Podcasts about Mile High Comics

Cerebus creator and Aardvark-Vanaheim President Dave Sim, and A Moment of Cerebus Interim Editor Manly Matt Dow are back with the SECOND P.H.F.D.S. (that's Please Hold For Dave Sim for the acronym deficient amongst you...) of 2025! How's everybody holding up? Great. I don't care. Anywho, this month Dave and Manly have a lively and fun discussion of: Manly remembers Cerebus fan Jeff Seiler in a story that touches on Dave's latest Kickstarter, and paying royalties to eight guys when the profits aren't that big to begin with. Dave's thoughts/feelings about what is happening in Gaza. Dave's thoughts on how current creators can overcome the problem of distribution as the industry contracts, and how Diamond's Bankruptcy will effect AV. Then we got our first Podcaster, since Dave instituted his Podcaster Policy, April C. AKA: @creative_fey, host of the Off the Spinner Rack Podcast, who got an exclusive (which means I didn't slot the audio in, you can see it on her channel) from Dave, which can be viewed here. MJ Sewall, proprietor of Alfie's Fish & Chips (stop in and tell your server you heard of Alfie's on Please Hold For Dave Sim for COMPLEMENTARY water, and a hug...), asks Dave "Where did your love of black and white art begin? " Does Dave just randomly reread Cerebus? The backstory on Cerebus being on the cover of Mile High Comics catalog in 1982. Dave answers: "How would Dave rank each phonebook in terms of his personal enjoyment/satisfaction?" And "How would Dave rank each phonebook in terms with sales". Will there ever be a remastered Cerebus issue 3? Dave's ideas for the Cerebus Archive Portfolios after the first sixteen are done. (We're on number 11 for those playing along at home...) How Dave and Gerhard split their original art between themselves when Ger left AV. How Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler's untimely death led to a page of original art from the end of Church & State being lost to the wild. Dave's thoughts on Josh Even's custom 3D printed Cerebus action figure. And is Dave doing commissions? Fernando H. Ramirez did a twelve page Cerebus story. Dave remembers the SPIRITS OF INDEPENDENCE tour stop in Austin, TX, and how he would try and help young upcomers like he was helped by a 1978 signing with John Byrne. All this and Bernie Wrightson too!

It's Friday, and we're rounding up the news of the week. First, grocery stores across the metro area are locking down everything from laundry detergent to coloring books. But is the shoplifting hysteria just a symptom of the hypercharged political climate? Then, Lyft is “exploring alternatives for our dockless bikes and scooters” and being vague about if they will continue to operate in Denver at all. Denver Post neighborhoods reporter Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton joins producer Paul Karolyi and host Bree Davies to dig into the biggest stories of the week plus loud trash trucks, a comic book store's big milestone, former president Trump talking about Aurora at the presidential debate, and more wins and fails of the week.  Paul talked about the Tren de Aragua hysteria, Mile High Comics' 50th anniversary, and Redeemer Pizza's third anniversary party. Bree mentioned an article on the failure of self-checkouts and a piece on digging into the actual data on organized retail crime. She also talked about goth-punk shop FashioNation, which we profiled back in 2022. Megan talked about Lincoln's, the new downtown speakeasy with $5 drinks. Have you seen any new anti-theft measures in local stores? We want to know what you think about the alleged rise in shoplifting. Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418‬ For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm/Denver Learn more about the sponsors of this September 13th episode: Levitt Pavilion Life Surge Arvada Center PineMelon - Use promo code CITYCASTDENVER for $75 off your first delivery Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #19 (1991)Batman has finally kicked the horse meat and is ready to take on the Professor and the General in Santa Prisca! It's going to be wild though because juiced-up men in jumpsuits (Nailz?) are under hypnosis to murder the island inhabitants, pop their heads and disintegrate their necks. Batman and Alfred seek to intervene Alfred get abducted, dangled from a helicopter and strung up for shark bait. It is up to Batman to get partially nude, sacrifice some innocent civilians and save his butler. Can he do it? I'd like to think so.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:26:53 ***All this plus we discuss a recent trip to Mile High Comics here in Denver, ironic deaths and Ben Affleck getting rough with an Action Comics #1 Promo: MIKE'S COMIC SHOP ROADSHOW (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mikes-comic-shop-roadshow/id1662011650) Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.comAlso, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: The nominees were announced for the 2024 Eisner Awards, which will be presented at San Diego Comic-Con in July. We ran down the major categories and discussed who we would like to see win and who we were surprised not to see nominated. The full list can be found here.  Cullen had a business trip last week, allowing him to drop in at Mile High Comics. How did his wallet survive that visit?  The guys got some great mail calls this week, including the Hero Initiative print from C2E2 signed by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez - PRAISE BE HIS NAME! Speaking of Hero Initiative, a new offering launched on Humble Bundle with the Mike Mignola Hellboy universe from Dark Horse Comics. Give this a look and dive into an incredible deal on digital comics.  We have our Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics. We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you've been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint's Comics. Clint's is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint's Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint's or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

The founder, president, and CEO of Mile High Comics is in the hot seat today, and Chuck Rozanski does not pull punches! The extremely forthright collector and retailer talks about how they got into selling comics, turning it into a career, and founding an institution that's still dominating the retail market today. You can follow Chuck himself on Instagram @chuckrozanski or buy something from Mile High's massive back-issue inventory at milehighcomics.com. * This interview was recorded before Chuck's car accident. We wish them a speedy recovery!_________________Check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits.If you like this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. And if you really like this podcast, support what we do as a member of the Dollar Bin Boosters: buzzsprout.com/1817176/support.Looking for more ways to express your undying DBB love and devotion? Email us at dollarbinbandits@gmail.com. Follow us @dollarbinbandits on Facebook and Instagram, and @DBBandits on X._____________________Dollar Bin Bandits is the official podcast of TwoMorrows Publishing. Check out their fine publications at twomorrows.com.Support the Show.

It isn't Mars the god of war; it is Mike the king of podcasts (at least this one anyway.) On this episode Mike steps into a wonderful comic shop where all your wishes come true, Emerald City Comics, and chats with co-manager Adrian, who handles the games part of the business, but sure knows his comics. Next to Mile High Comics, this is the biggest comic shop Mike has been to. It is amazing! Join Mike and Adrian and get the virtual tour of this awesome comic shop. Then, as an added surprise, welcome back an old Campus Comics Cast host, Dan Brown, as he imparts some of his encyclopedic knowledge on not only Invincible, but Image Comics and the comics industry as a whole! Check out Emerald City Comics at https://emeraldcitycomics.com and https://www.facebook.com/EmerladCityComics, and find them on Instagram and TikTok as well. Find Dan Brown @detective651 on Twitter, Instagram, and TeePublic, and Comic Plug on YouTube.

The Florida man cometh, or goeth as the case may be. Our Wiley hosts wrap up their three State tour in the mountain lands of Coloradia or Colorado as it's known to the normies. Come, audio witness, as they brave the arctic wilds and invade Mile High Comics and other locales. Tamika even makes a guest appearance, and shares some of her experiences at Yale, a topic Mervyn forever forgets to ask her about on the show. This is the end guys, but in a good way, because if it was a bad way we couldn't write this episode description with all the tears in our eyes…. Correction, Nicole says that based on where we are it would likely just be melted snow.Available on Amazon Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Google Podcasts, Spreaker, Castbox, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and Podchaser.Spicy Beets: https://soundcloud.com/jesse-senpaiPaper Lab Studios: Paperlabstudios.comFollow us on Instagram: @zippertan @paperlabstudiosFollow us on Twitter: @zippertan @paperlab

The Mile High Comics Jason Street MegaStore is a 45,000 square foot warehouse/store located in Denver, Colorado. Mile High claims to have over 10 million comics and 300,000 trade paperbacks in stock. To say this place is huge would be an understatement. I was in Denver for Fan Expo, so I took a little time away from the convention to see America's Largest Comics Dealer. This place should be on every nerd's bucket list. You really need to see and experience it at least once. The rows and rows of back issue comics reminds me of the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when they are putting the Ark of the Covenant into storage in that endless warehouse. SUBSCRIBE to watch more videos like this one! LET'S CONNECT! -- Zia Comics website -- Zia Comics TikTok -- Zia Comics Facebook -- Zia Comics Twitter -- Zia Comics Instagram LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST! - iTunes #ziacomics #lascruces #newmexico #lascrucescomiccon #lascrucesnm #lascrucesnewmexico #denver #colorado #milehigh #milehighcomics

T-shirts & more are finally available!! http://tee.pub/lic/BAMG APOLOGIES FOR THE AUDIO ISSUES! Richard's audio was NOT co-operating this week. John & Richard welcome Mile High Comics founder and legendary comic book collector Chuck Rozanski for the conclusion of our wide-ranging interview. Learn about the discovery of the Mile High II Collection and what Chuck is up to these days! Plus, Darth Maul is our Hot Book of the Week, the 25 Year Rule spotlight is on Scooby Doo, and our Underrated Books of the Week include a classic Captain America cover! Chuck's columns on the original Mile High Collection - https://www.milehighcomics.com/tales/cbg12.html Chuck's interview with Jim Shooter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Si-YlxUNcA Bronze and Modern Gods is the channel dedicated to the Bronze, Copper and Modern Ages of comics and comic book collecting! Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BronzeAndModernGods Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bronzeandmoderngods #comics #comicbooks #comiccollecting --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bronzeandmoderngods/support

T-shirts & more are finally available!! http://tee.pub/lic/BAMG It's part two of our in-depth interview with Mile High Comics founder and legendary comic book collector Chuck Rozanski, where we talk about the birth of the direct comics market, what a Whitman really is, and the time he & Jim Shooter almost bought Marvel Comics! Plus, Black Panther #3 is our Hot Book of the Week, the 25 Year Rule spotlight is on the Thunderbolts, and our Underrated Books of the Week include an obscure Marvel giant-sized one-shot! Bronze and Modern Gods is the channel dedicated to the Bronze, Copper and Modern Ages of comics and comic book collecting! Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BronzeAndModernGods Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bronzeandmoderngods #comics #comicbooks #comiccollecting --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bronzeandmoderngods/support

T-shirts & more are finally available!! http://tee.pub/lic/BAMG John & Richard welcome Mile High Comics founder and legendary comic book collector Chuck Rozanski for a free-wheeling, in-depth interview covering his early days as a retailer in the 1960s, to discovering the legendary Edgar Church Golden Age Collection, to buying his first comic book warehouse! Plus, Hulk #3 is our Hot Book of the Week, the 25 Year Rule spotlight is on Deadpool, and our Underrated Books of the Week include a undead Archie and the Foolkiller! Chuck's columns on the original Mile High Collection - https://www.milehighcomics.com/tales/cbg12.html Chuck's interview with Jim Shooter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Si-YlxUNcA Bronze and Modern Gods is the channel dedicated to the Bronze, Copper and Modern Ages of comics and comic book collecting! Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BronzeAndModernGods Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bronzeandmoderngods #comics #comicbooks #comiccollecting --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bronzeandmoderngods/support

This week everyone went to Mile High Comics!!! We discuss what we saw and some of its history! We then go from 0 to random!! Check us out on social media!!! Twitter: @2stoned2review Instagram/Tik-Tok: @toostonedtoreview --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/toostonedtoreview/message

Chuck Rozanski, the owner of Mile High Comics, returns to discuss politics! We start off discussing the prospect of pandemic austerity causing a collapse of the collectibles market. We then move on to topics ranging from the political evolution of Baby Boomers, to the efficacy of voting for Democrats, to whether a modern anti-war movement is possible.Join the conversation! Submit questions to guests by becoming a PRIMO RADICAL patron for only $1 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/primoradicalSubscribe to PRIMO RADICAL on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes!https://primoradical.com/ https://facebook.com/primoradical/ https://twitter.com/primoradical/ https://instagram.com/primoradical/https://minds.com/primoradical/https://youtube.com/c/primoradical/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

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Hop into your big rigs and get ready for a wild ride! In this episode, we're going to be talking about U.S. 1, Marvel's licensed series about a long-haul trucker who also happened to be a superhero.----more---- Episode 12 Transcript [00:00:00] Mike: If you're a middle-aged white guy, maybe trying to sit there and write about the troubles that indigenous people from other countries face, maybe don't do that. Just my ten cents. Welcome to Ten Cent Takes, the podcast where we hand-wave plot holes like it's nobody's business, one issue at a time. My name is Mike Thompson and I am joined by my cohost of chaos, Jessika Frazer. Jessika: Well, hello.  Mike: Hello. Jessika: How are you doing?  Mike: Uh, I am doing a lot better now that I am not on jury duty anymore. So. Jessika: Woo.  Mike: I mean, don't get me wrong. It's a [00:01:00] civic duty that we should all be happy to perform, but it's really nice when you don't have to do it. Jessika: I've been on a jury before.  Mike: Was it, a cool case? Jessika: No, it was a disturbing, unsettling case, but it was still a civic case? It was just, Yeah. It was, it was not great. And I couldn't talk about it. So let's just say I, I took out a lot of my angst with a tennis racket against the wall. Not, not the racket itself, but hitting the ball against the wall a lot. Mike: Yeah,  Jessika: But, civic, duty, it is. So I was 19 at the time.  Mike: I think the last time I had to report for jury duty in person I was 25, give or take. Jessika: Mm.  Mike: And then I got dismissed because they asked me if I would believe a teenager's word over a cop, and at the time I was like, hell no. And these days. Jessika: Yeah. Different opinions now.  Mike: Yeah. [00:02:00] Tangent aside, the reason that we're here on this podcast is because we like to look at and talk about comic books in ways that are both fun and informative. We like to look at the weirdest, silliest, strangest, and coolest moments, and examine how they have been woven into pop culture and history in general.  In this episode, we're hitting the open road of the Marvel Universe and looking at U.S. 1, a 1980s maxi-series about a superhero big rig trucker. But before we go down that road, what is one cool thing that you have read or watched lately? Jessika: So, I had a suggestion made to me by Lauren, from Outer Planes in Santa Rosa. Hey Lauren. And she told me about a comic that is set in the same universe as the Alice in Leatherland that I started reading and I've had on my pull list now.  Mike: Yeah, the one that you mentioned a couple episodes ago?  [00:03:00] Jessika: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And so it was also from Black Mask and it's called Destiny, NY.  I'm on issue one, which is a veritable chonker,  it's absolutely awesome. There are two girls kissing in a closet within the first three pages, so you know I'm already in. And it's cool because it's set in a version of New York where magic exists, and follows a school for kids that have been told by one seer or another that they have a destiny or a prophecy to fulfill. And the students have different abilities and visual characteristics, like one has a third eye and she's supposed to like, see the greatest lie out of the truths or something like that. And she's like, but I don't even know what that is.  It's all super vague, like these poor kids. And I've grabbed the first five issues, and I will be tearing through these and no [00:04:00] time. I'm sure, cause it's already super fun.  Mike: Yeah, that sounds fantastic, to be completely honest. There was a book that I read about a year ago called Magic for Liars, which is a boarding school for magic users. And then the sister of, one of the faculty is called in to investigate a death, and it's really cool because she's not a magic user, but her sister who is part of the faculty is so it's, it was cool. I liked it a lot. Jessika: That's neat.  Mike: But yeah, that was a cool book.  Jessika: Nice.  Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Well, what about you? What you've been reading, watching, listening to?  Mike: All right. So I'm always mildly embarrassed to admit that I'm a Conan fan, mainly because I think so many people just associate them with Arnold Schwarzenegger and those middling to not-good movies that they made with him in the eighties. Um, yeah, but I really fell in love with his Comics back in 2005 or so,  when they were being done by Dark Horse and they were really, really good. They were these wonderfully dark, low fantasy stories that always seem to [00:05:00] balance like action and tragedy and comedy really well. And Marvel got the character back a couple of years ago, so they've been doing really cool work with them lately.  The new Conan series is really fun and feels really true to the original stories, but they've also displaced him through time, and now they've got them hanging out in the mainstream Marvel Universe via this series.  Jessika: Oh, interesting.  Mike: Yeah. And it's in the series called the Savage Avengers.  It's wild. It's written by Gerrry Duggan, who, he wrote, arguably the best Conan story that I've ever read in Conan 2099, which is they took that Spider-Man 2099 universe, and then they slapped him right in the middle of it.  Jessika: Oh.  Mike: It it's great, like the way that it was written was so perfect. And it's one of those books where anybody who sits there and even if they say they're not a Conan fan, I just say, you need to read this. It's wonderful.  But anyway, so Savage Avengers features him going on adventures with characters like Wolverine [00:06:00] Deadpool, the Punisher and Electra. It's so dumb, but it's so much fun. Like, early on in the series,  he gets a Venom- symbiate joined with them, but it's really weak. So it can only form weapons for him.  Jessika: Okay.  Mike: It's just it, it's great. It's an absolute guilty pleasure, and I refuse to apologize for this. So it was unfortunately not available in Marvel Unlimited, which is probably why I hadn't heard about it, but the back issues are all pretty cheap, and I grabbed a ton of them from Brian's comics on my last run, and I've just been having a blast reading them. We probably should do an episode actually, where we talk about the fact that Conan has been in comics for almost 50 years. And  Jessika: Oh.  Mike: He started at Marvel originally, and now he's back at Marvel, but there was a long hiatus. Jessika: Ooh. I want to hear that arc. Absolutely.  Mike:  All right. Moving right along.  So as tempting as it is to just dive right [00:07:00] into U.S. 1 the comic and its strangeness, I don't think we can talk about it without covering some background info first. So, have you ever heard the term trucking culture before? Jessika: I've absolutely heard of trucking culture, but I'm not too familiar with the intricacies.  My uncle drove a truck for years, but I think he's retired at this point.  Mike: Okay. I think it's something that a lot of people aren't really aware of, or they hear about it and then they start making jokes. Like, I got some glimpses of it when one of my photography gigs have me living on a tour bus for a few months. So, we would visit a lot of legit truck stops in the middle of nowhere. And I'm not talking gas stations, I'm talking full rest stops where restaurants served truckers before other patrons,  the bathrooms had shower stalls and all of the stores felt like kind of miniature Walmarts. They were just massive. And they had anything that you could think of you might need on a long road trip. [00:08:00] It's this side that, if you live in an urban environment folks, aren't really going to see or understand, and it's the staggeringly huge thing that most people never even seem to think about. But I mean, trucking is this major part of the United States and its industry  as noted in this factoid from the American trucking associations, if you would be so kind. Jessika: Nearly every good consumed in the U S is put on a truck at some point. As a result, the trucking industry hauled 72.5% of all freight transported in the United States in 2019, equaling to 11.84 billion tons. The trucking industry was a $791.7 billion industry in that same year representing 80.4% of the nation's freight bill.  Mike: Yeah. It's I was actually, I was really surprised actually to see that it was that much. I assumed that trains [00:09:00] and shipping were at least a little bit bigger. Jessika: No, because we don't here's the problem is that because of the auto industry in the United States, we stifled the ability to make all the train tracks necessary, to get the things to all the places we need. And now it's horrendously expensive to go on a train. Yeah. I don't know that people know that about the United States. So for our international listeners: you can't take trains here, it's very expensive.  Mike: Yeah. First of all, there's no real national rail system. And, and second, the rail system that does exist is prohibitively expensive, unless you are a not far distance commuter.  Like I took Amtrak for a couple, for about a year traveling between Sacramento and San Francisco a couple of times a week. And it was great. It was less expensive to do that a couple of times a week than it was to drive down. But [00:10:00] yeah, it's prohibitively expensive for most people.  Jessika: Yeah. And there are some cities in the United States that do have a decent transportation system. Portland has a decent one in New York, obviously that there are other places to Chicago, yeah.  But I mean, for the most part across country, especially because we're such a large country,  and we are of course expected to share things. California has to share everything. Listen to me, I sound so greedy. Mike: I know. Yeah. What does it, we have the, I think it's like it's top five or top 10 economies in the world. Jessika: We're the top sixth economy in the world by ourselves. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, So if we just dumped off everyone else, the rest of the states would be screwed. Actually a few would hold their own, but those middlin' states. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Suffering.  Mike: Well, as big as it is, the trucking industry, as we know it, [00:11:00] isn't even a hundred years old. Uh, yeah, so really, trucks were first used extensively by the military in WWI, and then trucking became prominent in the 1930s because of the increased construction on paved roads. So, it didn't take long after that, before truckers became a part of American pop culture. They started having songs and movies about them. And as noted by Shane Hamilton in his book, Trucking Country: the Road to America's Walmart Economy, there was this mythology that almost lionized truckers.  Jessika: Hmm.  Mike: If you would, uh, do us all the favor of reading out the section that I found that describes it pretty well. Jessika: The image of the respectable trucker circulated outside the world of Hollywood in the 1950s. As truckers became known as the Knights of the Road for helping stranded motorists, and using their blinkers and [00:12:00] headlights as courtesy signals. This image was further reinforced by the standard driver's uniform of the era: trim, neat pants and button shirt, and the chauffeur's cap. The masculine mythologies of trucking moved increasingly into a wider cultural world in the 1950s and 1960s. As the image of the truck driving man was reflected back to truckers by movies and music.  Mike: Yeah. So the 1970s were when trucking hit, it's kind of Zenith point and pop culture. They wound up being presented as kind of this modern version of cowboys, you know, wandering nomads who rebelled against the oppressive rule of law while still operating under their own kind of honor code. There were a ton of movies and songs during this decade that romanticized the trucker life. And a lot of these have since faded into obscurity, but this was the period when we got that song Convoy by CW McCall, which also inspired a movie with a very young shirtless Kris Kristofferson, um, [00:13:00] uh, Smokey in the Bandit came out in 1977 and it was the number three grossing movie of the year behind Star Wars. And there's also a really bad Chuck Norris action Flint called Breaker Breaker. Like it was a moment in pop culture. Jessika: Are you really going to say that a Chuck Norris movie was bad? What if he's right behind you?  Mike: I mean, yeah. Jessika: It's always a threat. Don't don't deny it.  Mike: Man. Remember when we all used to like Chuck Norris and we thought he was cool before we went off the deep end and it turned out he's just the worst. Remember those days? Jessika: Oh no. We have a nefarious character, nefarious character alert.  Mike: Yeah. What a shock.  Jessika: Oh, not on our podcast.  Mike: I know. All right. Well, okay. So the [00:14:00] eighties, this all started to change in the eighties when truckers started being portrayed more villainously, or at least poorly in media, like Thelma and Louise, you've seen Thelma and Louise, right?  Jessika: Yeah.  Mike: Yeah. You remember how there's that gross trucker who keeps on harassing them. Jessika: Yes.  Mike: Yeah. And, the eighties, it was starting to decline, but it wasn't quite there yet. The nineties was when it really picked up and we'll discuss that in a little bit,  Jessika: Hmm.  Mike: But at the time that this comic project started, big rig truckers were still on the high side of public opinion. So we've talked in previous episodes about how Marvel wound up undergoing a commercial Renaissance in the early eighties, under the guidance of Jim Shooter. Particularly, you know, with Saturday morning cartoons and all that stuff.  Jessika: Mm.  Mike: One of the major sources of the success came in the form of toy companies, partnering with the publisher for licensed comic adaptations and arguably, the biggest example of this kind of success came from [00:15:00] partnerships with Hasbro when Marvel created the characters and lore for both Transformers in G.I. Joe. So U.S. 1 was a comic that came about from another partnership, but this one was with a different toy company. It was called Tyco Toys and Tyco wanted to do a licensed comic based on their U.S. 1 brand of slot truck toys.  Jessika: Oh, so this was all based on the Tyco truck, even. truck even.  Mike: Yes, it's a little bit different than the standard Tyco truck, and we'll talk about that in a second, but you know, Tyco probably doesn't sound familiar to people that are younger than us these days, but they were a company that originally made model trains for hobbyists. And then they started making slot car toys in the 1960s, which are the cars that you press the trigger and they go around a track and you can build out the track how you want. So, by the eighties, this brand was the one that was dominating that particular section of the market, the slot car toy section. [00:16:00] And at this point, they decided to create some slot truck toys. It was branded U.S. 1 Electric Trucking, and it launched in 1981. And it was based on the earlier racing sets, but it had a couple of unique features. You could drive the trucks in both forward and reverse, and you could also have the trucks pick up and deliver loads of, and this is the quote, action accessories with that direct interaction from the person operating it. And the tagline was “you control the action”. So I've got this commercial that I found on YouTube, because YouTube has everything and it's actually really cute. You want to give it a shot? Jessika: Sure thing. [00:17:00] Oh, this is really exciting. Oh! That's actually a really fun.  Mike: Right. Jessika: No, that's super freaking fun. That is that's super fun.  Mike: Yeah. So Tyco came to Marvel and they said that they were interested in having a comic adaptation done. And, the comic wound up being written by Al Milgrim, who's actually, he's a pretty interesting dude in comic history, he worked as a writer, and editor and inker, and a penciler during his career. And he was particularly known for this long tenure editing Marvel Fanfare, where I think he edited it for like a decade.  Also the real reason that he's an industry legend though, is because Marvel actually fired him after he hid some messaging in a panel background where he was badmouthing Marvel Harris. The then recently departed editor in chief of Marvel. [00:18:00] Jessika: Oh, damn. That's cold.  Mike: Yeah, it was actually really funny and you can look it up, where he basically wrote some messages vertically on the spines of books in the background of a Spider-Man comic. And there's some weird happenstances about how, I think the editor caught them and had the wording removed. And then, through some error, that image got used instead and went to publish and yeah, it's, it's kind of amazing, but he was actually a full-time employee, which was really rare for one of the people who was actually creating the comics. And so it's this, you know, he was, he was actually fired by Marvel. Jessika: Wow. yeah, From what I've read, most of them were freelance, so that's actually super interesting.  Mike: Yeah.  It's an interesting story. And it's one I would love to talk to him about someday, which we'll discuss that later. I legit love that story about how Milgrim got, let go, because it's totally a move that I would pull. [00:19:00] And then the series was originally drawn by this other long-time Marvel artists named Herb Trimp.  he'd made a name for himself with the Incredible Hulk, and also he is known as the first artist to actually draw Wolverine for publication because he drew the, he drew the issue. John Romita came up with the character design in sketch, but he was the one who actually first drew him in a comic, which was cool. Jessika: That's super neat. Mike: Yeah. And so Trimp also, wasn't a stranger to projects like this. He had recently worked on G.I. Joe. He wound up penciling the first two issues, and then Frank Springer came in to finish out the series, and Springer was another reliable artist from Marvel and he had also been involved with G.I. Joe and Transformers. Milgrim actually has an essay at the end of the first issue called In the Driver's Seat, where he talks about the comics. And it starts with how Tyco asks for the common treatment and then goes into his first meeting with Jim Shooter about the projects. And I kind of love this description where he talks about how he wasn't [00:20:00] really sold on the idea originally. Jessika: Frankly, I wasn't sure. Nobody had ever done anything with trucks and comics before. When I voiced the concern to Jim, it was as if I had slapped his face and challenged him to a duel. Exactly! He exploded. Nobody has done it before. Maybe nobody thinks it can be done. There may even be a lot of resistance to the idea, but we can do it and do it well. I got caught up in the challenge, Jim and I did not fight a duel to the death, lucky for him. Instead, we began discussing the idea of a truck driving hero. We talked about the romance of driving a truck, the dedication of those self-sufficient loners who drive the big rigs, we got swept up in the notion, began to solidify the concept of a trucker with a mission, a goal, a quest.  Mike: Yeah, it's kind of charming to hear how enamored he got with the project during that first meeting. [00:21:00]  The essay also mentions that Marvel's animation division, which as we've also covered in that episode about Saturday morning cartoons, was a thing that they had, was working on what sounded like a TV show pitch. And there might be some toys and animated series in the future, but spoiler, that never happened. I'm curious, how would you summarize this comic series? Jessika: A lot happened. So a lot happened. This series was wild from start to finish. It starts with introductions to Ulysses Solomon Archer, or USA, and his brother, Jefferson, or Jeff after their parents who are truck drivers die in an accident, US and Jeff are raised by Wide Load,. Who's a woman, and Poppa, who are the owners of a truck stop named Shortstop. Mike: We need to stop this for a second. You need to, you need to acknowledge them by their full [00:22:00] names. Jessika: I'm sorry. Remind me what Poppa's name is.  Mike: Poppa Wheelie, and it's Wide Load Annie, and Wide Load Annie. Jessika: Okay. Let me re say that. Okay. Excuse me.  Mike: I'm sorry. It's just it's too good. Jessika: No, you're right. I'm not even going to cut any of this. I'm just going to leave it. No, you're right. I couldn't, you know what, honestly, because I couldn't remember what their full names were when I was writing this out. I was like, this is good enough. So, so yeah, they're the owners of a truck stop called Shortstop and US is this All-American blonde haired, white boy, who has it all going for him. He's literally good at everything without trying. And he's encouraged by Wide Load Annie and Poppa Wheelie to get a college education, even though he knows he wants to be a truck driver, just like his folks, and his adoptive parents and his big brother, Jeff, who he idolizes. [00:23:00] And Jeff is your classic, dark haired boy who just can't seem to keep up with US's successes, and also becomes a truck driver obviously, and seemingly mostly as a backup profession, which is kind of interesting how they they're both like encouraging and disparaging of truck drivers inparts. And I'm like, it's kind of strange. There's a give and take. I don't know what it is. I don't know if you felt that too.  Mike: It's the whole thing of, he is not good. Jefferson is billed as being not good at school, but US is. And so they're like, no, you have to go to college, you have to make something of yourself. And Poppa and Wide Load and Jefferson all support him and send him to school. And Jefferson is doing it via job in trucking. Yeah, they talked about how expensive colleges in those days. And I'm like, my dudes, it's 1980. You could literally go to college on a minimum wage job. And it talks about how also, I think he had scholarships and. Jessika: Cause he was good at [00:24:00] everything.  Mike: and he double majored in computer  Jessika: Electronics. Yeah, exactly.  Mike: Electrical engineering, I think. And then, and then. Jessika: Computer sciences. Yeah. Uh, Yeah. it was a whole thing.  Mike: It's a thing. Exactly. Jessika: So during a drive with a young US, Jeff's big rig is run off the road by a devilish figure he calls the high women just prior to driving off a cliff. The truck explodes and Us is gravely injured in such a way that he evidently needs a skull replacement? Mike: You know? Sure.  Jessika: Have you heard of that? Mike: No. Jessika: Usually with a skull replacement, you're going to be a lot worse off than just, like, gonna in a pop awake in a couple minutes after you put something metal back on there,  Mike: Yeah. It's, uh, I believe they worded it as, oh, is this experimental treatment and I'm like, what? Okay.  Jessika: Which already was so [00:25:00] sus.  Mike: Yeah. And they, basically replace his skull with it's, in this comic, it's implied that it's like just the top part of his skull that like, you know, protects the brain. Later comic appearances, it is very strongly hinted that they basically do a brain transplant into, or, that they basically just give him a metal skull of some kind. It's like, there's no bone to be seen, but. Jessika: Like a new head completely? Lord. Goodness gracious. Well, so after that, he vows to find his brother who he's like, I couldn't find him in the crash. It's like, bro, like you kind of couldn't look for him. You had a concussion, like you're not an expert in finding bodies in an explosion. I don't know how he just definitively was like, well I guess everybody else told him that, that he, the body was never found or whatever, [00:26:00] but. Mike: Yeah, that's true. Jessika: Yeah. So he decided he's gonna find his brother as well as the mysterious Highwayman that he yelled about right before. And he quickly finds out that he can pick up CB radio waves from his fancy new skullcap, and somehow has truck becomes self-aware and he can communicate directly with it? And it's making its own decisions. Inexplicably. It's not well explained, once again.  Mike: It's so truck originally, he builds a remote control into like a half dollar, so he can drive it really like, like a precision driver with his remote. But then later on, I think there's, it was like some kind of like a lightning strike or something or electrical overload that then allowed him to directly interface with the truck. And then the truck is also self-aware at times where it's providing narration for an entire issue. And we'll talk about that, too. Jessika: Yeah, that's what I was going to say. [00:27:00] It was the weirdest thing.  I was kinda on board with most of it. And then the truck was having its own inner monologue. And I was like, wait a second, guys.  Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Oh, goodness gracious. And then there's also a spy planted within the truck stop in the form of a mind-controlled waitress, Mary McGrill, which their names, all their names.  Mike: The alliteration and stuff and puns. It's great. Jessika: Exactly. It's so cheese. I love it. And she uses this wacky mind control whip, and there's drama about the truck stop being foreclosed upon and being sold to make condos. And, and then DUN DUN DUN! Jeff turns out to be the Highwayman! And they are aliens looking for the best person, read trucker, you know, of course on earth to be some kind of space ambassador? Mike: Yeah. It's not well explained.  [00:28:00] I think it had something to do with they wanted people to pilot their star ships,  because they were like accustomed to like long bouts of being on their own and stuff.  Jessika: Yeah, it was, it was a whole thing too. And then apparently all humans look alike to the aliens.  Mike: I thought that was funny as fuck. That was.  Jessika: I thought that was hysterical  Mike: Because the aliens are so weird looking. Jessika: Yeah. Yeah. And so apparently they had been scoping US this whole time, cause he's like the golden child, but then they accidentally swooped Jeff instead, because they made a mistake and Jeff was just like, yeah, I'm going to go with it. So once they figured out their mistake, they felt really bad about wasting all of their time and effort on this, this putz. And so then they of course had to have a race to make sure who was the best one to be the space ambassador, whether it was [00:29:00] going to be US, who dun dun dun the aliens gave him the skullcap!  Mike: Yup.  Jessika: Or his brother who has been working with the alien tech and has, like, a time advantage and a training advantage. So it's of course, US wins. I mean, come on. So of course they just get sent up into space? And he gets to take the whole truck stop with him? And all of the people? Mike: Yup. Jessika: It's the Rapture? Mike: Yeah. And then the greedy bankers who are left behind, who are going to take the property that the truck stopped. I think they, they wind up getting dosed with some kind of radiation. Jessika: Yeah, the, they were going to build condos on the land and then it ended up being radioactive. And so the buyer ended up pulling out. Mike: Yeah, Jessika: Like right there, because that's how that works.  Mike: Yeah. Jessika: So yeah.  The end. That's it. Mike: Oh yeah. [00:30:00] And then the other thing is that for the first half of the series,  we are given to believe that the Highwayman is demonic in origin. Like they do a whole thing where,  he's got his own mind-controlled, big rig that runs them off the road or whatever. And, he's surrounded by devils when he's looking down triumphantly on the wreckage and there's, you know, it's the mythology of the open road where they're like, oh, he was this trucker who, apparently, couldn't keep up anymore with the younger truckers and their newer rigs. So we cut a deal with the devil and it was, I actually kind of dug it. It was ridiculous. And over the top, but it was great. And then it turns out it was just, I don't know, some disguise that he put on just the fuck with everybody. Jessika: He did the Scooby Doo unveiling where he pulled a rubber mask off of his face, and I about lost my mind.  Mike: Yeah. Okay. What was your overall impression of the series? Jessika: It was a fucking [00:31:00] wild ride, but it was fun. I liked that it was so random at times. It legitimately kept me guessing the whole way. The topics though, they were not subtle with the overbearing American patriotism and the overt disdain for neo-Nazis, which obviously I'm behind. Mike: I mean, whatever that was fine. Jessika: that was great when they dropped the, the neo-Nazis in Televiv. Mike: Oh God. Well, and the funniest part was they were, so  one of the  antagonists for us is Baron VonBlimp, who pilot, he, he looks like, he looks like kind of this weird aristocrat from like turn of the century, Europe. No, he's I think he even has a monocle. And then towards the end, when he shows up in his blimp, he drops out and he's got a bunch of Nazis with them and, you know, they've got the swastika, armbands and everything, and then it's revealed they're not actually Nazis and he's not even German. He just liked how the uniforms looked. And then the aliens are like, whatever we're [00:32:00] done with this. And they literally hand wave them away into Israel. And I was like, that's, that's just magnificent. Just chef's kiss. Jessika: Oh, yeah, I did actually really like that. So, so what about you? What did you think about this?  Mike: I mean, it's one of those comics where I never expected to enjoy it as much as I did, but there's something so silly and pure about this entire story. It feels like the kind of thing that a five or six year old kid would come up with while playing with their trucks, you know, like monsters and aliens and races against air ships. And then you hand wave away things when you want to change the narrative. And it  somehow kind of works actually. Like, I don't know how, but it kind of does.  I really loved, like I talked about, I love Baron VonBlimp, I thought he was just so weird.  And then I liked how the Shortstop is essentially the Mos Eisley Cantina, but it's got better coffee. [00:33:00] And it seemed like every time that we first visited the place, someone was getting thrown through a window, which was of. Jessika: Absolutely. There was always a fight scene. It reminded me of a saloon, like one of those old-timey saloons with  people getting thrown out double doors and things crashing.  Mike: Yeah. And then we talked about how US' his truck was self-aware, but, but I love the bit where Papa refers to it as a she and the trucks that there and says I'm not ashamed, but I'm secure enough in myself. That it's fine.  Jessika: Yeah.  Mike: I was like, that is weirdly topical through a 2021 lens, but this is also really good. And also every cover to this comic, it is a work of art.  Like, like the styles vary, but they're really cool looking and they're just really weird. Yeah, I mean, it was just, it was a blast. Were there any highlights for you, or any lowlights. Jessika: So I have to say my eyes just about rolled out of my [00:34:00] head, where the aliens showed up and needed chicken parts to make their ship work correctly. And the rivalry between the two female characters was pretty contrived. Mike:  I did like how  they were trying to sit there and spin it so you didn't know who was the sleeper agent? I thought that was kind of cool, but yeah, they were, you know, they were fighting over Us and that was dumb, but it's also, you know, it's the 1980s. What are you gonna do? Jessika: Exactly. Had to have some sort of, you know, forced love triangle of some nature. But I have to say I was oddly charmed at the editing notes from Ralph Macchio, all people? Mike: Uh, editor with the same name as the, yeah. Jessika: Oh, okay. All right. Wow. Goodness gracious. Cause I was like giving that guy a lot of credit.   Mike: Nope. Jessika: I did like that though. I did like the little comments, the little editing notes,  it was a little much [00:35:00] sometimes, but I love that he was throwing shade at the writers sometimes, or reminding the reader about the previous events or where you could read about them. And it was interesting how in depth they recapped each issue, but it must've been nice for the readers who weren't starting from issue one.  Mike: Yeah. And especially because it was a maxi series and then it started in mid 1983 and then it ended in late 1984. So, it went from monthly to bi-monthly, and it was not a big name comic in the first place, so it makes sense that they would sit there and provide that background for readers. And I also really appreciated that it was all the same characters over and over again, so that it wasn't doing anything crazy new, but at the same time, each of those issues you could pick up except for the last couple. Pretty easy to understand. Jessika: Yeah. I would say so.  Mike:  I mentioned earlier that  this was another licensed comic that was designed to help promote a toy line, but as [00:36:00] opposed to G.I. Joe and transformers, though, this wasn't nearly as successful. Comichron, which is a site that tracks sales data for comics doesn't have 1983 data in place yet, but the site comic book, historians has this incredible online community. And I actually wound up posting there and asking if anyone had any insight into how the comics sold and Al Milgrim himself wound up chiming in if you would be so kind.  Jessika: I'm sorry, what? That's cool as heck.  Mike: Yeah.  Jessika: Wow.  Mike: Yeah.  Jessika: Okay. Well, I got a, sorry, I got a little nervous. Oh sure. I think the first issue sold around 160,000 or so, not great for a first issue, but respectable. Marvel only contracted with the toy company to do a dozen issues. I'm sure the sales went downhill from there. Still think the book was some good silly fun though (I may be [00:37:00] biased).  Mike: Yeah, I was really stunned. This, the comic book historian group actually has a lot of amazing industry professionals involved in it. I've seen writers like Mark Wade chime in, the owner of Mile High Comics routinely posts about comic book history as well. They have a podcast and a YouTube series. They did a long series of interviews with Jim Shooter that was really cool, which actually, I think did a lot to kind of redeem his character a bit because a lot of people viewed him as a villain in the comic book and yeah.  Jessika: Oh.  Mike: But yeah, Milgrim was super cool to chime in on that. And I wound up talking to him briefly afterwards and he said, he'd be open to doing an interview with us at some point. So maybe there'll be a  Part two to the U.S. 1 episode.  Jessika: That's exciting.  Mike: Yeah.  The comic series ran for roughly a year and a half and it ended in October of 1984, the U.S. 1 toys were moderately more successful, they lasted until 86. And then after this trucking and pop culture continued to undergo this shift. [00:38:00] And it feels like the nineties, as I said, was when things really started to significantly change. We talked about Thelma and Louise. There was that Kurt Russell trucking movie called Breakdown, where the villains were truckers. And then. I mean, it's kind of still how they're portrayed these days  in media. I really don't think it helps that the FBI released this five-year study back in 2009 that linked long haul trucking to serial killers. Jessika: Oh. Wow.  Mike: Yeah. And it's one of those things where it's not saying all long haul truckers are a majority of long haul, truckers are serial killers, but that there are a number of serial killers who are long haul truckers. And it makes sense because there's a lack of supervision. And also you can pick someone up in one state, killed them in another and then drop them off, dump the body in a third. And also a lot of times the people that they pick up are people that no one really misses. Jessika: Yeah. Yeah.  Mike: On that high note.  [00:39:00] The funny thing is that this isn't where Ulysses S. Archer's story ends. So even though this was a licensed comic book for a company that was eventually acquired by Mattel,  it seems like Marvel still owns the rights to the characters themselves because Ulysses pops up every now and then he's usually like the supporting character but sometimes it's as to this one-off deep cut. So he appeared in a couple of issues of John Burns, Sensational She Hulk in the early nineties, he was supporting the She Hulk for a few issues. There was a brief cameo and the 2010 series new Avengers where he applied to be a babysitter for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' daughter  Jessika: Oh, geez.  Mike: It was, it was actually pretty funny. He wound up helping out Rocket Raccoon in this backup story of a 2011 series called the Annihilaters, and then he also teamed up with Deadpool around the same time. And that's the issue where you see, it looks like he's actually got a fully replaced skull made out of metal. They, they, they do one of those like cross section cuts where you see [00:40:00] where you see underneath the scan, it looks like he's got just an all-metal skull. Jessika: Yeah.  Mike: Yeah. And then after that,  we haven't heard much about him in the Marvel Universe, but weirdly his brother Jefferson has appeared a bit too. So, he was listed as a character in the Dark Reign files, which was a who's who guide to various Marvel villains in 2009. And it actually retcon his story. Basically it claims that the highway man, after staying on earth wound up actually cutting a deal with Satan, in quotes, whoever that is. And then he wound up fighting against ghost writer. And then aside from the issue where Deadpool teamed up with his brother, he winds up fighting against Deadpool again in 2016 or so. Jessika: That's super random.  Mike: Yeah. And now we're in 2021 and it's been a few years since we've seen Ulysses and his friends show up. But I personally think that we're kind of overdue to have them come back like. Jessika: I [00:41:00] want to see Poppa Wheelie in something.  Mike: Right.  I would love to see him show up as a strong support character in one of those like heroes on the run stories where, whatever hero of the book is being pursued by,  the government or something like that. And then he basically winds up providing kind of a mobile base of operations or something like that. And then he helps them keep our heroes one step ahead of the law.  Jessika: Yeah. Like he floats down on the Shortstop, like space station or something. Yeah. That'd be cool as heck.  Mike: Yeah or something,  I mean, there's so many different ways you could go, you could have him come back to earth and he just winds up working as a trucker again, because that's what he really likes. He misses driving through the natural beauty of America, something like that. You know, I think there could be some really fun opportunities.  And I really hope that Marvel brings him back at some point, because he was just this really fun, weird character. And it was strange and it was silly, but it was also very sweet. So that is U.S. 1 in a nutshell, [00:42:00] what are your final thoughts on it? Jessika: I think it was a lot of fun. It was bananagrams, you know, all the way to the top, but  it was fun.  Mike: Yeah.   All right. It is now time for that part of the episode called Brain Wrinkles, which is when we like to discuss things that are Comics related that are just sticking in our head and won't get out. Do you mind if I go first?  Jessika: Oh, please do.  Mike: All right. I was going to talk about the recent news that Marvel's hired someone to direct Blade, but I'm actually way more excited about something else. There's this podcast called Comic Book Couples Counseling, which is this absolutely rad show. It's hosted by married couple, Brad and Lisa Gullickson, and they take relationships between comics characters, and then examine them through the lens of different self-help love gurus.   So they've been super supportive of us so far. Like they've actually retweeted [00:43:00] our stuff and their show is really fun. But, I was recently reading through a whole bunch of nineties Valiant comics that I managed to pick up from the Bat Cave in Santa Rosa when they have this blind box sale. And one of the series contained in these boxes is called the Second Life of Dr. Mirage. And it's one of the series that I collected when I was a kid it's about this married couple named Hwen Fong and Carmen Ruiz, who were his pair of psychologists. Hwen is this kind of like nebbish little guy, and Carmen is this bruiser, like, she's the bad-ass of the pair. There's this early scene where she winds up saving him from zombies because she's a master of Kappa Wera, which is, you know, it makes sense, cause she's from Brazil. And then in the first issue, they run a foul of Valiance resident necromancer named master dark and he kills Hwen, but then Hwen comes back as a ghost, sort of a ghost kind of a thing. Jessika: Hm.  Mike: But I was reading through the series and I was really struck how this was a superhero comic that actually focused on an [00:44:00] adult relationship and relationship issues that come along with the supernatural stuff, like early on Carmen has a pretty heartfelt talk with her undead husband about how difficult it is for her emotionally, because he's still with her, but she can't touch him. Jessika: Oh my god.  Mike: And anyway, so I wound up tweeting about it, cause I thought the couple would make a good topic for Comic Book Couples Counseling, and they wound up picking up all the back issues like that day. And they're going to do an episode about the characters. So I'm super excited to listen to this.  Jessika: Oh, that's super fun.  Mike: Yeah, Jessika: See, and I was going to talk about the same thing.  Mike: I'm sorry, I stole your thunder. Jessika: No, that's okay though. They're so good. So I'm that person who has to start from episode one, because. Mike: They've got a lot of episodes too. Jessika: They do they're back to 2018. So  I just went all the way back and it's so [00:45:00] fun though. I like to get that rapport. I like to make sure I have that parasocial, you know, relationship really hooked in there with all the podcasts I listen to. So, the first section that they did cause they always do kind of like a month at a time, focused on one set of characters. The first one was the relationship facets of Jean Gray and Scott Summers from the X-Men. And I love the X-Men. So, it was really neat to hear all of the different ways that they had a relationship and then they were comparing it to a book about relationships. It was very interesting. It was very topical, and I liked that they also are very sweet and introspective about their own relationship. Mike: It's really lovely.  Jessika: Yeah. And like what they can do, what they can take out of it to apply to their own marriage, which is it's so sweet. So thank you guys. You guys are great.  Mike: Yeah. Comic Book Couples Counseling, Brad and [00:46:00] Lisa, absolutely friends of the podcast.  Jessika: Absolutely.  Mike: And you know, if they ever want to come on here, they are more than welcome and we will talk about whatever they want to talk about.  Jessika: Open invitation. I'll even read a I'll even. I'm not in a couple, but I'll read a self-help book. Like if that's what it takes.  Mike:  All right. I think that's all from us. we'll be back in two weeks and until then, we'll see you in the stacks.  Thanks for listening to Ten Cent Takes. Accessibility is important to us, so text transcriptions of each of our published episodes can be found on our website.  This episode was hosted by Jessika Frazer and Mike Thompson written by Mike Thompson and edited by Jessika Frazer. 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Chuck Rozanski is the owner of America's biggest comic book store -- Mile High Comics in Denver. After a half-century of comic book collecting, Chuck now owns over 10 million comics. On the show we discuss the history of funny book collecting, how vintage comic books are being destroyed every single day, and Chuck tells the story of how he made the two most famous comic book collection purchases in history.Join the conversation! Submit questions to guests by becoming a PRIMO RADICAL patron for only $1 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/primoradicalSubscribe to PRIMO RADICAL on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes!https://primoradical.com/ https://facebook.com/primoradical/ https://twitter.com/primoradical/ https://instagram.com/primoradical/https://minds.com/primoradical/https://youtube.com/c/primoradical/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

The X-Men. Once an obscure comic book loved by a group of devoted fans. Now a profitable franchise with fans around the globe. It doesn't matter if you're exposure to Marvel's Merry Mutants came from comic pages, trading cards, action figures, animation or feature films, their impact is still the same…Uncanny! Join in on a not-so-private conversation dealing with the mutant side of Marvel Comics as we X-plore Our X-periences With The X-Men! (originally released 3/11/20) — Visit Our Patreon Page And Support The Show! — X-Men Animated Series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103584/ — Pryde Of The X-Men https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Pryde_of_the_X-Men — God Loves, Man Kills https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/20817/x-men_god_loves_man_kills_-_special_edition_1982 — Toy Line http://thetoybox1138.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-uncanny-x-men-aka-x-men-toy-biz.html — Marvel Trading Cards https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-75-trading-cards-of-the-90-s — Chuck Austen https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Chuck_Austen — Rise And Fall Of The Shi'ar Empire https://uncannyxmen.net/comics/collection/uncanny-x-men-rise-fall-of-the-shiar-empire — Deadly Genesis https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/X-Men:_Deadly_Genesis_Vol_1_1 — Mile High Comics https://www.milehighcomics.com/ — Wolverine and the X-Men https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Wolverine_and_the_X-Men_Vol_1 — Spider-Man and the X-Men https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Spider-Man_and_the_X-Men_Vol_1_1 — New X-Men Academy X https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/New_X-Men_Vol_2_1 — Age Of Apocalypse https://www.marvel.com/comics/events/227/age_of_apocalypse — X-Men Disassembled https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/X-Men_Disassembled — Age Of X-Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_X-Man

We know where the center of the universe is. Spoiler, according to some reports, it's in Tusla Oklahoma, and you'll be amused by an interesting fact or two. Do you remember visiting your home town planetarium? There were so many fun things there to interact with as a kid. And by the way, this conversation reminds us of those gimmick stores we find in malls which have some neat gadgets too. Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo discuss.Next, we talk about the biggest Comic Book deal in history, which is a story about Mile High Comics out in Colorado. This tale includes 12 cent comics, mafia, and 1980s adventure, so check it out!We record LIVE every Tuesday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern, 6:30 pm Pacific time. Subscribe to our YouTube channel, click that notification bell, then come join us! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPYO...Follow us on Facebook, and leave us a comment or suggest a topic! https://www.facebook.com/pg/TrampledU...We have a website and there is a Contact Us section there. If you have show ideas or think we got something wrong, send us a message.Contact Us - https://trampledunderfootpodcast.com/...TrampledUnderfootPodcast.com is sponsored by Harneal Media - Web design and hosting for Makers and the Maker Community. For more information, visit their website at: https://harnealmedia.com/​​​​​​​​​​​​​Show Info:"Two guys from different decades, backgrounds, and opposite sides of the continent discuss life, the universe, and everything. What's the show about? About an hour…"

Episode #345! We are back from our week of Cool Stuff talking books and TV. First up, Scott talks about a selection of Avengers comics found in "Marvel Universe by John Byrne". DL tells about his recent trip to Mile High Comics and his current TV viewing with "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.D." and "The Boys". Barry tells us about his recent purchase of "Graphic Ink The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely". Barry also lets us in on his criteria on keeping or letting go of a book. Check it out!

The nerds come back strong with a full recap of their 2020 Infamousworks road trip across the midwest and their visit to the one and only Mile High Comics in Denver, CO.

Patrick Rothfuss and James D’Amato are creating an RPG set in the world of the Kingkiller Chronicles. Specifically, the University’s Arcanum where, with the author, Bee Zelda, Satine Phoenix, and Liz Anderson will play four students along with on the … Continue reading →

We continue our celebration of Pride Month, with a discussion about the Colorado comic book store, Mile High Comics, which has an all-ages drag show. Due to some hateful protestors that surrounded this show, the Parasol Patrol was created to protect the children who were attending the shows. Erin chats with the founders of Parasol Patrol, Eli Bazan and Pasha Ripley. Angela Teo also joins the chat to discuss her memories and joy surrounding Mile High Comics. To learn more about Parasol Patrol and how you can help them out, including donations, please go to https://parasolpatrol.org/. Remember, you can follow the show on Facebook at facebook.com/itsafandomthingpod, on Twitter @fandomthingpod, and on Instagram @itsafandomthingpod. Cover art by Carla Temis. To find ways you can support the Black Trans community today, go to The Okra Project. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsafandomthing/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsafandomthing/support

On today’s show, the guys talk about the Bill and Ted Face the Music trailer, Hartley Sawyer from the Flash is in hot water and Mile High Comics is real mad. DM us on Instagram @recpodcast Erik and Roman are two, lifelong friends that love to talk about movies, comic books, action figures and all things pop culture. We want to bring comic book shop talk to you!

Brian Wayne talks to the CHARISMATIC CHUCK ROZANKSI, owner of the world's largest comic book store, MILE HIGH COMICS, about the state of future of comics. ____________ Support the show on PATREON: patreon.com/cheerstocomics TWITTER: @cheerstocomics INSTAGRAM: @thecheerstocomicspodcast FACEBOOK.com/cheerstocomics EMAIL: cheerstocomicspodcast@gmail.com Proudly affiliated with: 143 PODCAST NETWORK NSCLIVETV.com ___________________ Intro composed by Harrison Lane Outro composed by Mason Fox _____________________ Check out this episodes FEATURED FELLOW PODCAST PROMO: 3 FAT NERDS PODCAST! @3fatnerdspod on Twitter https://linktr.ee/3fatnerds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's inside the mystery box of comics from Mile High Comics in Denver? Iann opens it live on the air and on the flip side Jaimie checks out some books of his own including A Man And His Cat, Atomic Hercules 1 & Dynamite Diva 2!FOLLOW THE SHOW@creampodcast513FOLLOW IANN & JAIMIE@iannrobinson@jaimie_filerCHECK OUT JAIMIE'S ETSY STORE100%DOOM

Comic book distribution on hiatus, the failed attempt to aid it from ComicHub and the 5 lb. Mystery Boxes offered from Mile High Comics starts this one off. Identifying uncredited artists and writers in both comics and paperback book covers. … Continue reading →

Powerline #4 (1988)We kickoff an ongoing experiment during these quarantine times as we go through a random selection of books purchased online from Mile High Comics here in Denver. Hopefully, we won’t have to get thru all of these so that we can resume purchasing dollar comics from physical bins.What we have this week is POWERLINE, a dreary book about two teens with strangely complementary powers thrust into the spotlight via some Lou Perlman manager fellow, packaged as teen heroes. They are joined by their mustachioed uncle who has the power to have a metal hands, best used for disemboweling lizard men. One of these kids looks like Joe Piscopo while the girl has Chris Jericho circa 2004 hair.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com

Today we talk about some old detective books from the 80's I think you will like.  Talk about my trip to Mile High Comics and finally a Middle Earth Minute.  Detailed Show notes Detectives handbook Crime and Puzzlement 2  The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth Covert Nerd Website with links to all the episodes and ways you can connect with me Great people at Rainbow Comics and CardsRainbow Comics Lincoln Facebook page

Mindfields -Indy Wrasslin Report 19 - Festival of Friendship 2 With New Era Wrestlers.Happy Monday MFers!We got a killer one for you today. We sat down with James Crumpton AKA Josh Spicer, Broo Mak, Damon Ace, Lilith Grimm and Austin Logan for our very own Festival of Friendship part 2. I have not had this much fun in ages. Warning NOT family friendly. New Eras has a BIG show this Saturday at Mile High Comics, so tune in and learn who you're gonna see kicking ass just for you. This is Dangerous,Joshua Michael and Colin.Available on all Podcast streamers associated with Google and Apple, as well as Stitcher, Soundcloud and Spotify #newerawrestling#coloradowrestling#primoswrestling#NJPW#Marvelcomics#ImageComics#ROHWrestling#ImpactWrestling#WWE#Raw#Smackdown#DarkhorseComics#Comics#fineart#wrasslin#AEW#STTNG#allout#sttng#startrekthenextgeneration#spock#mindmeld

Mindfields -Indy Wrasslin Report 19 - Festival of Friendship 2 With New Era Wrestlers.Happy Monday MFers!We got a killer one for you today. We sat down with James Crumpton AKA Josh Spicer, Broo Mak, Damon Ace, Lilith Grimm and Austin Logan for our very own Festival of Friendship part 2. I have not had this much fun in ages. Warning NOT family friendly. New Eras has a BIG show this Saturday at Mile High Comics, so tune in and learn who you're gonna see kicking ass just for you. This is Dangerous,Joshua Michael and Colin.Available on all Podcast streamers associated with Google and Apple, as well as Stitcher, Soundcloud and Spotify #newerawrestling#coloradowrestling#primoswrestling#NJPW#Marvelcomics#ImageComics#ROHWrestling#ImpactWrestling#WWE#Raw#Smackdown#DarkhorseComics#Comics#fineart#wrasslin#AEW#STTNG#allout#sttng#startrekthenextgeneration#spock#mindmeld

Once a month in Denver, Mile High Comics and Miss Jessica, host Drag For All Ages - a family friendly show to raise funds for the community. The entertainers are kids of all ages - celebrating diversity with their own costumes and performing to their favorite music.  Outside of Mile High Comics, it’s a different story. Vile protesters line the street with signs and masks, chanting terrible hate-filled rhetoric as the children and their families arrive. The Parasol Patrol was formed out of a need to protect these children from the onslaught of hateful speech from the protesters. The group provides the children hearing protection to muffle the hateful taunts and use colorful umbrellas to shield them from the signs and angry faces. This human shield of heroes is comprised of all community volunteers, who do what they do out of the spirit of peace and love so children can have a safe place to express themselves and share their talents and creativity. Eli Bazan and Pasha Ripley are co-founders of the Parasol Patrol. Eli is an Honorary Board member of Feeding Denver's Hungry and fundraiser at Majestic Hearts. Pasha is an activist and Whistle Blower who testified against Colorado University during the CU football rape scandal, and Executive Director of Red Light Resources International, an anti-human trafficking & harm-reduction human rights nonprofit organization. https://parasolpatrol.org https://www.facebook.com/parasolpatrol.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/listening-studio/message

So Shawn screwed up and planned on reading an AVENGERS WEST COAST that we’ve already covered so that totally threw off our pre-determined podcast mojo.That being said, we figured it would be timely to do a comprehensive review of SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME and give our thoughts on the latest MCU movie. There are spoilers abound here so listen with caution if you have yet to see the film.Also, we talk about our recent trip to Mile High Comics and some of the books/gimmicks we picked up.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com

Why was the last episode a day late? Genre-racking graphic novels, one year later. The polarizing business strategy of Colorado’s Mile High Comics. The future DC Comics rebranding and a brief look back at all their previous imprints. Comics growing with you as you age. War of the Realms and the current state of Marvel’s Event books. How to summarize your comic book. Contest of Challengers Bingo continues! https://bingobaker.com/play/2017273

Why was last episode a day late? Genre-racking graphic novels, one year later. The polarizing business strategy of Colorado’s Mile High Comics. The future DC Comics rebranding and a brief look back at all their previous imprints. Comics growing with you as you age. War of the Realms and the current state of Marvel’s Event books. How to summarize your comic book. Contest of Challengers Bingo continues! https://bingobaker.com/play/2017273

For the second year running, the NerdAF squad set up shop in the Mile High Comics Jason Street Mega-store for a live episode coinciding with Denver's Pop Culture Con (formerly known as Denver Comicon). Listen in for comic creator and indy illustrator Lonnie MF Allen, our guest for the first half, followed by musician and top-notch Bane impersonation wizard Mike Trujillo. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Guest-starring Tom Panarese! After Tom and I both play “Foreign Bodies” and have a brief discussion on the unfortunate robbery at Mile High Comics and the series finale of Game of Thrones, Tom and I review the 1999 story JLA: Foreign Bodies. We respond to a listener email and review Batgirl #35/87. Chris’s Cornucopia of […]

In this Weeks TechtalkRadio Justin has returned from his trip to Japan. Broadway is out taking care of the wrap up of baseball season with his son. Justin shares some helpful tips about the flight to Japan and traveling with a small child. A tablet for his son really seemed to smooth the flight for him. How has flying changed in the past ten years when traveling? Technology for the traveler comes with options for individual screens with options for TV Shows Movies and Music as well as the ability to see where the flight is at. How does personal devices play into travel, what can you not do? Justin shares some thoughts on a Verizon Travel Pack he purchased for $10 a day with 1GB of Data per day. He recommends maybe looking at another solution. We find out why. Justin and Andy talk about entertainment in Japan and Andy reveals he can't watch movies with Ben Foster because he is Justin's Doppelganger. Andy recently took a look at an Asus C523N Chromebook and was surprised at the performance along with the price of the device. What are some of the misconceptions of the Chromebook and why have they changed since the original Chromebook designs. Andy also looked at the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus and is amazed at the Wireless Charging features to be able to buddy with another Wireless Charging capable device and charge it. Justin drops a Technology Bombshell, He is now a user of a 3D Printer. Justin talks about the Creality Ender 3 from Creality3D.shop. Justin shares his growing pains with the new printer and what it took to get all put together. The guys talk about the different options and share news from HP, the engineers there recently created a 3D Printable Saxophone sounding instrument. Justin and Andy talk about Avengers End Game and Comic Books. Since Justin is in Denver, He talks about Mile High Comics and why this store is so massive. Andy gets invited to a Season 8 Game of Thrones Viewing party but skips it since he has never seen before. Andy shares a Website of the Week https://www.pixton.com Justin follows up with https://www.thispersondoesnotexist.com A site which features images of people that do not exist, instead created by AI from countless photos. Connect with us on our Social Media sites. Facebook @techtalkers Twitter @TechtalkRadio Instagram techtalkradio Web: TechtalkRadio.Com

On the latest episode of NerdAF the crew goes LIVE from America's largest comics supplier Mile High Comics. Hosts Hugh Johnson, Richard Williams and Producer Vince welcome Comics Nerd Mike Trujillo, member of Denver band The Trujillo Company, on to the podcast.  Starting the episode off with everyone's #WeekInGeek the conversation moves quickly to building our dream cast of the new "IT" film, ask the question: Is the DC Universe worth it anymore, the unexpected new reincarnations of Spider-Man, and E3 recap and more. The game is "Gotta Catch 'Em All" where our hosts and guests choose their perfect starting six lineup from any Nerdom.  Follow the show on your favorite social platforms: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week we get back together and get a mile high! Then talk about comics...duh. New books and old books abound as we learn about Eli's deep dive at Denver's glorious shrine Mile High Comics, seeing Ween and much more. Check it out!    Eli's New Old books:  1. Mage The Hero Defined #1 & 15 2. Marvel Comics Presents #120 3. The Warlock Chronicles #1  4. Tank Girl 30th Anniversary 5. Grendel: God and the Devil #1 We both read Infinity Countdown #4 Manus New/New-Old Books  1.  Dr Strange by Chris Bachalo  2 . Shaolin Cowboy: Shemp Buffet 3. Justice League #1 4. Man of Steel #1 5. Death or Glory #2 6. Immortal Hulk #1 And then we go in on Amazing Spider-Man #800  Killer and fun new ep!             

http://bigfunbigfun.com 03:27 - Steve has the largest piece of Whoops fake vomit. If it were any bigger, there would be a failure in the physics of creating the product. 05:12 - The first time Steve walked into Goodies, it changed his whole life and career path. 08:55 - We discuss Ted Frankel, known as “Uncle Fun,” former owner of a now-defunct store that bore his nickname. 16:13 - Steve returned to Cleveland and worked with people with special needs 18:28 - Big Fun Columbus 19:05 - Steve called Ted/Uncle Fun and said he wanted to start a store like Goodies and told him about the warehouse (a very unusual thing for a collector to do) 22:14 - Big Fun has been open for 24 years. 25:28 - Steve went from stock (market) to (selling) schlock. 27:15 - A mini tornado knocked out a window in a warehouse and ultimately helped him start his Big Fun empire. 30:55 - Mile High Comics. 33:54 - Nilsa asks for a visual tour of the store 36:38 - Ernie Anderson Giulardi - Paul Thomas Anderson's father. He was the voice-over guy on the "Love Boat" 39:38 - Steve's mom told him not to have stained underwear; he says no one would know, because he has tie-dyed underwear 49:26 - The story of the David Cassidy poster and Ted. 54:28 - Dan the Coffee Drinking Man 57:52 - One of Ted's best finds: A warehouse of pulp art in New Mexico. 59:48 - Closing his Cleveland store location, his Cleveland Heights location will remain open 65:56 - Jake has never seen anyone do high and low end side by side like Big Fun 68:34 - There is a Fun Rockin' in New Orleans. 71:56 - Shop local, local stores near Big Fun: Mac's Backs & Tommy's Restaurant 72:36 - Steve is going to open up an e-commerce website so he can ship anywhere. 73:48 - Steve has been on "Market Place" 72:26 Steve's advice for Bryn and Nilsa 81:31 - Visit Ted Frankel at the BEST museum gift shop in the world. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

We've got Chuck Rozanski, the President and CEO of Mile High Comics!

We've got Chuck Rozanski, the President and CEO of Mile High Comics!

New York Comic Con 2017 with banter on Pacific Rim, Robert Kirkman, Philip K. Dick, Robot Chicken, Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Valiant, Todd McFarlane, Garth Ennis, Bruce Timm, Jack Kirby, John Byrne, Doomsday Clock, The Harvey Awards, Mile High Comics, Fred Van Lente, Erik Larsen, Peter Tomasi, Bob McLeod, Alexis Ziritt, Dan Panosian, Art Adams, and a whole mess more, PLUS we have enough time left over to speak on The Realm #1 by Jeremy Haun, Seth Peck, and Nick Filardi from Image, Mikey Mouse: Darkenblot by Andrea Castellan, Lorenzo Pastrovicchio, Disney Italia, Nicole and Travis Selter, and others from IDW, Southern Bastards #18 by Jason Latour and Chris Brunner from Image, Aquaman

Join James and Eric, as they discuss a question from listener Sam regarding promotional timing.  Is two months or more a hindrance to success?  Is the content being promoted forgotten by the time it arrives? Then the guys talk about Chuck Rozanski’s decision to pull the plug on Mile High Comics vending at San Diego Comic Con.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

Join James and Eric, as they discuss a question from listener Sam regarding promotional timing.  Is two months or more a hindrance to success?  Is the content being promoted forgotten by the time it arrives? Then the guys talk about Chuck Rozanski’s decision to pull the plug on Mile High Comics vending at San Diego Comic Con. If you have thoughts or questions about what we discussed, join in the discussion by sending us an email to podcast@kowabungacomics.com or registering for... Read More Read More

Fecha de Grabación: Lunes 10 de julio de 2017.Noticias:A los 93 años falleció Joan Lee, la esposa de Stan Lee..Spider-Man 2 será el puente a la fase 4 del MCU.Trailer de los Inhumans en el cine.Divided States of Hysteria.Mile High Comics se retira de la Comic-Con de San Diego.Gotham by Gaslight será la próxima película animada DCy mucho más... Comentarios:SPIDER-MAN: HomecomingContribuye con ComicversoPueden escuchar el Podcast dentro del sitio a través del reproductor que está en la columna lateral del Blog o en este reproductor incrustado.Descarga Directa (Usar botón derecho del mouse y opción "guardar enlace como"),Peso: 187.5 MB; Calidad: 128 Kbps.Descarga via iTunes: Comicverso en iTunes.El episodio tiene una duración de 3:24:15.Como siempre... déjennos un comentario o escríbannos directamente a comicverso@gmail.com o a nuestro correo podcast@comicverso.org, queremos conocer sus opiniones y críticas para seguir mejorando.Si les gusta nuestro trabajo, por favor ayúdennos a redistribuir este link, cuéntenle a sus amigos de nuestro Podcast y recomiéndenlo a quienes pueda interesarles.Hasta pronto.Deja tus comentarios o escríbenos directamente a comicverso@gmail.com

In this episode, the Fanbase Press staff welcomes guests Hannibal Tabu (Irrational Numbers, Comic Book Resources) and Justin Emmord (Love and a .38) to discuss the latest geek news stories of the week, including Mile High Comics' decision to not return to SDCC, Spider-Man: Homecoming's role within the MCU, the impressive costume design of Wonder Woman, and whether cinematic universes need more jumping-on points for new viewers.

Pretty Dece - Entertainment and pop culture news and opinions • Tekken 7 is getting a bowling mode... yeah, it's weird. • Mile High Comics is no longer exhibiting at San Diego Comic Con after 44 years --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prettydece/support

We open the show up talking about the ridiculous war between San Diego Comic-Con and Salt Lake Comic Comic-Con over the use of the word Comic-Con. We move to more con talk with the announcement that Mile High Comics is not going to be going to San Diego Comic Con for the first time in […]

All are welcome here! John gives the complaint email address. Conversations tapped!  Spawn Trivia! And somehow, someone this weeks Spawn trivia involves: McFarlane Claremont. Erik Larson Jim Lee. Rob Leifeld. Feud. Neil Gaiman! Garth Ennis is Irish! How many issue's of Spawn #1 were sold? Detective Comics and Action Comics. Mile High Comics! Double Dragon! Mortal Kombat! Street Fighter! Kontra! John Leguizamo! Ice Age! Sid The Sloth! Martin Sheen! And Aliens from the 90s! The West Wing! Cainim rephrases the Question Alf Facts with Karen! Inside Edition A Current Affair! John's College extra credit! Cainim sings! Copies Sold! Spider-Man! Amazing Spider-Man! President Obama! President Trump! X-Force! Deathmate! Cainim doesn't like things! Star Wars! Fantastic Four! X-Men! Why they formed Image! And in two days: Spawn the Pre Watch! music: www.bensound.com

If you were a comics reader in the late Eighties and early Nineties, you probably saw their ads--either a long list of back issues against a yellow background or a striking picture of the latest HOT character advertising what was going to be a RED HOT book. Well in this episode, I'm joined by Michael Bailey of Views From the Longbox (among other podcasts) for the first part of a two-part crossover about collecting comics in the decade that subtlety forgot. For part one, Mike and I spend time talking about being teenagers during the boom years and specifically look at buying back issues through the mail. We talk about our experiences with Mile High Comics, the stalwart mail order service that so many of us have dealt with or bought from at one point or another. Then, we answer a question that crosses the minds of comics fans whenever they're flipping through some Nineties comics: Whatever happened to American Comics/Entertainment This Month? And after you're done with that, check out Episode 233 of Views from the Longbox, which will drop later this week, where Mike and I continue our discussion, this time turning our attention to Wizard: The Guide to Comics. It's the most EXTREEEEEEEEEME two-parter EVER! Oh, and special thanks to Andrew Leyland. Show notes and pictures are available at Pop Culture Affidavit, which is also where you can see regular weekly blog entries about the randomness that is pop culture.

If you were a comics reader in the late Eighties and early Nineties, you probably saw their ads--either a long list of back issues against a yellow background or a striking picture of the latest HOT character advertising what was going to be a RED HOT book. Well in this episode, I'm joined by Michael Bailey of Views From the Longbox (among other podcasts) for the first part of a two-part crossover about collecting comics in the decade that subtlety forgot. For part one, Mike and I spend time talking about being teenagers during the boom years and specifically look at buying back issues through the mail. We talk about our experiences with Mile High Comics, the stalwart mail order service that so many of us have dealt with or bought from at one point or another. Then, we answer a question that crosses the minds of comics fans whenever they're flipping through some Nineties comics: Whatever happened to American Comics/Entertainment This Month? And after you're done with that, check out Episode 233 of Views from the Longbox, which will drop later this week, where Mike and I continue our discussion, this time turning our attention to Wizard: The Guide to Comics. It's the most EXTREEEEEEEEEME two-parter EVER! Oh, and special thanks to Andrew Leyland. Show notes and pictures are available at Pop Culture Affidavit, which is also where you can see regular weekly blog entries about the randomness that is pop culture.

Jermaine debriefs Stephen on his trip to San Diego for Comic-Con International, who he saw and what he heard, they go over the new highlights from comics, TV and movies, provide a spoiler-free review of Guardians of the Galaxy, and go through two weeks worth of Comics at the Table! Show Notes: WTF with Marc Maron #518 "Mike Myers" "Image Expo Announcements" at Image Comics.com. Comedian Todd Barry's "Band Manager" "Batman '66 Blu-Ray TV Show Will Have a Previews-Only Exclusive Version With Hardcover" at Bleeding Cool.com. "Large Crowds Spend Little at Comic-Con" at New York Times.com. "Mile High Comics may pull out of SDCC over exclusive variants" at Robot 6. "Inside Marvel's New Star Wars Comics" at Star Wars.com. "This Is Wonder Woman's 'Batman V Superman' Costume" at Huffington Post.com. "Remender And Opena Team For 'Avengers: Rage of Ultron' OGN" at Comics Alliance.com. Comics at the Table! - 100th Anniversary Special #1 Avengers, 100th Anniversary Special #1 Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1 and Low #1!

TV's Mario Muscar climbs into the Neseman chair this week, adding ample amounts of assessment on Pierre-Henry Gomont's Catalyse from Manolosanctis, Bill Keane and Family Circus, Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (including Chuck Rozanski and Mile High Comics, Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, and more), Action Lab's Back in the Day by Dave Dwonch and Daniel J. Logan, Joe Kubert's Jew Gangster, more on Will Pfeifer and German Torres' The Advance Team from Tor, Butcher Baker and Bulletproof Coffin, Batman Incorporated by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, Cameron Stewart, Yanick Paquette, and Scott Clark/Dave Beatty, Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's The Massive out of Dark Horse, Double Feature's Sci-Fi #3 by Tony Donley, Jeff Zornow, Michael Morici, Steve Seeley, and Tom Scioli, even more praise for Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples' Saga from Image, John Romita Jr and Avengers Vs. X-Men, Brandon Graham and Prophet, Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's Sixth Gun #21, Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth, Tony DeZuniga, and much more!