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Disney snatches up another pillar of geek culture and the Fantastic Forum is here to weigh in. Also OZ gives us his impressions of Man With The Iron Fist, we hear from Geoffrey Patterson Jr. in the Geoffrey's Comic's Retail Report and get reviews of John Byrne's Trio and A+X #1. Fantastic Forum Assemble!
John Byrne's Trio #1 and the Born Again Artist's Edition from IDW, Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration, Taschen books, Archaia's The Killer volume two by Matz and Luc Jacamon, Danger Club by Landry Q. Walker and Eric Jones, Bowen statues, Comixology, Jeff Smith's RASL from Cartoon Books, Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's The Manhattan Projects from Image, Jim Rugg, Phil Hester's Darkness and Darkness/Pitt, Paul Grist, Angel & Faith by Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs from Dark Horse, ten issues of Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, a tease at The Twelve, Mike Norton's Battle Pug, Winter Soldier, The Anthology Project, and much more!
It has been over a week since Marvel's The Avengers hit the big screen and the comic book world is still reeling. With that in mind Steve, Bob and Bobby tackle the conundrum of how DC Comics can catch up to Marvel in the movie department. Should they fast track a Justice League film or take time to launch The Flash, Wonder Woman and a non Nolan Batman in movies of their own? Find out what we think and let us know if you agree. Of course the gang takes some time to go over their books of the week with Bob lauding John Byrne's Trio, Steve loving on Avenging Spider-Man #7 and Bobby schizophrenically going over Civil War, Journey into Mystery and the Night of the Owls. Oh and Steve let's fly on Diablo III and how it's dominating his life. If this all sounds good to you why not sit back, relax and lets talk some comics!
Once again bracketed by listener comments from the 11 O'Clock Hotline, we plunge our collective proboscises deep into the upcoming Wild Pig event (Peter David, Rudy Nebres, Lee Weeks, and many more), the Wally Wood Artist Edition from IDW (incorporating Frank Frazetta, Mark Schultz, John Romita, Wil Eisner, Chris Ryall, and more), Terry Moore's Rachel Rising, JLA and the Obsidian Age by Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke, and Yvel Guichet, more on Winschluss' Pinocchio from Last Gasp, The Intrepids from Kurtis J. Wiebe, Scott Kowalchuk, and Image, Paul Gulacy and Master of Kung Fu #19, Punisher Max by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon, the forthcoming Frankenstein Alive, Alive! by Bernie Wrightson and Steve Niles and John Byrne's Trio from IDW, Planet of the Apes from BOOM!, Winter Soldier, Empowered by Adam Warren, and a whole mess more!