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Walk down this lonely road with us as the boys regale you with tales of Stevie wonder interviews, Michael Jackson conspiracies, Kim Jung Un witness protection, explaining plane crashes, wholesome halftime show, friend of the show Kanye West, Content Nukes, right wing class solidarity, wrestler's wives, the ban on women, giving Alaska to China, Groundhog Day beef, racist Spiderman, the tariffs, Chris Bores, the Sonichu medallion curse, private Chris-Chan collectors, DEI food, McDonald's bought the beans, UK Canadian racism, anti work tv shows, Chinese Seinfeld, Basie gets Severanced, Joe Fixit, a good face for Hulk, Marvel's Israeli super soldier, and Hulk solving the conflict in the Middle East. It's very Hulk-centric, this one.

Welcome back to Marvel Tales! This time, Phil and Justin review part 2 of the 1989 Marvel Universe crossover “Atlantis Attacks”, this time from Marvel Comics Presents #26 and X-Men Annual #13 as the gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit defends San Diego from a killer whale and an Atlantean secret weapon and X-Men Annual #13 as the X-Men battle the Serpent Society on behalf of Mr Jip in an attempt to keep ancient artifacts out of the hands of Ghaur and Llyra.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Marvel Tales Links  → Twitter http://www.twitter.com/MarvelTalesPod → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MarvelTalesPod → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Deadpool fever is sweeping the nation and one of us got roped into joining the Weapon XD program to become totally epic and random. Only #mymentor @goomvi can help us exorcise the spirit of Deadpool using the Power of Waking. Buckle up, we're not getting out of the barnyard on this one. Notes: Weapon XD, Cajun Flavor, The Deadpool of Willendorf, Dramatic Ryan Reynolds, “Tim Burpin' Presents DrinkingJuice DrinkingJuice: The DemoniCoke FreakStyle Drink ReBoo, Zero Percent Juice is Loose (in 666 sips)”, MRESteve1989's NSA sting, Waterpool Minute, Tinky Winky's Purse, Nasty Deadpool Pizzas, President Joe Fixit, Tom Hanks Notch, The Original John Pork, Shadow's Ultimate Fearless Biotechnology Class Hot Dog, The Fartiswheel Guy, The Baja Tickler, Conservative Lava Girl, The Anti-Mutant Groyper, Oyster Queen, The Babygirl Messages, Funko Muno, Pei Daiyocha, Russ's Chappell Roan Confession

Episode 248.  James B and Eddie debate whether The Web of Spider-Man or Spectacular Spider-Man has the better issues in October, November and December of 1988. Books covered in this episode include: Web of Spider-Man 44, 45, Annual 4, The Incredible Hulk 349, The Spectacular Spider-Man 143, 144, 145 and Annual 8. Sponsored by Rattlesnake Airlines and Dr. Warren's Gene Therapy Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by James B and Eddie and Joe Fixit.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

In this episode of BCA we are talking Bad Batch. It's all about Asajj Ventress!!!! Twitter @StarWarsCast Instagram BCApodcast Email: podcastbca@gmail.com Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts!! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boring-conversation-anyway/id1457849832

Épisode 174: On accueille 2 nouvelles recrues cette semaine avec Mike qui vient nous parler de l'actualité techno et Will qui nous jase de son expérience sur Towers and Powers, le jeu de tower defense en VR. On aborde ensuite les comics Joe Fixit et La Magie d'Oz tomes 1 et 2. On parle ensuite de Echo, la dernière série de Marvel, suivi de la saison 2 de Clone High. On termine avec l'excellent metroidvania d'Ubisoft, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown. Bonne écoute!‐-------‐‐-----------------------------------------Site Web ⬇️www.gpourgeek.caBalado Quebec ⬇️https://baladoquebec.ca/g-pour-geek/g-pour-geek-episode-174Spotify ⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/1u1BuLjlLfSSOLq8YuAEa0Linktree ⬇️https://linktr.ee/gpourgeekYoutube ⬇️https://youtu.be/BDErEPZ_UWY#podcastgeek #podcast #quebec #francais #jeu #techno #pc #hulk #marvel #echo #disney #joefixit #comicbook #bandedessinée #magiedoz #towerofpower #vr #metaquest #princeofpersiathelostcrown #clonehigh #hbomax #xbox #playstation #switch

Parmi les personnages colorés qui mettent le bazar dans les cases de nos comic books préférés, l'Incroyable Hulk, créé par Stan Lee et Jack Kirby en 1962, est sûrement celui dont les multiples mutations et interprétations sont les plus hétérogènes, mais aussi une magnifique démonstration de la façon dont les fans s'approprient les héros de papier. Aujourd'hui, on va parler de Hulk, mais pas seulement de Hulk. Et puis, quel Hulk, d'abord ? Occupe-toi de ton Hulk ! Ce qui m'a toujours laissé perplexe chez les amateurs de super-héros, c'est leur fascination pour l'échelle de puissance des personnages. Si elle est naturelle, elle est aussi et surtout très limitée et occupe bien trop de place dans les débats, au détriment de la profondeur des thématiques sociales, politiques et psychologiques qui entourent les héros de comics. Pour moi, l'infantilisation systématique des problématiques et des intrigues par une partie du lectorat et des prescripteurs amène à une vision biaisée du genre phare de la bande dessinée américaine. Malgré une lassitude de plus en plus palpable, les blockbusters de Marvel restent des valeurs sûres au cinéma, et on se demande souvent pourquoi le grand public ne s'intéresse pas plus aux comics dont ils sont issus. La réponse semble évidente quand on constate qu'une partie de ceux-là même qui devraient pousser les gens à en lire n'en renvoient que l'image d'une sorte de gigantesque bagarre permanente dont le seul enjeu serait de savoir qui est le plus fort. Cette attitude puérile des fans va souvent de pair avec un refus du changement et un rejet systématique de tout ce qui ne correspond pas à des standards esthétiques et scénaristiques induits de longue date. Pourtant, de façon tout à fait évidente, les produits issus de ces licences à l'aspect mercantile indéniable s'inscrivent dans la durée et doivent évoluer avec leur époque, sous peine de disparaître. C'est vrai pour les super-héros, et plus globalement pour toutes les figures de la Pop Culture. Par leur refus du changement, et leurs formulations abusives comme “mon Batman”, “mon Star Wars”, ou “mon Superman”, les puristes autoproclamés assassinent ce qu'ils aiment en cherchant à figer l'image totalement biaisée d'un personnage ou d'une licence, en interdisant indirectement l'accès à un nouveau public. Hulk est un exemple très parlant, car c'est sûrement l'un des héros Marvel qui a le plus changé entre les années 1960 et aujourd'hui, en comparaison de personnages comme Tony Stark ou Steve Rogers qui, s'ils ont tous les deux été développés de différentes façons, sont restés beaucoup plus proches de leurs caractéristiques d'origine. Aussi, quand le Marvel Cinematic Universe a adapté ces changements, certes plus abruptement que dans les comic books, une partie des spectateurs s'est plainte de ne plus retrouver “son” Hulk au cinéma. Un grief recevable face aux méthodes expéditives de Disney et Marvel, mais prenant parfois des proportions totalement ridicules, entre appels au boycott, véhémence disproportionnée, et association douteuse avec des discours prônant l'intolérance sous couvert du respect du matériau d'origine. Se plaindre de l'évolution du Hulk du MCU revient tout simplement à nier que le personnage n'a pas toujours été le même dans les comics. C'est le réduire à une masse de muscles décérébrée, un gros balourd tout juste bon à soulever des voitures et à traverser des murs. Évidemment, pour appréhender cela, il faut s'intéresser un minimum à l'histoire du personnage sur le papier et à ce qu'il représente dans l'univers Marvel. Il manque Hulk dans un coin… Hulk est un pur produit de son époque : l'Âge d'Argent des comics, une période où les super-héros reviennent sur le devant de la scène après une longue pause durant laquelle des genres comme l'horreur, la romance et une science-fiction héritière des pulp's les avaient supplantés. Aussi, Stan Lee et Jack Kirby en font rapidement une sorte de pot-pourri d'influences pop, qui va paradoxalement avoir du mal à trouver son public. Irradié par sa propre création, la bombe gamma, le scientifique Bruce Banner se transforme en une monstrueuse créature pratiquement invulnérable : l'incroyable Hulk ! Aidé par son sidekick de fortune, Rick Jones, et poursuivi par l'armée américaine, Banner cherche désespérément à retrouver son humanité tout en essayant de contrôler les pulsions destructrices de Hulk… Comme beaucoup d'autres héros de la Maison des Idées, Hulk reprend les caractéristiques du monstre made in Marvel. Avant d'être un justicier doté de pouvoirs surhumains, comme pouvaient l'être Superman et ses congénères durant le Golden Age, c'est surtout une victime des dérives de la science, incarnation de la peur de l'atome qui étreint la planète au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. À cette thématique propre à la Science-Fiction des années 1950 s'ajoutent deux influences classiques majeures : Frankenstein ou le Prométhée Moderne de Mary Shelley et L'Étrange Cas du Docteur Jekyll et de Mr Hyde de Robert Louis Stevenson. Deux classiques de la littérature gothique ou néo-gothique, faisant partie des fondements de la science-fiction et de l'horreur, qui ont façonné une bonne partie de notre culture populaire moderne. Là aussi, il est question des avancées et des dévoiements de la science, mais aussi de l'évolution de la psychologie et de la façon dont “l'anormal” est perçu en fonction des époques. Pour réhumaniser sa créature, Stan Lee va ajouter au drame de Banner une dimension de Soap Opera qui lui est chère, avec le personnage de Betty Ross. Avec cet amour rendu impossible par la transformation de Bruce Banner, pourchassé par le propre père de sa bien-aimée, la série Hulk gagne en profondeur et parle à un public plus large que celui des seuls amateurs d'aventures super-héroïques. Dès le début, Hulk est un personnage atypique, même pour Marvel Comics. Considéré comme une menace et condamné à la vie de fugitif, Bruce Banner est, bien plus que la Chose des Fantastic Four ou que Spider-Man, mal-aimé et craint par les simples mortels de l'univers Marvel. C'est peut-être à cause de ce statut hybride avant-gardiste, couplé à des affrontements avec des super-vilains assez quelconques, se résumant à des envahisseurs allégorie du Péril Rouge, que le personnage va peiner à rencontrer un lectorat conséquent. Lancée en 1962, Hulk est un échec et la série est annulée après seulement six numéros. Mais Marvel croit en son personnage et le colosse de jade va rapidement visiter les pages d'autres séries de l'éditeur, croisant la route des Quatre Fantastiques ou de l'Homme-Araignée et devenant l'un des membres-fondateurs des Avengers. Revenant dans ses propres aventures dès 1964 sous la plume du légendaire Steve Ditko, dans les pages de Tales to Astonish, Hulk partage le magazine avec Giant Man, puis avec Namor. Bill Everett, John Buscema ou encore Marie Severin vont ensuite se succéder au dessin, et en 1968, après cent-un numéros, le magazine est carrément renommé The Incredible Hulk. Il est intéressant de noter que durant cette période, même si Stan Lee reste crédité comme le principal scénariste, le personnage de Hulk est largement refaçonné par les différents artistes qui travaillent sur ses aventures. La raison même pour laquelle Banner se transforme en monstre varie d'un épisode à l'autre : s'il semble tout simplement se transformer à la tombée de la nuit, tel un loup-garou, dans ses premières aventures, ou même parfois de façon tout à fait injustifiée, on découvre peu à peu, dans les pages de The Avengers ou de Tales to Astonish, que le stress et la colère jouent un rôle prépondérant dans la métamorphose de Banner et dans sa maîtrise de celle-ci. En à peine deux ans, on passe donc d'un Hulk gris qui se transforme la nuit à un Hulk vert qui se transforme sous l'effet de la colère, et la bête pataude et massive des débuts, à mi-chemin entre King Kong et le Frankenstein de Boris Karloff, se mute peu à peu en créature impétueuse et beaucoup plus expressive.La nuit, tous les Hulks sont gris… L'année 1977 marque un nouveau départ pour Hulk. Si le personnage a eu droit à des adaptations en séries animées durant les années 60, 80 et 90, la série live produite par CBS reste sûrement son portage à l'écran le plus célèbre. Réalisé par le prolifique Kenneth Johnson, avec pour têtes d'affiche Bill Bixby dans le rôle de David Banner (renommé ainsi à cause d'un étrange cliché totalement homophobe) et le culturiste Lou Ferrigno dans celui du titan vert, le premier téléfilm diffusé en novembre 1977 va donner naissance à cinq saisons d'une série télévisée qui va faire monter en flèche la popularité du personnage auprès du grand public. N'échappant à aucun cliché de l'époque, la série L'Incroyable Hulk va ancrer l'image d'un Docteur Banner vagabond et victime de ses émotions, exacerbant les influences de Lee et Kirby, la série Le Fugitif et Frankenstein en tête.  Cette version de Hulk, cantonnant la créature à un rôle de brute incapable de s'exprimer autrement que par des grognements, a marqué les esprits pour longtemps, laissant faussement croire que le personnage n'avait pas plus de contraste que ça. Côté comics, de grands noms comme Len Wein, Bill Mantlo, Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema, Roger Stern, ou encore John Byrne, rejoignent la liste des artistes et scénaristes qui interviennent pour un temps plus ou moins long sur la série. Si le fil conducteur d'un Bruce Banner en cavale, menace itinérante semant le chaos à travers les États-Unis, est conservé, The Incredible Hulk explore bien d'autres pistes issues de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique pour relancer la machine au cours des années 1970 et 1980. L'alter ego de Banner y est également beaucoup mieux traité : contrairement à sa version télévisée, il est doué de parole et de pensée, et constitue un protagoniste à part entière, plutôt que d'être une sorte d'outil scénaristique légitimant les scènes d'action. À partir de 1987, le scénariste Peter David arrive sur la série pour un run qui va durer plus de dix ans et durant lequel il va développer de nombreuses facettes du personnage. Entouré de dessinateurs comme Todd McFarlane, Jeff Purves, Darick Robertson, Dale Keown, Liam Sharp, ou Mike Deodato Jr, Peter David va creuser les variantes existantes du colosse, ou en inventer de nouvelles. Du Hulk gris qui devient Joe Fixit ; au Maestro, dictateur d'un futur dystopique ; en passant par le Professeur Hulk ; Peter David met en évidence ce qui aura peut-être échappé à certains : quoi de mieux que Hulk lui-même pour incarner l'intérêt d'un comic book Hulk ? Sur la décennie où il officie, David fait alternativement de Hulk et de Banner les meilleurs alliés, mais aussi les opposés les plus parfaits, révélant une relation aussi complémentaire que conflictuelle entre l'homme et le monstre. La dimension dévastatrice du colosse n'est plus tant matérielle que psychologique et ses multiples personnalités amènent chacune de nouvelles forces et de nouvelles faiblesses à Banner, qui devient finalement un visage de Hulk parmi tant d'autres. Tel Bruce Banner, Peter David est aujourd'hui indissociable de Hulk. S'il est récemment revenu sur l'univers du personnage pour développer dans des mini-séries relativement dispensables les figures de Joe Fixit ou du Maestro, il reste comme celui qui aura su creuser la psyché de Banner et redéfinir Hulk pour restaurer son image tragique de victime des dérives de la science, captive d'un tumulte qui ne cesse de s'auto-alimenter. À la Banner ! Après avoir tué Betty Banner de la façon la plus traumatisante qui soit, Peter David quitte la série en 1999. Lui succéder n'est pas une mince affaire et bon nombre de scénaristes vont tenter de donner vie à leur vision de Hulk, tout en continuant à exploiter les pistes lancées durant la décennie précédente. Paul Jenkins, Jeph Loeb, Jeff Parker, ou encore Mark Waid vont ainsi œuvrer sur le personnage et développer son background, donnant naissance à des intrigues plus ou moins pertinentes et durables. À titre personnel, je citerais deux sagas particulièrement marquantes qui méritent que vous vous y penchiez, et ça, même si vous n'êtes pas un inconditionnel du colosse de jade. Planet Hulk, écrite par Greg Pak et publiée en 2006, renoue avec les origines nourries de Science-Fiction pulp du personnage, pour un résultat à mi-chemin entre John Carter d'Edgar Rice Burroughs et Ben-Hur. On y suit un Hulk exilé dans l'espace, embrassant une carrière de gladiateur sur une planète étrangère avant de finalement en devenir le héros, puis le souverain. Il s'agit incontestablement de l'un des arcs les plus épiques publiés par Marvel Comics, toutes séries confondues, ces dernières années et il est relativement accessible aux néophytes. Sa suite World War Hulk, se rapproche plutôt de la SF des années 1950, sorte de scénario catastrophe où le monstre arrivé de l'espace pour semer le chaos est remplacé par un Hulk revanchard venu régler ses comptes avec l'univers Marvel. Véritable coup de tonnerre à sa sortie en 2018, la série Immortal Hulk, de Al Ewing et Joe Bennett, revisite en cinquante numéros l'esprit torturé de Bruce Banner. Vision résolument moderne et horrifique du personnage, elle s'éloigne des poncifs super-héroïques et marque un retour aux sources du mythe, où Hulk devient une majestueuse et inquiétante créature crépusculaire, dans un univers que ne renieraient pas Clive Barker et John Carpenter. Flirtant parfois avec le gore et résolument adulte, tant dans le fond que dans la forme, sans oublier de faire quelques clins d'œil à la série de CBS qui permettent de boucler proprement la boucle, Immortal Hulk compte parmi les meilleures séries Marvel des années 2010. Cela ne peut que nous conforter dans l'idée que l'aura de la série TV de CBS, s'étendant bien au-delà de sa diffusion originale entre 1977 et 1982, et prolongée par plusieurs téléfilms jusqu'en 1990, a eu un impact, direct ou indirect, sur le contenu des comics Hulk. Si l'image que vous vous faites de Hulk est celle d'un colosse un peu crétin qui casse tout comme un enfant incontrôlable, c'est plus parce que ce cliché tenace a été imprimé dans votre tête par une série TV que parce que vous avez été au contact du personnage tel qu'il existe réellement dans les pages des comic books. À l'inverse, il est probable que pour tenter de ne pas rebuter un lectorat potentiel conquis par la télévision, Marvel et certains auteurs aient limité pendant longtemps les prises de risques sur le papier, en dénaturant le moins possible l'image du titan vert véhiculée par le biais du petit écran. L'emprise de la série avec Bill Bixby et Lou Ferrigno n'est plus aussi directe que dans les années 1980, mais elle est pourtant gravée dans l'inconscient collectif, transparaissant dans les films et les séries animées qui lui ont succédé, et une série aussi brillante que Immortal Hulk nous démontre que les auteurs d'aujourd'hui ont pleinement digéré cette influence pour en garder le meilleur. Si le Marvel Cinematic Universe, de L'Incroyable Hulk avec Edward Norton en 2008 à la série She-Hulk de 2022, en passant par Avengers et Thor : Ragnarok, s'est aléatoirement inspiré de façon plus ou moins efficace du Hulk des comics, il est, quoi qu'on en pense, représentatif des multiples visages du personnage. De façon plus globale, que ce soit sur le papier ou à l'écran, il est difficile, voire impossible, de définir clairement un seul et unique Hulk. Bien entendu, ce héros possède des caractéristiques immuables, mais entre le monstre nocturne de Stan Lee et Jack Kirby, évoluant dans le contexte de la Guerre Froide, le conquérant cosmique de Greg Pak, et le scientifique aux tendances schizophrènes héritées des travaux de Peter David et Al Ewing, qui est le véritable Hulk ? Cette approche comportementale du personnage, tantôt idiot du village, tantôt stratège dévastateur de mondes, va de pair avec une évolution de sa représentation graphique par les artistes. Hulk est-il une montagne de muscles en costard de gangster, un gladiateur à la tête d'une insurrection, un scientifique bodybuildé en débardeur, ou une créature reptilienne cauchemardesque qui hante l'esprit de Banner ? Peut-être même que pour quelqu'un, quelque part, le “vrai” Hulk est un tyran vieillissant ou un colosse à la peau bleue porteur d'un pouvoir cosmique… Reflet des angoisses et des obsessions de ses auteurs autant que du monde dans lequel il évolue, Bruce Banner compose depuis plus de soixante ans avec ses multiples alter ego pour son plus grand malheur, certes, mais aussi pour le plus grand plaisir des lecteurs. Chacun cherche son Hulk, et ce n'est pas près de s'arrêter… N'hésitez pas à partager cet article sur les réseaux sociaux s'il vous a plu ! Recevez mes articles, podcasts et vidéos directement dans votre boîte mail, sans intermédiaire ni publicité, en vous abonnant gratuitement ! Get full access to CHRIS - POP CULTURE & COMICS at chrisstup.substack.com/subscribe

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #230: Amazing Spider-Man #96-#98 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review  Amazing Spider-Man #96-#98 (May-July 1971) featuring the classic drug story that the comics code authority wouldn't approve but Stan Lee published anyway and the return of the Green Goblin.  PLUS: reviews of NEW issues Joe Fixit #5, Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis #1, Carnage Reigns Alpha #1, Cult of Carnage: Misery #1, and Spider-Man #8 Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!   Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics ==================

Misters Kilmartin and Gibbonsbelly are on the mic for comic book discussion. What made us laugh with a painted red Peter Parker makes us laugh again. It's a good week of comics, and that's why we're all here. Plus there's a bit of a diversion about milk and types of milk. Riveting stuff, kids. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:09:46 Pick of the Week: 00:01:44 - Joe Fixit #5 Comics: 00:12:20 - Groot #1 00:16:43 - Shazam! #1 00:22:57 - Batman #900 00:33:47 - I Hate This Place #8 00:35:05 - Star Signs #1 00:37:42 - The Avengers: War Across Time #5 00:40:01 - Love Everlasting #7 00:41:31 - Star Wars #34 Patron Pick: 00:44:40 - Peacemaker Tries Hard!, Book One Patron Thanks: 00:52:34 - Daniel Clark Audience Questions: 00:55:58 - Zach from St. Louis has a Robin question for Conor, and a Constantine question for Josh. Efficient. Brought To You By: • Time Bomb Comics - Check out Quantum #1 today! 52 pages and 5 new stories from a great UK comics publisher. • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Bullet Train to Vegas" Drive Like Jehu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We have a pile of news to share about movies, series, and comics. With Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 preparing to usher in a summer of superheroes, we discuss what else we can expect to see or say goodbye to. And we look at some of the stand-out comics that we are checking out now. Jay and Josh indulge in their own kind of book club…comic book club, that is, on Superhero Suite.

The Pick of the Week causes an 80s Marvel nostalgia spiral and the Patron Pick causes a deep dive into ape-based fandom! Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 00:57:08 Pick of the Week: 00:02:10 – Joe Fixit #4 Comics: 00:13:28 – Second Coming: Trinity #1 00:16:58 – Hey Kids! Comics! Vol. 3 #1 00:24:10 – Love Everlasting #6 00:28:05 – Stillwater #18 00:32:11 – Batman #134 00:34:22 – I Hate This Place #6 Patron Pick: 00:36:20 – Planet of the Apes #1 Patron Thanks: 00:44:55 – Bob Audience Question: 00:46:36 – Cory T. from Cleveland, Ohio wants to know why Marvel doesn't make animated films of their classic comic book stories the way that DC does. Brought To You By: • Shopify – This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period and take your business to the next level. • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: “Rock You Like a Hurricane” Scorpions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

¡El amanecer de DC, el fin del Spider-Verso, y un par de felinos malvados!(¿acaso hay de otros?) De esto y más hablamos esta noche en ⁠⁠#LosCómicsDeLaSemana⁠⁠⁠⁠ 142! DC COMICS (3:29) - Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2 (20:34) - The Flash #796 (28:40) - Poison Ivy #11 (33:34) - Batman #134 MARVEL ((44:34) - Planet of the Apes #1 (53:54) - Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clones #2 (57:12) - Spider-Man #7 (1:01:28) - The Amazing Spider-Man #23 (

¡Hombres de acero, hechiceros supremos, hombres araña y furros criminales llegan a #LosCómicsDeLaSemana⁠⁠ 140!... Y espérense a que les digamos de qué cómics vamos a hablar en esta ocasión. ÑOÑOTICIAS (1:14) - ÑOÑOTICIAS Muere Xavier López "Chabelo". (4:41) - Arrestan a Jonathan Majors por agredir a una mujer. DC COMICS (9:00) - Batman / Superman: World's Finest #13. (12:43) - Superman #2. (24:15) - The Flash #795. (35:19) - Nightwing #102. MARVEL (45:02) - Doctor Strange #1. (

- Not sponsored by ugly red boots - Rihanna's pregnant, apologize - The Flash movie trailer - CW Flash is back for its final season - every other movie trailer - Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special Comic Book Review - Ghost Rider #12 - Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants (2023) #1 - Daredevil (2022) #8 - Bishop: War College (2023) #1 - Alien (2022) #6 - Retro Review - Avengers (1998) #70 - Joe Fixit (2023) #2 LIKE, SHARE, AND SUBSCRIBE! Audio link: https://linktr.ee/cbbpodcast

Step aside, Clint Barton, Josh has a new favorite comic book character! Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:01:12 Pick of the Week: 00:02:12 - Namor, The Sub-Mariner: Conquered Shores #5 Comics: 00:08:59 - Joe Fixit #2 00:14:45 - Gotham City: Year One, Book Five 00:20:21 - Secret Invasion #4 00:25:58 - Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo, Book Four 00:28:58 - The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #5 00:31:03 - The Amazing Spider-Man #913 00:33:37 - Space Job #1 Patron Pick: 00:37:38 - Monarch #1 Patron Thanks: 00:46:07 - DacianDynamo Audience Question: 00:48:44 - Robert A. drops a fun fact on us and then asks about a comic book quirk that has been plaguing Conor for years. 00:50:54 - Dave G. from Niagara, Canada thinks that current comic book writers are doing Steve Rogers dirty. Brought To You By: • MacroVerse - MacroVerse is proud to share their new comic book series in wide release, DARKLAND. Head over to their website for more info or go to Webtoons and search for DARKLAND! • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "The Joker" The Steve Miller Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

¡Murciélagos, arañas y gatas deambulan en #LosCómicsDeLaSemana #135! ÑOÑOTICIAS () - Oooooootra vez con el chisme del cierre de SMASH DC COMICS (18:54) - Poison Ivy # 9 (

If you don't know Jeff Purves from his run on the Incredible Hulk, you're missing out. Following some guy named Todd McFarlane, Jeff further defined the Joe Fixit gray Hulk era of the title as the second artist on Peter David's character-defining run. But once he left with issue #366, he was never to be seen in comic books again! Where did he go? Animation of course. Over a more than 30 year career, he's worked virtually everywhere, including Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, Hanna Barbara, Marvel Productions, and Filmation. Some of the projects he's contributed to include Captain Planet, Jem, Mulan II, Ghostbusters, She-Ra, Mulan, The Emperor's New Groove, The Simpsons Movie, DC Super Hero Girls, and much more!_____________________________________________If you liked this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. And tell your friends!Looking for more ways to express your undying DBB love and devotion? Email us at dollarbinbandits@gmail.com. Follow us @dollarbinbandits on Facebook and Instagram, and @DBBandits on Twitter.

To raise funds for Peter David, Russ, Carl and Justin go live on the Twitch channel to discuss David's Joe Fixit from 2023 and Maestro mini from 2020. Donate to Peter at ko-fi.com/helppeterdavid or see his gofoundme for details on what's been going on with him. Your hosts: Russell, Justin and Carl. Your Editor: Knol Tate.  Your music: Deleter. Join our Patreon. Follow Gamma Charge on Instagram. Follow Gamma Charge on Twitter. Follow Tomes Of Evil on Twitter. Follow Trapped in A World on Twitter. Check out our Facebook page.

Here's our first exclusive patreon podcast for 2023. If you would like to listen to it sign up here. https://www.patreon.com/crawlspace The crew reviews the following books: *Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #28 & 29 *Spider-Man #4 *Spider-Man Lost Hunt #2 & 3 *Dark Web: X-Men #1-3 *Miles Morales: Spider-Man #2 *Joe Fixit #1 *Savage Avengers #8 & 9

SO THIS IS THE NEW YEAR! The CBB boys ring in the new year with their first audio episode of 2023! And in the spirit of new beginnings and soft reboots, we decided to offer up some reintroductions! Billy Z, Steve and Caleb each chat a little bit about themselves and then they each surprise one another with questions - one comic related and one about life in general. We also spend some time going over the generally accepted definitions of bears and bear culture in the queer community for those who might have a degree of unfamiliarity (and maybe even for those who are QUITE familiar!) For the news segment, in the absence of any notable developments recently in the comics world, we focus on a tweet from writer Chuck Dixon designed to mock and attack newer and diverse comic creators and that leads to a discussion about when people with a body of work you respect come up way short as human beings. Then onto the comic book talk - almost exactly at the one hour mark if you want to cut to the chase - with New Mutants, the Hulk mini-series Joe Fixit, Nightwing, Danger Street, Spy Superb and the Black Veil Brides-centric series The Phantom Tomorrow all occupying slots in our spinner rack! All this and our patent pending Geek Gets and Woofs of the Week! Hit play and join us in the comic cave for a bit! Intro Music: Ocean Colour Scene - "You've Got It Bad" Outro Music: Klassik 78 - "Living Fantasy (Tonight)"      

The heart of the podcast has returned - Roman is out, about, and all around ready to pout about some comic books that have come out in recent memory. Who doesn't love listening to the origins of this mysterious, eternally-36 homunculus that hangs around our podcast?0:03:44 - Well Welcome Wellmer!0:10:43 - Danger Street #20:24:47 - Joe Fixit #10:28:15 - Miracleman #20:35:53 - Bone Orchard Mythos: The Passageway #50:39:45 - Nemesis: Reloaded #10:44:48 - Lazarus Planet #10:50:48 - Marvel's Timeless #10:53:47 - Scarlet Witch #10:56:26 - Human Target #101:04:22 - Black Cloak #11:06:07 - Spider-Man Corner!SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we're going to talk about what happened in these books. So maybe pause this, read your books, and come back. We'll still be here!And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.Subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you like to get your podcasts.Email in questions at jeff@thecomicsplace.com! We love hearing from you and there's a good chance we will read it on air!You can also join the Comics Place Discord here: https://discord.gg/rW8EBftHx8Follow Django on TikTok: @prettygoodtiktokvideo

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #211: Spider-Man/Red Sonja Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review the second team up of Spider-Man and Red Sonja from Spider-Man/Red Sonja #1-#5 (October 2007-February 2008) featuring the duo's next battle against the evil wizard Kulan Gath, Venom and an assortment of transformed villains.  PLUS: discussion of NEW issues Spider-Man #4, Gold Goblin #3 and Joe Fixit #1. Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!    Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics ==================

Two Jamokes and a doctor walk into a podcast, will all three walk out? Don't touch that dial to find out the stunning conclusion of the first Pick of the Week show of 2023! Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:08:18 Pick of the Week: 00:02:49 - Fantastic Four #696 Comics: 00:13:18 - Gotham City: Year One #4 00:18:54 - Dark Knights of Steel #9 00:23:03 - Batman #131 00:27:08 - Joe Fixit #1 00:32:12 - Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings #145 00:35:29 - Mosely #1 Star Wars Corner: 00:43:07 - Star Wars #30 Patron Pick: 00:45:26 - Scarlet Witch #1 Patron Thanks: 00:55:51 - Moni Singh Audience Question: 00:57:49 - Aaron T. from England (at the moment) helps his fiancé fall asleep with comic book origin stories but now she wants to know how Scott 'Cyclops' Summers manages his everyday life (showering, sleeping, etc.) without blasting everyone all the time. Brought To You By: • Better Help - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ifanboy and get on your way to being your best self. • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Head Is a Flame (Cool With It)" Portugal. The Man Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday, January 4th: We’re back for the first podcast of the New Year! We open with a not-entirely-unrelated digression about Midnight Run before diving into comics of the week, including Scarlet Witch #1, Joe Fixit #1, Mosely #1, Spy Superb #1, Fantastic Four #3, Secret Invasion #3, Batman #131, and more! Then we’ve got our... Read more » The post 399: Harry Houdini’s Explosive Appendix appeared first on Rogues Gallery Comics + Games, Round Rock, TX.

Zach is joined once again by Disc Dump podcast and High on Horror host, Miles Trout for the second part of the Maestro 2-pack! This time, Marvel's Contest of Champions from 2015. What happens when a rag-tag band of heroes and villains are chosen at random and forced into life-or-death combat against one another to please two powerful, cosmic beings?Find out in Contest of Champions!---------------------------------------------------Get more of Miles!Check out his podcast The Disc Dump!He's also co-host of High on Horror!Follow him on Instagram! Or on Twitter!---------------------------------------------------Check out Dreampass and all their killer tracks on Spotify!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected!https://www.patreon.com/tctwlWant to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpaTune in here for every episode of the show!https://kite.link/the-comics-that-we-loveFollow on Instagram for Comics Obscure and More!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Tiktok!The Comics that We LoveFollow on Twitter!@Z_Irish_Red

We chat with Eugenie Bondurant, who played the hunter Azarel in the Disney+ Werewolf by Night special. Then, we're joined by Justin & Russell to talk about The Incredible Hulk #362 where a transformed Jack, self-stranded on the Yucca Flats, runs into Joe Fixit.

October 2022 solicits Comic Reviews: DC Artemis: Wanted by Vita Ayala, Skylar Partridge, Romulo Fajardo Jr DC vs Vampires: All-Out War 1 by Alex Paknadel, Matthew Rosenberg, Pasquale Qualano, Nicola Right, Guillaume Singelin DC League of Super-Pets: The Great Mxy Mix-Up by Heath Corson, Bobby Timony Marvel A.X.E.: Judgment Day 1 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Alien Annual 1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Salvador Larroca, Guru eFX Defenders Beyond 1 by Al Ewing, Javier Rodriguez Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega Infinity Comic Spider-Verse Unlimited 7 by Ken Nimura Love Unlimited 7: Viv Vision by Marieke Nijkamp, Federico Sabbatini, Martina Fari Marvel Meow 11 by Neo Fuji IDW Dark Spaces: Wildfire 1 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Ronda Pattison Image Rogues' Gallery 1 by Hannah Rose May, Declan Shalvey, Justin Mason, Triona Farrell Skybound X 25 by Robert Kirkman, Joshua Williamson, Lorenzo De Felici, Mac Smith, Ryan Ottley, Andrei Bressan, Annalisa Leoni, Adriano Lucas Skybound Presents Afterschool 2 by Kate Herron, Briony Redman, Leila Leiz Silver Coin 12 by Stephanie Phillips, Michael Walsh, Toni Marie Griffin, Adam Gorham Dark Horse Hellboy and B.P.R.D.: Time is a River by Mike Mignola, Mark Laszlo, Dave Stewart Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death 1 by Mike Mignola, Thomas Sniegoski, Craig Rousseau, Chris O'Halloran ComiXology Barnstormers 1 by Scott Snyder, Tula Lotay, Dee Cunniffe Canary 1 by Scott Snyder, Dan Panosian Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 1 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor Dynamite Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids 1 by Sholly Fisch, Jason Crosby AfterShock Brother Of All Men 1 by Zac Thompson, Eoin Marron, Mark Englert Vault Dragon Prince: Bloodmoon Huntress by Nicole Andelfinger, Felia Hanakata Ray's OGN Corner: Fly By Night by Tara O'Connor Additional Reviews: Glenn's thoughts on Ms. Marvel finale, Camp Cretaceous full series review, And We Love You News: SDCC news, Joe Fixit series from Peter David, mutant rumors and casting buzz in MCU, Alan Grant, new Star Trek comic from Lanzing and Kelly, Power Rangers new creative team and another TMNT crossover, Gargoyles getting a comic continuation by Weisman at Dynamite, return of X-Treme X-Men by Claremont and Larroca, Strange Academy relaunch, new Gotham series, Kraven origin by DeMatteis, Tradd Moore Dr. Strange series, release dates for X-Men '92 and What If s2, Batman/Spawn special, Zuko animated movie news, Dynamite picks up all Disney cartoon licenses?, Sina Grace new YA Superman OGN, new ATLA graphic novels, Cap event upcoming, MCU phase 5 and phase 6, Gold Goblin by Christopher Cantwell, more comics in TMNT Last Ronin continuity, Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+, Jason Aaron's swan song on Avengers?, new FF creative team, Hickman/Schiti 2023 event, It's Jeff returns in September!, the return of Royal City, Avengers director Glenn reads a Morrison comic Trailers: Dungeons and Dragons - Honor Among Thieves, I Am Groot, Shazam 2, She-Hulk trailer, Batwheels, Sandman, Dragon Prince s4, Wakanda Forever, Picard s3 Comics Countdown: Do A Powerbomb 2 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Nightwing 94 by Tom Taylor, Geraldo Borges, Adriano Lucas Barnstormers 1 by Scott Snyder, Tula Lotay, Dee Cunniffe Usagi Yojimbo 29 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Dragon Prince: The Bloodmoon Huntress GN by Nicole Andelfinger, Felia Hanakata Lonesome Hunters 2 by Tyler Crook Batman: The Knight 7 by Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 1 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor Grim 3 by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Rico Renzi Ice Cream Man 31 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran

Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you can sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWSComics writer Alan Grant has passed away at 73IDW celebrate Tails' 30th Anniversary and Halloween with ‘Sonic the Hedgehog' specialsIDW boldly goes in new direction with new ‘Star Trek' #1 October 2022Scott Snyder's Dark Spaces line expands with 'Good Deeds' at IDWSDCC '22: DC Comics changes event name to ‘Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths'Tom King and Phil Hester launch ‘Gotham City: Year One' in October 2022SDCC '22: DC Comics announces 'Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green' #1SDCC '22: DC Comics announces 'Dark Crisis: The Dark Army' #1SDCC '22: DC Comics announces 'Dark Crisis: War Zone' #1SDCC '22: DC Comics announces 'Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City'New Gotham-centric titles announcedNew Punchline bookBatman/Spawn for December!DC's Jim Lee and Friends panelAnimated films announced'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II' coming out in December 2022SDCC '22: Dark Horse to publish deluxe hardcover Richard Corbin collectionsAn unlikely romance blossoms in ‘Hellboy in Love' kicking off October 12thHeavy Metal announces the MetalverseCharlie Adlard and Simon Spurrier 'Damn Them All' this OctoberGargoyles comic series coming to DynamiteDARKWING DUCK comics coming to DynamitePeter David and Yildiary Cinar team up for ‘Joe Fixit' Hulk seriesJ.M. Dematteis returns to tell origin of Kraven in 'Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt' #1SDCC '22: Marvel announces 'Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise' #1 for NovemberSDCC '22: Marvel announces 'X-Treme X-Men' #1 November 2022Friday Spider-Man panelSaturday: Marvel Next Big Thing, Women of Marvel, and Judgment Day panelsEisner Awards winners revealed!Our Top Books of the WeekDave:Canary #1 (Scott Snyder, Dan Panosian)DC vs. Vampires (2021): All-Out War #1 (Alex Paknadel, Matthew Rosenberg, Pasqual Qualano)Nathan:Rogues' Gallery #1 (Hannah Rose May, Justin Mason)Do A Powerbomb #2 (Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings #1 (Gene Luen Yang, Marcus To)Dave - Star Wars #25 (“The Lesson” by Charles Soule and Ramon Rosanas)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Ant-Man #1 (Al Ewing, Tom Reilly)Nathan: Detective Comics #1062 (Ram V, Rafael Albuquerque)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Spider-Man #900 (Maria Wolf)Nathan: Superman: The Space Age #1 (Steve Rude variant)

EPISODE 24: Seren and Rey return to dive into their first official episode POST - Volume 7! Picking up on a thread alluded to in Karla Pacheco's run, both Seren and Rey look at Jess and Lindsay in Madripoor...in a 30+ year old run! WOLVERINE #4-8 by Chris Claremont & John Buscema Added to this, the duo chat about the latest Spider-Woman news out there as well as a good ol' fashioned catch up...month long chats are too far and few between! VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!! Seren's thoughts on Spider-Woman for Into the Spiderverse 2; Rey's thoughts on changing power sets for on-screen adaptations; Julia Carpenter love... Lindsay as GOAT under Claremont's pen Special voicemail feedback from Spider-Patron! THIS EPISODE'S DISCUSSION - Wolverine Vol. 2 #4-8 - Bloodsport Hunter's Moon Roughouse! Mr. Fixit Comes to Town If it Ain't Broke - Released February - June 1989 Writer: Chris Claremont Penciller: John Buscema Inker: Al Williamson Letterer: Janice Chiang Colorist: Glynnis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras SYNOPSIS (Courtesy of Rey): With an arm wrestle between General Coy and Tyger, for supremacy of Madripoor's seedy underbelly, Jessica Drew and Lindsay McCabe are drawn into a gang war alongside local drifter Patch aka Wolverine. After the events of the Muramasa Blade possessing both Jess and Patch, the trio find themselves protecting Tyger from the ruthless actions of General Coy and his appointed assassins…. Bloodsport, the mutant vampire, and Roughouse a towering bruiser. With a little help from General Coy's daughter (the Ex- New Mutant Karma), and a host of locals like O'Donnell and pilot Archie Corrigan, the vicious crime lord and his drug empire are slowly destroyed. Joe Fixit, aka the Gray Hulk also finds himself in Madripoor, indirectly engaged under the General, but soon cuts ties with him after finding out what truly goes on in Madripoor. With a little help from Patch, Mr. Fixit assists in the demolition of one of the drug factories, essentially crippling the General's hold over crime in Madripoor. Remember - To Know Her Is To Fear Her! Enjoy! SHOW NOTES: Wolverine vol. 2 Wolverine Vol. 2 #4 Wolverine Vol. 2 #5 Wolverine Vol. 2 #6 Wolverine Vol. 2 #7 Wolverine Vol. 2 #8 If you love the issues, tell Marvel at mheroes@marvel.com ! WHERE TO HEAR US: Podcast Page Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts To Know Her Is To Fear Her RSS Feed DROP US A LINE: Podcast Page: http://spiderwomanpod.libsyn.com Email: spiderwomanpod@gmail.com FB Page: To Know Her Is To Fear Her - The Spider-Woman Podcast Page Twitter: @spiderwomndaily Instagram: To Know Her Is To Fear Her Tumblr: To Know Her Is To Fear Her Come join us on Discord - Watch Parties and other fun stuff! CHECK OUT THESE OTHER SHOWS WE CO-HOST! Attilan Rising - A Comic Book Podcast Into the Knight - The Moon Knight Podcast The Last Sons of Krypton: A Superman Podcast Capes & Lunatics Sidekicks: An Ultimate Spider-Cast - Scarlet Spider! Contact Seren on Twitter @spiderwomndaily ! Contact Rey on Twitter @ReyReyPod ! Credits Podcast Logo by LetterSquids Co-Producers Rustin Green Eric Hadley Executive Producer Jess D. Special Thanks to Our Patreons! Claire Payne The music for this episode contains excerpts from songs and music copyrighted by Marvel Music Group or are of no copyright. The music agreed for use on To Know Her Is To Fear Her - The Spider-Woman Podcast  is licensed under an Attribution License;

Acomi and Turk182 discuss Turk's theory about the Hulk in Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame. Turk believes he knows why the Hulk wouldn't change form in Infinity War. Then, Acomi shows how uncomfortable he can be in a situation as Turk explains why he thinks Kwanzaa is a bunch of garbage. Using the Encyclopedia Britannica website as his source, Turk reads through the description of the non-holiday and dissects the meaning and its 7 principles. #OMTWF #Acomi #Turk182 #KorovaEntertainment #Kwanzaa #MCU #AvengersInfinityWar #AvengersEndgame #Hulk #MrFixit #JoeFixit Follow Acomi on Twitter at @AcomiDraws and on Instagram at AcomiDraws. Follow Turk182 on Twitter at @Turk182_KE and on Instagram at Turk182_KE.

Hulk przeżył eksplozję planety w "Planet Hulk" i zmiażdżył każdego superbohatera w "World War Hulk", jest niemożliwą do zatrzymania siłą, ale nawet autorzy Marvela często o tym zapominają, sprowadzając zielone monstrum do drugoplanowej roli. Al Ewing nie zalicza się do tej kategorii - jego Hulk to postać żywcem wyciągnięta z horroru, przytłaczająca, przerażająca, potężna i... nieśmiertelna. W kolejnym odcinku podcastu Nightslime opowiadamy o bezdyskusyjnie jednym z najlepszych komiksów, jakie ukazały się w tym roku w Polsce.Sięgamy do przeszłości Hulka, w której miewał szary kolor skóry, a nawet był ubranym w garnitur twardzielem z Las Vegas działającym pod pseudonimem Joe Fixit; wyjaśniamy, dlaczego można go postrzegać jako "odwróconego-wilkołaka"; rozmawiamy o elementach slashera i body horroru obecnych w "Nieśmiertelnym Hulku"; nawiązujemy do serialu z Lou Ferrigno z lat 70.; do "Z archiwum X", "Strefy mroku", "Blob" z 1988 roku, okładek albumów Cannibal Corpse i wspominamy o wciąż wzrastającej popularności horroru zarówno w filmie, jak i w komiksie.Patronami dzisiejszego odcinka są:Paweł Jaksik, Jakub Kraszewski, Marcin Kalinowski, Krzysztof Sieja, Kacper Ziemianin

This week the guys are chatting about Jason Aaron's current run on Avengers. Jake tells Tyler all about the bizarre sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy. Then the guys sink their teeth into the first volume of Green Lantern Earth One! Tyler's Long Box: The Incredible Hulk #347, the first appearance of Joe Fixit. Unlimited Jake: Avengers vs. X-Men: https://www.amazon.com/Avengers-X-Men-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785163182 American Vampire: https://www.amazon.com/American-Vampire-Vol-Scott-Snyder-ebook/dp/B0064W65N4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+vampire+vol.+1&qid=1626815735&s=books&sr=1-1 Green Lantern Earth One Vol. 1: https://www.amazon.com/Green-Lantern-Earth-One-Vol/dp/1401241867/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=green+lantern+earth+one&qid=1626815795&sr=8-1

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Diabolu Frank, Ill Mac, & Joe Fixit each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Every Day Is Exactly The Same” from the 2005 album With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails“Art School Girl” from the 1996 album Tiny Music… Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop by Stone Temple Pilots“We Can’t Stop” from the 2013 album Bangerz by Miley CyrusArtists: Mister Fixit, Illegal Machine, Diabolu FrankLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 01 June 2021Genre: Downtempo Synth-pop, Alternative Rock, Pop? #1SONGea. ?MP3ShoutEngineInternet ArchiveiTunesStitcherFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

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

Why are there so many commonly used tropes in comic book stories? They're awesome when they work, tolerable when you see them coming and cringeworthy when they flop. On this episode of My Big Fat Pull List, we're going to examine just a few of the good, the bad and the Commonly Overused Tropes In Comics! (originally released 1/29/2019) Links from this Episode: — What is a Trope? A common or overused theme or device. — The Flash http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Flash_(Barry_Allen) — Reverse Flash http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Reverse-Flash — Batman http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_(Bruce_Wayne) — Ra's Al Ghul http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ra%27s_al_Ghul — Wolverine http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/James_Howlett_(Earth-616) — Sabretooth http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Victor_Creed_(Earth-616) — Abomination http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Emil_Blonsky_(Earth-616) — Incredible Hulk http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Banner_(Earth-616) — Joe Fixit http://www.incrediblehulkonline.com/greyhulk.html — All New X-Men https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/16449/all-new_x-men_2012_-_present — Battle Of The Atom http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atom — X-Men Blue https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/23018/x-men_blue_2017_-_present — Extermination http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Extermination_Vol_1 — Doctor Manhattan http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jonathan_Osterman_(Watchmen) — Superman http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman_(Clark_Kent) — The Sentry http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Reynolds_(Earth-616) — Secret Wars http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Secret_Wars_(2015) — Miles Morales Spider-Man https://www.marvel.com/characters/spider-man-miles-morales

On this week's Stack podcast: Runaways #33 Marvel Written by Rainbow Rowell Art by Andrés Genolet Man-Bat #1 DC Comics Written by Dave Wielgosz Art by Sumit Kumar Specter Inspectors #1 BOOM! Box Written by Bowen McCurdy Art by Kaitlyn Musto The Immortal Hulk #43 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett Future State: Superman of Metropolis #2 DC Comics Written by Sean Lewis, Brandon Easton Art by John Timms, Valentine De Landro, Cully Hamner Future State: Wonder Woman #2 DC Comics Written and art by Joëlle Jones Future State: The Next Batman #3 DC Comics Written by John Ridley, Brandon Thomas, Paul Jenkins Art by Laura Braga, Sumit Kumar, Jack Herbert Future State: The Flash #2 DC Comics Written by Brandon Vietti Art by Brandon Peterson and Will Conrad Future State: Swamp Thing #2 DC Comics Written by Ram V Art by Mike Perkins Future State: Harley Quinn #2 DC Comics Written by Stephanie Phillips Art by Simone DiMeo and Tony Infante Deep Beyond #1 Image Comics Created by Mirka Andolfo, David Goy, Andrew Broccardo and Barbara Nosenzo The Legend of Shang-Chi #1 Marvel Written by Alyssa Wong Art by Andie Tong Chained to the Grave #1 IDW Written by Andy Eschenbach & Brian Level Art by Kate Sherron Far Sector #10 DC Comics Written by N.K. Jemisin Art by Jamal Campbell Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1 IDW Written by Daniel José Older Art by Harvey Tolibao Luna #1 BOOM! Studios By Maria Llovet The Comic Book History of Animation #3 IDW Written by Fred Van Lente Art by Ryan Dunlavey King in Black: Marauders #1 Marvel Written by Gerry Duggan Art by Luke Ross Transformers: Beast Wars #1 IDW Written by Erik Burnham Art by Josh Burcham King in Black: Black Knight #1 Marvel Written by Simon Spurrier Art by Jesús Saiz Fear Case #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Matt Kindt Art by Tyler Jenkins Sea of Sorrows #4 IDW Written by Rich Douek Art and Colors by Alex Cormack SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What's up y'all. Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week- Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 And we're not running away from this many reviews. In fact, we're running towards them, starting off with Runaways number 33 from Marvel- Pete:                Oh, I see what you did there. Okay, I see. Alex:                 Written by Rainbow Rowell. Justin:              [crosstalk 00:00:25]. Yes, that's what we thought. That's what we knew. Alex:                 I know, it was a little tricky there, but there you go. Justin:              No, we're running toward them. Alex:                 Yes, this title has been sporadic to say the very best, but I think it is always welcome when it returns. We're cutting in on our kids. Some of them are going to high school, some are not. They're trying to balance responsibilities. This run by Rainbow Rowell has been so good and I am so happy whenever it comes back. Justin:              I agree, it's so well, each scene really stands out. The characters are so well thought through, the art's great. I love this story. It captures adolescence and also the superhero side of it at the same time. It's one of my favorites. Alex:                 Pete. Pete:                I mean, I really liked it until the man-handling of Wolverine. And then I was like, “Eh, right.” But the art's unbelievable. It's some really great storytelling. I think it is fun. I really liked the gib. Justin:              You think Wolverine could beat a Doombot? Doombots are so strong, there's no way. Alex:                 They really are, and Wolverine's so short. Justin:              He's so tiny. Pete:                Oh, I hate both of you. Justin:              Doombots are robot dooms, which is good, doom's good and robots are cool. Alex:                 One of the things that I think is particularly impressive about this book is usually you don't see this sort of second resurgence. I mean, not to get too lofty about it, it's maybe not quite on the same level as bringing back the X-Men or anything like that. But you certainly had Brian K. Vaughan launching Runaways, petering out after a little while. Sorry, Pete, I know you don't like me saying that. It just came out. Pete:                Yeah, use a different expression. Justin:              No problem, it LePage'd out a little. Alex:                 LePage'd out. Pete:                It's not funny. Alex:                 And then they took the characters and they split them up and put them on other teams and use them in different ways. It's kind of amazing that they're taking them back and making them work so well and it makes me very happy. Let's move on to another book, Man-Bat number one from DC Comics written by Dave Wielgosz, art by Sumit Kumar. This is following the Man-Bat, some bad stuff is happening to him. He's trying to be a hero, but it just doesn't work because he's just a Man-Bat. Justin:              He's just a Man-Bat. Alex:                 What'd you think about this book? And as a follow up, who asked for this? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, it's a little weird. I mean, also it's kind of, he's a scientist that doesn't do science. He just thinks that flying around like a Man-Bat is going to win the day. And I don't see how that works, but the art- Alex:                 You walk around as a human all the time, Pete, what is that doing? Justin:              Good call. Pete:                Burn? I don't think so. But yeah, the art's great. Alex:                 Justin, what'd you think about this one? Justin:              Thought you were going to say more. I mean, this strikes me as a different … Man-Bat in the DC Universe right now feels very much like the Justice League Dark character. And I really liked that iteration of Man-Bat who's this sort of loopy scientist who's obsessed with darkness, but also trying to make his science into sort of mad science. And so this take is different. And I missed the other one reading this, but I do like the art and it feels very much like a classic Batman: The Animated Series take on Man-Bat. Alex:                 I do think I was obviously being very glib with who asked for this because I don't think anybody was necessarily demanding a Man-Bat series. It was confusing. Pete:                I'm sure there's people out there who love the Man-Bat. Alex:                 I'm sure. It's the sort of thing that felt to me like if it came out at Halloween, I'd understand what was going on here, as is I think well-written good art. I like it. I don't know what its long-term prospects are necessarily. But as an individual book, if you like the character, I think you'll be happy. Justin:              But here's the thing, if you go up and you're like, “I love Batman.” You're like, “Let me try this other version of the words.” Alex:                 Yeah, that's true. There's also a book coming out next week we're going to be talking about called Bat Bat and a book after that called Madman. Pete:                Wait, wait. Justin, let me just, so if somebody walks into a comic book shop and they say, “Hey, I like some Batman,” and they say, “We're sold out, but would you like to try some Man-Bat?” And you think that's how Man-Bat sells? Is that what you're saying? Justin:              I mean, yes. Pete:                Okay. I think so. Justin:              All right. If you walk into a grocery store and you're like, I'd like some pineapple and they're like, “No, we have regular apples and some pine nuts.” You'd be like, “I'll take it.” Pete:                I don't know if you would. Alex:                 Yeah. You can make them at home. Look at it on Epicurious. All right. Specter inspectors number one for BOOM! Box, written by Bowen McCurdy, art by Kaitlyn Musto. This is I think another win for BOOM! Box, just a fun story of a bunch of ghost investigators who encounter something even more terrifying than what they expected. This book is a delight and I am completely on board. Pete:                Oh, I couldn't agree with you more. I love this book. I really thought it was cool set up, took some great turns. I was really impressed with this. The art's storytelling is really a lot of fun. Yeah, I think it's great. Justin:              I agree. It really surprised me with how like it's … I think there are a lot of books like this in this art style where it is sort of character driven, like these people are trying to do this and they haven't figured it out. But this really like, the art pays off on the comedy side and the character and relationship side. And then the story itself is super fun as well. I really like this. Alex:                 Yeah, good stuff, excited to follow this book. Next up, The Immortal Hulk number 43 from Marvel written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. In this issue, a lot of stuff going on, but Joe Fixit is on the run hiding out, the U-FOES are training and getting ready to fight the Hulk. And of course it all goes down by the end of the issue. I don't know what more to say about this book than it is great. Justin:              Well, let me say, to me this was a good reset issue, where if you've been a little lost lately with all the different sort of stretchy Hulk with eyeball hands and stuff, this is a good restating of what the premise, where it's like, at the beginning of the issue Joe Fixit says, “All the other Hulks are gone. Now it's just me, Joe Fixit, and dumb Hulk, we're in the body.” It's back to sort of the basic whole premise, except instead of being a smart scientist, he's not a smart grifter and he's on the street. Pete:                I would say he's doing pretty good. Justin:              He's not as smart as Bruce Banner though. Pete:                Oh, well, sure. Justin:              And I think he is doing good, but his whole thing is being a good grifter as opposed to being a scientist, and he is. Pete:                He is a good grifter. Justin:              And I love this. He's a good grifter. And would you rather be a scientist? Pete clearly hates science and loves grifting and that's what he worships. Alex:                 I mean, this book is great, it's fantastic. But I really liked the Joe- Justin:              When you're sick, Pete, you don't go to a doctor, you go to a three-card Monte person. Pete:                Yeah, exactly. You see a guy in the back of a restaurant who take a look at it and he can tell you what's going on. Justin:              He's like, “Right here, follow the diagnosis, follow the diagnosis. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here you go. Here we go. You have a irritable bowel syndrome.” Pete:                I think that I could have used more Joe Fixit on the streets. I thought this was fun. But that being said it was very cool to see him still have to kind of fight for the underdog and do what was right. So yeah, I very much enjoyed this. Also Alpha Flight cameo was great. I mean, this was a lot of fun, it continues to be amazing. Justin:              Doc Sampson is Sasquatch somehow. Alex:                 Good stuff. And just to work off of what Pete said, as I always say, Joe Fixit in the streets and loose Hulk in the sheets. Pete:                Oh my God. Justin:              You do say that too many times. Alex:                 Too much. Justin:              I love the U-FOES and they do a great job here as being the villains. And we get to sort of actually find out who they are and what they do. Alex:                 Let's move on to our future state block. We've been doing this for the past couple of weeks, as DC has been trucking through their look at a possible glimpse of the future of the DC Universe. As usual with this, these are the titles coming out this week. There's Superman of metropolis number two, Wonder Woman number two, Next Batman number three, The Flash number two, Swamp Thing number two, Harley Quinn number two. And we read all of those, but call it what you like. Pete, what was your favorite title of this bunch this week? Pete:                Ooh, favorite title. Alex:                 This is a big surprise because we've only done it for the past four weeks. Go ahead. Pete:                Yeah. Big surprise. Big surprise. Justin:              I have an answer if you want to think. Alex:                 Yeah, go ahead, Justin. Pete:                No, Harley Quinn number two. I'm really impressed with the writing and the art on this. And it continues to be really great. Alex:                 This is written by Stephanie Phillips, art by Simone DiMeo and Toni Infante. In this book, Harley Quinn is working for Scarecrow trying to take down Black Mask. There's plenty of twists and turns throughout the book. Justin:              Scarecrow is like a cop essentially. Jonathan Crane on the side, the quote unquote good guys. And Black Mask is the bad guy and that gets a little confusing. My take on this book, these two issues felt like an episode of Batman: The Animated Series if Harley Quinn were the central character. [crosstalk 00:10:03]. Pete:                Or Harley animated series. Justin:              That's sort of what I'm saying in a lot of ways, but it's not like the Harley Quinn animated series, it's like Batman: The Animated Series [crosstalk 00:10:13]. Alex:                 I thought it was sort of like Scarecrow. It was sort of like a Scarecrow the animated series, is what I'd say. Pete:                It's nothing like that, how dare you Zalb? Justin:              A lot of hard takes. I just think there was sort of a lesson at the end. The characters are having fun, even though they were fighting each other. I enjoyed this. Alex:                 What about you, Justin? What was your favorite title of the week? Justin:              This- Pete:                Justin if you need me to go while you're thinking I can do that. Justin:              Do not need you to go, you just went. Pete:                Oh, okay. All right. Well, if you just need some time, I could- Justin:              No time necessary. I'm ready to talk in three, two, one, talk Justin. I really enjoy, there are a lot of weirder titles out this week. And the two that I want to highlight are The Flash, Future State: The Flash number two and Future State: Swamp Thing number two, are my two picks. Alex:                 Flash number two written by Brandon Vietti, art by Brandon Peterson and Will Conrad. Swamp Thing number two by Ram V, art by Mike Perkins. Take it away Justin. Justin:              Flashed number two just like heartbreaking. These two issues were so good, so unexpected. You have Wally West as this villain who is maybe possessed by this spirit and Barry Allen who's lost his powers to trying desperately to track it down and save him while also stopping the killing spree that's going on against the other speedsters. And it was just such a good two-part story. I think this is a great standalone just Flash story that is absolutely tragic, but really gets to the core of what Flash's powers are. It's not just running fast, it's hope. Alex:                 Hmm, interesting. And Swamp Thing, what about that one? Justin:              Swamp Thing, totally different like this post-apocalyptic parable about Swamp Thing who created his own offspring through the green, built them. We get to see through both of these issues how meticulously he built them and even their biological features. And then at the end, this is a spoiler, but he sacrifices them for the sake of humanity because he knows that humanity has a soul and the plant children he created do not. And another like- Pete:                That part was heartbreaking dude, what was that? Justin:              … [crosstalk 00:12:28], heartbreaking thing. Pete:                What was that dude? Justin:              It was great. It was just like both, that's why I put them together, both the Flash and Swamp Thing did what you want across over like this to do, take your characters, get to a core value that they have and show it in a new way, a new unexpected way. And I think both these books did that super well. Pete:                Oh, go ahead. Alex:                 Go ahead Justin, bearded Justin. Pete:                Pete. I'm Pete. Justin:              I'm shaved Pete. Pete:                I just wanted to say I'm still enjoying the new Batman. I really liked the backup, so the Black Lightning, Katana and the signal. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 I was going to call this out. I haven't gotten to talk yet, Pete. Justin:              He hasn't chosen yet Pete. Alex:                 But [crosstalk 00:13:10] whatever, take all your picks. Pete:                Justin got to say two. Alex:                 Sure. Future state: The Next Batman number three written by John Ridley, Brandon Thomas, Paul Jenkins, art by Laura Braga, Sumit Kumar, and Jack Herbert. I agree with you, the outsider's backup has been excellent. Justin:              So good. Alex:                 And that's one where it ends, it's not quite as apocalyptic as Swamp Thing or anything like that. It definitely feels like, what I want out of these where it feels like, oh, this is a pilot. I want to see more of this. I want to see more of this world. And the big one for me is Future State: Wonder Woman number two, written in art by Joëlle Jones, which obviously has a lot of heat at it. We talked about this before. Was this something that was a kind of adapting- Pete:                It's so hot right now, it's so much heat. Alex:                 It's so hot right now, they're adapting for [crosstalk 00:13:53]. But this new Wonder Woman heading to the underworlds rescue, whatever compatriots. And I know I said this the last time, but I'll repeat it as well. It feels revolutionary to the Wonder Woman mythos in the same way the brand Azzarello and Cliff Chiang's run did. And it's the sort of thing that I absolutely want to follow going forward. Pete:                I just, the one part that bothered me about that book was she rips off the bones of the arm of the boat person, taking them across. Doesn't say sorry, nothing. Alex:                 She does, she says, “Oops.” Or something like that. Pete:                Oops is not sorry, you know what I mean- Alex:                 It's fine, there was such a [crosstalk 00:14:31]. Pete:                … you still got to roll the boat. Alex:                 She takes Sharon's bone hand off, throws it to [inaudible 00:14:35] to distract him because he's a dog, it's a very cute funny bit. Pete:                It's funny but that guy still has to row a boat with now less bones and only one arm and she doesn't help out at all, doesn't even offer to row or nothing. Justin:              Rowing a boat with less bones is a problem, I agree with you. And she doesn't offer to row. He is an undead spirit. But let me also say Pete, once you don't have skin, your bones are up for grabs. Pete:                Wow. That's a rule? Justin:              That's a rule. Watch out, keep [crosstalk 00:15:04], keep your skin. Alex:                 I don't know the last time you'd been to a cemetery, but if you look they have a sign outside that says up for grabs. Pete:                Wow. Alex:                 Every sector. Justin:              Bunch of loose bones in the cemetery. They got a bone box. Pete:                They shouldn't have loose bones at the cemetery guys, it doesn't make any sense. Justin:              It's like give a penny, take a penny, but you just take bones. Pete:                What? Justin:              There are extra bones. Pete:                What? Give a penny, take a penny, oh my God. Justin:              Are you using all your bones right now, Pete? I don't think so. Alex:                 You have so many head bones. What are you using them for? Justin:              So many bones. Alex:                 Are you playing piano? Pete:                The piano? Alex:                 The piano. Justin:              We got fucking Mozart over here using all his bones. Alex:                 That's what he was known for. All right. Moving on from Future State, let's talk about Deep Beyond number one from Image Comics created by Mirka Andolfo, David Goy and Andrea Broccardo and Barbara Nosenzo. I'll tell you.,I really liked a lot of what Mirka Andolfo has been doing an Image Comics, but this comic is bonkers. I don't think bad bonkers, just hard to hold onto exactly what's happening in the plot bonkers. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              There's a lot going on here. This book to me read like a Rick Remender book where … read like two Rick Remender books both happening at the same time. Alex:                 Yes. Justin:              And that's not to say I didn't like it. It has a lot of elements that I like. Pete:                Also there's weird soap opera in there as well. Alex:                 It takes place in maybe a post-apocalyptic future where the sun or gasses outside or something killed people. Justin:              Pollution. I think pollution fucked us up. Alex:                 Yeah, pollution fucked us up. And we're explaining it much more straightforward than it actually is. But there's a bunch of different characters that get involved there. Some of the characters you're following at the beginning don't survive, even a quarter way through the book and then it jumps over to another situation. It is the sort of thing that feels like by the second issue it might've calmed out a little bit and focus, but there's so many ideas at play here. Again, it's hard to hold onto something. The art, very good and gross though. Justin:              Beautiful. Yeah. I liked the art and to your point, Alex, I like the sort of propulsion into the second issue. Alex:                 Yes. Justin:              But yes, a little confusing. Alex:                 Agreed. Moving onto The Legend, and I'm going to pronounce this wrong, Kevin Feige pronounced it a different way and now it's really gotten into my head. We've called him Shang-Chi, but it's something else where you actually pronounce it, Shang-Chi or something like that, number one from Marvel written by Alyssa Wong. I'll look it up. Art by Andie Tong. This is a one-shot focusing on the character, clearly teeing up the movie that's coming at some point. And this pits him against Lady Deathstrike. I thought this was a lot of fun, just a good actiony book. Justin:              A 100%. This feels like if you are excited about the Shang-Chi movie, then you can read this and feel. I think you're going to get a lot of the elements of the movie right here in this book. Pete:                Yeah, I love this. The art's unbelievable. The action of course is fantastic. Great to see Lady Deathstrike, not associated with Wolverine kind of doing other things. And yeah, I'm very excited for this and more of it, so I hope this does well. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about another book that I think was a little hard to hold onto, but there's still some exciting elements into it. Chained to the Grave number one from IDW written by Andy Eschenbach and Brian Level, art by Kate Sherron. The thing that I really like about this book is it's mostly about a dude who died, sort of probably bad cowboy, is resurrected by his wife. And is like, “Hey family, let's go on a voyage of vengeance to take out the people who killed me.” That's the straightforward part. There's a lot of other stuff happening in this book, but the art sale is good. Pete, you had to love the big guy. He's a big hulking guy with half a face and he wants to kill people, right? Pete:                Yeah, I thought it was great. I mean at start it was a little weird, the blow job in front of the kids, but we'll move right past that. And just kind of talk about a lot of the twists and turns. The art's really unbelievable. But the character design is really cool. I'm excited for more action and to kind of find out what's really going on. Justin:              This reminded me of … I forget the title of the book. And I think we've talked about it a lot. The woman who lives in the house and the house has a bunch of … there's blood everywhere all the time. Alex:                 Oh, yeah. We consistently forget the title of this book. Justin:              Yes. And I knew it last time when you didn't know it, and I now don't know it. It was- Alex:                 Murder house. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:19:41] murder house. Justin:              It's like House of Sorrows or something like that. But stylistically the art also reminds me a little bit of Chew in a good way. And yeah, this is, it's fun. I agree. It's a good read and I really wish I could remember the name of that book that I try to think of. Alex:                 I think I read about House of Sorrows or something like that. I'll introduce the next one, you can look it up if you want. Far Sector number 10 from DC Comics, written by N. K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell. We gush over every issue of this book. I thought this was a particularly good one. And it jumped out to me once again how important it is that not just the writer, but also the artist has stayed consistent for 10 issues on here. It's made it a really cohesive package following our main Green Lantern. She has been imprisoned and shit goes down this issue. This feels like a lot of what this title has been leading towards. There's been a lot of stuff happening in the background on this weird planet that she's been living on. And it's all coming to head in terms of a revolution. It's all coming crashing down. Great stuff. This was honestly I think one of my favorite issues of this book so far. Justin:              Agree, to get all these answers. Pete:                And that's saying a lot. Justin:              Yeah, it is. To get all these answers in this book is so good and sort of restating the thesis, we get a nice lead in page at the top of this issue to really remind us of exactly what's happening. So many great ideas, so many just … The premise and the philosophies on display here are so good. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, it's hard to keep coming up with different things to say about how amazing this book is, but the stories continues to impress. The art is so creative and unbelievable. Just every time I pick it up, I'm like, I'm worried it's not going to be as good as the last issue and it continues to be dope as fuck. Alex:                 Next up Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures number one from IDW written by Daniel José Older, art by Harvey Tolibao. We talked about the first issue of Marvel Star Wars: The High Republic. This is part of that expansive overarching story set much earlier in the Star Wars timeline. This one is for all ages readers, which is what IDW does with the adventures one. I thought it'd be interesting to check in with this particularly compared to the Marvel book. What did you guys think about this one? Pete:                Well, I really liked it. I thought it was really cool the way it was kind of split and the story kind of comes together, very, very cool. I liked the art, it was very interesting kind of fresher take on Star Wars. We're used to a certain style and seeing people a certain way. It was a nice kind of like creative take, it felt like it was a grittier Star Wars which I appreciated. Yeah, I thought it was really cool. Had a great ending that got me excited to read more. Justin:              Well, you know we love this timeline page. But the last book we talked about extensively where they list all the movies and TV shows in timeline, it's very satisfying to just look at that. Alex:                 Speaking of satisfying, what do you guys think of hot Yoda? That's something we've got a little sense of in the Marvel book, but definitely more here. Pete:                What? Alex:                 This is a buff Yoda. He's a little jacked, probably has some abs under that robe going on. Pete:                What are you talking about? Where's the robe? Alex:                 And he is ready for action. He's young. Justin:              He's got abs on his forehead. He's got abs above and below his lips. He's all abs. Alex:                 He's young, dumb and full of [inaudible 00:23:17]. Pete:                Oh my God, that was awful. It was weird how people were like, “Hey, maybe we should think about this.” And Yoda was like, “No, fuck it, we're in too deep, let's roll.” Alex:                 It was surprising for a kid's book that he said fuck it in the text. Justin:              Let me say seriously about this, what I like about the choices here, the art is very … it feels very much like a fantasy book. And I think that's a smart choice for a comic about Star Wars. We've seen this sci-fi version of the Star Wars world a lot, to see the fantasy version of it is worth a lot of the roots of the Jedi and everything are, there have laser swords. And this was a very cool version of that. And I like the ongoing monologue from our young force sensitive character that we meet through in this book. Alex:                 The other thing is we get a sense of the bad guys, which we didn't really get in the Marvel book yet. There's this overarching force of evil. They seem to be augmented in some way that are going to play into this whole high republic story that they're telling, so that was kind of neat. I assume you guys have not as well, but I haven't read the novel by Charles Soule necessarily yet, which I think deals with them a little bit more, but that should … it's interesting. And it's not as young aiming as you might think. Justin:              A 100%. Alex:                 Speaking of things that are not as young aiming, let's talk about Luna number one from BOOM! Studios by Maria Llovet. Now, Pete, you're a huge fan of the book Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet. This is following a different girl who also gets fucked by some magical creatures. Pete, what did you think about this one. Pete:                So Zalben you're like, “Listen, I got to find something that's creepy enough, but artistically driven enough where I don't feel so dirty reading it.” Alex:                 Here's the thing, we are still in lockdown. I can not go to the museum of modern art and jerk off there anymore, so I got to find out. Pete:                You mean the museum of sex to jerk off. Alex:                 I can't go there. Justin:              I sadly know he goes to the museum of modern art or the natural history museum. He goes to any museum. He just loves naked. Alex:                 I go to the [inaudible 00:25:28] sometimes in the temple of [inaudible 00:25:30]. Pete:                Oh my God. Alex:                 There's room in this tube I shout. Pete:                Oh my God. Justin:              The publishers of this book are like, let's listen to Comic Book Club, see if we have a good quote for the book. No, they mostly talk about one of their hosts jerking off at a museum. I really liked this book. I think Maria Llovet's art is great. And yes, a lot of her books focus on an innocent woman getting slowly deeper into some sort of mystical- Pete:                Sex cult. Justin:              … thing where there's sex involved. But it plays really well and I think this one makes sense. She's the writer and artist so it feels very much like she's taking ownership of this story. And the tone that her art sets is so good. And so I want to watch it. I want to put it on the wall of the museum. Alex:                 Well, I'll do something to that. Pete:                Oh my God. Don't do that. Justin:              See you there. Alex:                 Yes. I agree with you, her art is fantastic. It is particularly psychedelic here. It's about this character that travels, I think to the desert though, it's not 100% clear and maybe take some LSD or something like that. It goes into some very weird visuals. It's not dark and devilish like Faithless is necessarily, it goes in a different direction. But it's gorgeous stuff, it's a little sketchier. I mean that literally like the lions are a little looser than say [inaudible 00:27:07] or something like that. But great, I really enjoyed this book as well. Let's move on, talk about the Comic Book History of Animation number three from IDW written by Fred Van Lente and art by Ryan Dunlavey. And this one we're continuing- Pete:                We should get them on the show because I'd love to talk to them about this book man. Alex:                 Pete, we just have them on our live show which is available as a podcast. Pete:                We should have them back, I want to talk about this issue. Alex:                 All right. Well, in this issue, we're continuing to deal with the Disney revolution, delving deeper into Looney Tunes, as well as Fleischer creator of the Superman cartoon and other things. Another great issue of this book, imperative, fun. I'm having a blast reading this. Justin:              Yeah. Getting into all these characters that we know you got some Mr Magoo in here, you got your [inaudible 00:27:55], you got your Daffy, you got your Wile E. Coyote, just all your favorites are here. The anecdotes that they incorporate into the story are so good. And this is getting into prime time of this type of cartooning. Pete:                Yeah. And what's great is not only is it amazing art and fantastic storytelling. We're also learning stuff and it's cool. Good to find out about all this, this way. Yeah, I'm having a blast with this, really impressive. Justin:              [inaudible 00:28:26]. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about [crosstalk 00:28:28] King in Black: Marauders number one from Marvel written by Gerry Duggan, art by Luke Ross. In this issue, the marauders are heading to New York sensibly on a mission to rescue the X-Men who have been taken over by Knull the King in Black, but they run into a couple of snags along the way. I thought this was really well done. This is a great book that stands as a one-shot story, tells you enough that you need to know about the marauders while feeding the ongoing story there. You don't necessarily need to be reading King in Black, but you get enough of a sense of it. That's a really hard balancing act, but I think they walk it perfectly here. Justin:              Does all that, also telling this tragic story about human trafficking. It covers a lot of bases and it's just a testament to that, really heads up storytelling to be able to do all that in an issue seamlessly. Pete:                Yeah. I was really impressed with this book. This I think so far is my favorite X-Men book that I've read of this new kind of era. And I really enjoyed it. I thought there was a lot of great action, a lot of great kind of commentary by the quote unquote heroes. I thought this was really fun, amazing art, great action. And I love the ending, I thought was so powerful and cool. Man, Magneto dude, that was really crazy with the whole skipping a rock thing and talking, that was unbelievable. Justin:              I also love Magneto at the end. He sort of like laying down in the air hardly. He's not hovering in a menacing way. He's feels like he's sort of reclining in a way. I was like, “Yeah, of course he's going to sort of lay down a little bit. He's just tired superhero.” Alex:                 Yeah, he's got a lot of stuff going on. Justin:              Sort of. Alex:                 Speaking of a bunch of tired superheroes, let's talk about Transformers: Beast Wars number one from IDW written by Erik Burnham, art by Josh Burcham. This is a reboot of the classic Transformers: Beast Wars franchise with the transformers heading to earth in dinosaur times, taking the form of dinosaurs. Most of the book though is spent with robots- Justin:              And other beasts. Pete:                Yeah, other beasts. Alex:                 Other beasts, sometimes fruit bats or whatever, I don't know, gorillas, anyway- Justin:              Optimus Primal. Alex:                 If this is what you're into, this is the fuzziest the transformers have ever been. Pete:                Yeah. Beast Wars were big kind of like bringing the transformers back to popular kind of like cartoon Saturday's styles. And I was a little, I missed Beast Wars. I was kind of done with transformers at that point. Justin:              You grew up, you grew out of it. Pete:                I grew out of transformers little bit although- Justin:              You're a big boy, you don't like it anymore. Pete:                I don't know about all that. But yeah, Beast Wars kind of missed me. But I kind of felt like Zalben when he was reading a transformers book and you were like, “I don't know who's who,” and it was a little confusing because I wasn't as familiar with these transformers. It was a little hard in the beginning with them. By the end I thought it was pretty cool. Alex:                 Like Optimus Prime and Megatron? Pete:                No, there were other versions. Alex:                 I knew who they were Pete. Everything was very obvious. Pete:                Well, there was a book that you were like weren't … I don't know if it was Power Rangers or- Alex:                 No, I couldn't tell any of them apart, they were all robots in this book. Justin:              Well, they're in disguise. They're in disguise as cars, so it's hard to tell who is who. Pete:                Not in this one. Justin:              If I could turn into a car you'd be like, “Who's that car? Is that Justin?” Pete:                I would know. Justin:              I don't know. Alex:                 I always do that when I'm walking on the street. Justin:              You're like, “Which car is Justin and which car Pete?” Alex:                 I try to start a podcast with every car. Pete:                Oh man. Good luck. Justin:              Yeah, good luck. I loved Beast Wars when the show is on. Pete:                Okay, here we go. Justin:              Of all the cartoons, Beast Wars got into this very philosophical place with the transformers, they were chasing their sparks, they were trying to find out if essentially they had souls, it was so good. And this comic feels like it's maybe going to get there, I hope it does. This issue really set the stage for that, and I hope they really honor the depth of storytelling they did on this cartoon that Pete was too good for. Alex:                 Next up, here's what I'm sure Justin enjoyed a whole lot. King in Black: Black Knight number one from Marvel written by Simon Spurrier, art by Jesus Saiz. The reason I call it, you like the Black Knight, right? Justin:              I like him. I like his role in The Avengers, and I feel like he … and I do like him, I'm not saying I don't. But back in The Avengers he was this sort of like, ah, I don't know what I'm doing. I think he was sort of a precursor to the Hawkeye-effication of so many Marvel characters where he was like, “Yeah, I'm sort of a shit head, I don't shave, but I put my helmet on and I have my glowing sword. What are we doing today?” And this is a little bit that, but a little bit not that. It sort of had a wobbly beginning, it felt like the premise was really in your face and I didn't really buy into it until about halfway through the issue. But at the end of it, I thought it was a good issue. Pete:                Yeah. I really love the way this ended. It got a little bit weird at some points, but I love the action. I loved kind of like the whole backstory and why Knull is after the swords and all that kind of stuff like that. I very much by the end of it and I'm very excited for the next issue, I thought this did a great job of laying the groundwork to get you pumped for more. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean, to that point, the next issue is I assume ongoing series for Black Knight that is going to pick up here. So to your point, Justin, to me it felt like this is probably stuff that Simon Spurrier is going to deal with more heavily in the series once he gets to it. But he's kind of playing around with ideas of throwing there, but can't go all the way, because it was just this one crossover issue where somebody was like, “Hey, what are the characters that say black in their name, have them do a King in Black thing, let's go.” Alex:                 But it's good issue. And the art is good and it brings us fun characters. And to your point there's some fun action by the end. Last but not least, Sea of Sorrows number four from IDW written by Rich Douek, art and colors by Alex Cormack. We had Rich on our show a couple of weeks back. What? Pete:                Did you say the last one? Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                We didn't do Fear Case. Alex:                 What is Fear Case? Did you make that up? Pete:                No, that's the … are you serious? Justin:              What is Fear Case? Pete:                Fear Case number one by Matt Kindt. Alex:                 Oh, no, I missed that one. Do you want to talk about it, Pete? Pete:                Yeah, I would love to. Alex:                 Great, go ahead. Pete:                Okay, I'm sorry. Just I've been waiting to talk about this book. I'm very excited about it. This is cool. This is like the setup of this kind of like FBI hazing of like, okay, here is this case that nobody can solve. We'll let you rookies work on it for a little while. And it really builds it up as like this epic all-time thing that nobody can figure out. And you're like, “How can this thing be going on for so long?” But really kind of lays out this interesting mythos and very high stakes. I love the art. It's like sketchy, but cool in this way, that is kind of great. I feel like fits with the story because it's a little dark and telling this kind of epic tale. I was really impressed with the art and storytelling. This is a fun who done it, what's going on? How are we going to all figure this out? I thought this was amazing first issue that really got you excited for a bunch of stuff. Justin:              And I want to talk about Hat Dance. Pete:                Oh, okay. Sure. Hat dance number one or which one? Justin:              Number 607. You guys haven't been reading Hat Dance. Alex:                 I want to talk about [Miles 00:36:35] Friends number one. Pete:                Oh, Miles' friends. Yeah. Justin:              I think you're talking about Cinderella and I'm here for it, [inaudible 00:36:43]. Alex:                 Two movies honestly. There's a whole thing going on with Cinderella, there's a thing going on with the mouse and the cat. I don't know, bring it together some way guys. Sea of Sorrows number four from IDW, written by Rich Douek, art and colors by Alex Cormack. In this issue, we are finally getting some hardcore, absolutely gross mermaid attack action here, spoiler, but they reveal what these mermaids look like and it is absolutely horrifying. The slow tension has been building for three issues. The lid is off here and it's awful. What'd you guys think about this issue? Justin:              Great reveal. This is what I've always wanted to see in The Little Mermaid. Alex:                 Mm-hmm (affirmative). Pete:                Yeah. I thought it was- Alex:                 Pete, did you want to read Fear Case or what's going on? Pete:                No, first off the art is so creepy in all the right ways- Justin:              So good. Pete:                … it's great. And they've been teasing on what's going on with the kind of what the bad force is driving behind it. And we finally get to really see it in all its glory in this issue. And it is really creepy and messed up, but really interesting to see how they're going to kind of make it, how these ships are going to do out in the middle of nowhere. Alex:                 Awesome, good stuff. And if you'd like to support our podcast, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Coming up, we'd love to chat with you about comic books at Comic Book Live on Twitter, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice. To subscribe and to listen to the show, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, bye. Justin:              Ooh. Short. Hat Dance number 607 guys, check it out. The post The Stack: Runaways, Man-Bat And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. 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On this week's comic book review podcast: Black Cat: King In Black #1 Marvel Written by Jed MacKay Art by C.F. Villa Blade Runner 2029 #1 Titan Comics Written by Mike Johnson Art by Andres Guinaldo The Expanse #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Corinna Bechko Illustrated by Alejandro Aragon Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #3 IDW Written by Joe Hill Art by Gabriel Rodriguez Commanders in Crisis #3 Image Comics Written by Steve Orlando Art by Davide Tinto Rorschach #3 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Decorum #6 Image Comics Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mike Huddleston New Mutants #14 Marvel Written by Vita Ayala Art by Rod Reis Post Americana #1 Image Comics Story & Art by Steve Stroke Batman #105 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Carlo Pagulayan & Danny Miki, Alvaro Martinez & Christian Duce Stillwater #4 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Ramón K. Perez We Only Find Them When They're Dead #4 BOOM! Studios Written by Al Ewing Illustrated by Simone Di Meo Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #2 Marvel Written by Vita Ayala, Saladin Ahmed and Chris Claremont Art by Greg Land, Kev Walker and Salvador Larroca Head Lopper #14 Image Comics Story and Art by Andrew Maclean Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo Seven to Eternity #15 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Drawn by Jerome Opeña The Immortal Hulk: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Aaron Kuder The Immortal Hulk #42 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett Once & Future #14 BOOM! Studios Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Dan Mora SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that came out this week, kicking it off with Black Cat, King in Black number one. I wish that rhymed, but it didn't. Marvel, written by Jed MacKay, art by C.F. Villa. This is of course tying into the King in Black event, but it's also bringing back the Black Cat title that I know Justin liked ever so much. This one, Felicia Hardy is dealing not only with Knull, the king of the symbiotes, but she's about to pull off a heist of her own. What did you think about this issue, Justin. Justin:              I think this is a great issue. I love this black cat series. I think Jed MacKay has a really great understanding of the character, the way that she speaks and we're in her head for a lot of the earlier series. Pete:                You love being in the characters heads. Justin:              I love. Isn't that the dream? God, if I could be in the head of Pete LePage and Alex Zalben on a daily Basis. Alex:                 Oh, that's delightful. [crosstalk 00:01:09]. Pete:                No, no way. Would not be good for you. Justin:              I spent a couple of weeks in Pete's head. I don't know what happened, if there was a lightning strike. [crosstalk 00:01:17]. Yeah, it was just as you'd expect. Pete:                Well, it was like what women want situation, but just with Pete. Justin:              I finally know what Pete wants, and it begins and ends with a meatball sub from the subway. And this issue, really great art, some fun stuff. Her and her team steal the Spider-Mobile and get to drive that one a bit. Pete:                Yeah, the Spider-Mobile was fun bit. I loved seeing that. Justin:              And this crosses into King in Black in such a fun, great way. It feels important and real, and the reveal, or the sort of mission at the end of the first issue is super fun. Pete:                I got to say, this is a great example of tie-ins done right. We've been reading a bunch of kind of tie-ins to this and it's like, “Wait, what? Is that really a tie-in?” This is done really well. It fits, it makes sense. It's really cool for the character. It gets you excited about the event. I was really impressed with this book. Alex:                 Well, it's also really good in on the Black Cat book, because clearly a lot of stuff has gone on there, which frankly I have not been reading. I think we only talked about one issue maybe at one point on The Stack or the live show. But this fills you in on everything you need to do very ably. You're able to jump in on her supporting cast and understand what's going on with them as well as her previous adventures over the course of this book. I agree, really fun stuff. I was very surprised how much I like this, and I'll definitely be reading more. Pete:                Also I just want to say the art is absolutely fantastic. Justin:              Yes. Thank you. Thank you guys for getting on board with this. You've really made my 2020 a perfect year. Alex:                 Even better than 2020 though is going to be Blade Runner 2029 number one from Titan Comics written by Mike Johnson, art by Andres Guinaldo. This is of course- Pete:                That's why you get paid the big bucks Zalbs. Alex:                 Thanks man. I do get so much money off of the show. This is clearly taking place in the very near future in the Blade Runner universe. Justin:              You make it sound like it's real. You're like, “This is our future.” Alex:                 I'll be upfront and honest about something. Justin:              Ooh. Alex:                 I've never seen Blade Runner. I've also never seen Blade Runner [crosstalk 00:03:33]. Pete:                No of the movies? Alex:                 I know what's going on because I live in the world and you can't avoid understand what's going to go on Blade Runner, so it wasn't a big surprise. I actually liked this despite not having ever seen those movies. I thought it was a pretty solid story of tracking down replicants. The main character was interesting. Pete:                Sorry, Alex. Alex:                 The character was interesting. I like this quite a bit. Pete:                I'm sorry, Alex. Alex. Alex:                 Hold on. Mike Johnson is a good writer of tie-ins, so clearly he knows what he's doing here and I think that works. Yes, Pete. Pete:                Because you've never seen any of the movies, no one gives a fuck what you have to say about this comic now. Justin:              Wow. Yeah, exactly. Pete:                Because if you haven't, if you don't know the material, shut the fuck up. Alex:                 No, I know. It is the ice skating competition movie. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Where they have to do [crosstalk 00:04:21] the cutting edge. Oh, yeah [crosstalk 00:04:23]. Justin:              Oh, that's [crosstalk 00:04:25]. Surely you've seen the director's cut of Blade Runner then. Alex:                 No, I've seen the directors kind of cutting edge. Justin:              You just have seen the theatrical release. Alex:                 They called it the director's cutting edge is what they call it. Pete:                Oh, wow. Justin:              Yeah, the director's cut. Alex:                 I've also seen Cutting Edge 2049. Pete:                It keeps getting better every time you see it. Justin:              It's crazy, they're replicants. They're all replicants. I have seen the Blade Runner films. Pete:                Thank you. Now I want to know what you think of this. Justin:              Well, yeah, we shouldn't be allowed to comment on something if we haven't seen the underlying material. Hold on to that thought for anything else we're talking about this year. I thought this was really good and I agree with Alex, you don't actually really need to know a ton about Blade Runner except for Harrison Ford's theological underpinnings to his character when you're watching the director's [crosstalk 00:05:21]. Pete:                Yes. Thank you. Yes. Alex:                 I have seen Firewall, does that help? Justin:              No. If you've seen Air Force One, you've seen Blade Runner, my man. But the art of this book is really- Pete:                If you've seen Regarding Henry, then you have seen Blade. Justin:              Regarding Henry, I think that movie was fine. I look forward to the comic book adaptation. This book was good. It's a good story. The art is great. I love the tone of the art they have here. Pete:                Yeah, I really agree. I love the tone that the art sets up. It does a great job of really fitting into the world. Yeah, I was really impressed with this book. It really has a great pace to it, a lot of awesome action, some really fun moments where the replicate kind of gets their haircut and stuff like that. I thought the whole wall thing was really impressive. Always really thought this was a great, great comic, even though I've seen the Blade Runners and like them, this comic was kind of above and beyond that. Justin:              Classic flex. The art is almost Moebius like, I really like that. Pete:                Ooh. Alex:                 Yeah, this is very good stuff. Easy to get into, even if you haven't watch the stuff. Let's move on to another one and talk about The Expanse number one from BOOM! Studios written by Corinna Bechko, illustrated by Alejandro Aragon. Now I got to say this is another one, I've seen the first season and change of The Expanse. And of course I've seen The Expanse 2049. But I'll tell you without slamming it too much, this felt like the complete opposite of Blade Runner 2029 to me where I had no idea what was going on for most of this book. And it felt like you had to have watched the show to understand the characters, to understand the settings. And that was a real bummer to me because I enjoyed the first season. I would be happy to pick up an Expanse comic books, see more of this world, but I don't want to have to have watched every episode of the show to necessarily get into it. Did you guys feel the same way? Justin:              I've never seen The Expanse, but I understood every aspect of this comic book. Pete:                I have seen every episode of The Expanse. I have read the Bubblegum comic book series that Joe Blow did for a little while. I have read fan fiction. I am very well-educated in this and I thought it was spot. No, I haven't read any of it [inaudible 00:07:50]. Alex:                 It's funny that you did. I was pretty sure you were lying, but the fact that you didn't mention the novels that it's based on. Bubblegum first. Justin:              Joe Blow. Alex:                 But given that we don't necessarily have a familiarity with The Expanse. How do you feel this worked as a comic book? Justin:              No, I mean, I agree with you. This is definitely for fans. It is so rooted in … You have to know, I think you have to fully know the characters when you come into this book, there's not even a preamble to get us into the world and what's happening. And I think that's fine, it's definitely just not a book for someone who's never read or watched the show. Pete:                Yeah, it's tough if you're just kind of at a comic book shop or buy it however you do, because you're like Boom! Studios because they do great books. It's definitely a deep cut. I was definitely lost for a little bit. But kind of getting an idea of what's happening and by the end of it, it won me over. Art, I thought was fantastic. A lot of talking, but I'm kind of into it. I liked how it ended. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              And this ties into the X-Men. Alex:                 Yes, it does. It's a direct spinoff of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, everybody's favorite X-Men movie. Next one we're going to talk about Locke & Key, In Pale Battalions Go number three from IDW written by Joe Hill, art by Gabriel Rodriguez. Of course, this is a series that we're all in on. But this is wrapping up [crosstalk 00:09:18] the mini series before the mini series, which is kind of fascinating thing that they've been doing. Initially was supposed to be the sad man crossover which we're about to get into called [inaudible 00:09:28] that's going to be, I believe two issues long at this point. Alex:                 But then very slowly, they expanded outwards the amount of issues they were doing for this prequel that leads directly into it after this issue. And I think after the last issue we kind of know what the setup is going to be for the sad man Locke & Key crossover. But this is still wrapping up this three issue mini series. The story of what happens when one of the old timey Locke family members goes to war in World War I, comes back, brings some German soldiers back with him. Things go very, very badly. And in this issue Key house fights back in incredibly graphic and bloody ways. Pete, there were attack teddy bears in this issue. You have got to have loved this. Pete:                Oh my God, yeah. I love that whole teddy bear scene. This was just classic Locke & Key, amazing storytelling, the art going above and beyond in all the greatest ways. There's a moment where she's shutting the door, but it's like disappearing. It's just, Gabriel Rodriguez is a goddam legend. The moment where it was like, welcome to Key house motherfucker, it was just … This comic continues to be amazeballs every time these two team up is just absolute magic. It's just gross and fun and over the top and all the great ways. Yeah, I don't get tired of watching German soldiers die, and there's a fun little kind of ad in the back where it's Kinsey's comic corner, fantastic. Justin:              This was so upsetting as a story, just so well done and heartbreaking. And especially the fact that this is connected, it's the same family from among the stars story from back in the day, the one where they are- Alex:                 Is it over the moon? Justin:              Unlock the moon, sorry. Alex:                 Unlock the moon. Justin:              Unlock the moon, among the stars is what's written on his grave, it's just so tough. But the art in this book is so good. It's just so intense. And there's just dread throughout. We talked about this a lot with Locke & Key, the way that they're able to sort of have this low level hum of great narrative stress as you're reading this, because you feel for the characters and you know bad things are happening is so good. Something I noticed while reading this, and I don't know if this has been featured in any other thing or if it's maybe something to curb in the future. They feature the graveyard a couple of times in this book. And one of the characters, Fiona Locke, there's a little key hole in her gravestone. Do you feel like that's a … maybe there's something to be done there? Alex:                 Yeah, potentially. I mean, maybe it's like a zombie Key or something like that, or it'd bring back the dead Key. I mean, I think we could delve into spoilers here, but certainly the goal seems to be the current Locke patriarch in this continuity potentially heading down to hell to try to rescue his wife or something like that. Justin:              Yeah, maybe that's the doorway. He opens the door and goes down a pair of steps, a set of steps sort of Legend of Zelda style. One other thing I want to say real quick, the character- Alex:                 It's dangerous to go alone is what I have to say about that. Justin:              You are the guy that hands in the wooden sword. The character, one of the main characters here, the kid that goes to war is named Jonathan Tyler Locke. Jonathan Tyler is my brother's name. When I saw that in the grave, I was like, “Yo.” Pete:                Oh man, you should send them a screenshot, man. You know what I mean? Just be like, “Thinking of you bro. Hope you're good.” Because what's great is that you could cut it off because it says Jonathan Tyler, and then says Locke underneath. So you could totally do a little cut in there and just make it nice. Alex:                 Yeah, that'd be great to really fuck with your brother. To the point you were saying though Justin, I really liked that this story was in a very different mode than the Locke & Key title that we knew. It felt like it tells its own story with its own tone. It's a tragedy as opposed to the other one, which is a horror adventure story, and that's great. I'm really excited to see what they do with Helen gone. But the more different types of stories they can tell in this world, I think overall the better for its longevity, particularly as we know there is more coming. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Commanders in Crisis number three from Image Comics written by Steve Orlando, art by Davide Tinto. So Empathy is dead or is Empathy, because Empathy has come back to life and the commanders are trying to figure out exactly what's going on. I think we were pretty high on the first two issues of this book. Do you think it continues to hold up here on the third? Pete:                Yeah, I mean, I see Orlando as having a lot of fun with this. This is really cool the way it's written in the way that characters are. I love the voices and the different stuff. It kind of starts off really grody and kind of crazy in the beginning. But yeah, it gets a little emotional, but then kind of right back into the kind of humor and action I was impressed with how this ends. It does a great job of giving us a little bit of getting excited for the next issue at the end of each comic. Yeah, I continue to be impressed with this team and the different voices and stuff on it. This is a lot of fun. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. Steve Orlando is such an idea generator, you can see in all of his work his stories are super complex, calling on so much continuity. And I feel like with this, he sort of put it all, all of his just wild ideas in full throttle going forward. He's created all these characters and he has him just driving through all these different ideas. There's the multi-verse, there's superheroes just fighting on the ground. We have the villain here is the social callers. It's some sort of social media slash cell phone tech vampire or tech zombiefication for the situation. And it's just fun. It's a lot of new ideas all the time. Alex:                 From new ideas to old ideas, let's talk about Rorschach number three from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Ori Fornace. In this issue we find out more about the cowboy character that we've met in the first two, who was actually assassinated in the first issue of the book. We go back in time, find out about her backstory as the main detective investigates further, what was going on with her, this new old Rorschach. I really liked the sushi quite a bit, not just in terms of fleshing out Tom King's take on the world, but also how the story purposefully unfolded confusingly in terms of the timeline at first, but became clearer as it went on. I still don't know how this connects to the main narrative or exactly what our overall dramatic thrust is here necessarily, but as a one-shot one-off issue, I thought this was very well done. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I'm really impressed with how crazy this is, but how this issue we're getting specific information about this main character that we're dealing with in this issue. And it's really impressive. There's just so much going on, but it's done in such a kind of cool way that keeps the story moving in such a creepy, but good way. Art and pace is phenomenal. This continues to be a very interesting, cool book, but it brings up this interesting point and I'm interested to get your guys' take on this. Sometimes to love your father, you have to shoot him in the head. How do you guys feel about that? Justin:              As fathers? Pete:                Yeah, as fathers with daughters. Alex:                 I have my kids sleep with a gun every night. Pete:                Smart. Alex:                 And every night I go to bed praying that they'll shoot me in the morning and so far it hasn't happened. Pete:                Wow. Alex:                 I just run right into the rooms and go [inaudible 00:17:43]. But then they say, “Good morning, daddy.” Pete:                Oh man. Alex:                 Disappointments, both of them. Justin:              What a startling vision of Alex's home life. Pete:                Same thing for you, Justin? Justin:              What's that? Pete:                Same for you with your daughters? Justin:              Yeah. No, I'm always waving a gun around the house. They're going to get there, I don't need to tell them quite as hard as Alex does. I want them to come to it on their own. Pete:                Okay. Yeah. Justin:              But I like this a lot. It's funny the last, this issue and the one before felt like a standalone issue with just lightly touching the events of the first issue. Pete:                Agree. Justin:              And I think, I mean this time, King does this a lot where you only realize the story he's telling a little bit into it. And I think it often works, I think it's working here. It's interesting that the characters we're learning about here are sort of conspiracy theorists. They believe that the squids affect your brain. And I wonder if that's, if Rorschach is going to believe that as well. Because it makes these characters maybe probably delusional. If he's commenting on believing in conspiracy theories, it feels like these characters are not understanding reality. Which Rorschach's whole thing was believing these outlandish things. But this one happened to be true in the watchman. Justin:              So to have Rorschach believe something that isn't true is an interesting take. I'm very curious, it makes him less of heroes, less of a character you can get behind if he's totally on this crazy path. I don't know, it's just like a lot of time King stuff, it's really interesting to see where it's going. Pete:                Agree. Alex:                 Next up, Decorum number six from Image Comics written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mike Huddleston. We're finally bringing together this issue, which is wild that we're doing it in issue six. But we have this courier character that's been training to be an assassin. At the same time these weird [inaudible 00:19:52] beings who've been doing something, who even knows what. But in this issue they finally come down and hire the assassins and say, “Hey, can you find this egg for us?” And then we kind of avoid that in the back of the issue, but it's still- Justin:              They're prepping for their egg mission. Alex:                 Sure, they're prepping for egg mission. There are points particularly on the assassin side of things that are so funny and so fun, particularly because they're coming in the middle of this wild, very dead sci-fi and Saturday. I am finding myself loving this book more and more with every issue. Justin:              A 100% agree. I thought this issue was great. And all of the things we've talked about with Hickman, both in this book and with his X-Men work where it's like, what's he doing? What's all this information like. It was all worth it to get to this where it's super fun the whole time, the story's coming into focus, we're seeing the mission. And the characters are set up in a way where it's going to be exciting to watch them bump into each other. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. This was a really solid issue. Justin:              Yeah, Pete. Pete:                I felt like this clicked into place for me. The art is phenomenal, a lot of different styles mixing here, but done in such a great way, it doesn't feel like a separate story. It's really, really impressive how well the art kind of makes this all work. Yeah, I'm excited for more. I'm a little worried about Hickman fucking me because there's all these weird symbols everywhere that don't need to be. But so far the art is really winning me over, so this is great. Justin:              Pete, the original Hick maniac coming around for Decorum. I got to say though, the symbols and all of the extra pages, I think they do serve a purpose. They let you digest what you've seen before and see that it's all sort of a picture frame that holds the story. Alex:                 Because their chapter breaks is essentially [inaudible 00:21:49]. Pete:                I thought you were going to say a palate cleanser, Justin. Justin:              Maybe, I don't know. You're supposed to have a little bit of sorbet when you see the Decorum, just a light sorbet. Alex:                 Every time I get to one of those picture pages I eat an entire pint of Chunky Monkey. Pete:                Nice. Justin:              Chunky Monkey picture pages. Pete:                I'm more of a, what is it? Chunky hubby or what was that? Hubby- Justin:              Chubby Hubby. Alex:                 Chubby Hubby. Pete:                That's the one that I like. Alex:                 Chubby Hubby is very good. Pretzels in that, always love pretzels in an ice cream. Justin:              I don't like [inaudible 00:22:24]. Alex:                 Here's a couple of tastes that go great together, the New Mutants number 14 from Marvel written by Vita Ayala, art by Rod Reis. This kicks off Vita Ayala's run on the title, bringing a bunch of the original New Mutants together minus Cipher, which is a huge missed opportunity of course, I think we can all agree on that. But man, I love this issue. I thought this was so smart, so well done. As a lot of the recent X-Men stuff has been in terms of focusing in, here you have the older New Mutants teaching the younger New Mutants how to use their powers. They come up with a creative thing that I don't think we've ever seen on the X-Men before, where the new mutants characters combine their powers to figure out new ways of using them, which was paced out so well, it's so fun. Alex:                 There's a thing where I think it's two pages earlier, Rahne and Magik by their powers where they're one teleporting Wolf in, and then two pictures later, it's five teleporting Wolfs out, which is very funny. It was just perfectly paced out. The other thing that I loved about this book, and this is obviously very much on purpose, but bringing the Amahl Farouk, The Shadow King here, who also seems to be in some way on Krakoa, which is very suspicious. But clearly Rod Reis is channeling Bill Sienkiewicz, who is the definitive Shadow King artist here, also the definitive New Mutants artist. But it very much feels like its own thing. I love this from top to bottom. Pete, I know you're probably going to have some anti X-Men bias going on here with this book. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 But I thought this was really good. This is one of my favorite books of the week. Justin:              Because you hate mutants. Alex:                 I thought this was so well done. And I was so happy with how it was executed. Justin:              You call them flat scans, right Pete? Because you're a mutant hater. Alex:                 Pete by the way, since you guys can't see on Skype is wearing one of the smiley robot suits that the right has. Pete:                I don't even know what you're talking about. All right. So the art in this is phenomenal. It's like some parts are almost like water color, it's so beautiful. Magik is just glorious in this, some really fun paneling. There's some stuff that's going on that I don't understand. But I do like the idea of bringing The Shadow King into this. I mean, if you've got fuck Island, you might as well have The Shadow King. Justin:              That's your excuse for everything. Pete:                And also it makes me want to rewatch Legion. Justin:              Yeah. I feel like there's definitely some channeling of Legion here, which is great. And I agree with you, Alex, combining the New Mutants powers in that way, it's very like Final Fantasy, the video game in a cool way. And I really appreciated that. Great book. Alex:                 Yeah. Just super fun across the board. Next up, here's a wild one, Post Americana number one form Image Comics, story and art by Steve Skroce. This is a future society where everything has fallen apart in America. We start off with some sort of militaristic remnants of America who seem ready to take the country back. But of course, or maybe they're actually fascistic, we don't really know. One person escapes, encounters some insane people that are in the bad lands, including cannibals and other people, find a bad-ass woman who's ready to take the back. It is wild. It is bloody. It's over the top. It's often funny, like when chickens just rip apart a dude. Justin:              That was funny. Pete:                Don't fuck with chickens man. Alex:                 The art in particular reminds me a lot of Jose Von Ryp I think is his name, the guy who does a lot of stuff for Valiant, and he did Crossed as well. Pete:                Oh, yeah, reminds me of Crossed. Justin:              This feels very Crossed to me both in substance and style. Alex:                 But I enjoyed this, I enjoyed the tone of the characters and the dialogue a lot. Just, they felt very different to me in fresh and ridiculous in exactly the right way. How'd you guys feel about it? Pete:                Yeah, I was really impressed with this. This was a lot of fun. It was really over the top, lot of action, lot of violence. You got to love that. This was a very cool interesting take. Yeah, it's hard to know who to kind of root for here with what's going on. I mean, America kind of looked like the evil empire but we'll see how this all unfolds. But man, what a great first issue to get you pumped up for what's going to happen? But yeah, man, it's exciting and fucked up. Justin:              You don't know how to root for it Pete, so you're maybe rooting for the cannibals. Pete:                Yeah, you don't know who to root for here, man. Justin:              Because let me say the cannibals who we meet at the end of the book- Pete:                Maybe rooting for the chickens. Justin:              Lot of human skin fashion in this last page. Alex:                 A lot of them were wearing hair suits, I would call them. Justin:              Like our facial, like faces sown into [crosstalk 00:27:16]. Pete:                Or skull in front of your junk. Justin:              The leader's wearing a button-down made of human faces. It's wild. Alex:                 Maybe they're good. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              So you never know. Alex:                 Maybe they're the good guys. Justin:              They clearly have a strong sense- Pete:                Because you've got to use everything. You've got to use every part of what you're using. Justin:              Well, let me ask you, don't you think- Alex:                 Just like I said to Jeanine back in the day of the comedy club, you got to use every part of the [inaudible 00:27:39]. Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Wow. Sorry, I'm still stunned by that. Do you think, if you're a cannibal and you're butchering the meat. Pete:                Sure. Justin:              Do you cut the skin off? I feel like if I'm eating Turkey or if I'm eating some other, sometimes I eat the skin. Pete:                Yeah, definitely. Justin:              Why are these people leaving all the skin behind? Alex:                 It's probably too thick, right? Humans whose skin is too thick. Justin:              Not Pete skin. Pete:                Only one way to tell Zalbs. Justin:              Pete's very thin skin. Alex:                 Great point. I'll tell you what, after my children shoot me to death, I'll tell them to cook me and eat me and let me know how it goes. [crosstalk 00:28:27]. Pete:                Yeah. Let us know how it goes. Justin:              Yeah, let us know. And we can come over. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:28:32] podcast. Justin:              Let me work … We'll work out the menu. Alex:                 Yeah. You got to start with some survey I think between every dish. Good book, definitely pick it up. Batman number 105 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Carlo Pagulayan and Danny Miki, Alvaro Martinez and Christian Duce. This is the final part of the Ghost-Maker story, and it doesn't end I think quite how anybody necessarily expected. It also seems to maybe be the end of James Tynion's run on Batman- Pete:                What? Alex:                 … which is surprising in and of itself. Well, I don't know. I mean, he seems to be tying stuff up before a future state. Pete:                Well, maybe he's just cleaning, getting a fresh start for his new story arc. I think this was a really great … It's nice to see Harley Quinn open up, get a little emotional here with the kid clown on her. I really liked the kind of flashback with the Ghost-Maker and Batman stuff, nice to get all that. And then we kind of had a nice moment. I don't know how much we want to spoil here, but reading I was like, “Aw.” I thought it was … you don't get to see as much. It was nice to see a little Batman being a little soft. Justin:              I was sort of surprised about that choice at the end. I expected Ghost-Maker to be either a villain that is someone who bothers Batman in Gotham or someone who leaves and maybe works in the shadows to cause a problem for Batman. The way it ended, I was surprised by, and I don't know if I love it. Pete:                Oh, come on man. Justin:              But the everything else in the book I thought was great and I've really liked the art in this book and the way they're able to sort of seamlessly transition between artists. Alex:                 I liked it more for Batman than Ghost-Maker, if that makes sense. I like the idea that Batman is trying to be more compassionate [inaudible 00:30:29], but Ghost-Maker at the end and saying, “I've tried to kill you most of my life, but you know what, let's be friends.” Seemed a little- Justin:              Let's be coworkers. Alex:                 Yeah. Which I don't know, I guess we'll have to see how it plays out. But I agree with you, I think it was a little quick there even though I enjoyed the issue. Pete:                I mean if Batman can be friends with like Damian and a bunch of other people who are at different stages of maybe being evolved. Justin:              Well, he's his father. Pete:                Yeah. But still he's kind of a psychopath. And so I feel like this works, Batman's opening up to this person and might as well try to work with them to hopefully get Ghost-Maker to a better place. Alex:                 All right. Fair enough. Let's move on and talk about Stillwater number four from Image Comics written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Ramon K. Perez. This takes place in a town where nobody ever dies. One guy comes into the town, finds out about it from the outside, but turns out he was actually born there. This issue, we flash back and find out that his history, how he was taken outside of the town and exactly what happened. I like this issue quite a bit and particularly coming in issue four, I think that was a smart place to put this because waiting much longer to parse out these mysteries might've kind of frustrating. But I liked the answers that we got personally. Justin:              I agree, and I love the … Ramon Perez's art is so good. I've been a fan of his for a long time and really like it here. This book has such a good tone. It feels like it's ready-made to be a TV show. And the characters are really well-made. Pete:                Yeah, this is very interesting. We kind of have this … we're finally getting pieces that kind of make sense, clicking into place here about our main character and why he's coming back to this place and what it means and what he's a part of. And it's too bad they didn't kind of push this, I think earlier a little bit, because they could have had like a baby boss tie-in real easy. You had a very- Alex:                 Boss Baby. Pete:                Boss Baby, yeah, sorry. But like that smart baby in the beginning, that could have really tied in nicely. Alex:                 Cool. All right. Let's move on and talk about We Only Find Them When They're Dead number four from Boom! Studios written by Al Ewing, illustrated by Simone Di Men. Di Men, Is that right? Or did that auto correct? Di Menco I think. Justin:              Simone Di Men. Alex:                 Simone Di Men. Justin:              Simone Di Meo. Pete:                Di Meo, yeah. D-I-M-E-O. Alex:                 Thank you very much. My auto correct is out of control. Justin:              That's crazy that it changed that letter from O to N, it's crazy. Alex:                 Nuts, it's disgusting is what it is. Justin:              They're right next to each other in the alphabet. Alex:                 This book is fascinating to read because I think the art and the coloring in particular almost overpower the story of everything that's going on. It's beautiful to look at, but sometimes honestly a little hard to follow at this point. Justin:              Yeah, it's funny, it's a book that I wish I had the hard copy of. Pete:                Yeah, exactly. Justin:              Because I really think that would make it a little cleaner. It's a book that I want to just be further away from when I'm reading it, because it is such a wash of color. I appreciate the choices. I think it is really cool and different. And I don't know enough about what's happening to know where we're headed. But I still trust the storytelling here. It's Al Ewing who I think is great. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I don't mean to kind of echo the old demand of what we're saying, like, “Oh, it makes it hard to read.” But I think it's- Alex:                 Did you guys look at it with your spectacles on? Pete:                Yeah. I had one of the bifocals gone and it still didn't work, but yeah, it's really cool. The art, the paneling, the really pushing stuff, making the story move, helping the action, which is great. But just sometimes because the layouts are so intense, it's a little tough to kind of follow so it takes a couple of reads, but if we were holding the physical comic, I think it wouldn't be an issue. Alex:                 Next up, Wolverine: Black, White & Blood number two from Marvel written by Vita Ayala, Saladin Ahmed and Chris Claremont. Art by Greg Land, Kev Walker, and Salvador Larroca. As with the first issue, there's three stories of Wolverine, three different adventures. I got to tell you, I thought the first issue was pretty good. It was well done. I didn't love absolutely everything in it. This issue is great. Just really well done. And in particular, one of the things I was so impressed by was Greg Land takes a lot of knocks for his art and potentially rightly so. But stripping all the color out of it and all the metallic wash and shine that usually goes over his characters. And just in that story, focusing on the black and the white and the occasional splashes of red really emphasized how good and dynamic his art is. And Vita Ayala leaned into that with a story, which I thought was great as well. I was really impressed overall with nearly every story on this issue. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I think this issue is really kind of clicking. This makes a lot more sense, this whole black, white and blood. I was just blown away by the art, the action, the violence, it's beautiful, absolutely beautiful, a lot of fun, a lot of great Wolverine kind of stuff, that if you're a Wolverine fan, you know about this character, so it kind of bounces all over, which is great. I was really impressed. Two or three really solid stories in this book. Justin:              I thought the art was great across the board, I love, it feels like they put them, these stories in a particular order where it's sort of the most black and white, the first story, and it gets redder as the issue goes on. [crosstalk 00:36:36]. Yeah. It's funny on the live show, Alex, you talked about the cliche of Wolverine being in a bar and then having an adventure. And it felt like especially the first two stories were very like Wolverines in the woods and then somebody gets him. It felt like it was dealing with those tropes, living in those tropes a bit. But the Chris Claremont story I thought was … it was my favorite of the three, which I was surprised about. But in general I like the book. Alex:                 Well, I mean, to that point, I think the things that worked about both of these to me, the same thing that didn't quite work about the first two stories in the first issue of this, where that they stood back and let the art do their thing, that they were like, “Yeah, we're going to do classic Wolverine setups,” but it's all about setting up Greg Land. It's all about setting up Kev Walker to do the thing that they do, which I thought was really nice. Next up, Head Lopper number 14 from Image Comics, story and art by Andrew MacLean, continuing the Pete block we have here on The Stack. Justin:              Pete block. Alex:                 In this issue some heads get lopped, I think a head. Pete:                Yeah, maybe [crosstalk 00:37:45]. Justin:              A head finally gets lopped. Pete:                Huge head. Yeah, we get a Medusa, old head lopper goes up against Medusa. This is just glorious. I mean, plus it starts with a double page spread of a map, which I'm a sucker for. And yeah, this is just a fantastic story of kind of like Conan the Barbarian type of thing, wandering the earth, having adventures, hanging out with the witches as you do. And yeah, this is kind of a fun day, head lopper has a little bit of a team working with them now. This is just continues to be a bad-ass fantastic book that doesn't try too much and just stays in its fucking wheelhouse. Justin:              That's the dream, stay in your fucking lane artists. But I do, this is a fun book. This is like a modern Usagi Yojimbo. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Did we say that last time? Because I see why Pete likes it, it's very good. I like it as well. I thought the witch head was going to get turned to stone, I really did. Pete:                Oh yeah. Justin:              I was worried. Pete:                That would've been crazy. Justin:              Yeah. I also liked that this is clearly a huge universe, a long adventure that we want to be able to go on for a long time, and I hope we get to. Alex:                 Next up Dark Nights: Death Metal number six from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Greg Capullo. We are getting towards the end here as the United forces of every single hero and villain in the DC Universe, fight back against the Batman who laughs and his united sources of dark Batmans and dark planets and things like that. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman is off on her own mission to try to save the universe at the universal forge, I believe it's called. I continue to be struck by not so secretly, but how this is almost secretly like a Wonder Woman series, which I think is kind of great. It gets away from Superman and Batman always being the leads and turns the focus on her. And the solution she figures out towards the end here. I thought it was really fun and really simple and really great. And just overall, again, just a fun issue of this wildly over the top series. Pete:                This continues to be a lot of fun. I really, really love this issue. Things are starting to finally maybe go in the good guys direction, which is very exciting, epic pages, some old school shout-outs and some touching moments with Clark and Lois and then Clark and Bruce. I fucking love this shit. Justin:              I'm just waiting for the space Wolverine to pop his claws. It's about time he popped them and got into the action, you know what I mean? Pete:                You're a piece of shit. Alex:                 If there's a low bow, why isn't there a high bow? Justin:              That's so good, or a tie bow. Pete:                Oh boy. Justin:              I think it's very funny to me that in this book, the Batman who laughs has been elevated to a god. And it's funny to think that it's just a Bruce Wayne. That's just a regular Bruce Wayne under there, who's just had a couple bad days. Alex:                 The weirder part to me, there were two weird things in this issue. Not necessarily bad things, but seeing Barbatos' face finally whereas I was like, “Oh, that's not a weird looking dude in there, under that giant cloak. That's pretty strange.” And then the other one was Superman and Lois saying goodbye to each other. Everybody else was great. I loved everybody else. And even- Pete:                What is your problem there? Alex:                 Then said goodbye, what did Superman say? Superman was like … Lois was like, “Superman, you're always the son that I looked towards.” And Superman is like, “You're the lead of my story.” Justin:              Yeah. You're always my number one lead I think she says. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Yeah. That was the point where I was like, “Shut up.” Pete:                Why? Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Why you cold hearted motherfucker? Alex:                 It's stupid. That's a stupid thing to say when you're about to die, don't say that. Justin:              I have it here, “Lois, thank you for this life, for our son, for being my true home planet.” Pete:                Yeah, that's fucking beautiful. Justin:              Very sweet from a long haired mostly dead Superman. And then she said, “Thank you, Clark.” Pete:                [crosstalk 00:42:02] complimenting his hair was hysterical. Justin:              Thank you, Clark, for being the best lead a girl could ask for. And then someone off panel, get a room. Pete:                All right. First off, Zalben fuck you man. I thought that was a great thing for Lois to say. Alex:                 I don't know. That was kind of like, and I worked in a newspaper. Pete:                Fuck you. Justin:              She doesn't love him. She just is with him to keep the news flowing. Alex:                 Yeah, exactly. Also, what is she doing there? Where has she been the entire time? The fact that she is [crosstalk 00:42:34] to be like, “And I'm also here.” Justin:              She's covering the end of the universe for the daily [crosstalk 00:42:40]. Pete:                You know what Zalb, she doesn't have tO prove shit to you. She can come and go as she pleases. Alex:                 She's just hastily writing out a newspaper on some dead Robin Skinner or something like that. Justin:              Yeah, exactly. This just in, holy shit, [inaudible 00:42:56] dead. Pete:                If you're reading this congratulations. Justin:              Bear with me readers because this is confusing. So there's a dark forge of … Alex:                 There's going to be a lot of bi-lines on this one, but fun book. Let's move on and talk about Seven to Eternity number 15 from image comics written by Rick Remender, drawn by Jerome Opena. This is a huge issue for this book. Our protagonist has slowly been working way towards a place that potentially could make him immortal. We think it has been for reasons of helping his family. In this issue it becomes clear, 100% absolutely is not. And he goes from, I would argue being the hero of the book to turning out to be the villain the whole time, which I think is phenomenal in the best Rick Remender way of doing things. What'd you guys think about this? Justin:              And conversely, the villain from the book, the Mud King is sort of becoming the hero. Alex:                 Yeah, 100%. Justin:              And I would guess that was Rick Remender's perhaps goal for the series. And he's done a great job of really just slowly leading us away from our expectations from the very first couple issues of the series. But really this issue, the art is so good. It's a real like everything is just really well done from the beginning to the end, a lot of big splash pages, it's so good. Pete:                This is classic Remender, just like you think you understand, you think … I was so excited. I was like, “Oh, this is great. Okay. We're finally going to have,” and then at the end I was like, “Wait, what? Goddam Remender, man.” He is a very impressive writer. This continues to be a ton of fun. And the twists and turns are very enjoyable. I'm very nervous about what's going to happen moving forward, but man, the art and the action are just glorious. Alex:                 Great stuff. Let's move on and talk about our Immortal Hulk block two issues [crosstalk 00:45:05]. Justin:              Hulk block. Alex:                 The Immortal Hulk King in Black number one written by Al Ewing, art by Aaron Kuder. The Immortal Hulk 42 written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. Starting with the first one, this obviously again is a tie into King in Black. Here, so many things going on at the same time. There's no reason this should work with the amount of things they have happening. But it's not only an Immortal Hulk book, which is a thing in and of itself. It's not only a tie into King in Black. It's not only a Christmas story. It's also a completely silent issue at the same time. And it is phenomenal. Pete:                One of my favorites. This is like, when people ask you like, “Oh, what's your favorite Christmas story?” This now goes to the top of the list, black Christmas. This is just so cool. And so much is said about Hulk without any words. This really is just a classic Hulk story. Oh my God, this is so great, so much fun. Justin:              This is your favorite Christmas story now, more than the movie Christmas story. Pete:                No. It's one of my favorite Christmas comics, [crosstalk 00:46:15]. Justin:              If you have children, you'll read this aloud to them on Christmas. Pete:                Yes, I will. Justin:              Which will be [crosstalk 00:46:21] reading. Alex:                 Say, “Hey kids, gather around, it's time for the horrifically wildly smiling Hulk story.” Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 The way Aaron Kuder draws, this is these … If you haven't been reading Immortal Hulk, Hulk is kind of split into different personalities. He keeps morphing between different things. Here we mostly get the skinny childlike Hulk, who's been showing up. He also shows up in the next issue we're going to talk about. We also get Joe Fixit shows up for a little- Justin:              Yeah, he does. Alex:                 … die hard style action at one point, which is super fun. But yeah, man, this is just great, just a great story. So well-drawn by Aaron Kuder, so well written by Al Ewing. Justin:              The art is so good. Alex:                 Again, there's no reason they should work with the amount of things they have going on here, but it's a wonderful one-shot. Justin:              Yeah, it's really, truly great. One of the best issues on the stands right now. Alex:                 Let's move on then and talk about Immortal Hulk number 42, which is the ongoing story of the Immortal Hulk. Here we get a little break as the Hulk fights The Thing, actually lays out everything that's been going on with him, which I think is the first time in 42 issues any of the superheroes have kind of found out what has actually been going on with the Hulk here, even though he understands the only part of it. And Thing figures it out too, understands the different [inaudible 00:47:38] Fixit and the other Hulk and everything that's going on, they eat some hotdogs at Coney Island. Pete:                You're goddam right. You got to do it while you're there. Alex:                 Delicious. And it ends with of course, a very typical terrifying paddle right at the end there for what's coming up next. But again, a fantastic issue of this book. And I love seeing The Thing, Hulk rivalry in a new light, it's great. Justin:              Yeah. You really get to see the tender side of The Thing coming out here, which I thought was really good. And their conversation at the hot dog shop was really nice- Pete:                The hotdog shop. Justin:              … getting into like, yeah, sandwich shop, hot dog I guess being a sandwich in that case. Pete:                Oh man. Justin:              Hot dog is not a sandwich. Pete:                Yeah. And the way they talk about the afterlife, The Thing coming back and being bar mitzvah'd and rediscovering some sort of spirituality or having a second spirituality 13 years after they got bombarded with the cosmic rays, I thought was an interesting take. I'll talk about Joe, but just a really smart issue touching on a bunch of ideas and really sad watching the whole fight and cry. Alex:                 I mean, I'll just mention just on the whole thing story where he's talking about how the 13 years there that was him being reborn. I know that's something that [inaudible 00:49:02] covered and is one of the thing. But from a Jewish perspective, I got a little choked up, that's something that they don't really talk about a lot in the books is that aspect of The Thing. And I think Al Ewing wrote it in a really sweet way and paste it out in a really sweet way. That was very nice to see. It meant a lot. Justin:              Now we talked about this on the live show, but the podcast just turned 14. Should we have had a bar mitzvah for you since we've been doing this for 13 years? Alex:                 Yeah, no problem. I'll shoot you guys a tow report and we could read that in the next live show. Pete:                Oh, that would be great. Justin:              I would love to. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Plus we get to go play video games and stuff or something, right. Alex:                 Sure, that's how that works. Justin:              Isn't there some fun thing? Alex:                 Yeah, you get to have a party afterwards. Justin:              Okay. I'm in. Pete:                Yeah, this continues to be amazing. Really great use of The Thing in this, love The Thing's new kicks, glorious. Also really fantastic cover, really love the cover. Yeah, just when you think this story, it gets so weird and so grotesque, but also the heart in the story is really phenomenal, it's very touching. The humanization of these kinds of grotesque characters if you will is fantastic. I cannot believe what they're doing in this whole comic. It's really unprecedented. Alex:                 Last but not least, let's talk about Once & Future number 14 from Boom! Studios written by Kieron Gillen and art by Dan Mora. In this issue, we're wrapping up a couple of things as I believe they fight Guen, or they are Guen. I don't know, I honestly missed the last issue, so I'm not [inaudible 00:50:47] keeping up. But there's some bloody stuff, it's a fight continuity stuff that happens and this title continues to be a ton of fun. Pete:                Yeah. I mean this whole game thing that it starts with, and I mean to say the art is spectacular is an understatement. It's just so breathtaking and makes things … you're feeling the stuff that is happening. It's just so intense and amazing. And then you just have this bad-ass grandmother right in the middle of it. Every issue is just glorious and it continues to be. I don't know why they don't turn this into a goddam movie or TV show. It's just so good. I want to see it in all the different iterations, if it could … Just so many great characters, so much fun. This is really just glorious. Justin:              There's a lot of stories about stories, particularly in comics. And I think this one does a great job of making it more complex and it's a little bit trickier, it really feels like a heightened version of so many things are touched on, where it's like, no, the story's, the thing we're inside a story. And in this our main characters are inside multiple stories at once and they're competing, they're juggling them. But it's also like they're having a great time, the art is so like high-octane action movie. It's really fun. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Great stuff. All right. That's it for this week's episode of The Stack, if you'd like to support us, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube, come hang out. Chat with us about comic books, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. 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On this week's comic book review podcast: Captain America #25 Marvel By Ta-Nehesi Coates & Leonard Kirk Back-up by Anthony Falcone and Michael Cho Rorschach #2 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Sea of Sorrows #1 IDW Publishing Written by Rich Douek Art and colors by Alex Cormack Marvel Indigenous Voices #1 Marvel By Jeffrey Verge, Rebecca Roanhorse, Darcie Little Badger, Stephen Graham Jones, Taboo & B. Earl, Weshoyot Alvitre, Kyle Charles, and David Cutler Barbalien: Red Planet #1 Dark Horse Comics Script by Tate Brombal Story by Jeff Lemire and Tate Brombal Art by Gabriel Hernández Walta Commanders in Crisis #2 Image Comics Written by Steve Orlando Art by Davide Tinto The Amazing Spider-Man #53 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Art by Mark Bagley Dark Nights: Death Metal #5 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo Seven to Eternity #14 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Drawn by Jerome Opeña Venom #30 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Luke Ross Usagi Yojimbo #14 IDW Publishing Written, art and letters by Stan Sakai Batman #103 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Carlo Pagulayan & Danny Miki and Guillem March Black Magick #16 Image Comics Written by Greg Rucka Art by Nicola Scott Juggernaut #3 Marvel Written by Fabian Nicieza Art by Ron Garney You Look Like Death: Tales From The Umbrella Academy #3 Dark Horse Comics Story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon Art & Colors by I.N.J. Culbard Stillwater #3 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Ramón K. Perez The Immortal Hulk #40 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett Big Girls #4 Image Comics Story & Art by Json Howard Widowmakers #1 Story by Devin Grayson Pencils and Inks by Michele Bandini Ice Cream Man #21 Image Comics Written by W. Maxwell Prince Art by Martín Morazzo X-Force #14 Marvel Written by Benjamin Percy and Gerry Duggan Art by Joshua Cassara Hellions #6 Marvel Written by Zeb Wells Art by Carmen Carnero Cable #6 Marvel Written by Gerry Duggan Art by Phil Noto SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What is up, everybody. Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete Alex:                 And we have the pack stack for you today. We've got so many comics to talk about. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:00:19] that there is a lot of comics on Stack's before this. This is a whole another level of Stack. Justin:              This is serious. Alex:                 I got a timer going, we're going to do 25 seconds per comic. 100%. Definitely, no fat on this show is what I like to say [crosstalk 00:00:35]. Let's cut all the X-Men book if you're cutting fat. Come on. Justin:              Those are nice and leam. Those are very fun. Yeah. They're right in the right length. We will not do any sort of deviation, no tangents, for God's sakes. Alex:                 No bits. Justin:              No bits. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Who's got time for those. Alex:                 Nobody has time for bits. Speaking of bits, have you guys ever tried alphabets? Because that's a good series, surprisingly. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:01:02]. Justin:              Yes. What I do is I start the day with alphabets, jump right into some alphabet soup for lunch, and then I have a dinner of my own choosing. Pete:                Wow. That really fall off there at the end. Alex:                 Man. You're on Alpha Watchers, right? Justin:              That's right [inaudible 00:01:19]. Alex:                 Let's talk about, speaking of letters, specifically the letter A and whether it stands for France or not. Let's talk about Captain America, number 25 for Marvel by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leonard Kirk, backup by Anthony Falcone and Michael Cho. It was a big anniversary issue for captain America. So I figured it was worth talking about, but this is right in the middle of a huge arc that they've been doing for this title for a while now, as captain America is basically fighting against all of his villains along with the daughters of Liberty, is that what the group is called? Justin:              That is correct. Alex:                 Big things go down on this issue. I got to tell you, I liked the main story. I thought it was fine as part of the continuing story, but I thought the backup was real good. Justin:              Yes. That's when I was reading this, despite the fact that it is a number 25, the first story, I was like, “This is pretty good. This is just Ta-Nehisi Coates as both this Captain America and Black Panther is always writing sort of one uber story and so each arc is the next piece of that. I've been really enjoying this story and Captain America. But the backup story, I was like, “Yes, this is the real… It's such a good… Just comment on what America is. It's captain America speaking at a funeral for a guy he met in Red Hook at a diner and it's just a great… It's like a speech and it's really- Pete:                I got choked up during this comic. It was really great and really well done. I was really impressed. Alex:                 The art is very good. It's very reminiscent of Darwin Cook in particular, I think- Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 From Michael Cho and the story spans the history of Captain America. So if you're looking for something anniversary-wise again, the first story, very good. It's a good story. Ta-Nehisi Coates is a good writer. We know that. Justin:              Great writer. Alex:                 Leonard Kirk is a great artist as well. So there's good stuff going on there. But the backup is definitely where it's at. Let's move to another run, Rorschach, number two from DC Comics written by Tom King art by Ori Fornace. I think it's fair to say we're two issues in, and I still don't know exactly what to expect personally from this title. I thought the story was fascinating, well laid out. The art is really good. I have no idea how any of this connects to anything yet, but I'm definitely on board for the ride. Justin:              This felt almost like a standalone issue, which I think is odd as a second issue. So it's a detective trying to track down this attempted assassination. In this issue, it's the characters that we think are sort of the Rorschach and are the main characters of the subjects at least of this book are just sort of side characters in this. It's about the mystery of a murder that happened in this building. I don't know, I really liked it, but I agree with you, Alex. I felt it was an odd place to put an issue like this. Pete:                I disagree, I think this a very interesting kind of like, who done it, I'm really liking how this is unfolding in a classic Kings fashion where we're getting a little bit, each issue a little bit, trying to put together this bigger picture. Art's unbelievable. Storytelling is really great. I really liked the voiceover stuff at the beginning and I think Rorschach is one of my favorite characters. So this is very interesting to kind of like, you get this story and to see how this is going to unfold. Alex:                 This is something that even while I'm reading it, I feel like my antenna is on wrong for it because I read it and I try not to do this when I'm reading it, because the story is good, the art is good, but I keep reading it as, okay, how does this connect to Watchman? How does this connect to Watchman the TV series? How does this connect-? Pete:                Wow, that's weird. Alex:                 Well, and it does Tom King said on Twitter, that it is in “the same universe”, because of course they're seeing the same universe, but it's not in the doomsday clock universe necessarily. It's taking place in the same universe as the TV show. So I feel like I'm focusing on that too much [crosstalk 00:05:34]. Pete:                Yeah. Why are you [crosstalk 00:05:36] harder on yourself. Alex:                 Well, this is what I'm saying, I am owning the fact that I'm reading this incorrectly, and it's something that I feel like I'm going to have to read through and then go back and read again to really read it the right way once it's a complete story personally. Justin:              That's fair. Alex, honestly, when it comes to antennas, you need to upgrade to a mental wirelessness so you can just not have to have this. Pete:                Get the WiFi bro. Justin:              Get the WiFi dude. Alex:                 It keeps going down though. I don't know what's going on. Let's move on to another title. Sea of Sorrows number one from IDW Publishing written by Rich Douek, art and colors by Alex Cormack. Man, I loved this book. I thought this was so good. This is about a bunch of treasure hunters exploring a sunken sub. There is some weird stuff going on there. I don't think it's too much of a spoiler because it's on the cover or one of the covers, but there's a weird bunch of stuff coming on there with potentially some mermaids. It flashes back in time to previous time- Justin:              Just potentially some mermaids, just a high mermaid potential on this book. Let me just say, no spoilers, but the potentiality of mermaid-ness is high here. Alex:                 Yeah. Certainly our mermaid antenna was like [inaudible 00:06:41]. Justin:              Was blazing. Pete:                Yeah. I wouldn't say this is splash two, but there's definitely some mermaid action. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Sure. Most people with that in fact say this was splash two, but there is some really good, like dark horror crime fantasy stuff going on. We've had Rich Douek at our live show before talking about previous book he's done and I think Rich is just a really smart, precise writer. I was very surprised how much I enjoyed this, both from the art and the writing perspective. Justin:              Yeah. I think it's a nice, like sort of everyone's out to get everyone situation and then they encounter something horrifying. The art I think is really, really great. The undersea stuff is drawn. So with such darkness to it, and then the surprise of the potential mermaid that we've discussed and giving some- Alex:                 I don't want to say is a mermaid, I'm just saying it's a potential mermaid. Justin:              It's a potential mermaid. It's an undersea maid, I guess we could say. Pete:                I think this does a great job as a first issue, is setting up this fucked up world, putting all the pieces in place to get you excited for the bigger story. I think this is a really solid first issue. I can't wait for more. I'm all in. Alex:                 It's very reminiscent of the way of the Hill house Comics that came out of DC, just in terms of seeing like a contained horror story. But I like it quite a bit. Definitely pick this one up. Next up, Marvel Indigenous Voices, number 1 from of course, Marvel Comics by, here's a long list, Jeffrey Veregge, Rebecca Roanhorse, Darcie Little Badger, Stephen Graham Jones, Taboo and B. Earl, Weshoyot Alvitre, Kyle Charles and David Cutler.As you could probably figure out from the title, this is a bunch of short stories that focus on Marvel's Indigenous characters. I thought this was nice theology and I'd like to see more of this. What did you guys think? Pete:                I agree. This was really cool, very creative. I liked the way this set up with the watcher in the beginning. Just setting things up as like, we're going to get a bunch of stories here. Yeah. I'm completely on board. I want more, I think this is a great idea and I'm glad Marvel is doing this. Justin:              I love, I think this is such a great variety of stories here. The first story focuses on Echo and great character from Daredevil back in the day. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              I miss seeing more of Echo, and it's sort of a straight up action adventures. She takes on the [inaudible 00:09:17], Loki shows up. Then we get a Dani Moonstar, Rahne Sinclair, story, which is good, very classic. X-Men short. Then the last story is this super interesting silver fox story that really fits into Wolverine history and is so dark and disturbing. But it was great. That was my favorite of the three and it really popped for me that last one. Alex:                 Yeah, I definitely agree. I think, we talk a lot about how anthologies are hit and miss, of course, because you're getting a lot of stories, but this is an issue that I think is well worth picking up based on the three stories in it. Justin:              Before you move on real quick, there is in the sort of back matter here, there's a note at the bottom, look for an exhilarating new series from Taboo and B. Earl in 2021. The Apache Warrior, [Kashiwa 00:10:12] the Sorcerer Supreme and the Ghost Rider of the mid-1800s berms her way into the future and brings disaster with her. I read that and I was like, “Shit, this looks awesome.” Pete:                Hell yeah. Yes. Justin:              I can't wait to check that out. Alex:                 Good stuff. Let's move on then to Barbalien, Red Planet, number one from Dark Horse Comic Script by Tate Brombal, story by Jeff Lemire and Tate Brombal, art by Gabriel Hemandez Walta. This is continuing to flesh out the Black Hammer Universe, which it is wild. How many books are coming out of this and how exciting all of them are. But this one is focusing on the world's Martian Manhunter Amalgam. Alex:                 The main thing that frankly, makes him different is he is gay and here he is dealing with a big situation on Mars where he's been sentenced to death. While back in time, he is discovering his sexuality at the height of the AIDS crisis in the 80s. This is great. Just another fantastic Black Hammer book. Pete:                Yeah. I was really impressed with this. Art is fantastic. Lot of heart, great storytelling, very interesting. I was really impressed by this and there is literally like an, oh shit, moment here, where you think maybe someone's going to die. I was really impressed by this. Justin:              Yeah. The Black Hammer Universe is so smart, the way it… This is a little bit cheap to say, but it brings like an indie sensibility to the Justice League characters or Justice League analogs, I think is so great. But what really does is flesh out these characters, make them more interesting and take the tropes of the top tier heroes like that and make the ground them, give them like a context and a historical place. It's just makes for rich storytelling. It's really good. Alex:                 Totally agree. It's just crazy that this is essentially a Martian Manhunter story, but with some tropes changed around, but it works completely and it shouldn't work outside of Jeff Lemire writing it. But it absolutely does. He's clearly guiding this whole universe. It feels like the best new superhero universe or new type of universe that Dark Horse has done since BPRD and Hellboy. They're doing such a good job with it across the board. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Moving on to another big new one, Commanders in Crisis, number two, from Image Comics written by Steve Orlando, art by David Tinto, as we found out in the first issue, empathy is dead and not only that, but one superhero from the remaining universe has taken a bunch of presidents from a bunch of other universes, save them, given them super powers, brought them here. They're all working together as a team. There are so many insane Steve Orlando ideas that are all working at the same time. We really liked the first issue. How do you think it held up on second take? Pete:                I think this is very cool. I love the ending. Yeah. This is Steve Orlando, just have a lot of fun kicking butt. This is very cool. Although there are a lot of ideas you can still follow what's happening. Art's great, ton of action, a lot of fun moments. Yeah, I've been really impressed with this book. He's taking big swings with this and I've been impressed with it. Justin:              Yeah. We just talked about sort of taking, coming at Justice League style storytelling in a different way and I think Steve Orlando here does it in an even different way. It's like fully idea and concept driven where you're getting into these multi-versal, true this and finding a way to have these heroes being heroes while at the same time combating an idea. It's good. It feels topical. It feels like it's also has good super hero action. I like it as well. Alex:                 The second issue spent a little more time with the individual characters, which I thought was really nice as we get to know them, because they're all new, they're all fresh, they've got different powers. So it's interesting stuff. Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man, number 53, from Marvel written by Nick Spencer, art by Mark Bagley. This is picking up on the cliffhanger of the last issue where Spider-Man died. He was killed by the character Kindred, who we know is Harry Osborne, but Spider-Man doesn't know that. This issue is coming around to the big surprise that Kindred is Harry Osborne, is the reveal at the end. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 What did you think about this? Because I've been very on board with this storyline, but felt a little mixed about this issue, personally. Pete:                What I really liked about this issue was, in the past issues, there's been so much happening at once. It seemed like a little bit of overload. I liked how the slow down a little bit to deliver who this is and the got you kind of moment at the end was cool. I thought it was earned. I've been a little like, “I haven't been enjoying myself on this book.” But at least I enjoyed the pacing a lot more on this and it felt like, “Okay, we're now on the same page.” We can move back to crazy time with Nick Spencer for this. What's going to happen next? Justin:              As always, I agree with Pete completely with nine caveats. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Because I agree with you. I think this issue was paced really nicely and Mark Bagley's aren't… I feel like I first came to reading Spider-Man comics when Mark Bagley was drawing Spider-Man and Peter Parker and so seeing him, I'm like, “Yes, I really like this. I recognize this.” If we hadn't known that Harry Osborne was underneath the bandages, this would have been a great reveal. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              But the fact that we know it, meant this was weird. Now it makes me be like, “Is this the reveal?” Pete:                It's got to be. Justin:              We were doubting it before, but now it feels like it is, but it also feels like, why do it twice? Pete:                Right. Alex:                 Why reveal that in advice. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:16:29]. Alex:                 It's just a strange choice. It completely undercut that last page for me when he looks and says, “Got you.” Because it's not a got you, because we already knew that and Spider-Man [crosstalk 00:16:39]. Pete:                Yeah. But Spider-man doesn't know it's a, got you. It was [inaudible 00:16:42]. Alex:                 Nobody did. He's like, “No, you can't be Harry Osborne.” Then he takes off his mask and says, “Got you.” But it's not. It's also another and a long line of Marvel masks that were definitely not masks until they took them off. Pete:                Right. Alex:                 Like Kindred, Taskmaster. It's like, “Come on, you're not wearing mask. Taskmaster, you've got a skull face.” Justin:              Another mask under that where it's going to be the next issue, he's like, “Got you.” Pete:                I'm Uncle Ben. I'm Peter Parker. Justin:              You should eat my rice. Pete:                Yes. That's what I meant, is that Uncle Ben from the rice brand. Alex:                 Of course, very controversial lately as they've taken that mask off. But thank you, Pete, for bringing that up. Pete:                Anytime. I like to make it weird. Justin:              At the end of the day we're journalists and that's the big reveal. Alex:                 Stop saying that. Cool. Dark Nights, Death Metal, number five, from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder and art by Greg Capullo. In this issue, I don't know, a lot of stuff goes on. Pete:                Yeah, it does. Justin:              Yes, that is correct. Alex:                 I'll tell you in the middle of everything while this is like Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have their wildest really channeling The Justice League run where it's like, “We've got to use this nth metal to fight back against the dark multi-verse and take the positive anti-crisis matter. Just all of this insane thing, all of this insane mythology that they're putting in there. But my main takeaway is it has the single funniest penguin panel I've ever seen in the history of comics. Justin:              That's 100% fair. Alex:                 So good. Everybody is lined up, everybody's ready to fight the dark multi-verse. Justin:              The villains. Alex:                 They have all the villains. They have all the heavy hitters there, everybody's ready and it feels to be like, Greg Capullo drew the penguin in there and then Scott Snyder wrote a line for later because the line is, “I have a sharp rock.” Justin:              Yes. To be fair. He says, “I have a very sharp rock.” So pretty [crosstalk 00:18:40]. Alex:                 “I have a very sharp rock.” Which made me laugh out loud. Pete:                I really enjoyed the army of Lobo's, yeah, this is just fun. The touching moment between Batman, Superman or Wonder Woman here, yeah, I think it's just, I've said this before, I'm going to say it again, it continues to be a lot of fun and really over the top and all metal doubt and why not? Why not have a little fun? Justin:              Yeah, I agree. It is fun. It's why they fight Castle Bats, they lose to a giant Gotham City basically, which was cool. Really finally proving that Gotham City really is a character in this Comic. Alex:                 Finally proving it. Justin:              Now here's my question for you. Lex Luther in this issue sort of comes through and rescues our heroes and is sort of the person who comes together with the plan at the end here, is he fully doing this for good? Or is he going to betray them in that [crosstalk 00:19:45]. Alex:                 Man, I don't know. The way Greg Capullo draws him, he seems pretty ernest, but it would not be true to Lex Luther if he didn't have a plan on top of a plan. Justin:              hat's what I'm saying. The way we sort of quickly move past the fact that it's Lex Luther who is the architect of their plan, makes me think that he will eventually become the true villain at the end of this once the Batman who laughs, despite the near infinite power he has, is defeated. But I love the getting all the heroes together. It feels like they're finally coming together to do their business. Pete:                Yeah. To get a business. Alex:                 I'm glad they finally got down to business. I agree. Justin:              Well, it does feel that way. They've been fucking around too much. Alex:                 Yes, they have. This is great. Like Pete said, every issue of this is just a blast to read because it's so purposely dumb and fun and over the top, every single choice. Does it make sense that Lobo could create an infinite army of Lobo's out of his own blood? Probably not. I hope they never follow up on that in any way, but it's fun to see. So that's fine. Justin:              Do you think one of them is actually Wolverine? Pete:                Stop. Just stop with that old [crosstalk 00:21:01] you do every time we talk about Lobo. Justin:              Eventually, one of them is like, “Hey guys, have you guys looked at us? I feel like we're just a Wolverine in space. Anybody else seeing that?” Pete:                That's just so dumb. Justin:              “Does anybody else…?” “Hey, Lobos, let's have a little Lobo huddle. Anybody else think we're Wolverine in space?” Pete:                Wolverine doesn't talk about himself in the third person and have a whole different language. It's not… Alex:                 Wolverine is constantly talking about himself in the third person. Justin:              No, he's not. Justin:              Yeah. If you can point out a couple other differences between Wolverine and Lobo, I'd love to hear it. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:21:38] talk about Seven to Eternity, number 14, from Image Comics, written by Rick Remender and drawn by Jerome Opena. So excited. This title is back. This takes place in a fantasy world where a dude who is dying has teamed up with the big villain who basically destroyed his world and is now tracking down eternal life. This issue, we get a very classic Rick Remender scaring of Disney world and Disney Land and things like that as they get to the place where eternal life is granted. As usual with Rick Remender book, things get real dark real quick. But it's really Jerome Opena's, character designs that carry this book in how wild and how creative they are throughout the book. Pete:                I would like to say, you got to pick this up for the art alone. It's worth it. Justin:              Nice, great, quote, from quoting yourself, Pete page. Yeah, to that point, I am the asker section from the back half of the book is really cool. But Rick Remender talks about this a little bit in the back matter on this book, he's like, “Hey, we took a real long time to get this done.” But I think his focus on quality of his comic book work is amazing. He made a choice years ago now to stop doing Marvel and DC work and focus on all of his creator owned books and he takes so much care with every issue to make them, in his mind, perfect. Justin:              He does such a good job of just making high quality comics that really everything is super unique, super creative from the writing to the art, to the character design all the way through it's dark, like all of his work, it definitely has his point of view, but it comes at you in such a different way. Pete:                I had to read this twice just because I didn't want to miss anything in the panels. It's just so detailed and so amazing. You can read this comic and then you can just page through it and be amazed at the paneling. Alex:                 It's great stuff. Let's move on to talk about Venom, number 30 from Marvel written by Donny Cates and art by Luke Ross. This is the final issue of Venom before the Big King in black crossover kicks off. This is the end of the Venom beyond storyline as they are in an alternate universe where Venom sun has gone bad, become a bad guy called the Codex, lots of Venom, lots of symbiotes stuff happening here. What'd you think about this, both as a issue and as a lead in to this big event? Pete:                Well, I… Go ahead. Justin:              I would say it's wild. It is like the way that Donny Cates has taken, a sort of one-off at least at the beginning Spider-Man villain. Now this is so far from being related to Spider-Man. It's such a, like expanded mythology where you've got Eddie Brock and his son going into this different dimension meeting his ex who is has the son from this multi-verse. They all have their own symbiontes. They are all the different symbiontes, have different languages and controlling which ones are which, and all building toward… I got to read Richard's who has googly eyes? He's got googly eyes. Alex:                 Yeah, he does. He has a paste it on. Justin:              Yeah. What's the deal with this guy? He's got googly eyes. He's a little bit. He's not as smart and he's got googly eyes. Pete:                Well, he can move and he's very flexible and bendy, and we were just going to have googly eyes every once in a while. Why is that weird? Justin:              No, I think he's just a little off. He's lost a little bit here, and you can tell that because of googly- Pete:                Okay. I'm just- Justin:              The google in his eyes. Pete:                You can Google his eyes? Justin:              You can Google his eyes and then setting up this next thing, it comes out of nowhere and it's fine. Pete:                I agree with Justin and I have a lot of caveats. I think that it is fun. It's really fun. The art and the characters designs are a lot of fun. There's some great action sequences where you're like, “This is really bad-ass.” But also what I really like about it is the heart. There's a lot of heart in this book, which I really appreciate. If you're going to go into all this action, it's nice to know what the thoughts and the feelings are before all this goes down. I'm excited to see this next big arc. I like where this left off. I feel like Donnie Cates did a good job of wrapping this up and getting it ready for the next thing. I think this was a really good issue. Alex:                 I agree. Let's move on to a give me for Pete, Usagi Yojimbo, number 14 from IDW publishing, written art and letters by Stan Sakai. In this issue, our Bunny Warrior does some bunny warrior stuff. Pete, take it away. Pete:                Okay. First off is [inaudible 00:26:36] sent the bunny warrior bullshit. Okay. Don't try to make him more cutesy. This is an action oriented book, about a serious ronin samurai who travels the land and helping people. So don't put that fucking bunny shit on there. All right? Alex:                 Okay. So would you call him a whittle, whittle rabbit, samurai? Pete:                You're the worst. Alex:                 Would you call him a adorable squish [inaudible 00:27:01]? Pete:                No. Did you just turn into your son for a second? I like this. I love all the characters. Alex:                 Don't you slam my son out of entirely separate podcasts. Pete:                I'll slam them. He needs to get some fucking musical talent is what he needs to do. Alex:                 Jesus Christ. Justin:              Wow, unnecessary Pete. Pete:                Don't ask from the hit if you don't want it. Justin:              Don't ask for the Pete hit if you don't want it. Anyway, get back to reviewing your peep Samurai book. Alex:                 Hey, can you name the three comic book writers who are female to your girlfriend, Pete? Pete:                No. That's why we had to do it on the show. All right. Justin:              This is unnecessary. Pete:                But I never get tired of this. These are all very similar stories about a traveling ronin, but I love his heart of gold and how he always is doing the right thing. This is just in a fucked up world, it's nice to have staples like this book that you can always depend on. You always know Usagi is going to do the right thing. He's going to try to save the day. It's just fantastic. I love all these stories. I love all the action. Even though that people are getting like cotton stabbed, they don't really show the blood and guts. Pete:                They focus more on the action, what happens than the blood and the gore. Yeah, I just think it's really cool, and this one, we see a lot of focus on family, which is nice and also poignant and sad. But I liked the old black and white version. I know people like color for some reason, but if this sells more comics and gets it in more hands, then I'm all for it. Justin:              Pete, are you threatened? Do you think that the even smaller cuter rabbit warrior with a bow and arrow is going to be a threat to Usagi, the cute, the sword bunny? Pete:                Well, hopefully the older Usagi will have somebody to hand over his swords to, you know what I mean, just to continue the story. Justin:              He does seem to love his swords. Just which one of these is the Easter Bunny? Pete:                I fucking hate you. Justin:              A very fun book. Alex:                 Yeah. Delightful. I would love to see this fluffy wuffy eat some carrots [crosstalk 00:29:20]. Batman, number 103 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Carlo Pagulayan and Danny Miki and Guillem March. In this issue, Ghost-Maker is having it in for Batman. Ghost-Maker is a old frenemy of Batman from back in the day, they both trained the exact same way, constantly fought throughout history and now has come to Gotham City to make things right, because he thinks Batman is doing a bad job. In this issue, he is trying to kill Clown Hunter who is trying to kill Harley Quinn. Alex:                 So things get really messed up. I really like this. I think this is, again, just a really good story from James Tynion. He clearly likes Harley Quinn a lot in particular, and I love having her in here. He writes really good Harley Quinn. It's good stuff. He's building his own Batman mythology rather than just picking up on what got left off on whatever happened with Tom King's run. That's great. I'm excited to see what's going forward. Pete:                Yeah. It's nice because he does a good job of giving us a little bit of Batman's past with some humor. Like the fact that we see Batman in the desert and Ghost-Maker rolls up on him and he's like, “Not tonight, man.” They're kind of back and forth, the way that Ghost-Maker and Batman kind of go back and forth, the repartee is very enjoyable. I really like it. Yeah. Seeing Poison Ivy… Not Poison Ivy. Seeing Harley Quinn talking to Poison Ivy made my skin crawl, because she's like kissing the plant and I'm highly allergic. But I think that, I liked the outer monologue of it. It felt very Harley Quinn. Pete:                I think they do a great job of capturing her voice and I like their characterization of her. Also this Clown Hunter thing is very interesting the way that this is still sticking around. I'm very curious about what the end game of this character. I'm not sick of Clown Hunter, I'm just wondering what the bigger game is. Yeah. I also liked how this Ghost-Maker is more of a psychopath than Batman and thinks that the recent Batman is doing a bad job with Gotham is because he cares too much, which is an interesting psychopathic thing to say and I can relate to it. Justin:              Lots of information there. Really love Guillem Marches art here in the back half of the book. I agree with you, Alex, Harley is a really well used here. Ghost-Maker reminds me a lot of Azrael taking over for Batman after Bain broke his back. So I'm curious what sort of hole this character will fill down the line, because as of now I think Clown Hunter really stands out a little bit more as the unique Jame's creation. So I'm curious to see how that unfolds. Alex:                 I agree. Let's move on and talk about Black Magick, number 16 from Image Comics written by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott. This is the last issue of Black Magick, I believe for a little while now. But it ends on a big… Cliffhanger isn't exactly the right word, but our main character is presented with an impossible choice. Is she going to seem one of the two people in her life that she truly loves, spoiler, she ends up saving both of them, which is actually a very bad decision in terms of things that are going forward. The thing that is fascinating to me about this book is relatively speaking, so little happens in every issue, but it has such import, it feels weighty anyway. Justin:              Yeah. I agree and the art is just beautiful. The way that the villains eyes are drawn is really haunting and it's such a simple thing giving each of the sort of demon characters, this yellow, black energy to them. Really great. Yeah, and in the back matter, we see that the next issue of Black Magick won't be until late summer 2021. Pete:                Yeah. That's tough. That's a long time to wait, but I've really liked the characterization of like, it's not something that you've seen before where it's like, “I'm a cop, but I also do magic.” The back and forth that we learn about this character and what she stands for and with her background and how she goes about her day is very interesting. I like the dilemma and the choices that she makes shows how much he cares. Pete:                So I think this is a very interesting book. I've been really enjoying it and I agree with Justin, the art is phenomenal. They pay a lot attention to details to make things extra spooky. When you're reading something and you're scared, it really says a lot about the art and how well they can draw you into the story. Alex:                 When you say that thing where, “I'm a cop, but I can do magic.” That we've seen before. Where have you seen that before Pete? Pete:                There's just been many stories where somebody struggling with their day job and their identity, which they would rather be doing, like, “I'm this, but I'm also that.” “I'm Bruce Wayne, but I'm also Batman.” The secret kind of identity thing is where I was going at. Alex:                 Sure. You don't need to go beyond Bruce Wayne and Batman, the most relatable of situations. I get what you're talking about. Juggernaut, number three from Marvel Comics, written by Fabian Nacieza, art by- Pete:                Don't ask me questions if you're not going to like my fucking response dick. Justin:              Yeah. It all comes back to Batman. Alex:                 Written by Fabian Nacieza, art by Ron Garney. We were very complimentary of this title for the first two issues and had Fabian on the show to talk about it. So check out the live show with him. We get some big answers here. What happened to Juggernaut? How did he get into his new costume? What's going on with him? I love this take on Juggernaut. This is nothing I would've ever expected or asked for, but I think it's so smart and so well done and of course, Ron Garney's art is impeccable throughout this. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Great title. Just a blast to read. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. The Ron Garney is such a great artist. I wish he was doing more books on a regular basis and yeah, it's such a unique story that really both explores the backstory of Juggernaut and also drives it forward at the same time, which is hard to do. Then just tells a fun action adventure going on in the present day. Pete:                Yeah. I also like how they were also making fun of the fact in the book that he's fighting sand. They're making fun of itself as it's going on. Yeah, I've been really- Justin:              Every time I go to the beach, I feel like I'm fighting sand. Pete:                Man, I tell you, when you're done going to the beach, you're still fighting sand, finding it all over the place. Justin:              I'm fighting sand. Pete:                This is such a great surprise. This book as Alex was saying, and also just like the art is so bad-ass. Ron Garney is such a bad-ass. We've seen Juggernaut in a lot of different ways, but like see him power up with this suit, with all the red, it was just so cool. Yeah, I've never been more impressed with Juggernaut. Justin:              You can't stop this. Pete:                You can't. Alex:                 It's fun to see him do the Superman thing, opening up his shirt and turning on his costume. It's just a fun riff that I'm really enjoying. Let's move on and talk about, You Look Like Death, tales from the Umbrella Academy, number three, Dark Horse Comics, story by Gerard way and Shaun Simon, art and colors by I.N.J Culbard. As you can probably guess from the title, this is focusing on Klaus from the Umbrella Academy. His adventurous in Hollywood got mixed up with a bunch of shady characters, including a vampire monkey and some other folks. Pete, you have a question right off [crosstalk 00:37:30]. Pete:                Yeah. I just wanted to ask Justin something because he's a classically trained actor. When you go on auditions and when you're being aligned producer, you have to see this a lot, right? A lot of people channeling demons and stuff like that. That's got to be a nightmare for Hollywood to comb through all of this all the time, right? Justin:              There's a famous actor manual called an actor prepares by, Uta Hagen, I believe. A lot of the technique focuses on channeling a demon into your body before you step out into the audition room or onto the audition stage. So it's really great to see this play down person and of course, Pete, always a grasp of my career and personal life that I am often auditioning to be aligned producer. Alex:                 Right. This is a fun book. One of the things that I really like about it in particular is the push and pull between Klaus doesn't care about anything, just wants to get high, just wants to get drug and actually being forced into situations where he is going to have to cause something to happen. It's just this enjoyable push and pull as the action coalesces and spirals around him getting him to a point where he's going to have to do something eventually, but he's not quite there yet. Right now he's just eating relish out of a jar and having a good time. Justin:              Relish is good. It just slides right down your throat. Pete:                The art in this is just fantastic. They do an amazing job. This is a really fun story and worth checking out for sure. Justin:              I love the little section where this writer who died, but hasn't moved on is sort of reckoning with his life, is really fun and it's just a little side bit of the story. Alex:                 That's good stuff. Stillwater, number three, from Image Comics, written by Chip Zdarksy, art by Ramon K. Perez. This title focuses on a small town where nobody ever dies. They can get hurt. They have to recover from that, but they never die and there's a man who has found out that he was actually the son of one of the women from that town. He is now trapped there. His mother is buried near the gazebo at the center of the town and he's trying to figure out a way out as he slowly works himself in the way of the society. Alex:                 This is really good and it doing a good job of slowly building up the mythology of this book. I like this issue in particular, just because it sets up the dangers going forward, but also explains a little bit more about the, how the concept works. Just smart writing across the board, I think. Pete:                Yeah. This is my favorite issue so far. In this issue, they do a good job of really spelling out everything that we've learned as we move forward. Yeah, I'm really impressed with the artwork. This is a cool idea and it's one of the reasons a lot of people are scared of small towns. Justin:              Yeah. Most people are scared of small towns because they'll have to live forever there and never get sick. Yeah, I think this issue really sets the level for what the series will be, I think in a good way and Ramon Perez's art is so good. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about the Immortal Hulk, number 40 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing and art by Joe Bennett. After spending the last couple of issues with the leader, fighting the Hulk inside of his own head, potentially inside of hell, potentially a lot of stuff going on and that was absolutely horrifying to witness. We finally move outside there and things really move forward as Alpha Flight finds out what's going on. They figure out what's happening to the leader. Thanks to… My gosh, what's his name? I heard it's the body of Walter Langkowski. Pete:                Sasquatch, Joe Fixit, who are you talking about? Justin:              Abomination? Alex:                 No. The strong guy, Samson? Justin:              [crosstalk 00:41:31]. That was the body Sasquatch and fills them in on everything that's going on. In the meantime, Joe Fixit, make some moves of his own. There's still plenty of gross stuff that happens to the comic. Pete:                Sure is. Alex:                 But I love how much we're moving forward here and that last page, not just in terms of the writing, but also in terms of the way Joe Bennett draws it, is perfection. Justin:              Yeah, it's really good. I'm sort of bummed because I had a long standing pitch at Marvel where I was like, I wanted the Hulk to give birth to a mustachioed version of himself and they did it in this issue. So I guess [crosstalk 00:42:10] back to the drawing book. Pete:                Yeah. Salvin I couldn't agree more of that last panel was just such a classic comic last panel that gets you really excited. This is horrifying and amazing and all sorts of everything in between. This ride has been fantastic. When this thing is finally collected, this is going to be one of those ones that stands the test of time. It's really impressive. Alex:                 I wanted to ask you, Pete, because you were really against this for a while, you kept asking for your Hulk to come back. You wanted your Hulk back. What turns you? Because you now see him 100% fully on board with this. Justin:              You were like, “I want my Hulk back.” Pete:                No. I still feel that way, guys. I still want my Hulk back, but this is an interesting time out take on characters that's been around for a while. It's a very fresh, very new take on it. So you've got to respect something that's great. But yeah, I can't wait for my Hulk to come back and I can enjoy Hulk books more. This is a scarier version of something that I love and it's a little bit over my head, a little too smart, but I respect the fact of what it's doing. Alex:                 Right. It's like ginger beer instead of ginger ale. Pete:                Right. Yeah. Why would you… I don't sure. Alex:                 It's like, “This is too spicy on my tongue, no thanks. Give me some Schweppes, please.” Justin:              It's hard to feel where you're landing in here Alex. Are you landing on ginger ale? Because I think you're positioning yourself as a ginger beer. Alex:                 No, I love ginger beer. I'm just talking about from Pete's perspective. He wants ginger ale, but he's getting ginger beer. Justin:              I think this is your mistake. He wants Mountain Dew. Pete:                This is true. Justin:              I don't know what all this ginger ale [crosstalk 00:43:58]. Pete:                Do you know, Mountain Dew came out with a cookbook. Glorious. Justin:              Yep. You've mentioned to us a lot and I look forward to your potluck dish that you'll be providing to our next meetup. What do you think next issue when the Hulk just totally murders the thing? Pete:                Man, that's going to be crazy. Justin:              Yeah, that'll be fun when he just rips the bricks off of him until he's [crosstalk 00:44:20]. Pete:                I don't know because Joe Fixit doesn't look like he's in good shape. I don't know if he can take on the thing. Justin:              He's going to rip the bricks off. Alex said it. Alex:                 We'll see what happens. Next up, Big Girls, number four from Image Comics, story and art by Jason Howard. This is a book about a world where girls are gigantic and boys are monsters. AKA the [crosstalk 00:44:43]. Pete:                Sorry. Alex:                 Wait, what? What are you sorry about? Pete:                Sorry for all the damage that dudes has done to this world. Alex:                 Thank you for apologizing for a millennia misogyny. I appreciate it, Pete. I think your statement here at our comic book podcast, solitary. Pete:                Thanks man. Do what you can, you know. Justin:              This book keeps moving forward. I liked the story. The girls just keep getting bigger. Alex:                 Yeah. That's what I love about big girls, man, they keep getting bigger [crosstalk 00:45:16]. Pete:                No, but we're slowly getting more and more of what this mutation is and how they're going to stop it and a little bit more about this evil mastermind behind this. I think Jason Howard is doing a good job of giving us just a little bit more information each issue surrounded by a ton of action. I appreciate the storytelling, I think this is a classically great Image book. Alex:                 Next up, I know this is one that Justin, you were super excited about. Widowmakers, number one, story by that Devin Grayson, pencils and inks by Michele Bandini. This is clearly setting up the Black Widow movie that'll come out at some point, maybe, we'll see what happens. But you got Yelena Belova, teaming up with Red Guardian. Justin, why don't you like this book so much? Pete:                Yeah, Justin? Justin:              It has- Alex:                 What's your fucking problem? Justin:              I've got a big problem with how great this book is because this book has no business being this good. It's a standalone issue featuring characters- Pete:                Don't say that. Justin:              People aren't crazy in love for. Well, I mean that as a compliment. It's such a, we follow mostly Yelena Belova, former Black Widow, who is technically a villain in a Black Widow arc and she's been on her own. What's great about it is, it's her being contracted by this rich dick to go do something for him and it ends up going wrong and she's just meant to test these facilities and then be murdered by these people. It's a great action book throughout the whole issue, but the internal monologue going on in Yelena's head is so good about her life, her place in the world, Russia's place in the world, what it means to be a citizen of the world and from a nation and freedom. Justin:              There's just so many great ideas here, but it really tracks with this character. It puts you really in her point of view. Then she meets Red Guardian later on in the issue and he has a very different point of view and we get to sort of just take that in without having them jam some sort of idea down our throats. I just thought it was one the smartest issues I've read in a long time. This is my favorite book of the week. I really liked it. Pete:                Yeah, it is really great. The art is fantastic. Also this is the best versions of these characters that I've seen. Yeah, it was really impressive to see when somebody tastes and has a great idea for some characters, what they can do. Justin:              I love it at the end, the idea of how she gets the villain in the end, I thought was truly [crosstalk 00:48:03]. Pete:                Yeah. That was glorious. Justin:              It was great. Alex:                 Awesome. Just to mention, it seems like they're teeing up that this ties into the Black Widow series that is currently running, which is great as well from Kelly Thompson. So definitely check that out. Let's move on to Ice Cream Man, number 21 from Image Comics, written by W. Maxwell Prince, art by Martin Morazzo. I got to tell you, coming into this book, I was like, “Okay, I get it. They're doing their [inaudible 00:48:29]. That's not what it was at all. This is straight up a Watchman riff that they are doing this issue, which was so surprising and so shocking and as dark and messed up, as you would expect from Ice Cream Man. What'd you think about this issue? Justin:              When I looked at the cover, I was like, “That's a funny cover idea.” Like a Watchman take Ice Cream Man. Then I was like, “Shit, that's the whole thing.” Which I was really surprised by. Then the way it ends is… Because it plays sort of a slight spoiler, like the very rare, more positive ending for any sort of character in Ice Cream Man. I thought that is a interesting subversion of what Watchman is, but it left me thinking like, “I need to read this a couple more times and really get into what's happening here because it's so good.” But I'm almost being fooled by the positive ending, I feel like. Pete:                Yeah. Because the Ice Cream Man has been so dark and horrifying throughout. This issue was just me going, “Shit.” I was like, “Why is this so familiar?” Then slowly getting it and it was the coloring and the panels. I'm like, “I know why this is so familiar.” Then the upside down frowny face was just the nail that kind of put in the coffin where I was like, “This is amazing.” I immediately went back, like Justin said and reread it to be like, “How did I not get this earlier?” Pete:                But every issue I'm so nervous before I read it, because I'm like, I don't know if it can keep going at such a high level of creativity and constantly amazing me and torturing my mind with what is happening. We still really don't know what's going on with Ice Cream Man and every issue we find out a little bit more, but it's just still such a crazy, interesting book that is… I cannot wait for it to finish so I can go back and reread it all again and enjoy it all again, because it's just really impressive. Alex:                 Well, feels like they did a similar sort of thing with All-star Superman, a couple of issues back. We had W. Maxwell Prince on our live show. He talked about how it's not necessarily connecting the story. Maybe there's an Ice Cream Man multi-verse, this feels like one of those tales out in the multi-verse that rifts on or reverberates off of what's going on with Ice Cream Man, because I read most of it thinking, okay, we're getting some real answers in terms of mythology here. That's not what happens at all necessarily. It's more just like, there are echoes of what's going on in the book usually, but it's still, Martin Morazzo's art is so gorgeous and so well laid out. The watcher risks are fun. It's weird to do a positive Watchman to your point, Justin, but I think if you're going to do anything that ends happy, that you're parodying, sure, do it Watchman, have a happy ending for Watchma. Why not. Justin:              Well, and the ultimate way to subvert Watchman is to have the Rorschach character go live a happy life and make his world better. That's what I think the point is, is like, “Hey, let's just take small steps to make our lives better.” That's what I think the last page with the end is near with [inaudible 00:52:14] crossed out on the dude's sign. I think it's like, “Hey, it'd be a little easier if we just had it be near.” He does. So it's like, “Let's all make small steps to have a better life.” Which that would solve Watchman as well. Justin:              Watchman's all about tricking the humanity to be nicer to each other by creating a squared that is threatening the planet. It's like, “Okay, now you don't have to kill each other because there's another enemy.” This book is maybe saying, “No, we could also just be nicer to each other on a day-to-day basis.” I think that's a very cool idea. If that's what the intention was, this is very good. Pete:                Yeah. I also liked the idea of, instead of having a character go down a dark path and be like, “I'm too wrapped up in this.” Having the character stop and realize like, “I need to be a better partner.” It's doable. It's “If I put some time and energy into this, I can save this fucking thing. I can turn it around.” It was really great and the midst of all this craziness of this Ice Cream Man world, it was very surprising and goal. Alex:                 Lastly, we're going to move on to our X of Swords block, which Pete is very into it, very excited about. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:53:32]. Alex:                 Hold on, buddy. Justin:              That's why we do it at the end because you log off. Alex:                 Yeah, we save it right for the end here. But this is the second to last week of extra service. We're going to be wrapping it up all next week. Okay. Calm down, buddy. But we got X-Force number 14, written by Benjamin Percy and [Jerry Dougan 00:53:50], art by Joshua Cassara. [inaudible 00:53:52] number six, written by Seb Wells and art by Carmen Carnero. Cable, number six written by Jerry Dukin and Phil Neto. Here we are very much into the tournament of [Arocco versus Kakoa 00:54:02]. They are fighting battles, often not with swords, but with other beings throughout this. Justin:              Eating contests. Alex:                 We get a bunch of them fleshed out. Some of them happen shorter than others, but by the end of it, we move on to the main event. Spoiler is you could have predicted this even call out that you could predict it. It's apocalypse versus annihilation as Arocco and Kakoa are tie. That's what this has been leading all up towards. Pete, I know you're against this. I know you're not loving this. Justin, let's go to you first. what'd you think about these issues? Justin:              Well, it's funny to Pete's point of being frustrated by it. It's there is a little bit of a trick here with this whole event where they set it up to be this Epic sort of age of apocalypse style crossover. When what it really is, is like X-Men playing baseball on a grand event scale. It's very playful. It's very light and fun. Despite the fact that the X-Men are losing, which is, I think stressful in general, but it's these fun lighthearted events punctuated by horrible murder. The back half of the X-Force issue where we see the Storm, the stuff that- Pete:                The storm fight is glorious. Justin:              The drink that Storm and Wolverine were drinking, the Blight Swill is actually a pretty strong poison, like a soul poisoning and then Storm still beats her dude, and then lets him get slaughtered. That was bad-ass. Pete:                Yeah it was. Alex:                 Well, in the Hellions issue, it takes a little bit of a side trip. Early in the event we found out that Mr. Sinister was leading his team to try to get the swords of Arocco before they could use them. Turns out as usual, Mr. Sinister is being an evil fuck and- Pete:                Surprise. Alex:                 He tricked his entire team in order to get genetic information from the mutants of Arocco, that's all he really wanted to do. His entire team dies in absolutely horrible ways. It's a little unclear which one of them are going to come back or not because if you die in other worlds, your personality dies, but you might be pulled from another personality. So may getting some new rifts out a bunch of these characters. Justin:              Well, I feel like we got Havoc and Quantum survive in that may be it. Alex:                 Yeah. I think Empath also makes it through, right? He gets stabbed, but he crawls his way through. So maybe he's coming back. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 But that's super dark. The rest of it is, like both of you guys are saying, there's a point to the fact that it's frustrating that they're never getting to the sword fights. You're watching it and you're reading it, you're like, “They're doing a puzzle fight. That's insane.” It is insane that Iliana is doing puzzles right now to try to beat these people. But I think, Justin, you said it last week, we were talking about these issues, this is [inaudible 00:57:07] setting up fairy magic to trick Arocco in order to win. Alex:                 There's even a point in one of these issues where they're like, what is she doing right now? What side is she on? What is the game that she's playing? But it ultimately comes clear when Gorgon ends up fighting and ties up the score, so it gets to annihilation versus apocalypse. That was the whole point of what [inaudible 00:57:31] was doing. She was getting it to this point of whatever is next to even up the score. I am still very much on board with this. I understand the frustration with the lack of sword fights that are happening in X of Swords, but we got three issues left here. I think the story has been so fascinating audits own both from a writing and an art perspective that I'm still very much enjoying it, personally. Justin:              Yeah. The Cable issue that we didn't talk about, the art's great and there's some great emotional mo

Marvel comics of 1988. Black Panther miniseries, Daredevil by Nocenti & Romita Jr, and Hulk by Peter David and Todd McFarlane! Joe Fixit! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Black Panther #1 to #4 Daredevil #254 to #257, 259, 260 Incredible Hulk #340, #343 to #345, #347 to […] The post Marvel Year Twenty-Seven: 1988 Pt. 1 appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Diabolu Frank, Ill Mac, & Joe Fixit each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Track Listing“Desperate Guys” from the 2004 album Wet From Birth by The Faint“Deadweight” from the 1997 soundtrack A Life Less Ordinary featuring Beck“Brackish” from the 2000 album Spit by KittieArtists: Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, Mister FixitLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 12 August 2020Genre: Electro/Synth-pop, Alternative Rock, Nü-Metal #1SONGea. MP3ShoutEngineInternet ArchiveiTunesStitcherFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

Gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit Breaks Las Vegas Part 3 Phil and Lilith review part 3 of the gray Hulk’s adventures in Las Vegas from Incredible Hulk #356-#359 (June—September 1989) featuring “the toughest guy in Vegas”, “Dennis the Menace” and Hulk vs the ultimate evil. Show Notes: Gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit Breaks Las Vegas Part 3: Comic Capers Episode #82 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire  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 Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics

Gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit Breaks Las Vegas Part 2 Phil and Lilith review part 2 of the gray Hulk’s adventures in Las Vegas from Incredible Hulk #351-#355 (January—May 1989) featuring the secret of how the Hulk wound up in Las Vegas, Bruce Banner returns, and who is Glorian? Show Notes: Gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit Breaks Las Vegas Part 2: Comic Capers Episode #81 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire  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 Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit Breaks Las Vegas Part 1 Phil and Lilith review part 1 of the gray Hulk’s adventures in Las Vegas from Incredible Hulk #347-#350 (September-December 1988), Web of Spider-Man #44 and Fantastic Four #320 (November 1988). Show Notes: Gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit Breaks Las Vegas Part 1: Comic Capers Episode #80 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire  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 Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the SMG Podcast Network on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Rob and Will take a look at the forgotten MCU entry and the movie that started to build The Avengers. Is the Hulk in the movies completely different from the Hulk on the page? Which part of Hulk’s origin has NEVER been depicted on screen? And who the hell is Joe Fixit? All this and more in the second episode of Marvel Versus Marvel!

I meant to say Joe Fixit, not Joe Chill, I'm not a fakenerdboy I promiseRent, buy, or stream The Real Will Wood on Amazon Prime VideoSend your questions to lifeintheworldtocome@gmail.compatreon: lifeintheworldtocomediscord: discord.gg/QMWMGPNinstagram: @lifeintheworldtocomeintro/outro music: "We Are The Hellhounds" by The Taxpayers

This week we're talking about Joe Fixit, Westworld, Altered Carbon and Challenge Of Five Gauntlets. Show music by Reed Love and OGRE. Support the show!

Iron Man #247 & Incredible Hulk #361 Phil and Lilith review an unofficial Iron Man/Hulk crossover from Iron Man #247 (October 1989) and Incredible Hulk #361 (November 1989) featuring Hydra, A.I.M., Madame Masque and Joe Fixit! Show Notes: Iron Man #247 & Incredible Hulk #361: Comic Capers Episode #75 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire  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 Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the SMG Podcast Network on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Become a Patron! EPISODE 136: High Priest of Khonshu Rey is joined by regular Loony and awesome co-host 'The Power of' Chad to go through a short arc in a title series you wouldn't expect! The Fist of Khonshu finds himself up against the Grey Hulk, Joe Fixit, in Las Vegas whilst in the back up story, we're treated with more Hulk madness with grudge match pitting She-Hulk against Grade A douche, the mysterious Red Hulk! How does Moony fare in this adventure? You'll have to listen to find out our thoughts! PHASE OF THE MOON: WAXING GIBBOUS OVER THE MOON - ARC REVIEW  HULK VOL.2, ISSUES #7-9 (‘What Happens in Vegas’ / ‘World’s Finest’ / ‘Jackpot’) Released  December , 2008 Writer - Jeph Loeb Penciler - Arthur Adams Inker - Walden Wong Colourist - Peter Steigerwald Letterer - Comicraft, Albert Deschesne Editor - Mark Paniccia BARE BONES (COURTESY OF WIKI): Finally free of Gamma Base, Bruce Banner travels up to Canada to investigate the scene where the Red Hulk encountered the pack of Wendigo. Following the Red Hulk's trail, Bruce Banner finds himself in Las Vegas. Just outside of the Circe's Mystic Isle casino he comes across a mob of panicked and gore splattered people fleeing for their lives. Running into the casino, Banner witnesses the Wendigo attacking people. Banner loses control when he watches as a woman is dragged away to her death. Instead of transforming into the green Hulk, Banner transforms into his grey alter-ego, Joe Fixit. Happy to be back in Las Vegas, Fixit knocks one of the Wendigo clear out of the casino. As he fights the creature off he is suddenly struck in the back with a number of crescent-shaped objects. Turning around, he witnesses the arrival of Moon Knight. The masked hero tells the Hulk to leave, but Fixit refuses. Moon Knight manages to temporarily blind the Joe, but he manages to knock the hero out. Before the Hulk can pummel Moon Knight anymore he is ordered to stand down by Ms. Marvel and the Sentry. Fixit tosses Moon Knight into the sky, prompting the Sentry to go and catch him. Ms. Marvel then swoops in for the attack, knocking the gray Hulk into a massive neon sign and turning him from the grey Mr. Fixit into the green savage. Meanwhile, the Sentry catches up to Moon Knight, but he doesn't want to be rescued. By the time the masked hero gets to the ground, the Hulk has grabbed hold of Ms. Marvel. Moon Knight then shoves sonic disruptors into the Hulk's ears. The high pitch sound causes the Hulk a great deal of pain and the brute then tries to leap away. The Sentry then slams the Hulk onto the top of the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino. It's then that Moon Knight calls out to them and points out that the Wendigo are still running amok on the street. From atop the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, the Hulk tells the two Avengers that he has a plan. This is simply smashing the Wendigo.Soon the Hulk is swarmed by the Wendigo. Moon Knight tries his best to force the creatures away, but his Crescent Darts have little effect on the Wendigo.  As Ms. Marvel and the Sentry join Moon Knight they are horrified to see that the Hulk has been transformed into a Wendigo as well. The two powerhouses slam into the Wendihulk and try to fight him to a standstill, but he is too powerful for them to handle. Suddenly, they are joined by Brother Voodoo who detected the presence of the Wendigo in the area. He has the three heroes keep the Wendihulk occupied while he casts a voodoo spell that causes a quick flash blizard. Everyone who was turned into a Wendigo is returned to human form, including Bruce Banner. Finding themselves back in human form, the former Wendigo find themselves nude and violently ill. While the three heroes are busy tending to the people, Bruce Banner manages to slip away. MOON RATING (out of phases of the Moon): Chad:

Kyle Olson and Rob Kubasko are on the front line of the Marvel Movie Minute, pulling apart the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ... one minute at a time. This season, they're ready to smash.We’ve got new voices around the mic for season 2 and our dissection of Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk, but we bring the same love of the MCU. No matter how you feel about this movie in particular. There’s a lot to talk about from minute to minute — from effects to stunts and more — so stick with us this season and learn more than you’ve ever thought about ol’ Joe Fixit himself!

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Diabolu Frank, Ill Mac, & Joe Fixit each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Bored” from the 1995 album Adrenaline by Deftones“Let’s Chill” from the 1990 album The Future by Guy“A Mistake” from the 1999 album When the Pawn… by Fiona AppleArtists: Illegal Machine, Mister Fixit, Diabolu FrankLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 08 January 2020Genre: Nü-Metal, New Jack Swing, Art Pop/Jazz? #1SONGea. ?Facebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Diabolu Frank, Ill Mac, & Joe Fixit each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Bette Davis Eyes” from the 1981 album Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes“Lost in the Supermarket” from the 1979 album London Calling by The Clash“Jocko Homo” from the 1977 dual single Mongoloid / Jocko Homo by DevoArtists: Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, Mister FixitLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 11 September 2019Genre: Synth-pop, Post-punk, Art RockFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Joe Fixit, Ill Mac, & Diabolu Frank each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Evil” from the 2004 album Antics by Interpol“99 Ways to Die” from the 1993 album The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience by Megadeth“El Sapo” from the album Chuy Vega Corridos, vol. 2 by Chuy Vega Y Los Nuevos CadetesArtists: Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, Mister FixitLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 10 July 2019Genre: Post-Punk Revival, Thrash, CorridoFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Joe Fixit, Ill Mac, & Diabolu Frank each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Borderline” from the 1983 album Madonna by Madonna“Cry Little Sister” from the 1987 album The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Gerard McMahon“La Raza” from the 1990 album Hispanic Causing Panic by Kid FrostArtists: Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, Mister FixitLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 26 March 2019Genre: Synth-pop, Dark wave, Latin hip hop/Gangsta

TRIGGER WARNING: Co-hosts Frank, Mac, and Joe Fixit go really dark at times on this acidic, 43% positive overview of Wham’s most famous member, gay icon, and humble philanthropist Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou.Facebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Joe Fixit, Ill Mac, & Diabolu Frank each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” from the 1976 album Ramones by The Ramones“Tainted Love” from the 1981 album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell“Candy” from the 1986 album Word Up! by Cameo“Opposites Attract” from the 1988 album Forever Your Girl by Paula AbdulArtists: Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, Mister FixitLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 08 August 2018Genre: Punk, Synth-pop, Funk, New jack swingFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Ill Mac, Joe Fixit, & Diabolu Frank each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Yankee Rose” from the 1986 album Eat ‘Em And Smile by David Lee Roth“Cities in Dust” from the 1986 album Tinderbox by Siouxsie and the Banshees“Funk #49” from the 1970 album James Gang Rides Again by James GangArtists: Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, Mister FixitLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 05 June 2018Genre: Hard Rock, Alternative Rock, Classic RockFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Ill Mac, Joe Fixit, & Diabolu Frank each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Feed Me (Git It)” from the 1982 album Little Shop Of Horrors – Original Cast Album by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken“Frank Sinatra” from the 1996 album Fashion Nugget by Cake“These Arms of Mine” from the 1962 single These Arms Of Mine / Hey Hey Baby by Otis ReddingArtists: Mister Fixit, Illegal Machine, Diabolu FrankLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 14 Mar 2018Genre: Stage & Screen Soundtrack, Alternative Rock, Soul / Rhythm & BluesFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Ill Mac, Joe Fixit, & Diabolu Frank each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally.Tracklist“Explosivo” from the 2001 album Tenacious D by Tenacious D“Lola” from the 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One by The Kinks“As Girls Go” from the 1992 album 99.9F° by Suzanne VegaArtists: Mister Fixit, Illegal Machine, Diabolu FrankLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 15 Nov 2017Genre: Alternative Rock/Comedy, Classic Rock, Folk Rock/Synth-popFacebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordPress

Co-hosts Frank, Mac and Joe Fixit have a lighthearted, foul-mouthed conversation about the hits of the late, great Heartbreaker. Facebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordpress

On our not-so-new music show, co-host Frank breaks the basic format of the nascent show by offering numerous tracks for his segment (including a friggin' Kenny Loggins medley!) Partners Mac and Joe Fixit follow the established rules where each of the hosts selects one song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally. #DancePactTracklist“Footloose/I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” from the 1984 soundtrack Footloose by Kenny Loggins“Kick Him When He's Down” from the 1992 album Ignition by The Offspring“Detachable Penis” from the 1992 album Happy Hour by King Missile“Hook in Mouth” from the 1988 album So Far, So Good... So What! by MegadethArtists: Mister Fixit, Illegal Machine, Diabolu FrankLabel: Rolled Spine PodcastsFormat: MP3 Digital Download/StreamingCountry: USAReleased: 04 Oct 2017Genre: Pop Rock, Punk, Art Rock, Thrash Facebookrolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com@rolledspineWordpress

Mardi Gras has happened in New Orleans this week and we talk about lady Joe Fixit, Millarisms, Carol Danvers' transformation from likable character to superbitch, and more. The song you heard was Hinkik - "Skystrike." If you like the song you can find it on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/hinkik/skystrike Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5cMbXhVwQxJUwUZVY11pdd You can find more from Hinkik on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hinkik Twitter: https://twitter.com/HinkikEDM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HinkikProductions Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/artist/6AelNJV2eBg9B3gxfvBNFF Ask.fm: https://ask.fm/hinkik SoundCloud: @hinkik Song released under CC BY 3.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Help supporter Death's Door Prods on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ddprods Website: http://www.deathsdoorprods.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DeathsDoorProds Dead Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DeadMan_DDProds Birdy Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbirdwhistel Niko Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/neeks99 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeathsDoorProds MediaWhorz Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MediaWhorz YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/DeathsDoorProdsVids MediaWhorz YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/MediaWhorz iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/deathsdoorprods/id688055687 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/deaths-door-prods-anythingcast

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here...NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANIARD SECOND EDITION! Our dos episode of the free range topics side podcast arrives a mere three months after the first! You can't rush perfunctory!00:30 Are you a Mexican or a Mexi-Can't?03:00 Talking Star Wars with Count Drunkula11:35 Joe Fixit & Diabolu Frank talk Star Wars-flavored sci-fi16:27 Interlude: Snake-Bite33:10 Twenty Years is the Marshmallow Anniversary34:46 Billy Corgan & the Infinite Grungeness As you can tell, we love a fierce conversation and a pretty picture, so why don't you socialize with us, either by leaving a comment on this page or...Tweet us as a group @rolledspine, or individually as Diabolu Frank & Illegal Machine. Fixit don't tweet.Email us at rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.comRoll through our tumblrIf the main rolled spine specials blog isn’t your thing, try the umbrella Rolled Spine Podcasts.

Superconnectivity: Charlie’s Good Day   -Luke Cage is almost here! -Joe Manganiello is the new Deathstroke -The Tony Stark woman triangle -Mary Jane Watson’s love child -Charlie (and Germans) love David Hasselhoff -Charlie’s economic plan -Joe Fixit is coming to the Marvel animated universe   Show notes: Superconnectivity: Charlie’s Good Day Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marvel_roundup   Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Superconnectivitypodcast/    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, Rob Southgate

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANIARD SECOND EDITION! Our dos episode of the free range topics side podcast arrives a mere three months after the first! You can’t rush perfunctory!00:30 Are you a Mexican or a Mexi-Can’t?03:00 Talking Star Wars with Count Drunkula11:35 Joe Fixit & Diabolu Frank talk Star Wars-flavored sci-fi16:27 Interlude: Snake-Bite33:10 Twenty Years is the Marshmallow Anniversary34:46 Billy Corgan & the Infinite Grungeness

Face Front, True Believers! The crossover of the season, Super-Blog Team Up #6, draws in your favorite Marvel Comics Podcast that's recorded live in Houston by three dudes! The trio return from that rotten Spring Special full force with a cracking good look around Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron via top 10 lists and general discussions but with limited spoilers (which we'll save for next week's exhaustive no-holds-barred examination of the film!) Mac gives his 10 best Avengers, Frank his 10 worst, and Joe Fixit ranks the cinematic Avengers with full knowledge to the hit of the summer's influence! Excelsior!

The Irredeemable Shag insists on talking at Frank about Alpha Flight and other, presumably better, Marvel comics. Meanwhile, Mac sorts through the Mail Bag and Joe Fixit wisely walks away from this debacle.