Podcast appearances and mentions of Lee Weeks

Welcome to the (Not So) New 52, a real-time retrospective of DC Comics' New 52 imprint! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:10 - Convergence #1 (Jeff King, Scott Lobdell and Carlo Pagulayan) 0:15:56 - Convergence: Superman #1 (Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks) 0:25:13 - Convergence: The Question #1 (Greg Rucka and Cully Hamner) 0:32:27 - Convergence: Justice League #1 (Frank Tieri and Vicente Cifuentes) 0:39:55 - Convergence: Batgirl #1 (Alisa Kwitney and Rick Leonardi) 0:49:08 - Convergence: Nightwing and Oracle #1 (Gail Simone and Jan Duursema) 0:59:39 - Convergence: The Atom #1 (Tom Peyer and Steve Yeowell) 1:07:56 - Convergence: Speed Force #1 (Tony Bedard and Tom Grummett) 1:16:04 - Convergence: Titans #1 (Fabian Nicieza and Ron Wagner) 1:23:57 - Convergence: Batman and Robin #1 (Ron Marz and Denys Cowan) 1:31:28 - Convergence: Harley Quinn #1 (Steve Pugh and Phil Winslade) 1:40:34 - Next Week's Books patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast (Use #New52) discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz Find out more at https://the-not-so-new-52.pinecast.co

Just as NASCAR drivers navigate the challenges of the sport on and off the track, we all face our own trials in the race of life. On Thursday's Mornings with Eric and Brigitte, Lee Weeks will give us a peak behind the curtain into the world of NASCAR. Inspiring Stories from the World of NascarDonate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshow/wrmbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 47 - Murdock and Marvel: 1998 Part 2 Things continued to be grim in the comic world, but it seemed as though the freefall might be over.  Marvel had escaped bankruptcy without missing even a single month of publishing, most of the other companies still in business made it through the year (but not all) and some very interesting new players entered the scene.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story. The Takeaway for 1998 - which is a look back at volume 1 of Daredevil - will be released next week as it's own episode.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances:  Daredevil #371-380, Marvel Knights: Daredevil #1-2, Uncanny X-Men #351, Thunderbolts #10, Unlimited Access #2, Shadow & Light #1, Cable #55, Ka-Zar #15, Spider-Man Made Men #1, Nighthawk #1-3, Avengers #10-11, and Bring Back the Bad Guys graphic novel.  Writing: Joe Kelly (#371-373) Kelly and Jonathan Barron (#374), Kelly and Chris Claremont (#375), Scott Lobdell (#376-379), Dan G. Chichester (#380)  Pencils: Ariel Olivetti (#371-372, #374), Richie Acosta (#373), Cary Nord, Olivetti, John Paul Leon, Tom Lyle, Brian Denham and Rick Leonardi (#375), Cully Hamner (#376-379), Lee Weeks (#380)  Inks: Pier Brito (#371-372, #374), Bud LaRosa (#373), Mark Lipka, Brito, John Paul Leon, Robert Jones, Chis Carlson and Scott Hanna (#375), Jason Martin (#376-379), Robert Campanella (#380)  The year begins with Black Widow and Daredevil discussing their recent run-ins both professionally and personally. Meanwhile Karen goes shopping with Rosalind. Matt and Karen do make up despite Daredevil leaving for a bit  Next Mr. Fear pops back up after we learn something weird happened during the prison riot he planned last year. DD tries to talk to the warden, but Ghost Rider beats him to it. Fear and DD play cat and mouse for a couple issues before things come to a head. Meanwhile, we are introduced to Charlie, a likely cop whose working for Fear, who first tries to kill Fogy's sister Candice before going after Karen.  In a double sized issue #375, We learn Charlie has been killed and Karen is awaiting trial for his murder. Mr. Fear is trying to manipulate things so that she will go to jail and DD will suffer a breakdown as a result. Matt is Karen's lawyer and while the case slowly slips away from him, he continues to search for Fear as Daredevil hoping it will save his case. We won't spoil the ending, as this is the spotlight story for the week.  And just like that, the story quickly shifts to France...  In the final named story arc of volume 1, Flying Blind, we meet Laurent Levasseur whom very much seems like our man without fear – though he thinks his just an artist. Turns out Murdock is working deep undercover for SHIELD and had his memory reprogrammed. Murdock is there to stop the sale of agent information to international buyers of the Kingpin. After spending most of the story trying to remember who he is and save the doctor who initially treated him at the start of this tale, Murdock gets his memories back from a mutant named Synapse just as SHIELD locates him and busts in as the cavalry.   One side effect of the reprogramming was Murdock was able to actually see. He loses it after getting his memories back but he's able to see his friend Foggy for the first and only time.  In November, Volume 1 ends with one last issue – issue #380 – and the return on Dan G Chichester and Lee Weeks for “a tale from Daredevil's past” dedicated to Archie Goodwin. A pretty straight-forward story though told non-sequentially in which the Kingpin tries to frame a Middle Eastern man for terrorism so he can get his hands on a shipment of weapons; Matt defends the patsy and wins in court; Meanwhile DD takes on several of his deadliest foes to foil the Kingpin's scheme. (The Hand/Bushwacker/Bullseye)  The final page sees Murdock and his mom Maggie walking and having ice cream with narration “You want to know the truth? The good guys don't always win. But because of who they are, they never stop fighting. There's always a Daredevil willing to take a risk on our behalf. And in a city that never sleeps, we can all rest easy knowing we have that to protect us.”  That same month, Volume 2 begins under the Marvel Knight branding begins with a new creative team – Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti. In the first 2 books of the Guardian Devil storyline, we learn Karen left Matt and NYC for LA 6 months ago and Matt has been trying to move on with his life. A teenage girl brings a baby to Matt that she claims is the new Messiah and leaves the kid in his care but then Murdock is approached by a mysterious old man claims the same child is the Anti-Christ and a curse to those around it.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #375 May 1998 “With a Little Help From My Friends”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway - Next week The Takeaway was a recap and discussion of volume 1 of Daredevil. It ended up running long so we will be releasing that separately.  Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time. 

Today, I am joined by award-winning journalist, pastor, and author Lee Weeks to discuss his powerful new book, Sunday at the Tracks. Lee shares his journey from growing up as a preacher's kid to pursuing a journalism career, and how God redirected his path into ministry and storytelling. In Sunday at the Tracks, Lee highlights 36 powerful faith stories from the NASCAR community, including drivers, crew members, and families. From triumphs on the track to personal battles with loss, addiction, and faith, these stories reveal how God is at work in the lives of people in one of America's most beloved sports. Tune in to hear: The inspiration behind Sunday at the Tracks Stories of faith and perseverance, like driver Chase Briscoe's journey through loss and hope Insights into NASCAR's vibrant faith community How Lee trusted God's timing to bring this book to life Whether you're a NASCAR fan or simply looking for stories of God's grace, Sunday at the Tracks is a book that will inspire you to trust in God's faithfulness, no matter what race you're running. Bio: Lee Weeks is an author, journalist, editor, communication strategist, and former senior pastor. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree with biblical languages from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina. Lee is passionate about communicating the life-changing message of the gospel in clear, creative, and compelling ways as expressed in Scripture and exemplified in real-life stories of people who have been transformed by God's redemptive work in their own lives. Anchor Verse: Romans 8:28 Connect with Lee: Website: https://lee-weeks.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/lee.weeks.50 *Get Sunday at the Tracks wherever you purchase books! ***We love hearing from our listeners! Sharing your thoughts through reviews is a fantastic way to be a part of our podcast family and contribute to the conversation. If you've enjoyed our podcast, leaving a review is quick and easy! Just head to Apple podcasts or wherever you are tuning in and share your thoughts. Your feedback makes a big difference!***

Welcome to the (Not So) New 52, a real-time retrospective of DC Comics' New 52 imprint! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:52 - Superman: Doomed #2 (Charles Soule, Greg Pak and Various) 0:19:11 - Batman Eternal #25 (Snyder, Tynion, Fawkes, Higgins, Seeley and R.M. Guera) 0:28:11 - New 52: Futures End #21 (Azzarello, Lemire, Jurgens, Giffen and Cully Hamner) 0:37:17 - Catwoman: Futures End #1 (Sholly Fisch and Patrick Olliffe) 0:48:06 - Harley Quinn: Futures End #1 (Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Chad Hardin) 0:58:35 - Superman: Futures End #1 (Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks) 1:07:34 - Red Lanterns: Futures End #1 (Charles Soule and Jim Calafiore) 1:18:20 - Sinestro: Futures End #1 (Cullen Bunn and Igor Lima) 1:27:15 - Aquaman and the Others: Futures End #1 (Dan Jurgens and Sean Chen) 1:35:59 - Flash: Futures End #1 (Robert Venditti, Van Jensen and Brett Booth) 1:44:24 - Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie: Futures End #1 (Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Scott Hampton) 1:52:37 - Justice League Dark: Futures End #1 (J.M. DeMatteis, Len Wein and Andres Guinaldo) 2:03:38 - Booster Gold: Futures End #1 (Dan Jurgens and Various) 2:14:19 - Next Week's Books patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast (Use #New52) discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz Find out more at https://the-not-so-new-52.pinecast.co

Episode 31 - Murdock and Marvel: 1990 Part 2 As we start the 90s Marvel and DC are approaching monopoly status on comic store shelves, leaving other publishers to look for success at the margins.  But if you are a big fan of the Big 2, 1990 was a good time to be reading comic books!  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1990.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #276-287, Wolverine #21, Captain America #368, 374 - 376, Count Duckula #10, Punisher Magazine #8 and 15-16, What if…? #13, 15, 17, 20, Marvel Comics presents #49 and Daredevil: Marked for Death and Elektra Lives Again graphic novels  Writing credits: Ann Nocenti (276-287)   Pencilers: John Romita Jr (276, 278-282), Rick Leonardi (277), Mark Bagley (283), Lee Weeks (284-285, 287), Greg Capullo (286)  Inks: Al Williamson (276-282, 284-285, 287), Williamson and Tom Morgan (283), Doug Hazlewood (286) As the year begins, The Acts of Vengeance event continues with Ultron looking to take Number Nine as a bride and Daredevil must try to save her.  Next, we get an out of timeline story involving Daredevil and a psychologist whose star patient is his wife. Back to the current timeline, The Inhumans are set to leave for Pottersville in search of Black Bolts' son and it turms into a road trip for them, Daredevil, Number 9 and Brandy. Meanwhile, Blackheart and Mephisto discuss the finer points of evil and Blackheart is tasked with making Daredevil and the others do evil.  In Pottersville, the team finds a boy, Pope, with powers who the town is scared of and wants to kill him. They save the boy, but in the aftermath fall into a crack in the earth caused by an earthquake. We then see Daredevil and his companions experience different versions of Hell before a final showdown with Mephisto in which they are aided by the Silver Surfer.  Next, we get a single (what I assume is out of timeline) story in which Captain America and Daredevil are trying to help an inventor whose fantastic invention could change the world. This social issue focused book will be our spotlight story this week.  Daredevil finally returns to New York, but his memories are scrambled by the recent trip to Hell. Not knowing who he really is, he assumes the identity of Jack Murdock. Bullseye finds out about the confusion and decides to take advantage of the situation by impersonating the horned hero.  The rest of the year we see Matt Murdock meet a homeless woman, Nyla, who takes him in and the two become close. Murdock becomes a boxer, like his father, at Fogwell's Gym and Bullseye continues stealing from the rich and beating up police to ruin the reputation of the once great hero. Ben Urich returns and seems to realize things don't add up and goes looking for Matt Murdock.   In the final panels of the year, we see Wilson Fisk at a “Jack Murdock” boxing match and he too recognizes his former adversary.    New Powers, Toys or Places: Still in upstate New York to start the year, we see the team head to Hell/Mephisto's realm across several books before returning to familiar New York City. New Supporting Characters: Daniel and Vivian (psychologist and his wife), Pope (Boy in Pottersville's with powers that the townsfolk want to kill), Victor Cieszkowska (Inventor disillusioned by the US and their people), Nyla (homeless woman that befriends Matt Murdock while he's going by Jack Murdock, becomes a love interest) New Villains:  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #283 August 1990 “The American Nightmare” Recap Why We Picked This Story The Takeaway Marvel has won. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra's Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.    The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.  Joshua and Jamie Do Daredevil: A fantastic podcast that does a deep-dive into Daredevil comics.  This ran from 2018-2020, and covered most of the first volume of Daredevil, and was a fun way to get an in-depth look at each issue of Daredevil from 1-377.  My Marvelous Year: This is a reading-club style podcast where Dave Buesing and friends chose important or interesting books from a particular year to read and discuss.  This helped me remember some fun and crazy stories, and would be a great companion piece to Murdock and Marvel for those who want more comic-story-specific coverage.  BOOKLIST  The following books have been frequently used as reference while preparing summaries of the comic history segments of our show.  Each and every one comes recommended by Dan for fans wanting to read more about it!  Licari, Fabio and Marco Rizzo.  Marvel: The First 80 Years: The True Story of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon.  London: Titan Books, 2020.  This book is sort of a mess, as the print quality is terrible, and Titan doesn't even credit the authors unless you check the fine print.  It's like this was published by Marvel in the early 60s! But the information is good, and it is presented in an entertaining fashion.  So its decent, but I would recommend you see if you can just borrow it from the library instead of purchasing.  Wells, John.  American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-1964.  Raleigh: Two Morrows, 2015.  Not cheap, but a fantastic series that is informative and fun to read.  Wright, Bradford.  Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.  This is the revised edition.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History.  New York: DK Publishing, 2022.  The academic in my rails at using information from any work that doesn't have an author credit, but this is a decent (if very surface) look at each year in the history of Timely / Marvel from 1939 to 2021.    Cowsill, Alan et al.  DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual History.  New York: DK Publishing, 2010.  Because its nice to occasionally take a peek at what the Distinguished Competition is up to.  Dauber, Jeremy.  American Comics: A History.  New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2022.  An excellent, relatively compact history of the domestic comic industry from its 19th century origins through to recent 21st century developments.  An excellent successor to Bradford Wright's Comic Book Nation. 

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! The End is Nigh. But what is an ending… but an opportunity for a new beginning? Join the Book Club Bois as they discuss the ending to SECRET INVASION! ALL. OUT. WAR. The Invasion was successful, and the Skrulls took over. But the rebellion of Earth's superheroes has culminated in a final battle to decide the fate of the planet. And when the dust settles… who will be left standing? Covers Secret Invasion (2008) #7-8, New Avengers #47 and Mighty Avengers #20 by Brian Michael Bendis, Leinil Francis Yu, Billy Tan, Richard Gaydos, Lee Weeks, Jim Cheung and Carlo Pagulayan SPOILERS for the Doctor Who Finale during the following timestamps: 7:10 - 23:01 Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City “I Got 5 On It (Tethered Mix)” by Michael Abels

During this House of M tie-in, we get to see what Steve's life would be if he had killed the Red Skull and captured Hitler... and it isn't what you'd expect! Plus, Rick & Bob discuss movies Cocoon and Hot Tub Time Machine... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nVIe2dp2x4g Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/CapComicFans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Are you enjoying this podcast series? Please help by donating at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/capcomicbookfans/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please subscribe, rate and review! Our home page is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/capcomicbookfans/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/capcomicbookfans/support

An extra week between episodes takes us off the beaten path of our regular coverage and into a hidden dinosaur kingdom inside the hollow Earth, where Walt Simonson and Lee Weeks pit pulp hero Tarzan against the Predators of film fame in a four-issue Dark Horse Comics limited series from 1996. Along the way, we'll pontificate about the finer points of Edgar Rice Burroughs' often problematic pop culture icon, speculate about the recurring bit of X-Men lore that probably has its roots in Pellucidar, and pitch our own "Predator vs. ______" crossovers.

Welcome to the (Not So) New 52, a real-time retrospective of DC Comics' New 52 imprint! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:06 - Justice League United #0 (Jeff Lemire and Mike McKone) 0:15:04 - Secret Origins #1 (Greg Pak, Kyle Higgins, Tony Bedard and Lee Weeks, Doug Mahnke, Paulo Siqueira) 0:28:56 - Batman / Superman #9 (Greg Pak and Jae Lee) 0:38:08 - Catwoman #30 (Ann Nocenti and Patrick Olliffe) 0:48:17 - Superman #30 (Scott Lobdell and Ed Benes) 0:56:10 - Red Lanterns #30 (Charles Soule and Alessandro Vitti, Jim Calafiore) 1:06:13 - Larfleeze #10 (Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Scott Kolins) 1:14:30 - Aquaman #30 (Jeff Parker and Paul Pelletier, Álvaro Martínez) 1:23:30 - Flash #30 (Van Jensen, Robert Venditti and Brett Booth) 1:31:33 - All-Star Western #30 (Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Staz Johnson) 1:37:09 - Teen Titans #30 (Scott Lobdell and Tyler Kirkham) 1:46:19 - Justice League Dark #30 (J.M. DeMatteis and Andres Guinaldo) 1:56:25 - Batman Eternal #3 (Snyder, Tynion, Fawkes, Layman, Seeley and Jason Fabok) 2:05:55 - Next Week's Books patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast (Use #New52) discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz Find out more at https://the-not-so-new-52.pinecast.co

Episode #519! Works by Corben, Comics Scene and Hot Tips! This week we are back with even more Cool Stuff! Up first is The Incredible Hulk vol.1. This HC features stories written by Bruce Jones and Brian Azzarello with art by John Romita Jr, Lee Weeks and Richard Corben. Scott brings Hot Tips From Top Comics Creators and Artists On Comic Artists to the table. DL shows off a Comics Scene magazine with a Jean Giraud Blueberry article. To close down this episode, we look at New Tales of the Arabian Nights also by Richard Corben! Check it out!   

Estamos en 2001, el año que cayeron las Torres y en el que Axel Alonso se hizo editor del arácnido más famoso de Marvel Comics. Su decisión más recordada fue poner a J. Michael Straczynski al frente de "The Amazing Spider-Man", la colección señera de la franquicia arácnida, revitalizando a un personaje que llevaba muchos años en una espiral de malas decisiones editoriales. Pero en este episodio no charlaremos sobre eso, ya que nos centraremos en "Tangled Web", la tercera serie regular del trepamuros... donde él no era el protagonista principal, sino una excusa para mostrar cómo afecta su presencia en las vidas de otras personas. Garth Ennis, John McCrea, Greg Rucka, Eduardo Risso, Peter Milligan, Duncan Fegredo, Bruce Jones, Lee Weeks, Darwyn Cooke o Brian Azzarello son un ejemplo de los autores que pasaron por los 22 números que se mantuvo activa esta colección. Y nosotros nos lanzamos de cabeza a enredarnos en ella.

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! The Book Club Bois are BACK! In our Season 5 premiere, we're diving straight into the beginning of Brian Michael Bendis' time on the Avengers with the classic disaster story AVENGERS: DISASSEMBLED! There came a day, unlike any other… and it was the worst day in the history of The Avengers. A coordinated attack on Earth's Mightiest Heroes leaves their headquarters in shambles, teammates dead, and the world turning against them. Will the remaining Avengers be able to find out who did this and why, or will this be the end of Marvel's premiere super team? Covers Avengers #500-503 & Avengers: Finale by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch, Olivier Coipel, Alex Maleev, Steve Epting, Lee Weeks, Michael Gaydos, Eric Powell, Darick Robertson, Mike Mayhew, David Mack, Gary Frank, Mike Avon Oeming, Jim Cheung, Steve McNiven and George Perez Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets

Comic Reviews: DC Batman: City of Madness 1 by Christian Ward Wesley Dodds: Sandman 1 by Robert Venditti, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia Diana and the Hero's Journey GN by Grace Ellis, Penelope Gaylord Marvel Captain Marvel: Assault on Eden 1 by Anthony Oliveira, Eleonora Carlini, Ruth Redmond Capwolf and the Howling Commandos 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Carlos Magno, Espen Grundetjern Superior Spider-Man Returns by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Mark Bagley, Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos, John Dell, JP Mayer, Victor Olazaba, Edgar Delgado Marvel Unlimited I Am Groot 6 by Chiya Image A Haunted Girl 1 by Ethan Sacks, Naomi Sacks, Marco Lorenzana Destiny Gate 1 by Ryan Cady, Christian Dibari, Simon Gough Nights 1 by Wyatt Kennedy, Luigi Formisano, Francesco Segala Midlife or How To Hero At Fifty 1 by Brian Buccellato, Stefano Simeone IDW Sonic the Hedgehog: Halloween Special by Mark Bouchard, Jack Lawrence, Matt Froese, Gigi Dutreix TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures: Halloween Special by Erik Burnham, Sarah Myer, Dan Schoening, Luis Delgado Dark Horse Operation Sunshine 1 by Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, David Rubin Space Usagi: Yokai Hunter by Stan Sakai, Emi Fujii Dynamite Army of Darkness: Forever 1 by Tony Fleecs, Justin Greenwood, Brad Simpson Garbage Pail Kids: Trashin' Through Time 1 by Hans Rodionoff, Adam Goldberg, Jeff Zapata, Chris Meeks ComiXology By A Thread 1 by Scott Snyder, Jack Znyder, Valeria Favoccia, Whitney Coga Archie Chilling Adventures Presents: Welcome to Riverdale by Amy Chase, Liana Kangas Scout Cissy 1 by Charles Chester, Alonso Gonzales OGNs Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams, Karen Schneemann Brooms by Jasmine Walls, Teo DuVall Cereal: Sweet Darkness by Mark Russell, Peter Snejbjerg NYCC Fae and the Moon by Franco, Catherine Satrun, Sarah Satrun Redcoat by Geoff Johns, Bryan Hitch, Brad Anderson Additional Reviews: Loki s2e2, Pram by Joe Hill, Lego Jurassic Park, Excavator novella by J.M. DeMatteis, Once Upon A Studio, Mysteries by Bill Watterson and John Kascht News: NYCC, Mags Visaggio details her failed DC pitch, Universal/WB purchase rumors, comic from Snyder/Tieri/Tom Hardy, Daredevil show overhaul, new home for Star Trek Prodigy, Netflix shuts down animation department, Joseph Quinn cast in Quiet Place: Day One, Wagner and Jones creating a series of Dracula OGNs, new Remender series with Bengal, Jody Houser adapts Thrawn novel, Mike Hawthorne goes Image exclusive, Bunn writing Gatchaman for Mad Cave, Wonder Man TV show may be dead, Omninews, Remender signs several artists to exclusives at Image, Alien: Black, White and Blood by Stephanie Phillips, It's Jeff season 3, new Gargoyles series announced by Dynamite, Greg Pak writing Lilo and Stitch, Dynamite WB cartoon licenses, Ennis to be next James Bond comic writer, DC Elseworlds, Ghost Machine, Jeremy Adams writing Flash Gordon for Mad Cave, Superman Superstars, scandal of the year, Jackpot one-shot, Sabretooth War, new vampire war event showrun by Jed MacKay, Infinity Paws, new Hellblazer series, Ultimate line-up, Kate YA novel Remembering Keith Giffen Trailers: Iron Claw Longbox of Horror Part 2: Cage by Azzarello and Corben Comics Countdown (10 Oct 2023): 1.     Fishflies 2 by Jeff Lemire 2.     Batman: City of Madness 1 by Christian Ward 3.     Superman Lost 7 by Christopher Priest, Lee Weeks, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Bettie Breitweiser, Jeromy Cox 4.     By A Thread 1 by Scott Snyder, Jack Znyder, Valeria Favoccia, Whitney Coga 5.     Superior Spider-Man Returns by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Mark Bagley, Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos, John Dell, JP Mayer, Victor Olazaba, Edgar Delgado 6.     Cull 3 by Kelly Thompson, Mattia De Iulis 7.     Undiscovered Country 26 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson 8.     Danger Street 10 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart 9.     Brooms GN by Jasmine Walls, Teo DuVall 10.  Midlife (or How to Hero At Fifty) 1 by Brian Buccellato, Stefano Simeone

Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! review the DC Comics titles for the week of September 26, 2023 as it is a huge week with 15 books. We get the first issues of Powergirl and Flash with the guys agreeing that one is great and disagreeing on the quality of the other. We also get the return of a fascinating character in Penguin #2, fun all-out action in Doom Patrol and Batman Brave and the Bold has some high quality stories.   0:00 - Intro 4:31 - Harley Quinn 32 - Tini Howard and Sweeney Boo 12:45 - Detective Comics 1074 by Ram V, Dan Watters, Dustin Nguyen and Hayden Sherman 26:05 - Green Arrow 4 by Joshua Williamson and Sean Izaakse 33:04 - Spirit World 5 by Alyssa Wong and Haining 42:31 - Batman: Brave and the Bold 5 - Joker Story Tom King and Mitch Gerads 51:17 - Stormwatch story (Brave and the Bold 5) Ed Brisson and Jeff Spokes 57:14 - Emilia Harcourt story (Brave and the Bold 5) Rob Williams and Stefano Landini 1:02:08 - Batman Black and White (Brave and the Bold 5) Ed Brisson and Jorge Fornes  1:05:29 - Gotham War: Red Hood 1 by Matthew Rosenberg and Nikola Cizmesija 1:13:38 - Batman Beyond Neo-Gothic 3 Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Max Dunbar  1:21:15 - The Flash 1 by Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato Jr 1:39:10 - Tales of the Titans: Donna Troy 3 Steve Orlando, Kath Lobo and Bob Quinn 1:47:07 - Static: Shadows of Dakota 6 by Vita Ayala and Nikolas Draper-Ivey 1:54:40 - Action Comics 1057 - Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Rafa Sandavol 2:04:24 - Young Jon Kent- Home Again- Glyanna story by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks 2:10:06 - Superboy and Ms. Martian story Magdalene Visaggio and Mathew Clark 2:16:23 - The Penguin 2 by Tom King and Rafael de Latorre 2:26:34 - Power Girl 1 by Leah Williams and Eduardo Pansica 2:35:56 - The Unstoppable Doom Patrol 6 of 7 by Dennis Culver and Chris Burnham 2:47:10 - Wildcats 11 by Matthew Rosenberg, Stephen Segovia and Tom Derenick 2:55:32 - Picks of the Week

In this episode, Jay Yaws returns to the show to help hunt rabbits and bats in the brilliant Batman/Elmer Fudd crossover, Pway For Me. Hear us talk about: -Lee Weeks's excellent art -Tom King's clever writing -Looney Tunes cameos -Behind-the-scenes nuggets shared directly from King -and more! Rate and Review the Show: Apple | Spotify | iHeartradio | Amazon Follow The Batman Book Club on Twitter: @thebatmanbc. Follow The Batman Book Club on Instagram: @thebatmanbc. Follow Jay on Twitter: @JaYaws. Subscribe to The Batman Book Club YouTube Channel. Support the Show Through Patreon: patreon.com/thebatmanbc. Support the Show with Merchandise from TeePublic. Transition Music: "The Dark Knight Returns", by Christopher Drake. Outro Music: "Overdrive", by Matrika.

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! This week, the Book Club Bois have a GIANT-SIZED discussion on Heroes in Crisis! One of the MOST controversial events from DC Comics gets the Book Club treatment as we enter a devastating chapter in Barry Allen and Wally West's story! Sanctuary was a place of healing built by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman. A place of anonymity and safety. But that safety has been compromised. A murder mystery, exposed secrets and a race against time all converge as the legacy of The Flash – and EVERY hero in the DCU – changes forever! Covers Heroes in Crisis #1-9, Flash Annual #2, Batman (2016) #64-65 and The Flash (2016) #64-65 by Tom King, Joshua Williamson, Clay Mann, Lee Weeks, Mitch Gerads, Guillem March, Travis Moore and Rafa Sandoval CONTENT WARNING: Discussions on depression, anxiety, dissociation, trauma, addiction, self-harm, suicide Time Stamps: 00:06:23 Heroes in Crisis #1-4 02:11:00 Flash Annual & “The Price” Crossover 03:00:14 Heroes in Crisis #5-9 05:00:48 Mailbag Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets

Comic Reviews: Marvel Carnage Reigns Omega by Cody Ziglar, Julius Ohta, Roge Antonio, Erick Arciniega Star Wars: Darth Vader – Black, White and Red 3 by X-Men: Before the Fall – Heralds of Apocalypse by Al Ewing, Stefano Landini, Luca Pizzari, Rafael Pimentel, Ceci de la Cruz Wolverine: Snikt Manga GN by Tsutomu Nihei, Guru eFX Infinity Comics Blade First Bite by Bryan Hill, Mack Chater, Dan Brown Cosmo the Spacedog 5 by Jason Loo, David Cutler Dark Horse Hellboy and the BPRD 1957: Fearful Symmetry by Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Alison Sampson, Dave Stewart Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos 1 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Isaac Goodhart, Miquel Muerto Boom Creed: The Next Round 1 by Latoya Morgan, Jai Jamison, Wilton Santos Power Rangers Unlimited: The Coinless 1 by Adam Cesare, Moises Hidalgo, Arthur Hesli IDW Brynmore 1 by Steve Niles, Damien Worm ComiXology Closing Time by Justin Kennon, Genzi Studio OGNs Unicorn Legacy: Call of the Goddess by Kid Toussaint, Veronica Alvarez Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws Picture Day by Sarah Sax Monstress: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer Bawk-Ness Monster by Natalie Riess, Sara Goetter Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pamment Knockturn County by James Roche, Axur Eneas Additional Reviews: Secret Invasion ep2, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Pam and Tommy, Nimona, Avenue 5, Outpost Zero, Skull Island News: Superman casting, Among Us animated series in development from Infinity Train creator, Valiant signs a new deal with an international publisher, Dragon Prince s5 release date, Yelena Belova getting her own comic series, Mattel Cinematic Universe Trailers: Five Nights at Freddy's Comics Countdown (27 Jun 2023): Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures GN by Jason Pamment Local Man 5 by Tim Seeley, Tony Fleecs, Felipe Sobreiro, Brad Simpson   w0rldtr33 3 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire   Unstoppable Doom Patrol 4 by Dennis Culver, David Lafuente, Brian Reber Seasons Have Teeth 3 by Dan Watters, Sebastian Cabrol, Dan Jackson Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos 1 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Isaac Goodhart, Miquel Muerto TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo: Wherewhen 4 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Action Comics 1056 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Max Raynor, Matt Herms, Dan Jurgens, Dorado Quick, Lee Weeks, Yasmin Flores Montanez, Elizabeth Breitweiser Green Arrow 3 by Joshua Williamson, Sean Izaakse, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Bawk-Ness Monster GN by Natalie Riess, Sara Goetter

Comic Reviews: DC City Boy 1 by Greg Pak, Minkyu Jung, Sunny Gho Marvel Daredevil and Echo 1 by Taboo, B. Earl, Phil Noto Extreme Venomverse 2 by Al Ewing, Clay McLeod Chapman, David Pepose, Ken Lashley, Paul Davidson, Vincenzo Carratu, Ceci de la Crus, Federico Blee, Alex Guimaraes Fury 1 by Al Ewing, Scot Eaton, Ramon Rosanas, Tom Reilly, Adam Kubert, Cam Smith, Jordie Bellaire Star Wars – Darth Vader: Black, White, and Red 2 by Jason Aaron, Victoria Ying, David Pepose, Leonard Kirk, Alessandro Vitti, Marika Cresta, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Storm 1 by Ann Nocenti, Sid Kotian, Andrew Dalhouse Infinity Comics Li'l Rocket 2 by Stephanie Williams, Jay Fosgitt Image Supermassive 2023 by Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Melissa Flores, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte Dynamite Vampirella vs. Superpowers 1 by Dan Abnett, Pasquale Qualano Red 5 We are Scarlet Twilight 1 by Benjamin Morse OGNs Star Wars: High Republic - The Edge of Balance: Precedent by Daniel Jose Older, Tomio Ogata Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous Peculiar Woods: Ancient Underwater City by Andres Colemnares The Do-Over by Rodrigo Vargas, Coni Yovaniniz Lost in Taiwan by Mark Crilley Swamp: A Summer in the Bayou by Johann G. Louis Additional Reviews: Little Mermaid, Muppets Mayhem pilot, Misfitz Clubhouse, Wein/Wrightson Swamp Thing, Talisman, Ice Cream Man News: Image leaves Diamond, Colleen Doran Good Omens Kickstarter, more details on G.O.D.S., Omnistats, Omninews, Kate Bishop YA novel, Alligator Loki one-shot, details on Gotham War, Runaways pulled from Disney+, Spider-Man Manga, How to Train Your Dragon live-action casting Trailers: Barbie, Haunted Mansion Comics Countdown (23 May 2023): Supermassive 2023 by Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Melissa Flores, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte Action Comics 1055 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms, Dan Jurgens, Dorado Quick, Lee Weeks, Yasmin Flores Montanez, Brad Anderson, Elizabeth Breitweiser Radiant Pink 5 by Melissa Flores, Meghan Camarena, Emma Kubert, Rebecca Nalty Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 5 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo: Wherewhen 3 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Harrower 4 by Justin Jordan, Brahm Revel Green Arrow 2 by Joshua Williamson, Sean Izaakse, Romulo Fajardo Jr Fury 1 by Al Ewing, Scot Eaton, Ramon Rosanas, Tom Reilly, Adam Kubert, Cam Smith, Jordie Bellaire Time Before Time 23 by Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville, Jorge Coelho, Chris O'Halloran All Eight Eyes 2 by Steve Foxe, Piotr Kowalski, Brad Simpson  

Comic Reviews: DC Unstoppable Doom Patrol 1 by Dennis Culver, Chris Burnham, Brian Reber Waller vs. WildStorm 1 by Evan Narcisse, Spencer Ackerman, Jesus Merino, Michael Atiyeh Harley Quinn 28 by Tini Howard, Sweeney Boo, Erica Henderson Marvel Avengers Beyond 1 by Derek Landy, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Frank D'Armata Clobberin' Time 1 by Steve Skroce, Bryan Valenza It's Jeff 1 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace by Marc Guggenheim, Alessandro Miracolo, Dee Cunniffe Venom: Lethal Protector II 1 by David Michelinie, Farid Karami, Arif Prianto X-Men: The Unforgiven by Tim Seeley, Sid Kotian, Edgar Delgado Infinity Comics Love Unlimited: Gwenpool Alligator Loki Image Ambassadors 1 by Mark Millar, Frank Quitely Children of Indigo 1 by Curt Pires, Rockwell White, Alex Diotti, Dee Cunniffe Dynamite Rocketman and Rocketgirl 1 by Jacob Edgar, Jordi Perez, Ellie Wright IDW Dungeons and Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures 1 by David M. Booher, Sam Maggs, George Kambadais Mad Cave Don't Spit in the Wind 1 by Stefano Cardoselli, Dan Lee Vault Songs from the Dead: Afterlife OGN Mister Mammoth by Matt Kindt, Jean-Denis Pendanx BatCat by Meggie Ramm The Gift by Paige Walshe NeoForest by Fred Duval, Phillipe Scoffoni Ray's OGN Corner: Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee Additional Reviews: Mandalorian 3.5, Picard 3.7, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Simpsons Ominous Omnibus, first three issues of Nightwalkers, The Last Unicorn, first five episodes of Ghost and Molly McGee s2, Razorblades HC News: American Jesus Adaptation, Batman/Catwoman crossover, Matthew Macfadyen cast in Deadpool 3, GODS from Marvel and Hickman, Grim Reaper cast, My Adventures With Superman moving to Adult Swim from Cartoon Network, Flanagan reportedly pitching a Clayface project to Gunn & Co., Clayface villain in Batman 2, Jason Aaron confirms he's stepping away from Marvel, Scott Pilgrim anime adaptation with the entire live action cast reprising their roles, new Blade book, Starfleet Academy series, Bunn back at Marvel on a Venom mini, Ram V Carnage mini, live action Moana remake with the same lead actors, six new X-titles announced for Fall of X, Ryan North and Erica Henderson Middle Grade graphic novel (Danger and Other Perils), Fallen Friend Trailers: Blue Beetle, Secret Invasion Comics Countdown (29 Mar 2023): Daredevil 9 by Chip Zdarsky, Manual Garcia, Matt Wilson Once Upon A Time At The End of The World 5 by Jason Aaron, Nick Dragotta, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Lee Loughridge, Rico Renzi Stargirl: The Lost Children 5 by Geoff Johns, Todd Nauck, Matt Herms Dark Knights of Steel 10 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri, Arif Prianto Gotham City: Year One 6 by Tom King, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Jordie Bellaire It's Jeff 1 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Something is Killing the Children 30 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto Action Comics 1053 by Dan Jurgens, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage, Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Matt Herms Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives 4 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Javier Rodriguez, Jeff Stokely, Craig Taillefer, Miquel Muerto Strange Academy: Finals 5 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgard Delgado

Comic Reviews: DC Batman vs. Robin 5 by Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar, Jordie Bellaire DC/RWBY 1 by Marguerite Bennett, Megan Hetrick, Marissa Louise Shazam: Fury of the Gods Special – Shazamily Matters by Zachary Levi, D.J. Cotrona, Colleen Doran, Freddie Williams II, Andrew Dalhouse, Faithe Herman, Amanda Deibert, Erica Henderson, Tim Seeley, Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern, David Sandberg, Scott Kolins, John Kalisz, Ross Butler, Josh Trujillo, Andrew Dillon, Grace Caroline Currey, Damian Fulton, Nick Filardi, Adam Brody, Kenny Porter, Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua, Henry Gayden, Scott Godlewski, Alex Guimaraes Marvel Spider-Verse Unlimited 39 by Stephanie Williams, EJ Su, Pete Pantazis Alligator Loki 20 by Alyssa Wong, Robert Quinn, Pete Pantazis Cosmic Ghost Rider 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Juann Cabal, Espen Grundetjern Hallows' Eve 1 by Erica Schultz, Michael Dowling, Brian Reber I Am Iron Man 1 by Murewa Ayodele, Dotun Akande Murderworld: Game Over by Jim Zub, Ray Fawkes, Netho Diaz, Lorenzo Tammetta, Matt Milla Rogue and Gambit 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Carlos Gomez, David Curiel, Federico Blee Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clones 1 by Emily Kim, Kei Zama, Triona Farrell Spider-Man: Unforgiven by Tim Seeley, Sid Kotian, Edgar Delgado Infinity Comics Image Phantom Road 1 by Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta, Jordie Bellaire Boom Buffy: The Last Vampire Slayer Special by Casey Gilly, Joe Jaro, Maria Keane, Lea Caballero, Joana Lafuente Dark Horse Skull and Bones: Savage Storm 1 by John Jackson Miller, James Mishler, Christian Rosado, Roshan Kurichiyanil AWA Red Zone 1 by Cullen Bunn, Mike Deodato Jr, Lee Loughridge Dynamite Barbarella: The Center Cannot Hold 1 by Sarah Hoyt, Riccardo Bogani, Werner Sanchez AfterShock All Night and Every Day by Ray Fawkes, Andrea Frittella, Sara Colella Scout And We Love You by Fell Hound OGN Trick Pony by Greg Lockard, Anna David, Lucas Gattoni Carmilla the First Vampire by Amy Chu, Soo Lee Ray's OGN Corner: New Kid by Jerry Craft Additional Reviews: We Have A Ghost, Mando 3.1, Picard 3.3, Thor and Loki: Double Trouble, Devil's Hour News: Marvel Super-Stories, Tenement now ten issues, Omninews, Battle Chasers returns, Stranger Things stage production, Hellboy cast, Marvel uniting Alien/Predator/Planet of the Apes under a new imprint (20th Century Comics) with possible additions, Good Asian being adapted into a TV series, TMNT movie casting, Discovery ending with s5, new Bendis project Trailers: Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan and Wendy, TMNT Mutant Mayhem Comics Countdown (01 Mar 2023):  Radiant Black 22 by Kyle Higgins, Eduardo Ferigato  Human Target 12 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood  Stargirl: The Lost Children 4 by Geoff Johns, Todd Nauck, Matt Herms  Spider-Man 6 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Edgar Delgado  I Hate This Place 6 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge  Where Monsters Lie 2 by Kyle Starks, Piotr Kowalski, Vladimir Popov  Action Comics 1052 by Dan Jurgens, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage, Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Matt Herms Phantom Road 1 by Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta, Jordie Bellaire  Detective Comics 1069 by Si Spurrier, Ram V, Dexter Soy, Stefano Raffaele, Miguel Mendonca, Caspar Wijngaard, Ivan Reis, Adriano Lucas Batman vs. Robin 5 by Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar, Jordie Bellaire  

Comic Reviews: DC Action Comics 1051 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms, Dan Jurgens, Lee Weeks, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage Batman: One Bad Day - Catwoman by G. Willow Wilson, Jamie McKelvie Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods by Francis Manapul, Dan Watters, Max Dunbar, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jack Herbert, Alex Guimaraes, Josie Campbell, Caitlin Yarsky, Jordie Bellaire Marvel Murderworld: Wolverine by Jim Zub, Ray Fawkes, Carlos Nieto, Victor Nava, Matt Milla Sins of Sinister 1 by Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, Geoffrey Shaw, Marco Checchetto, Juan Jose Ryp, David Baldeon, Travel Foreman, Carlos Gomez, Federico Vicentini, David Lopez, Joshua Cassara, Stefano Caselli, Bryan Valenza Infinity Comics Marvel's Voices 37: Reptil by Daniel Jose Older, Michael Shelfer, Ceci De La Cruz Devil Dinosaur 1 by Stephen Byrne, Arianna Florean, Pete Pantazis Image Inferno Girl Red: Book One 1 by Erica D'Urso, Mat Froom, Igor Monti Magic Order 4 1 by Mark Millar, Dike Ruan, Giovanna Niro Dark Horse Dragon Age: The Missing 1 by George Mann, Kieran McKeown, Michael Atiyeh Dynamite Darkwing Duck 1 by Amanda Deibert, Carlo Lauro Green Hornet: One Night in Bangkok by  IDW TMNT: Last Ronin - The Lost Years 1 by Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, SL Gallant, Maria Keane, Ben Bishop, Luis Antonio Delgado AfterShock Bulls of Beacon Hill 1 by Steve Orlando, Andy MacDonald, Lorenzo Scaramella Archie Archie vs. the World by Aubrey Sitterson, Jed Dougherty, Matt Herms, Doug Garbark ComiXology Youth Vol 3 1 by Curt Pires, Alex Diotto, Dee Cunniffe Ray's OGN Corner of the Week: Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte, Ann Xu Additional Reviews: Staircase, Hulk by PAD Omni Vol 4, Men, Invisible Woman by Mark Waid News: Harley Valentine's Day Special, Oscar nom weirdness, Violent Night sequel, Rick and Morty, Taylor and Scott on Titans, Green Lantern reshuffle and other DC things, Source Point announces new Jewish comic imprint, Titans and Doom Patrol ending Trailers: Shazam 2 Comics Countdown (24-Jan-2023): Inferno Girl Red Book One 1 by Erica D'Urso, Mat Froom, Igor Monti Human Target 11 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood Junkyard Joe 4 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Action Comics 1051 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms, Dan Jurgens, Lee Weeks, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage Once Upon A Time At The End of The World 3 by Jason Aaron, Nick Dragotta, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Rico Renzi, Lee Loughridge TMNT: Last Ronin - The Lost Years 1 by Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, SL Gallant, Maria Keane, Ben Bishop, Luis Antonio Delgado Justice Society of America 2 by Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Jerry Ordway, Mikel Janin, John Kalisz, Jordie Bellaire Traveling to Mars 3 by Mark Russell, Roberto Meli Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 4 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor Sandman Universe Presents: Dead Boy Detectives 2 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Jeff Stokely, Craig Taillefer, Miquel Muerto

2022 Year-End Spectacular Comic Reviews: DC Action Comics 1050 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Joshua Williamson, Tom Taylor, Clayton Henry, Nick Dragotta, Mike Perkins, Frank Martin John Stewart: Emerald Knight by Geoffrey Thorne, Marco Santucci, Michael Atiyeh Nice House on the Lake 12 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire Sandman Universe Presents: Dead Boy Detectives 1 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Jeff Stokely, Miquel Muerto Tales From Earth 6 - A Celebration of Stan Lee by Mark Waid, Beckly Cloonan, Michael Uslan, Kenny Porter, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Steve Orlando, Zac Thompson, Michael Conrad, Meghan Fitzmartin, Stephanie WIlliams, Jerry Ordway, Kevin Maguire, Lee Weeks, Max Dunbar, Juan Ferreyra, Anthony Marques, Hayden Sherman, Karl Mostert, Pablo Collar, Belen Ortega Marvel Miracleman: Silver Age 3 by Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, Matt Brooker Murderworld: Spider-Man by Jim Zub, Ray Fawkes, Farid Karami, Chris Sotomayor Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade 1 by Charles Soule, Marco Castiello Timeless 1 by Jed MacKay, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Patrick Zircher, Salvador Larroca Infinity Comics It's Jeff 23 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Spider-Verse 31 by Jason Holtham, Fend Hamilton, Pete Pantazis Boom Book of Slaughter 1 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera MMPR/TMNT II 1 by Ryan Parrott, Dan Mora, Raul Angulo OGNs Maze by Thiago Souto Ray's OGN Corner: Ducks - Two Years On the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Additional Reviews: Glass Onion, Another Kind, Oates and the Elphyne, Cosmic Detective, Matilda, Puss in Boots, Slumberland News: Stan Documentary on Disney+, Marvel Unlimited details, Kaleidoscope details, Jeremy Renner, My Cat Lucy Comics Countdown: Nice House On The Lake #12 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire Miracle Man: The Silver Age #3 by Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, Matt Brooker Image! #9 by Various Once Upon A Time At The End Of The World #2 by Jason Aaron, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Action Comics #1050 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Joshua Williamson, Tom Taylor, Clayton Henry, Nick Dragotta, Mike Perkins, Frank Martin Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #1 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Jeff Stokely, Miquel Muerto Strange Academy: Finals #3 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Manifest Destiny #48 by Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts, Owen Gieni 007 #5 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Marco Finnegan, Dearbhla Kelly We Only Find Them When They're Dead 15 by Al Ewing, Simone Di Meo

The first of our three-part Superman spectacular! Legendary Superman writer and artist Dan Jurgens returns to DC Standom to give us new insights into the recently released Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special, as well as his upcoming backup stories with Lee Weeks in the pages of Action Comics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight lose their minds, but keep their tongues! We're starting with the Hive Mind (1:54) and the grand finale of She-Hulk where Jason and Rosie are joined by She-Hulk writer Cody Ziglar to discuss comics, cameos, and carte blanche. Staying in the MCU for the Previously On (38:20), Jason, Rosie, and Zig step into black & white to explore Werewolf By Night, including Universal horror, horror that's universal, and more. In the Airlock (1:17:53) Jason and Rosie dive deep (deeep) into episode 8 of House of the Dragon, recapping and discussing Viserys, Vaemond, and Hightower hypocrisy. And in Ask the Maester (2:15:13), they answer listener questions about House of the Dragon.Tune in every Friday and don't forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button!Follow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rkFollow Rosie: IG, Letterboxd, IGN author page, Nerdist author pageJoin the X-Ray Vision DiscordFollow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmediaThe Listener's Guide for all things X-Ray Vision!World War Hulk (2007) – A crossover storyline event in which the Hulk sees himself banished from Earth by the illuminati; written by various, including Greg Pak and Peter David, with pencils, inks, letters, and colors by various, including Rafa Sandoval, John Romita Jr, Al Rio, and Lee Weeks.The Ladykillers (1955) – An iconic Ealing comedy directed by Alexander Mackendrick with exquisite performances from an ensemble cast including Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers.Nextwave (2006-07) – A 12 issue series by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen. 

Tom King es la figura sobre la que se centra este episodio de nuestro programa. Durante casi dos horas comentamos una selección de sus obras: "La Visión" con Gabriel Hernández Walta; "Omega Men" con Barnaby Bagenda y Toby Cypress; "Mr. Milagro" con Mitch Gerads; "Héroes en Crisis" con Clay Mann, Lee Weeks y Mitch Gerads; "Rorschach" con Jorge Fornés y "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" con la nominada al Eisner Bilquis Evely. ¡Darkseid es!

I talked to Chris Hudson (check out his podcast Coffee Sip with Chris Hudson) about the 1993 Gambit Miniseries by Howard Mackie and Lee Weeks (with Inks by the legendary Klaus Janson). Episode recorded, hosted, edited, and produced by Gene Deweber. Theme song by Lydia Manning.

Vengeance-club members! This week we discuss our favorite caped crusader, The Batted-Man! Enjoy our spoilerly takes on "The Batman," 2022 and our discussion of Batman Annual 2 (2016) by Tom King and Lee Weeks! 02:32 - Listener Feedback 08:10 - 1:06:15 - The Batman spoilers 1:06:15 - Batman - "Date Nights, Last Rites."   “The Batman,” by Michael Giacchino, “Batman Theme,” by Danny Elfman, “Batman,” by Neal Hefti, "BatDance," by Prince, "Some of These Days," & “Red Hot Mama,” by Sophie Tucker used for educational purposes only  Logo by Ross Radke https://www.rossradke.com/ opening & closing theme by https://onlybeast.com/ 

They're back in action! Batman and Superman team once again and show us all why they are the World's Finest. Just don't say, "Martha..." Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_667371" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #1 Written by MARK WAID Art and cover by DAN MORA Variant covers by JIM LEE, STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU, and JASON FABOK 1:25 “SLAP BATTLE” variant covers (2) by CHIP ZDARSKY 1:50 “HIGH FIVE” variant cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER 1:100 “SEINFELD” variant cover by DAN MORA Team variant cover by LEE WEEKS $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/15/22 The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. They are the two finest superheroes that the world has ever known…and they're together again in an epic new series from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Dan Mora! In the not-too-distant past, Superman's powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo…and the only ally that the ultra-powerful Man of Tomorrow can turn to in this turbulent hour is Gotham's own dark vengeance: the Batman. A nearly fatal burst of power drives Bruce Wayne to his own extreme measures to help his friend…enlisting none other than the Doom Patrol for aid. It's the world's greatest superheroes from the world's greatest comic book talent in an epic comic book experience that kicks off the next big events in the DCU. Get ready, it's time to soar.  

They're back in action! Batman and Superman team once again and show us all why they are the World's Finest. Just don't say, "Martha..." Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_667371" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #1 Written by MARK WAID Art and cover by DAN MORA Variant covers by JIM LEE, STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU, and JASON FABOK 1:25 “SLAP BATTLE” variant covers (2) by CHIP ZDARSKY 1:50 “HIGH FIVE” variant cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER 1:100 “SEINFELD” variant cover by DAN MORA Team variant cover by LEE WEEKS $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/15/22 The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. They are the two finest superheroes that the world has ever known…and they're together again in an epic new series from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Dan Mora! In the not-too-distant past, Superman's powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo…and the only ally that the ultra-powerful Man of Tomorrow can turn to in this turbulent hour is Gotham's own dark vengeance: the Batman. A nearly fatal burst of power drives Bruce Wayne to his own extreme measures to help his friend…enlisting none other than the Doom Patrol for aid. It's the world's greatest superheroes from the world's greatest comic book talent in an epic comic book experience that kicks off the next big events in the DCU. Get ready, it's time to soar.  

Fecha de Grabación: Lunes 20 de diciembre de 2021.Algunos temas comentados:Comentamos algunas buenas historias de Two-Face. Hablamos un poco acerca del legado de Watchmen y la forma en que esta historia es valorada entre el fandom, profesionales y sitios especializados. Damos un repaso a algunas de las mejores historias de Thanos. Recordamos un puñado de los muchos encuentros y desencuentros entre Batman y Superman. Además: Irv Novick, el Reverendo Dave Johnson, Nightwing, lo mejor de los Fantastic Four, ¡...y muchísimo más!Comentario de cine:Spider-Man: No Way Home, película dirigida por Jon Watts y protagonizada por Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zendaya, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong y otros, tercera entrega de la saga de Spider-Man coproducida por Sony Pictures y Marvel Studios.Comentario de Cómics:Undone by Blood or The Other Side of Eden, cómic escrito por Lonnie Nadler y Zac Thompson, y dibujado por Sami Kivelä, con color de Jason Wordie y rótulos de Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. (AfterShock Comics)Spider-Man's Tangled Web, antología de cómic con historias escritas por Garth Ennis, Peter Milligan, Brian Azzarello, Darwyn Cooke, Greg Rucka, Paul Pope y otros, y dibujadas por John McCrea, Eduardo Risso, Duncan Fegredo, Leandro Fernández, Lee Weeks y Sean Phillips, entre otros. (Marvel Comics)Pueden escuchar el Podcast en este reproductor:Descarga Directa MP3 (Usar botón derecho del mouse y opción "guardar enlace como"). Peso: 86.1 MB; Calidad: 128 Kbps.El episodio tiene una duración de 1:33:21.Además de nuestras redes sociales (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), ahora tenemos una nueva forma de interactuar con nosotros: un servidor en Discord. Es un espacio para compartir recomendaciones, dudas, memes y más, y la conversación gira alrededor de muchos temas además de cómics, y es una forma más inmediata de mantenerse en contacto con Esteban y Alberto. ¡Únete a nuestro servidor en Discord!También tenemos un Patreon. Cada episodio del podcast se publica allí al menos 24 horas antes que en los canales habituales, y realizamos un especial mensual exclusivo para nuestros suscriptores en esa plataforma. Tú también puedes convertirte en uno de nuestros patreoncinadores™ con aportaciones desde 1 dólar, que puede ser cada mes, o por el tiempo que tú lo decidas, incluyendo aportaciones de una sola vez.También puedes encontrar nuestro podcast en los siguientes agregadores y servicios especializados:Comicverso en SpotifyComicverso en iVooxComicverso en Apple PodcastsComicverso en Google PodcastsComicverso en Amazon MusicComicverso en Archive.orgComicverso en I Heart RadioComicverso en Overcast.fmComicverso en Pocket CastsComicverso en RadioPublicComicverso en CastBox.fm¿Usas alguna app o servicio que no tiene a Comicverso? En la parte alta de la barra lateral está el feed del podcast, el cual puedes agregar al servicio de tu preferencia.Nos interesa conocer opiniones y críticas para seguir mejorando. Si te gusta nuestro trabajo, por favor ayúdanos compartiendo el enlace a esta entrada, cuéntale a tus amigos sobre nuestro podcast, y recomiéndalo a quien creas que pueda interesarle. Hasta pronto.Deja tus comentarios o escríbenos directamente a comicverso@gmail.com

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In a must-hear episode for comics fans and storytellers, Geoff Boucher welcomes WALT SIMONSON of Marvel to discuss his prolific career. Simonson gives us an insider's view on his works - including Thor, X-Factor, and graphic adaptations like Close Encounters and Raiders of the Lost Ark - and his recent contribution to The Winter Men by the late John Paul Leon. You'll learn all about Simonson's approaches to storytelling and how he adapts his drawing style to the projects at hand. And if you stick around for the outro, the Mindspace team discusses the comics industry in the 70s/80s, including that one time Marvel printed a comic with literal blood. ----- You can pre-order The Winter Men on ZOOP, the crowdfunded comics community. All proceeds from the project will benefit the late artist's wife and family. John Paul Leon's art has been re-scanned for this project, and this new artists' edition includes pin-ups by Walt Simonson, Peach Momoko, Kim Jung Gi, Bill Sienkiewicz, Lee Weeks, and more. At various fundraising tiers, you can get all sorts of goodies, from the book itself to signed prints. Check it out on ZOOP here: https://zoop.gg/c/wintermen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Halloween! We're joined by comics scribe Daniel "D.G." Chichester to talk about the history of horror comics, Marvel's return to the genre in the early 1990s, and the macabre anti-hero Terror (whom Chichester co-created).  ----more---- Issue 18 Transcript   Mike: [00:00:00] It's small, but feisty, Mike: Welcome to Tencent Takes, the podcast where we dig up comic book characters' graves and misappropriate the bodies, one issue at a time. My name is Mike Thompson, and I am joined by my cohost, the Titan of terror herself, Jessika Frazer. Jessika: It is I. Mike: Today, we are extremely fortunate to have comics writer, Daniel, DG Chichester. Dan: Nice to see you both. Mike: Thank you so much for taking the time. You're actually our first official guest on the podcast. Dan: Wow. Okay. I'm going to take that as a good thing. That's great. Mike: Yeah. Well, if you're new to the show, the purpose of our [00:01:00] podcast as always is to look at the weirdest, silliest, coolest moments of comic books, and talk about them in ways that are fun and informative. In this case, we looking at also the spookiest moments, and how they're woven into the larger fabric of pop culture and history. Today, we're going to be talking about horror comics. We're looking at their overall history as well as their resurrection at Marvel in the early 1990s, and how it helped give birth to one of my favorite comic characters, an undead anti-hero who went by the name of Terror. Dan, before we started going down this road, could you tell us a little bit about your history in the comic book industry, and also where people can find you if they want to learn more about you and your work? Dan: Absolutely. At this point, people may not even know I had a history in comic books, but that's not true. Uh, I began at Marvel as an assistant in the mid-eighties while I was still going to film school and, semi quickly kind of graduated up, to a more official, [00:02:00] assistant editor position. Worked my way up through editorial, and then, segued into freelance writing primarily for, but also for DC and Dark Horse and worked on a lot of, semi-permanent titles, Daredevil's probably the best known of them. But I think I was right in the thick of a lot of what you're going to be talking about today in terms of horror comics, especially at Marvel, where I was fiercely interested in kind of getting that going. And I think pushed for certain things, and certainly pushed to be involved in those such as the Hellraiser and Nightbreed Clive Barker projects and Night Stalkers and, uh, and Terror Incorporated, which we're going to talk about. And wherever else I could get some spooky stuff going. And I continued on in that, heavily until about 96 / 97, when the big crash kind of happened, continued on through about 99 and then have not really been that actively involved since then. But folks can find out what I'm doing now, if they go to story maze.substack.com, where I have a weekly newsletter, which features [00:03:00] new fiction and some things that I think are pretty cool that are going on in storytelling, and also a bit of a retrospective of looking back at a lot of the work that I did. Mike: Awesome. Before we actually get started talking about horror comics, normally we talk about one cool thing that we have read or watched recently, but because this episode is going to be dropping right before Halloween, what is your favorite Halloween movie or comic book? Dan: I mean, movies are just terrific. And there's so many when I saw that question, especially in terms of horror and a lot of things immediately jumped to mind. The movie It Follows, the recent It movie, The Mist, Reanimator, are all big favorites. I like horror movies that really kind of get under your skin and horrify you, not just rack up a body count. But what I finally settled on as a favorite is probably John Carpenter's the Thing, which I just think is one of the gruesomest what is going to happen next? What the fuck is going to happen next?[00:04:00] And just utter dread. I mean, there's just so many things that combined for me on that one. And I think in terms of comics, I've recently become just a huge fan of, and I'm probably going to slaughter the name, but Junji Ito's work, the Japanese manga artist. And, Uzumaki, which is this manga, which is about just the bizarreness of this town, overwhelmed with spirals of all things. And if you have not read that, it is, it is the trippiest most unsettling thing I've read in, in a great long time. So happy Halloween with that one. Mike: So that would be mango, right? Dan: Yeah. Yeah. So you'd make sure you read it in the right order, or otherwise it's very confusing, so. Mike: Yeah, we actually, haven't talked a lot about manga on this. We probably should do a deep dive on it at some point. But, Jessika, how about you? Jessika: Well, I'm going to bring it down a little bit more silly because I've always been a fan of horror and the macabre and supernatural. So always grew up seeking creepy media as [00:05:00] a rule, but I also loves me some silliness. So the last three or so years, I've had a tradition of watching Hocus Pocus with my friend, Rob around Halloween time. And it's silly and it's not very heavy on the actual horror aspect, but it's fun. And it holds up surprisingly well. Mike: Yeah, we have all the Funkos of the Sanderson sisters in our house. Jessika: It's amazing watching it in HD, their costumes are so intricate and that really doesn't come across on, you know, old VHS or watching it on television back in the day. And it's just, it's so fun. How much, just time and effort it looks like they put into it, even though some of those details really weren't going to translate. Dan: How very cool. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Yeah. So, but I also really like actual horror, so I'm also in the next couple of days is going to be a visiting the 1963 Haunting of Hill House because that's one of my favorites. Yeah. It's so good. And used to own the book that the movie was based on also. And seen all the [00:06:00] iterations and it's the same storyline the recent Haunting of Hill house is based on, which is great. That plot line has been reworked so many times, but it's such a great story, I'm just not shocked in the least that it would run through so many iterations and still be accepted by the public in each of its forms. Mike: Yeah. I really liked that Netflix interpretation of it, it was really good. Dan: They really creeped everything out. Mike: Yeah. There's a YouTuber called Lady Night, The Brave, and she does a really great summary breakdown explaining a lot of the themes and it's like almost two hours I think, of YouTube video, but she does these really lovely retrospectives. So, highly recommend you check that out. If you want to just think about that the Haunting of Hill House more. Jessika: Oh, I do. Yes. Mike: I'm going to split the difference between you two. When I was growing up, I was this very timid kid and the idea of horror just creeped me out. And so I avoided it like the plague. And then when I was in high [00:07:00] school, I had some friends show me some movies and I was like, these are great, why was I afraid of this stuff? And so I kind of dove all the way in. But my preferred genre is horror comedy. That is the one that you can always get me in on. And, I really love this movie from the mid-nineties called the Frighteners, which is a horror comedy starring Michael J. Fox, and it's directed by Peter Jackson. And it was written by Peter Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh. And it was a few years before they, you know, went on to make a couple of movies based on this little known franchise called Lord of the Rings. But it's really wild. It's weird, and it's funny, and it has some genuine jump scare moments. And there's this really great ghost story at the core of it. And the special effects at the time were considered amazing and groundbreaking, but now they're kind of, you look at, and you're like, oh, that's, high-end CG, high-end in the mid-nineties. Okay. But [00:08:00] yeah, like I said, or comedies are my absolute favorite things to watch. That's why Cabin in the Woods always shows up in our horror rotation as well. Same with Tucker and Dale vs Evil. That's my bread and butter. With comic books, I go a little bit creepier. I think I talked about the Nice House on the Lake, that's the current series that I'm reading from DC that's genuinely creepy and really thoughtful and fun. And it's by James Tynion who also wrote Something That's Killing the Children. So those are excellent things to read if you're in the mood for a good horror comic. Dan: Great choice on the Frighteners. That's I think an unsung classic, that I'm going to think probably came out 10 years too early. Mike: Yeah. Dan: It's such a mashup of different, weird vibes, that it would probably do really, really well today. But at that point in time, it was just, what is this? You know? Cause it's, it's just cause the horrifying thing in it are really horrifying. And, uh, Gary Busey's son, right, plays the evil ghost and he is just trippy, off the wall, you know, horrifying. [00:09:00] Mike: Yeah. And it starts so silly, and then it kind of just continues to go creepier and creepier, and by the time that they do some of the twists revealing his, you know, his agent in the real world, it's a genuine twist. Like, I was really surprised the first time I saw it and I - Dan: Yeah. Mike: was so creeped out, but yeah. Dan: Plus it's got R. Lee Ermey as the army ghost, which is just incredible. So, Mike: Yeah. And, Chi McBride is in it, and, Jeffrey Combs. Dan: Oh, oh that's right, right. right. Mike: Yeah. So yeah, it's a lot of fun. Mike: All right. So, I suppose we should saunter into the graveyard, as it were, and start talking about the history of horror comics. So, Dan, obviously I know that you're familiar with horror comics, Dan: A little bit. Mike: Yeah. What about you, Jess? You familiar with horror comics other than what we've talked about in the show? Jessika: I started getting into it once you and I started, you know, talking more on the [00:10:00] show. And so I grabbed a few things. I haven't looked through all of them yet, but I picked up some older ones. I did just recently pick up, it'll be more of a, kind of a funny horror one, but they did a recent Elvira and Vincent Price. So, yeah, so I picked that up, but issue one of that. So it's sitting on my counter ready for me to read right now. Mike: Well, and that's funny, cause Elvira actually has a really long, storied history in comic books. Like she first appeared in kind of like the revival of House of Mystery that DC did. And then she had an eighties series that had over a hundred issues that had a bunch of now major names involved. And she's continued to have series like, you can go to our website and get autographed copies of her recent series from, I think Dynamite. Jessika: That's cool. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Nice. Mike: Speaking of horror comedy Elvira is great. Jessika: Yes. Mike: I recently showed Sarah the Elvira Mistress of the Dark movie and she was, I think really sad that I hadn't showed it to her sooner. Jessika: [00:11:00] That's another one I need to go watch this week. Wow. Don't- nobody call me. I'm just watching movies all week. Dan: Exactly. Mike: It's on a bunch of different streaming services, I think right now. Well it turns out that horror comics, have pretty much been a part of the industry since it really became a proven medium. You know, it wasn't long after comics became a legit medium in their own, right that horror elements started showing up in superhero books, which like, I mean, it isn't too surprising. Like the 1930's was when we got the Universal classic movie monsters, so it makes a lot of sense that those kinds of characters would start crossing over into comic books, just to take advantage of that popularity. Jerry Siegel and Joel Schuster, the guys who created Superman, actually created the supernatural investigator called Dr. Occult in New Fun Comics three years before they brought Superman to life. And Dr. Occult still shows up in DC books. Like, he was a major character in the Books of Magic with Neil Gaiman. I think he may show up in Sandman later on. I can't remember. Jessika: Oh, okay. Dan: I wouldn't be surprised. Neil would find ways to mine that. [00:12:00] Mike: Yeah. I mean, that was a lot of what the Sandman was about, was taking advantage of kind of long forgotten characters that DC had had and weaving them into his narratives. And, if you're interested in that, we talk about that in our book club episodes, which we're currently going through every other episode. So the next episode after this is going to be the third episode of our book club, where we cover volumes five and six. So, horror comics though really started to pick up in the 1940s. There's multiple comic historians who say that the first ongoing horror series was Prized Comics, New Adventures of Frankenstein, which featured this updated take on the original story by Mary Shelley. It took place in America. The monster was named Frankenstein. He was immediately a terror. It's not great, but it's acknowledged as being really kind of the first ongoing horror story. And it's really not even that much of a horror story other than it featured Frankenstein's monster. But after that, a number of publishers started to put out adaptations of classic horror stories for awhile. So you had [00:13:00] Avon Publications making it official in 1946 with the comic Erie, which is based on the first real dedicated horror comic. Yeah. This is the original cover to Erie Comics. Number one, if you could paint us a word picture. Dan: Wow. This is high end stuff as it's coming through. Well it looks a lot like a Zine or something, you know it's got a very, Mac paint logo from 1990, you know, it's, it's your, your typical sort of like, ooh, I'm shaky kind of logo. That's Eerie Comics. There's a Nosferatu looking character. Who's coming down some stairs with the pale moon behind him. It, he's got a knife in his hand, so, you know, he's up to no good. And there is a femme fatale at the base of the stairs. She may have moved off of some train tracks to get here. And, uh, she's got a, uh, a low, cut dress, a lot of leg and the arms and the wrists are bound, but all this for only 10. cents. So, I think there's a, there's a bargain there.[00:14:00] Mike: That is an excellent description. Thank you. So, what's funny is that Erie at the time was the first, you know, official horror comic, really, but it only had one issue that came out and then it sort of vanished from sight. It came back with a new series that started with a new number one in the 1950s, but this was the proverbial, the shot that started the war. You know, we started seeing a ton of anthology series focusing on horror, like Adventures into the Unknown, which ran into the 1960s and then Amazing Mysteries and Marvel Tales were repurposed series for Marvel that they basically changed the name of existing series into these. And they started doing kind of macabre, weird stories. And then, we hit the 1950s. And the early part of the 1950s was when horror comics really seemed to take off and experienced this insane success. We've talked about how in the post-WWII America, superhero comics were kind of declining in [00:15:00] popularity. By the mid 1950s, only three heroes actually had their own books and that was Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Which, I didn't realize that until I was doing research. I didn't, I just assumed that there were other superhero comics at the time. But we started seeing comics about horror and crime and romance really starting to get larger shares of the market. And then EC Comics was one of those doing gangbuster business during this whole era. Like, this was when we saw those iconic series, the Haunt of Fear, the Vault of Horror, the Crypt of Terror, which was eventually rebranded to Tales from the Crypt. Those all launched and they found major success. And then the bigger publishers were also getting in on this boom. During the first half of the 1950s Atlas, which eventually became Marvel, released almost 400 issues across 18 horror titles. And then American Comics Group released almost 125 issues between five different horror titles. Ace comics did almost a hundred issues between five titles. I'm curious. I'm gonna ask both of you, what [00:16:00] do you think the market share of horror comics was at the time? Dan: In terms of comics or in terms of just like newsstand, magazine, distribution. Mike: I'm going to say in terms of distribution. Dan: I mean, I know they were phenomenally successful. I would, be surprised if it was over 60%. Mike: Okay. How about. Jessika: Oh, goodness. Let's throw a number out. I'm going to say 65 just because I want to get close enough, but maybe bump it up just a little bit. This is a contest now. Dan: The precision now, like the 65. Jessika: Yes. Mike: Okay. Well, obviously we don't have like a hard definite number, but there was a 2009 article from reason magazine saying that horror books made up a quarter of all comics by 1953. So, so you guys were overestimating it, but it was still pretty substantial. At the same time, we were also seeing a surge in horror films. Like, the 1950s are known as the atomic age and media reflected [00:17:00] societal anxiety, at the possibility of nuclear war and to a lesser extent, white anxiety about societal changes. So this was the decade that gave us Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Thing from Another World, which led to John Carpenter's The Thing eventually. Um, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Hammer horror films also started to get really huge during this time. So we saw the beginning of stuff like Christopher Lee's, Dracula series of films. So the fifties were like a really good decade for horror, I feel. But at the same time, violent crime in America started to pick up around this period. And people really started focusing on juvenile criminals and what was driving them. So, there were a lot of theories about why this was going on and no one's ever really come up with a definite answer, but there was the psychiatrist named Frederick Wortham who Dan, I yeah. Dan: Oh yeah, psychiatrist in big air quotes, yeah. Mike: In quotes. Yeah. [00:18:00] Yeah. And he was convinced that the rise in crime was due to comics, and he spent years writing and speaking against them. He almost turned it into a cottage industry for himself. And this culminated in 1954, when he published a book called Seduction of the Innocent, that blamed comic books for the rise in juvenile delinquency, and his arguments are laughable. Like, I mean, there's just no way around it. Like you read this stuff and you can't help, but roll your eyes and chuckle. But, at the time comics were a relatively new medium, you know, and people really only associated them with kids. And his arguments were saying, oh, well, Wonder Woman was a lesbian because of her strength and independence, which these days, I feel like that actually has a little bit of credibility, but, like, I don't know. But I don't really feel like that's contributing to the delinquency of the youth. You know, and then he also said that Batman and Robin were in a homosexual relationship. And then my favorite was that Superman comics were [00:19:00] un-American and fascist. Dan: Well. Mike: All right. Dan: There's people who would argue that today. Mike: I mean, but yeah, and then he actually, he got attention because there were televised hearings with the Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency. I mean, honestly, every time I think about Seduction of the Innocent and how it led to the Comics Code Authority. I see the parallels with Tipper Gore's Parent Music Resource Center, and how they got the Parental Advisory sticker on certain music albums, or Joe Lieberman's hearings on video games in the 1990's and how that led to the Electronic Systems Reading Board system, you know, where you provide almost like movie ratings to video games. And Wortham also reminds me a lot of this guy named Jack Thompson, who was a lawyer in the nineties and aughts. And he was hell bent on proving a link between violent video games and school shootings. And he got a lot of media attention at the time until he was finally disbarred for his antics. But there was this [00:20:00] definite period where people were trying to link video games and violence. And, even though the statistics didn't back that up. And, I mean, I think about this a lot because I used to work in video games. I spent almost a decade working in the industry, but you know, it's that parallel of anytime there is a new form of media that is aimed at kids, it feels like there is a moral panic. Dan: Well, I think it goes back to what you were saying before about, you know, even as, as things change in society, you know, when people in society get at-risk, you know, you went to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Right. Which is classically thought to be a response to communism, you know, and the feelings of communist oppression and you know, the different, you know, the other, and it's the same thing. I think every single one of these is just a proof point of if you want to become, suddenly well-known like Lieberman or Wortham or anything, you know, pick the other that the older generation doesn't really understand, right? Maybe now there are more adults playing video games, but it's probably still perceived as a more juvenile [00:21:00] thing or comics or juvenile thing, or certain types of movies are a juvenile thing, you know, pick the other pick on it, hold it up as the weaponized, you know, piece, and suddenly you're popular. And you've got a great flashpoint that other people can rally around and blame, as if one single thing is almost ever the cause of everything. And I always think it's interesting, you know, the EC Comics, you know, issues in terms of, um, Wortham's witch hunt, you know, the interesting thing about those is yet they were gruesome and they are gruesome in there, but they're also by and large, I don't know the other ones as well, but I know the EC Comics by and large are basically morality plays, you know, they're straight up morality plays in the sense that the bad guys get it in the end, almost every time, like they do something, they do some horrific thing, but then the corpse comes back to life and gets them, you know, so there's, there's always a comeuppance where the scales balance. But that was of course never going to be [00:22:00] an argument when somebody can hold up a picture of, you know, a skull, you know, lurching around, you know, chewing on the end trails of something. And then that became all that was talked about. Mike: Yeah, exactly. Well, I mean, spring boarding off of that, you know, worth them and the subcommittee hearings and all that, they led to the comics magazine association of America creating the Comics Code Authority. And this was basically in order to avoid government regulation. They said, no, no, no, we'll police ourselves so that you don't have to worry about this stuff. Which, I mean, again, that's what we did with the SRB. It was a response to that. We could avoid government censorship. So the code had a ton of requirements that each book had to meet in order to receive the Comics Code Seal of Approval on the cover. And one of the things you couldn't do was have quote, scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with walking dead or torture, which I mean,[00:23:00] okay. So the latter half of the 1950's saw a lot of these dedicated horror series, you know, basically being shut down or they drastically changed. This is, you know, the major publishers really freaked out. So Marvel and DC rebranded their major horror titles. They were more focused on suspense or mystery or Sci-Fi or superheroes in a couple of cases, independent publishers, didn't really have to worry about the seal for different reasons. Like, some of them were able to rely on the rep for publishing wholesome stuff like Dell or Gold Key. I think Gold Key at the time was doing a lot of the Disney books. So they just, they were like, whatever. Dan: Right, then EC, but, but EC had to shut down the whole line and then just became mad. Right? I mean, that's that was the transition at which William, you know, Gains - Mike: Yeah. Dan: basically couldn't contest what was going on. Couldn't survive the spotlight. You know, he testified famously at that hearing. But had to give up all of [00:24:00] that work that was phenomenally profitable for them. And then had to fall back to Mad Magazine, which of course worked out pretty well. Mike: Yeah, exactly. By the end of the 1960s, though, publishers started to kind of gently push back a little bit like, Warren publishing, and Erie publications, like really, they didn't give a shit. Like Warren launched a number of horror titles in the sixties, including Vampirilla, which is like, kind of, I feel it's sort of extreme in terms of both sex and horror, because I mean, we, we all know what Vampirilla his costume is. It hasn't changed in the 50, approximately 50 years that it's been out like. Dan: It's like, what can you do with dental floss, Right. When you were a vampire? I mean, that's basically like, she doesn't wear much. Mike: No, I mean, she never has. And then by the end of the sixties, Marvel and DC started to like kind of steer some of their books back towards the horror genre. Like how some Mystery was one of them where it, I think with issue 1 75, that was when they [00:25:00] took away, took it away from John Jones and dial H for Hero. And they were like, no, no, no, no. We're going to, we're going to bring, Cain back as the host and start telling horror morality plays again, which is what they were always doing. And this meant that the Comics Code Authority needed to update their code. So in 1971, they revised it to be a little bit more horror friendly. Jessika: Scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with, walking dead or torture shall not be used. Vampires, ghouls and werewolves shall be permitted to be used when handled in the classic traditions, such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and other high caliber literary works written by Edgar Allen Poe, Saki, Conan Doyle, and other respected authors whose works are read in schools around the world. Mike: But at this point, Marvel and DC really jumped back into the horror genre. This was when we started getting books, like the tomb of Dracula, Ghost Rider, where will finite and son of Satan, and then DC had a [00:26:00] bunch of their series like they had, what was it? So it was originally The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, and then it eventually got retitled to Forbidden Tales of the Dark Mansion. Like, just chef's kiss on that title. Dan: You can take that old Erie comic and throw, you know, the Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love as the title on that. And it would work, you know. Mike: I know. Right. So Dan, I'm curious, what is your favorite horror comic or comic character from this era? Dan: I would say, it was son of Satan, because it felt so trippy and forbidden, and I think comics have always, especially mainstream comics you know, I've always responded also to what's out there. Right. I don't think it's just a loosening the restrictions at that point, but in that error, what's going on, you're getting a lot of, I think the films of Race with the Devil and you're getting the Exorcist and you're getting, uh, the Omen, you know, Rosemary's baby. right. Satanism, [00:27:00] the devil, right. It's, it's high in pop culture. So true to form. You know, I think Son of Satan is in some ways, like a response of Marvel, you know, to that saying, let's glom onto this. And for a kid brought up in the Catholic church, there was a certain eeriness to this, ooh, we're reading about this. It's like, is it really going to be Satanism? And cause I was very nervous that we were not allowed even watch the Exorcist in our home, ever. You know, I didn't see the Exorcist until I was like out of high school. And I think also the character as he looks is just this really trippy look, right. At that point, if you're not familiar with the character, he's this buff dude, his hair flares up into horns, he just wears a Cape and he carries a giant trident, he's got a massive pentacle, I think a flaming pentacle, you know, etched in his chest. Um, he's ready to do business, ya know, in some strange form there. So for me, he was the one I glommed on to the most. [00:28:00] Mike: Yeah. Well, I mean, it was that whole era, it was just, it was Gothic horror brought back and Satanism and witchcraft is definitely a part of that genre. Dan: Sure. Mike: So, that said, kind of like any trend horror comics, you know, they have their rise and then they started to kind of fall out of popularity by the end of the seventies or the early eighties. I feel like it was a definite end of the era when both House of Mystery and Ghost Writer ended in 1983. But you know, there were still some individual books that were having success, but it just, it doesn't feel like Marvel did a lot with horror comics during the eighties. DC definitely had some luck with Alan Moore's run of the Swamp Thing. And then there was stuff like Hellblazer and Sandman. Which, as I mentioned, we're doing our book club episodes for, but also gave rise to Vertigo Comics, you know, in the early nineties. Not to say that horror comics still weren't a thing during this time, but it seems like the majority of them were coming from indie publishers. Off the top of my head, one example I think of still is Dead World, which basically created a zombie apocalypse [00:29:00] universe. And it started with Aero comics. It was created in the late eighties, and it's still going today. I think it's coming out from IDW now. But at the same time, it's not like American stopped enjoying horror stuff. Like this was the decade where we got Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm street, Evil Dead, Hellraiser, Poltergeist, Child's Play, just to name a few of the franchises that we were introduced to. And, I mentioned Hellraiser. I love Hellraiser, and Dan, I know that you have a pretty special connection to that brand. Dan: I do. I put pins in my face every night just to kind of keep my complexion, you know? Mike: So, let's transition over to the nineties and Marvel and let's start that off with Epic Comics. Epic started in the eighties, and it was basically a label that would print, create our own comics. And they eventually started to use label to produce, you know, in quotes, mature comics. So Wikipedia says that this was your first editorial job at Marvel was with the [00:30:00] Epic Line. Is that correct? Dan: Well, I'll go back and maybe do just a little correction on Epic's mission if you don't mind. Mike: Yeah, yeah. Dan: You know, first, which is it was always creator owned, and it did start as crude. And, but I don't think that ever then transitioned into more mature comics, sometimes that just was what creator-owned comics were. Right. That was just part of the mission. And so as a creator-owned imprint, it could be anything, it could be the silliest thing, it could be the most mature thing. So it was always, you know, part of what it was doing, and part of the mission of doing creator-owned comics, and Archie Goodwin was the editor in chief of that line, was really to give creators and in to Marvel. If we gave them a nice place to play with their properties, maybe they would want to go play in the mainstream Marvel. So you might get a creator who would never want to work for Marvel, for whatever reason, they would have a great Epic experience doing a range of things, and then they would go into this. So there was always levels of maturity and we always looked at it as very eclectic and challenging, you know, sometimes in a good [00:31:00] way. So I'll have to go back to Wikipedia and maybe correct them. My first job was actually, I was on the Marvel side and it was as the assistant to the assistant, to the editor in chief. So I would do all of the grunt work and the running around that the assistant to the editor in chief didn't want to do. And she would turn to me and say, Dan, you're going to go run around the city and find this thing for Jim Shooter. Now, then I did that for about five or six months, I was still in film school, and then left, which everyone was aghast, you don't leave Marvel comics, by choice. And, but I had, I was still in school. I had a summer job already sort of set up, and I left to go take that exciting summer job. And then I was called over the summer because there was an opening in the Epic line. And they want to know if I'd be interested in taking on this assistant editor's job. And I said, it would have to be part-time cause I still had a semester to finish in school, but they were intrigued and I was figuring, oh, well this is just kind of guaranteed job. [00:32:00] Never knowing it was going to become career-like, and so that was then sort of my second job. Mike: Awesome. So this is going to bring us to the character of Terror. So he was introduced as a character in the Shadow Line Saga, which was one of those mature comics, it was like a mature superhero universe. That took place in a few different series under the Epic imprint. There was Dr. Zero, there was St. George, and then there was Power Line. Right. Dan: That's correct, yep. Mike: And so the Shadow Line Saga took his name from the idea that there were these beings called Shadows, they were basically super powered immortal beings. And then Terror himself first appeared as Shrek. He's this weird looking enforcer for a crime family in St. George. And he becomes kind of a recurring nemesis for the main character. He's kind of like the street-level boss while it's hinting that there's going to be a eventual confrontation between the main character of St. George and Dr. Zero, who is kind of [00:33:00] a Superman character, but it turns out he has been manipulating humanity for, you know, millennia at this point. Dan: I think you've encapsulated it quite well. Mike: Well, thank you. So the Shadow Line Saga, that only lasted for about what a year or two? Dan: Probably a couple of years, maybe a little over. There was about, I believe, eight to nine issues of each of the, the main comics, the ones you just cited. And then we segued those over to, sort of, uh, an omni series we call Critical Mass, which brought together all three characters or storylines. And then try to tell this, excuse the pun, epic, you know story, which will advance them all. And so wrapped up a lot of loose ends and, um, you know, became quite involved now. Mike: Okay. Dan: It ran about seven or eight issues. Mike: Okay. Now a couple of years after Terror was introduced under the Epic label, Marvel introduced a new Ghost Rider series in 1990 that hit that sweet spot of like nineties extreme with a capital X and, and, you know, [00:34:00] it also gave us a spooky anti heroes like that Venn diagram, where it was like spooky and extreme and rides a motorcycle and right in the middle, you had Ghost Rider, but from what I understand the series did really well, commercially for Marvel. Comichron, which is the, the comic sales tracking site, notes that early issues were often in the top 10 books sold each month for 91. Like there are eight issues of Ghost Rider, books that are in the top 100 books for that year. So it's not really surprising that Marvel decided to go in really hard with supernatural characters. And in 1992, we had this whole batch of horror hero books launch. We had Spirits of Vengeance, which was a spinoff from Ghost Rider, which saw a Ghost Rider teaming up with Johnny Blaze, and it was the original Ghost Writer. And he didn't have a hellfire motorcycle this time, but he had a shotgun that would fire hell fire, you know, and he had a ponytail, it was magnificent. And then there was also the Night Stalkers, [00:35:00] which was a trio of supernatural investigators. There was Hannibal King and Blade and oh, I'm blanking on the third one. Dan: Frank Drake. Mike: Yeah. And Frank Drake was a vampire, right? Dan: And he was a descendant of Dracula, but also was a vampire who had sort of been cured. Um, he didn't have a hunger for human blood, but he still had a necessity for some type of blood and possessed all the attributes, you know, of a vampire, you know, you could do all the powers, couldn't go out in the daylight, that sort of thing. So, the best and worst of both worlds. Mike: Right. And then on top of that, we had the Dark Hold, which it's kind of like the Marvel equivalent of the Necronomicon is the best way I can describe it. Dan: Absolutely. Yup. Mike: And that's showed up in Agents of Shield since then. And they just recently brought it into the MCU. That was a thing that showed up in Wanda Vision towards the end. So that's gonna clearly reappear. And then we also got Morbius who is the living vampire from [00:36:00] Spider-Man and it's great. He shows up in this series and he's got this very goth rock outfit, is just it's great. Dan: Which looked a lot like how Len Kaminsky dressed in those days in all honesty. Mike: Yeah, okay. Dan: So Len will now kill me for that, but. Mike: Oh, well, but yeah, so these guys were all introduced via a crossover event called Rise of the Midnight Sons, which saw all of these heroes, you know, getting their own books. And then they also teamed up with Dr. Strange to fight against Lilith the mother of demons. And she was basically trying to unleash her monstrous spawn across the world. And this was at the same time the Terror wound up invading the Marvel Universe. So if you were going to give an elevator pitch for Terror in the Marvel Universe, how would you describe him? Dan: I actually wrote one down, I'll read it to you, cause you, you know, you put that there and was like, oh gosh, I got to like now pitch this. A mythic manifestation of fear exists in our times, a top dollar mercenary for hire using a supernatural [00:37:00] ability to attach stolen body parts to himself in order to activate the inherit ability of the original owner. A locksmith's hand or a marksman, his eye or a kickboxer his legs, his gruesome talent gives him the edge to take on the jobs no one else can, he accomplishes with Savage, restyle, scorn, snark, and impeccable business acumen. So. Mike: That's so good. It's so good. I just, I have to tell you the twelve-year-old Mike is like giddy to be able to talk to you about this. Dan: I was pretty giddy when I was writing this stuff. So that's good. Mike: So how did Terror wind up crossing into the Marvel Universe? Like, because he just showed shows up in a couple of cameos in some Daredevil issues that you also wrote. I believe. Dan: Yeah, I don't know if he'd showed up before the book itself launched that might've, I mean, the timing was all around the same time. But everybody who was involved with Terror, love that Terror and Terror Incorporated, which was really actual title. Love the hell out of [00:38:00] the book, right. And myself, the editors, Carl Potts, who was the editor in chief, we all knew it was weird and unique. And, at one point when I, you know, said to Carl afterwards, well I'm just gonna take this whole concept and go somewhere else with it, he said, you can't, you made up something that, you know, can't really be replicated without people knowing exactly what you're doing. It's not just another guy with claws or a big muscle guy. How many people grab other people's body parts? So I said, you know, fie on me, but we all loved it. So when, the Shadowline stuff kind of went away, uh, and he was sort of kicking out there is still, uh, Carl came to me one day and, and said, listen, we love this character. We're thinking of doing something with horror in Marvel. This was before the Rise of the Midnight Sons. So it kind of came a little bit ahead of that. I think this eventually would become exactly the Rise of the Midnight Sons, but we want to bring together a lot of these unused horror characters, like Werewolf by Night, Man Thing, or whatever, but we want a central kind of [00:39:00] character who, navigates them or maybe introduces them. Wasn't quite clear what, and they thought Terror, or Shrek as he still was at that point, could be that character. He could almost be a Crypt Keeper, maybe, it wasn't quite fully baked. And, so we started to bounce this around a little bit, and then I got a call from Carl and said, yeah, that's off. We're going to do something else with these horror characters, which again would eventually become probably the Midnight Sons stuff. But he said, but we still want to do something with it. You know? So my disappointment went to, oh, what do you mean? How could we do anything? He said, what if you just bring him into the Marvel Universe? We won't say anything about what he did before, and just use him as a character and start over with him operating as this high-end mercenary, you know, what's he going to do? What is Terror Incorporated, and how does he do business within the Marvel world? And so I said, yes, of course, I'm not going to say that, you know, any quicker and just jumped into [00:40:00] it. And I didn't really worry about the transition, you know, I wasn't thinking too much about, okay. How does he get from Shadow Line world, to earth 616 or whatever, Marcus McLaurin, who was the editor. God bless him, for years would resist any discussion or no, no, it's not the same character. Marcus, it's the same character I'm using the same lines. I'm having him referenced the same fact that he's had different versions of the word terrors, his name at one point, he makes a joke about the Saint George complex. I mean, it's the same character. Mike: Yeah. Dan: But , you know, Marcus was a very good soldier to the Marvel hierarchy. So we just really brought him over and we just went all in on him in terms of, okay, what could a character like this play in the Marvel world? And he played really well in certain instances, but he certainly was very different than probably anything else that was going on at the time. Mike: Yeah. I mean, there certainly wasn't a character like him before. So all the Wikias, like [00:41:00] Wikipedia, all the Marvel fan sites, they all list Daredevil 305 as Terror's first official appearance in. Dan: Could be. Mike: Yeah, but I want to talk about that for a second, because that is, I think the greatest villain that I've ever seen in a Marvel comic, which was the Surgeon General, who is this woman who is commanding an army of like, I mean, basically it's like a full-scale operation of that urban myth of - Dan: Yeah. Mike: -the dude goes home with an attractive woman that he meets at the club. And then he wakes up in a bathtub full of ice and he's missing organs. Dan: Yeah. You know, sometimes, you know, that was certainly urban myth territory, and I was a big student of urban myths and that was the sort of thing that I think would show up in the headlines every three to six months, but always one of those probably friend of a friend stories that. Mike: Oh yeah. Dan: Like a razor an apple or something like that, that never actually sort of tracks back. Mike: Well, I mean, the thing now is it's all edibles in candy and they're like, all the news outlets are showing officially [00:42:00] branded edibles. Which, what daddy Warbucks mother fucker. Jessika: Mike knows my stand on this. Like, no, no, nobody is buying expensive edibles. And then putting them in your child's candy. Like, No, no, that's stupid. Dan: No, it's the, it's the, easier version of putting the LSD tab or wasting your pins on children in Snickers bars. Jessika: Right. Dan: Um, but but I think, that, that storyline is interesting, Mike, cause it's the, it's one of the few times I had a plotline utterly just completely rejected by an editor because I think I was doing so much horror stuff at the time. Cause I was also concurrently doing the Hellraiser work, the Night Breed work. It would have been the beginning of the Night Stalkers work, cause I was heavily involved with the whole Midnight Sons work. And I went so far on the first plot and it was so grizzly and so gruesome that, Ralph Macchio who was the editor, called me up and said, yeah, this title is Daredevil. It's not Hellraiser. So I had to kind of back off [00:43:00] and realize, uh, yeah, I put a little too much emphasis on the grisliness there. So. Mike: That's amazing. Dan: She was an interesting, exploration of a character type. Mike: I'm really sad that she hasn't showed back up, especially cause it feels like it'd be kind of relevant these days with, you know, how broken the medical system is here in America. Dan: Yeah. It's, it's funny. And I never played with her again, which is, I think one of my many Achilles heels, you know, as I would sometimes introduce characters and then I would just not go back to them for some reason, I was always trying to kind of go forward onto something new. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Is there anything about Terror's character that you related to at the time, or now even. Dan: Um, probably being very imperious, very complicated, having a thing for long coats. Uh, I think all of those probably, you know, work then and now, I've kind of become convinced weirdly enough over time, that Terror was a character who [00:44:00] and I, you know, I co-created him with Margaret Clark and, and Klaus Janson, but I probably did the most work with him over the years, you know? So I feel maybe a little bit more ownership, but I've sort of become convinced that he was just his own thing, and he just existed out there in the ether, and all I was ultimately was a conduit that I was, I was just channeling this thing into our existence because he came so fully formed and whenever I would write him, he would just kind of take over the page and take over the instance. That's always how I've viewed him, which is different than many of the other things that I've written. Mike: He's certainly a larger than life personality, and in every sense of that expression. Jessika: Yes. Mike: I'm sorry for the terrible pun. Okay. So we've actually talked a bit about Terror, but I [00:45:00] feel like we need to have Jessika provide us with an overall summary of his brief series. Jessika: So the series is based on the titular character, of course, Terror, who is unable to die and has the ability to replace body parts and gains the skill and memory of that limb. So he might use the eye of a sharpshooter to improve his aim or the arm of an artist for a correct rendering. And because of the inability for his body to die, the dude looks gnarly. His face is a sick green color. He has spike whiskers coming out of the sides of his face, and he mostly lacks lips, sometimes he has lips, but he mostly lacks lips. So we always has this grim smile to his face. And he also has a metal arm, which is awesome. I love that. And he interchanges all of the rest of his body parts constantly. So in one scene he'll have a female arm and in another one it'll sport, an other worldly tentacle. [00:46:00] He states that his business is fear, but he is basically a paid mercenary, very much a dirty deeds, although not dirt cheap; Terror charges, quite a hefty sum for his services, but he is willing to do almost anything to get the job done. His first job is ending someone who has likewise immortal, air quotes, which involves finding an activating a half demon in order to open a portal and then trick a demon daddy to hand over the contract of immortality, you know, casual. He also has run-ins with Wolverine, Dr. Strange Punisher, Silver Sable, and Luke Cage. It's action packed, and you legitimately have no idea what new body part he is going to lose or gain in the moment, or what memory is going to pop up for him from the donor. And it keeps the reader guessing because Terror has no limitations. Mike: Yeah. Dan: was, I was so looking forward to hearing what your recap was going to be. I love that, so I just [00:47:00] want to say that. Jessika: Thank you. I had a lot of fun reading this. Not only was the plot and just the narrative itself, just rolling, but the art was fantastic. I mean, the things you can do with a character like that, there truly aren't any limits. And so it was really interesting to see how everything fell together and what he was doing each moment to kind of get out of whatever wacky situation he was in at the time.So. And his, and his quips, I just, the quips were just, they give me life. Mike: They're so good. Like there was one moment where he was sitting there and playing with the Lament Configuration, and the first issue, which I, I never noticed that before, as long as we ready this time and I was like, oh, that's great. And then he also made a St. George reference towards the end of the series where he was talking about, oh, I knew another guy who had a St. George complex. Dan: Right, right. Right, Mike: Like I love those little Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, there are a lot of Clive Barker Easter eggs throughout that whole series. Dan: [00:48:00] Well, That's it. That was so parallel at the time, you know. Mike: So around that time was when you were editing and then writing for the HellRaiser series and the Night Breed series, right? Dan: Yes. Certainly writing for them. Yeah. I mean, I did some consulting editing on the HellRaiser and other Barker books, after our lift staff, but, primarily writing at that point. Mike: Okay. Cause I have Hellraiser number one, and I think you're listed as an editor on it. Dan: I was, I started the whole Hellraiser anthology with other folks, you know, but I was the main driver, and I think that was one of the early instigators of kind of the rebirth of horror at that time. And, you know, going back to something you said earlier, you know, for many years, I was always, pressing Archie Goodwin, who worked at Warren, and worked on Erie, and worked on all those titles. You know, why can't we do a new horror anthology and he was quite sage like and saying, yeah. It'd be great to do it, but it's not going to sell there's no hook, right? There's no connection, you know, just horror for her sake. And it was when Clive Barker [00:49:00] came into our offices, and so I want to do something with Archie Goodwin. And then the two of them said, Hellraiser can be the hook. Right. Hellraiser can be the way in to sort of create an anthology series, have an identifiable icon, and then we developed out from there with Clive, with a couple of other folks Erik Saltzgaber, Phil Nutman, myself, Archie Goodwin, like what would be the world? And then the Bible that would actually give you enough, breadth and width to play with these characters that wouldn't just always be puzzle box, pinhead, puzzle box, pinhead, you know? And so we developed a fairly large set of rules and mythologies allowed for that. Mike: That's so cool. I mean, there really wasn't anything at all, like Hellraiser when it came out. Like, and there's still not a lot like it, but I - Jessika: Yeah, I was going to say, wait, what else? Mike: I mean, I feel like I've read other books since then, where there's that blending of sexuality and [00:50:00] horror and morality, because at the, at the core of it, Hellraiser often feels like a larger morality play. Dan: Now, you know, I'm going to disagree with you on that one. I mean, I think sometimes we let it slip in a morality and we played that out. But I think Hellraiser is sort of find what you want out of it. Right. You go back to the first film and it's, you know, what's your pleasure, sir? You know, it was when the guy hands up the book and the Centobites, you know, or angels to some demons, to others. So I think the book was at its best and the movies are at their best when it's not so much about the comeuppance as it is about find your place in here. Right? And that can be that sort of weird exploration of many different things. Mike: That's cool. So going back to Terror. Because we've talked about like how much we enjoyed the character and everything, I want to take a moment to talk about each of our favorite Terror moments. Dan: Okay. Mike: So Dan, why don't you start? What was your favorite moment for Terror [00:51:00] to write or going back to read? Dan: It's a great question, one of the toughest, because again, I had such delight in the character and felt such a connection, you know, in sort of channeling him in a way I could probably find you five, ten moments per issue, but, I actually think it was the it's in the first issue. And was probably the first line that sort of came to me. And then I wrote backwards from it, which was this, got your nose bit. And you know, it's the old gag of like when a parent's playing with a child and, you know, grabs at the nose and uses the thumb to represent the nose and says, got your nose. And there's a moment in that issue where I think he's just plummeted out of a skyscraper. He's, you know, fallen down into a police car. He's basically shattered. And this cop or security guard is kind of coming over to him and, and he just reaches out and grabs the guy's nose, you know, rips his arm off or something or legs to start to replace himself and, and just says, got your nose, but it's, but it's all a [00:52:00] build from this inner monologue that he's been doing. And so he's not responding to anything. He's not doing a quip to anything. He's just basically telling us a story and ending it with this, you know, delivery that basically says the guy has a complete condescending attitude and just signals that we're in his space. Like he doesn't need to kind of like do an Arnold response to something it's just, he's in his own little world moments I always just kind of go back to that got your nose moment, which is just creepy and crazy and strange. Mike: As soon as you mentioned that I was thinking of the panel that that was from, because it was such a great moment. I think it was the mob enforcers that had shot him up and he had jumped out of the skyscraper four and then they came down to finish him off and he wound up just ripping them apart so that he could rebuild himself. All right, Jessika, how about you? Jessika: I really enjoyed the part where Terror fights with sharks in order to free Silver Sable and Luke Cage. [00:53:00] It was so cool. There was just absolutely no fear as he went at the first shark head-on and, and then there were like five huge bloodthirsty sharks in the small tank. And Terror's just like, what an inconvenience. Oh, well. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Like followed by a quippy remark, like in his head, of course. And I feel like he's such a solitary character that it makes sense that he would have such an active internal monologue. I find myself doing that. Like, you know, I mean, I have a dog, so he usually gets the brunt of it, but he, you know, it's, it is that you start to form like, sort of an internal conversation if you don't have that outside interaction. Dan: Right. Jessika: And I think a lot of us probably relate to that though this pandemic. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: But the one-liner thoughts, like, again, they make those scenes in my opinion, and it gave pause for levity. We don't have to be serious about this because really isn't life or death for Terror. We know that, and he just reminds us that constantly by just he's always so damn nonchalant. [00:54:00] Dan: Yeah. He does have a very, I'm not going to say suave, but it's, uh, you know, that sort of very, I've got this, you know, sort of attitude to it. Mike: I would, say that he's suave when he wants to be, I mean, like the last issue he's got his whiskers tied back and kind of a ponytail. Dan: Oh yeah. Jessika: Oh yeah. Dan: Richard Pace did a great job with that. Mike: Where he's dancing with his assistant in the restaurant and it's that final scene where he's got that really elegant tuxedo. Like. Dan: Yeah. It's very beautiful. Mike: I say that he can be suave and he wants to be. So I got to say like my favorite one, it was a visual gag that you guys did, and it's in issue six when he's fighting with the Punisher and he's got this, long guns sniper. And he shoots the Punisher point blank, and Terror's, like at this point he's lost his legs for like the sixth time. Like he seems to lose his legs, like once an issue where he's just a torso waddling around on his hands. And so he shoots him the force skids him back. [00:55:00] And I legit could not stop laughing for a good minute. Like I was just cackling when I read that. So I think all of us agree that it's those moments of weird levity that really made the series feel like something special. Dan: I'm not quite sure we're going to see that moment reenacted at the Disney Pavilion, you know, anytime soon. But, that would be pretty awesome if they ever went that route. Mike: Well, yeah, so, I mean, like, let's talk about that for a minute, because one of the main ways that I consume Marvel comics these days is through Marvel unlimited, and Terror is a pretty limited presence there. There's a few issues of various Deadpool series. There's the Marvel team up that I think Robert Kirkman did, where Terror shows up and he has some pretty cool moments in there. And then there's a couple of random issues of the 1990s Luke Cage series Cage, but like the core series, the Marvel max stuff, his appearance in books like Daredevil and Wolverine, they just don't seem to be available for consumption via the. App Like I had to go through my personal [00:56:00] collection to find all this stuff. And like, are the rights just more complicated because it was published under the Epic imprint and that was create her own stuff, like do you know? Dan: No, I mean, it wouldn't be it's choice, right. He's probably perceived as a, if people within the editorial group even know about him, right. I was reading something recently where some of the current editorial staff had to be schooled on who Jack Kirby was. So, I'm not sure how much exposure or, you know, interest there would be, you know, to that. I mean, I don't know why everything would be on Marvin unlimited. It doesn't seem like it requires anything except scanning the stuff and putting it up there. But there wouldn't be any rights issues. Marvel owned the Shadow Line, Marvel owns the Terror Incorporated title, it would have been there. So I'm not really sure why it wouldn't be. And maybe at some point it will, but, that's just an odd emission. I mean, for years, which I always felt like, well, what did I do wrong? I [00:57:00] mean, you can find very little of the Daredevil work I did, which was probably very well known and very well received in, in reprints. It would be like, there'd be reprints of almost every other storyline and then there'd be a gap around some of those things. And now they started to reappear as they've done these omnibus editions. Mike: Well, yeah, I mean, you know, and going back the awareness of the character, anytime I talk about Terror to people, it's probably a three out of four chance that they won't have heard of them before. I don't know if you're a part of the comic book historians group on Facebook? Dan: I'm not. No. Mike: So there's a lot of people who are really passionate about comic book history, and they talk about various things. And so when I was doing research for this episode originally, I was asking about kind of the revamp of supernatural heroes. And I said, you know, this was around the same time as Terror. And several people sat there and said, we haven't heard of Terror before. And I was like, he's great. He's amazing. You have to look them up. But yeah, it seems like, you know, to echo what you stated, it seems like there's just a lack of awareness about the character, which I feel is a genuine shame. And that's part of the [00:58:00] reason that I wanted to talk about him in this episode. Dan: Well, thank you. I mean, I love the spotlight and I think anytime I've talked to somebody about it who knew it, I've never heard somebody who read the book said, yeah, that sucks. Right. I've heard that about other things, but not about this one, invariably, if they read it, they loved it. And they were twisted and kind of got into it. But did have a limited run, right? It was only 13 issues. It didn't get the spotlight, it was sort of promised it kind of, it came out with a grouping of other mercenary titles at the time. There was a new Punisher title. There was a Silver Sable. There was a few other titles in this grouping. Everyone was promised a certain amount of additional PR, which they got; when it got to Terror. It didn't get that it like, they pulled the boost at the last minute that might not have made a difference. And I also think maybe it was a little bit ahead of its time in certain attitudes crossing the line between horror and [00:59:00] humor and overtness of certain things, at least for Marvel, like where do you fit this? I think the readers are fine. Readers are great about picking up on stuff and embracing things. For Marvel, it was kind of probably, and I'm not dissing them. I never got like any negative, you know, we're gonna launch this title, what we're going to dismiss it. But I just also think, unless it's somebody like me driving it or the editor driving it, or Carl Potts, who was the editor in chief of that division at that point, you know, unless they're pushing it, there's plenty of other characters Right. For, things to get behind. But I think again, anytime it kind of comes up, it is definitely the one that I hear about probably the most and the most passionately so that's cool in its own way. Mike: Yeah, I think I remember reading an interview that you did, where you were talking about how there was originally going to be like a gimmick cover or a trading card or something like that. Dan: Yeah. Mike: So what was the, what was the gimmick going to be for Terror number one? Dan: What was the gimmick going to be? I don't know, actually, I if I knew I [01:00:00] can't remember anymore. But it was going to be totally gimmicky, as all those titles and covers were at the time. So I hope not scratch and sniff like a, uh, rotting bodies odor, although that would have been kind of in-character and cool. Mike: I mean, this was the era of the gimmick cover. Dan: Oh, absolutely. Mike: Like,that was when that was when we had Bloodstrike come out and it was like the thermographic printing, so you could rub the blood and it would disappear. Force Works is my favorite one, you literally unfold the cover and it's like a pop-up book. Dan: Somebody actually keyed me in. There actually was like a Terror trading card at one point. Mike: Yeah. Dan: Like after the fact, which I was like, shocked. Mike: I have that, that's from Marvel Universe series four. Dan: Yeah. we did a pretty good job with it actually. And then even as we got to the end of the run, you know, we, and you can sort of see us where we're trying to shift certain aspects of the book, you know, more into the mainstream Marvel, because they said, well, we'll give you another seven issues or something, you know, to kind of get the numbers up. Mike: Right. Dan: And they pulled the plug, you know, even before that. So, uh, that's why [01:01:00] the end kind of comes a bit abruptly and we get that final coda scene, you know, that Richard Pace did such a nice job with. Mike: Yeah. I mean, it felt like it wrapped it up, you know, and they gave you that opportunity, which I was really kind of grateful for, to be honest. Dan: Yeah. and subsequently, I don't know what's going on. I know there was that David Lapham, you know, series, you did a couple of those, which I glanced at, I know I kind of got in the way of it a little bit too, not in the way, but I just said, remember to give us a little created by credits in that, but I didn't read those. And then, I know he was in the League of Losers at one point, which just didn't sound right to me. And, uh. Mike: It's actually. Okay. So I'm going to, I'm going to say this cause, it's basically a bunch of, kind of like the B to C listers for the most part. And. So they're called the Legal Losers. I think it's a really good story, and I actually really like what they do with Terror. He gets, she's now Spider Woman, I think it's, Anya Corazon, but it was her original incarnation of, Arana. And she's got that spider armor that like comes out of her arm. And so she [01:02:00] dies really on and he gets her arm. And then, Dan: That's cool. Mike: What happens is he makes a point of using the armor that she has. And so he becomes this weird amalgamation of Terror and Arana's armored form, which is great. Dan: Was that the Kirkman series? Is that the one that he did or. Mike: yeah. That was part of Marvel Team-Up. Dan: Okay. Mike: it was written by Robert Kirkman. Dan: Well, then I will, I will look it up. Mike: Yeah. And that one's on Marvel unlimited and genuinely a really fun story as I remembered. It's been a couple of years since I read it, but yeah. Dan: Very cool. Mike: So we've talked about this a little bit, but, so

Darryl and Tracy Strawberry, Lee Weeks, Tom Toner, Heather Carter

From the Fall 2021 Christian Product Expo at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, MO (St. Louis area), the following guests were part of an extended piece at Faith Radio/Meeting House Media Central: Darryl & Tracy Strawberry of Strawberry Ministries, sharing about their life and ministry together; he also commented on the concept of his book, Turn Your Season Around: How God Transforms Your Life  + Lee Weeks, Assistant Editor of Decision Magazine (published by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association) and co-author of Turn Your Season Around, as well as an upcoming book with Tracy Strawberry + Tom Toner, Founder of the ministry Hearts at Work and author of Hearts at Work: How to Powerfully Practice, Passionately Pursue, and Purposely Persuade By Your Faith.  Websites: Strawberry Ministries: findingyourway.com Lee Weeks: lee-weeks.com, decisionmagazine.com Tom Toner: heartsatwork.com

Welcome to B's Views and Reviews, the podcast that promotes faith-based, family friendly comics and the creators that make them, brought to you by Geek Devotions, a show by devoted geeks devoted to letting you know that you are loved.  This week we'll be talking about a mainstream comic book, the series Daredevil: Dark Nights.  We're going to be looking at the very first story arc of this series, “Angels Unaware.”   If you have a family friendly - Faith based comic or book you'd like Branson to review; email him at branson.boykin@gmail.com    Check out Geek Devotions at https://geekdevotions.com/   Join the Devoted Geeks Discord at https://discord.gg/ZekSXbDnJm   We want to give a very special thank you to the Devoted Patreon Geeks who help to support Geek Devotions on a monthly basis: Francisco Ruiz, Adam Arciniega, Cody McGurk, Erin Straus, Andrew Markham, Paul Turner, Jacob Russel, Mike Alderman, Nathan Marchand, The Dapper Man, Dale White, Ashley Kronenbitter, Victoria Dalton, Michael Joesph Manacci, Drew Dodgen, and Jonathan Player. If you'd like to become a Devoted Patreon Geek or learn more about the benefits of becoming one, click the link below; https://www.patreon.com/GeekDevotions You can do a one time gift via PayPal here https://www.paypal.me/geekdevotions  

In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul are joined by special guest Marvyn For the fifth and final installment in our epic discussion and breakdown of BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Knightfall). Presenting “BATMAN: KNIGHTSEND” (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/KnightsEnd) Following the events of “KNIGHTQUEST: THE CRUSADE” (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Knightquest) and “KNIGHTQUEST: THE SEARCH” (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Knightquest), Bruce Wayne has returned to Gotham. Alfred has gone. Jean-Paul valley's campaign of terror and one knight, deepy violent crusade on crime has ravaged Gotham. The mansion is in a state of disrepair and Gotham has lost trust in her champion. The mantle of the Bat now resides in the iron claw of a zealous dark paladin who has appointed himself judge, jury and executioner. Bruce is determined to take back the mantle and correct his mistake, to restore the Batman, as a symbol to its former glory. But first he needs to regain his edge, before going toe to toe with Jean-Paul for the title! Now there really is just one arc here that closes out the battle and puts the mantle back where it belongs with Bruce Wayne. But following Knightfall the story is not truly over. It isn't a tidy ending, which is why we chose to cover the fallout for true closure! This is collected in two subsequent chunks “BATAMAN: PRODIGAL” (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Prodigal) and “BATMAN: TROIKA” (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Troika) It's all here. The thrilling conclusion to the BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Knightfall) SAGA and the fallout of these explosive events! Batman: KnightsEnd Covers: Batman #509-510 Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #29-30 Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight #62-63 Robin #8-9 Detective Comics #676-677 Catwoman #12-13 Showcase '94 #10 Batman: Prodigal Covers: Batman #512-514 Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #32-34 Robin #0, 11-13 Detective Comics #679-681 Batman: Troika Covers: Batman #515 Batman: Shadow Of The Bat#35 Detective Comics #682 Robin #14 Nightwing: Alfred Returns Batman: Vengeance Of Bane #2 Note: Some minor fan noise can be heard at points during this episode, it was very hot ok? we tried our best to remove it but we couldn't silence it completely... sorry! Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!# Special Guest: Marvyn Lafayette.

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DCOCD is the DC Comics events podcast, where we look at every DC event in chronological order from Crisis on Infinite Earths to... we're not quite sure yet. in 2018 we learnt about Sanctuary. A place where heroes can go and work through their problems. What could possibly go wrong? Welcome to HEROES IN CRISIS from creators Tom King, Josh Williamson, Clay Mann, Travis G Moore, Lee Weeks, Mitch Gerards, Jorge Fornes, Clayton Cowles, Tomeu Morey, Arif Prianto, and Jamie S Rich. Paul is joined by the pair of positive podcasting powerhouses Peter Rios and Sean Ross to discuss, dissect and score this event. If you have thoughts, opinions, encouragement or issues, please feel free to contact us via the comments section on this post or at DCOCDCast@gmail.com and on twitter @DCOCDCast KEEP ON EVENTING! Intro/Outro music: No Sanctuary - Unsecret

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Rogue and Remy finally shed their past sins, but is that enough to bring them closer together? We delve into the two Howard Mackie mini-series from the 1990s that defined the romance of the popular X-couple. It's a lot of comics to cover, but they are essential to the conversation if we're ever to join them in the next stage of their relationship. Gambit's past refuses to stay where it belongs, and Rogue refuses to let its murky shadow get in the way of the love she so desperately wants to partake in but is still struggling to accept herself. This is a hot and heavy melodrama, and we are here for it. Now, more than ever, we need the aid of Drs. Gottman and Abrams, and their relationship guide "Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love." What are the keys to listening? Putting judgment aside is essential. Being open and honest with who you were and who you are is crucial.  The issues covered in this episode: "Gambit" Vol. 1 No. 1 - 4, written by Howard Mackie, penciled by Lee Weeks, inked by Klaus Janson, colored by Steve Buccellato, and lettered by Richard Starkings. Also, "Rogue" Vol. 1 No. 1 - 4, written by Howard Mackie, penciled by Mike Wieringo, inked by Terry Austin and Jason Gorder, colored by Dana Moreshead, Mike Thomas, and Digital Chameleon, and lettered by Richard Starkings and Comicraft. Be sure to follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow the hosts @MouthDork & @sidewalkersiren.     

Quarter-Bin Podcast #65Originally released: January 12, 2016.Justice #17, Marvel Comics New Universe line, cover-dated March 1988."Spirit Against the Flesh," by Peter David, with art by Lee Weeks & Tony DeZuniga.Right-click to download episode directly Next Episode: Tailgunner Jo #6, DC Comics, cover-dated January 1989Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com, no matter how long ago this episode originally posted.

In this episode we discuss the Wild Cards Comic Books, vols 1-4. Show Notes These show notes are short and sweet, like we like our men. Jay does indeed wet the bed in Dead Man's Hand, after his Lovecraftian nightmare. No mention of rubber sheets there, though. Whether he is a habitual bedwetter is still unconfirmed. That milk ducts image isn't real, but they should still use it in the show. You have homework: watch Watchmen on Netflix, and watch The Boys on Amazon Prime. We are planning some episodes for those, maybe just for backers. Yep, our Patreon backers also get early access to all episodes, and special bonus episodes! So please back us at https://www.patreon.com/acesjokerspod THANK YOU Angeleah and Warren for being top tier Puppetmen backers. General Notes The only author consistently credited to these Wild Cards comic books is Lewis Shiner, though any author who created a particular character is credited too. Artists who worked on these issues were: Barry Kitson, Harry Candelario, Keith Williams, Jackson Guice, Marshall Rogers, Fred Fredricks, Lee Weeks, Tom Yeates, Michael Bair, Tim Truman, Larry Stroman, Doug Potter, Mark Nelson, Al Williamson, John Tartaglione, Mickey Ritter, Gray Morrow, Al Ramirez , Paul Mounts, Sam Parsons, Joseph Chiodo and John Van Fleet. Our fantastic theme tune is Ace Of Spades (8 Bit Remix Cover Version) by the great folks at 8 Bit Universe. Follow them on YouTube and Twitter. Email us with any questions, comments, or corrections at acesjokerswildcards@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter.

Two superstar interviews this week to help you usher in 2018. First up is Gerry Chase, President and COO of New Castle Hotels and Resorts; then we have Lee Weeks, CEO of Coral Hospitality. From the team here at No Vacancy: Have a Happy New Year, and we'll see you in 2018. Subscribe to our newsletter. Text ‘hotel' to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsor: Duetto Visit our sponsor: CLIC: California Lodging Investment Conference Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Follow Suraj: @surajstar Learn more at http://novacancy.libsyn.com Produced by Jeff Polly: http://www.endpointmultimedia.com/  

It is the penultimate episode of Daredevil 101 with yet another #1. This time, Dave tackles the first issue of the Daredevil Anthology series, Dark Nights, with a story by Lee Weeks that puts Daredevil up against the clock. As a young girl waits for a life-saving heart, Daredevil must [...]

Our next panel recording from Super Show features our many guests of honor: Fred Hembeck, Rudy Nebres, Joe Staton, Tim Truman, and Lee Weeks. Moderated once again by the honorable Joe Sergi (1:02:20)

From Super Show '11, it's the second Comics Experience panel moderated by IDW Senior Editor Andy Schmidt, discussing how to break into comics. Lee Weeks, Chris Sotomayor, Tom Feister, Rebekah Isaacs and Robert Atkins share their stories and tips for up and coming creators. (1:19:07)

In time for the recently released Modern Masters vol.17, we talk with artist Lee Weeks! Life long friend Tom Field and Eric Nolen-Weathington of TwoMorrows Publishing put together a fantastic book and we discuss as much as we can. (1:31:49)

On this episode of Word Balloon, host John Siuntres catches up with writer B Clay Moore. Readers may think Moore took this year off. Despite not having a new book on the stands , several BCM projects in the works are finally hitting the racks starting this month. Clay's tiki noir series Hawaiian Dick is back as a monthly Image book  with an arc drawn by Scott Chantler (Northwest PassageScandalous) and colored by HD co-creator Steven Griffin. In January, Clay writes an arc of Superman Confidential (starting with #11) for DC drawn by Phil Hester and Ande Parks, and a Wildcat JSA Classified arc drawn by Ramon Perez. For Image Clay presents his new series Jackie Karma , co-featured in the flip book "76" , and drawn by Ed TademAlso coming next spring in Marvel Comics Presents, a BCM Stingray story, drawn by Lee Weeks.