Podcast appearances and mentions of Mike Hawthorne

Bank robbers prefer sport sedans: all the speed of a supercar with seating for all their accomplices — and trunk space for their loot. And the fast sedan was born with the Jaguar sedan powered by a Le Mans-winning-engine. In the 1950s, Jaguar was on a Le Mans winning streak with its MK120-C and D-Type race cars. But why let the sports cars have all the fun? In 1955 Jaguar introduced the 2.4 Saloon (aka the Mark 1), and a handful of months later plopped their Le Mans-winning 210 hp 3.4L straight-6 engine into the chassis to create the 3.4 Saloon. Equipped with race-spec 4-wheel discs and double-wishbone front suspension it outran everything (including the police), and is arguably the world's first sports sedan. In this episode we'll cover the elegantly menacing Jaguar 3.4 Saloon or “Mark 1”. Starting with how to properly pronounce Jagyoowuhr. Or is it Jagwire? Depends. We'll cover the marque's origins – from Sir William Lyons' Swallow Sidecar Company, to early sports cars like the XK120 and the Le Mans winning streak of the 1950s with the C-Type and D-Type. The 2.4L straight-6, followed by the monster 3.4, then 3.8, and even 4.2 which was used all the way up until the mid-1980s in the XJ6 and even early 90s in the Daimler DS420. The 3.4 Saloon employed 4-wheel disc brakes, double wishbone front suspension, a cantilevered rear leaf spring, and panhard rod. Early cars had centrally-mounted gauges, and the chassis was Jaguar's first to use unitary construction. Sadly, galvanization wouldn't take off for another two decades, starting at Porsche. And while the unibody proved stronger than anticipated, it wasn't strong enough to protect racer Mike Hawthorne when he fatally crashed his Mark 1 while passing a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing in England in 1959. The Mark 1 comes from a bygone era of race cars where Le Mans-winning engines (and entire vehicles) would find their way into dealer showrooms effectively unchanged. With few exceptions since (notably the McLaren F1 – which, incredibly, went the reverse direction from streetcar to dominant race car). The last of the breed may have been the Mark III Ford GT40, as things escalated dramatically with the arrival of the Porsche 917. Luckily for us poors, plenty of lower level racing exists, and we got a handful of other homologation specials to choose from in the form of the BMW E30 M3, Mercedes-Benz 190 2.3-16, Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, and Rover SD1, to name a few. Cars like the Alfa Giulietta Ti sedan give the Jag a challenge for the original sports sedan mantle, but the Italian wasn't first. In today's world, the Jag was a performance-per-dollar bargain akin to a Tesla Model 3. Or possibly a Dodge Charger Hellcat. In any case, today's quintessential sports sedan, the M3, has gotten far too pricey to be considered a bargain. As Derek points out, if you're a thrifty enthusiast, skip the G80 and E30 and get yourself a nice used E36 or E46. No matter what you buy, budget for fixing it (especially if it's a Land Rover). And always, always get a silly license plate. Just maybe one that doesn't tempt fate like Jason's friend's NEED AAA plate. Because, umm, he did. Immediately. [The words Hagerty Roadside didn't fit on the plate. Obviously.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:33 - Comixology Top 10 0:06:59 - Absolute Power #3 (Mark Waid and Dan Mora) 0:29:02 - Batman #152 (LGY #917) (Chip Zdarsky and MIke Hawthorne) 0:53:18 - Birds of Prey #13 (LGY #211) (Kelly Thompson and Gavin Guidrey) 1:03:44 - Justice Society of America #11 (Geoff Johns and Marco Santucci) 1:15:45 - Poison Ivy #25 (G WIllow Wilson and Marcio Takara) 1:32:53 - The Boy Wonder #5 (Juni Ba) 1:45:03 - Plastic Man No More #1 (Christopher Cantwell and Jacob Edgar) 1:58:36 - PATREON American Vampire Second Cycle #11 2:09:58 - Best art, cover and books of the week. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:26 - Comixology Top 10 0:10:33 - Absolute Power #2 (Mark Waid and Dan Mora) 0:28:13 - Batman #151 (LGY #916) (Chip Zdarsky and MIke Hawthorne) 0:45:42 - Birds of Prey #12 (LGY #210) (Kelly Thompson and Javier Pina & Sophie Campbell) 0:57:29 - Shazam #14 (Josie Campbell and Emanuela Lupacchino) 1:07:30 - The Boy Wonder #4 (Juni Ba) 1:22:57 - Blue Beetle #11 (Josh Trujillo and Adrián Gutiérrez) 1:31:50 - Best art, cover and books of the week. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Das 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans wurde im Jahr 1955 mit Spannung erwartet: Am 11. Juni sollten die besten Rennställe der Welt an dem traditionsreichen Rennen teilnehmen. Die Favoriten – Ferrari, Jaguar und Mercedes-Benz – brachten Wagen mit brandneuer Technologie an den Start und Hunderttausende standen am Streckenrand, um die neuen Wagen in Aktion zu sehen. Nach etwas über zwei Stunden Rennzeit hatten sich die Favoriten an die Spitze gesetzt. Mike Hawthorne führte in seinem Jaguar das Feld an und war bereit für seinen ersten Boxenstopp. An der Boxengasse bremst er ab – und löst so eine Kettenreaktion aus, die zum Tod von über 80 Menschen führen wird.

Comic Reviews: DC o        Absolute Power 1 by Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Alejandro Sanchez o        Batman 150 by Chip Zdarsky, Denys Cowan, Jorge Jimenez, John Stanisci, Tomeu Morey; Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romulo Fajardo Jr. o        Batman and Robin and Howard: Summer Breakdown 1 by Jeffrey Brown, Silvana Brys Marvel o        Amazing Spider-Man Annual by Derek Landy, Ron Lim, Don Ho, Israel Silva; Derek Landy, Sara Pichelli, Mattia Iacono o        Annihilation 2099 1 by Steve Orlando, Ibraim Roberson, Neeraj Menon; Steve Orlando, Dale Eaglesham, Raul Angulo o        Blood Hunters 3 by Sean McKeever, Lan Medina, Romulo Fajardo Jr.; Josh Trujillo, Claire Roe, Neeraj Menon o        Life of Wolverine 1 by Jim Zub, Ramon Bachs, Java Tartaglia o        Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu 0 by Jed MacKay, Alessandro Cappuccio, Rachelle Rosenberg; Joe Kelly, Emilio Laiso, Rachelle Rosenberg o        Spider-Man: Reign 2 1 by Kaare Andrews, Brian Reber o        Star Wars: Inquisitors 1 by Rodney Barnes, Ramon Rosanas, Guru eFX o        Werewolf by Night: Blood Hunt 1 by Jason Loo, Adam Gorham, Alex Sinclair o        Wolverine: Deep Cut 1 by Chris Claremont, Edgar Salazar, Carlos Lopez o        X-Men: Blood Hunt – Psylocke 1 by Steve Foxe, Lynne Yoshii, Ruth Redmond o        Marvel Unlimited §  Marvel Mutts 10 by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Takeshi Miyazawa Dark Horse o        Cyberpunk 2077: Kickdown 1 by Tomasz Marchewka, Jake Elphick o        Grendel: Devil's Crucible - Defiance 1 by Matt Wagner, Brennan Wagner Image o        All the Things We Didn't Do Last Night by Maria Llovet o        Free Agents 1 by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Stephen Mooney, Triona Farrell Titan o        Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor 1 by Dan Watters, Kelsey Ramsay, Valentina Bianconi Dynamite o        ThunderCats: Cheetara 1 by Soo Lee, Domenico Carbone, Chiara Di Francia Mad Cave o        Soul Taker 1 by Tom Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson, Valeria Burzo OGN Countdown o        Jacksons Wilder Adventures by Sarah Davidson o        I'm a Mess: A Guide to a Messy Life by Einat Tsarfati o        Pizza Face by Rex Ogle, Dave Valeza o        Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry by Rachel Medoff, Craig Yoe o        First Test by Tamora Pierce, Devin Grayson, Becca Farrow o        Ready or Not by Andi Porretta o        Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks by Lisa Naffziger o        Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair by Lucy Knisley Additional Reviews: Despicable Me 4, Secret History of Wonder Woman novel, Satina, Bear season 3, Fables Deluxe Vol 16, MAWS 2.8, Acolyte ep6 News: Neil Gaiman accusations, Mad Cave launching first shared universe event, Inside Out graphic novel announced, Venom War: It's Jeff, major announcement in the indie animation world, Starman by Robinson/Harris returning at Black Label, Hyde Street by Johns and Reis, Absolute Batman Trailers: Agatha All Along Comics Countdown (03 July 2024): 1.     Radiant Black 29/29.5 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato, Rod Fernandes, Raul Angulo 2.     Batman 150 by Chip Zdarsky, Denys Cowan, Jorge Jimenez, John Stanisci, Tomeu Morey; Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romulo Fajardo Jr. 3.     Poison Ivy 24 by G. Willow Wilson, Haining, Arif Prianto 4.     Public Domain 6 by Chip Zdarsky, Rachael Stott 5.     Boy Wonder 3 by Juni Ba, Chris O'Halloran 6.     Rogue Sun 20 by Ryan Parrott, Nick Cotton, Abel, Natalia Marques 7.     Toxic Summer 2 by Derek Charm 8.     Birds of Prey 11 by Kelly Thompson, Robbi Rodriguez, Javier Pina, Gavin Guidry, Jordie Bellaire 9.     Space Ghost 3 by David Pepose, Jonathan Lau 10.  Venom 35 by Al Ewing, CAFU, Frank D'Armata

Welcome to the (Not So) New 52, a real-time retrospective of DC Comics' New 52 imprint! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:45 - Detective Comics #27 (Various) 0:26:12 - Forever Evil: Arkham War #4 (Peter Tomasi and Scot Eaton) 0:33:57 - Phantom Stranger #15 (J.M. DeMatteis and Fernando Blanco, Miguel Sepulveda) 0:43:19 - Batwing #27 (Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Jason Masters) 0:51:40 - Action Comics #27 (Greg Pak and R.B. Silva, Mike Hawthorne, Aaron Kuder) 1:00:10 - Batman / Superman #7 (Greg Pak and Brett Booth) 1:08:59 - Green Lantern #27 (Robert Venditti and Dale Eaglesham) 1:18:44 - Earth 2 #19 (Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott, Robson Rocha) 1:27:02 - Green Arrow #27 (Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino) 1:34:42 - StormWatch #27 (Jim Starlin and Yvel Guichet, Raymund Bermudez) 1:43:23 - The Movement #8 (Gail Simone and Freddie Williams II) 1:52:35 - Swamp Thing #27 (Charles Soule and Jesus Saiz) 2:02:27 - 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

Comic Reviews: DC Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight 1 by Jeff Parker, Michele Bandini, Alex Sinclair Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis by Nicole Maines, Steve Orlando, Fico Ossio; Dan Jurgens, Anthony Marques, Joe Prado, Wade Von Grawbadger, Pete Pantazis Titans: Beast World – Waller Rising by Chuck Brown, Keron Grant Marvel Marvel's Voices: Avengers by Utkarsh Amdubkar, Tadam Gyadu, Michael Bartolo, Justina Ireland, Karen Darboe, Ceci de la Cruz, Jason Concepcion, Moises Hidalgo, Bryan Valenza, Robbie Thompson, Sid Kotian, Adriano Di Benedetto, Juancho Velez Sentry 1 by Jason Loo, Luigi Zagaria, Arthur Hesli Thunderbolts 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Geraldo Borges, Arthur Hesli Rocket and Groot: The Hunt for Star-Lord by Amanda Deibert, Cam Kendell Marvel Unlimited Marvel Mutts 2 by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Takeshi Miyazawa Alligator Loki s3 1 & 2 by Alyssa Wong, Bob Quinn Image Bloodrik 1 by Andrew Krahnke Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 by Daniel Kraus, Jonathan Wayshak, Adriano Lucas, James Asmus, Letizia Cadonici, Francesco Segala Our Bones Dust 1 by Ben Stenbeck, Dave Stewart Dark Horse Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat 1 by Mike Mignola, Matthew Smith, Chris O'Halloran Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III 1 by Daniel Jose Older, Harvey Tolibao, Michael Atiyeh Time Traveler Tales 1 by Dave Scheidt, Karl Jacobs, Kicking Shoes Boom Orcs: The Gift 1 by Christine Larsen Stuff of Nightmares: Slay Ride by R.L. Stine, Pius Bak Titan Gumaa: The Beginning of Her 1 by Jee-Hyung Lee, Nabetse Zitro Mad Cave Skeeters 1 by Kelly Williams, Bob Frantz, Kevin Cuffe OGNs Birdking Vol 2 by Daniel Freedman, Cristian Ortiz Cain by Mike Benson, Walter Hill, Beni Lobel, Jordi Escuin Llorach Matriarchs by LouAnne Brickhouse, Jennifer Rea, Renae De Liz Mayor Good Boy Goes Bad by Dave Scheidt, Miranda Harmon Additional Reviews: Squid Game: The Challenge, The Bear s1, Flash by Mark Waid Omni vol 1, Doctor Who: The Giggle, Merry Little Batman News: one more Spider-Man OGN from Mike Maihack, Tidalwave's Taylor Swift comic, Feral by Tony Fleecs, casting rumors/news for Supergirl and Maxwell Lord, Josie Campbell series coming from Boom, Chris Condon series from Oni, Peter Snejbjerg joins Ghost Machine, Mark Millar and CG Comics Countdown (05 Dec 2023): 1.      Batman 140 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey, Mike Hawthorne, Ivan Plascencia 2.      Birds of Prey 4 by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire 3.      Nice Jewish Boys 2 by Neil Kleid, John Broglia, Ellie Wright 4.      Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow 3 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi 5.      Fantastic Four 14 by Ryan North, Ivan Fiorelli, Brian Reber 6.      Midlife 3 by Brian Buccellato, Stefano Simeone 7.      Transformers 3 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer 8.      Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight 1 by Jeff Parker, Michele Bandini, Alex Sinclair 9.      Skeeters 1 by Kelly Williams, Bob Frantz, Kevin Cuffe 10.  Sacrificers 5 by Rick Remender, Max Fiumara, Dave McCaig

We are covering Gotham War a crossover event written by Chip Zdarsky ,Tini Howard & Matthew Rosenberg. Artists: Jorge Jiminez, Nico DeLeon, Mike Hawthorne. Mike Spicer, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Veronica Gandini, Lucas Gattoni, Clayton Cowles, Steve Wands, Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Battle Lines #1 (Part 1) Batman (Vol 3) #137 (Part 2) Catwoman (Vol 5) #57 (Part 3) Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Red Hood #1 (of 2) (Tie-in) Batman (Vol 3) #138 (Part 4) Catwoman (Vol 5) #58 (Part 5) Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Red Hood #2 (of 2) (Tie-in) Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Scorched Earth #1 (Final part) If your enjoying the podcast we would appreciate if you could make it a favorite and/or share it on whatever device or app you listen on. We also have a patreon page where we have extra content behind a pay wall that is only 1 dollar a month. We want to thank all of you who are already a part of it. this support goes to helping us pay for the hosting feeds and website.  https://www.patreon.com/Taylor_Network

Comic Reviews: DC Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Special by Tim Seeley, Miguel Mendonca, Andrew Dalhouse, Joey Esposito, Ray-Anthony Height, Eren Angiolini, Ethan Sacks, Scot Eaton, Norm Rapmund Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Scorched Earth by Tini Howard, Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Nikola Cizmesija, Mark Morales, Wade Von Grawbadger Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Special by Dan Jurgens, Travis Moore, Adriano Lucas, Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Glenn Whitmore, Jerry Ordway, Karl Kesel, Tom Grummett, Doug Hazlewood, Brett Breeding, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Denis Rodier Supergirl Special by Mariko Tamaki, Skylar Partridge, Marissa Louise Marvel It's Jeff: The Jeff-Verse by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Spider-Boy 1 by Dan Slott, Paco Medina, Ty Templeton, Erick Arciniega, Dee Cunniffe Ultimate Universe 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Stefano Caselli, David Curiel White Widow 1 by Sarah Gailey, Alessandro Miracolo, Matt Milla Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 27 by Kelly Thompson, Nao Fuji Image Blood Commandment 1 by Szymon Kudranski Dynamite Savage Red Sonja 1 by Dan Panosian, Alessio Petillo, Francesco Segala Boom Space Between 1 by Corinna Bechko, Danny Luckert Dark Horse Stranger Things: The Voyage 1 by Michael Moreci, Todor Hristov, Francesco Segala Ablaze Almost Dead 1 by Galaxy, Ryan Benjamin, John Livesay, Sivakami M AWA Red Light 1 by Sarah Cho, Priscilla Petraites, Miroslav Mrva Vault Unnatural Order 1 by Christopher Yost, Val Rodrigues, Dearbhla Kelly DSTLRY Gone 1 by Jock OGNs Doctor Who: Once Upon a Timelord by Dan Slott, Chris Jones, Matthew Dow Smith Bad Karma by Alex de Campi, Ryan Howe, Dee Cunniffe Good Comics for Bad People: An Extra Fabulous Collection by Zach Stafford Avatar the Last Airbender: Azula and the Spirit Temple by Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, Adele Matera The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber by Juni Ba, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Hundredth Voice by Caitlin Like Chasing Echoes by Dan Goldman, George Schall Mariko Between Worlds by Matthew Erman, Liana Kangas, Rebecca Nalty Additional Reviews: Loki s2e5, Fall of the House of Usher News: some odd MCU stuff, Gail wrote a novel, DC Compact Comics, Stephanie Phillips Black Widow/Hawkeye miniseries, massive developments in theme park world, Superman and Lois ending with s4, Marvel Spotlight, new Ram V comic from Dark Horse, Omninews, Arcane s2 release date Trailers: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Echo, Fargo s5 Comics Countdown (31 Oct 2023): 1.     Hundredth Voice OGN by Caitlin Like 2.     Supergirl Special by Mariko Tamaki, Skylar Partridge, Marissa Louise 3.     Bad Karma OGN by Alex de Campi, Ryan Howe, Dee Cunniffe 4.     Doctor Strange 9 by Jed MacKay, Pasqual Ferry, Heather Moore 5.     Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow 2 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi 6.     Space Between 1 by Corinna Bechko, Danny Luckert 7.     Traveling to Mars 9 by Mark Russell, Roberto Meli 8.     Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Special by Dan Jurgens, Travis Moore, Adriano Lucas, Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Glenn Whitmore, Jerry Ordway, Karl Kesel, Tom Grummett, Doug Hazlewood, Brett Breeding, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Denis Rodier 9.     No/One 6 by Brian Buccellato, Kyle Higgins, Geraldo Borges, Mark Englert 10.  Spider-Boy 1 by Dan Slott, Paco Medina, Ty Templeton, Erick Arciniega, Dee Cunniffe  

Japon, Espagne, Mexique, USA, Galaxie lointaine, …Suivez-nous dans ce fantastique voyage bédéphile ! Bonne écoute ! Télécharger l'émission (63 Mo) – Regarder sur YoutubeS'abonner au One Eye Club – S'abonner à toutes nos émissionsChroniques[02:36] Shamisen Tiago Minamisawa & Ghilerme Pëtreca Ghilerme Pëtreca[16:49] Échecs Victor L. Pinel[28:27] Charlotte Impératrice n°3 Fabien Nury Mathieu Bonhomme Delphine Chedru[45:22] Daredevil (20219) n°5 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto, Francesco Mobili, Manuel garcia, Mike Hawthorne, Chris Mooneyham Marcio Menyz, Rachelle Rosenberg, Mattia IaconoDaredevil (20219) n°6 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto Mattia IaconoDaredevil (20219) n°7 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto, Manuel Garcia, Stefano Landini, Francesco Mobili, Mike Hawthorne Marcio Menyz, Bryan ValenzaDaredevil (2022) n°1 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto, Mike Hawthorne, Paul Azaceta, John Romira Jr, Rafael De Latorre, Phil Noto, Chris Samnee, Klaus Janson Matthew WilsonUn Œil sur …[54:49] AshokaLégende : Scénario – Dessin – Couleur – Coup de cœur – Service de Presse – Le Vote des TipeursGénérique et jingles : Spanish Samba (Oursvince) / Dialup (Jlew) / backstraight (Heigh-hoo)

Japon, Espagne, Mexique, USA, Galaxie lointaine, …Suivez-nous dans ce fantastique voyage bédéphile ! Bonne écoute ! Télécharger l'émission (63 Mo) – Regarder sur YoutubeS'abonner au One Eye Club – S'abonner à toutes nos émissionsChroniques[02:36] Shamisen Tiago Minamisawa & Ghilerme Pëtreca Ghilerme Pëtreca[16:49] Échecs Victor L. Pinel[28:27] Charlotte Impératrice n°3 Fabien Nury Mathieu Bonhomme Delphine Chedru[45:22] Daredevil (20219) n°5 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto, Francesco Mobili, Manuel garcia, Mike Hawthorne, Chris Mooneyham Marcio Menyz, Rachelle Rosenberg, Mattia IaconoDaredevil (20219) n°6 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto Mattia IaconoDaredevil (20219) n°7 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto, Manuel Garcia, Stefano Landini, Francesco Mobili, Mike Hawthorne Marcio Menyz, Bryan ValenzaDaredevil (2022) n°1 Chip Zdarsky Marco Chechetto, Mike Hawthorne, Paul Azaceta, John Romira Jr, Rafael De Latorre, Phil Noto, Chris Samnee, Klaus Janson Matthew WilsonUn Œil sur …[54:49] AshokaLégende : Scénario – Dessin – Couleur – Coup de cœur – Service de Presse – Le Vote des TipeursGénérique et jingles : Spanish Samba (Oursvince) / Dialup (Jlew) / backstraight (Heigh-hoo)

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro  0:08:55 - ComiXology Top 10 0:14:07 - Detective Comics #1076 (Ram V and Jason Shawn Alexander) 0:50:00 - Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Scorched Earth #1 (Chip Zdarsky & Tini Howard and MIke Hawthorne & Nikola Čižmešija) 1:11:54 - Supergirl Special #1 (Mariko Tamaki and Skylar Patridge) 1:33:19 - City Boy #5 (Greg Pak and Mike Choi) 1:44:14 - PATREON: American Vampire Second Cycle #1 1:59:18 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

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

Comic Reviews: DC Action Comics Presents: Doomsday Special by Dan Watters, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Adriano Lucas, Max Raynor, Andrew Dalhouse Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Battle Lines 1 by Tini Howard, Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romulo Fajardo Jr Catwoman Uncovered by various G'nort's Illustrated Swimsuit Edition by Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Meghan Hetrick, Marissa Louise, Steve Orlando, Paul Pelletier, Norm Rapmund, Adriano Lucas, John Layman, Jen Bartel, Simon Bisley Knight Terrors: Night's End by Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Trevor Hairsine, Rain Beredo Marvel Marvel Age 1000 by Mark Waid, Alessandro Cappucchio, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Dave McCaig, Rainbow Rowell, Marguerite Sauvage, Dan Slott, Michael Allred, Laura Allred, Armando Iannucci, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin, Steve McNiven, Jason Aaron, Pepe Larraz, Alejandro Sanchez, J. Michael Straczynski, Kaare Andrews, Moon Knight Annual 2023 by Jed MacKay, Creees Lee, Arif Prianto, Stephanie Phillips, Alberto Foche, Raul Angulo Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant 1 by Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Carlos Gomez, Adam Gorham Marvel Unlimited Marvel Meow 18 by Nao Fuji Image Kaptara: Universal Truths 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Kagan McLeod, Riely McFarlane Local Man Gold by Tony Fleecs, Tim Seeley, Felipe Sobreiro Dark Horse Black Hammer: The End 1 by Jeff Lemire, Malachi Ward Boom MMPR 30th Anniversary Special by Ryan Parrott, Eleonora Carlini, Raul Angulo, Melissa Flores, Hendry Prasetya, Matt Herms, Mat Groom, Marco Renna, Sara Antonellini, Sharon Marino, Amy Jo Johnson, Matt Hotson, Francesco Mortarino, Joana Lafuente, Maria Ingrande Mora, Jo Mi-Gyeong, Mairghread Scott, Daniel Bayliss IDW Godzilla Rivals vs. SpaceGodzilla by Matt Frank, Goncalo Lopes IDW Endless Summer: Dungeons and Dragons Saturday Morning Adventures by David Booher, Jack Lawrence, Josh Burcham IDW Endless Summer: My Little Pony by IDW Endless Summer: TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures by Dave Baker, Tango, Alice Leclert, Xenon Honchar IDW Endless Summer; Sonic the Hedgehog Indy Chase and Catch: Spectral Phantoms by Justin Jordan, Leo Chiola American Mythology Beast of Bower Boulevard 1 by G.O. Parsons, Carlos Rodriguez Bombshell and TommTomm 1 by Mark Sparacio OGNs Dream Factory by Jerome Hamon, Suheb Zako, Lana Sayaphoum Shelley Frankenstein! Book One: Cow Piggy by Colleen Madden Punch Up by Zachary Sterling Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller – The Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith Additional Reviews: Ahsoka ep3, My Adventures With Superman finale, Owl House, Deadly Class News: Lego Jurassic Park coming to Peacock by Jeremy Adams, new Kelly Williams series from Mad Cave, tentative Arcane season 2 release date, all Disney+ shows delayed save for Loki s2, details on Valiant's future plans ND Stevenson factoid Comics Countdown (29 Aug 2023): 1.      w0rldtr33 5 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire 2.      Local Man Gold by Tony Fleecs, Tim Seeley, Felipe Sobreiro 3.      Black Hammer: The End 1 by Jeff Lemire, Malachi Ward 4.      Things in the Basement GN by Ben Hatke 5.      Batman/Catwoman: Gotham War – Battle Lines by Tini Howard, Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romulo Fajardo Jr 6.      Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country – Glass House 4 by James Tynion IV, Lisandro Estherren, Patricio Delpeche 7.      MMPR 30th Anniversary Specialc by Ryan Parrott, Eleonora Carlini, Raul Angulo, Melissa Flores, Hendry Prasetya, Matt Herms, Mat Groom, Marco Renna, Sara Antonellini, Sharon Marino, Amy Jo Johnson, Matt Hotson, Francesco Mortarino, Joana Lafuente, Maria Ingrande Mora, Jo Mi-Gyeong, Mairghread Scott, Daniel Bayliss 8.      Incredible Hulk 3 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson 9.      Action Comics Presents Doomsday Special by Dan Watters, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Adriano Lucas, Max Raynor, Andrew Dalhouse 10.  Hunger and the Dusk 2 by G. Willow Wilson, Christian Wildgoose, Diana Sousa, MassyK

Welcome to the (Not So) New 52, a real-time retrospective of DC Comics' New 52 imprint! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:56 - Forever Evil #1 (Geoff Johns and David Finch) 0:14:51 - Batman #23.1 - Joker (Andy Kubert and Andy Clarke) 0:22:03 - Batman and Robin #23.1 - Two Face (Peter Tomasi and Guillem March) 0:29:17 - Batman: The Dark Knight #23.1 - Ventriloquist (Gail Simone and Derlis Santacruz) 0:38:21 - Detective Comics #23.1 - Poison Ivy (Derek Fridolfs and Javier Pina) 0:47:19 - Action Comics #23.1 - Cyborg Superman (Michael Alan Nelson and Mike Hawthorne) 0:57:01 - Superman #23.1 - Bizarro (Sholly Fisch and Jeff Johnson) 1:04:46 - Green Lantern #23.1 - Relic (Robert Venditti and Rags Morales) 1:12:51 - Earth 2 #15.1 - Desaad (Paul Levitz and Yildiray Cinar) 1:20:10 - Flash #23.1 - Grodd (Brian Buccellato and Chris Batista) 1:28:02 - Green Arrow #23.1 - Count Vertigo (Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino) 1:35:51 - Justice League #23.1 - Darkseid (Greg Pak and Paulo Siqueira) 1:43:24 - Justice League of America #7.1 ( Deadshot (Matt Kindt and Sami Basri, Carmen Carnero) 1:50:48 - Justice League Dark #23.1 - The Creeper (Ann Nocenti, Dan Didio and ChrisCross, Fabrizio Fiorentino, Tom Derenick) 1:59:13 - 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

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro  0:02:01 - ComiXology Top 10 0:08:58 - News 0:15:31 - Knight Terror: Knight's End #1 (Joshua Williamson) 0:34:53 - Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines #1 (Chip Zdarsky & Tini Howard and MIke Hawthorne) 0:56:22 - Action Comics Presents: The Doomsday Special #1 (Dan Watters and Eddy Barrows) 1:16:55 -Tales of the Titans: Raven #1 (Tini Howard and Eleonora Carlini) 1:28:11 - PATREON: American Vampire Anthology #1 (Part 1) 1:48:50 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Part 2 of the 2009 look at Dr Voodoo...Rick Remender talks about what's coming up for charcters like Doctor Voodoo, The Punisher and The Thunderbolts, in books coming this fall. You'll hear about his new series featuring the current Sorcerer Supreme of Marvel's 616 universe. Plus The Punisher is heading toward a world of hurt in the months ahead, with bizare story arcs like Franken Castle with Tony Moore , and Punisher: The List, with classic Punisher draftsmen John Romita Jr and Klaus Janson.We also go in depth on The Last Days Of Crime from Radical Publishing, with art by Greg Tocchini and covers by some guy named Alex MaleevPlus, Rick talks about a special 40 page Thunderbolts issue, and the pending wrap ups to The End League With Eric Canette and Fear Agent with Tony Moore & Mike Hawthorne.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3143082/advertisement

Comic Reviews: DC Batman 135/900 by Chip Zdarsky, Mikel Janin, Mike Hawthorne, Jorge Jimenez, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Tomeu Morey Peacemaker Tries Hard 1 by Kyle Starks, Steve Pugh, Jordie Bellaire Shazam! 1 by Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Alejandro Sanchez Marvel Carnage Reigns Alpha by Alex Paknadel, David Pepose, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Cody Ziglar, Travel Foreman, Paris Alleyne, Will Robson, Julius Ohta, Chris Sotomayor, Andrew Dalhouse, Erick Arciniega, Dee Cunniffe Cult of Carnage: Misery 1 by Sabir Pirzada, Francesco Mortarino, Javier Tartaglia Demon Wars: Scarlet Sin by Peach Momoko Edge of Spider-Verse 1 by Zander Cannon, Karla Pacheco, Pere Perez, Guillermo Sanna, Rico Renzi, Antonio Fabela Groot 1 by Dan Abnett, Damian Couceiro, Matt Milla Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis 1 by Steve Orlando, Justin Mason, Jordan Boyd Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Lando by Stephanie Phillips, Alvaro Lopez, Antonio Fabela X-Men: Before the Fall – Sons of X by Simon Spurrier, Phil Noto Infinity Comics Who is… Adam Warlock? By Ralph Macchio, Damian Couceiro, Ruth Redmond Cosmo the Space Dog 1 by Jason Loo, David Cutler, Jim Campbell Image Starsigns 1 by Saladin Ahmed, Megan Levens, Kelly Fitzpatrick Dark Horse Survival 1 by Sean Lewis, Bryndon Everett, Natalie Barahona Boom Buffy the Vampire Slayer – The Lost Summer 1 by Casey Gilly, Lauren Knight, Francesco Segala Mad Cave Monomyth 1 by David Hazan, Cecilia Lo Valvo, Marissa Louise Oni Lamentation 1 by Cullen Bunn, Hilary Jenkins, Arjuna Susina Ablaze Animal Castle Volume Two 1 by Xavier Dorison, Felix Delep OGNs Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione Turtle Bread by Kim-Joy, Alti Firmansyah Haunthology by Jeremy Haun Every Day by David Levithan, Dion MBD Four Eyes by Rex Ogle, Dave Valeza Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass, Gabi Mendez Katie the Cat Sitter Vol 3 by Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue Fairest of All by Serena Valentino, Fiona Marchbank Ariel and the Curse of the Sea Witch Lot 13 by Steve Niles, Glenn Fabry FCBD DC Knight Terrors Prelude Clark and Lex/Fann Club Batman Squad Titan Runescape Conan the Barbarian Dark Horse Umbrella Academy/Witcher Star Wars High Republic/Avatar the Last Airbender Additional Reviews: Red Notice, Marvel Two-In-One by Chip Zdarsky, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, The Closet, Star Wars Visions 2, Simpsons/Star Wars short, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures pilot, Batman: Killing Time, Dark Ages News: Sweet Tooth renewed for third and final season, personnel changes at DC and IDW, Johns launching a Golden Age mini-line by three of his favorite co-creators Trailers: Dune 2, Oppenheimer, Meg 2 Comics Countdown (02 May 2023): Batman 135/900 by Chip Zdarsky, Mikel Janin, Mike Hawthorne, Jorge Jimenez, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Tomeu Morey Turtle Bread GN by Kim-Joy, Alti Firmansyah Radiant Black 23 by Kyle Higgins, Eduardo Ferigato, Raul Angulo Lo and Behold GN by Wendy Mass, Gabi Mendez Hairball 2 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, Hilary Jenkins Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent 3 by Tom Taylor, Clayton Henry, Jordie Bellaire Spider-Man 8 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Andrew Hennessy, Edgar Delgado Lamentation 1 by Cullen Bunn, Hilary Jenkins, Arjuna Susina TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen 2 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi I Hate This Place 8/Where Monsters Lie 4 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge, Piotr Kowalski, Vladimir Popov  

Comic Reviews: DC Flash 796 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Roger Cruz, George Kambadais, Oclair Albert, Wellington Dias, Pete Pantazis, Matt Herms, Luis Guerrero Marvel Amazing Spider-Man 23 by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna, Marcio Menyz Planet of the Apes 1 by David Walker, Dave Wachter, Bryan Valenza Spider-Man 7 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Andrew Hennessy, Edgar Delgado Infinity Comics Marvel Meow and Pizza Dog by Jason Loo Image Copra Versus 1 by Michel Fiffe Hey Kids! Comics! Vol 3: The Schlock of the New! 1 by Howard Chaykin Junk Rabbit 1 by Jimmie Robinson Sweet Paprika: Black, White, and Pink 1 by Mirka Andolfo, Katana Collins, Xong Bros, Kim Krizan, Elisa Ferrari, Gabriele Bagnoli, Steve Orlando, Emilio Pilliu, Stjepan Sejic, Retsu Tateo, Luca Blengino, Otto Schmidt Dark Horse Hairball 1 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins Dynamite Disney Villains – Scar 1 by Chuck Brown, Trevor Fraley IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Fifth Anniversary Special Edition by Ian Flynn, Tracy Yardley, Jim Amash, Bob Smith, Matt Herms Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Dog of War 1 by Mike Chen, Angel Hernandez, Nick Filardi Ahoy Second Coming: Trinity 1 by Mark Russell, Richard Pace, Leonard Kirk, Andy Troy Archie Archie and Friends: All Action 1 by Rich Margopoulos, Bill Golliher, Daniel Kibblesmith, Tim Kennedy, Pat Kennedy, Ryan Jampole, Bob Smith, Rex Lindsey, Glenn Whitmore Vault Nasty 1 by John Lees, George Kambadais, Adam Cahoon OGN Grace Needs Space by Benjamin Wilgus, Rii Abrego Danger and Other Unknown Risks by Ryan North and Erica Henderson Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang Codex Black: A Fire Among Clouds by Camilo Moncada Lozano, Angel De Santiago The Mighty Bite by Nathan Hale Twistwood Tales by AC Macdonald Ray's OGN Corner: Parachute Kids by Betty Tang Additional Reviews: Mandalorian 3.6, Picard 3.8, Super Mario Bros. Movie, Skinamarink, Lamentation from Cullen Bunn, Owl House finale, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane News: Rachel Pollack, Al Jaffee, Harry Potter reboot, new Mark Russell kickstarter, Gail Simone Red Sonja novel, Five Nights at Freddy's release date, Batman Beyond returns with new mini, new creative team on Thor, Star Wars news and rumors, Steve Orlando Iceman series, Mangold doing a Star Wars and a Swamp Thing movie, Acolyte cast, Fall of X spin-offs, Tales of the Jedi Season 2 announced, Stranger Things animated series greenlit Trailers: Spider-Verse 2, Barbie, Muppets Mayhem, My Adventures with Superman, Ahsoka, Indiana Jones 5, Star Wars: Visions s2, Young Jedi Adventures Comics Countdown (05 Apr 2023): Stillwater 18 by Chip Zdarsky, Ramon Perez, Mike Spicer Batman 134 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Miguel Mendonca, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romeu Morey, Roman Stevens Hairball 1 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins Parachute Kids GN by Betty C. Tang Radiant Pink 4 by Melissa Flores, Meghan Camarena, Emma Kubert, Rebecca Nalty Barnstormers 5 by Scott Snyder, Tula Lotay, Dee Cunniffe I Hate This Place 7 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge Flash 796 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Roger Cruz, George Kambadais, Oclair Albert, Wellington Dias, Pete Pantazis, Matt Herms, Luis Guerrero Danger and Other Unknown Risks GN by Ryan North and Erica Henderson Spider-Man 7 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Andrew Hennessy, Edgar Delgado

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:31 - Comixology Top 10 0:10:14 - News: Blue Beetle Trailer 0:25:55 - Batman #134 (Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne) 0:45:41 - Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2 (Tom Taylor and Clayton Henry) 1:00:02 - The Flash #796 (Jeremy Adams and Roger Cruz, Fernando Passarin & George Kambadais) 1:12:01 - Poison Ivy #11 (G WIllow Wilson and Marcio Takara) 1:21:04 - PATREON American Vampire #31 1:29:49 - Best art, cover and books of the week. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Comic Reviews: DC Shazam: Thundercrack GN by Yehudi Mercado Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent 1 by Tom Taylor, Clayton Henry, Jordie Bellaire Teen Titans: Robin GN by Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo Marvel New Mutants: Lethal Legion 1 by Charlie Jane Andrews, Enid Balam, Elisabetta D'Amico, Matt Milla Predator 1 by Ed Brisson, Netho Diaz, Belardino Brabo, Erick Arciniega X-23: Deadly Regenesis 1 by Erica Schultz, Edgar Salazar, Carlos Lopez Amazing Spider-Man 21 by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna, Marcio Menyz Black Panther 15 by John Ridley, German Peralta, Jesus Aburtov Infinity Comics Devil Dinosaur 4 by Stephen Byrne, Arianna Florean, Pete Pantazis Image A.R.C. by Matt Hawkins, Ryan Cady, Paul Feinstein, Atilio Rojo Stoneheart 1 by Emma Kubert IDW Godzilla Rivals: Mothra vs. Titanosaurus by Blue Delliquanti, Ferio Wind Dynamite Dejah Thoris 1 by Chuck Brown, Emiliana Pinna, Ellie Wright Ahoy The Gimmick 1 by Joanne Starer, Elena Gogou, Andy Troy OGN Snowcat Prince by Dina Norlund Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves: Feast of the Moon by Jeremy Lambert, Ellen Boener, Eduardo Ferigato, Guillermo Sanna Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio, Jenn St. Onge Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter Ray's OGN Corner: Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill  News: Jon Bernthal returns as Punisher, Starfire graphic novel from Garcia/Picolo, Star Wars upheaval, new project from the creator and one of the stars of The Good Place, PKJ taking over Hulk, Owl House finale date, other Disney channel details, Cosmic Detective coming to Image, Barda gets her own graphic novel, Anansi from Static Shock to make DCU debut, What If s2 to introduce a new indigenous superhero, Brubaker Batman animated series moving to Amazon, details on WW and Flash 800, Tom King taking over Wonder Woman, new Flash and Hawkgirl titles, Michael Dorn writing Steelworks, Chip's Daredevil may be ending in August, new Marvel novel starring Kid Omega, DC Pride plans, Rachel Pollack  Comics Countdown (08 Mar 2023): Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill Batman 133 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Miguel Mendonca, Adriano Di Benedetto, Tomeu Morey, Roman Stevens Flash 794 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Diaz, Luis Guerrero Fantastic Four 5 by Ryan North, Ivan Fiorelli, Jesus Aburtov Rogue Sun 11 by Ryan Parrott, Abel, Natalia Marques Snowcat Prince by Dina Norlund Traveling to Mars 4 by Mark Russell, Roberto Meli Scarlet Witch 3 by Steve Orlando, Sara Pichelli, Elisabetta D'Amico, Matt Wilson Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio, Jenn St. Onge Blood Tree 2 by Peter Tomasi, Maxim Simic

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:07 - Comixology Top 10 0:10:14 - News 0:28:35 - Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1 (Tom Taylor and Clayton Henry) 0:40:24 - Batman #133 (Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne) 0:57:29 - The Flash #794 (Jeremy Adams and Roger Cruz) 1:09:07 - Poison Ivy #10 (G WIllow Wilson and Marcio Takara) 1:18:17 - Monkey Prince #12 (Gene Luen Yang  and Bernard Chang) 1:26:07 - American Vampire #30 1:33:43 - Batman and the Outsiders #1 1:45:29 - Best art, cover and books of the week. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:26 - Comixology Top 10 0:09:50 - News 0:29:36 - Batman #132 (Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne) 0:52:58 - The Flash #792 (Jeremy Adams and Roger Cruz) 1:07:17 - Poison Ivy #9 (G WIllow Wilson) 1:15:46 - Gotham City: Year One #5 (Tom King and Phil Hester) 1:29:23 - Monkey Prince #11 (Gene Luen Yang  and Bernard CHang & Haining) 1:37:48 - Best art, cover and books of the week. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Comic Reviews: DC Lazarus Planet: Next Evolution by Ram V, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Rain Beredo, Brandon T. Snider, Laura Braga, Matt Herms, Chuck Brown, Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Alex Guimaraes Static: Shadows of Dakota 1 by Nikolas Draper-Ivey, Vita Ayala House of El: Treacherous Hope by Claudia Gray, Eric Zawadzki Marvel Amazing Spider-Man 19 by  Bishop: War College 1 by J. Holtham, Sean Damien Hill, Victor Nava, Roberto Poggi, Espen Grundetjern Red Goblin 1 by Alex Paknadel, Jan Bazaldua, David Curiel Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants 1 by Al Ewing, Paco Medina, Jay David Ramos Infinity Comics Who is Moon Girl? Who is Miracle Man? Devil Dinosaur Image Monarch 1 by Rodney Barnes, Alex Lins, Luis Nct, Mar Silvestre Galotto Dark Horse Space Job 1 by David A. Goodman, Alvaro Sarraseca, Jordi Escuin Llorach Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins 1 by Jody Houser, Caio Filipe, Dan Jackson Boom Harrower 1 by Justin Jordan, Brahm Revel Dynamite Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids: Time Again Slime Again 1 by  OGNs Fragmentation Ray's OGN Corner of the Week: Aster and the Mixed Up Magic by Thom Pico, Karensac Additional Reviews: Shrinking, Paper Girls, Alan Moore Swamp Thing, Thursday Murder Club 3, Incorruptible, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur first episodes, Tracy Zooms In, Darby and the Dead News: Jon Kent going to the Injustice-verse, Wytches animated greenlit, Andrew Garfield and Oscar Isaac to star in new Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein movie, Frozen III/Toy Story V/Zootopia 2 coming, Spider-Noir series in development, new Carnage event, Stephanie WIlliams writing a Lando one-shot, Poison Ivy officially an ongoing, new name for Captain Marvel/Shazam, new Bunn Boom book in May, Bone Orchard Mythos: Tenement in June Trailers: Strays, Flash, Guardians 3 Comics Countdown (08-Feb-2023) Batman 132 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Miguel Mendonca, Adriano Di Benedetto, Tomeu Morey, Roman Stevens Daredevil 8 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Erick Arciniega, Matt Wilson Spy Superb 2 by Matt Kindt, Sharlene Kindt Gotham City: Year One 5 by Tom King, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Jordie Bellaire Miracleman: The Silver Age 4 by Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, Jordie Bellaire Time Before Time 20 by Rory McConville, Declan Shalvey, Jorge Coelho, Chris O'Halloran Poison Ivy 9 by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Arif Prianto Flash 792 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias, Luis Guerrero Little Monsters 10 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Ngueyn TMNT: Armageddon Game - The Alliance 4 by Sophie Campbell, Brittany Peer

2022 Awards Vote: https://forms.gle/F8wPu9EJi53FVo1u9  Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:52 - Comixology Top 10 0:19:55 - Batman #131 (Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne) 0:39:32 - Gotham City: Year One #4 (Tom King and Phil Hester) 1:00:10 - Poison Ivy #8 (G WIllow Wilson and Atagun Ilhan) 1:08:24 - Dark Knights of Steel #9 (Tom Taylor and Yasmine Putri) 1:22:38 - Best art, cover and books of the week. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/

Comic Reviews: Marvel Captain America: Ghost Army OGN by Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover Joe Fixit 1 by Peter David, Yildiray Cinar, Dee Cunniffe, Matt Milla Scarlet Witch 1 by Steve Orlando, Sara Pichelli, Elisabetta D'Amico, Matt Wilson Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Yg, Erick Arciniega, Protobunker Infinity Comics Alligator Loki 16 by Alyssa Wong, Robert Quinn, Pete Pantazis Love Unlimited 31: Karma in Love 1 by Trung Le Nguyen Image Scotch McTiernan's Holiday Party by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, Scott Koblish Dark Horse Star Wars: Tales From the Rancor Pit by Cavan Scott, Nick Brokenshire, Juan Samu, Andy Duggan, Rafael Perez, Jamilya Zulpikarova, Roman Stevens, DJ Chavis Boom Mosely 1 by Rob Guillory, Sam Lotfi, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Ablaze Children of the Black Sun 1 by Dario Sicchio, Letizia Cadonici, Segala Dynamite Purgatori Must Die 1 by Ray Fawkes, Alvaro Sarraseca, Salvatore Aiala AWA Trojan 1 by Daniel Kraus, Laci Lesko, Marco Lesko Ray's OGN Corner of the Week: The Hidden Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag Additional Reviews: Reckless: Destroy All Monsters News: Michael Giacchino's first feature movie announced, Lanzing/Kelly/Walker on Guardians of the Galaxy, Wednesday renewed Trailers: Renfield Comics Countdown: Spider-Man 4 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Andrew Hennessy, Edgar Delgado Radiant Pink 2 by Meghan Camarena, Melissa Flores, Emma Kubert, Rebecca Nalty Dark Knights of Steel 9 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri, Arif Prianto Fantastic Four 3 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Jesus Aburtov Stillwater 17 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Spicer Batman 131 by Chip Zdarsky, Miguel Mendonca, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Tomeu Morey, Roman Stevens Avengers 64 by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, David Curiel It's Only Teenage Wasteland 2 by Curt Pires, Jacoby Salcedo, Mark Dale Gotham City Year One 4 by Tom King, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Jordie Bellaire Joe Fixit 1 by Peter David, Yildiray Cinar, Dee Cunniffe, Matt Milla

Comic Reviews: DC Black Adam: The Justice Society Files – Dr. Fate by Bryan Q. Miller, Cavan Scott, Marco Santucci, Jesus Merino, Ulises Arreola, Michael Atiyeh Dark Crisis 5 by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sanchez Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green by Alex Paknadel, Dan Watters, Ram V, Tom Derenick, Brent Peeples, Daniel Bayliss, George Kambadais, Matt Herms Gotham City Year One 1 by Tom King, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Jordie Bellaire Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing 1 by Matt Rosenberg, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla, Arif Prianto Marvel A.X.E.: Starfox by Kieron Gillen, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Frank William A.X.E.: X-Men by Kieron Gillen, Francesco Mobili, Frank Martin Edge of Spider-Verse 5 by Dan Slott, J.M. DeMatteis, Steve Foxe, Phil Lord, Bob McLeod, Kei Zama, David Lopez, Brian Reber, Jim Campbell Miracleman 0 by Jason Aaron, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Zack Davisson, Ty Templeton, Mick Anglo, Ryan Stegman, Peach Momoko, Leinil Francis Yu, Paul Davidson, Mark Buckingham, Zak Davisson, JP Mayer, Sunny Gho, Jordie Bellaire, Sonia Oback, Antonio Fabela Spider-Man 1 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Edgar Delgado Spider-Ham: Hollywood May-Ham OGN by Steve Foxe, Shadia Amin Infinity Comics Who is Daredevil? Marvel's Voices: Werewolf By Night It's Jeff Dark Horse Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at the Crow's Head by Mike Mignola, Rachele Aragno, Dave Stewart Image 3 Keys 1 by David Messina Dark Ride 1 by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas Junkyard Joe 1 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Kaya 1 by Wes Craig, Jason Wordie Revolvers 1 by John Zuur Platten, Christian Dibari, Simon Gough ComiXology Book of Evil 1 by Scott Snyder, Jock IDW Earthdivers: Kill Columbus 1 by Stephen Graham Jones, Davide Gianfelice, Joana Lafuente TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures 1 by Erik Burnham, Tim Lattie, Sarah Myer Dynamite Garbage Pail Kids Origins 1 by Hans Rodionoff, Adam Goldberg, Jeff Zapata Sirens Gate 1 by Shannon Maer Sweetie Candy Vigilante 1 by Suzanne Cafiero, Jeff Zornow Unbreakable Red Sonja 1 by Jim Zub, Giovanni Valletta, Ceci de la Cruz Red 5 August Purgatory Underground 1 by Benjamin Morse Mystery Brothers 1 by Quentin Lee, Elis Zill Oni Pink Lemonade 1 by Nick Cagnetti OGN Monster Bar Mitzvah by Josh Anderson, Dustin Evans Side Effects by Ted Anderson, Tara O'Connor Kings of Nowhere by Soroush Barazesh Ray's OGN Corner: Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks Additional Reviews: Andor 5, She-Hulk, Werewolf by Night, Hellraiser (1987), Disney's Chibi-Verse Longbox of Horror 2022 part 2: Dark Knight Strikes Again Ray pitches the Nintendo-Verse News: Mike Marts takes over Mad Cave, NYCC shenanigans, Slott's Who Special delayed, Night of the Ghoul optioned, Snyder re-ups at ComiXology, Cunningham and Ryall take over AfterShock, Spawn movie writers, El Muerto director, Five Nights at Freddie's movie, Stephen King's Fairy Tale optioned, Lazarus Planet, Owl House, Dragon Prince, Velma, Milestone 30th Anniversary plans, Joe Q doing DC covers, Mike Hawthorne arc of Zdarsky Batman, Keanu out of Devil in the White City, more Cartoon Network upheaval, Superman revamp, Flanagan no longer involved in Something is Killing the Children adaptation, Marvel's Voices and Women of Marvel, titles of next Marvel events, Red Goblin series, Omninews, Rogue and Gambit by Stephanie Phillips, Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain by Tini Howard, X-23 mini, Guardians series coming, Sana Starros series from Marvel Trailers: Wakanda Forever, Mario, Violent Night, Velma, Power of the Doctor, Picard s3 Comics Countdown: Dark Ride 1 by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas Spider-Man 1 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Edgar Delgado Batman 128 by Chip Zdarsky, Leonardo Romero, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey, Jordie Bellaire Ant-Man 4 by Al Ewing, Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire Kaya 1 by Wes Craig, Jason Wordie Time Before Time 17 by Rory McConville, Declan Shalvey, Eric Zawadski, Chris O'Halloran Side Effects GN by Ted Anderson, Tara O'Connor Junkyard Joe 1 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Undiscovered Country 21 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson  Minor Threats 2 by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring

November 2022 Solicitations Comic Reviews: DC Batman: One Bad Day – Riddler by Tom King, Mitch Gerads Webtoons: Red Hood and the Outlaws Marvel A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants 1 by Kieron Gillen, Guiu Villanova, Dijjo Lima Avengers 1,000,000 BC by Jason Aaron, Kev Walker, Dean White Edge of Spider-Verse 2 by Dan Slott, Mallory Rosenthal, Ramzee, Chris Giarrusso, Ig Guara, Paco Medina, Ruairi Coleman, Walden Wong, Brian Reber, Rico Renzi Ultraman: Mystery of UltraSeven 1 by Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, David Lopez, Gurihiru, Davide Tinto, Espen Grundetjern, H.J. Diaz Infinity Comics Marvel's Voices: America Chavez Strange Tales She-Hulk Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal Image 20th Century Men 1 by Deniz Camp, S. Morian Last Shadowhawk (30th Anniversary Special) by Brian Haberlin, Philip Tan, Daniel Henriques, Todd McFarlane Razorblades: Small Cuts Special by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Andy Belanger, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, Martin Simmonds, Josh Hixson, Liana Kangas Shirtless Bear Fighter! 2 1 by Jody LeHeup, Nil Vendrell Silver Coin 13 by Johnnie Christmas, Michael Walsh Dark Horse Parasomnia: The Dreaming God 1 by Cullen Bunn, Andrea Mutti IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2022 by Ian Flynn, Daniel Barnes, India Swift, Ian Mutchler, Evan Stanley, Aaron Hammerstrom, Gigi Dutreix, Adam Bryce Thomas, Abigail Bulmer, Thomas Rothlisberger, Natalie Haines, Joana Lafuente, Priscilla Tramontano, Heather Breckel, Leonardo Ito, Valentina Pinto Trve Kvlt 1 by Scott Bryan Wilson, Liana Kangas, Gab Contreras Dynamite Lady Hel 1 by Erik Burnham, Zhengis Tasbolatov Vault Barbaric: Axe to Grind 1 by Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden Heart Eyes 1 by Dennis Hopeless, Victor Ibanez, Addison Duke Heavy Metal Entropy 1 by Christopher Priest, Montos Archie Chilling Adventures Presents… Jinx's Grim Fairy Tales 1 by Mags Visaggio, Joe Corallo, James III, Craig Cermak, Eva Cabrera, Evan Stanley, Matt Herms AfterShock Jimmy's Little Bastards 1 by Garth Ennis, Russel Braun, John Kalisz Scout Life and Death of Brave Captain Suave 1 by Joseph Sieracki, Kelly Williams A Wave Blue World Crash and Troy 1 by Jarred Lujan, Kyler Clodfelter 99 Cent Theatre: Smart Girl 1 by Fernando Dagnino OGN Beastlands: The Keepers of the Kingdom by Curtis Clow, Jo Mi-Gyeong Into Radness by Kyle Strahm, Jake Smith Ray's OGN Corner: Stepping Stones and Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley Additional Reviews: She-Hulk, surprise movie review (New Mutants) News: Omni News, Doom Patrol and Teen Titans, Batman 2, RWBY/Justice League movie, animation news, Velma cancelled, Madame Web cast, Kung Fu Panda 4, Valiant reduces output, the return of Bob Phantom, new Jason Aaron creator-owned series from Boom, Ezra Miller, two new Cullen Bunn books, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad movie, Superman and Lois loses a main actor, Mad Cave acquisition, new FF creative team, new Black Label mini from Marc Silvestri, another spider confirmed for Spider-Verse 2, Young Justice cancelled, Frank Miller variants, HBO Max, WildStorm, three new DC books from Geoff Johns, LOTR rights have been sold, new Bendis from Dark Horse, new Iron Man creative team, Enola Holmes 2, Knives Out 2 Trailers: Wednesday Addams Comics Countdown: Batman: The Knight 8 by Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia Dark Spaces: Wildfire 2 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Ronda Pattison Do A Powerbomb 3 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Nightwing 95 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas Batman/Superman: World's Finest 6 by Mark Waid, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain Undiscovered Country 20 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson Tales From Harrow County: Lost Ones 4 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall Daredevil 2 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Rafael de Latorre, Matt Wilson, Ann Nocenti, Chris Giarrusso, Klaus Janson, Chris Samnee, John Romita Jr, Alex Maleev, Paul Azaceta, Mike Hawthorne, Phil Noto Usagi Yojimbo 30 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Shirtless Bear Fighter! 2 1 by Jody LeHeup, Nil Vendrell

Comic Reviews: DC DC Mech 1 by Kenny Porter, Baldemar Rivas, Mike Spicer Detective Comics 1062 by Ram V, Rafael Albuquerque, Simon Spurrier, Dani, Dave Stewart Superman: Space Age 1 by Mark Russell, Michael Allred, Laura Allred Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend GN by Alys Arden, Jacquelin De Leon Marvel Amazing Spider-Man 6/900 by Zeb Wells, Ed McGuinness, Dan Slott, Jeff Loveness, Daniel Kibblesmith, David Lopez, Marcos Martin, Todd Nauck, Cliff Rathburn, Wade Von Grawbadger, Mark Morales, Nathan Fairbairn, Rachelle Rosenberg, Muntsa Vicente, Erick Arciniega, Dijjo Lima, Marcio Menyz Ant-Man 1 by Al Ewing, Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire Gambit 1 by Chris Claremont, Sid Kotian, Espen Grundetjern Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel 1 by Peter David, Juanan Ramirez, Federico Blee Wild Cards – The Drawing of Cards 1 by George R. R. Martin, Paul Cornell, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Ruth Redmond Image Magic Order 3 1 by Mark Millar, Gigi Cavenago Hollows by Chris Ryall, Sam Keith Ahoy Wrong Earth: Meat by Tom Peyer, Greg Scott Dynamite Vampirella: Year One 1 by Christopher Priest, Giovanni Timpano, Ergun Gunduz Valiant Book of Shadows 1 by Cullen Bunn, Vicente Cifuentes, Nick Filardi Oni Blink 1 by Christopher Sebela, Hayden Sherman, Nick Filardi American Mythology Florida Man 1 by Mike Baron, Todd Mulrooney, Elias Martins Vault Kenzie's Kingdom GN by Shea Fontana, Agnes Garbowska, Sil Brys Seven Seas Entertainment Dungeon Crawler's Academy: Into the Portal GN by JP Sullivan, Elmer Damaso Ray's OGN Corner: Scout is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong Additional Reviews: Birds of Prey, Cube, Event Horizon, DC's League of Super-Pets, Dopesick, Harley Quinn s3 first thoughts News: Spidey cartoon oddness (Freshman Year), Death of Superman anthology special in November, Spider-Punk joins Spider-Verse 2, Affleck returns for Aquaman 2, Nichelle Nichols Trailers: Oppenheimer Comics Countdown: Superman: Space Age 1 by Mark Russell, Michael Allred, Laura Allred Deadly Class 54 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge Radiant Black 16 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Igor Monti, Becca Carey Something is Killing the Children 25 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country 4 by James Tynion IV, Lisandro Estherren, Dani, Patricio Delpeche, Tamra Bonvillain Swamp Thing 15 by Ram V, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer Ant-Man 1 by Al Ewing, Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire I Hate This Place 3 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge Rogue Sun 6 by Ryan Parrott, Abel, Natalia Marques TMNT 131 by Kevin Eastman, Sophie Campbell, Pablo Tunica, Ronda Pattisono

Comic Reviews: Green Arrow 80th Anniversary Special by Jeff Lemire, Tom Taylor, Brandon Thomas, Devin Grayson, Christopher Mitten, Ben Percy, Mariko Tamaki, Vita Ayala, Ram V, Stephanie Phillips, Larry O'Neil, Phil Hester, Mike Grell, Andrea Sorrentino, Nicola Scott, Chris Mooneyham, Jorge Corona, Laura Braga, Jorge Fornes, Javier Rodriquez, Max Fiumara, Otto Schmidt, Ane Parks, Dave Stewart, Trish Mulvihill, Jordie Bellaire, Lovern Kindzierski, Adriano Lucas, Ivan Plascencia, Mat Lopes, Annette Kwok, Mike Spicer Teen Titans Academy 2021 Yearbook by Tim Sheridan, Darko Lafuente, Rafa Sandoval, Marco Santucci, Jordi Tarragona, Michael Atiyeh Catwoman 2021 Annual Ram V, Fernando Blanco, Juan Ferreyra, Kyle Hotz, David Baron Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Constantine Graphic Novel by Ryan North, Derek Charm Infinite Frontier Secret Files by Joshua Williamson, Brandon Thomas, Dan Watters, Stephanie Phillips, Valentine De Landro, Inaki Miranda, Stephen Byrne, Marissa Louise, Triona Farrell United States of Captain America 1 by Christopher Cantwell, Josh Trujillo, Jan Bazaldua, Dale Eaglesham Giant Size Spider-Man: The Chameleon Conspiracy by Nick Spencer, Carlos Gomez Black Cat Annual 1 by Jed MacKay, Joey Vazquez Kane and Able OGN by Shaky Kane, Krent Able Parasomnia 1 by Cullen Bunn, Andrea Mutti Barbaric 1 by Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden, Addison Duke Mighty Crusaders: The Shield by David Gallagher, Rob Liefeld Godzilla Rivals vs. Hedorah by Paul Allor, EJ Su Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tea Time by Mirka Andolfo, Siya Oum Power Rangers Unlimited Edge of Darkness by Frank Gogol, Simone Ragazzoni Usagi Yojimbo: Dragon Bellow Conspiracy 1 by Stan Sakai, Ronda Pattison Attack of the Heebie Chibis OGN by Julie Sakai, Stan Sakai Alansbeeville by Tristan Radke Broken Gargoyles:  Sin and Virtue 1 by Bob Salley, Christina Blanch, Mike Lilly, Stan Yak Darling 1 by Michael Fleizach, Todd Hunt, David Mims Overdrive 1 by Walter Junior 99 Cent Theater: Villains 1 & 2 by Alberto Veloso, Crystal Pandita Demonio 1 by Juan Ramon Lapaix, Joel Vazquez Worst Possible World 1 by Denis Languerand, Jorge Hermosilla Roofstompers by Alex Paknadel, Ian Macewan, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou River of Sin by Kelly Williams, Chas Pangburn Glenn asks a question Additional Reviews: Last Book You'll Ever Read, Loki ep4, Owl House s2e4, Succession s1, Fear Street part 1, Girl on the Third Floor, Boss Baby 2 News: Omninews, Amazing Spider-Man Beyond artists, Phoenix Echo mini Trailer: Many Saints of Newark, Clifford Comics Countdown: Crossover 7 by Chip Zdarsky, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, Dee Cunniffe Department of Truth 10 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds Daredevil 31 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Di Benedetto Specter Inspectors 5 by Bowen McCurdy, Kaitlyn Musto Canto and the City of Giants 3 by David Booher, Sebastian Piriz Beta Ray Bill 4 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Usagi Yojimbo: Dragon Bellow Conspiracy 1 by Stan Sakai We Only Find Them When They're Dead 7 by Al Ewing, Simone Di Meo Barbaric 1 by Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden, Addison Duke Black Widow 8 by Kelly Thompson, Elena Casagrande, Rafael de Latorre, Elisabetta D'Amico, Jordie Bellaire  

Interview with Scott Snyder! August 2021 solicitations Comic Reviews: Wonder Girl 1 by Joelle Jones, Jordie Bellaire Superman: Red and Blue 3 by Steven Seagle, Jesse Holland, James Stokie, Michel Fiffe, Christian Ward, Duncan Rouleau, Laura Braga, Nick Spencer, Hi-Fi, Brandon Thomas, Berat Pekmezci Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters by Al Ewing, Alex Paknadel, Juan Ferreyra, David Vaughan, Kevin Nowlan Fantastic Four: Life Story 1 by Mark Russell, Sean Izaakse, Nolan Woodard Shang-Chi 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan, Triona Farrell Far Cry: Rite of Passage 1 by Bryan Edward Hill, Geraldo Borges, Michael Atiyeh Rangers of the Divide 1 by Megan Huang Red Room by Ed Piskor La Mano del Destino by J. Gonzo Gone Too Quickly: Rise and Fall of the Anthropocene by Donald Bason 99 Cent Theater: Ghost Gauntlet 1 by Lesly Julien, Sam Owen Scrambled 1 by Liam Akin Tales of Your Destruction 1 by Robert Deshaies II, Jeff Hutchison Stashquatch 1 by Joshua Boulet Solid Blood 17 by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Cliff Rathburn ENIAC by Matt Kindt, Doug Braithwaite, Diego Rodriguez Additional Reviews: Amphibia s2, Monstress, M.O.D.O.K., Camp Cretaceous s3 News: Morbius delayed to January, Discovery/WB merger, HBO Max/WB Entertainment changes, Owl House returns June 12, Silver Coin s2, network fall schedules and pilot pickups, Aquaman 80th special, Netflix Home Team, new Stern/Frenz/Buscema project, new Batman animated series, Tynion Scarecrow event to begin in August, Robins vs. Suicide Squad, new Superman cartoon, Wednesday Addams casting, Injustice animated movie, Batgirl gets directors, Filoni and Star Wars, Mech Cadet Yu coming to Netflix, Liefeld leaves The Shield before first issue, Sandman/Locke & Key is only two issues, Rex Ogle controversy, Dwayne Johnson is Krypto, Marvel giving retail exclusive variants through Random House Trailers: Snake Eyes, Sweet Tooth, Monsters at Work, Hotel Transylvania 4 Comics Countdown: Ultramega 3 by James Harren, Dave Stewart Stray Dogs 4 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner Radiant Black 4 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Becca Carey Many Deaths of Laila Starr 2 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade Snow Angels 4 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Nightwing 80 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas Stillwater 7 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Spicer, Ramon Perez Daredevil 30 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Marcio Menyz Runaways 36 by Rainbow Rowell, Andres Genolet, Dee Cunniffe Autumnal 7 by Daniel Kraus, Chris Shehan, Jason Wordie

Jace chats with comic artist Mike Hawthorne about his current Sketchbook campaign. They also talk about the diverse styles of art Mike was introduced to at a young age which helped to inform both his love of art and his own diversity of style. Plenty of talk about process, learning from exposing yourself to other's processes, the comic's community & more. So be sure to give it a listen & go check out the campaign.  

Mike Hawthorne chats about teaching art and art supplies. Mike is a comic book artist and graphic novelist mostly known for his Marvel comics of Spider-Man, Superman and Deadpool. Mike's graphic novel Happiness Will Follow: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Happiness-Will-Follow/Mike-Hawthorne/9781684155453 Mike’s gumroad store https://gumroad.com/mikehawthorne?sort=newest   Quotes: "Forgive yourself" "Focus on getting better at drawing one specific thing, instead of everything" "Look for incremental progress in your art. Be fair to yourself" ********************* The Brief & Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao is a book that inspired Mike’s friend to tell him he needs to write his memoir   https://www.amazon.com.au/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/0571239730/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EU9CJRM908I9&keywords=the+brief+and+wonderous+life+of+oscar+wao&qid=1611644262&sprefix=the+brief+and%2Caps%2C331&sr=8-2   Artistic Anatomy   https://www.amazon.com.au/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/dp/0823002977/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UKDIHWESHBCY&dchild=1&keywords=artistic+anatomy+by+dr.+paul+richer&qid=1611644443&sprefix=artistic+ana%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-1   How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way   https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X5UZSIRH5GIU&dchild=1&keywords=drawing+the+marvel+way&qid=1611644498&sprefix=drawing+the+marve%2Caps%2C327&sr=8-1   Understanding Comics   https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=understanding+comics&qid=1611644558&sr=8-1   *************************   Art Supplies   Strathmore paper https://www.strathmoreartist.com/home.html   Stillman & Birn https://stillmanandbirn.com    

Mike Hawthorne chats about teaching art and art supplies. Mike is a comic book artist and graphic novelist mostly known for his Marvel comics of Spider-Man, Superman and Deadpool. Mike's graphic novel Happiness Will Follow: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Happiness-Will-Follow/Mike-Hawthorne/9781684155453 Mike’s gumroad store https://gumroad.com/mikehawthorne?sort=newest   Quotes: "Forgive yourself" "Focus on getting better at drawing one specific thing, instead of everything" "Look for incremental progress in your art. Be fair to yourself" ********************* The Brief & Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao is a book that inspired Mike’s friend to tell him he needs to write his memoir   https://www.amazon.com.au/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/0571239730/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EU9CJRM908I9&keywords=the+brief+and+wonderous+life+of+oscar+wao&qid=1611644262&sprefix=the+brief+and%2Caps%2C331&sr=8-2   Artistic Anatomy   https://www.amazon.com.au/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/dp/0823002977/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UKDIHWESHBCY&dchild=1&keywords=artistic+anatomy+by+dr.+paul+richer&qid=1611644443&sprefix=artistic+ana%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-1   How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way   https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X5UZSIRH5GIU&dchild=1&keywords=drawing+the+marvel+way&qid=1611644498&sprefix=drawing+the+marve%2Caps%2C327&sr=8-1   Understanding Comics   https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=understanding+comics&qid=1611644558&sr=8-1   *************************   Art Supplies   Strathmore paper https://www.strathmoreartist.com/home.html   Stillman & Birn https://stillmanandbirn.com    

On this week's comic book review podcast: Radiant Black #1 Image Comics Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Marcelo Costa Sweet Tooth: The Return #4 DC Comics Written and art by Jeff Lemire Eternals #2 Marvel Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Esad Ribić Low #26 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Greg Tochhini Rorschach #5 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Daredevil #27 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Checchetto and Mike Hawthorne Birthright #46 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Andrei Bressan Black Hammer: Visions #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Patton Oswalt Art by Dean Kotz Future State: Dark Detective #3 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg Art by Dan Mora, Carmine Giandomenico Future State: Teen Titans #2 DC Comics Written by Tim Sheridan Art by Rafa Sandoval Future State: Robin Eternal #2 DC Comics Written by Meghan Fitzmartin Art by Eddy Barrows Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #2 DC Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Leila del Duca Future State: Green Lantern #2 DC Comics Written by Geoffrey Thorne, Robert Venditti, Josie Campbell Art by Tom Raney, Andy Tong, Dexter Soy Future State : Justice League #2 DC Comics Written by Joshua Williamson, Ram V Art by Robson Rocha, Marcio Takara Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman #2 DC Comics Written by Marguerite Bennett Art by Marguerite Sauvage Critical Role: Vox Machina: Origins: Series III #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jody Houser Art by Oliver Samson Thunderbolts #2 Marvel Written by Matthew Rosenberg Art by Juan Ferreyra Undiscovered Country #12 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi The Last Witch #2 BOOM! Box Written by Conor McCreery Art by V.V. Glass American Vampire 1976 #5 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Black Panther: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Geoffrey Thorne Art by Germán Peralta Bliss #5 Image Comics Written by Sean Lewis Art by Caitlin Yarsky Orcs #1 Kaboom! Written and art by Christine Larsen Home Sick Pilots #3 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Caspar Wijngaard SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of books that come out this week, kicking it off with Radiant Black number one from Image Comics written by Kyle Higgins, art by Marcello Costa. This is of course, as you could probably tell from the number one and totally new book. And the premise is a Downer's luck author who has not gotten jobs for a while, heads back home, encounters something weird and may or may not become some sort of a superhero, pretty typical setup. But I really liked how this was executed personally. I thought the designs were great and I'm very excited to read this going forward. What did you guys think? Pete:                I agree. I was really impressed with this setup. I mean just seeing this guy cry when he goes through early, really makes you, “Oh, you're rooting for this person.” And then just the way he falls into is very interesting. And the design of the suit and stuff is really fantastic. I think this does a great job of getting you excited for a new series. Justin:              Yeah, this had some vibes of invincible to me very much Early Kirkman stuff. Pete:                Sure- Justin:              And both in the writing and the art. And yeah, it was an interesting launch. I was very triggered by a writer who struggles to work- Pete:                Wow- Justin:              Because that's a constant stress. Pete:                The douchey friend reminded me of you. Justin:              Oh, that's so interesting. The animal, I think it was some hamster or rat that was dead next to the tracks. It reminded me of you. Pete:                Oh, wow. That's really fucked up. Alex:                 So in the back matter, Kyle Higgins talks a little bit about how he was inspired while he was writing Power Rangers- Pete:                Yeah- Alex:                 And that really firmed a bunch of stuff up in Bye-Bye and for the- Pete:                Yes, big time- Alex:                 About the world what is going on here. But I think what he's done is he found a really grounded way of taking this Power Rangers concept, making it feel afresh, make it feel new. And it's a lot of fun. I'm excited to read more of this. Alex:                 Next up Sweet Tooth return number four from TC Comics so written and art by Jeff Lameer. We get some big answers here about what's been- Pete:                Yeah- Alex:                 Going on with this rebooted- Justin:              Yeah- Alex:                 Sweet Tooth. Justin, I know you've been concerned about the end game here. So how did you feel about this issue [inaudible 00:02:34]? Justin:              This issue did a lot for me. I think we got to learn a lot of the backstory here and what I love about the take here, and it reminded me of a lot of the later stuff. The later arcs on the original Sweet Tooth. The way that Jeff Lameer combines in the writing, the ideas of scientists who become religious fanatics, breaking that dichotomy between science and religion and showing that the real danger is when fanatical people actually have the tools they need to cause real problems for the planet. Justin:              That's when we as a society get into trouble. I think it's on display again here. And this is such a great issue to really flash out the mythology. We get to hear a little bit of why the people in charge of this newer world are motivated to do what they do and it's great. Pete:                I thought the stuff about the shirt was very sweet and touching. Alex:                 There's some stuff about Sweet Tooth shirt, particularly that was such a big thing back in the old book. And that gets called back here. I agree, really good issue, very excited to see how this all starts to wrap up, going over to a Turtle's number two from Marvel written by Karen Gillan, art by [inaudible 00:03:48] where we left off in the last issue, Thanos was attacking some of the members of the Eternals. So one of the Eternals had been murdered. Usually not a problem. It turns out it is a little bit of a problem here- Pete:                There's a problem- Alex:                 But you get some big revelations and explanation of what's going on. One- Pete:                Yeah- Alex:                 Of my favorite things about this book is it is revealed. I don't know if it was real to the first issue, but it's revealed here in a very funny and very Karen Gillen way that the person who is narrating this, is the eternal machine that helps resurrect the Eternals, but that machine is broken. And just the way that is executed, the way that tells the story of the series feels so unique and exciting to me. Pete:                Yeah. I was- Justin:              Totally the narration is funny, it's sort of irreverent. It feels like you're hearing the Karen Gillan, basically make fun of the characters in the book that he's currently writing, which I think is so great. Pete:                Yeah. I was really impressed with this. You got a big Eternals movie coming out from Marvel. So I feel like this does a great job of getting people excited for that. Eternals to me never really was something I could latch onto, but I'm really into this book. I think it's a really cool setup of a what's the problem is and what's going on and what's going to happen. And I'm really looking forward to it. Art's fantastic. A really fun time jumps stuff here. Yeah. And even there's sweet touching moments where they make mistakes. And I was really impressed with this. This is a really solid book. Justin:              And their R is so good. It feels so big mythology while also having great comic book action at the same time. This comic is really just delivering on all the fronts you want. Alex:                 Well, on that note, let's turn a bit to low number 26 from Image Comics written by Greg Takini- Justin:              Oh, here we go- Alex:                 This is the last issue of this book. Justin, this has been one of your favorite books for a very long time. How do you think it wrapped up? Justin:              Great. Just so good. Rick Rimenda. I don't know how, I mean, we talked to him about this book a few weeks ago and it was on the podcast. And I don't know how he writes his books. When does he think of the ending? Because he really does such a good job with endings in a lot of his work. He's able to tie up the character arcs, the emotional arcs as well as just the central theme and leave you thinking and feeling a certain way, in his last issues, it was same with Black Science. Justin:              And this issue is just beautifully done. You see that… And I don't want to spoil too much of it. Because I think you really need to read this and take it in. And I want to reread the entire series to really get every ounce of story out of it. But it's about a family at the end of the day. And you get to see that land in a way that is tragic, heartbreaking, but beautiful and sentimental at the same time. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, this is the sweetest most moving way Rimenda could kick you in the nuts. He's still going to get you, but this is done so well. And it's so moving. It's really impressive. The art is just… A lot of times when you're dealing with different worlds, different ideas, the art can get too crazy, but it's done in such a way that it shows grace and beauty and different things. Pete:                The layering to it is really impressive. There's different characters that aren't human that are very humanized, it's really amazing and impressive the way this all ties in. This got really weird at times, but man, does he land this so well. Justin:              And he- Pete:                He does it so well, it really does make you want to be like, “Wait, I want to go back and see that beginning again.” Justin:              If I may just get your jacket book quote correct. I think it's a beautiful kick in the nuts that makes you turn and say thank you to the nut kicker. Pete:                Right. Justin:              Peel the page. Alex:                 Next step Rorschach number five from DC Comics written by Tom King art by Hori Fornace. I hesitate to say it was my favorite issue so far, but this is the one to me that really felt like- Justin:              Yeah- Alex:                 It pulled back the veil on what's happening potentially where this book is heading. We've had this guy investigating this mystery. There was an attempted presidential assassination, but somebody dressed as Rorschach and somebody dressed as a cowboy. Alex:                 The first couple of issues have been really building up, was investigator looking through this mystery. And if I was to purely speculate for a bit, we found out that this cowboy character has been going up to people and telling them, “Hey, you are the reincarnation of Rorschach. His energy with Dr. Manhattan Blue is hemp, has gone into various people. You and Rorschach, come with me, let's do vigilante justice.” Pete:                That'll pick up line. Alex:                 That'll pick up line. I think whether that is true or not, that's what's happening to our main guy, right? He is going to get to a place where either he becomes Rorschach or even thinks he is Rorschach and maybe starts to think this is true. Justin:              Well, he believes that he's Rorschach at the end of the day. I think that's just smart. Alex:                 Well specifically because the theme that Tom King is dealing with here is conspiracy theories. And I think this is a little bit about how the deeper you get into conspiracy theory, the more things start to look like conspiracy, and the more it starts to become believable, whether you're investigating it or whether you're the one who's putting it out there. Justin:              Yeah, I think that's such a smart take because my takeaway from this issue specifically… I mean, last issue, we talked about this a little bit because it was tricking people into believing certain things and them taking it to the extreme where they end up- Alex:                 Right- Justin:              Believing it above everything else in their lives. Also very topical thing going on in our real world. And in this, this issue is about masks. And then we have this character who's running for president to try to take down a Robert Redford who's won for like five terms in a row. And he's shitting on wearing mask because he is so comfortable believing a bunch of nonsense maskless. Justin:              And the people that wear masks are quote unquote, hiding their beliefs, their identities, whatever, yet this person is so brazen and out there saying nonsense. He doesn't have to hide even the craziest opinions that he has. That was my takeaway from this, is just, the people that wear the mask are maybe the people to trust more so. Pete:                I agree with… It's all been, a lot more is solidified, click into place here. Tom King, just piece meals information as he twists and turns stories. But this is one of my favorite issues for sure. And the last couple of panels, just absolutely fantastic. And so cool. Yeah, I thought this was a great issue and I'm very excited for more. Alex:                 I agree, next up Daredevil number 27 from Marvel written by [inaudible 00:11:20] who is on the live show this very week, talking about this book, art by Marco Maketto and Mike Hawthorne. This book we're dealing with the King Black crossover while Electra is filling in for Matt Murdock fighting on the streets of New York. Matt is trapped in prison and has been infected by [inaudible 00:11:36] the God of the Symbionts. So we're getting these dual stories going on and they're both very good. Justin:              I was really impressed with this. I thought the way they handled Matt Murdoch's belief in religion and God when it came to, what the fuck is, the King of black, what's his name there? Alex:                 Knull. Justin:              Knull, thank you. Yeah, I thought that was so great. And so well explained in such a way that really felt like Matt Murdoch character. I was really impressed with that. It was crazy to hear, to be like, “Yeah, religion, I don't know.” Because it really felt like he was coming from a place, for this, but I guess he just really gets in the head of his character so well. Justin:              But yeah, I thought this was really a great, fantastic, hold it up over time issue of Daredevil, really interesting. It's all of the characters really doing their own thing in their own way, right down to kingpin and a lecturer as Daredevil. I was really impressed with the art and everything that happened in this issue. Pete:                It's really rare when a book can continue its story through a crossover and the crossover actually enhances a lot of the themes that we're dealing with. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                And this book really does it. And the only thing that was missing was a scene where Foggy was sitting alone in his apartment, which is what he does a lot. And a symbiont comes up, jumps on him and then the symbiont is like, “Eh nevermind.” And just goes on to just someone else or just to wrap around a mouse or whatever. Justin:              Yeah. Well, Foggy wins again. Alex:                 Next up Birthright, number 46 from Image comics written by Joshua Williamson and art by Andre Bresson. This is kicking off the final arc of this book. As we start to wrap up this story here, everybody's picking up the pieces by finally taking down the God King Lore. We get some flashbacks back to the world that Mikey and friends were living in for a very long period of time. What'd you think about this? I think we felt like everything wrapped up really nicely in the last couple of issues. And now we have more Birthright. Justin:              We have this and four more issues. This is another one of my favorite books coming to an end in a great way. The fact that we had the big battle the land of the last arc, we get to see a nice epilogue an emotional- Alex:                 Oh yeah- Justin:              Epilogue, which is what again, about family and about what it means, despite all the crazy shit going on in our lives. What do we chase after when the going gets tough? And in this case, family, I love this book. Pete:                It's really dawning on me that family's important. I think comic books might be right. It's crazy. No, I agree, Justin, this is really impressive. What they're doing afterwards, this huge thing, it's kind of like, okay, onto the next adventure. No, they're really sitting in this aftermath, exploring other things that maybe they could have talked about more while all this madness was happening. I was really impressed with the relationship stuff in this, very moving, this book continues to be amazing. Alex:                 Next up Black Hammer visions never went from Dark Horse Comics written by Patton Oswalt art by Dean Cots. This is the first issue of course, of this anthology telling stories about the Black Hammer characters from creators. Other than Jeff Lameer, we've been really big fans of the miniseries, they've been rolling off here. These are these one-shots. Alex:                 I thought this as usual was absolutely great. This is a one-shot story that mixes up Black Hammer and Ghost World of all things and awards as a coda to Ghost World while still telling a story of Gail for the Black Hammer universe. Absolutely wonderful. I was completely surprised by this. Did not see this coming from Patton Oswalt at all. Really good one-shot comic book. Pete:                Patton Oswalt, really getting into the comic book game. Justin:              Yeah, I was really impressed with this. This wasn't just a comedian doing bits. This was really smart, very moving stuff, such a cool story, the way everything tied in and fit with this world. I was really impressed with this. I really liked the setting of it. I thought it was great. The art's glorious. Alex:                 Yeah, really good stuff. Next, oh God. Pete:                I agree as well. Sorry. Really got into the fact that he was able to bring Ghost World into it, was clearly something that he loves. He's got some Amy Mann quote lyrics from at the end of the book and still be telling a story that fits seamlessly into this world and is fun, funny with good reveals. It's really great. Alex:                 Let's jump into our Future State block, where we talk about all of the books that have come out for future change. Justin:              Oh yeah. Alex:                 And just to read down the list this week, we've got Future State, Dark Detective, number three. Future State Teen Titans, number two. Future State [inaudible 00:16:38], number two. Future State Superman and Wonder Woman, number two. Future State Green Lantern number two. Future State Justice League, number two. And Future State [inaudible 00:16:46] Superwoman, number two. I got to admit, I'm a little slightly with Pete here where they definitely hit me this week where I was like, “Oh, there's a lot of books we're reading, oh boy.” Justin:              Yes. It is a lot, but- Alex:                 Fuck this guy- Justin:              The stories are, so they get to- Alex:                 [inaudible 00:17:01]- Justin:              Go off in a lot of different directions. And if we're going to dive into our faves I'm going to give it up for Future State Justice League number two, which I really liked the way they went here by having the white Martian takeover. And it became about all the different heroes identities, and the fact that they need to connect with each other or else nothing, or else they're just weaker as a team. And I liked that as a theme, it was something I didn't see coming really in the last issue they laid it out and this really paid it off. I thought it was just really well done. Pete:                Yeah. I completely agree. I love Justice League, amazing art, The White Martian story was great. And also having Joe, the new Green Lantern, he was the best Green Lantern of all time. It was just fantastic. And it made the book so much better and the backup story was great. Magic is hope motherfuckers, I thought that was great. I thought [inaudible 00:18:03]- Justin:              The Justice League dark story. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 The other thing I mentioned that I thought it was interesting about this week is we're getting two things here, right? One, we're getting the wrap-up of these future state stories, but also we're getting teases for what's down the road. And DC has started to announce that some of these titles are continuing in different forums. For example, Wonder Woman is continuing as Wonder Girls, or we're going to get that there. Alex:                 I think, I'm forgetting which other ones are going to continue, but certainly there's teases at the end of a couple of these for how they're going to flesh out in different storylines. Green Lantern number two ends with the tease of Green Lantern 2021, which does seem again, Joe, from- Pete:                Oh, yeah- Alex:                 Fire sector is going to be fighting Hell Jordan in the subway. So that should be fun to watch. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 The one that- Justin:              Great crew- Alex:                 Really jumped out to me, I love the first issue of this, and I love the second issue of this too. Future States Superman, Wonder Woman, which is of course, teaming up the characters, but sending them off on these very different stories, Superman fighting Solaris, [inaudible 00:19:00]. Wonder Woman trying to have a race around the universe with the Sun God from her culture. I just really liked how these characters related. I thought there was a fun tone to it. The art was really nice as well, and it felt like an enjoyable all ages title, but with these new Superman, Wonder Woman characters and it made me really delighted to potentially follow them going forward. Justin:              I agree. And this felt really mythological, the whole thing felt it could have been something in the back of an Edith Hamilton book that you read in school and were pleasantly surprised how much a comic book it was. Pete:                Oh, wow. I really liked Kara Zor-El Superwoman, number two. The art was just so phenomenal and I really liked the character design for Superwoman amazing, just cool [inaudible 00:19:57] like dragons. Very enjoyable. I've been enjoying that series as well. Alex:                 Now let me ask you Pete, at the end of this book we leave Kara Zor-El buried next to her dog Krypto. Pete:                Right. Alex:                 Would you feel if you were awesome shared a grave with them a dog, would you be like, “That's it.” Or in your case, I guess it'd be a cat. Pete:                Well, currently, I mean, don't put shit like that out there. I don't want my cat to die, but- Alex:                 I'm not saying your cat's going to die, but someday it will. Pete:                Oh, that's fucking heartbreaking, man. Justin:              Is your cat like a [inaudible 00:20:32] where if your cat dies, you have to be buried alive with the cat? Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                I hope not. I don't want to do that, but yeah, I love that. I thought that was super sweet. Alex:                 Sorry man your cats live at will, it's going to happen. I have your cat's [inaudible 00:20:51]- Justin:              You can't sign it with a [inaudible 00:20:52]- Pete:                My cat can't read. So it's going to be fine. Justin:              The cat doesn't have to read, [inaudible 00:20:57]- Alex:                 I explained it very clearly to your cat, your cat agreed- Justin:              Put a little ink print. Pete:                [inaudible 00:21:03] my cat then, I'll see you in court. Justin:              Lapage versus Whiskers of some sort. All the way to the Supreme court, what's your cat's name? Pete. Pete:                It's a very long name. I call her Caboots. Alex:                 Why are you being secrective about this? Justin:              Do we not have time to get into this? Pete:                It's a very long name. Justin:              Okay. Are you worried about threading tape on it? Because I talked to the engineer and we actually have the tape. We can run it. So go ahead. Lay out the whole name, I guess. Pete:                Okay, fine. It's kitten NASCA of the Valley of the wind Lapage Thomas. Justin:              Aw, that's very cute. Alex:                 That's very cool. Pete:                I call her Caboots. Justin:              Well, I look forward to visiting your grave in the Valley of the wind. Pete:                Nice. Justin:              Your shared grave. Alex:                 Alright. Why don't we move on from Future State and talk about critical Role Vox Mac- Pete:                Wait- Alex:                 Oh, there's other things you wanted to talk about? Pete:                Yeah it's- Alex:                 We've got also Dark Detective. We've got Teen Titans. We got [inaudible 00:22:07] Turtle. Pete:                Yeah. I wanted to talk about Dark Detective. I really thought it was a great issue. Justin:              It's great. Pete:                I love this tech Batman versus future Batman. The two designs are really cool and it's fun to see them go head to head. And to [inaudible 00:22:27] guys so drones are scary and I'm just putting that out there now. Drones are going to be very scary in the future. Justin:              Yeah. You mean the nano drones that are hovering right around your head even as we speak. Pete:                Yeah. I'm sure they're out there, but also I checked out a DC Love is a Battlefield. [crosstalk 00:22:47]. There was very durable. They did a lot of coupling up for Valentine's day. And Tim Seeley did a Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn love story. It was just so great. So touching. Justin:              It is amazing how you do this every week and in such an odd way. I really liked Dark Detective as well. The front story has been one of my favorites of this run. And just a quick rundown of the rest, Green Lantern too, I thought the setup for the next issues, I was really into the Green Lantern 2021 coming forward with how Jordan felt like a nice starting point going forward. And I liked the Robin Eternal issue here as well with Tim Drake, really suffering from some juicy Lazarus problems. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, critical role [inaudible 00:23:37] series three, number one from Dark Horse Comics written by Jody Houser, art by Oliver Samson in this book, we're getting a bunch of fantasy stuff is happening. What did you guys think? I'm sorry. I'm just not very familiar with critical role. So I read this and I was like, “Yes, this is a fantasy world.” But funny. I get it. Pete:                Yeah. I think this is a fun adventure book, a bunch of people teaming up going on adventures. Joining fight clubs. I thought the arts fantastic. Some fun storytelling. I thought this was a cool team to get behind. I'm very excited to see where this goes. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. I was concerned with the fight club that they fight in teams and how do you really judge on a team? If we were to fight another trio, how would we know we were an evenly balanced team? Pete:                If we won, we would be good. Alex:                 So Pete is the tank, right? Justin:              Yeah, that's what we say off mic. Alex:                 Justin, you're the thief, you're quick and sneaky. Justin:              That's okay. Alex:                 And I'm white like [inaudible 00:24:45]- Pete:                You're the evil mastermind. Justin:              You're the baby hands- Alex:                 Baby hands. Justin:              Every trio has them- Alex:                 Crucial. Pete:                The tank, the thief- Justin:              Yeah, you're a boss baby [crosstalk 00:24:55]- Alex:                 I'm a muscle. Pete:                Justin's [inaudible 00:24:58]- Alex:                 I'm a boss baby back in business. Justin:              Now streaming on Netflix- Pete:                Justin's a face man. He can talk his way into anything. Alex:                 There we go. Justin:              We're quite a trio. None of those things we're fighting by the way just so we're clear. Alex:                 Thunderbolts, number two for Marvel Comics written by Matthew Rosenberg, art by Van Ferrari. This is tying into the King and Black event. Lots of goopy stuff going on this week- Justin:              Goopy- Alex:                 More [inaudible 00:25:21] to come. Here we get a bunch of villains, have tried to rescue maybe, or work with Norman Osborn to find out some information from him. So they spent a lot of time in Raven Croft. I always want to say Arkham, but it's not Arkham, it's Raven Croft. Justin:              It's close. Alex:                 And it's super fun as usual. Justin:              How could you mix those two up Alex? How would you mix those two things up? Alex:                 They're two- Justin:              It's impossible. There are two very different in [inaudible 00:25:45] in two very different universes. Alex:                 You right, I'm sorry. Super fun bits in here, in particular. And I feel Matthew Rosenberg is just writing for the bits for some of these things where just, what is it? Mister Fear says something to Kingpin. He doesn't realize he's of the zoom and Kingpin is, “Hey, Taskmaster you're here.” And he's, “Yeah.” He's like, “Okay, punch Mister Fear.” And he punches Mister Fear, Norman Osborn getting too close to the zoom and his whole face filling it, just fun, it's a fun book to read. I had a blast reading it across the board. Pete:                Yeah. I think he does great on team books. This was fun. I also really to see Taskmaster around, so I thought this was a lot of fun, great kingpin stuff. The art's great. This is just a fun book. Justin:              Yeah. It's a great mix of real good comic storytelling, good fights. Character-driven stuff, even characters we don't really see a lot. I really liked this new star character that the series that we read six months ago now. Seeing her hair, it's great. Really well-written but also very fun, funny, and still tying into this goopy old crossover. Pete:                And also, you got to be wary if you just find… Nobody's just taking a nap in the bush. You got to be careful. That's all I'm saying. I don't want to give things away, but that was creepy. Alex:                 I hope this comic continues. I don't know if it will, but this is the sort of thing where I could see Wilson Fisk having a bunch of villains going on disposable missions. Most of them getting killed, not coming back alive, betray each other. It's suicide squad without the bombs in the head, but it's fun to read and he's writing the hell out of it. So I'll definitely read more. Alex:                 Next up Undiscovered Country, number 12 from Image Comics written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soul art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo and Marcello Grassi. This is tying up the second arc of this book, unity in a huge fashion, propelling us into the next arc of the book. This is a wild ride as usual, incredible visuals throughout. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Particularly with this issue, we had Scott on the show a little while ago and he was talking about how he and Charles are writing the movie. I do not know how they're writing a movie of this. It's just so big. Everything that happens. Justin:              It would be crazy to boil this arc down to one set piece. Because that's what it would have to be, sort of. I would think. Pete:                I don't know how- Justin:              The comic, you get the emotional beats are here, it's wild storytelling. There are so many ideas here. I mean, it's the same stuff we always compliment this book about, but they just continue to really find the balance of giving this… In this book, there's this very wild escape. It plays a Super Mario kart race for a portion of it. But then you get this really great heartfelt moment where to the main characters, the brother and sister are talking to their images of their parents and it's great. Pete:                Yeah. There's so much to this comic. There's so much happening. It can be a little crazy, but man, does it deliver? And the big monster aspect in this issue was just glorious and so cool that a six shooter was really crazy. This was really cool also, they thought this place that they're out was one thing and it turned out to be something different, really great ideas going on in this book. Pete:                I mean, I did think it was a little bit like, “All right, when it's these young kids.” And they're like, “This is old technology, the first iPod, how do you even use this?” I was, “Okay. All right.” But really impressive fun stuff. Art's really unbelievable. This continues to be such a scratch your head, what's happening, but then delivers really well. Justin:              Yeah. And the last page reveal is just a hundred percent fun. Alex:                 It's great stuff- Justin:              It's like, “Okay. Yeah, let's get fun.” Alex:                 I'm in, I'm on board. Love it. Can't wait for the next arc. Next up, The Last, Witch, number two for BoomBox written by- Justin:              Oh man- Alex:                 Connor MCcury art by [inaudible 00:30:09]. You guys have been buzzing about this book. Pete:                [inaudible 00:30:13]. This book is buzzing. This book is so good- Alex:                 Buzzing. First. So we got a girl in a small town heading off to a witch's tower. Just wants to check it out a little bit, things pick up and this issue where I was, “Did I miss an issue? Is this issue, number three, what's going on here?” Because this is insane from the first page with witches eating people and powers and everything. What do you guys about this book in particular? Pete:                Well first off, the art is really unbelievable. It feels like an amazing animation and still form… The characters designed in the witches and the faces and the different kind of glowing things in them are really cool. This is moving, it's intense, it's sentimental. The little part where the kid is like, “I told you, it was so awesome.” Yeah, I'm really impressed with this book. I didn't think I would like it so much. The grandma smoking a cigar is glorious. Justin:              You love a good grandma, who doesn't love a good grandma? Alex:                 You love a grandma. And you Pete, you know that's a blunt dude, you know she's [inaudible 00:31:20]. Justin:              She's far from [inaudible 00:31:22] bro- Alex:                 She even says, she's like, “Let's get this Juniper going around the room.” Justin:              Honestly. I know we're joking about it, but Pete, you are very into grandma's and comics from this to watching Future. I'm sure there's a couple of others I'm forgetting- Alex:                 And real life. He loves a grandma. Justin:              You should release your own podcast where you count down the top 10 grandmas of all time. Pete:                Oh that'd be cool. I could do it. But yeah, I think this book really took me by surprise and is really impressive. I cannot wait for more. Each issue continues to give us such a great movement for the story. Yeah. I'm really impressed. Justin:              I love the art in this a lot. It reminds me of some classic Ralph [inaudible 00:32:08] animation style getting in like, the old habit series back in the day. And to your question earlier, Alex, why we think it's such a buzz, buzz, buzzy book. It moves quickly. It's both fun, lighthearted, welcoming us into this world. It's scary at times. But it's always just driving the story forward in a well done, confident way. It's just a good book. There's a little mystery going on at the end. We get a lot of mythology building here and cabins in the woods. Watch out. Alex:                 Yeah. All right, everybody that has been our buzz-buzz busy [inaudible 00:32:48] book of the week. Let's move on and talk about American Vampire 1976, number five from TC Comics written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Talk about things getting big- Justin:              [inaudible 00:32:59]- Alex:                 In this issue, our heroes are fighting a bunch of giants, encounter a council of vampires, tons of mythology dump in this issue are going on here as we're on to the end game, seemingly of American Vampire. Another great issue, but it's just wild to me that we are so far into the road of this book and they're still laying down huge pieces of the mythology. It's very impressive. Justin:              Yeah. And it all fits. It all feels very deliberate and they've done a great job of setting up a villain that is worse than everything else we've seen it before. And the way that they're able to keep, Skinner's such a central part of this character just by the fact that he's been devamped and he's just sort of, “Ah, I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just hanging around.” And he's still such a fun character, is great. Pete:                Yeah. Scott Snyder knows what the fuck he's doing when it comes to writing comic books, because this is really impressive, so well done. After all these arcs you would think that maybe the ideas would get a little, “All right, we're going to try.” But man just delivers hard on every issue. The last panel reveal on this was really unbelievable. I can't say enough about the art. These two teaming up is just magic. Alex:                 Next up Black Panther, Keegan Black, number one written by Jeffery Thorn art by Jermaine Peralta in this issue, as you can probably imagine these symbionts are attacking Wakanda and they start to fight back. What'd you think about this issue? Another book that feels it was inspired by, “Hey, what characters have black in their name? Let's put them in the Black King and Black Event.” But personally I think it panned out a lot better than you might expect based on that. Pete:                I was really impressed with this book. Also, I didn't expect to get choked up but there was a moment where Black Panther and Siri see each other and give each other a hug. And I got a little choked up because I was, “That's never going to happen in TV or movies and we're never going to get to see that.” And it got me a little bit, which I wasn't ready for. Justin:              It's funny you say that Pete, because I was thinking the same thing. It's so rare, I think in a comic book, where from the adaptation to the movie has such an effect on reading the comic book going forward. Because I do feel, when I see Black Panther, I'm just, “Oh, there's a loss there.” Pete:                Yeah, It's tough yeah- Justin:              I view the character in the way that it's never happened to me before. And I just can't imagine it has happened before. And to see this, I don't know, does that harm the Black Panther character in the Marvel universe? The fact that Chadwick Boseman was such an icon for the role and then died. And is it going to stay with us for forever? I guess would say. Pete:                I wonder because it's like, the comic came first. They should be able to do what they want, but man, it was just… I was having a hard time reading it. I was really getting choked up and being, “Ah, I don't know, what did you just say? Series Black Panther and not kind of deal with it just so you don't have these kinds of reactions.” But that doesn't seem fair. Alex:                 I do think there's something to be said. I agree with you guys. I had the exact same reaction emotionally and there was a brief thought of you're saying, Pete, should they retire to Tchala as Black Panther for a while? Which sounds insane. But just to get around that uncomfortable sad reaction that you have, but I would say no, you keep it going because it is a tribute to how powerful he was as the character that even though he passed away in a very untimely manner, the character continues and it does pay a tribute to him by continuing to exist, by continuing to have these ventures. And as long as they keep being good and they keep treating the character in a good way, that does pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman's performance in a back way as well. Pete:                Now I do want to talk a little bit about this issue, not you know talking about that. I thought this was a great issue of Black Panther, lot of cool things and the call back to one of Black Panthers enemies was such a cool idea to help stop this menace. I was really impressed with the writing on this and there's really cool, beast showdowns here. Yeah. Wow. What an awesome issue. What amazing art. This was really cool. Alex:                 Next up Bliss, number five from Image Comics written by Sean Lewis, art by Caitlin Yarsky. In this issue, we're getting a bunch of backstory about what's going on with our father character who was going up against the main antagonist of this book. We find out how he broke out of the hold of this drug. I guess you can call it a drug. Bliss, how he worked his way forward. Meanwhile, we're following his son as he is trying to track down his dad, I believe. Still some incredible imagining coming out of this book, even five issues in. Justin:              This reminded me of, and maybe this is a stretch. Do tell me. It's a reverse never-ending story? Alex:                 Oh wow. Interesting. Justin:              I guess it's just like the never ending story. The dad is going on the adventure and the kid is [inaudible 00:38:35] hearing the dad adventure. Pete:                That's a way to reverse Everett Dick story, as [crosstalk 00:38:43]- Alex:                 You said, the kid being directed to the drug, it's the dad and then- Justin:              What I was thinking about was the fact that it's the dad going on the adventure and the kid is hearing this stories- Pete:                Riding a dragon means drugs. And then- Alex:                 I always describe, I don't know if you guys do this too, but I always describe 13, going on 30 is a double reverse pig. Pete:                Exactly. And you talk about that a lot, especially in your work as a critic. Yeah. Alex:                 I try to relate everything back to 13 going on 30 if I can. Pete:                Seven a movie. Yeah, I thought this was a really beautiful issue. Unbelievable. This story continues to move forward in a great way. You go from absolutely hating this dad to maybe there's something that could be done. Yeah, I'm just really impressed with this story. And then fun kind of join us next time. And they got the AOC with the scales of justice. I thought that was crazy cool. Alex:                 What? Pete:                The character designs are very interesting. Justin:              I will say to Pete's point, I don't think it's actually AOC, but the woman in the preview for next issue looks just like AOC. Pete:                It's AOC dude. Alex:                 Next step Orcs, number one from Kaboom written by and art by Christine Larson. This is pretty much you could do that you could expect from the title. It's a bunch of adventure in Orcs. [inaudible 00:40:07] it's Kaboom, it is very all ages. I thought this was a delightful, fun book to read with some great character designs. I enjoyed this quite a bit. Pete, I imagine given its similarity to other things like Head Lopper and whatnot, you might've liked it as well? Pete:                Oh, I really loved it. I especially loved the first story, thought it was really cool. It's fun to see things that are cute be violent. But man, it was fun- Justin:              Yes. Are you Soggy or Jimbo that little bunny? Pete:                Yeah. I think that… Don't call him little. You [inaudible 00:40:41]- Justin:              Oh, I thought you weren't going to take the bait and then you did. [crosstalk 00:40:45]- Pete:                It was like that fish that swims by, and you're, “Wow, I missed it.” And then it's, “What's that? Is that a worm?” Justin:              [crosstalk 00:40:53]. Fish. I love worms. I'm a fish. I love worms even though I never encounter them because I live in the water. But let try that worm it's exotic to me, because it lives over the ground. Pete:                Yeah. The arts in this is really cool. It's all ages, but really it doesn't feel it's pandering to children or anything like that. There's a lot of cool action and adventure. I think this is a cool book. Alex:                 What I like about this is, it's an Orc, never ending story. Pete:                I thought it to be more of a 13 going on 30 myself. Oh wow. Justin:              I really did like this. Especially the first bit that ends up being the grandma Orc telling a story, Pete. Grandma Orc you must be just basically coming in your pants because you've seen grandma here. Pete:                I wouldn't go that far, but then I like how the grandma trips out a little bit. That was fun. Story times over, I'm getting fucked up. Alex:                 I'm sorry, just to ask, would you not let me go that far to edge her about grandmas. Let's go down. Pete:                What? What did you say? Alex:                 Nevermind. It's not important. Justin:              [inaudible 00:42:24] broke man. Pete:                Anyway. Good book. Justin:              [inaudible 00:42:27] book. Pete:                [inaudible 00:42:28], I'm fine. Justin:              You're trying to take the baton, Pete? Pete:                I don't know. Yeah. Justin:              Some are homesick pilots- Alex:                 Yeah. Go for it. Number six, Pilots Image Comics written by Dead Waters, art by Casper Winguard. We've been really enjoying this book, I think it's so many things at the same time, but essentially it's about a girl in a punk band, maybe a heavy metal band who discovers a haunted house has to recover a bunch of ghosts, but it's so much more than that. So many different things going on. It ramps up the premise at exactly what's happening. Every single issue ends with a wild visual at the end here. This is great. I really enjoy reading this. Justin:              Yeah, me too. It was one of my favorite new books out there. Talk about visuals, the visual of the sort of videotape ghost. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              It was haunting. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              I want to see that for sure. I want to see that in some movie or film or TV show. So good. Pete:                Yeah. I also really liked lessons in this, they're like, “Yo, if you're going to join a band, it is hard, it is grueling and you might get trapped in a house and not be able to make it out.” So you got to be ready for that. Also don't fucking go into other people's houses. All right. It's not going to end well. Justin:              Two lessons. Pete:                But the art is just fantastic and they really try different, the crackly, black panels that they have that look an old book in the middle of the comic is just really cool and creepy and sets this cool tone. They keep using this shot of this window in this creepy house almost looking like it's about to explode. I'm really impressed with what they're doing with this book creatively and how they're telling this story. It keeps being just fantastic every issue. Alex:                 Great stuff. If you'd like to support our show, patrion.com/comic book club, also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube come hang out. We would love to chat with you about comic books. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and more at comicbooklive on Twitter. Until next time. Keep those grandma's coming, Pete, can't get it up. Pete:                What are you doing? Justin:              Enjoy your marathon of Golden Girls Pete. You're going to fucking love it. Pete:                You're weird man. The post The Stack: Radiant Black, Sweet Tooth And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. 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DC May 2021 Solicits Comics Reviews: Future State: Green Lantern 2 by Geoffrey Thorne, Tom Raney,  Mike Atiyeh, Josie Campbell, Andie Tong, Wil Quintana, Robert Venditi, Dexter Soy, Alex Sinclair Love is a Battlefield by Christos Gage, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Crystal Frasier, Juan Gedeon, Ulises Arreola, Mark Russell, Nik Virella, Marquis Draper, Pop Mhan, Chris Sotomayor, Tim Seeley, Rebekah Isaacs, Kurt Michael Russell, Cavan Scott, Jose Luis, Jonas Trindade, Rex Lokus, Regine Sawyer, Rob Guillory, Mike Spicer, Sina Grace, Karl Mostert, Ivan Plascencia, Pornsak Pichetshote, Chris Mooneyham, John Ridley, Amancay Nahuelpan, June Chung King in Black: Black Panther 1 by Geoffrey Thorne, German Peralta, Jesus Aburtov Morbius: Bond of Blood by Ralph Macchio, Tom Reilly, Chris O'Halloran Wolverine: Black, White, Blood 3 by John Ridley, Jorge Fornes, Donny Cates, Chris Bachalo, Jed MacKay, Jesus Saiz Radiant Black 1 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa Black Hammer: Visions 1 by Patton Oswalt, Dean Kotz, Jason Wordie Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins by Jody Houser, Olivia Samson, Msassyk Red Sonja: Valentine's Day Special by Bill Willingham, Giuseppe Cafaro, Andrew Dalhouse Casual Fling 1 by Jason Starr, Dalibor Talajic, Marco Lesko Junior High Horrors: Strangest Thingies 1 by Rob Potchak, Eric Kent Orcs 1 by Christine Larsen Jo and Rus GN by Audra Winslow Last Dance by Hanna Schroy Averee by Stephanie Phillips, Dave Johnson, Marika Cresta Almost 1 by Todd Jakubisin Shell Loch 1 by Isaiah Joseph Henson Additional Reviews: Superstore s1, Happy Death Day 2 U, WandaVision ep6 News: Blue Sky shut down cancels Nimona, Infinity Train canceled, Redwall adaptation, Glenn vs. Joss Whedon, Mack/Bendis' Cover adaptation for HBO Max, New Defenders book, Velma origin cartoon, Gina Carano fired, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur cartoon, new X-book (X-Corps), Brooklyn 99 ending, Melissa Benoist signs new deal with WB, Donald Glover and PWB star in new Mr. and Mrs. Smith, CW passes on Wonder Girl, Zawe Ashton cast as villain in Captain Marvel 2 Trailers: Justice League Snyder cut Comics Countdown: Black Hammer: Visions 1 by Patton Oswalt, Dean Kotz, Jason Wordie Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman 2 by Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage Rorschach 5 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart Scarenthood 4 by Nick Roche, Chris O'Halloran Last Witch 2 by Conor McCreery, V.V. Glass, Natalia Nesterenko Undiscovered Country 12 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Matt Wilson Birthright 46 by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas S.W.O.R.D. 3 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Ray-Anthony Height, Bernard Chang, Nico Leon, Marte Gracia Sweet Tooth: The Return 4 by Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia Daredevil 27 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checcheto, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Marcio Menyz

Mike Hawthorne talks about his graphic novel memoir Happiness Will Follow. This is a three-part series. Mike is a comic book artist and graphic novelist mostly known for his Marvel comics of Spider-Man, Superman and Deadpool. Mike's graphic novel Happiness Will Follow: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Happiness-Will-Follow/Mike-Hawthorne/9781684155453 Mike’s gumroad store https://gumroad.com/mikehawthorne?sort=newest   Quotes: "Forgive yourself" "Focus on getting better at drawing one specific thing, instead of everything" "Look for incremental progress in your art. Be fair to yourself" ********************* The Brief & Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao is a book that inspired Mike’s friend to tell him he needs to write his memoir   https://www.amazon.com.au/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/0571239730/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EU9CJRM908I9&keywords=the+brief+and+wonderous+life+of+oscar+wao&qid=1611644262&sprefix=the+brief+and%2Caps%2C331&sr=8-2   Artistic Anatomy   https://www.amazon.com.au/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/dp/0823002977/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UKDIHWESHBCY&dchild=1&keywords=artistic+anatomy+by+dr.+paul+richer&qid=1611644443&sprefix=artistic+ana%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-1   How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way   https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X5UZSIRH5GIU&dchild=1&keywords=drawing+the+marvel+way&qid=1611644498&sprefix=drawing+the+marve%2Caps%2C327&sr=8-1   Understanding Comics   https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=understanding+comics&qid=1611644558&sr=8-1   *************************   Art Supplies   Strathmore paper https://www.strathmoreartist.com/home.html   Stillman & Birn https://stillmanandbirn.com    

Mike Hawthorne talks about his graphic novel memoir Happiness Will Follow. This is a three-part series. Mike is a comic book artist and graphic novelist mostly known for his Marvel comics of Spider-Man, Superman and Deadpool. Mike's graphic novel Happiness Will Follow: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Happiness-Will-Follow/Mike-Hawthorne/9781684155453 Mike’s gumroad store https://gumroad.com/mikehawthorne?sort=newest   Quotes: "Forgive yourself" "Focus on getting better at drawing one specific thing, instead of everything" "Look for incremental progress in your art. Be fair to yourself" ********************* The Brief & Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao is a book that inspired Mike’s friend to tell him he needs to write his memoir   https://www.amazon.com.au/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/0571239730/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EU9CJRM908I9&keywords=the+brief+and+wonderous+life+of+oscar+wao&qid=1611644262&sprefix=the+brief+and%2Caps%2C331&sr=8-2   Artistic Anatomy   https://www.amazon.com.au/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/dp/0823002977/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UKDIHWESHBCY&dchild=1&keywords=artistic+anatomy+by+dr.+paul+richer&qid=1611644443&sprefix=artistic+ana%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-1   How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way   https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X5UZSIRH5GIU&dchild=1&keywords=drawing+the+marvel+way&qid=1611644498&sprefix=drawing+the+marve%2Caps%2C327&sr=8-1   Understanding Comics   https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=understanding+comics&qid=1611644558&sr=8-1   *************************   Art Supplies   Strathmore paper https://www.strathmoreartist.com/home.html   Stillman & Birn https://stillmanandbirn.com    

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On this week's comic book review podcast: Riverdale Presents South Side Serpents #1 Archie Comics Story by David Barnett Art by Richard Ortiz Captain Marvel #25 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Lee Garbett The Department of Truth #5 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Firefly #25 BOOM! Studios Written by Greg Pak Art by Pius Bak Future State: Suicide Squad #1 DC Comics Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Future State: Dark Detective #2 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Riley Rossmo Future State: Aquaman #1 DC Comics Written by Brandon Thomas Art by Daniel Sampere Future State: Batman/Superman #1 DC Comics Written by Gene Luen Yang Art by Ben Oliver Post Americana #2 Image Comics Written and art by Dave Skroce Daredevil #26 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Chechetto & Mike Hawthorne Monstress #31 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Art by Nana Takeda The Other History of the DC Universe #2 DC Comics Written by John Ridley Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli Nailbiter Returns #9 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson X-Men #17 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Brett Booth Spawn #314 Image Comics Written by Todd McFarlane Art by Carlo Barberi The Last God #12 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Something is Killing the Children #14 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Art by Werther Dell'edera Strange Adventures #8 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner An Unkindness of Ravens #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Art by Marianna Ignazzi Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Tyler Crook SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: As Alex:                 What is up everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out this week, kicking it off with Riverdale Presents: South Side Serpents from Archie Comics, story by David Barnett, art by Richard Ortiz. This is part of a slate of comics that Archie has started releasing that aren't exactly in continuity with the shows, but they include the characters the way they appear on the show. They're kind of like halfway between the monthly comics and the shows themselves. This with a Madam Satan one-shot spinning off and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina that we talked about. This one of course is spinning off of Riverdale [crosstalk 00:00:46]. Pete:                I wish I would've known that before I read it, because I read it and I was like, “Holy shit, everything's going to change.” Alex:                 Yeah. Well, no, it's out of continuity. Pete:                They killed some people in this comic. Alex:                 They straight up killed some people. I got to tell you, I mean, to start there, I was surprised how hardcore this was. Justin:              Me too. This book went hard from beginning to end and I will say, “I like this.” To me, I mean Archie Comics for a decade has been taking big swings with a lot of their choices, a lot of their … especially their one shots like this and they're limited series. But with this like putting it in between Riverdale featuring Toni Topaz here which was great. And then having both Hot Dog show up drawn like Hot Dog from the Double Digest. As well as a murder happening involving Hot Dog, I was like, “Okay, we're going for it here.” Alex:                 So the plot of this book if you haven't picked it up is that Jughead is tasked by FP to go rejuvenate the serpents, FP can see that they're getting older. He wants them to go out, get some young blood in there. Things go very, very wrong. The thing that I think this book did so well is the serpents are way too friendly on the TV show. They're supposed to be the most hardcore biker gang, but they was like, “We're hardcore, we're fucking helping out with community service. And now we're going to assist the police department. Look how hardcore we are.” Here they're an actual biker gag, and they're treated like an actual biker gang. And it works really well to the devastating end of the book. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. It was also nice to take you back to this time in Riverdale, we're all Riverdale fans, and to sort of position us sort of earlier, this was like season two Riverdale it felt like, was really fun as well. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Good stuff. Definitely check. Oh, go ahead. Justin:              Wait, Pete's going to weigh in. Pete:                I really liked this. I loved all the action, it moves really well. It feels like Riverdale, but it has its own kind of flavor, which is cool for the comic. And I thought the art was great and the storytelling was really impressive how well this moved. I had a great time. Justin:              A lot of biker gangs have a crown that the head of the gang wears. Alex:                 This is true, like the hell's angels. Justin:              Yeah, fairy famously, and some anarchy. Alex:                 [inaudible 00:03:17] biker gang that we can name which is, what is that, Justin? Justin:              That biker game, there's the wheels, the wheelies. Pete:                The Wheelers. Justin:              The wheelers, that's it. Alex:                 Yes. Captain Marvel number 25 from Marvel written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett. This is a title that we haven't talked about too much, but as it is hitting an anniversary issue, we do like Kelly Thompson in particular here on the show, I figured it was worth talking about. Captain Marvel is trapped in a post-apocalyptic future where the son of Namor and Amara has lead ways everything, using captain Marvel for his evil plan. As usual with Kelly Thompson book, I thought this is a lot of fun. I had a blast reading this. What about you guys? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, as parents, you have to feel that if your son or daughter stabs a stuffed animal dolphin, you better address that early. Otherwise that's really going to get out of hand and lead you [crosstalk 00:04:14]. Justin:              Well, the question is, at least in my household is it during stabbing practice or is it [inaudible 00:04:19]. Pete:                Oh, oh, oh. Justin:              Because if it's during stabbing practice it's good. Pete:                It's fine. Alex:                 I'll tell you what, quarantine school has been weird. Justin:              Yeah, they're doing a lot of real post-apocalyptic lessons are going around. Obviously Pete you're not a parent, but there is a lot of zombie preparation- Alex:                 Smart. Justin:              … how to, like early cannibalism stuff. Pete:                Is it like machete upkeep and stuff like that? Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:04:44] and the teacher on the Zoom was saying, “Okay first graders, are you distilling your pee properly so you can drink it?” Pete:                Oh my God. That's so creepy. Justin:              That's why it's really important to potty train them, so you don't lose that precious pee. Alex:                 What'd you think about this book, Pete? Pete:                I loved it. Oh, that was gross. Justin:              Precious Pete. Pete:                Oh man, I don't want it. Yeah, I really liked this, a lot of over the top action, which I enjoyed. Fun kind of Namor a story, classic tale of raising somebody who is going to murder their father. It was just classic fun stuff. You guys have to be worried about that, getting murdered by your own kids. That's got to be something that waves on you. Alex:                 You keep throwing this back on us. Pete:                I mean, that's something that you got to be worried a little bit about as a parent that you're raising the person who's going to kill you. Alex:                 I'm much more worried about you killing me Pete than I have my kids at this point. Justin:              100%. Pete:                Oh well, that's smart. Justin:              That's the real threat, keeps us up nights. Alex:                 Speaking of things that are … Oh, go ahead. Pete:                But I love that art. I love the action. This is some great, yeah, the Thor was just fantastic and this is really fun. Justin:              Yeah, Bridget. It's funny reading this alongside Future State over on the DC side of things, because it feels very much like a Future State book in the Marvel Universe. And it's fun, I like books that take us into alternate futures where shits fucked up. Alex:                 Well, let's go to an alternate present where shit is fucked up in The Department of Truth number five from Image Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This is a big one for anybody who's reading the series. It's about a department that is tasked with taking care of conspiracy theories here. Our main character is finding out a bunch more about the other side, Black Hat, and what's going on with them. Maybe this doesn't change everything, but it certainly comes close to it. How'd you feel about this issue? Justin:              I've not been shy to say I love this series. I think this series is just so present, it's feels so real. It's about how if enough people believe in conspiracy theories, they become real. And like what truth is, it is something I think we as a nation, as a world grapple with literally every day. And so this book does such a good job between the art and the story of really just getting inside my brain. Pete:                Yeah, this is really kind of crazy cool. The conspiracy stuff is one thing, but just the art and the storytelling, unlike how this all kind of unfolds for the main character that we're following here is tripped out in all the right ways. It's just really great kind of like conspiracy story telling that kind of feeds into fears and kind of deep thoughts in all the right ways. I think this is a really creative book that is really doing an amazing job. Alex:                 I feel like we've said this here on the show before, but it struck me with this issue in particular, this feels like a lost Vertigo book down to the art and the writing and everything, and it's awesome. Firefly … Oh, go ahead. Justin:              I was going to say just an excellent Vertigo book. Alex:                 Yeah. A lost Vertigo book that should have stayed lost was what I was saying. Pete:                Whoa. Alex:                 Should've stayed in Karen Berger's drawer. Pete:                Oh, come on, what? You mean drawer? Alex:                 Come on. Pete:                You saying drawer? Alex:                 Yeah, I was trying to say that. Pete:                Okay. Alex:                 Firefly number 25 from BOOM! Studios written by Greg Pak- Pete:                Greg Pak. Alex:                 … art by Pius Bak. We talked about the special, the end of The Blue Sun Rising, just being an awesome Firefly story. Here after all of this prequel stuff, we're moving beyond serenity. We're showing what happens years later. There's a big twists here. I thought this is great. As much as I like the stuff that went before, I'm very excited about this direction for the book. It tells a good story. If you have watched all the Firefly and Serenity, you can jump in right here, you don't have to read anything previous. And that is very exciting. Justin:              Yeah. For Greg Pal to tell a great story that really nails all the characters, but it also feels like it's expanding the universe as a prequel, and then to jump into sort of where the story is continuing from any fan, whatever they've taken in for this show and movie is great, such a smart move, I love that he's guiding this ship. Pete:                I wanted to read something, speaking of fans, a fan of our show reached out to me and was just wondering, we had Fred Van Lente on a bunch, but they're asking me when the fuck Greg Pak is going to be on, so I wanted to kind of turn that over to Alex and just be like, “Hey, when the fuck is Greg Pak going to be on the show so we can talk to him.” Justin:              Let me throw this out to you Pete, are you the fan that reached out to you? Pete:                No. Justin:              Sounds a lot like you. Alex:                 We'll try to have him back on scene, we always love having him of the show. Thanks for writing in, Pete. Let's move over to our Future State block. Here's the issues that came out of Future State this week. Future State Suicide Squad number one, Future State Superman Versus Imperious Lex number one, Future State Dark Detective number two, Legion of Superheroes number one, Aquaman number one, Batman and Superman number one. Now, as we've been doing in the past couple of weeks, instead of talking about absolutely everything, I want to call out what our favorites were, and I'll turn to you Justin first. What was your favorite or favorites from these Future State titles this week? Justin:              Once again, I liked a lot of these books. I feel like they'd been really crushing it, but my favorites were, let me throw it to Superman versus Imperious Lex. Alex:                 Oh, that's what I figured. I say that's what I figured because that was also my favorite. And that's a book, it's written by Mark Russell, who's one of our favorites here on the show, art by Steve Pugh. And it shows a Future State, a future society where Lex has taken over a planet, Superman and Lois come head to head with it. Ridiculous parodied, a lot of fun at the same time, Justin. Justin:              And I do think Mark Russell has done such a good job. He's so good at bringing real issues into his comic book work, famously first on the Flintstones book that he did. And then a bunch of other things that he's done. And this to really weave big interesting ideas about how people, populaces are controlled by their leaders and economics, how economics drives people into a far Future Superman United Planets, Lex Luther story, I think was great. There's a bunch of humor here as well. It's just a book of ideas and I love that. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? What jumped out at you this week? Pete:                I liked Future State Dark Detectives number two. I really liked this kind of like a gritty future Batman. And I also really liked the second story with a Rose, guessing Slade's daughter. But just- Alex:                 That's an in continuity character by the way. That's not just a Future State character. Pete:                Oh, okay. Alex:                 Just for clarification. Pete:                Thank you. Alex:                 But just to mention before you get too far into it, written by Mariko Tamaki and Joshua Williamson, art by Dan Mora, who you love from Once & Future, and Giannis Milonogiannis. And the first story is about Bruce Wayne after he's been “shot and killed” coming back and try to figure out what he is now. The second one is a Red Hood story, which is basically straight up Akira in a very fun way. Justin, what'd you think about this one? Justin:              I like both of these stories. The Bruce Wayne story at the front of this is so good. The art, the Dan Mora art is excellent, and really I would love to see this as just an ongoing series of Bruce Wayne in a future where he has been killed, figuring out what he's going to do next and finding his way back is great. And then the backup story really felt a lot like Nightwing [inaudible 00:13:02] relationship, but put on with Red Hood and Rose, which I thought was a cool sort of mapping, and with the Akira stuff you're talking about as well. Alex:                 The one that I was completely surprised that I loved was Future State Aquaman number one, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. I don't usually like Aquaman stories at all, but this one is showing Aqualad all grown up training the daughter of Aquaman and Mera. They accidentally ended up in this conjoining of seas, I think it's called the conjunction or something like that, that travels across different planets. They get trapped, they get separated, Aqualad's been in prison for years. And finally, spoiler, but he gets some hope that the girl he's been in charge with maybe still alive somewhere. This was bad-ass, like we were talking about, this is something that I'm like, “I want to read this book.” And this is such a strong concept right here. I want to see where this goes. I want to see them go through all these seas, go through all these worlds, try to find each other. That's very exciting. And the art from Daniel Sampere- Pete:                Oh my God. Alex:                 … is awesome as well, but fantastic. My jaw dropped, I was so surprised, I like this so much. Pete:                Yeah. And I really liked the Black Manta stuff as well. It was like the right amount of beautiful tripped out colors for all these different kinds of worlds and stuff. I was really impressed by it. Justin:              I also want to throw it out to the Suicide Squad Future State book. This was really great as well. Really surprising, well-written dark take, featuring a ton of characters that I didn't expect to really see together and just really smart observations of these characters. Pete:                The second story, Black Adam really looks like The Rock, it's like holy shit, all right guys, we get it. Alex:                 Yeah, that was a weird one for me. But just to mention the writing team of that, written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams, art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin. And real quick, before wrap up, here are the other ones, Future State Legion of Superheroes number one written by Brian Michael Bendis, gorgeous art as always by Riley Rossmo. And then there's also Batman Superman number one, which is interesting one. Pete:                That's the one I wanted to talk about. Alex:                 Written by Gene Luen Yang and art by Ben Oliver. Because this actually isn't very Future State. This is, if Future State is 10, 15, 20, whatever years down the road, this is five years down the road with our Batman and Superman right before things go wrong, which is a fascinating tack to take, Pete, take it away. Pete:                Yeah, I really thought this was, first off the banter back and forth between Superman and Batman was amazing. I also really liked this kind of false face thing. And then Superman realizing why masks are good was really cool. And I really liked this toad character that was introduced. Yeah, I was really impressed with this. Might not have been that far in the future, but man, this was a really cool book. I really liked it. And I'm trying to think, I also read the Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, number four. And that was- Alex:                 Pete. Justin:              Totally [inaudible 00:16:24]. Pete:                I'm just putting it out there, we're doing a quick review thing here. Alex:                 No, no, no, but it's not Future State. Pete:                Well, it is DC. Alex:                 You keep doing this. I send you a list of comics and you are like, I read these five other comics. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I just think that the story is really- Justin:              I just love comics. Alex:                 Great. Pete, when we get to it, I read Amazing Spider-Man as well, so I just want to talk about that. Pete:                Great. I'm just wanting to say real quick though, the Harley Quinn thing at first, the White Knight Presents, I didn't, but now it's really going well and I'm really impressed with it. And I thought it was a really great story and it's worth checking out. Justin:              Really grabbing the mic. Alex:                 How was Usagi Yojimbo, Pete? Pete:                I look forward to checking that out. Alex:                 Wow. Justin:              Wow, shame. Alex:                 What a hater. Post Americana, oh. Justin:              Hold up. One last thing about Future State. I think that DC should do this, pick a month every year, do this. It introduces so many interesting ideas. They could reflect whatever the ongoing stories are in the main titles in their Future State titles, introduce a bunch of new artists and writers into this world. Pete:                I think that's what they're going to do. Justin:              I don't think they're going to do that, but I wish they did. Pete:                I think they are. Alex:                 That's a great idea. I mean it's clearly like it was originally there to give everybody space on the schedule and everything, at least in terms of the writers and artists, but this is great. I'm so happy with all of these books. Pete:                I also wanted to say in the Future State Legion one, the amazing last page, that was a really fun issue. Alex:                 Sure. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Post Americana number two from Image Comics written and art by Dave Skroce. This is a wild book, we talked about the first issue of this taking place in post-apocalyptic world. When we left off, our main characters have been captured by cannibals who wear human skin. That's where this issue picks up. Pete, you got to love that, picks up right where it left off basically. Pete:                Huge fan. Alex:                 This book is fucked up at exactly the right way. It's like Crossed, but not as dark I guess, with a little bit more of a mission to it. Justin:              I don't know. It feels a lot just like Crossed. I don't know where you're seeing the less darkness. There's less like coming on bullets before you shoot them at people. Alex:                 Sure, that's fair. Pete:                I would say- Alex:                 But the main lady has no limbs, but she calls her robot limbs and then kicks the ass of the cannibals, so that's pretty fun. Pete:                It's like Iron Man. I would say this is like a really dark version of Wall-E a little bit, like a real fucked up Wall-E. Justin:              Oh, Wall-E, interesting. I don't get that. Alex:                 Well, there's a male character and there's a female character like Eva. Justin:              Oh, interesting. None of them are robots. And there's a lot of other people there and many of them cannibals, which if I remember Wall-E correctly it's very light on cannibalism. Am I wrong there? Pete:                Yeah, it is. Alex:                 Did you watch the director's cut? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 It's on Disney plus. Pete:                I was just talking about the people who are on vacation, looking at the news and kind of taking it all in. And that kind of little bit was very Wall-E. Justin:              Oh, I see. Yes. I mean, to be fair, that is reminiscent of Wall-E. That was one panel. Pete:                Still reminded me of Wall-E dickhead. Justin:              You said this book is like a fucked up wall-E, and that is taking one panel and being like, this is … If I heard that description, I was like, “Oh, okay, fucked up Wall-E. I love Wall-E, I wish he was more fucked up. Let me read it.” And I was like, “What's that dude Pete talking about?” Pete:                Because there's one panel that really reminds you of Wall-E. Justin:              Okay, it's hard to argue with you. Alex:                 It's a fictional story like Wall-E. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              My life's a lot like Wall-E in that I occasionally watch a silent film. Alex:                 This book is insanely over the top odd purpose, but I'm enjoying it two issues in- Pete:                I am too. Alex:                 … and I'm excited to see where it goes. Let's move on to talk about Daredevil number 26 from Marvel written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Checchetto and Meek Hawthorne, Mike Hawthorne. Excuse me, I don't know why it's spelled Meek, like the character for the Guardians of Galaxy, not Guardians of Galaxy, [inaudible 00:20:39], and World War Hulk. Justin:              Yeah, we can just cut this part out of there. Pete:                World War Hulk is right. Alex:                 Mike Hawthorne, this is taking Daredevil who was in prison, mixing it up with King in Black. It is, Ted's fucked up with an amazing last paddle. I'll tell you what, I am vehemently against venomizing everything in the Marvel Universe, yet I love this, and I'm not 100% sure why. Justin:              Well, I think it's just really well handled. There's a sort of kid and parent venomization here that is legit scary. I love the Electra taking over from Daredevils in prison. I love Electra being the Daredevil on the street. That's such a fun story. To see them all having to handle the King in Black stuff is wild. And I loved that it didn't take over, all the characters get to shine still. And this last bit where we … spoiler, but Daredevil gets venomized and you get to be in his head. Pete:                You love that. Justin:              I loved it. I thought it was so smart. Pete:                Yeah, I was really … There's a lot in this comic which is great. A lot of very interesting ideas in this comic, the whole prison scene, and where Daredevil's getting kind of lectured and talking about the difference between white and black. He can just take off the mask and be somebody else, really powerful stuff, really cool. It's very interesting to see Kingpin. I am not tired of this idea of Kingpin being a public figure. And we know him as this evil person and he's like, it's just very … I love this idea and I'm not sick of it. And I hope it continues around Daredevil. Alex:                 One thing that I really loved was getting to see the moment when the mayor of New York finds out that venom symbiotes have attacked the city. I feel like that's something that you'd never really get to see at all in a comic book crossover, because it's always focusing on The Avengers, focusing on the superheroes. You never get to see the government, except later on when captain America is like, “Can you send out the national guard?” And they're like, “Yeah, absolutely.” You never get to see that moment they're like, “Oh, aliens attacking again. You got to get out of here.” Justin:              It's funny too because I feel like I've heard mayor de Blasio talk a lot about them, the venomization of New York. Alex:                 Oh yeah, he always talks about that. Pete:                I'm sick. Justin:              I mean, to be fair, he's often jumping to conclusions. Alex:                 Right. Well, you remember when those venom symbiotes attacked New York, he was like, “Alternate side of the street park [inaudible 00:23:18].” It's very niche content. Pete:                Yeah, it is. Justin:              It is very New York focused content. Alex:                 Great comic though. Let's move on and talk about Monstress number 31 from Image Comics written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda. Now we had talked about Monstress: Talk Stories, the two-part book that came out before this, after not talking about Monstress for a very long period of time. I thought those were awesome, so I thought it was worth checking out this book, the main book and seeing how it's going. I still love the art in this. This is such a weird wild world that is fascinating to jump in with, the mythology is so different and interesting to read. But what did you guys think about it? Justin:              Yeah, I agree with you. This is very much to me, and I haven't read a lot of this book, but it's very much to me like all of the cut scenes from Final Fantasy game just sort of put together. And I love that, so I thought this was a fun read. Pete:                The art is really impressive in this book and it's really a lot of fun, the different monsters and stuff and the different kind of animal people that we kind of see in this is very cool and worth checking out alone. But you guys, this has to be a dream of yours. Just sit down and have a father, daughter conversation as you sit on a pile of skulls and just kind of have a father daughter talk or a father son talk, that's got to be something that you guys look forward to as parents. Justin:              Hmm, didn't go where I thought it was. Yeah, sure. I mean, after stabbing practice obviously we do sit on skulls after. Pete:                Obviously after, yeah. Alex:                 Exactly. Let's move on and talk about The Other History of the DC Universe number two from DC Comics, written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, where the first issue of this book focused on black lightning, here we're jumping over to the Teen Titans and looking to two characters there. I got to tell you, I mean, this issue was phenomenal as the first issue is phenomenal. Justin:              It's so good. Alex:                 It's fascinating personally reading this for me because I am much more familiar with what happened with black lightning. And there's much more touchstones in that book than here, because I never read Teen Titans growing up. I had no idea what was going on there, the continuity. This is definitely, I understand this feels like the decades, but none of these stories, other than Titans Hunt which we talked about at a live show a couple of months ago, and some of the Deathstroke stuff, none of it really feels familiar with me. But at the same time I love this story and I love the idea of taking two characters who were in Teen Titans showing their diverse opinions, their diverse ideas, views of what was going on throughout the history of the DC Universe. This is such a cool project. It's very exciting. Justin:              It's just so smart the way it takes two characters and really weaves their stories together with observations that … A lot of the things that happen in this from the original comics are ridiculous. But to then weave them into one story with actual commentary of what a real person would think, I think it just works so well, on top of that weaving in like real-world events and the perspective of these two African-American characters in a world where, which they talk about a lot where everyone else is white essentially, it's just really well done. This is necessary reading I think right there. Pete:                Yeah. I didn't know how much I wanted this until it happened, just to have that kind of commentary on the stuff that we know from the years of reading comics is just so rich and great and such a cool idea. Art's amazing. I'm really impressed with the writing and storytelling. It's a must pick up. Alex:                 Great stuff. Let's move on and talk about Nailbiter Returns number nine from Image Comics written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, not Meek Henderson or anything like that. Justin:              No, that would be [crosstalk 00:27:24]. Alex:                 That was so much fun. Justin:              Well, I guess we'll have to cut this out too. Alex:                 Yes. In this book we're finally getting a lot of answers about what has been going on in Buckaroo with the butchers. We get the [inaudible 00:27:38] back on the villain of this series. Another just great issue, like the theology that they keep fleshing out here is so impressive and so much fun. Justin:              And we finally get the eyeball licking that I think we've all been asking. Pete:                Oh, man. Alex:                 Absolutely. I've been begging for it. I've been writing them every week. Where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Pete:                Yeah. You guys are big eyeball lickers, this is right up your alley. This book has started at such a crazy place. And I think every issue like, oh, okay, now I understand. But it keeps getting more and more insane in such a great way. It heightens and makes things even better than you thought. I've been really impressed with the kind of unraveling of the stories, if you will. And man, this is so intense and gross and over the top in all the right ways, the arts fantastic. And man, eyeballs are gross. Justin:              Yeah. But I agree and the amount of sort of dream logic that's been used in this book, I was really surprised by, but it's been great and it really keeps you guessing throughout. Alex:                 Next one, I'm very excited and I mean this earnestly to find out what Pete thought about this book, X-Men number 17 from Marvel Comics, written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Brett Booth. In this issue the X-Men in classic uniforms, X factor uniforms journey to Shi'ar space and have a classic nineties style fight to save [inaudible 00:29:18]. Pete. Justin:              Save Xandra. Alex:                 Oh yes. Justin:              This generation's [inaudible 00:29:24]. Alex:                 Yeah, sorry. Pete, if there is any issue of X-Men, it had to be this issue, right? Pete:                Sure. I mean, it was very kind of like, it was a little nineties art that was a little bit like, holy crap, when does this take place in the timeline? But man, yeah, it was enjoyable. I mean the phone call was a little ridiculous. And there was still something that I was supposed to read that didn't in the middle of it. Alex:                 Oh my God, that was so much fun. [crosstalk 00:30:00] Bobby. Justin:              It was very fun. Pete:                I'll never know. Alex:                 Chilling out having a hilarious time. So funny. Pete:                I mean, it's nineties excellent fun is what it is and all the right ways. And so that part is very cool. Justin:              This to me was such a wild read. Coming off of X of Swords and everything that's been going on in the X-Men books, to read this sort of love letter to the Chris Claremont era of X-Men, drawn by Brett Booth with all this really goofy shit going on between Sunspot and Cannonball. Throughout the whole issue I was like this, it just feels like Jonathan Hickman is like, I'm going to do whatever the fuck I want. And this is what I want to do right now as a palette cleanser after X of Swords, and here it is. Alex:                 It's great. I could not believe where they had that splash page of Jean Gray and psych labs in the X-Force uniforms storm in her classic uniform, just walking out and like posing in [inaudible 00:31:03] field style. That's great. Justin:              There's this panel on page nine or something with storms in the front and then behind you got like Cyclops and Jean just flirting in the background. I was just like, this is so … And I love seeing that. Alex:                 Me too. Justin:              I was like, it's such a flashback. Alex:                 And the other thing that we get a tease of here is there's going to be an actual vote online to choose the new member of the X-Men, which is so fun. I just love the fact that they're having fun. Pete:                You think that's fun? Alex:                 What? Pete:                You think that's fun? Justin:              I do think it's fun. Here, let's list the options here, and then let's hear who everybody thinks. We've got Banshee. Pete:                Can we talk about the … in the middle of this giant epic fight, she calls home for help. And we got to listen to this douchebag talk about a fire sale and how he's making money off of it. Do you guys know what a fire sale is? Do you know what … I mean, this is like, it's very … Alex:                 It's for Sunspot. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 That's what he does. Justin:              Yeah. It was fun. It was weird and fun. That's what the point of it was. Pete:                Cool. Alex:                 What is your problem with the X-Men vote, Pete? Is it that you have to use a computer, which you don't know how to use yet? Pete:                Yeah, that's exactly it. Justin:              Let me throw it down. Let me list the X-Men, Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo, hugely famous Tempo, Cannonball, Sunspot, Strong Guy, Mero, Armor. Pete:                Armor. Justin:              Who's your pick? Alex:                 I do like Armor. Pete:                I go Armor. Alex:                 Wait, who is on it then? Who is already on the team? Because I don't know the list, obviously seen Cyclops, Jean Gray, Storm. Justin:              Yeah, I mean, I don't know either. I think it's sort of up in the air maybe or maybe it's decided. Alex:                 Who's the first batch again? Justin:              Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo. Alex:                 Ooh, I want to see if Storm is on the team. I want to see Forge on this team. Because I want to see that old nineties tension between them. That'd be fun. Justin:              Yeah, they had a lot of tension. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              I'm definitely going for Strong Guy. Pete:                Really? Alex:                 Love it. Justin:              I love Strong Guy. Alex:                 All right. Pete:                No Boom Boom. Justin:              Fun character. Funny character. A lot of pathos underneath his his powers, great, great character. Alex:                 I got to assume Wolverine is the other one, right? It's Wolverine and Storm, Cyclops, Jean Gray and whoever the fifth one is. Justin:              It's a bunch of X-Men. I don't know. We don't know. Remember every other X-Men book has been like, look, a bunch of random experts. Alex:                 It's true. All right. Let's throw it out to Pete the page here with a [inaudible 00:33:49], Spawn number 314 from Image Comics, written by Todd McFarlane, art by Carlo Barberi. In this issue Spawn meets a larger Spawn. Pete:                Yeah. And is immediately confused why this larger spawn would be attacking him. He's like, “Hey, wait, we look similar, we should be on the same size, giant spawn.” Alex:                 What I love about this giant spawn, having not read many issues of Spawn before this, is it is entirely possible this large spawn was introduced prior or this large spawn was just introduced this issue. But either way is fine. Justin:              Let me just throw out there, he fights a larger spawn, is captured, and then that larger spawn is like, “It's time to meet my master, who is the large and even larger spawn.” Pete:                And even larger spawn, because [crosstalk 00:34:39], well, you can't get larger in that spawn. And by the way our spawn is so small in comparison to the large spawn and then even larger one. But what's fun- Alex:                 Here's my question, why do they keep calling each other spawn? Because that's like their designation, right? It would be like, if we kept calling each other a human or something like that. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 It's weird. Pete:                Well, human. Justin:              It is weird. Yeah, they should have a short hand, because they're all in the spawn business together. Pete:                I really liked this twist at the end where it's like, oh man, you giant spawns are going to get taken down by even smaller spawn. What a twist. Alex:                 Remember that he's not a spawn, I think he's sharp night guy. Pete:                He's night spawn, that's [crosstalk 00:35:24]. Alex:                 Oh, he's night spawn, was that medieval spawn? Pete:                It's medieval spawn. I don't know if it's medieval. It looks like a night spawn. Justin:              I think, and it wasn't introduced in issue six or something crazy, way back in the day. Pete:                What, medieval spawn? Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                That was- Alex:                 Before we move on here- Pete:                No, no, that was a crossover event where medieval spawn was its own comic series for a little, dark ages spawn. Justin:              Yeah, that's right. I'm starting to think this Todd McFarlane guy is trying to sell some action figures. Pete:                Well, he is, he makes a lot of them, and it's smart. Because if I was a kid I would want all the spawns, but the dark ages spawn is where [crosstalk 00:36:01]. Alex:                 But as an adult you know better. Justin:              As an adult you put away childish things. Pete:                That's right. Justin:              And you'd have no interest in having any of these action figures. Alex:                 Pete, before we move on, I just want to ask, did you like this comic book? Pete:                Yeah, what's not to like? Alex:                 Your voice was very high. Justin:              Wow, really high-pitched answer there, Pete. And let's just, for the listener, Pete, is sitting on a pile of spawn action figures as if they were skulls. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 The Last God number 12 from DC Comics written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Riccardo Federici. This is wrapping up the first maybe arc of this book. But it definitely wraps up the story that we have here as our friends to try to take down The Last God, I guess. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Big revelations here, some big deaths. What'd you think? How'd you think about this story as a whole over the course of 12 issues? Pete:                Epic. I really love the storytelling, and [inaudible 00:36:58] is like we see them in action, but as the issues go on, we get little bits and pieces of their backstory, I think done so well, while telling a bigger story. The action and the lead-up of the ending of this was just really well done. And I wasn't the biggest fan of songs or whatever, but it really kind of fit. I loved all the back matter and the maps and stuff. This was just a fantastic epic story that I think really 12 issues of just gold. Justin:              It's really beautifully drawn. The story's great. And the fact that it ends with this just great song where we see all the characters, it feels just like a montage at the end of a epic trilogy. I want to see this as a TV series more than I want to see The Lord of the Rings series that's in development at Amazon. Pete:                Wow. Alex:                 Couldn't agree more. Let's move on and talk about Something Is Killing the Children number 14 from BOOM! Studios, art by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. Here we're getting our hero finally fighting back against the monsters who are the ones killing the children. Justin, I know you've been, frustrated is probably too strong a word, but you've definitely felt like this title needs to get somewhere. Did you feel like it got there with this issue? Justin:              Yes, it does feel like this is the issue that's sort of moving into what this arc is about. When so many of the issues in this arc were very much like we got to fight this stuff, we got to get out there and do this. And we were getting little tidbits. Let me start over, this arc felt like it was going to be this huge backstory arc, really getting us to the next phase. And then it didn't do that. And then this feels like it does it. Alex:                 What about you, Pete? How'd you feel about this issue? Pete:                I disagree a little bit with Justin. I think this continues to be amazing. I didn't think- Alex:                 It's very good. The art is very good. The fight sequences are awesome in this book. Pete:                Yeah. I've just been impressed with it from start to finish, but I think that we do kind of get to see the main girl kind of views her kind of veteran's styles to kind of work her kind of magic a little bit. I'm glad we got to finally see that. And I love the whole bit about her working out some anger issues, oh, that just spoke to me in ways that you can't believe. But I want to get one of those mass to walk around with the light that she has. I think that'd be really cool. But yeah, I can't say enough great things about this book. This is really glorious. Alex:                 It's good staff. Moving on to Strange Adventures number eight from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Doc Shaner. In this issue the Pykkts finally attack earth. The whole Justice League is on the offensive, Adam Strange of course is caught in the middle. And in the backstory, finding out more about what's gotten with Adam Strange, and it is starting to feel like maybe he's the bad guy here. What do you guys think about what's going on? Justin:              I mean there's … Go ahead. You go. Pete:                Yeah, so I've been a little frustrated with this up until this issue, because I felt like we haven't really had enough information to really kind of piece together what's going on. In this we get a lot of information which is great and much needed. The very crazy cool touching stuff with the daughter here. Yeah, I felt like this finally started to click for me and I was like, “Oh my God. Okay. Now I'm understanding things a little bit more and I want to go back and read it from the beginning.” Justin:              I mean, this book is so good. It's such a stressful read, like a lot of Tom King stuff. The tension in this book, it's just palpable throughout. And we have Adam Strange in the last couple of issues. We found out that he's been tortured basically for a million lifetimes, just absolutely brutalized. And in this issue, it just rephrases him. He's gone through so much trauma. He's like a fully broken person. And Doc Shaner's art like, he still has these perfectly clear blue eyes, but you just see the pain that he's in and how he is just not capable of being a hero. And that adds so much dread to the scenes with his daughter. And then meanwhile, you have Mr. Terrific and Batman trying to sort through with great sequences of Mr. Terrific answering trivia questions from one of his fears. I'm so excited to see where this is going. Alex:                 I am starting to feel despite what I said at the beginning, that this is more about perspectives on war and how nobody is right. That there isn't really a villain. I know I said maybe Adam Strange was the villain, but I think he committed atrocities, the Pykkts committed atrocities. That's what happens in war. We know that Tom King has been in wars. He was in the CIA. He knows how this works. And I think that's what he's writing about here is that from the perspective of your side, of course you're right, but that doesn't mean that you're right for the perspective of the other side. And I think that's what he's playing with here. Justin:              There are no heroes. Alex:                 Exactly. Justin:              It's very hard to have a hero when you're in a war where both sides are fighting to kill and fighting for their lives. And I think that's what we're going to get next issue. Alex:                 Yeah. Next up, An Unkindness of Ravens number five from Boom! Studios written by Dan Panosian, art by Marianna Ignazzi. This is the end of the first arc, first book, whatever you want to call it, of this title. We've had our main characters try to figure out what's going on in this weird small town here, spoiler, but she finds out her mother is alive. She had a twin sister who had some power maybe, but it turns out actually she didn't. It turns out she might have the power. She might be the one that is supposed to complete this coven of witches or whatever is going on here. We were big fans of this from when they started. How did you feel about how it wrapped up? Justin:              I liked this so much. I think it's set up a good mystery. I really, the art is so approachable, it makes you really feel like you're right alongside the main characters. And this last couple of pages reveal is just so sweet. And it does such a good job, especially with the art of being very like Archie or comic books Sabrina. But having more mature themes and more sort of deeper storytelling than those original comics. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? Justin:              I really like this, this continues to be a fantastic book. I've been really impressed with kind of how we're finding out the information as this story is going. And this whole thing about this kind of coven of witches called the ravens. And it's just very cool. And I really liked this kind of mother daughter interaction. I feel like it's very kind of like old timey versus now times. This kind of like, there's a bigger picture and then … But somebody just so caught up in their own shit, they can't kind of see the bigger things going on. I was really impressed with that. The art is glorious. I'm really into it and I'm excited to see how this kind of unfolds what choice she makes moving forward, what team she's going to choose. Alex:                 Good stuff. Last but not least, Colonel Weird: Cosmagog number four from Dark Horse Comics, excuse me, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tyler Crook. This is also wrapping up this title exploring one of the members of Black Hammer. There's a big emotional catharsis that happens here as he moves forward in his history. I thought this title was awesome. Just Tyler Crooks art is phenomenal. Justin:              So good. Alex:                 The writing is great. We've talked about this before. I've said this before, but it's like Slaughterhouse-Five in space. Good stuff. Justin:              Centered on an Adam Strange type of character. I mean, we've talked a lot about eyeballs in this episode The Stack. Pete:                Yeah, sure have. Justin:              And in this comic like- Pete:                Eyeball heavy stack. Justin:              Yeah, eyeball heavy. I've been just licking these eyeballs, lapping them up. And this, you just see so much pain in the different versions of Colonel Weird throughout time, throughout this book. And it's just so good. It's such a well done story. Pete:                I think the cover says so much. It's like The Little Prince and Outer Space, but sad. Alex:                 That cover is so good. Go ahead, Pete. Pete:                Yeah, it's really unbelievable. I feel like I want to read it all again because it ended and I was like, “Wait, what?” I wasn't sure how great the ending is until I want to go back and read it all again. But it was really cool, very creative and the art's unbelievable. Alex:                 And that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our show, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out, we would love to chat with you about comics at Comic Book Live on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast, and more iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen. Until next time, keep supporting Dim Comics. Justin:              Time for stabbing rehearsal. The post The Stack: South Side Serpents, Captain Marvel And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Hawthorne returns to Art Supply Posse. This is a three-part series. This first part is a chat about creating art and how Mike discovered his talent. Mike has written his first autobiographical graphic novel which he talks about in depth in the second part of this series. Mike is a comic book artist and graphic novelist mostly known for his Marvel comics of Spider-Man, Superman and Deadpool. Mike’s gumroad store https://gumroad.com/mikehawthorne?sort=newest   Quotes: "Forgive yourself" "Focus on getting better at drawing one specific thing, instead of everything" "Look for incremental progress in your art. Be fair to yourself" ********************* The Brief & Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao is a book that inspired Mike’s friend to tell him he needs to write his memoir   https://www.amazon.com.au/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/0571239730/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EU9CJRM908I9&keywords=the+brief+and+wonderous+life+of+oscar+wao&qid=1611644262&sprefix=the+brief+and%2Caps%2C331&sr=8-2   Artistic Anatomy   https://www.amazon.com.au/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/dp/0823002977/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UKDIHWESHBCY&dchild=1&keywords=artistic+anatomy+by+dr.+paul+richer&qid=1611644443&sprefix=artistic+ana%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-1   How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way   https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X5UZSIRH5GIU&dchild=1&keywords=drawing+the+marvel+way&qid=1611644498&sprefix=drawing+the+marve%2Caps%2C327&sr=8-1   Understanding Comics   https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=understanding+comics&qid=1611644558&sr=8-1   *************************   Art Supplies   Strathmore paper https://www.strathmoreartist.com/home.html   Stillman & Birn https://stillmanandbirn.com    

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Comics Reviews: The Other History of the DC Universe 1 by John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Andrea Cucchi, Jose Villarrubia Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Multiverse Who Laughs by Scott Snyder, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Brandon Thomas, Joshua Williamson, James Tynion IV, Patton Oswalt, Saladin Ahmed, Scot Eaton, Tom Mandrake, Sanford Greene, Chad Hardin, Juan Gedeon, Norm Rapmund, Hi-Fi, David Baron, Sian Mandrake, Mike Spicer, Enrica Eren Angiolini Red Hood 51 by Shawn Martinbrough, Tony Akins, Stefano Gaudiano, Paul Mounts Marvel Action: Chillers 1 by Jeremy Whitley, Seth Smith, Derek Charm, Nahuel Ruiz Marvel Action: Avengers 1-2 by Katie Cook, Butch Mapa, Protobunker Power Pack 1 by Ryan North, Nico Leon, Rachelle Rosenberg X of Swords: Destruction by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia Breaklands vol 2 1 by Justin Jordan, Tyasseta, Sarah Stern, Rachel Deering Promethee 13:13 by Christophe Bec, Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough Monstress: Talk Stories 1 by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Usagi Yojimbo: Wanderer's Road 1 by Stan Sakai, Ronda Pattison Witcher: Fading Memories 1 by Bartosz Sztybor, Amad Mir, Hamidreza Sheykh Kaiju Score 1 by James Patrick, Rem Broo,  Firefly: Watch How I Soar by Jeff Jensen, Ethan Young, Jorge Corona, Jared Cullum, Giannis Milonogiannis, Jorge Monlongo, Jordi Perez Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Celia Moscote Black of Heart 1 by Chris Charlton, David Hollenbach Claim 1 by Greg Wright, Mihajlo Dimitrievsk Dial P for Peanuts by David Hayes, Michael Kary, Kurt Belcher Mother: A Post Apocalyptic Tale by Eastin DeVerna, Dan Buksa, Gab Contreras Horror Double Feature 2 by Christopher Charlton, Bob Salley, Ryan Quackenbush, Stan Yak, Robert Nugent I Walk With Monsters 1 by Paul Cornell, Sally Cantirino, Dearbhla Kelly Pantomime 1 by Christopher Sebela, David Stoll, Dearbhla Kelly Additional Reviews: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Owl House s1, We Are The Champions, Parasite, Boys s1, New Teen Titans: Terror of Trigon, Walmart 100pagers News: Gunn debunks Green Arrow rumor, new Cullen Bunn novel series, Dark Agnes and Daily Bugle cancelled, Mads Mikkelsen cast as Grindelwald, new Lynch Netflix show Bonus: Obscure/forgotten or little-known runs by renowned creators Comics Countdown: Department of Truth 3 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds Other History of the DC Universe 1 by John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Andrea Cucchi, Jose Villarrubia Suicide Squad 11 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas Undiscovered Country 10 by Charles Soule, Scott Snyder, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello, Matt Wilson Daredevil 24 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, JP Mayer, Mattia Iacono Colonel Weird: Cosmagog 2 by Jeff Lemire, Tyler Crook Nailbiter Returns 7 by Joshua Williamson, Adam Guzowski, Mike Henderson Scumbag 2 by Rick Remebder, Moreno Dinisio, Andrew Robinson Superman: Man of Tomorrow 20 by Josh Trujilo, Stephen Byrne Detective Comics 1030 by Peter Tomasi, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes

On this week's Stack podcast: The Other History of the DC Universe #1 DC Comics Story by John Ridley Layouts by Giuseppe Camuncoli Finishes by Andrea Cucchi Monstress: Talk Stories #1 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Illustrated by Sina Takeda Power Pack #1 Marvel Written by Ryan North Art by Nico Leon The Department of Truth #3 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed, and Brandon Thomas Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scot Eaton, and Thomas Mandrake Nailbiter Returns #7 Image Comics Written By Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson Daredevil #24 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Pencils by Mike Hawthorne Undiscovered Country #10 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi An Unkindness of Ravens #3 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi The Last God #10 DC Comics Created and written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Chu #5 Image Comics Written by John Layman Art by Dan Boultwood X-Men #15 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Excalibur #15 Marvel Written by Tini Howard Art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli X of Swords: Destruction #1 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard Art by Pepe Larraz The Scumbag #2 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Andrew Robinson SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This week's show is sponsored by the Just Been Revoked podcast. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And at The Staff we talk about a bunch of comics that came out this week, and we're going to kick it off with a big one, The Other History Of The DC Universe #1 from DC Comics. Story by John Ridley, layouts by Giuseppe Cammuncoli, finishes by Andrea Cucchi. You could probably figure it out by the title here as well as the cover, but this is obviously an alternate look at the DC Universe mostly through the eyes of Black Lightning, at least in this first issue. We'll see where it goes in subsequent issues. Alex:                 As he slowly works through his career, sees himself and other characters of color kind of pushed to the side of the DC Universe in favor of other characters like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, learn something about himself, learn something about history. And mostly it's told through the images of course, but also told through prowess. Alex:                 I don't think there's really any dialogue whatsoever in this issue other than the what's told in the narration boxes. I thought this was pretty stunning, and almost across, this is probably too reductive, but across between a new frontier and the truth in a certain way. Justin:              Oh yeah. Alex:                 What did you guys think about this book? Pete:                I thought it was really touching, very powerful, moving, which was great. I really love the little Halloween thing, that was beautiful. Yeah, I was really happy to see this comic. I'm glad that this comic was made. It's a long time coming and I hope we get to see more of this. This is just great storytelling. Justin:              Yeah. I mean, just the format, the art is so nice. It feels like such a statement. It feels like such a … It sort of has this silver age vibe to it, which I think gives it this historical precedent. It just feels so like something that will be on the shelf and in the conversation for a long time. Justin:              And then like the otherness of it, like the way that Black Lightning story keeps getting told with the Justice League and the Glacier Heroes as a counterpoint, I think is really interesting. And like you said, Alex, the fact that he and just all the other black superheroes and black characters in this book get shoved to the side throughout, you really feel it throughout and feel that drive for what makes Black Lightning, Black Lightning. Alex:                 I cannot even imagine what it is like to read this book as a comic fan of color necessarily, obviously because I am white. But speaking as a white comic book reader, it is very hard to read from the perspective of Black Lightning looking at the other characters. And I don't know if you have this feeling, but I'm reading this and I'm like, “But Superman is not like that. That's not what Superman is like. That's not Batman.” I felt these walls kind of building in me of- Pete:                Whoa. Look at you, you felt attacked. Alex:                 … Well, not attacked. Attacked is absolutely the wrong word, but this feeling of trying to wrap your brain around how somebody else feels about these sort of things is hard to do, and that's I think part of the point of the book. Because by the end you do get Jefferson Pierce starting to understand a little bit more of the wider world, bring down some of those walls himself and accept these things while still understanding that his experience is ultimately going to be intrinsically different from a lot of other characters in this universe. Alex:                 So it really brings you in, in that way as well. And like you said, Pete, there are multiple times I got choked up, just almost hitched, like is the best word for it, when something just snuck up on you in the book, these moments of strong emotion throughout, which I was very surprised about. And then the other thing you were mentioning about the art, Justin, it feels almost Neal Adams-like to me without being exaggerated, which I thought was kind of neat. Justin:              Yeah, totally agree. It's a great book. And there I think there are what, four more issues? And this is coming up bimonthly, I want to say? Pete:                We can't wait. Alex:                 Yeah, I'm very curious. I haven't read ahead about it, but I'm very curious to see whether it follows Black Lightning story throughout, which would make sense. And it's essentially a Black Lightning book, or if it's going to switch perspectives in nature too. Justin:              I think it jumps around a little bit and touches on different characters. Another thing about this, the amount of continuity that is touched on here, and really owning it when it's like some of it is ridiculous, but really making it a part of this very real story I think is great. There's this Reagan pin with the Watchmen blood splatter on it, which I thought was very cool. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Great book. Definitely pick this one up. Next up, Monstress: Talk Stories #1 from Image Comics, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda. I'd admit I have not read Monstress in a while, even though I really enjoy this book. The art is consistently gorgeous. Plus it takes place at in a fantasy world with some half personas, I guess I would call them. Pete:                Yeah, nice. Alex:                 Yeah, absolutely. Pete:                Great use of that word, that just came up. That was really organic and natural. Alex:                 Thank you so much, Pete. I really appreciate it. Justin:              Tip of the tongue. Alex:                 In this book, we find a backstory on one of the characters. It's sweet, it's sad, it's harry. The character designs are great. I like this book quite a bit. What did you guys think? Justin:              I agree, I like this a lot. There's some fun cooking. The cooking is really used as a great moment in this story. And this reminded me, I mean, it's such a … When I was a kid, first, the sort of furry ears on a human head was in Super Mario Brothers 3. That was the first time I encountered that. And to know that, that's such a thing, I was like, “What an interesting thing.” And to know that such a thing in Manga and everything was a revelation. Alex:                 And now here we are, three guys sitting in our own Tanooki Suits recording a podcast. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              100%. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Metaphor. Pete:                Well, they bring up an interesting question. What's your favorite meal you've ever had? I mean, I think that's a great question to kind of put out there. And also I- Justin:              Yeah, I guess what garbage plate do you like the most? Pete:                … Also the art and the storytelling is really superb. It is very- Justin:              Art is great. Pete:                … complicated, kind of cool story that we're kind of thrown into here, and it's really cool. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Power Pack #1 from Marvel- Pete:                Okay, yeah. Very good. Alex:                 … written by Ryan North. Pete:                You can ignore my question, that's cool. Alex:                 Oh, you were asking about- Justin:              Favorite meal? Alex:                 … best meal we ever had? Pete:                Favorite meal you've ever had. Yeah. Alex:                 Favorite meal? Did you offer up your favorite meal or did Justin just say garbage plate and you're like, “Yeah, fuck you.”? Pete:                No, Justin just made a joke about garbage plates, but nobody's answered it yet. Alex:                 Oh, okay. Justin:              Do you want me to go? Alex:                 No, I can go. On my honeymoon, we went to- Justin:              Woohoo. Alex:                 … Yeah, on my honeymoon. We went to London and Paris. And particularly in Paris, we were like, “We're not going to look at any guidebooks, we're going to wing it. We're just going to like … We're not going to make any reservations, we're just going to wander around, we're going to find places.” And we consistently made the worst choices in terms of restaurants, just like absolutely … Just the tourist trap and just not good spots, and it was obvious- Pete:                The [inaudible 00:07:42] of Paris. Alex:                 … as soon as we sat there, we were like, “Oh, no, this is bad.” One of the last days- Justin:              I heard Paris TGI Friday's is actually one of the best ones. Alex:                 Yeah, they actually call it TGI Friday's. Justin:              Yeah, wow. Alex:                 I couldn't think of any other French words. Pete:                In other words, he wouldn't have done that. Alex:                 [inaudible 00:08:00] Friday's. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Anyway, so yeah, we were having a great time, but eating not great food, which you would expect in Paris. And one of the last days, one of the things that we really liked to do was just get some lunch and sit down at the Lourve in the park outside, which is this beautiful park and just eat the lunch. And we stumbled across this place called Maison de la Truffe, which is a ridiculously expensive black truffle restaurant. Alex:                 And everything in there, insanely expensive. We could not afford to sit down and eat, but they had a to go thing outside. And the cheapest thing that they had was a baguette with some truffle butter and sausage on it, and then a tiny little thing of champagne, just like this big. Alex:                 And there was a sack of things which we called basically fancy combos, because they were essentially just little wafers with cheese inside. And we took those and sat at the Louvre, and had this meal, and it was the best meal I had in Paris hands down. But also one of the best meals I've ever had. Just everything was ridiculously delicious. There you go. Justin:              That's a great answer. I'm going to- Pete:                And you're still married to this day? Alex:                 No, we got divorced. That was my first wife. Pete:                Aw, my bad. Justin:              The French woman he married for lunch. Alex:                 Hey, people married for all sorts of reasons. Justin:              It's true. Alex:                 Lunch is- Justin:              Lunch is a good one. Alex:                 … Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach maritally. I'm going to give it up for my mom's taco dip. Very good. But just as- Alex:                 I'm also going to give it up for your mom's taco dip. Pete:                Oh my God, what just happened? Justin:              … Wow. Pete:                Oh my God. Justin:              But I'll go international as well as Alex. I was in Japan. I was traveling by myself, and I was hiking. I got off the Shinkansen bullet train right near Mount Fuji and just wandered around. It was January, it was very cold. I was not dressed appropriately. There was a guy who was selling some sort of soup at a stand, just like on this side road. Got that soup, ate it sitting on a rock, great meal. Alex:                 Nice. Pete:                Wow. Nice. Alex:                 Pete. Pete:                I'll share too a travel one, the regulation one. Justin:              Regulation. Pete:                There is this seafood place outside of Pawleys Island in South Carolina, and it's called Frank's. I don't think it's there any longer. And they named it Frank's because three chefs went in to create this restaurant, and one of the chefs name was Frank. And when it was time to sign the deal, this guy Frank completely disappeared and left them, but they started the restaurant anyway. Pete:                And they had this amazing blackened mahi mahi. And in the kind of bar area, where we were hanging out as a family, I played my dad for my dinner in this little ring game, it's like a giant ring attached to a fish line. And I won the game and I got to order anything I wanted off the menu. So it was pretty cool, and it was really delicious. I don't know if it was extra good because I won, but it was really quite good. Justin:              Yeah, I think the meal you had that day was victory. Pete:                Yes. But in Costa Rica, I had gone through a lot of crazy events where I was dating this person, or I wasn't dating, we were kind of there together on this trip. And then she got robbed, and then I went to go meet up with my other friends and we went on this kind of tour of the sanctuary, and these monkeys robbed this couple that I was with, and I had to … They were going to kind of pay for me for a little bit, because I was low on funds, I'd spent a lot of money early drinking. You know what that's like, Justin? Justin:              Yeah. Get the all inclusive. Pete:                Yeah. And so I was kind of just I had nothing to do, so I was just kind of walking around Costa Rica, and I stumbled across this place called the Sunset Hotel. And I walked around the corner, and there as the sun is setting is this Italian dude, and I was like … I walked around the corner and this guy goes, “Hey, how you doing?” and he made me a fresh pizza and it was phenomenal. Alex:                 Man, there were so many different places that story could have gone. I was not predicting the end of it. Justin:              Costa Rican pizza. Alex:                 There was a point where I thought maybe your thing was going to be you ate the monkeys for vengeance. Pete:                Oh, wow. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                I'm not [crosstalk 00:12:53] Justin:              The meal you had that day was vengeance. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 I think that reviews that comic book. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Definitely. Alex:                 Next step, Power Pack #1 from Marvel, written by Ryan North, art by Nico Leon. This is how you get to the much bladed outlawed event where all the teen heroes in the Marvel Universe are not allowed to practice superheroism. But it's also bring back together Power Pack for the first time in a while, in their new iterations. Alex:                 I do think very smartly they age them down quite a bit in this book. They've been aged up to be like, “We're cool teens, and some of us are adults and it's a little unclear.” Bring them back to basics while not ignoring the continuity is very smart. And this Ryan North is very funny, it's fun, it feels like a old Power Pack. It's better and winky throughout. I enjoy this book quite a bit, but I'm also definitely in the tank for it. What was your guys' takes? Pete:                My favorite part is, “We interrupt this broadcast of jazz for middle-class dinner parties to bring you breaking news.” That was really funny. Justin:              Ryan North is a funny writer, it's great to see him on this book. I put him in the same bucket as Mark Russell. As like anytime you see them on the book, it's consistently funny, which is hard. Alex:                 Yeah. Yes. Justin:              Sorry I interrupted you, Pete. You can finish your view. Alex:                 No, that was the only positive thing Pete wanted to say. Justin, what did you think about this one? Justin:              No, I loved it. It was great, super fun. Power Pack kids are fun, especially with the comedic angle. The art is very good. I'm curious how this outline event is going to play out. It does feel super disjointed. And it's sort of the same thing over and over again where these teen heroes suddenly are arrested, so I feel like this will be a fun version of it. Alex:                 Yes, I agree. Next step, The Department of Truth #3 from Image Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This issue we're continuing to follow our conspiracy fighters, is I guess what we can call them. Basically conspiracy theories aren't real, but if you believe hard enough, they will become real. In this one, they're tackling gun control and crisis actors, and false flags and things like that. And man, it's very well done, very hard to read at points. But just like the main characters find it themselves, there's a lot of conflicting emotions that go on here, I think. Justin:              I love this book so much. I agree with you completely, Alex. And this issue especially, there's so much reality in this comic. And the hard part is I don't know how many people who read this know about all these conspiracy theories, and the insanity that is spun around them. This one I happen to know a lot about, because I worked on a show called The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, which was about this … Justin:              Jordan was playing this conspiracy-driven host, and so we dealt a lot in this world. And Alex Jones who this book is, this issue is sort of like drawing upon, who's like a very bad grifter person. We had to do so much paying attention to him as he descended into this madness. So this was especially, I was like reliving all of the actual news stories that were happening back like three, four years ago. Pete:                Yeah, this is really cool. It's very interesting. Artistically, it's really, really impressive what they're doing here with the different art styles meshing. It is a little tough to kind of understand what is happening a little bit. But I didn't appreciate the kind of like, “Oh, I took improv classes, so I'm good at lying,” I thought that was a little heartbreaking, but- Alex:                 Just to clarify what's happening is, probably as far as we can tell in real life, this woman's son was killed in a school shooting. Then this organization, Black Hat, which we don't know why, but it's a tease that we're going to find out a lot more next issue, is trying to make conspiracy theories come to life. Alex:                 They drop off a film that whether it's a fabricated or it's real or whatever it is that seems to convince this woman that not only is her son alive, but she may actually be an actor who was an improv actor, so the entire thing was faked, and it starts to change the reality around her. She doesn't know what's real and she doesn't know what's fake. And what I think it does really nicely emotionally, particularly through the art, as you mentioned, is it plays on this idea of this fractured psyche that I imagine you're going through when you deal with unimaginable tragedy like the death of a child. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. And the fact that the premise of the book that this group is able to manifest these conspiracy theories when she gets this flash drive with these facts, these alternative facts on them. This book is so smart, it's so current, it's just one of my favorites on the stands right now. Alex:                 What happens when a robotic overlord in prisons a rant god and a humble narcissist, you get this week sponsor of comic book club, The Just Been Revoked Podcast. Join Chris G., Tom legacy and Mr. Rhace, as they discuss the origins, the ends and everything in between of all things film. Episodes are released weekly on Apple, Spotify, and all other major podcast platforms. Alex:                 Looking for a film podcast that has fun and doesn't take things too seriously, then check them out at justbeenrevoked.com. Let's move on and talk about Dark Nights: Death Metal: The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed and Brandon Thomas. Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scott Eaton and Thomas Mandrake. Alex:                 This is anthology that Robin King is telling, basically saying, “Blah, blah, blah. You've heard all of these dark versions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman before. How about a couple of other dark multiverses? What would you think about that?” So we get to see three of them in this book. What did you think about this comic? Pete:                Well, it's a collection of stories. Some of them are a little better than others, but it's fun. It's like The Coming King and all that kind of stuff. I thought that it's interesting enough. It's definitely turning it up, like the Dark Metal stuff has been doing, so Death Metal stuff has been doing. I thought this was kind of a cool a book to put out as far as like, “Hey, we're going to kind of let some other writers do some stuff on this,” and yeah. Justin:              Yeah, it's a good mix. I really liked the first bit, the Scott Snyder sort of just bucket of random worlds where bad things happen to our favorite heroes. And the Patton Oswalt story I thought was great. Fun sort of Mr. Zsasz, right, is he villain here? And what it's like for him trying to be the cool villain in Arkham, and the consequences of that was. It was cool. Alex:                 This is definitely in my mind one of the lesser books in this event, everything else feels so necessary and interconnected. I love the idea of having else worlds that follow not the big three, that follow just more side stories, and I'd love to see more of that. But overall, I thought this comic book was fine. I think to your point, I liked the Robin King stuff. I thought Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner of course put together a fun story. But just so you know- Pete:                They usually do. Alex:                 What? They usually do. Pete:                They usually do. Alex:                 But it does not feel like something you'd necessarily need to read to understand the main act. Justin:              It's a little bit of the lighter side. Pete:                Yeah, it's just a fun- Alex:                 Yes, exactly. Pete:                … Yeah, it's a fun collection of ideas and stories- Justin:              It's like a little Dave Barry novel. Alex:                 Great. That's what I'd say as well. Nailbiter Returns #7 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson. Here were literally getting into the beat of the issue as they delve further into Buckaroo, into this game that's being played by the new Buckaroo Butchers. And we get a bunch of psychedelic stuff, a trip to the past, some revelations, some promise of future revelations. I'm really enjoying what they did with this series, and it feels entirely different from what they did with the previous one. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I think it's really creative, the art's fantastic. They do such a good job of pulling you into this world and kind of like with their storytelling, and I just was really impressed with this. It does a good enough job or moving the story enough where you know a little bit about what's happening to kind of follow along and not feel like, “I don't get it.” It walks that kind of crazy line really well. But man, just the art and the characters are just insane in all the right ways. The use of blood rain and then that skull who's just like puking blood on the pyramid is just insane. Justin:              Yeah, I love the sort of dream sequence aspect of this book, it feels so deliberate to become right now, sort of seeding out a bunch of wild ideas that then they can call upon going forward. The art's so good. I've been a huge fan of Birthright also by Joshua Williamson, and this feels like if you read that and haven't read Nailbiter, it's definitely worth getting in on Nailbiter. Pete:                Ah man, that's what I should've said for that lock and key question. Alex:                 On the live show? Pete:                Birthright would have been great. Yeah. Alex:                 Messed up, man. Messed up. Next step, this is what I put on the stack to make Pete feel a little bit better. Daredevil #24 from Marvel, written by Chip Zdarsky, pencils by Mike Hawthorne. Pete, you're not in your head. No. Do you not feel better after this comic book? Pete:                Well, this is a rough issue, man. I was so excited that we got Daredevil in our stack, but then of course it's a sad issue and I was like, “Oh, well, this is why his album put this in.” Alex:                 No, 100% not. Pete:                Foggy is fighting and- Alex:                 Foggy is bad at his job. What's different about the usual? It feels like pretty status quo for our man, Mr … Pete:                No, this is not status quo. Also there's too many people look like Daredevil. I don't know what the fuck- Alex:                 It's only one other than his twin. Pete:                … is going on. Alex:                 Sure. Daredevil is on trial for murder, something that he is willingly doing. We also get, which I thought was interesting and I want to get your beat on, a Kingpin shower scene in this issue. How did you feel about that? That's something fans have been asking for, for a long time. Pete:                A long time. Justin:              You got to truly see the Kingpin here. Pete:                Oh boy. I mean, they always do that in the comics with the well-placed steam or fog- Justin:              It's a little fancy. Alex:                 I do that in my shower. Pete:                … or whatever. I don't see any of the- Justin:              Yeah, in my shower, Foggy Nelson is standing in front of my genitals all the time. Pete:                That's smart. Alex:                 I thought this was really good and I loved where this ended up. Justin? Justin:              I agree. Chip Zdarsky is really bringing all of the Daredevil characters that sort of have the most emotional stakes here together. You've got your Typhoid Mary, your Kingpin. We don't see many other of Daredevil's love interests, but only because they're dead. But his current love interest, we see Elektra here, Foggy his, I guess, friend, frenemy in a lot of ways. Pete:                Fuck you. That's his friend [inaudible 00:24:52] Alex:                 I'm excited to see where this goes going forward, because it has the potential to really redefine the Marvel Universe. Justin:              How do you feel about Daredevil wearing a suit and his costume? Alex:                 That's pretty weird, right? Pete:                Yeah, that was weird, right? Alex:                 Just like when Nightwing wears a mask over his mask, and I'm like, “Choose one, buddy. It's fine.” Justin:              Unnecessary for both. The suit over the suit feels, in a very serious issue, it feels goofy. Pete:                Mm-hmm (affirmative). It does. Alex:                 Also, how much is he sweating? He's got to stink real bad. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Yes. Pete:                Yeah. Well, I wonder if it's like a fake turtleneck situation where he doesn't have the full suit underneath. Justin:              Keep the suit, just that top part. Alex:                 I thought that, I thought he was just wearing the mask, but he's wearing the gloves as well. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 It's the full suit, man. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              It's the full suit. Alex:                 Yeah, double suit. Pete:                Double suit is a lot. Justin:              Slow down on the suits. Alex:                 Undiscovered Country- Pete:                No double suit. Alex:                 … #10 from Image Comics, written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi. In this issue, we find out a whole lot more about UNITY, the second zone of America, as well as what happened to the past as things rapidly start to fall apart there. It was a pretty horrific reveal at the end of the issue. It makes a lot of sense. This is great. And I think we've been saying this a lot about this arc, but I finally feel kind of like I understand what's going out of this book and that makes me feel a lot better. Justin:              And it's interesting because I don't quite know … The story is just as complex. There's even more happening because our characters have split up a little bit. But what I think makes more sense is this arc is using more of like a metaphor in describing America. So I feel like that gives us a baseline to really understand how the different aspects are coming together. Alex:                 No, I mean, you're absolutely right. I didn't really think about it until you said it like that, but thinking about it was like, “What does Destiny, the first zone mean to me?” Well, join other men, ride on sharks. Versus here, the idea that everybody is joining together, finding unity through the shared belief in science. Yes, that works a lot better. It's a lot easier to hook into even if it's- Pete:                Yeah, but there's also giant whale sharks in here too. Alex:                 There's still giant whale sharks. Justin:              Yeah. That's what I'm saying, there's just as many crazy specifics- Alex:                 And also- Justin:              … but it's all under this one narrative line I feel like, it's a little cleaner. Pete:                Yeah, under one nation. I love the man-at-arms shout-out, a little He-Man love in there. That was just great. It was fun to see. Yeah, I do. With each issue, I become a little less confused, which is great. The art and the character designs are just phenomenal, great kind of like last page reveal. This continues to be a very interesting, very well done book. I'm just happy now that we're kind of getting a little bit more of a grasp on what's actually happening. Alex:                 I don't want to call you out, Pete, but I feel like you've been confused about every issue that we've talked about in The Stack this week. Was there any we talked about that you were not confused about? Pete:                Huh. Justin:              We should say you got hit on the head with an anvil right before you read The Stack, right? Alex:                 Right. Pete:                Oh, that's true. You think that affects? Justin:              You think that affects? Pete:                I wasn't affected by Chew. I was confused by Chew. Alex:                 Oh, okay. All right. Well, we'll get to that one in a moment then, that's good. An Unkindness of Ravens #3 from Boom! Studios, written by Dan Panosian and illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi. This is another one we're getting to kind of the meat of everything that's going on. We have a new kid- Pete:                You're really hungry. Alex:                 What? Pete:                You're really hungry. You keep talking about meat. Alex:                 Sweet, delicious, savory meat. Yeah. No, we're getting to the heart of the issue. How about that? Is that better? Justin:              I love eating hearts. Alex:                 There we go. Where we're finding out more [crosstalk 00:28:44] about this town that our main character has moved to, the warring factions, what's going on behind the scenes. I continue to really like this book. Justin:              I agree. I said this on the live show this week, but this feels like such a … If you're a fan of the Sabrina TV series on Netflix, which is not coming back for a little bit and you want something to fill the gap, this book is great. It also feels like a good, if you're a fan of Lock and Key, which we talk about a lot, this feels like a nice spiritual successor to that book. Justin:              It's just the characters are really fun, the art is great. There's this sense of dread hovering over everything. And I don't really know … It's hard to predict where their story's going. It's witchy in the right ways and sort of arty in the right ways as well. Pete:                Yeah. Art's great. It's really fun. It's kind of nice that we're getting into this world and what's going on. I think in a cool way that doesn't make me frustrated or confused about what's happening. But I think it's very cool with hinting at what happens and then the kind of reveal. The whole part where we're seeing these crows and then one is shot, and then we kind of get to see that. Really impressed with that. I think this is a very cool story. I'm excited to see how this is going to unfold, and whether or not it's going to be like a really great comic that will hold up, stands the test of time. Alex:                 Well see. Next up, Last God #10 from DC Comics, written and created, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Ricardo Federici. This issue, we find out some big revelations about what happened back in the day at the Black Stair. We find out more about what's happening in the present. And it looks like the bad things are coming for our heroes or maybe are already there. What did you think? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, this really starts off amazing. We got some great actions, some cool ass dragon shit. Justin:              Cool ass dragon shit. Pete:                And then there's a lot of talking, and then feelings and then stuff. But it starts off really good. I'm excited to see where this goes. I think this is a very creative cool book. Justin:              I like this book a lot. The art is so lush and just beautifully done. It feels like a classic fantasy story. You'd get like one little drawing on the cover or something. This feels like it's that full art and that same style for the whole story, which is great. And what I love about it it was really placed with the tropes of legacy and fantasy books where it's like the great heroes from the past, and now it's this generation's turn to fight. And this says, oh, maybe what if the first generation wasn't great, how does that influence everything? And it's just a smart take and a beautiful book. Alex:                 I agree. Next step, the books that did not confuse Pete. Chew #5 from Image Comics, written by John Layman and art by Dan Boultwood. This is the end of the first arc here as the two Chews are facing down, all of Saffron's crimes have been revealed. And things do not go necessarily how you might expect. Yes, Pete. Pete:                What's great is they picked up right where they left off last issue. This is not the worst than when you kind of build up to the standoff and then you cut away from it to have backstory or some shit. So this was really great- Alex:                 Was that you, Pete? Are the continuity police coming for you? Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Oh, shit. Book it. Justin:              Get out of [inaudible 00:32:20]. They're going to have a good questions that I think he might be confused about answering. Let me be honest. Alex:                 Oh, boy. Pete:                Yeah, I like this. This is great kind of standoff, brother, sister stuff. This is really cool. Art is fantastic. And it's nice because it still feels like in the two world- Alex:                 The Chew-universe. Pete:                … and it also feels a little different. Justin:              The Chew-universe. Good. Pete:                Yeah, the Chew-universe. Also, did you guys see the … It looked like a country monkey riding a smoking lizard walking by when she got out of jail? Alex:                 No, I missed that. Justin:              I think that was actually in your apartment beyond the edge of the comic book. Pete:                No, it's there. I had to double-check it. And also it looks like Sonic the Hedgehog was just shot outside the prison. It's really cool if you look at the background stuff. Justin:              RIP. Alex:                 Huh. Wow. Justin:              I like this book a lot. I was not a Chew reader of the original series, and this is … I'm not a Chewer. Pete:                Yeah, you weren't a Chew head. Justin:              I really like this though. It makes me want to go back and maybe read Chew, because this is very good, very fun. And I really like the character Saffron. The way that this story sort of positions the next move going forward, I think is great. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, we're going to get into it here. We're going to talk about our final X of Swords block as this big event. 22 part event is wrapped up here with three issues. Pete:                Can we … Alex:                 What Pete? Pete:                Can we just finish off this stack before we get into this giant argument here? Alex:                 Sure, we can jump ahead. I put the scumbag up last to space out the image comics, but let's talk about the Scumbag #2 by Image Comics, written by Rick Remender- Pete:                Okay, my bad. Alex:                 … art by Andrew Robinson. This is about the worst man of the world. He's the only one who could save the world. We find out more about him and his powers. He injected himself with some stuff so he can save the world here. This is very much positioning that there is no right way to go as we have a terrible guy, who needs to stop some potentially more terrible guys from doing some terrible stuff. It's just a fun book stuff. Just a fun book. Doing some light political commentary here. Justin:              Yes. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              So good. Rick Remender- Pete:                Oh, go ahead. Justin:              … writes people who fuck up better than anybody. This feels like a great successor to Fear Agent, one of Rick's first books that we loved way back in the day. And the art by Andrew Robinson is so good, it's so sort of 1970s animated, influenced, it feels like to me. And I think it's just a fun book that has some real, like a lot of Remender's book, has some real commentary underneath, a bunch of jokes and characters just screwing up. Pete:                Yeah. It's a lot of fun. The art is like gross, but also light. It's really interesting the way they kind of walk this line of like you hate this guy, but you're also rooting for him. Yeah, I think it's very well done, very creative. Rick Remender does a fun balance of tripped out, but also not too tripped out, where you kind of feel like that's all it's doing. I'm just really impressed with … There's a lot going on in this comic. There's a lot being kind of dealt with, and it does it seamlessly in a way that's fun and moving the story forward, and it doesn't feel rushed. Yeah, I mean, I'm impressed with this book. I'm excited to see how Rick Remender is going to break our hearts with some of these characters, because he always does. And yeah, it will be fun to talk to him about this next week. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Yeah, there you go. All right. For real now, we're going to wrap up with our X of Swords block. X-Men #15 from Marvel, written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mahmud Asrar. Excalibur #15 written by Tini Howard, art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli. And finally, X of Swords or 10 of swords: Destruction #10, written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Pepe Larraz. Alex:                 Now, before we talk about this, we should really talk about how hard everybody worked and how we never want to put down the amount of work that people put into it. They drew this, they wrote this, there were editors who we really like who worked on this, assistant editors, people who printed it, the staples were very nice in the book and somebody had to put them in there. Pete:                Yeah, this came together fast, and they got it all done on time. There wasn't any delays. It's pretty impressive what they put together. Alex:                 There you go. And that's our review of X of Swords. I like this event. I thought it was fun and good, and I love where it turned up. We talked about this before, but a lot of this was Saturnyne in the background, manipulating the situation to get into a place where she got almost everything that she wanted as we find out about the end. Alex:                 And the one thing that hitches me up a little bit is I don't care about Otherworld that much, just as comics continuity and comic book fan. So having everything pivot on that, brought it down emotionally for me a little bit versus having a pivot on the X-Men themselves. Alex:                 But I do like the moves they made here. I like where Apocalypse ended up. I thought the big battles were good. The art was phenomenal, just like huge, big battle scenes, enormous monsters. The scale of it was great, and just individual characterizations. Both Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman write a great Ariana. I don't know who specifically was scripting her dialogue, but just super fun throughout this entire event. Just a really good event for her. And it's good stuff. Alex:                 I know Pete's going to disagree with this, but really good Cyclops stuff towards the end here. And I love the idea of holding Cyclops and Marvel Girl in reserve until the end and then be like, “No, fuck you. We're getting there. We're going to solve this problem.” And it really positions them in the place they should be at the lead of the X-Men. I enjoy this quite a bit. I don't think it was a perfect event by any means, but I had a lot of fun. I had a blast reading it. Justin, what did you think about it? Pete, we can get your haterade later in a second. Let's get adjusted first, a little more positive. Justin:              The hater goes later is what we've always said. I agree, I do like this event. Art across the board is great. But yeah, I mean, it's a weird event. It's so weird as the first big event to have it be so fantastical, have it be so sort of like goofy at points. I agree with you, the Cyclops and Jean Grey stuff, it really felt like their ascension at the end of this event is what's important here. Justin:              And to see them sort of outside of just the bureaucracy of the Quiet Council and maybe they can actually make some moves is exciting. Really establishing them as a family with Young Cable I think is very cool. Ariana also stepped up a lot. The Apocalypse fight, I don't know. I thought it was going to be a little bit more about Apocalypse and it felt like just a fight. Alex:                 Yeah, it was like, “What was that?” Justin:              I mean, we talked about this, we sort of predicted this, that, excuse me, Arakko would be coming through to Krakoa. And with it hundreds of mutans, I believe, from around- Alex:                 Millions, I think. Justin:              Millions? Alex:                 Millions. Justin:              Oh, wow. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              That's a lot of people hanging out on earth, which I think I'm curious how that will affect the continuity. It feels like a lot to add. A continuity that's already pretty wild. Alex:                 Well, I think the thing that, that adds, and maybe I'm wrong because who knows what is going on with the X-Men stuff? They can set up that Arakko is coming through and then not deal with it for 30 issues or something. But to me it feels like suddenly millions of mutants show up, you suddenly have a destabilized world situation that is already on the edge because of Krakoa. Alex:                 When you bring the mutant population up to potentially pre-Genosha levels, what does that do? What nations does that put on alert? And that puts the mutant state in a really, really bad place. As for Apocalypse, the thing that I did like is it ultimately got to this place, even though I feel like we didn't get enough fleshed out about the annihilation helmet, the idea that ultimately Apocalypse; A, is fundamentally changed by Krakoa enough that he can surrender, but also that it is Apocalypse's will that manages to win the day felt like a smart decision. Even if it wasn't maybe an action-wise satisfying decision. Pete, I know you're a champion of the bid here. Go ahead. Pete:                Okay. Yeah, please. All right. Explain this to me, okay? They had, “You got to get your sword, you got to get to the fight.” Okay? So then we learned that none of that matters because it's about this helmet that speaks to you and makes you annihilate everything. But once Apocalypse puts on the helmet, he realizes that he's not going to let a helmet control him, so he'll take a knee and then that solves everything. And then, oh, Apocalypse you won, and okay, I'm going to banish a whole Island of people. Great. Pete:                And then Scott Summers and Marvel Girl, who started this kind of whole thing with a bunch of weird meetings through time, decided this whole island that they helped create doesn't matter and fuck all you all because I got to go save my son, which I understand, that's cool, but they had like a whole Quiet Council meeting and it didn't matter. So it was kind of like this- Justin:              But- Pete:                … whole thing that we're trying to do, they threw it all- Justin:              If- Pete:                … out the window. Hey, I'm trying to finish here. Justin:              If Wolverine did that you would have loved, and just because it's Scott, you don't like it. Pete:                That's a bullshit thing to thing. Justin:              It's 100% true. Pete:                No, it's not. Justin:              Wolverine does that every time. Pete:                I'm trying to wrap my head around this whole detour of the X-Men world that we just took and why we did it, and the only thing I can come up with is giant alligators and dragons are cool, and fighting with swords would have been cool, but it didn't happen. We got drinking games and playing softball. And people will say that they will get married at the drop of a hat in the X-Men world. Alex:                 The Cyclops thing I do think a lot of this is about … A lot of this story so far has been about the X-Men … And we're not supposed to call them the X-Men, the mutants. They specifically state that in the book. They're like, “The mutants-“ Justin:              There's a whole big paragraph. Alex:                 There's several of that. I know. Pete:                Yeah, I don't read the paragraphs. Alex:                 You should read the paragraphs, they're kind of important. The mutants have made this big move to become one mutant state. And from the writing perspective, I think what they've done is how much stress can we put on that? How many things can we do to fracture that? And Saturnyne says by the end, “Two people have left the Quiet Council. They're going to have to replace it, it's going to be the non-ideal picks.” Alex:                 And now, not just Scott Summers is leaving with a small team to go save everybody, but everybody comes with him, which means, yes, it's the mutants united, but it also means as it states in those paragraphs, which I do think are really important. They've tried to ditch the X-Men name because it's something that's pre-Krakoa. It's an idea of like, it's a moniker taken by Charles Xavier. It's not an example of- Pete:                The Lollipop Man. Alex:                 Yes, Lollipop Man. It's not an example of the United Krarkoa State, but the fact that Scott Summers is reclaiming this and then everybody's like, “Yes, we're X-Men. Let's go. It's go time,” creates this friction there that's only going to get bigger. Once you suddenly have billions of mutants who have been slaves up to this point, who we've never met before suddenly showing up, so it means bad things for the outside world. It also means bad things for Krakoa and Arakko. And dramatically, that's a really good place to be putting everybody. Justin:              Yeah, I agree with that. This crossover feels a lot like Chris Claremont-esque. Like mid-Chris- Alex:                 I mean- Justin:              … Claremont run, where it's like epic stuff that involves things that are sort of far flung from actual X-Men and mutant world stuff. Like getting with Lilandra and all that stuff, where it's like continuity heavy, where it's like, “Wait, what was that about that?” I feel like this will hold a similar place to a lot of that Claremont stuff, especially the other worldness of it, which I agree with you, I don't love all that. Justin:              And this whole like captain … I know Excalibur was the second to last issue so that they'll have an outsize effect on it. But the Captain Britain Corp and all that, I was like, “I don't … ” This feels like such a side quest that so much of this event landing on that felt like, “Oh, I don't know about that.” Pete:                It was just a lot just so Cyclops could have a Jerry Maguire moment of like, “Who's coming with me? Who's coming with me?” Alex:                 What did you think about the part where Cyclops said, “Show me the money,” though? That was pretty cool. Pete:                Yeah, that was touching. It was sort of touching. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              And what about Wolverine played by Jonathan Lipnicki? I know. Pete:                Too tall. Justin:              He's too tall? He's very short. Pete:                I don't know about Jonathan Lipnicki so- Justin:              He's tiny. Alex:                 You just referenced Jerry Maguire. Justin:              He's the kid. Alex:                 He's the little kid that said, “Did you know the human head weighs eight pounds?” Pete:                Oh, he's the kids with the spiked hair? Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                Oh, that's great. Yeah, he's a great [inaudible 00:46:41] Alex:                 Okay. What would you think about Renee Zellweger playing Jonathan Lipnicki, is what it was? Justin:              Renee playing Jonathan Lipnicki? Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Oh, interesting. Alex:                 Playing Wolverine. Justin:              Oh, wow. That's great. Alex:                 With the little lemon face. Justin:              Ooh yeah, just a pursed lip. Alex:                 She got the little lip. Suck on a lemon. Justin:              I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do is this little face. She's a good actress. Yeah. Pete:                I don't know what you guys are doing. Alex:                 All right, that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support the show and other shows we do at patreon.coms- Pete:                Wait. Alex:                 … What? Pete:                Do you guys think this whole thing was worth it for that ending? You guys didn't feel let down at all by the fact of like this fight wasn't a fight, it was just a, “Can we make Apocalypse kneel? And then having Cyclops just ditch everyone because he wanted to go somewhere else.”? Justin:              I liked it. Alex:                 Yeah, I liked it too. I think there were enough big moments particularly in these last couple of issues that I really just enjoyed from an artistic, from a big action perspective, literally using the S.W.O.R.D. Space Station as a sword to pierce a wormhole and attack these evil armies. Just the huge armies attacking everybody, the X-Men jumping through directly at the screen, the fairy soldiers or whatever it was jumping through. Justin:              The screen? Alex:                 Good stuff. Just a lot of people coming from the sky and heading straight towards camera was a lot of fun. Justin:              Yes, and it's surprising. A lot of Hickman big storytelling, you can't predict it. It's sometimes a little weird and wooly, but it's like in the end, it's really well thought out and smart, and very difficult to predict, which I like in storytelling in general, especially comic book storytelling. Alex:                 It's also something that relatively speaking felt like a complete story, which I don't think we've gotten in a really long time with events. It's usually by the latter half, it's all about setting up what's next. And certainly we get a fair amount of setup, but this started with the story of Otherworld, ended with the story of Otherworld, and that's what it was in between. It went on a bunch of side trips, but ultimately it all came together that way, and that is pleasing to me from a story perspective. Justin:              It was pleasing, we say. Alex:                 It was pleasing to be … If you'd like to support the show at patreon.com/comicbookclub. We also do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM. Podcast ahead on YouTube. We would love to talk to you about X of Swords, that's going to be our big topic of conversation. Over the next I would say- Pete:                It's 10 of swords, but there's going to be no fighting. Oh, you're going to love it. It's going to be smart. Alex:                 … There is a bunch of fighting. Pete:                There's going to be a lady who- Alex:                 Wolverine cutting a man's arm off. Really? Pete:                … you get confused with the ice queen the whole time. But then it's not her, even though it looks exactly like her, but ah, it's going to be great. Alex:                 Oh, I'm sorry. Are you being racist towards white, blonde women, Pete? Pete:                Yes, Karen. I am. Justin:              This took an odd turn at the end, just like the X of Swords. Alex:                 There you go. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. @comicbooklive on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, checkout my mom's taco dip. The post The Stack: The Other History Of The DC Universe And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.