hope that there is a kind of redemption arc for that character a little bit, but yeah. The team and art is unbelievable. Alex:                 All right. Fair enough. Next up, Superman #29 from DC Comics, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Sean Lewis, art by Phil Hester and Sami Basri. This is the new era for Superman that Phillip Kennedy Johnson on our live show a couple of weeks back. So it's exciting to finally see it come to fruition. Here, we are finding out about Superman fighting an enemy that he can't quite beat, or at least can hurt him in a certain way, and we find out from his son that this enemy might in fact kill him, which is, I would say, a big deal for comic books. What'd you think about this issue? Pete:                Yeah. I mean- Justin:              Has the death of Superman ever been a big deal for comics at any point? Alex:                 I don't remember it in my lifetime. Pete:                Yeah. I think that there's some real touching father-son shit going on here, and that Amanda Waller, man. She's up to something. Somebody should be watching her or paying a little bit more close attention, because- Justin:              Wow. Strong viewpoint, Pete. Pete:                Then there was a weird kind of backup where I was like “This just looks like The Goon,” but yeah. Alex:                 I don't know. That was Bibbo, right? Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Justin:              Bibbo. Alex:                 Bibbo. Yeah. That was Sean Lewis writing about Bibbo. He's writing this backup story about the other folks that live in Metropolis while the Superman stuff is going on. We get a little Jimmy Olsen. We get a little Bibbo. We got some weird villains. I thought that was fun. Justin, what did you think about this book? Justin:              I really like Phil Hester's art. Phil Hester Green Arrow was a book he sort of was on for a long time, and I feel like his style really fits here in the DC universe to me for whatever reason, and I feel like this is … The Johnson Superman era has begun. I've really been liking the work he's done on Superman, and this takes the continuity of Superman and his son sort of both being Superman at the same time and adds this sense of dread over top of it in a way that I thought was just really good, really smart. Alex:                 It- Pete:                Also, it was really impressive how cool Superman was about his own death, and his son knows, but he wasn't going to push him on it. He's really slow playing that pretty well, and I was like “Wow. I would have been like ‘Yo. Fucking son. Tell me when I'm fucking dying here. Help me out. What the fuck. I'm bleeding out my arm and you're being casual.'” Justin:              Well, I- Alex:                 I mean, that feels classic Superman. Justin:              Superman feels like … We know his greatest weakness is Kryptonite, but his second greatest weakness is not playing Coney ball with him, which really seems to break his god damn heart. Pete:                Yeah. That was heartbreaking. Yeah. Oh, come on, man. Alex:                 What are the rules there? Pete:                If he's dying- Alex:                 How do you play Coney ball? Pete:                … play Coney ball. Alex:                 Come on. Justin:              It's probably a lot of throwing a pine cone while you're flying or something and trying to catch it. Pine cones sharp. Alex:                 Yeah. Some day. Some day we'll get a game of Coney ball. We'll get the rules. It'll be a lot like Calvinball, but I guess we'll have to find out. Eternals #3 from Marvel, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Esad Ribic. Here, we are finding out more about the Deviants in particular, the antithesis of the Eternals, as they are dealing with a spiraling-out-of-control murder mystery of their own. How'd you feel about this issue? Pete:                Well, first off, the art is just glorious. It's really beautiful. Lot of amazing character designs and stuff like this- Justin:              It's like someone took- Pete:                … the facial expressions. Justin:              It's like someone took the … Sorry to interrupt you, Pete. Someone took the- Pete:                No problem. Justin:              He-Man characters and put them in epic Renaissance paintings. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Justin:              It's so beautiful. Pete:                It's really impressive. It's almost like a watercolor tone to it. It's really great. Yeah. I've been enjoying. Eternals really wasn't my bag for a long time, but this new kind of reboot is doing its job in getting me excited about a movie that maybe … I don't know. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 Good conclusion there. Justin:              Way to play it cool. Alex:                 Strong conclusion. Justin:              Playing it very coy. That movie's been announced and talked about for quite some time. Pete:                Well, I don't know when it's actually coming out. You know what I mean? So that's why I was trying to be like … Alex:                 I do think somebody mentioned this on our Patreon Slack that it feels like it's Kieron Gillen's X-Men, and I think that's accurate in a way because he's using these text pages to break everything up, but he's maybe the only person other than Jonathan Hickman that is using that convention in a successful and exciting way. There's a page here where the computer, who narrates the entire book, talks about how many Deviants actually exist, and they kick to a double-page spread of just names of Deviants, and it's like “Page 10 of 7,947,” or something like that, and it plays so well because it's this oh-shit moment of the Eternals … There's probably 10 of them, and they getting killed off, and their enemies, the Deviants, are innumerable at this point. It's great. Justin:              Did you guys have any favorites from the Deviant page you wanted to highlight? Alex:                 [Corbadorbadugal 00:34:14]. Pete:                [inaudible 00:34:17] that shout out. Justin:              I'm going to give it up for some of my favorites from the page, [Smokewheel 00:34:22], [Bottleshirt 00:34:22], and [Dabgnorts 00:34:25]. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Dabgnorts. How could I forget about Dabgnorts? Justin:              I went to college with a Bottleshirt. So I feel like I know that dude. Alex:                 Not to keep plugging stuff, but you can go back a couple of months in our feed, and we talked to Kieron Gillen before he launched Eternals where he talked about it quite a bit. That's in the Comic Book Club feed. So check that out. It was fun to chat with him about this stuff. Alex:                 Birthright #47 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Andrei Bressan. We are getting to the endgame here. Here, our heroes are going after people whoa re picking the detritus of the magical battle, the climax that we had finding the God King Lore, and that leads to probably what actually this final arc is about, which is brother versus brother. What'd you think about this one? Pete:                [crosstalk 00:35:17]- Justin:              Can I love this book more? Can I talk about this book possibly any more in my life? I've given this a shine up on every single issue of this series because I love it so much, and this was great. In the midst, the fact that this is the epic end to this epic story and we still get this great, quiet bar scene between these two warriors talking about just how shit went down and the difficulties of being a rage-fueled werewolf … Did anyone on this podcast identify with that character? Anybody? Any hands going up here? Pete:                I'm sure. I'm sure there was a lot of people that did. Alex:                 Me? Me? Was it me? Justin:              You are the rage werewolf of the show. Alex:                 Okay. Justin:              Don't let anyone tell you different. Alex:                 Awoo. Pete:                Yeah. I agree. This continues to just be unbelievable. Yeah. It's crazy because it's like “Oh, I thought this was wrapped up,” but it continues to go on in such an enjoyable way that I don't want it to end, but yeah. I just think this is artistically and creatively one of those books that's going to stand up over time. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, Pete's favorite book of the month- Justin:              Month? Alex:                 … maybe year, Luna #2 from BOOM! Studios by Maria Llovet. This is about a- Pete:                Don't put your weird shit on me, motherfucker. Alex:                 Listen, man. Maria Llovet makes some gorgeous art. That is what I am going to say. This is about a woman that is getting into a strange cult and getting sucked deeper and deeper. Justin, what did you think about this one? Justin:              I like this. It's crazy how much this is like the other book, the Brian Azzarello book. Alex:                 Faithless. Justin:              Faithless. Yeah. Just in almost every way. So it's a little weird to have this being out so soon after we've been talking about the other one, but I like this independent of Faithless. I think this is a good book. It's sort of like the country, the unplugged version of Faithless, where there's a lot of vests with no shirt underneath, looking in old books and playing some fun acoustic guitar. Alex:                 Faithless too fancy for you? Check out Luna, now from BOOM! Studios. Justin:              A hundred percent. Even bad boys have a soft side. Luna, from BOOM! Studios. Alex:                 Next up, Sweet Tooth: The Return #5 from DC Comics by Jeff Lemire. We are at the second to last issue of this book, a rebooted Sweet Tooth. We find out some big revelations and twists in this issue. Pete, there's a big, angry elephant. What did you think of this one? Pete:                Yeah. I really enjoyed the elephant. Yeah. We got the kind of reveal, the evil master plan in this. Yeah. I think it does a great job of leading us, being like “Oh, what's going to … Tune in next time.” Yeah. I think this is a great book. The art's fantastic. It's really raise the stakes. I can't wait to see what happens in the next issue. Justin:              Pete, how did you like the zoo? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete, how'd you like the circus? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete, how'd you like your safari? I really enjoyed the elephant. That's all I hear from you, Pete. Alex:                 Hey, Pete. How were your animal crackers? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete:                The elephant. Yeah. Justin:              Pete, how do you enjoy- Pete:                See, the elephant animal cracker is a little bigger. So you get more cracker. That's why it's more enjoyable. Justin:              Pete, how did- Alex:                 Did you bite off the legs first, or the trunk first? What did you go for? Pete:                It depends on the mood, you know? Some days are a trunk day. Other are the legs. Justin:              Uh oh. He's in a real trunk mood. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Pete- Alex:                 Yeah. Oh, I can't eat carbs today. It's trunk day. Justin:              Trunk day. Pete, how did you enjoy the animal in the room that no one wanted to talk about? I really enjoyed the elephant. I mean, if you like Sweet- Pete:                I love walking into the room and talking about the giant elephant. You kidding me? Justin:              Believe me, I've known you for so long I can't hide an elephant in the room with you. Elephant. If you like Sweet Tooth, you're going to like this book. It is a true one-to-one sequel to that book. You don't get to know the characters as well, and it feels like it's taking the ideas and creating a story that has the tension and stress and thriller nature of Sweet Tooth and just playing that hard quickly, and I'm curious what the big point of this will be at the end. Alex:                 I agree. I think a lot of the proof is going to be in that final issue, and I'm excited to check that out. Next up, The Immortal Hulk #44 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. We are back to the good old fucked up Immortal Hulk this issue with things growing out of people's backs and big monsters and things exploding and whatever. That's great. I love it. I love this book. Justin:              Yeah. I love this book too. The art is so good, so horrifying. Truly, there's so much just skin stretched- Pete:                Oh, fuck. Justin:              … in fucked up places. I love it. Alex:                 I love that this is the sort of book where you can have a green Sasquatch in the desert with Puck, and Rick Jones, who's just like a stretched out neck at this point and a head, is coming out of a radioactive guy, and they're like “Whoa. Whoa. He's not bad. He's not smiling anymore,” and you're like “Yeah. No. No. He's a good guy now.” Justin:              Yeah. It was like “I noticed the lack of smile on this horrifying image.” Alex:                 But it's great. I love that they've gotten this book to a place where they just have this insane mythology where that happens. You have this huge fights with the U-Foes and the Hulk where, spoiler, but they win and they blast the skin off the Hulk in the most horrifying way, leading to a huge cliffhanger at the end there. This is great. Pete, I know you've been a little back and forth on this book. How'd you feel about this one? Pete:                I thought it had a really hilarious, amazing, scary, fucked up last page. I think this is a very creative, dark, twisted book. It continues to be enthralling. I'm excited to see how this is going to kind of end or wrap up here, because after that last page, I was like “What?” Alex:                 This is not actually my problem or anything, but there was a certain sense I got towards the end of this book, because they clearly are heading towards the endgame with Immortal Hulk. I started to feel bad for whoever is going to have to pick up Hulk afterwards, after this run, and be like- Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                But I think- Alex:                 … “Yeah. I'm the Hulk. I like to smash things. Boop. Boop.” Pete:                No, but I think that Marvel knows that, and I think that you kind of get something that's like “Hey. Your Hulk book isn't always fucked up.” You know what I mean? So it'll be a refreshing, nice Hulk story that we can kind of be like “Oh, yeah. That's right. This Hulk,” and then maybe it'll be something else later, but I think the next thing could be a nice palate cleanser. Alex:                 No. I agree. I mean, I think all I'm saying is this is such a definitive Hulk run. To come after this, I do not know what you do next at this point. Justin:              Yeah. I mean, it does feel like they're setting up … This issue, really, I was like “Ah, I see where we're going.” I'm very excited for that. The U-Foes were great. It's rare to see a story where your hero gets just destroyed in such a fashion, and yeah. I feel like they're going to be like “Okay. How about it's just Hulk smash for a while?” after this. Alex:                 Next up, Specter Inspectors #2 from BOOM! Box by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto. We love the first issue of this book, which found a bunch of fake paranormal investigators discovering something real paranormal. They track down more paranormal stuff this issue, specifically a ghost in a library. Pete, you're a big Ghostbusters fan. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, the classic- Alex:                 You love a ghost in a library. What'd you think about this one? Pete:                Yeah. The classic ghost in the library move. Fun. Yeah. I think this continues to be a really fantastic book, and what's nice is even though it's drawn a little cartoony, there's still some real scary panels going on in here, and I like this kind of group of people that we have working together. It has some heart to it. It's intense, and it's going to be fun to see how this gang kind of gets out of trouble, but yeah, a little nod to the old classic Ghostbusters with the old librarian ghost. Alex:                 Yep. Justin:              Yeah. This book, the art is so great at just expressing the different feelings and emotions these characters are having throughout this story. So it's a really great book that … Great synergy between the writer and artist here, and it's good. It's scary, and it's fun. Pete:                It's a bold move to talk to a librarian ghost, because you know she's going to shush you, but they rolled that dice and they took that gamble. Justin:              I'd rather talk to a librarian ghost than just a regular living librarian. Pete:                Interesting. Alex:                 Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man #61, AKA stop Spider-Man, from Marvel, written by Nick Spencer, art by Patrick Gleason. This issue, we're getting a brand-new status quo for Spider-Man. This is the much hyped new costume. We find out why he gets the new costume here. Justin, what did you think about this one? Justin:              This is such a total shift back to what Nick Spencer was doing before this last big storyline where all this gross stuff happened with Kindred and Sin-Eater and all that, which was so heavy and intense, and this was like “Nope. It's fun again. Boomerang and Spidery just being roommates, screwing around, social media,” all that. So it was a bit of a whiplash jumping into this issue. I like what's happening. It's hard to reconcile with the last six months of Spider-Man. Alex:                 Pete? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I agree with Justin. This does feel like Whiplash where somebody's yelling at me to play the drums and I really don't want to. I'm looking forward to this thing being over with so can get back to Spider-Man. Alex:                 For me, this felt like Whiplash in terms of I'm a little more into my bird than Sam Rockwell. Justin:              Okay. Alex:                 So we all had different takes. I liked this. I thought this was fun. Like Justin was saying, I do think it's interesting that they throw in the Kindred thing right at the beginning here. They're clearly not done with it. We're going to come back to it at some point, you'd think. Justin:              I just hope we finally get to find out who's underneath the mask. Alex:                 That would be great. The Last Witch #3, our last book here on The Stack, from BOOM! Box, written by Conor McCreery, illustrated by V.V. Glass. Here, we're getting a witch versus witch battle. That's the hot thing this month. Everybody loves it. Everybody loves seeing witches fighting, and you guys have been loving this book. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Justin:              I do love this book. This is another one of my favorites of the week. Pete:                Yep. Justin:              These characters are so good. I'm so behind this young girl who has the witch mark and is battling these badass witches and somehow finding a way to win every time. I really love this. Pete:                Yeah. I'm really impressed with this, the art, the storytelling. It's really fantastic. What's great is it's even better than it looks. When you look at it, you're like “Oh, kind of looks adorable. Looks like an all-ages,” but it's not. There's so much going on in this book. It's really fantastic. It's very touching. Plus, you got a badass grandma who smokes cigars. I mean, come on. You know what I mean? Come on. Alex:                 I knew it. I knew you were going to bring up the grandma. Justin:              I knew we'd- Pete:                Come on. Justin:              … get to Pete's grandma love. Pete:                The little kid and the … It's touching. It's badass. It's fun. It's a lot of different things, but the storytelling and the art is glorious, and this book has really been impressive. Justin:              At what age are you finally like “Wow. That's what I'm talking about,” when you see a grandma, Pete? Pete:                What do you mean? Justin:              What age? Is it someone having grandchildren? Or are you like … When you see someone, like an older grandmother woman, is that when you're like “Okay. I want to put a sword in that golden girl's hand”? Pete:                Well, any time you see a badass grandma, you think that's a cool grandma. You know what I mean? So I don't know what the age is, but if you saw a grandma rocking a cigar or with a sword or a machine gun, you're going to be like “Hell yeah. I'm on her team. She's on my team. Let's go.” Alex:                 Pete, that's a real GILF, is what you're saying? Pete:                No. No. That is not what I'm saying. Alex:                 Grandma I'd like to fight with. Pete:                All right. You know what, Zalben? I don't know what to do with you. Alex:                 But I know what to do with all of you. You need to support as at patreon.com/comicbookclub. 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Comics   Specter Inspectors #1 of 5 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Bowen McCurdy Kaitlyn Musto | Artist(s): Bowen McCurdy | $4.99 Redemption #1 (of 5) from AWA/Upshot (W) Christa Faust (A) Mike Deodato Jr. $3.99 The Wrong Earth: Night & Day #2 from Ahoy Comics (W) Tom Peyer (A) Jamal Igle + various creators on prose pieces $3.99 Fire Power #8 from Image | Writer(s): Robert Kirkman | Artist(s): Chris Samnee Matthew Wilson | $3.99   Deep Beyond #1 of 12 from Image | Writer(s): Mirka Andolfo David Goy | Artist(s): Andrea Broccardo | $3.99 Luna #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Maria Llovet | Artist(s): Maria Llovet | $3.99 Fear Case #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Tyler Jenkins | Colors: Hilary Jenkins | $3.99   Chained To The Grave #1 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Brian Level,  Andrew Eschenbach | Artist(s): Kate Sherron | Letters: Micah Myers | $3.99 Maniac Of New York #1 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Elliott Kalan | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | Letters: Taylor Esposito | $4.99 Resonant #7 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): David Andry | Artist(s): Skylar Patridge | $3.99 Canto II Hollow Men #5 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): David M. Booher | Artist(s): Drew Zucker | $3.99 Sea Of Sorrows #3 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Rich Douek | Artist(s): Alex Cormack | $3.99 Engineward #7 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): George Mann | Artist(s): Joe Eisma | $3.99   Vagrant Queen Planet Called Doom #6 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Magdalene Visaggio | Artist(s): Jason Smith | $3.99   Upcoming Comics Comic Book History Of Animation #3 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Fred Van Lente | Artist(s): Ryan Dunlavey | $3.99 Scarenthood #4 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Nick Roche | Artist(s): Nick Roche | $4.99 Bliss #5 from Image | Writer(s): Sean Lewis | Artist(s): Caitlin Yarsky | $3.99 Home Sick Pilots #3 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99 Happy Hour #4 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Peter Milligan | Artist(s): Michael Montenat | $3.99 Heavy #5 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Max Bemis | Artist(s): Eryk Donovan | $3.99 I Walk With Monsters #3 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Paul Cornell | Artist(s): Sally Cantirino | $3.99 Knock Em Dead #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Mattia Monaco | 3.99 Scouts Honor #2 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): David Pepose | Artist(s): Luca Casalanguida | $3.99 Space Bastards #2 from Humanoids Publishing | Writer(s): Joe Aubrey Eric Peterson | Artist(s): Darick Robertson | $4.99   Casual Fling #1 of 5 from AWA/Upshot (W) Jason Starr (A) Dalibor Talajic $3.99   E-Ratic #3 of 5 from AWA/Upshot (W/A) Kaare Andrews $3.99    Wasted Space #19 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Michael Moreci | Artist(s): Hayden Sherman | $3.99   Radiant Black #1 from Image Comics (W) Kyle Higgins (A) Marcello Costa $3.99 Red Atlantis #4 from AfterShock Comics (W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Robert Carey $3.99 The Vain #5 from Oni Press (W) Eliot Rahal (A) Emily Pearson $3.99  Trades   A Man Among Ye Vol 1 TP from Image | Writer(s): Stephanie Phillips | Artist(s): Craig Cermak | $14.99

WE ARE BACK! We are back for the year with upcoming guests, reviews and more. Artist Caspar Waijingard joins me on this episode to talk his series Home Sick Pilots and working on Star Wars! SUBSCRIBE for NEW episodes every Monday.  -INSTAGRAM: @dakota_morgan97 -TWITTER: @dakotamorgan3 -TWITCH: Kotarex97  STAY CREATIVE!

Giant Monster season is here, and what better way to celebrate all things Kaiju than a chat with the creator of the amazing Kaijumax - Zander Cannon! Together they discuss giant monster movies, storytelling techniques, comic book 'seasons', working with Oni Press and so much more. Theres also an extra chat with Mark Abnett of Aroha Comics about their new book 'This Land'. All of that and a whole ton of indie comics to check out. Its one not to be missed! Great stuff to check out this week - Zander Cannon, Kaijumax, Oni Press, The Eye of Mongombo, Fantagraphics, Bookshop.org, Mark Abnett, Aroha Comics, This Land #1, Band of Warriors KS, That Comic Smell Comic, The PXD, Home Sick Pilots #2, Inky Adventures, Dan Harris, Sympathy for the Devil, Daniel Bristow Bailey Click here to buy comics from the creators of the Awesome Comics Podcast! Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com  Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

Join Sis and Big Pops for a talk about pop culture news fun things happening in movies, tv-shows, and comic books. Pop's pull list, some of his favs this week are Catwoman, Nightwing, Resident Alien, and Iron Fist the Heart of the Dragon. What we're bingeing right now, Big Bang Theory and the Batman the Animated Series. We read and review a new comic by Image, Home Sick Pilots. We discuss one of Sis' fav movies EVER, Arrival. And we end the episode with some WandaVision Spoilers, specifically, what Sis and Big Pops are hypothesizing and what we're confused about. Listen in for some Family-friendly nerd fun! This episode was originally recorded on 1/24/21. Check us out on twitter @sisnpopsculture Brain Fart: Big Pop's had a brain fart in this episode, Zeb Wells did AntMan and Peter Porker, not Jed MacKay

Comics   Red Atlantis #3 from AfterShock Comics (W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Robert Carey $3.99 Penultiman #4 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Tom Peyer | Artist(s): Alan Robinson | $3.99 E-Ratic #2 of 5 from AWA/Upshot (W/A) Kaare Andrews $3.99 HAHA #1 from Image | Writer(s): W. Maxwell Prince | Artist(s): Vanesa R. Del Rey | $3.99   Autumnal #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Daniel Kraus | Artist(s): Chris Shehan | Colors: Jason Wordie | Letters: Jim Campbell | $3.99 Space Bastards #1 from Humanoids (W) Joe Aubrey, Eric Peterson (A) Darick Robertson | Colors: Diego Rodriguez | Letters: Simon Bowland | $5.99    Red Mother #12 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Jeremy Haun | Artist(s): Danny Luckert | Letters: Ed Dukeshire | $3.99   Home Sick Pilots #2 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | Letters: Aditya Bidikar | $3.99 Big Girls #6 from Image | Writer(s): Jason Howard | Artist(s): Jason Howard | Letters: Fonografiks | $3.99 Lonely Receiver #5 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Zac Thompson | Artist(s): Jen Hickman | $3.99 A Man Among Ye #4 from Image/Top Cow | Writer(s): Stephanie Phillips | Artist(s): Craig Cermak | $3.99 Bleed Them Dry #6 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Dike Ruan | $3.99 Devils Red Bride #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Sebastian Girner | Artist(s): John Bivens | $3.99 Heavy #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Max Bemis | Artist(s): Eryk Donovan | $3.99 Upcoming Comics   Crimson Flower #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Matt Kindt | Artist(s): Matt Lesniewski | $3.99 Scumbag #4 from Image | Writer(s): Rick Remender | Artist(s): Moreno DiNisio Roland Boschi | $3.99 Stillwater #5 from Image | Writer(s): Chip Zdarsky | Artist(s): Ramon K. Perez Mike Spicer | $3.99 Byte-Sized #2 from | AWA | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Nelson Blake III | $3.99 I Breathed A Body #1 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Zac Thompson | Artist(s): Andy MacDonald | $4.99 Miskatonic #3 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Mark Sable | Artist(s): Giorgio Pontrelli | $3.99 Once & Future #15 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Kieron Gillen | Artist(s): Dan Mora | $3.99   Abbott 1973 #1 from BOOM! Studios (W) Saladin Ahmed (A) Sami Kivela $3.99     

News We start the week out talking about news that the Office was the most streamed show in 2020. We talk about what our comfort shows are and make some predictions of what might be the most streamed in 2021. In movie news Mountain Dew is going to release a Riddler inspired flavor which got us thinking about what former pop culture drinks we would have liked to try and what characters deserve their own drink. Comics We return to a creepy haunted house with Home Sick Pilots before heading over to a true clown show with HaHa #1. We wrap up the show talking about the next books in the King In Black event including Thunderbolts, The Union, and more. Comics Agenda is hosted by Michael (Twitter@mokepf7) and Greg (Twitter@Comicsportsgeek). We discuss new comicboook releases each week, in addition to news, movies, and tv.You can reach us on Twitter @TheComicsAgenda or email us at TheComicsAgenda@gmail.com

Comics Crossover #3 from Image | Writer(s): Donny Cates | Artist(s): Geoff Shaw | $3.99  Fire Power from Kirkman & Samnee #7 from Image | Writer(s): Robert Kirkman | Artist(s): Chris Samnee Matthew Wilson | $3.99  The Wrong Earth:  Night & Day #1 from Ahoy Comics (W) David Peyer (A) Jamal Igle + text pieces by various $3.99 The Vain #4 from Oni Press (W) Eliot Rahal (A) Emily Pearson $3.99 I Walk With Monsters #2 from Vault Nightfall | Writer: Paul Cornell | Artist: Sally Cantirino | Colors: Dearbhla Kelly | Letters: Andworld Design | $3.99 Happy Hour #3 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Peter Milligan | Artist(s): Michael Montenat | Colors: Filipe Sobreiro | Letters: Rob Steen |$3.99 Canto II The Hollow Man from IDW | Writer: David M. Booher | Art: Drew Zucker, Philip Sevy | Colors: Vittorio Astone | Letters: Andworld Design | $3.99 Scouts Honor #1 from Aftershock | Writer: David Pepose | Art: Luca Casalanguida | Colors: Matt Milla | Letters: Carlos M. Mangual | $4.99 Sleeping Beauties #5 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Rio Youers | Artist(s): Alison Sampson | Colors: Triona Tree Farrell | Letters: Valerie Lopez | $3.99 Knock Em Dead #2 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Mattia Monaco | Colors: Matt Milla | Letters: Taylor Esposito | $3.99 Upcoming Comics A Man Among Ye #4 from Image/Top Cow | Writer(s): Stephanie Phillips | Artist(s): Craig Cermak | $3.99 Big Girls #6 from Image | Writer(s): Jason Howard | Artist(s): Jason Howard | $3.99 Department Of Truth #3 from Image | Writer(s): James Tynion IV | Artist(s): Martin Simmonds | $3.99 HAHA #1 from Image | Writer(s): W. Maxwell Prince | Artist(s): Vanesa R. Del Rey | $3.99 Home Sick Pilots #2 from Image | Writer(s): Dan Watters | Artist(s): Caspar Wijngaard | $3.99 Autumnal #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Daniel Kraus | Artist(s): Chris Shehan | $3.99 Bleed Them Dry #6 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Dike Ruan | $3.99 Devils Red Bride #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Sebastian Girner | Artist(s): John Bivens | $3.99 Heavy #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Max Bemis | Artist(s): Eryk Donovan | $3.99 Lonely Receiver #5 from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Zac Thompson | Artist(s): Jen Hickman | $3.99 Penultiman #4 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Tom Peyer | Artist(s): Alan Robinson | $3.99 Red Mother #12 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Jeremy Haun | Artist(s): Danny Luckert | $3.99 We Only Find Them When They're Dead #4 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Al Ewing | Artist(s): Simone Di Meo | $3.99   E-Ratic #2 from AWA/Upshot (W/A) Kaare Andrews $3.99  Space Bastards #1 from Humanoids (W) Joe Aubrey, Eric Peterson (A) Darick Robertson $5.99        Trades   Harrow County Omnibus Vol 1 TP from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn Tyler Crook | Artist(s): Colin McNeil Jenn Manley Lee | $29.99 Cullen Bunn All My Little Demons A Complete Series Omnibus HC from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Juan Doe Various | $79.99 Join The Future TP from AfterShock Comics | Writer(s): Zack Kaplan | Artist(s): Piotr Kowalski | $16.99 X-Ray Robot TP from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Mike Allred | Artist(s): Mike Allred | $19.99

On this week's comic book review podcast: HAHA #1 Image Comics Written by W. Maxwell Prince Art & Cover by Vanesa Del Rey King In Black: Thunderbolts #1 Marvel Written by Matthew Rosenberg Art by Juan Ferreyra Future State: Teen Titans #1 DC Comics Written by Tim Sheridan Art by Rafa Sandoval Future State: Green Lantern #1 DC Comics Written by Geoffrey Thorne, Ryan Cady, Ernie Altbacker Art by Tom Raney, Sam Basai, Clayton Henry Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman #1 DC Comics Written by Margaritte Bennett Art by Marguerite Sauvage Future State: Robin Eternal #1 DC Comics Written by Meghan Fitzmartin Art by Eddy Barrows Future State: Justice League #1 DC Comics Written by Joshua Williamson, Ram V Art by Rorson Rocha, Marcio Takara Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1 DC Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Leila del Duca Future State: Dark Detective #1 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg Art by Dan Mora, Carmine di Giandomenico Home Sick Pilots #2 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Caspar Wijngaard King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1 Marvel Written by Seanan McGuire Art by Flaviano Sweet Tooth: The Return #3 DC Comics By Jeff Lemire A Man Among Ye #4 Image Comics Written by Stephanie Phillips Art by Craig Cermak The Immortal Hulk #42 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Alex Lins and Adam Gorham American Vampire 1976 #4 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Seven Secrets #6 BOOM! Studios Written by Tom Taylor Art by Danielle Di Nicuolo S.W.O.R.D. #2 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Valerio Schiti Bloodshot #10 Valiant Comics Written by Tim Seeley Art by Brett Booth and Pedro Andreo 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 week's episode is sponsored by Shape & Foster. Visit www.shapeandfoster.com for your free 14-day trial. Full Episode Transcript Alex:                 What's 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 have come out this week. Pete:                Shut up. Justin:              We sure do. We got lots. Alex:                 With one that Pete is terrified by. Pete:                Oh my God, we're starting with this? Alex:                 We're starting with this, Pete. We're going right into it with HAHA, all caps, #1 from Image Comics, written by W. Maxwell Prince, art and cover by Vanesa Del Rey. Now, the reason I put it right here at the front of The Stack is this is by W. Maxwell Prince who also wrote Ice Cream Man, our number one book of 2020. This is his follow-up book. He talked about it live on the show when we had him on as a guest. I feel like there's a fair amount of hype regardless in the real world about this, let alone here on our little old podcast. Pete:                We're old. Alex:                 This is a different sort of anthology. This is not about the Ice Cream Man, this is about clowns. This is still an anthology telling deathwatch stories, I believe, about these different characters, and obviously it goes very dark. But what did you think about not just this book, but how it holds up compared to Ice Cream Man? Justin:              I think definitely it's great. If you're a fan of Ice Cream Man, I think you will like this book as well. It's nice to see a story that is a little bit totally different. I feel like Ice Cream Man has sort of a supernatural dread to it and this has just more of an existential dread to it, which is just a subtle shift in flavor, the difference between a pistachio with chocolate chip and a pistachio without chocolate chip. But the art is different, which I appreciate, and I really liked the first story. Alex:                 Pete, how did you feel about this? Were you're too scared to read it? Pete:                It was very scary, I had to make sure I read it during the day with plenty of light. Justin:              You had to empty that bladder out first so you didn't pee your pants. Pete:                Yeah, this was insane. This is really just … What was nice is you kind think you understand it and then it kind of takes a couple more turns. So it was creatively impressive, but just the fact of like this is the person who did Ice Cream Man, the tone underneath it was very troubling, and scary and intense. There is a lot of creepy stuff going on all the time. Yeah, the art was glorious. The storytelling was impressive, but I am very scared to see what's going to happen if this is the beginning. Alex:                 I like this quite a bit. I thought this was really good like you guys are saying. For those who didn't pick it up, I felt, whether purposeful or not, this felt like a very specific response to Joker to me because this is about- Pete:                Oh, interesting. Alex:                 … a clown who is down and out and pushed to his limits, and then what does he do next? Justin:              The movie Joker? Alex:                 The movie Joker, yes. Pushed to his limits, what does he do next? It goes in very different directions obviously than the movie goes, but it does go to this very dark place. It doesn't back off from the realism of it. But like Pete was touching on Vanesa Del Rey's art, goes through these really different art styles that are very gritty and realistic, some that are cartoony. Alex:                 So there's a real breadth to the art there that I thought was really nice. And it does feel different from Ice Cream Man like Justin was saying, which I thought was nice to see as well. Even if you haven't read that book, even if you had no interest, even if you were scared of clowns, this is really good. Alex:                 I mean, I will say, I know I've mentioned to the lead-up to this book that my wife was a clown so I was going to throw this by her, but this is a different type of clown. It's just like more of a party clown type thing going on. Pete:                I'm glad we're- Justin:              Well, I guess we'll see. Pete:                … talking about this, because something that I touched upon last episode, I don't know if the live show or The Stack or whatever, I'm worried- Alex:                 We know, as we do too many podcasts. Go ahead, Pete. Pete:                … I'm worried about your children, because your wife is a clown, you are an evil genius. What are your children going to turn into? You know what I mean? I am very worried that I'm growing up in a world where it's going to be the birth of some kind of like joker type character. You know what I mean? Justin:              I'm worried you're raising some sort of insane clown posse. Is that possible? Alex:                 Yeah. The other day, and this is really weird, my son said, “Hey, do you want some Faygo?” and I was like, “I don't know what that means, but yes, please.” Justin:              Nice. I feel like they've got a big weekend planned later this little summer. I want to give a shout out to the movie Quick Change, which I feel like may have been an inspiration for this comic, a Bill Murray movie from like 1990 or something like that. Alex:                 Regardless, very good book. Definitely pick it up. Next up, King in Black: Thunderbolts #1 from Marvel written by Matthew Rosenberg, art by Juan Ferreyra. As you- Pete:                Bergie Alex:                 … As what? Pete:                Bergie. Justin:              Bergie Alex:                 You just love shouting things in the middle when I'm talking, Pete. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 If you haven't been picking it up, this is taking place during the King in Black event where Knull, the God of the Symbiotes, has taken over New York City. Here, Kingpin gathers a group of villains to try to take down Knull or at the very least start the process of taking down Knull. In classic Matthew Rosenberg fashion, things don't go very well. There's a bunch of sad sack, horrible villains. But a lot of people die in this book. This feels like Marvel's answer to Suicide Squad, the best way. Justin:              100%. The movie. Alex:                 I had a lot of fun reading this. Justin:              Agreed. This was great. I was really into the star character in her standalone series from last year, so it's great to see her on this team. And just great story, loved everything that happened. Great panel where you get to see Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones kicking ass in the middle and they're like, “Yeah, let's get away from this.” Pete:                Yeah. I feel like this is a great kind of story, but also the art is really fantastic in a lot of different ways. It's cool to see Kingpin out of a suit. He's rocking like a starter jacket and a polo shirt, but casually still running things like Kingpin. Yeah. There's a lot of fun being had in this book that is completely insane and over the top, but yeah, this is a fun issue. Alex:                 Yeah, I've been a little 50/50 about some of the tie-ins. The Venom stuff feels necessary, the King in Black stuff feels necessary, but a lot of stuff with this event feels very side to the event to me. This is side to the event, but I had a blast reading it anyway, and I think that makes it worth checking out. Next up, let's go into our Future State block. We did this last week for the first week of Future State. Justin:              Yes. Pete:                Oh, boy. Alex:                 We read and talked about not all the books, but some of our favorites. But once again this week we read all of the books in DC's Future State, which shows us a possible future of the DC Universe. I'd love to go to you guys. Given that we read, I'll just read the titles and then we could read the creative teams later. Alex:                 We read Teen Titans, Green Lantern, Kara Zor-El, Superwoman, Robin Eternal, Justice League, Superman, Wonder Woman, Dark Detective. Those are the ones that came out this week. What jumped out at you? What did you particularly like that you thought was the standout this week or standouts? Justin:              It occurs to me reading a lot of these books that this event feels so much like the 2099 line that Marvel did many, many years ago- Alex:                 Good call. Yeah. Justin:              … especially the Dark Detective book and Robin Eternal in this batch. And I liked both of these books. Robin Eternal brings in Spoiler and some of the … Was it Robin Incorporated? Was that the name of it or? I forget the team of all the Robins, there was a book for a while. Alex:                 We Are Robin. Justin:              We Are Robin, That's what it is. Alex:                 Yes. Just to mention the creative teams- Pete:                We Are Robin. Alex:                 … behind those since we're talking is, Robin Eternal is written by Meghan Fitzmartin, art by Eddie Barrows. Dark Detective is written by Mariko Tamaki and Matthew Rosenberg once again, art by- Pete:                Are they- Alex:                 … Dan Mora from Once & Future, one of our favorites here, and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Go ahead, Justin. Sorry about that. Justin:              And no, great. And Dark Detective I feel like is almost a direct analog to Spider-Man 2099 #1, which is a great book. I really enjoyed this. And then the backup that you were just mentioning, the team behind it, I think is Matt Rosenberg with a Grifter story which I also enjoyed. Pete:                … Yeah. I mean, I'm not mad at this event. Like this has been some very interesting reading. I've been reading DC for most of my life and some of the stuff in here is really great. The superwoman art was just- Justin:              It was really good. Pete:                … unbelievable, the character design. It was just nice to be reading a DC book and being like, “Wow, is this really a DC book?” The colors and the stuff was just so cool. Alex:                 Yeah, just too while you're calling it out, Kara Zor-El, Superwoman is by Marguerite Bennett and art by Marguerite Sauvage, who I believe was the team behind the DC Bombshells line as well. So there's definitely a sense of that going on. But go ahead, Pete. Pete:                And yeah, I just think that even the Future State: Green Lantern, we still got … I was hoping it wouldn't be the actual Green Lantern, it'd be the Green Lantern that we really like. But there's still a lot of creative stuff happening. And maybe I don't know everything, but I was really … The Teen Titans book, Beast Boy is also part of Cyborg. And Robin is rocking what looked like a Taskmaster belt. But like it- Alex:                 Deathstroke. Pete:                … Yeah. But it looked- Alex:                 Same character basically. Pete:                … Well, Slade Wilson, but the belt has the T that looks exactly like Taskmaster's belt. But that kind of stuff aside- Justin:              Terminator. Pete:                … I was like, “Oh my God, this is a ton of books that we have to read that Robin just dumped in our laps to make us read. But I ended up being very happy- Justin:              Make us read. Pete:                … that we had to do this. And also, I'm still really loving this new Wonder Woman. Justin:              Yeah. Well, Alex, you haven't said anything yet. Why don't you go? Alex:                 No, that's fine. I mean, I agree with a lot of those picks that I think are really good. Mariko Tamaki, like you said, her Dark Detective was awesome. This book is about Bruce Wade is left for dead, of course he's not quite dead. So who does it become next? The Matthew Rosenberg Grifter story, again, a really fun story there. Alex:                 I agree with you about Robin Eternal. I was surprised about that one, how much that I like that. It's a really good Tim Drake spoiler story, and I was definitely reading that being like, “Oh, Justin likes this one.” But the one that stood out to me that I was really surprised about was Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1, written by Dan Watters, art by Leila Del Duca. Alex:                 Like Pete said, I think like Wonder Woman, clearly this new Wonder Woman has been the standout here of this event. She's definitely the one that everybody hooked into. They're developing it for the CW as a Wonder Girl show. But she's great, she's fun, Jon Kent is fun. The tone of this is just … Alex:                 This Wonder Woman is … I believe they haven't been totally upfront about everything that's going on, but she seems to be from some sort of South American god, Pantheon, but also the Olympian Pantheon. Like Zeus is her dad, but somebody else is her mom. So she's dealing with the Sun God there who ends up having a race with … Is it Solaris? Justin:              Solaris. Pete:                Yes, Solaris. Alex:                 Solaris. Pete:                In that conversation, Superman versus Solaris really. Alex:                 So fun where just Superman and Wonder Woman are on the ground being like, “Well, this is messing up the entire earth because of the tides and everything that's going on, while these two Sun Gods are having a race around the earth.” Just the whole tone of it was so surprisingly light and enjoyable. I had a blast reading this book. Pete:                Also, I- Alex:                 Justin, you were pointing at me, which one did you think I was going to call out? Justin:              I thought you were going to call out Justice league #1, which is I really liked that. Pete:                … That's exactly what I thought he was going to say. I also was … Yeah, I really liked Justice League and Justice League Dark. I also liked the kind of last stage reveal. Alex:                 That was great. So that was Joshua Williamson writing the Justice League story, Ram V writing- Pete:                The third. Alex:                 … the Justice League Dark story. Robson Rocha on the first story, Marcio Takara on the second story. And yeah, I liked the Justice League story, I thought that was a lot of fun. That was all about like the fallout of the Justice League messing up and being rear-ended, what have you. Pete:                Also had the right Green Lantern on that one. Justin:              Yeah, we get our N.K. Jemisin Green Lantern. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Which is awesome. But the Justice League Dark story was fantastic in that backup there. So then- Justin:              Yeah, I like both of these stories. They do a great job of really giving us context for the first Justice League story and then just moving quickly through the story in a fun way by getting this idea out that they're not supposed to talk to each other, they're supposed to maintain their secret identities. But they're all breaking those rules, really great. Justin:              As opposed to some of the ones that I thought were harder to read were the Teen Titans one and the Green Lantern one because I was like, “What is happening?” There was very little context given up at the top. And they felt like dumping us into story that I didn't quite know it was happening. Alex:                 … I think this is an interesting week two thing in particular with the Green Lantern one. Teen Titans is like the … There seems to be a disparity in terms of time period with some of these, where some the earth is a paradise, some the earth is ruined. It's not quite clear how they connect to each other. Pete:                Which one are we living in? Alex:                 A little bit of both, calm A, calm B. Pete:                Okay, cool. Justin:              There you go. Alex:                 Teen Titans is by Tim Sheridan, Rafa Sandoval. Green Lantern is by Geoffrey Thorne, Ryan Cady, Ernie Altbacker, art by Tom Raney, Sami Basri and Clayton Henry. We get three stories in the Green Lantern one. That was definitely one where I felt like we're just dropped in the middle with a John Stewart story. You don't know exactly what's going on. They're fighting a new villain. Alex:                 The second one, it felt like it started to become a little clear as we followed. Jessica Cruz is fighting some Yellow Lanterns, some of the Sinestro Corps. And it becomes clear that the rings have failed. At some point, the Green Lantern rings stopped working. And it becomes even clearer in the third story, which was my favorite of that book, which follows Guy Gardner. He's on a random alien planet as his ring fails and he can't leave the planet, so he kind of makes the best of it. That story I thought was a lot of fun, personally. Justin:              Yeah, indeed that one was very fun. Alex:                 But there you go, good stuff from the Future State. Surprisingly like we've been talking about, a strong event going into week two. Justin:              Really enjoying. Alex:                 Next up, let's talk about one of Justin's favorite books I imagine this week, Home Sick Pilots #2 from Image Comics, written by Dan Watters and art by Caspar Wijingaard. In the first issue of this book, we met a punk band, maybe something like that. One of them got possessed by a haunted house, but- Justin:              That happens in punk band. Yeah. Alex:                 … the other folks got killed by that haunted house. And at the end of the book, we found out the one that was possessed by the haunted house was traveling around, finding relics that had been taken out of the house, and that's where we pick up this issue. This title is awesome. I love it. Justin:              It's so good. It's comes from such a strong point of view, like such confidence writing this story, which is like a little wild. Like, you're getting into all this like band and music stuff, at the same time a very specific type of ghost story or horror story. And the way this issue plays out is super fun, super unique, sad at points, and it's setting up some real tension for the characters going forward. Pete:                Also I'm glad it really explains why people hang a horseshoe above the door. We really get the kind of where that all got started and why people do that. This is all true stuff. Justin:              But what if the horses come back for their shoes? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 It reminds me a little bit, I don't know if this is exactly correct, but it reminds me a little bit of- Pete:                You buy them Jordans, that's what you do. Alex:                 … like Scott Pilgrim meets Locke & Key, because- Justin:              Okay. Alex:                 … Yeah. Well, because you got the … This is a spoiler, but we find out by the end of the issue our main character has to track down six relics for the haunted house. Pete:                Ah, don't spoil it. Alex:                 Well, hold on. But six relics for the haunted house. We get some teaser of some very creepy things that are going on there. We get some big fights. But there's this whole mythology being built out here that is fascinating to read it. It really feels like something completely fresh and new at a very excited way. Justin:              Yeah, the shot of the horseshoe ghost once it's returned to the house was very Gabriel Rodriguez I thought, in a great way. Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Great stuff. Definitely pick up this book. This is a good one to get on the ground floor of. Next up, King in Black: Gwenom, I think- Justin:              Gwenom. Alex:                 … vs. Carnage #1 from Marvel, written by Seanan McGuire, art by Flaviano. This is again tying it to the King in Black event. Here we're getting our alternate universe. Gwen Stacy is going into the fray as you could probably guess from the title, she ends up fighting Carnage by the end, but not the Carnage you know. What did you think about this tie-in? Justin:              I like it a lot. I've been a huge fan of the Spider-Gwen and now Gwenom and all the different iterations. It's a pretty wild story at this point that she is a Gwen Stacy who held Peter Parker when he died in her arms and became Spider-Girl, Spider-Woman. And then in this, in her earth, there's a little bit of gender swapping with a lot of characters and just slightly alternate takes with everybody. Then she had a venom from her earth, she's now in our earth and dealing with a lot of other Venoms in this issue, including a surprising person who becomes Carnage by the end. I liked it. Alex:                 Pete. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, they make comics for different people, and the important part is that everybody gets to enjoy what they like and that's awesome Justin:              What don't you like about this? Not enough Venoms? You need more Symbiotes here? Pete:                No, just Gwenom is cool for people, not one of my favorite characters. And hey, awesome for other people, just not my cup of tea. And I respect people want to make comics that they want to read, and then you get to pick what you want to pick. Alex:                 You sound so sad right now, Pete. I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. I do like Spider-Gwen or Ghost-Spider or whatever you're calling her. I think she's good. This is a good tie in. It feels natural to bring her into this, given her status quo. And I think in particularly the art by Flaviano is really good- Pete:                Art is great. Alex:                 … and very consistent with the Gwen Stacy Ghost-Spider book, if you read that. Next up, Sweet Tooth: The Return #3 from DC Comics by Jeff Lemire. This gets you the story of whatever is going on with this new Gus who might be the old Gus, we're not quite clear, who is being tracked out of this post apocalypse that's living under the earth. This book is so wild to read, particularly in reference and bouncing off of what's happening to Sweet Tooth. It's fascinating. Justin, I know you were a little conflicted, I think, about the second issue. How did you feel about the third one? Justin:              I mean, I still like the book. It's funny. It feels like just a sped up version of the original series in a way. And I do think we're going to get probably next issue the reveal that this Gus is a clone of the original Gus and it's sort of like someone trying to re-engineer a religious event for all these people and return to the earth, and all of that. And so I think that's a cool story, but it definitely feels like we're digging up fossils that we were there for when they were buried- Pete:                No way. Justin:              … if that makes sense. Pete:                This was an awesome, awesome issue. Earl is my new favorite thing. This was- Alex:                 This is a large elephant man who kills people. Pete:                … Yeah. And Earl was just such a bad-ass and such a fun addition to this book. I mean the fuck me Earl is loose just before his head gets ripped off, that's just great. That's just great comics. That's just fun stuff. Yeah. Kind of a creepy reveal of the kind of like two versions of him. But I think this is a very interesting kind of book as it does kind of speed through this, which I … It says three to six, like they don't have time for this. I appreciate the fact that it's fast forward a little bit. Justin:              Of course, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm saying that's just what it feels like. Pete:                Yeah, so … Alex:                 That's definitely a cool quote for the cover, “I don't have time for this shit.” Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 I really liked this a lot, it's just it's a weird read. To your point, Justin, I'm curious too. I'm more curious to reflect on it when it's done and how it works in relationship to the first Sweet Tooth more than anything else. Next up, A Man Among Ye #4 from Image Comics, written by Stephanie Phillips, art by Craig Cermak. This is ending this title, I believe, for now. It focuses on a bunch of female pirates who are teaming together. We finally get that team in this issue as they try to rescue one of their boyfriends, I guess, that's the best way of putting it. Pete, you've been a big fan of the series. Pete:                Yeah, this is really great. And I think this ends really well. It's a little heartbreaking what kind of happens. But I've been really impressed with the action, I love the storytelling and I think this is a really kind of cool way of everybody kind of coming together here at the end so we can kind of get more ventures hopefully. But I thought this was a great kind of a fun pirate story with some cool twists in it to kind of update it. And I appreciate a lot of the rage in what was happening. Alex:                 Justin, what about you? Justin:              Some comics are for Pete, and some comics are for Justin and some comics are for Alex. And this one, this was fine. I think I said last time like I'm not a crazy fan of this. Reading this issue, it feels very much like an old black and white Disney movie in it's sort of storytelling and style. Once I was like, “Ah, I think that's what the vibe is here,” I enjoyed it more, but it's all right. Alex:                 Yeah, I would have honestly wanted a little more from it. I want to kind of want to see where it goes, and maybe now that this team is all together where it goes to the second arc, excited about that. But art by Craig Cermak was good. I think the writing was solid. I had a fun time reading this. Next step, The Immortal Hulk #42 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Alex Lins and Adam Gotham. Gotham, perhaps. Justin:              Oh, interesting. And on a Marvel book. Alex:                 That's weird. Justin:              I think it's Gotham. Alex:                 Gotham. Justin:              Oh, Gorham actually. Alex:                 Gorham? Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 All right. Interesting. Anyway- Pete:                Actually, it's Jones, I think is what it is. Yeah, it's Gorham. Alex:                 In this issue, we're getting split focus between Henry Gyrich is taking over Gamma Flight- Justin:              I think it's Gyrich. Alex:                 … Gyrich? Justin:              Definitely. Alex:                 Have I been pronouncing it wrong my entire life? Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Jesus Christ. Justin:              It's pronounced [inaudible 00:25:37]. Pete:                I don't want that attention. Alex:                 Anyway, some guy is taking Gamma Flight to task. Meanwhile, the leader is trying to figure out why he can't get the whole taking over the world, the Immortal Hulk thing to work for him. He figures out some stuff by the end, so does Gamma Flight. Lots of stuff going on here and lots of movement to this issue. What did you guys think? Justin:              This book is great. It's continues to be great. This feels very much like a sort of middle type issue, so it's not the like big moves happening. I do like the reveal that our newspaper reporter, who's been an ongoing character in this run, has been affected by the gamma rays. That's a big turn and reveal. And I love, love the reveal at the end. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, it continues to be gross and creepy in all the right ways. Yeah. I mean, we got the leader trying kind of figure things out a little bit in this issue, and then some other storylines going on. Yeah, just the monster stuff is so insane and this stuff. I'm interested to see where this is going. It continues to be a really solid book. Alex:                 Yeah, I love this as well. My one caveat that I was weirdly struck with this issue, I wish, I know that they can because they've got to release a whole book every month, I wish that they would have waited for Joe Bennett to do all of it. Because Joe Bennett's art is so phenomenal and his designs are so disgusting in exactly the right way, that whenever he does an issue, it's heads and tails above everything else. And we've gotten some phenomenal stuff as well. I think the art in this was good. Alex Lins, Adam Gorham, you say. Justin:              I know, I think you've got to give it up for Gorham. Alex:                 Yeah, both really good things across the board. But man, there's something slightly missing in terms of the fucked upednes of Joe Bennett's art in this issue that I would have wanted a little bit more. Justin:              But I also think this issue wasn't about that, this was sort of dealing with some of the other characters. If we're going to take a break from the crazy body stuff, I'm fine having another artist jump on. But I got to get up for Al Ewing for really plumbing all the depths of the Hulk villains to hit all the weirdest marks, and we do it again here. Alex:                 Yes, I agree with you on that cliffhanger. Let's move on to talk about American Vampire 1976 #4 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Pete:                Albuquerque. Alex:                 In this issue we're ramping things up in a big way as our heroes, I guess, question mark, sort of try to start to figure out how they can stop the apocalypse, things get worse before they get better. What did you guys think about this issue? Pete:                This was a really amazing, fun issue. Love the crazy team up. A really intense last page. The art is really unbelievable. This was really clicking for me. I really enjoyed this issue. Justin:              If you walk in a room where the chairs are too big, get out of there, because someone's coming home and sitting- Pete:                Yeah, that's a good note. Justin:              … in those big ass chairs. Alex:                 I broke into a house one time and there was a chair that was too big, and there was a chair that was too small, but then there was one chair that was just right, that's the one that I sat in and then I broke it. Pete:                And then the bears came home and murdered you like your name was Archie? Alex:                 Yeah, that was a lot of things all at the same time, Pete. Justin:              Interestingly you were in a house that bears own. Alex:                 I got totally bear-zoned, if you know what I mean. Justin:              Yeah, you got bowned. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 Yeah, great book. Really awesome every issue. Let's move on and talk about Seven Secrets … Yes, what? Justin:              No, I do. I really like this book. Scott Snyder has such a mastery of these characters, and I think it's building up to something really exciting. Alex:                 Yeah. I guess the main thing is just like, it is wild to be in a thing that started with something so relatively simple as, “There's different type of vampires,” and now it's like, “Every monster,” but I love it, it's fun to read. Seven Secrets #6 from Boom! Studios, written by Tom Taylor, art by Daniele Di Nicuolo. We have wondered the entire series what these secrets are, they just kind of talked about what the secrets are. Finally, we get an inkling of what is going on- Pete:                A little taste of the secret. Alex:                 … with them as our heroes get attacked by the Keepers, the Villains, manage to escape at the last second. And we open up the mythology of the book in a really big and very weird way. I thought this issue was not only great as the series has been, but very necessary in terms of the run, because there's only so long you can keep these secrets- Pete:                Yeah, exactly. Alex:                 … secret from the reader before it starts to get annoying and they start to really pull back the veil here. Justin:              Yeah. It's great to hear your secrets. Go ahead. Pete:                I was really impressed because I was like, “Man, it's the sixth issue when we're finally getting a little taste of the secrets,” I was like, “There's no way to build up.” But the fact that it is such a huge kind of thing that happens when they open up one of the cases, I was like, “Okay, great. This is worth it. This is totally insane. The action is over the top.” It's really interesting how something can start at one place and kind of end up here. It's really impressive, the writing and the storytelling. It's great. Justin:              Yeah. I feel like Tom Taylor set out at the beginning of this book and was like, “I'm going to write a comic that is truly an anime, that is very much in the style of an anime series or anime movie,” and that's what this is. This feels very much like it's- Pete:                In all the right ways. Justin:              … Taylor-made to be an anime. Alex:                 I get it. Justin:              Taylor-made to be an anime. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about S.W.O.R.D. #2 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Valerio Schiti. This is also tying into the King in Black event, though it's not necessarily labeled as such, I believe, on the cover. I believe this following how it's affecting the X-Men side of the world and things get real bad by the end here with this weird defacto team of folks. What did you think? Pete? Pete:                Sure. Alex:                 Justin? Justin:              Yes. This was a weirder … Like we were talking about with the King in Black stuff, this definitely feels like it's a fair distance away from the main storyline. But it's a fun, random team of X-Men. And it's nice to read a book with Al Ewing sort of dabbling around in the X-Men world. I like the places ends. I like to see these characters random. Magneto sort of feels like older Magneto. Sebastian Shaw. We haven't seen these characters in a while, so I enjoyed seeing them in this book. Alex:                 Pete. Justin:              Yeah, Ewing is doing amazing stuff on Hulk and so cool. Alex:                 This is wild. This is like straight out of the nineties X-Men book. It's very different from a lot of the other X-Men stuff, and it is tangential. I mean, it's all of them living on the S.W.O.R.D. Space Station and try to figure out like basically reasons why they should not go fight Knull, the King in Black, is essentially what happens to this issue. Alex:                 But it is one of those books where I'm reading, I'm like, “Oh yeah, I remember that character from the nineties. Okay, that's cool.” But like you said, a good cliffhanger at the end that definitely makes me excited to read #3. And last but not least, Bloodshot #10 from Valiant Comics rate by Tim Seeley, art by Brett Booth- Pete:                Don't you feel it. Alex:                 … and Pedro Andreo. This is a book that straight up feels like it's trying to capitalize off the massive success of the Bloodshot movie that never happened. But regardless, Tim Seeley is doing his best here to put out a fun over the top, insane, cinematic Bloodshot book. Justin:              Yeah, and I think he is succeeding. I like a lot of the movies in this book. I mean, aren't we all strung out Bloodshot who comes back in the middle of the issue and tries to pick a fight, but he doesn't have enough protein? That's what we're all living in right now. And I like the line, “Come on you Jared Leto-looking motherfucker.” Pete:                Yeah, that's great. Justin:              Very funny. Alex:                 That's just Tim Seeley. Justin:              Tim Seeley does a great job of combining great action with some fun minds. Alex:                 It's wild how much happens in this book, it feels like three entire arcs of a Bloodshot comic happening within 20 something pages which is an insane pace to read. But it's fun, I enjoyed it. I don't know. Pete:                Yeah, I mean- Justin:              Eat your protein. Pete:                … Tim Seeley is a great writer. He adds humor to all the right things. Bloodshot to me is not one of my favorite characters, the movie didn't help that at all. I thought this was kind of a more interesting take, but it was very fast-paced, but it had some great lines in it. Justin:              Let me ask you, Pete, what don't you like about him? That he's like Deadpool, a character you like, or the Punisher, another character you like? Pete:                I don't know what it is, man. All right? I don't know. Justin:              You don't like nanites? They're just tiny robots. Pete:                Yeah. Don't trust them. Alex:                 He kills people and eats meat, what is there that you don't like about that, Pete? Pete:                Okay. On paper, it seems like I should love this guy. I get it guys. Justin:              Tim Seeley, one of your favs. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Justin:              Touchy-feely Tim Seeley. Alex:                 His name is Bloodshot. Blood and shot are two of your top 10 words. Pete:                It's okay guys, I get what you're saying. Justin:              Whenever we used to go out to bars, you'd be like, “I'll have a blood shot,” and we would all drink blood with you because that's what you demanded. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 And then you would shout, “Dracule.” All right, folks. I think that's it for The Stack. If you'd like to support us, patriotic.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00PM- Pete:                We sure do. 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In the ACPs last topic of the year, its time to talk about some amazing storytelling and sequential pages! Joined by the mighty Dave Kennedy (John Carpenters Tales of Science Fiction) the group talk about some truly wonderful comic art, and break down why these pages are so special. From classic mutant fights, to thought provoking black and white scenes, the conversation is a fascinating one. Theres also an extra bit of audio for you to check out, an update on the December Charity drive and Batroc the Leaper makes an appearance! Great stuff to check out this week - David Kennedy, Vortex, John Carpenters Tales of Science Fiction, Rick Remender, Scumbag #2, Dan Watters, Casper Wijngaard, Home Sick Pilots #1, Will Eisner - Comics and Sequential Art,  Uncanny XMen #213, Secret Avengers #18, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #28, Alien: The Movie Adaption, The Sword Master, Invincible #64, Tales of Suspense #85, Kristen Kiomall, XII: Of Magic and Muses  Click here to buy comics from the creators of the Awesome Comics Podcast! Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com  Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com  

Image Comics debuts Home Sick Pilots #1, DC celebrates the Very Merry Multiverse #1, see Marvel's Heroes at Home, and learn which new hero is making her way to the CW- all from Wednesday, December 9th on the latest episode of The Comics Haul!Listen along every week to The Comics Haul with Amy and Paul, Sideshow's official comic book podcast. You can keep in touch with us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @TheComicsHaul, and join us live on Wednesdays at 4pm PST on Sideshow's official streaming channels. Don't forget to join our Facebook Group at https://side.show/lygss to vote on the Panel of the Week, answer our latest Holler at the Haul question, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing: Home Sick Pilots #1 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Casar Wijngaard Venom #31 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Iban Coello The Comic Book History of Animation #1 IDW Written by Fred Van Lente Art & Letters by Ryan Dunlavey Sweet Tooth: The Return #2 DC Comics By Jeff Lemire Scarenthood #2 IDW Story & Art by Nicke Roche Colors by Chris O'Halloran Vampirella: The Dark Powers #1 Dynamite Written by Dan Sbnett Art by Paul Davidson Seven Secrets #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Tom Taylor Illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo Crossover #2 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Spider-Man #5 Marvel Written by J.J. Abrams & Henry Abrams Art by Sara Pichelli American Vampire 1976 #3 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Getting It Together #3 Written by Sina Grace & Omar Spahi Art by Jenny D. Fine & Sina Grace Origins #2 BOOM! Studios Creat by Arash Amel, Lee Krieger and Joseph Oxford Script by Clay McLeod Chapman Art by Jakub Rebelka King In Black: Namor #1 Marvel Written by Kurt Busiek Art by Benjamin Dewey The Vain #3 Oni Press Written by Eliot Rahal Illustrated by Emily Pearson Red Sonja: The Price of Blood #1 Dynamite Written by Luke Lieberman Art by Walter Geovani SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.