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Marvel & DC are teaming up once more! The ComicsPRO summit dropped some massive crossover news—get the details right here! Plus, we break down the new Captain America #1 from Chip Zdarsky & Valerio Schiti, featuring Cap's lost mission against Doctor Doom in Latveria!And don't miss our Hot Book of the Week—Basketful of Heads #1—as sales spike after Natasha Lyonne's big announcement! Should you grab a copy before prices climb even higher?

bit.ly/AIPTNewsletterVisit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWSGerard Way and Gabriel Bá return for 'The Umbrella Academy: Plan B'DC reveals new Batman creative team and additional Summer of Superman titlesDC announces new 'Mr. Terrific: Year One' seriesDC Comics Solicitations May 2025!Harley Quinn and Elvira to team up in summer 2025What is Imperial?!Marvel Comics solicitations May 2025 Marvel teases all-different ‘3K X-Men' appearing in X-Men #16Marvel unveils 'Predator: Black, White & Blood' for May 2025Marvel shares 'One World Under Doom' tie-in details out May 2025Gwenpool scores ‘Darker' and ‘Deadlier' new series starting May 14thNew five-part 'Giant-Size X-Men' event reimagines mutant milestones'Spider-Man & Wolverine' #1 headed to comic shops May 2025Thor takes his 'last stand' on deaths door in 'Immortal Thor' #23 solicit​​​​Ultimate Universe first limited series 'Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion' announced'Jeff the Land Shark' five-issue series announcedChip Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti gear up for ‘Captain America' in July 2025Image Comics shares 'Nights' creators thoughts on new TV show'Exquisite Corpses' #1 by James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh to launch May 2025Oni Press and EC Comics announce 'Blood Type' out June 2025IDW and Toho ink deal through 2029, announce Godzilla connected universeOur Top Books of the WeekDave:Weapon X-Men #1 (Joe Casey, Chriscross)Infinity Watch #2 (Derek Landy, Ruairi Coleman, Enid Balam)Dan:Titans #20 (John Layman and Pete Woods)Power Rangers Prime #4 (Melissa Flores and Michael Yg)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Dan - maybe? miles morales spider man 30 or wonder woman 18Dave - Aliens vs. Avengers #3 (Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDan: Radiant Black #31 (Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato)Dave: Godzilla vs. Chicago #1 (Various)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7 (Ferreyra Cover)Dan: The Flash #18 (Mike Del Mundo)Interview: Nights - Wyatt Kennedy and Luigi Formisano - Nights #13 out Feb 26 (NEW STORY ARC - PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT FOR NEW READERS)Nights #13 is out February 27th, and while the solicit says it's a “perfect jumping on point” for the listeners, can you catch them up to speed if they're just learning about Nights?Something that I've loved about Nights is how the most insane surprised occur many times in an issue, is there an art to plotting a single issue like you do? As we turn the page onto season 2, looking back at the first 12 issues, is there anything you would tweak or do differently?Luigi, you've worked with Wyatt long enough to have plenty of banter about "bizarre demands." Can you describe a moment where Wyatt's vision challenged or inspired you to take the art in an unexpected direction?The series mixes playful moments with genuine horror. For both of you, what's your approach to balancing these tones, and are there horror or non-horror works that directly influenced this?I gotta ask, nudity in this title is a curious one. Sometimes we see things, sometimes genitals are covered up, what gives?!The series takes place across both mundane and fantastical locations—Estonia's cold landscapes and Las Vegas's vibrant excess are especially highlighted in Nights #13. What's the significance of setting in this arc, and how did you choose those locations?If Vince, Gray, Tsukumari, and the rest of the crew formed a rock band, what would their band name be, and what kind of music would they play?

Comic Reviews: DC Action Comics 1082 by John Ridley, Inaki Miranda, Eva de la Cruz Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum 1 by Jeremy Adams, V. Ken Marion Marvel Amazing Spider-Man 65.DEATHS by Derek Landy, Kev Walker, Wade Von Grawbadger, Mattia Iacono Daredevil: Unleash Hell Red Band by Erica Schultz, Dee Cunniffe Rogue: The Savage Land 1 by Tim Seeley, Zulema Scotto Lavina, Rachelle Rosenberg Ultimate Wolverine 1 by Chris Condon, Alessandro Cappuccio, Bryan Valenza What If… Galactus Transformed Moon Knight? by Alex Segura, Scot Eaton, Chris Campana, Cam Smith, Roberto Poggi Marvel Unlimited Alligator Loki 44 by Alyssa Wong, Bob Quinn Astonishing Avengers 1 by Steve Orlando, Francesco Archidiacono, Carlos Lopez Ahoy Howl 1 by Alisa Kwitney, Mauricet Dark Horse Behemoth 1 by Grant Sputore, Ryan Engle, Jay Martin Shadow of the Golden Crane 1 by Chris Roberson, Michael Avon Oeming, Chris O'Halloran DSTLRY You Won't Feel A Thing 1 by Scott Snyder, Jock Image Horizon Experiment: Finders/Keepers 1 by Vita Ayala, Skylar Patridge, Jason Wordie Valiant Resurgence of the Valiant Universe: Bloodshot 1 by Fred Van Lente, Rodrigo Rocha, Brushu Studio, Leo Lujan OGN Countdown Miraculous Ladybug Chibi Vol 1: Pizza Pursuit and Other Cat Tales by Josh Trujillo, Carrie Harris, Ryan Jampole, Lex Hobson Silence by Yoann Vorniere Paws Vol 4: Hazel Has Her Hands Full by Nathan Fairbairn, Michele Assarasakorn Dreamover by Dani Diaz Additional Reviews: Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Winning Card by Tom King, Mitch Gerards Rise of Kyoshi Skeleton Crew finale Three Pines Stugo pilot News: Diamond declares bankruptcy, Omninews, Russell/Allred complete trilogy with a Wonder Woman mini, new graphic novel from Zoe Thorogood, Sebastian Stan producing and starring in a Reckless movie, Dan Slott writing Superman Unlimited ongoing series, Joel McHale cast in Scream 7, David Lynch, details on DC FCBD offerings, Supergirl's parents cast in Woman of Tomorrow Trailers: Born Again, Win or Lose, Until Dawn, Knights of Guinevere Comics Countdown (15 January 2025): You Won't Feel A Thing 1 by Scott Snyder, Jock Nice House By the Sea 5 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire Minor Arcana 5 by Jeff Lemire, Patricio Delpeche Wonder Woman 17 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, Tomeu Morey New Gods 2 by Ram V, Evan Cagle, Jesse Lonergan, Francesco Segala Immortal Thor 19 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Karen Darboe, Martin Coccolo, Gavin Guidry, Glen Melnikov, David Baldeon, Juann Cabal, Jorge Fornes, Luciano Vecchio, Steve Skroce, Leonard Kirk, Jan Bazaldua, Humberto Ramos, Lee Garbett, CAFU, Rod Reis, Juan Ferreyra, Phil Noto, Dan Jurgens, Brett Breeding, Espen Grundetjern, Matt Hollingsworth, Frank D'Armata, Edgar Delgado Canto: A Place Like Home 6 by David Booher, Drew Zucker, Vittorio Astone Feral 9 by Tony Fleecs, Tone Rodriguez, Trish Forstner, Brad Simpson Space Ghost 9 by David Pepose, Jonathan Lau, Andrew Dalhouse Wynd: The Power of the Blood 2 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas  

Cette semaine, nous accueillons Jean-Philippe Décarie-Mathieu, spécialiste en cybersécurité et membre du balado Les Drôlistes. Il nous parle de Pokémon Go et de l'utilisation des données géospatiales de ses utilisateurs, de l'interdiction des VPN au Pakistan, ainsi que d'un programme de maîtrise et doctorat en communications… extraterrestres. De son côté, Benoit revient sur les annonces concernant la fin de la publication du « Comic Book » Buffy chez Boom! Studios, de la suite de Dogma, de Transformers Vol. 2 publié par « Skybound Entertainment » et de l'utilisation de l'intelligence artificielle par l'artiste Jim Starling. En dernière partie d'émission, nous discutons de « G.O.D.S. » de Jonathan Hickman et Valerio Schiti. Laissez-nous un message vocal: https://www.speakpipe.com/mysterieuxe Devenez membre de la communauté Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysterieuxE Diffusion originale : 25 novembre 2024 Site web : MysterieuxEtonnants.com © Les Mystérieux Étonnants. Tous droits réservés

Volvemos con un viejo conocido como lo es Jonathan Hickman y en esta ocasión analizaremos al detalle su última propuesta para reinventar la Magia dentro de Marvel Comics. Un proyecto que ha dado mucho de lo que hablar desde su anuncio y que como suele ser habitual en la carrera de este guionista, termina siendo un quebradero de cabeza para los lectores. Coloquialmente acuñado con el termino “No lo entiendo, pero me gusta” debatiremos sobre los aciertos y errores en esta propuesta, que viene acompañada con un despliegue gráfico soberbio de Valerio Schiti y Marte Gracia.

CAPÍTULO #378… Esta semana nos enfrentamos a las fuerzas del orden y el caos con los D.I.O.S.E.S. de Jonathan Hickman. Este apodado guionista arquitecto regresó a la editorial con una de sus propuestas más ambiciosas, donde prometía reformular la magia del Universo Marvel al completo e introducir nuevos conceptos y personajes ¿Estará a la altura de las expectativas?. Además haremos un repaso exhaustivo por todas las noticias que nos ha dejado la pasada New York Comic Con, con bombazos como el regreso del sello de Vertigo. Y por supuestísimo tendréis una buena dosis de las mejores reseñas de novedades, tales como Calle Peligro, nuevos Marvel Essentials, uno de los mangas más perturbadores que hemos visto, el Spiderman de Gerry Conway y muchísimo más. Gracias por estar al otro lado agentes ¡Nos oímos! NOTICIAS [00:04:53] Ganadores de los Premios Harvey 2024 Dos personajes de Peacemaker tendrán su propia serie en DC Comics Jeph Loeb y Jim Lee regresan para la secuela de Batman: Silencio DC Comics resucita el sello de Vertigo James Gunn nos presenta el primer vistazo a Krypto Soule y McNiven se unen para una mini serie de Daredevil Doctor Muerte será el emperador de la Tierra Lobezno aterriza en el nuevo Universo Ultimate de Marvel Elektra contará con su propia serie Red Band Bug Wars reúne a Jason Aaron y Mahmud Asrar Repaso de novedades de la quincena NOVEDADES Y RELECTURAS [01:15:45] Adiós Birkenau Batman: Un mal día Green Lantern Green Lantern; Diario de guerra Muerte Doctor Extraño: El Juramento Wonder Woman Historia Calle Peligro El Horror de Dunwich Soy Una Matagigantes Grim Negro Horizonte Joker: Año Uno Litchi Hikari Club Necrón 1 El Rey de los Caracoles Rai Integral Lejos Spiderman de Gerry Conway Camino a G.I. Joe. Duke Hel'Blar: Saga Completa ANÁLISIS: D.I.O.S.E.S. [04:03:43] Volvemos con un viejo conocido como lo es Jonathan Hickman y en esta ocasión analizaremos al detalle su última propuesta para reinventar la Magia dentro de Marvel Comics. Un proyecto que ha dado mucho de lo que hablar desde su anuncio y que como suele ser habitual en la carrera de este guionista, termina siendo un quebradero de cabeza para los lectores. Coloquialmente acuñado con el termino “No lo entiendo, pero me gusta” debatiremos sobre los aciertos y errores en esta propuesta, que viene acompañada con un despliegue gráfico soberbio de Valerio Schiti y Marte Gracia. CORREO DEL AGENTE [06:12:48] Leemos todos vuestros mensajes dejados en las redes y nuestra sección de la voz de los Agentes de Hydra, ¡Habla pueblo Habla! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharnos y todo vuestro apoyo y participación! Nuestro PODCAST ya está en el CANAL SECUNDARIO ¡Inflate a contenido comiquero aquí! https://www.youtube.com/@tomosygrapaspodcast Tomos y grapas es un medio de comunicación transmedia, disfruta de nuestros contenidos también en nuestra web, YouTube y redes sociales. VISITA TAMBIÉN NUESTRA LIBRERÍA En la Calle Alcalá 211 o nuestra TIENDA ONLINE con el mejor servicio y atención tiendatomosygrapas.com

Quarter-Bin Podcast #201S.W.O.R.D. #1, Marvel Comics, cover-dated February 2021. "Mysterium," by Al Ewing, with art by Valerio Schiti.What happens when Professor Alan FINALLY covers a comic book from the 2020s? And a book from the X-world, at that?And what does an evil kind and loving AI have to do with the production of this episode?Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Up From the AshesNext Episode: Patsy Walker aka Hellcat #1, Marvel Comics, cover-dated December 2015.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: Half Price BooksMusic in the episode:100 Seconds by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deckMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

هلا يا شعب و حياكم في حلقة جديدة من بودكاست جبهة فيرس.  في البداية نذكر انفسنا و نذكركم بالدعاء لأخواننا في فلس_ط_ين و السودان بالرحمة و ان الله يرفع عنهم كربهم و ينصرهم. للأسف هذي موب حلقة جوائز الجبهة للسنة اللي راحت لكن لا تخافوا راح نسجلها قريب، و على هذه السيرة ترانا ما زلنا نستقبل مشاركاتكم (الى نهاية الأسبوع اللي تنزل فيه هذه الحلقة) خلونا نشوف وش اختياراتكم و نستمتع بمشاركاتكم. في هذه الحلقة رجعنا بعض من نقاشاتنا القديمة و اعطيناها فاصل من الحلطمة عن وضع الكوميكس في الفترة الاخيرة. و اكيد تكلمنا عن بعض الكوميكس اللي قريناها اخر فترة. أقسام الحلقة: 1:18 - الأخبار 13:50 - الاصدارات "السابقة" لأن الحلقة نزلت بعد تاريخ الاصدارات هع هع  21:22 - نقاش عام عن وضع الكوميكس في الفترة الأخيرة 49:03 - فقرة الكوميك مع كوميك سيكرت وورييرز 55:13 - بيغ قيم 1:0053 - هولك 2023 1:06:04 - فويد رايفلز 1:11:32 - كونان البربري 1:14:34 - كيل يور دارلينغز 1:19:19 - G.O.DS الكوميكس اللي تكلمنا عنها في الحلقة: الشركة: مارفل Marvel اسم الكوميك: Secret Warriors اسم الكتاب: جوناثان هيكمان و براين مايكل بينديس Jonathan Hickman & BMB الرسامين: كثار حالة الكوميك: مكتمل  سنة الإصدار: 2009-2011 اسم الكوميك: Big Game الشركة: إيميج Image اسم الكاتب: مارك ميلار Mark Millar اسم الرسام: بيبي لاراز Pepe Larraz اسم الملون/ة: جيوفانا نيرو Giovanna Niro حالة الكوميك: مكتمل سنة الإصدار: 2023 اسم الكوميك: The Incredible Hulk (2023-) الشركة: مارفل Marvel اسم الكاتب: فيليب كينيدي جونسن Philip Kennedy Johnson اسم الرسام: نك كلاين Nick Klein مع رسامين ثانيين اسم الملون: ماثيو ويلسن Mathew Wilson حالة الكوميك: مستمر ب 6 أعداد للحين سنة الإصدار: 2023- اسم الكوميك: Void Rivals الشركة: إيميج Image اسم الكاتب: روبرت كيركمان Robert Kirkman اسم الرسام: لورينزو دي فيرليتشي Lorenzo De Ferlici اسم الملون: روس ووتون Rus Wooton حالة الكوميك: مستمر ب 6 أعداد للحين سنة الإصدار: 2023- اسم الكوميك: Conan The Barbarian (titan comics) (2023) الشركة: تايتان كوميك titan comics اسم الكاتب: جيم زوب Jim Zub اسم الرسام: روب دي لا توري Rob De La Torre اسم الملون: خوزيه فيلارروبيا Jose Villarrubia حالة الكوميك: مدري بس عزيز جحفلني سنة الإصدار: 2023 -  اسم الكوميك: Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer (2022) الشركة: اوبوس كوميكس Opus Comics اسم الكاتب: ميتش ايفرسون Mitch Iverson اسم الرسام: ستيفانو مارتينو Stefano Martino اسم الملون: لويس انتونيو ديلقادو Luis Antonio Delgado حالة الكوميك: مزرية سنة الإصدار: 2022 اسم الكوميك: Kill Your Darlings الشركة: إيميج Image اسم الكاتب: إيثان اس باركر و غريفن شيريدان Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan اسم الرسام: روبرت كوين Robert Quinn حالة الكوميك: مستمر ب 4 أعداد سنة الإصدار: 2023- اسم الكوميك: G.O.D.S. الشركة: مارفل Marvel اسم الكاتب: عمي جوناثن هيكمان Jonathan Hickman اسم الرسام: فاليريو شيتي Valerio Schiti اسم الملون/ة: مارتي قارسيا Marte Gracia حالة الكوميك: مستمر ب 3 أعداد سنة الإصدار: 2023 -  نتمنى ان الحلقة تعجبكم و كالعادة لتعليقاتكم و اقتراحاتكم، تابعونا على حسابات الجبهة في السوشال ميديا تويتر: twitter.com/JabhaVerse انستقرام: instagram.com/jabhaverse?igshid=vulklvmem تويتش: www.twitch.tv/jabhaverse يوتيوب: youtube.com/c/JabhaVerse تويتش خالد: https://www.twitch.tv/shaggiekay تويتش ألعاب: https://t.co/UqKRenbQtO يوتيوب ألعاب: https://t.co/IZRvfXyuiV تويتر ألعاب: https://twitter.com/AlaabGa

Comic Reviews: DC Batman 138 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun by Ellen Tremiti, Tyler Crook, Kenny Porter, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, Michael Conrad, Christopher Mitten, Christopher Sean, Laneya, Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini, Gregory Burnham, Javier Rodriguez, Alex Galer, Fabio Veras, Adam Goldberg, Hans Rodinoff, Danny Earls, Patricio Delpeche, John Arcudi, Shawn McManus, Dave Stewart Superman: The Harvests of Youth by Sina Grace Marvel Alien Annual 1 by Declain Shalvey, Danny Earls, Ruth Redmond G.O.D.S. 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Ghost Rider Annual 1 by Benjamin Percy, Danny Kim, Jim Campbell Star Wars: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1 by Charles Soule, Abraim Roberson, Fernando Sifuentes Strange Academy: The Amazing Spider-Man by Carlos Hernandez, Vasco Georgiev, Edgar Delgado Shang Chi and the Quest for Immortality OGN by Victoria Ying Marvel Unlimited I Am Groot 5 by Chiya Image Transformers 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer IDW Star Trek: Holo-Ween 1 by Christopher Sequeira, Joe Eisma Dark Horse Midnite Show 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree Boom Abbott 1979 1 by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivela Ranger Academy 1 by Maria Ingrande Mora, Jo Mi-Gyeong Mad Cave Devil That Wears My Face 1 by David Pepose, Alex Cormack Dynamite Alice Cooper Volume Two 1 by Rodney Barnes, Edu Menna Vampirella: Dead Flowers 1 by Sara Frazetta, Bob Freeman, Alberto Locatelli, Brewing Factory Dead Sky  Left Hand Path by Scott Bryan Wilson, Ken Knudtsen OGNs Clementine Vol 2 by Tillie Walden Parasocial by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson Cosmic Detective by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, David Rubin, Kike Diaz Night Eaters Vol 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Breathers by Justin Madson Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, George Williams Lost Time by Tas Mukanik Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks Additional Reviews: Ahsoka finale, Loki s2 premiere, Theater Camp, Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, American Vampire News: NYCC preview, Sean Murphy rebooting Zorro, Trinity getting her own one-shot, new Red Hood book in 2024, Grendel adaptation scrapped Trailers: Horizon: An America Saga Longbox of Horror Part 1: Avengers – The Crossing Comics Countdown (03 Oct 2023): 1.     Cosmic Detective by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, David Rubin, Kike Diaz 2.     Birds of Prey 2 by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire 3.     Superman: Harvests of Youth GN by Sina Grace 4.     Enfield Gang Massacre 3 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips 5.     Fantastic Four 12 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Jesus Aburtov 6.     Batman 138 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey 7.     Doctor Strange 8 by Jed MacKay, Pasqual Ferry, Heather Moore 8.     Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy GN by Faith Erin Hicks 9.     Lost Time GN by Tas Mukanik 10.  Transformers 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer

Dropping this week is Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 and to celebrate, we're not only continuing our chat with writers Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada but also delving into the behind-the-scenes work that went into writing the first issue! Make sure to read the issue to avoid spoilers! Plus, hear from Tini Howard on Marvel Move, Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti on Marvel's G.O.D.S., catch the latest on the Official MCU Timeline book, and more!! 

Marvel is reinventing their universe with GODS by Jonathan Hickman & Valerio Schiti while dialing into the past of the MU with Marvel Age 1000. One book seeks to develop the future, unifying the complexity and in-the-moment magics and sorcery of the Marvel Universe while the other “includes contributions from some of the most storied creators in Marvel history, as well as a few surprises, as the classic days of Marvel are explored in depth!” Can Marvel shape their future and while meaningfully examining their past in the same editorial cycle? Can a company like Marvel have it both ways? Examining the preview pages, interviews, & trailers for GODS, Marvel Age #1000 (along with the #1000 issues for Deadpool, Wolverine, Spectacular Spider-Man, Amazing Fantasy, Marvel Comics (& #1001)), & even Immortal Hulk #1, the team turns an eye to the future (and past) of Marvel. PLUS As always, we had an amazing time at Flame Con, the annual two-day queer comic convention hosted by the amazing folks at Geeks OUT! This year, we hosted a wonder panel where we presented the live premiere of our brand-new game show, DEAL BREAKERS! In this round, we dared to ask the question: WHICH HERO HAS THE BEST LOOK? We had Nico, Jonah, and our special guest, friend & drag performer D'Manda Martini, each pick 3 family looks while moderator TK set the rules for what "best look" must mean. Who came out on top? You'll have to watch to find out! X Is For Show is your premiere place for web content where we discuss your favorite media, from comics to film & television to gaming and beyond! You can find the Action Pack here every week, so be sure to tune in and join us for all the fun.

Comic Reviews: DC Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Max Dunbar, Sebastian Cheng Knight Terrors 2 by Joshua Williamson, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Caspar Wijngaard, Frank Martin Knight Terrors: Action Comics 1 by Leah Williams, Vasco Georgiev, Alex Guimaraes, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mico Suayan, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker 1 by Tim Seeley, Acky Bright, Brian Reber Knight Terrors: Detective Comics 1 by Dan Watters, Riccardo Federici, Brad Anderson Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn 1 by Tini Howard, Hayden Sherman, Triona Farrell Knight Terrors: Titans 1 by Andrew Constant, Scott Godlewski, Ryan Cody Poison Ivy Uncovered Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor 1 by Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, David Baron Marvel What If…? Dark – Spider-Gwen 1 by Gerry Conway, Jody Houser, Ramon Bachs, Dee Cunniffe Star Wars: Darth Vader – Black, White and Red X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 by Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, R.B. Silva, Matteo Lolli, Javier Pina, Valerio Schiti, Kris Anka, Pepe Larraz, Russell Dauterman, Luciano Vecchio, Joshua Cassara, Rain Beredo, Matt Wilson, Marte Gracia, Erick Arciniega, Ceci de la Cruz Marvel Unlimited Marvel Meow by Nao Fuji Image Purr Evil 1 by Mirka Andolfo, Laura Braga Dynamite Godzilla: Monsters and Protectors – Summer Smash by Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado Boom Alice Never After 1 by Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalletta BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness by Steve Skroce, Keanu Reeves, Dave Stewart AWA Ribbon Queen 1 by Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows, Guillermo Ortego, Dan Brown Scout Quarry 1 by Mike Salisbury, Marvin Luna ComiXology Wraith and Cat by Henry Paul Perlowski OGNs Sofia: Red Chair Beach by Davide Tosello Scrooge McDuck: The Dragon of Glasgow by Joris Chamblain, Fabrizio Petrossi Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault Additional Reviews: Clone Wars s1, Invincible/Atom Eve bonus episode, Barbie, Haunted Mansion, Dragon Prince s5, Stranger Things s4, Secret Invasion finale, Miraculous Lady Bug, My Adventures With Superman News: Spider-Man 4 in development, Donald Glover show-running and writing Lando series, new Tom King/Peter Gross book from Boom, Sony delays everything, Loki s2 on Oct 6 Trailers: Strange Planet, Loki s2, Nandor Fordor and the Talking Mongoose Comics Countdown (25 Jul 2023): 1.      Bone Orchard Mythos Tenement 2 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart 2.      BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness by Steve Skroce, Keanu Reeves, Dave Stewart 3.      Rogue Sun 14 by Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, Abel, Natalia Marques 4.      Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor 1 by Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, David Baron 5.      Seasons Have Teeth 4 by Dan Watters, Sebastian Cabrol, Dan Jackson 6.      w0rldtr33 4 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire 7.      Incredible Hulk 2 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson 8.      Newburn 9 by Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips 9.      Traveling to Mars 7 by Mark Russell, Roberto Meli 10.  Dead Lucky 7 by Melissa Flores, French Carlomagno, Mattia Iacono

Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWSTitan Comics announces ‘The Savage Sword of Conan' for 2024Women of Marvel panel reveals new ‘Spider-Gwen' and ‘Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi seriesEverything we know about the ‘Howard the Duck' 50th-anniversary one-shotMarvel sheds new light on 'Daredevil' #1 series relaunchNew details and covers revealed for 'Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld' #1Sequel 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution' out December 2023Full October 2023 DC Comics solicitations: Gotham War and Godzilla, oh my!‘Beyond Real' psychedelic and ambitious series launching October 2023AWA partners with ILP for new slate of literary projectsOur Top Books of the WeekDave:Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1 (Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch)X-Men (2021): Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 (Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, Luciano Vecchio, Matteo Lolli, Russell Dauterman, Javier Pina, R.B. Silva, Joshua Cassara, Kris Anka, Pepe Larraz)Nathan:Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1 (Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch)Hellcat #5 (Christopher Cantwell, Alex Lins)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness #1 (Keanu Reeves, Steve Scroce, Dave Stewart)Dave - Knight Terrors: Detective Comics #1 (Dan Watters, Riccardo Federici)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Astonishing Iceman #1 (Steve Orlando, Vincenzo Carratu)Nathan: Doctor Strange #6 (Jed MacKay, Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Juan Gedeon)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Fantastic Four #10 (Alex Ross)Nathan: The Sacrificers #1 (Tula Lotay)Segment: Interview - Kelly ThompsonFOC (August 13 Release Date SEP 5TH, 2023) Artist: LEONARDO ROMERO, Jordie BellaireBlack Canary, Cassandra Cain, Batgirl, Big Barda, Zealot, and Harley Quinn,Black Cloak #6 out next week!We can already tell Birds of Prey is going to be a blast, if you were to describe the vibe you're going for in a sentence or two, what would it be?I'd be remiss if I didn't mention a book that means a great deal to me: Jem and the Holograms. I can't help but see some parallels! How did your work on that series about a girl gang with a badass lead vocalist prepare you for Birds of Prey?With a few issues under your belt at this point, I'm sure, is there a character that floats to the top of most fun to write? Follow up, who is a character that surprises you the most?We all know Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellaire are gosh darn gifts to the comics community. Were there particular visual moments that impressed you or surprised you in the first issue or two that you'd like to shout out?Something that always impresses me is your dialogue, particularly with groups! I've come to learn after interviewing different writers the approach to writing good dialogue can be different. Is there a particular technique you use in writing dialogue, or feeling out how different characters will approach one another?We're greatly enjoying Black Cloak at AIPT, which presents a fully realized new world. How do you approach worldbuilding? Is there a Black Cloak Bible? (Folks should definitely check out the finale next week.)You also have The Cull coming out from Image Comics on August 16th, described as horrifying and delightful with a group even the press release calls reminiscent of the Goonies. When creating an entirely new friend group, how do you go about crafting their personalities and making them a unit, but separate?Anything else you'd like to promote today? Where can people find you?

هلا يا شعب الحلقة تأخرت بسبب مشاكل تقنية في التسجيل لكن اخيرا جتكم بعد جهد جهيد. في هذه الحلقة استضفنا صديقنا عمر و قررنا نتكلم عن كوميكس حماة المجرة ( Guardians of the Galaxy) و اللي صادف وقتها نزول الفيلم الخاص فيهم و اللي تكلمنا عنه و عطيناكم رأينا في الفيلم من غير حرق. أقسام الحلقة: 1:46 - تعريف بعمر 6:44 - فقرة الأخبار 26:46 - بداية الحلقة 28:38 - Green Arrow 30:56 - No One 33:32 - X-O Manowar Unconquered 35:15 - باتمان العدد 135 42:20 - Grim و انتم بكرامة 46:30 - كوميكس متنوعة من عزيز 48:23 - Forever evil 50:59 - تعريف بفريق حماة المجرة 55:11 - GOTG 2008 1:06:16 - GOTG 2015 1:12:23 - GOTG 2011 1:16:22 - GOTG AL Ewing 1:24:39 - رأينا في فيلم قارديانز الكوميكس اللي تكلمنا عنها: اسم الكوميك: Green Arrow اسم الكاتب: جوشوا ويليامسن Joshua Williamson اسم الرسام: شون ازاكسي Sean Izaakse اسم الملون: رومولو فارخادو جونير Romulo Fajardo Jr. اسم الكوميك: No-One اسماء الكُتاب: كايل هيقنز و براين بوكيلاتو Kyle Higgins and Brian Buccellato اسم الرسام: جيرالدو بورجيس Geraldo Borges اسم الملون: ماركل اينجلرت Markl Englert اسم الكوميك:  X-O Manowar Unconquered  اسماء الكُتاب: بيكي كلونان و مايكل كونراد Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad اسم الرسام و الملون: Liam Sharp اسم الكوميك: Batman #135/900 اسم الكاتب: تشيب زدارسكي Chip Zdarsky اسماء الرسامين: ميكل جانين و مايك هوثورن و خورخي خيمينيز Mikel Janin, Mike Hawthorne & Jorge Jimenez اسماء الملونين: توموي موري و رومولو فارخادو جونير Tomeu Morey & Romulo Fajardo Jr. اسم الكوميك الزفت: Grim ما بنحط معلوماته لأنه ازفت من الزفت ملاحظة: كل الكوميك اللي انكتبت فوق ما زالت مستمرة و يصدر لها أعداد باستثناء الكوميك الزفت. اسم الكوميك: Forever evil اسم الكاتب: العم جيف جونز Geoff Johns اسم الرسام: ديفيد فينش David Finch اسم المحبر: Robert Friend اسم الملونة: سونيا أوبلاك Sonya Oblack اسم الكوميك: Guardians of the Galaxy(2008-2010) اسماء الكُتاب: دان أبنيت و أندي لانينغ Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning اسم الرسام: بول بيليتير Paul Pelletier اسم المحبر: ريك ماقايفر Rick Magayer اسماء الملونين: نايثان فيربيرن و شركة Nathan Fairbairn & Guru eFX اسم الكوميك: Guardians of the Galaxy(2015) اسم الكاتب: براين مايكل بيندس BMB اسم الرسام: فاليريو شيتي Valerio Schiti اسم الكوميك: Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) اسم الكاتب: آل إيوينغ Al Ewing اسماء الرسامين: خوان كابال Juann Cabal و ماريكو تاكارا Marico Takara و خوان فاريغري Juan Frigeri و غيرهم اسم الملون: فيدريكو بليي Federico Blee نتمنى ان الحلقة تعجبكم و كالعادة لتعليقاتكم و اقتراحاتكم، تابعونا على حسابات الجبهة في السوشال ميديا   تويتر: twitter.com/JabhaVerse انستقرام: instagram.com/jabhaverse?igshid=vulklvmem تويتش: www.twitch.tv/jabhaverse يوتيوب: youtube.com/c/JabhaVerse تويتش خالد: https://www.twitch.tv/shaggiekay تويتش ألعاب: https://t.co/UqKRenbQtO يوتيوب ألعاب: https://t.co/IZRvfXyuiV تويتر ألعاب: https://twitter.com/AlaabGaming حساب عمر:

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Sixty-Third Episode, Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti's mystery project is unveiled as G.O.D.S, as Hickman has described as Marvel's Sandman, which will feature the clash of The Natural Order of Things against The Powers That Be that is promised by Marvel as Hickman's most ambitious undertaking to date, dramatically reshaping Marvel's pantheon of cosmic beings and the entities behind the very fabric of reality. With Hickman revealed that when he returned to Marvel that along with House of X, G.O.D.S was his other ambitious work, drawn and colored by Valerio Schiti and Marte Gracia, respectively; Hickman's next Marvel Spanning Epic will launch in the Fall of 2023 with a preview in Free Comic Book Day. When Hickman writes, you read. "The X-Men hoped Krakoa would last forever. Time to find out if they were right." was the tease Marvel first gave for the Post-Destiny of X era for The Mutant Nation-State, Krakoa, which began in 2019's House of X/Powers of X Maxiseries by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, R.B Silva, and Marte Gracia. It culminates in The Fall of X, featuring a full-blown war between The X-MEN of The Nation of Krakoa and The Anti-Mutant Coalition of ORCHIS as new titles and complete press releases are made at MegaCon '23. It all begins at The Hellfire Gala '23!  Daredevil: Born Again, the next chapter in Daredevil's MCU Run, is confirmed by Vincent D'Onofrio to maintain the violence that its Netflix predecessor had, and along with that, Season 2 has already been planned out by the team! John Wick Chapter IV dominates the opening weekend box office while Jeremy Renner shares an update on his recovery in the aftermath of an accident. MultiVersus, which I must remind all had microtransactions, is closing down of its Early Access phase and re-release in 2024, with no plans regarding refunding everyone who paid for microtransactions and Battle Passes. After multiple dropouts, E3 2023 is canceled. While all that is happening, Liv Tyler, who first and last appeared in the MCU's Incredible Hulk, is returning for Captain America 4: New World Order, as Disney announces the plan to lay off 7,000 employees as part of a cost-cutting measure which includes Ike Perlmutter, The Chairman of Marvel Entertainment, and John Turitzin and Rob Steffens. Xbox's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, which has had some uphill battles, namely Sony, gets approval from Japan's Competition Regulator of The Japan Fair Trade Commission as Sony now faces eleven members of The United States Congress regarding 'Anti-Competitive Tactics' the company has been accused of regarding the big sale. We learn House of The Dragon Season 2 will consist of Eight Episodes instead of Ten, as part of the 'Big Picture' approach for the rest of the show, with Season 3 looking all but confirmed greenlit. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 is set for a length of 2.5 hours, and Rocket, confirmed by Director James Gunn, to be the 'Secret Protagonist' of the film, which kinda spoils the idea, all things considered. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

The AIPT Comics podcast is coming in hot this week with news that'll shock you and a compelling interview with Graphic Mundi Publisher Kendra Boileau and comics creator Seth Martel! We talk about the publisher and their work, along with The Mare, a new graphic novel out now in comic shops and bookstores!Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWSNew Marvel mythology coming in Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti's 'G.O.D.S.' #1Marvel Comics reveals new Dan Slott character Spider-BoyC2E2 2023: Marvel reveals ‘The Death of the Venomverse' and new symbiote MadnessMegaCon: Marvel reveals Fall of X plans for August 2023DC releases Dawn of DC trailer, announces 'Batman & Robin' at MegaCon 2023Quentin Tarantino gets the biographical graphic novel 'Quentin by Tarantino' October 2023Bryan Hill and Elena Casagrande take a stab at ‘Blade' this July 2023Amy Jo Johnson and Matt Hotsen announced for ‘Power Rangers' seriesOur Top Books of the WeekDave:Harley Quinn #28 (Tini Howard, Sweeny Boo, Erica Henderson)Indigo Children #1 (Curt Pires, Rockwell White, Alex Diotto)Nathan:Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1 (Dennis Culver, Chris Burnham)Clobberin' Time #1 (Steve Skroce)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Harley Quinn #28 (Tini Howard, Sweeny Boo, Erica Henderson)Dave - Clobberin' Time #1 (Steve Skroce)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Spider-Man #7 (Dan Slott, Mark Bagley)Nathan: Icon vs. Hardware #2 (Reginald Hudlin, Leon Chills)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Wolverine #32 (Jose Maria Casanovas Rojas)Nathan: Briar #4 (Toni Infante)Interview: The Mare Seth Martel and Kendra Boileau (Publisher) Out now!Seth, Kendra, thank you for being on the AIPT Comics podcast. What brought you to your current roles at Graphic Mundi?Tell us a little bit about Graphic Mundi, what kind of graphic novels are you curating?Seth, The Mare is out in bookstores on March 28th, writing and drawing, how long have you been working on this project?Seth, have you struggled with sleep paralysis yourself? Your description is so close to things my sister has described.Kendra, what has been the process like working on The Mare?A lot of this story follows a lead character who feels like an outcast. “Bless your heart” is a line that kicked me in the gut early on. What's the trick to writing characters who talk around what they mean vs direct characters?Seth I love the use of the color blue particularly, was the project always meant to scale back the use of color?Talk to us about the power of a good mixtape.Kendra, I understand Graphic Mundi is tied to Penn State University, can you explain the relationship between the two?Anything else you'd like to promote today?

On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below: Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s G.O.D.S. #1 is officially announced for Fall 2023 from Marvel Comics! We’ll talk about the announcement, Davestiny getting yet […] The post Hickman’s G.O.D.S. Marvel Comic Announcement! | Comic Book Herald Live! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Will Bryan, Brian and Hassan survive discussing the latest Marvel event: Avengers/X-Men/Eternals or A.X.E. Judgment Day by Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti? #Marvel #Avengers #XMen #Eternals #AXE #JudgmentDay

Comic Reviews: DC Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City 1 by Evan Narcisse, Abel Punchline: Gotham Game 1 by Tini Howard, Blake Howard, Gleb Melnikov, Luis Guerrero Riddler: Year One 1 by Paul Dano, Stevan Subic Marvel AXE: Judgment Day 6 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Ivan Piorelli, Marte Gracia Moon Knight Annual by Jed MacKay, Federico Sabbatini Strange Academy: Finals 1 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Infinity Comics Spider-Verse Unlimited 21 by Gustavo Duarte Strange Tales: Ghost Rider by Rich Douek, Ramon Bachs, Javier Tartaglia Who Is: Ironheart by Eve Ewing, David Cutler, Roberto Poggi, Paris Alleyne Who Is: Namor by Ralph Macchio, Matt Horak, Brian Reber Dark Horse Criminal Macabre/Count Crowley: From the Pit They Came 1 by Steve Niles, David Dastmalchian, Lukas Ketner, Lauren Affe Dead Mall 1 by Adam Cesare, David Stoll Image American Jesus: Revelation 1 by Mark Millar, Peter Gross, Tomm Coker Lovesick 1 by Luana Vecchio IDW Star Trek 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Ramon Rosanas, Lee Loughridge Boom Damn Them All by Simon Spurrier, Charlie Adlard, Sofie Dodgson Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 101 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo Vault Nightfall Double Feature 1 by Tim Daniel, David Andry, Daniel Kraus, Maan House, Chris Shehan Archie The Return of Chilling Adventures of Sorcery by Sina Grace, Eliot Rahal, Casey Gilly, Vincenzo Federici, Corin Howell, Liana Kangas Red 5 Lead City 1 by Eric Gorden, Kyle Brummond OGN Going Green: Giving it (Almost) My All for the Planet by Maite Robert Ray's OGN Corner: Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things by Ted Naifeh Additional Reviews: Midnight Club, Oblivion Song HC 1, Superman and Lois, Andor, House of Dragons s1, Deathstroke by Priest, Tales of the Jedi, Nightwing by Taylor vol 1 Longbox of Horror 2022 part 5: horror movie crossover pitches News: Star Wars post ep9, Doctor Who and Disney+, James Gunn co-head of DC Studios, Ty Templeton cancer-free, Simpsons Death Note, Green Lantern show re-tooled, Omninews, Emilia Clarke playing Abigail Brand in Secret Invasion, Primer sequel, Witcher: Henry Cavill out and Liam Hemsworth in, Gargoyles sells 100k for Dynamite, AWA announces early 2023 slate Trailers: Quantumania, Guardians Holiday Special Comics Countdown: Human Target 8 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood Superman: Action Comics 1048 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mike Perkins, David Lapham, Lee Loughridge, Trish Mulvihill Catwoman: Lonely City 4 by Cliff Chiang Strange 7 by Jed MacKay, Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Poggi, Javier Tartaglia MMPR 101 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo TMNT: Armageddon Game 2 by Tom Waltz, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms Sins of the Black Flamingo 5 by Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain Venom 12 by Ram V, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Alex Sinclair Strange Academy: Finals 1 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Variants 4 by Gail Simone, Phil Noto

One of the biggest comics conventions is taking place this week, so you know Dave and Nathan will recap all the biggest news on the AIPT Comics podcast! After we get through all that, check out our interview with Charles Soule and Will Sliney to talk Hell to Pay.Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you can sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWS2022 Harvey Awards winners revealedMarvel and Pfizer team up for COVID-19 vaccine awareness comic featuring Ultron and the AvengersMarvel and New York City Public Library team up for special-edition Spider-Man library card on October 11Marvel NYCC 2022Marvel reveals designs from Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti's secret 2023 projectDark Web event gets series checklist and new details for January titles revealedMARVEL'S VOICES: The World Outside Your Window (Saturday, 10/8, 11:15 – 12:15 PM EST)MARVEL COMICS: Next Big Thing (Saturday, 10/8, 4:00 – 5:00 PM EST)DC Comics NYCC newsDC's 2023 event ‘Lazarus Planet' springs from ‘Batman vs. Robin'NYCC 2022: DC's Jim Lee & Friends panel reveals ‘Batman' cover art by Joe QuesadaAction Comics continues with Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens to supply backup with Lee Weeks: Jurgens and Weeks will explore a tale of young Jon Kent on the farm with his parents, learning about his abilities, coming of age… and battling the Doombreaker. The final story in Action Comics will feature Power Girl returning in a three-part story by Leah Williams and Marguerite Sauvage. This story spins out of the Lazarus Planet event.Superman Son of Kal-El ends, gets Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent launch in early 2023 with Clayton Henry on art and Taylor writing.Josh Williamson and Jamal Campbell to launch new Superman series: Superman has returned to Metropolis and his greatest enemy Lex Luthor is finally behind bars. The future of the Superman family has never been brighter! As Clark Kent settles back into his life, iconic and new enemies erupt from the shadows to strike down the Man of Steel!AfterShock signs former DC Comics Senior Story Editor Brian Cunningham as editor in chief, their editor moved to Mad CavePublisher Charlie Stickney exits as Scout Comics publisherScott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla's horror comics series 'Night of the Ghoul' gets film dealVault's 'West of Sundown' gets expanded to ongoing series'Breath of Shadows' reunites Rich Douek and Alex Cormack in February 2023Our Top Books of the WeekDave:Gotham City: Year One (2022) #1 (Tom King, Phil Hester)Dark Ride (2022) #1 (Josh Williamson, Andrei Bressan)Nathan:Poison Ivy #5 (G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #1 (Erik Burnham, Tim Lattie)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Spider-Man #1 (Dan Slott, Mark Bagley)Dave - Batman #128 (Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Namor: The Sub-Mariner - Conquered Shores #1 (Chris Cantwell, Pasqual Ferry)Nathan: Namor: The Sub-Mariner - Conquered Shores #1 (Chris Cantwell, Pasqual Ferry)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: DC's Terrors Through Time #1 (Steve Beach)Nathan: 007 #3 (Rus Wooten B&W variant)Interview: Charles Soule and Will Sliney: Hell to Pay interview: Out November 2, 2022!What would be the Hell to Pay mission statement?Since announced in December 2020, late-stage capitalism seems to have only gotten worse, what was the motivations to make that element so important in Hell to Pay?The official summary dubs this series Hellboy meets Indiana Jones, what is the collaboration process like creating the creatures in this series?There's some historical connections introduced in the first issue, for the history nerds out there should they expect more?Hell to Pay was being created over Twitch which was quite exciting, how did that affect your process and did it end up making you look at the work in a different light?This series has been years in the making, but when did the first bud of the idea start kicking around?Will, your layouts are fantastic in the first issue, along with the buildings and structures, what was the collaboration process like creating the truly disturbing locations in this book?When diving into a story that has Hell in its title, how much research do you do as far as Hell in fiction and historical texts?Will, there seems to be a lot of symmetry with how you frame the page, are you going for a specific effect with page design?

December 2022 Solicits Comic Reviews: DC Batman vs. Robin 1 by Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar, Jordie Bellaire Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Wonder Woman by Tini Howard, Dan Watters, Brandon Peterson, Leila Del Duca, Michael Atiyeh, Jordie Bellaire Flash: Fastest Man Alive 1 by Kenny Porter, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Batman: Knightwatch 1 by Joseph Torres, Erich Owen, Carrie Strachan Marvel A.X.E. Judgment Day 4 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Edge of Spider-Verse 3 by Dan Slott, Zack Davisson, Sanshiro Kasama, Nikesh Shukla, Mark Bagley, Paco Medina, Gerardo Sandoval, Sumeyye Kesgin, David Baldeon, Hikaru Uesugi, Abhishek Malsuny, Brian Reber, Andrew Crossley, Erick Arciniega, Israel Silva Midnight Suns 1 by Ethan Sacks, Luigi Zagaria, Antonio Fabela Image Bone Orchard Mythos: Ten Thousand Black Feathers 1 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart Least We Can Do 1 by Iolanda Zanfardino, Elisa Romboli Silver Coin 14 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Michael Walsh Dark Horse Castle Full of Blackbirds 1 by Mike Mignola, Angela Slatter, Valeria Burzo, Michelle Madsen Maskerade 1 by Kevin Smith, Andy McElfresh, John Sprengelmeyer, Giulia Brusco Dynamite Vampirella: Mindwarp 1 by Jeff Parker, Benjamin Dewey, Dearbhla Kelly IDW Star Trek: Lower Decks 1 by Ryan North, Chris Fenoglio OGN Supper Club by Jackie Morrow Birdking by Daniel Freedman, Cristian Ortiz Phenomena by Brian Michael Bendis, Andre Lima Araujo Comixology Census 1 by Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman, Sebastian Piriz AfterShock The 06 Protocol 1 by Lee Turner, Cliff Richards Ablaze Lovecraft: Unknown Kadath 1 by Florentino Florez, Guillermo Sanna, Jacques Salomon Mad Cave Lower Your Sights Vault Revealer 1 by Michael Moreci, Tim Seeley Ray's OGN Corner: Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks Additional Reviews: Kate, She-Hulk ep5, Cover, House of Gucci, Korra s3, Samurai Rabbit s2 News: Rosenberg and Williamson launching Substacks, Scarlet Witch by Orlando and Pichelli, Owl House s3, Mike Maihack doing a Spidey OGN from Abrams ComicArts, new Cullen Bunn book from Source Point, Paul Levitz Marvel comic, Constantine 2 with Keanu, Comcast Universal and Warner Bros. Trailers: Babylon, Mr. Harrington's Phone Comics Countdown: Bone Orchard Mythos: Ten Thousand Black Feathers 1 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart X-Men Red 6 by Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee Batman vs. Robin 1 by Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar, Jordie Bellaire Superman: Son of Kal-El 15 by Tom Taylor, Cian Tormey, Scott Hanna, Matt Herms, Federico Blee Do A PowerBomb 4 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Daredevil 3 by Chip Zdarksy, Rafael de Latorre, Matt Wilson There's Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 3 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry Dark Spaces: Wildfire 3 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Ronda Pattison Birdking Vol 1 by Daniel Freedman, Cristian Ortiz Captain Marvel 41 by Kelly Thompson, Alvaro Lopez, Juan Frigeri, Jordie Bellaire  

Comic Reviews: DC Olympus Rebirth by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Caitlin Yarsky, Jordie Bellaire Tales of the Human Target by Tom King, Greg Smallwood, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart, Alex Sinclair, Arif Prianto Marvel A.X.E. Judgment Day 3 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Damage Control 1 by Hans Rodionoff, Adam Goldberg, Charlotte Fullerton, Will Robson, Ruth Redmond, Jay Fosgitt Fantastic Four 46 by Dan Slott, Cafu, Jesus Aburtov ComiXology New America 1 by Curt Pires, Lucas Casalanguida, Mark Dale Dark Horse Minor Threats 1 by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories 1 by Amanda Deibert, Lucas Marangon Boom Magic: Ajani Goldmane 1 by Seanan McGuire, Ariel Olivetti Wynd: Throne in the Sky 1 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas Dynamite Dejah Thoris Fairy Tales by Ron Marz, Andres Labrada Vault End After End 1 by David Brian Andry, Tim Daniel, Sunando, Michael Russell Archie Big Ethel Energy by Keryl Brown Ahmed, Siobhan Keenan Titan Gun Honey: Blood for Blood 1 by Charles Ardai, Ang Hor Kheng, Asifur Rahman Ray's OGN Corner: The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag Additional Reviews: She-Hulk ep2, Sandman, Nope, Game of Thrones, Daredevil by Charles Soule, Hamster and Gretel, Rage by Jimmy Palmiotti News: More HBO cuts, Mr. Sinister event next year, Monica Rambeau mini-series, new Red Sonja movie, King Kong series on Disney+, bizarre new animated project, delays for Shazam 2 and Aquaman 2, Matt Shankman of WandaVision rumored as new FF director, Umbrella Academy gets fourth and final season, new head of DC film division, Omninews, Resident Evil cancelled, Wasp mini from Al Ewing, GoT gets a second season, Kyle Rayner Hispanic Heritage Month variant cover controversy Trailers: Pinocchio Comics Countdown:   Tales of the Human Target by Tom King, Greg Smallwood, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart, Alex Sinclair, Arif Prianto Wynd: The Throne in the Sky 1 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas Deadly Class 55 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge Radiant Black 17 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Igor Monti Swamp Thing 16 by Ram V, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer Department of Truth 20 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds Lonesome Hunters 3 by Tyler Crook I Hate This Place 4 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge TMNT: Armageddon Game – Opening Moves 2 by Tom Waltz, Fero Peniche, Ronda Pattison Grim 4 by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Rico Renzi

NRC Reviews A.X.E. Judgment Day #1 by Kieron Gillen! IN THE LAND OF THE RIGHTEOUS...The X-Men claim they're the planet's new gods. The Eternals know that position is already filled. The Avengers are about to realize exactly how many secrets their so-called friends have kept from them. Years of tension lead to a volcanic eruption as two worlds burn. Who has leaked the X-Men's secrets to their latest foes? Why is Tony Stark abducting an old friend? And who stands in judgment over the whole world? Judgment Day from Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti is the apocalyptic emotional event to define the summer. The ETERNALS were created by the alien space gods known as the CELESTIALS to protect the Earth. The AVENGERS, Earth's mightiest heroes, are currently headquartered in the body of a deceased Celestial. One of the Eternals' chief directives is to correct excess deviation. DRUG, the current Prime Eternal, recently determined that Earth's mutants, with their ability to resurrect themselves, represent excess deviation--and therefore, he has set out to destroy them all. Two Eternals, AlAK and MAKKARI, secretly abducted the mutant geneticist MR. SINISTER from the mutants' island-nation of KRAKOA. Writer | Kieron Gillen Inker | Valerio Schiti Colorist | Marte Gracia Letterer | VC's Clayton Cowles Penciler | Valerio Schiti Editor | Tom Brevoort Background music: “White Atlantis” by Sergey Cheremisinov. User under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Comic Reviews: DC Batman Urban Legends 18 by Brandon Thomas, Tini Howard, Henry Barajas, Blake Howard, Greg Hahn, Chris Burnham, Mike Norton, Alberto Alburquerque, Max Raynor, Serg Acuna, John Kalisz, Dave McCaig, Nathan Fairbairn, Hi-Fi, Marissa Louise Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jeremy Adams, Jackson Herbert, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, Alex Guimaraes DCeased: War of the Undead Gods 1 by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Andy Lanning, Rain Beredo Marvel A.X.E.: Judgment Day 2 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Avengers and Moon Girl by Mohale Mashigo, Diogenes Neves, Salvador Espin, Bruno Oliveira, Rachelle Rosenberg Ghost Rider: Vengeance Forever by Benjamin Percy, Mark Texeira, Juan Jose Ryp, Bryan Valenza Giant Size Gwen Stacy by Christos Gage, Adam Hughes, Todd Nauck, Miguel Mercado, Nina Vakueva, JeeHyung Lee, Rachelle Rosenberg Ms. Marvel and Wolverine by Jody Houser, Ze Carlos, Erick Arciniega, Federico Blee, Edgar Delgado Predator 1 by Ed Brisson, Kev Walker, Frank D'Armata X-Men Legends II 1 by Roy Thomas, Dave Wachter, Edgar Delgado Infinity Comics Marvel's Voices 11 (Amadeus Cho) by Jon Tsuei, Lynn Yoshii T.E.S.T. Kitchen 1 by Paul Eschbach, EJ Su Image Deadliest Bouquet 1 by Erica Schultz, Carola Borelli, Gab Contreras Love Everlasting 1 by Tom King, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth Dark Horse Hellboy and the BPRD 1957: Falling Sky by Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Shawn Martinbrough, Lee Loughridge Creeping GN by Mike Richardson, Zack Keller, Doug Wheatley Cold Bodies GN by Mags Visaggio, Andrea Mutti Boom Fence: Rise by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Joana Lafuente IDW Dungeons and Dragons Annual 2022 by Jim Zub, Eduardo Mello Dynamite Red Sonja Fairy Tales by Jordan Clark, Andres Labrada, Kike Diaz Vampirella Fairy Tales by Soo Lee, Emiliana Pinna, Ellie Wright Abstract Parker Girls 1 by Terry Moore Titan Blade Runner: Black Lotus 1 by Nancy Collins, Enid Balam After Shock Samurai Doggy 1 by Chris Tex, Santtos Humanoids Fraternity by Jon Ellis, Hugo Petrus, Lee Loughridge Harper Collins Up to No Ghoul by Cullen Bunn, Kat Farris Comixology Secret Headquarters by Christopher Yost, Simone Ragazzoni Additional Reviews: Jedi: Fallen Order, I Am Groot, Prey News: Ezra Miller arrested, Sonic 3 release date, Omninews, Thanos one-shot, Ivy series gets extended, new Deadpool ongoing by Alyssa Wong, Pennyworth series gets a new name, Valiant is done, more Riverdale nonsense, new Murderworld miniseries from Marvel Comics Countdown: Up To No Ghoul GN by Cullen Bunn, Kat Farris Love Everlasting 1 by Tom King, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth Eight Billion Genies 4 by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne, Kevin Knipstein Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jeremy Adams, Jackson Herbert, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, Alex Guimaraes Superman: Son of Kal-El 14 by Tom Taylor, Cian Tormey, Federico Blee DCeased: War of the Undead Gods 1 by Punisher 5 by Jason Aaron, Paul Azaceta, Jesus Saiz, Dave Stewart There's Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 2 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, Chris O'Halloran Giant-Size Gwen Stacy by Christos Gage, Adam Hughes, Todd Nauck, Miguel Mercado, Nina Vakueva, JeeHyung Lee, Rachelle Rosenberg Batgirls 9 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Neil Googe, Rico Renzi  

Send all House of the Dragon inquiries to askthemaester@gmail.com & don't forget to send  your weirdest, strangest, and funniest five star reviews to xray@crooked.com and we might read your review in the episode.On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight hit Bruce's Beachfront Bar! First in Previously On (2:28), Jason and Rosie discuss the sale of The CW and the latest Marvel crossover event A.X.E. Then in the first XRV appearance of Jason's classic segment Ask the Maester (20:30), he answers listener questions about House of the Dragon and Westeros. In the Airlock (39:12) they dive deep (deeep) into the premiere of the super charming She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, now available on Disney+Tune in every Friday and don't forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button!Nerd Out Submission Instructions!Send a short pitch and 2-3 minute voice memo recording to xray@crooked.com that answers the following questions: 1) How did you get into/discover your ‘Nerd Out?' (2) Why should we get into it too? (3) What's coming soon in this world that we can look forward to or where can we find it? Follow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rkFollow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmediaCheck out the  X-Ray Vision DiscordPLUGS:Rosie's IG, website, author archive, & Letterboxd.The Listener's Guide for all things X-Ray Vision!She-Hulk: Attorney At Law's Creative Team on Reimagining This Hero's Origin Story by Rosie Knight for NerdistImmortal X-Men (2022) by Kieron Gillen and Lucas Werneck. The latest X-Men comic series follows The Quiet Council, the rulers of Krokoa and the most powerful people on Earth, as they decide the fate of the whole planet.A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) by Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti. The next Marvel Crossover Event is here and it pits the Avengers, The X-Men, and the Eternals in an epic conflict. Skaar - Hulk's son from the acclaimed World War Hulk (2007) story by Greg Pak and John Romita Jr., in which a rage-filled Hulk returns to Earth after being exiled to Sakaar by the Illuminati in Planet Hulk (1999) by Greg Pak and Carlo Pagulayan. She-Hulk (2004-2005) and She-Hulk (2005-2009) by Dan Slott and Juan Bobillio (iconic covers by Greg Horn, some of which have inspired posters for the show). One of the most well-known She-Hulk comic runs and a big influence on the series.She-Hulk (2014-2015)  by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido. Another acclaimed run with clear influences on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Including a Jen / Daredevil moment we might see come true in the show! 

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

We read: Legends of Baldur's Gate by Jim Zub, Max Dunbar, & Sarah Stone Shadows of the Vampire by Jim Zub, Max Dunbar, & Sarah Stone Abraxis Wren of Eberron by Paul Crilley, Valerio Schiti, Livio Ramondelli, Menton J. Matthews III, Paco Diaz, Keith Baker, Chris Lie, & Rob Ruffolo Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Library Edition By Matthew Colville, Jody Houser, Olivia Samson

CAPÍTULO #294… Preparad el casco porque este cómic puede saltaros a la cara, sí amigos, hoy hablaremos de Hulka de John Byrne. Una divertida serie que rompió esquemas y que a día de hoy conserva su frescura además de haber dado pie a muchas series que vinieron después. También hablaremos de que será el día del cómic en España o las novedades especiales de ECC para The Batman. Y como no, novedades calentitas recién salidas del horno como Reckless, Ex Machina, El misterio Religioso o Batman RIP: La Saga Completa completarán nuestro menú de la semana. Gracias por estar al otro lado agentes. ¡Nos oímos! NOTICIAS [00:08:08] Daniel Warren Johnson prepara la Jurassic League Jan dice adiós a Superlópez Nueva película de Madame Web Kieron Gillen y Valerio Schiti encabezan el evento Judgement Day Substack anuncia nuevos proyectos Novedades ECC Especiales Película The Batman El 5 de Marzo tendremos el primer Día del Cómic NOVEDADES Y RELECTURAS [00:32:58] Planetary Batman Vs Lobo Feroz El final del verano Biblioteca Grant Morrison. El misterio religioso El Muerto Enfermo de amor Density Progenie Becky Riot Reckless Los Pitufos. Las Tiras Cómicas. Edición Integral Ex Machina La Muerte de Superman Escuadrón Suicida: ¡A por el Joker! The Spirit: 80 Aniversario Chainsaw Man Legión de Superhéroes: La Saga de la Gran Oscuridad Batman RIP: La Saga Completa Superman: Las cuatro estaciones ANÁLISIS: HULKA [02:39:35] John Byrne en su vuelta a Marvel se encargó entre otras de un personaje que aparentemente no destacaría entre la plantilla de superhéroes, pero con el ingenio del maestro supo potenciar el carisma del personaje en una serie que jugaría con la narración y el metalenguaje hasta el extremo, haciendo de esta serie una obra a contemplar por muchos y que deben mucho personajes como Deadpool. CORREO DEL AGENTE [04:18:42] Leemos todos vuestros mensajes dejados en las redes y nuestra sección de la voz de los Agentes de Hydra, ¡Habla pueblo Habla! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharnos y todo vuestro apoyo y participación! Tomos y grapas es un medio de comunicación transmedia, disfruta de nuestros contenidos también en nuestra web, YouTube y redes sociales. VISITA TAMBIÉN NUESTRA LIBRERÍA En la Calle Alcalá 211 o nuestra TIENDA ONLINE con el mejor servicio y atención 👉👉 tiendatomosygrapas.com

NEWSSubstack adds comics creators and new projects in 2022Marvel vp Steve Wacker has left Marvel's digital content division to become editor-in-chief of  Three Worlds, Three MoonsMarvel's enlists Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti for ‘Judgment Day' summer eventMarvel's ‘Avengers/X-Men' Free Comic Book Day comic kicks off with 3 storiesMarvel announces 'All-New All Different' Savage Avengers #1 for May 2022Marvel launching ‘New Fantastic Four' #1 on May 25th‘The History of Marvel Comics: Black Panther' podcast coming on February 14thMarvel gives new details on ‘Hulk vs. Thor: Banner of War'DC First Look: Trial of the Amazons #1DC First Look: The Jurassic League #1DC Comics outlines Black History Month 2022 plansOur Top Books of the WeekDave:X Lives Of Wolverine (2022) #2 (Ben Percy, Josh Cassara)One-Star Squadron (2021) #3 (Mark Russell, Steve Lieber)Nathan:Sabretooth #1 (Victor LaValle, Leonard Kirk)The Monkey Prince #1 (Gene Luen Yang, Bernard Chang)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Dark Knights of Steel #4 (Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri)Dave - Sabretooth #1TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: X Deaths Of Wolverine #2 (Percy, Federico Vincentini)Nathan: Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 (Si Spurrier, Aaron Campbell)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Moon Knight #8 (Cory Smith)Nathan: Batgirls #3 (Kim Jacinto)Interview - Ryan Parrott Rogue Sun - February 23, 2022Rogue Sun's announcement was a pleasant surprise, did the idea for the hero begin before figuring out how it fits in the Radiant Black universe?When writing a lead character who is 17, how do you get into that headspace?Rogue Sun is also a murder mystery, I'm always fascinated by how creators write a who-done-it. Where did you start for Rogue Sun?The hero in a super-suit is practically a trope at this point with Power Rangers and Gieger, why do you think this type of hero continues to interest audiences to this day?Abel's art is insane, with a thin detailed line that sets this book apart, how did you two connect for this project?In the grand scheme of things if given unlimited resources, how long would Rogue Sun run on for as a series?Dylan is an intriguing character because he's also a troubled bully, which is a unique angle. What made you take this track for the protagonist?Super minor detail but, I love the fake store names like Wallgrans, is that something you write in the script or something Abel adds?The superhero crossover is always exciting, I think people lost their minds when Invincible and Spider-Man teamed up. Are there any team-ups you dream about for Rogue Sun?The Eltarian War is nearing its end and I have to say the story has been epic at every turn. Is there an art to creating fulfilling cliffhangers on an epic scale?If given the powers or Rogue Sun, what would you do?

NRC Reviews INFERNO #4 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, and Stefano Caselli! The Finale of Hickman's X-Men Burns Away! INFERNO #4 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Inker: Adriano DI Benedetto, Stefano Caselli Valerio Schiti, and R.B. Silva Colorist: David Curiel Editor: Jordan D. White Penciler: Valerio Schiti, and Stefano Caselli TO EMBERS! Jonathan Hickman's time on X-Men ends with the dramatic conclusion of one of the first and best mysteries he brought to the line. Valerio Schiti returns on art to help bring down one of the foundations of the era. Professor X, Magneto and Moira MacTaggert banded together, using Moira's knowledge from past lives that she had lived (thanks to her mutant ability of reincarnation) to build the mutant nation of Krakoa. To secure the new mutant age, Professor X and Magneto hid Moira away -- but now, as the trust between Krakoa's founders' fractures, the truth of Moira's existence is revealed to her enemies, Mystique, and Destiny. Finding Moira missing, Professor X and Magneto followed the tracker they'd placed in her arm straight into a trap, face-to-face with Nimrod and Omega Sentinel, the Al. organisms behind the anti-mutant organization, Orchis. Meanwhile, Mystique and Destiny are determined to punish Moira for what she's done to them, no matter the consequences. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

NEWSImage Comics staffers vote to unionize as Comic Book Workers UnitedJeff Lemire inks exclusive deal with Image ComicsMiracleman Omnibus on the way but it's missing Gaiman's run!‘Legion of X' details surface in new Destiny of X ‘X-Men' series‘Wolverine' details surface in Destiny of X era series by Ben Percy & Adam Kubert‘X-Men Red' details surface in new Destiny of X ‘X-Men' seriesMarvel promises Hulk to get his version of Knull in ‘Hulk' #6Loaded Bible 2 coming in MarchVault teases 2022 creative teamsStandout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Dark Knights of Steel #3 (Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri)Dave - Thor #20 (Cates, Klein)Our Top Books of the WeekDave:Wastelanders (2021): Doom #1 (Torunn Gronbekk, Julius Ohta)Inferno #4 (Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Stefano Caselli)Nathan:Elektra: Black, White, & Blood #1 (Charles Soule, Mark Bagley, Edgar Delgado, Leonardo Romero, Declan Shalvey, Simone D'armini, and more)Wastelanders: Doom #1 (Torunn Gronbekk, Julius Ohta)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (Bendis, Scott Godlewski)Nathan: Robin & Batman #3 (Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Detective Comics #1048 (Irvin Rodriguez)Nathan: The Department of Truth #15 (David Romero)Segment: Interview with Samira AhmedMs. Marvel: Beyond the Limit has a few ideas at work be it the multiverse and Bollywood, where did you start in crafting this store?There are a few internal monologue jokes from Kamala in the issue, what are the chances she has a stand up career some day?Ms. Marvel Beyond the Limit is a lot about the many forms of Ms. Marvel, in her own history, but also in the multiverse. When thinking up alternate versions of Ms. Marvel, did you leave any on the cutting room floor?"Kamala's relationship with her supporting cast has always been a huge focal point of her series, giving the title a sense of community. What characters can we expect to see pop up --like Zoe or Nakia...or maybe even Kareem?""Kamala's family has always been so important in her stories, shaping her morality and her decision to do what's right for others. What was it like to add another character to her family with Razia?"Andres's supplied a good vibrancy to the book, was there a particular panel or page in the series that came back and blew you away?You're a best selling author, were there methods that worked when writing a comic, were there methods that didn't?It's hard to believe Ms. Marvel is only 8 years old, why do you think she's so timeless?Are you an avid reader of comics? What comics are you reading right now?

Comic Reviews: DC Batman 119 by Joshua Williamson, Karl Kerschl, Jorge Molina, Tomeu Morey, John Rauch Detective 1047 by Mariko Tamaki, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Matthew Rosenberg, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, Brad Anderson Dark Knights of Steel 3 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri, Arif Prianto Marvel Darkhold Omega by Steve Orlando, Cian Tormey, Roberto Poggi, Marc Deering, Walden Wong, Jesus Aburtov Wastelanders: Doom by Torunn Gronbekk, Julius Ohta, Bryan Valenza Elektra: Black, White, and Blood 1 by Charles Soule, Declan Shalvey, Leonardo Romero, Mark Bagley, Simon D'Armini, John Dell, Edgar Delgado Infinite Possibilities Infinity Comic by Geoffo, Dee Cunniffe Image Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Denys Cowan, Kent Wiliams, Chris Sotomayor Monkey Meat 1 by Juni Ba Dark Horse Apache Delivery Service 1 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, Hilary Jenkins Dynamite Pantha 1 by Thomas Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson, Igor Lima, Adriano Augusto AfterShock Bylines in Blood 1 by Erica Schultz, Van Jensen, Aneke Fearbook Club by Richard Hamilton, Marco Matrone AWA Fourth Man 1 by Jeff McComsey, Mike Deodato Jr, Lee Loughridge Red 5 Download 1 by Scott Chitwood, Danny Luckert Behemoth Knight Janek 1 by Robert Sienicki, Jan Mazur, Spell, Igor Wolski Cryptids 1 by Justin Paul, Team Diamant Additional Reviews: Boba Fett ep2, Star Trek Prodigy, Bad movie review News: Arkham Asylum interactive experience in London, CW for sale, Bad Idea bad idea, Lemire signs deal with Image, new X-Men Red by Ewing, JSA by Johns and Hitch not happening, Picard s2 delay, Haunting of Skeleton Town, Turning Red goes straight to Disney+, Brubaker involved in the new Batman animated series on HBO Max, the absolute stupidest Doctor Who article Glenn asks some X-Men questions 2022 Comic Predictions Comics Countdown Batman 119 by Joshua Williamson, Karl Kerschl, Jorge Molina, Tomeu Morey, John Rauch Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Denys Cowan, Kent Wiliams, Chris Sotomayor Thor 20 by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson Superman: Son of Kal-El 6 by Tom Taylor, John Timms, Hi-Fi Fearbook Club by Richard Hamilton, Marco Matrone Dark Knights of Steel 3 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri, Arif Prianto Black Widow 13 by Kelly Thompson, Rafael Pimentel Not All Robots 5 by Mark Russell, Mike Deodato Jr., Lee Loughridge Inferno 4 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Stefano Caselli, David Curiel Justice League Incarnate 3 by Joshua Williamson, Dennis Culver, Mikel Janin, Andrei Bressan, Todd Nauck, Ariel Olivetti, Nicole Virella, Hi-Fi

On this week's comic book reviews, we're breaking down: Darkhold: Omega Marvel Written by Steve Orlando Art by Cian Tormey   Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel Art by Denys Cowan   Elektra: Black, White & Blood #1 Marvel Written by Charles Soule, Leonardo Romero and Declan Shalvey Art by Mark Bagley, Leonardo Romero and Simone D'Armini   Superman: Son of Kal-El #6 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by John Timms   Inferno #4 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Valerio Schiti and Stefano Caselli   Monkey Meat #1 Image Comics By Juni Ba   World of Krypton #2 DC Comics Written by Robert Venditti Art by Michael Avon Oeming   Apache Delivery Service #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Matt Kindt Art by Tyler Jenkins   Black Widow #13 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Rafael T. Pimentel   Dark Knights of Steel #3 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by Yasmine Putri   One-Star Squadron #2 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Lieber   Captain America/Iron Man #2 Marvel Written by Derek Landy Art by Angel Unzueta   Detective Comics #1047 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg Art by Ivan Reis, Fernando Blanco   Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, VOLUME 1 Viz By Inio Asano SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Check out the newest mental health podcast Blindsided over at The Players' Tribune (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blindsided/id1600256265).  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's comic book reviews, we're breaking down: Darkhold: Omega Marvel Written by Steve Orlando Art by Cian Tormey   Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel Art by Denys Cowan   Elektra: Black, White & Blood #1 Marvel Written by Charles Soule, Leonardo Romero and Declan Shalvey Art by Mark Bagley, Leonardo Romero and Simone D'Armini   Superman: Son of Kal-El #6 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by John Timms   Inferno #4 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Valerio Schiti and Stefano Caselli   Monkey Meat #1 Image Comics By Juni Ba   World of Krypton #2 DC Comics Written by Robert Venditti Art by Michael Avon Oeming   Apache Delivery Service #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Matt Kindt Art by Tyler Jenkins   Black Widow #13 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Rafael T. Pimentel   Dark Knights of Steel #3 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by Yasmine Putri   One-Star Squadron #2 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Lieber   Captain America/Iron Man #2 Marvel Written by Derek Landy Art by Angel Unzueta   Detective Comics #1047 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg Art by Ivan Reis, Fernando Blanco   Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, VOLUME 1 Viz By Inio Asano SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Check out the newest mental health podcast Blindsided over at The Players' Tribune (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blindsided/id1600256265).  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NRC Reviews INFERNO #3 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, R.B. Silva, and Stefano Caselli! INFERNO #3 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Inker: Adriano DI Benedetto, Stefano Caselli Valerio Schiti, and R.B. Silva Colorist: David Curiel Editor: Jordan D. White Penciler: Valerio Schiti, R.B. Silva, Stefano Caselli NIMROD STRIKES! Krakoa's troubles don't attack one at a time. Jonathan Hickman reunites with his POWERS OF X collaborator R.B. Silva for the penultimate chapter of his X-Swan Song. Together, Professor X, Magneto and Moira MacTaggert banded together, using Moira's knowledge from past lives that she had lived (thanks to her mutant ability of reincarnation) to build the mutant nation of Krakoa. To secure the new mutant age, Moira was hidden away, and Professor X and Magneto have hidden her existence from everyone. But now, with the recent resurrection of Destiny and the threat she poses to Krakoa, Moira's existence has been revealed to Emma Frost and the bonds of trust that helped form this mutant society have begun to erode. Meanwhile, the anti-mutant organization known as O.R.C.H.I.S, spearheaded by the A.l. organisms Omega Sentinel and Nimrod, stands more unified than ever ready to exploit any sign of cracks in Krakoa's foundation. Background music: “White Atlantis” by Sergey Cheremisinov. User under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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THE STORY THAT WILL SHAKE KRAKOA TO ITS CORE! A horrific murder. A shocking revelation. A trial that will divide the new mutant nation. Leah Williams and Valerio Schiti bring you a new epic that threatens the Reign of X and will upend the world of mutants. The truth is hidden, the danger is far from over, and the trial has begun! Dial M for Wanda FROM PARTIES TO FUNERALS The Hellfire Gala was meant to be a joyous occasion where mutants and non-mutants alike came together to celebrate Krakoa. But when the night ended in murder, everyone is left asking: Who killed The Scarlet Witch, and where is Magneto? X-Factor has been called to investigate the death of Wanda Maximoff, using their detailed forensics work to uncover the precise moments leading up to her attack and murder. Writer: Leah Williams | Penciler: Lucas Werneck | Colorist: Edgar Delgado | Head of X: Jonathan Hickman

Wanda Maximoff has been murdered on Krakoa and Magneto is the main suspect! Publisher Description (W) Leah Williams (A) Lucas Werneck (CA) Artgerm THE STORY THAT WILL SHAKE KRAKOA TO ITS CORE! A horrific murder. A shocking revelation. A trial that will divide the new mutant nation. Leah Williams and Valerio Schiti bring you a new epic that threatens the Reign of X and will upend the world of mutants. The truth is hidden, the danger is far from over, and the trial has begun Rated T+  SUBSCRIBE to watch more videos like this one! LET'S CONNECT! -- Talk Nerdy to Me Facebook -- Zia Comics Facebook -- Zia Comics Twitter -- Zia Comics Instagram -- Talk Nerdy to Me website -- Zia Comics website LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST! - iTunes - RSS Feed - Stitcher - Google Play - Podbean - Spotify - Tune In/Alexa - Pandora #ziacomics #marvel #marvelcomics #xmen #scarletwitch #magneto

Sep 2021 Solicits Comic Reviews: Wonder Woman: Black and Gold 1 by AJ Mendez, Ming Doyle, Nadia Shammas, Morgan Beem, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, Amy Reeder, Becky Cloonan Batman: Reptilian 1 by Garth Ennis, Liam Sharp Checkmate 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Dave Stewart Infinite Frontier 1 by Joshua Williamson, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr Gamma Flight 1 by Al Ewing, Crystal Frasier, Lan Medina, Antonio Fabela Heroes Return 1 by Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Matt Wilson Marvel's Voices: Pride by Kieron Gillen, Allan Heinberg, Terry Blas, Steve Orlando, Tini Howard, Mariko Tamaki, Vita Ayala, Leah Williams, Lilah Sturges, Anthony Oliveira, Crystal Frasier, J.J. Kirby, Jan Bazaldua, Jim Cheung, Kris Anka, Olivier Coipel, Jethro Morales, Derek Charm, Joanna Estep, Javier Garron, Claudia Aguirre, Jen Hickman, Brittney Williams, Samantha Dodge, Luciano Vecchio, Marcelo Maiolo, David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Tamra Bonvillain, Paulina Ganucheau, Brittany Peer, Kendall Goode Vinyl 1 by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, Dave Stewart Spawn's Universe 1 by Todd McFarlane, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Jim Cheung, Brett Booth, Adelso Corona, FCO Plascencia, Peter Steigerwald, Andrew Dalhouse Black Hammer Reborn 1 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Imogen of the Wyrding Way by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Peter Bergting, Michelle Madsen Good Luck 1 by Matthew Erman, Stefano Simeone Snow Angels vol 2 1 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Sonic 30th Anniversary Special Carmen Sandiego: Need For Speed Caper Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine by Brenda Hickey Keeper of the Little Folks: Fairy Balm by Carbone, Veronique Barrau, Charline Forns Claire and the Dragons 1 by Wander Antunes ExtraOrdinary 1 by V.E. Schwab, Enid Balam, Ana Godis 99 Cent Lounger 1 by Nick Mullins Homerville 1 & 2 by Justin Young Wandering Koala 1 by Jeff Thomason After the Storm by Stefano Petris Deadgods 1 by Juan Ramon Lapaix Jupiter Invincible 1 by Yusef Komunyakaa, Ashley Woods Loveland by Timothy Pitoniak Tales From the Dispatch Vol 2 by Maxwell Bristol, Catherine Broxton, Shaun Evans, Edward Ficklin, Matthew Sotello, Eric Young Tales of the Scarlet Order Vampires by David Lee Summers, Michael Ellis The Black Car by Michael Kaz, Josh Maikis, Gregory Ramos The Walk by Michael Moreci, Jesus Hervas Additional Reviews: Shazam!, Loki ep3, Owl House 2.3 News: Batwoman stupidity, hope for Gwen Stacy, ScarJo returning to Disney for Tower of Terror, Spider-Man Beyond (from Saladin Ahmed, Cody Zigler, Zeb Wells, Patrick Gleason, Kelly Thompson), Joker manga where he raises deaged Batman, return of Warren Ellis, Skybound YA graphic novel line, delays to Batman/Catwoman, Cates/Stegman series Vanish, Savage Land-based movie, Marvel NFTs, Avatar new live-action series makes all the old mistakes Trailers: Jurassic World Dominion, Sexy Beasts, Karen, Shang-Chi Am it Glenn? Comics Countdown: Ascender 16 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Stray Dogs 5 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner Undiscovered Country 13 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson Something is Killing the Children 17 by James Tynion IV, Wether Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto Black Hammer Reborn 1 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Snow Angels Season Two 1 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Batman/Superman 19 by Gene Luen Yang, Emanuela Lupacchino, Darick Robertson, Kyle Hotz, Steve Lieber, Matt Santorelli, Sabine Rich Robin 3 by Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov, Luis Guerrero Shadecraft 4 by Joe Henderson, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela Guardians of the Galaxy 15 and SWORD 6 by Al Ewing, Juan Frigeri, Guru eFX, Adelso Corona, David Curiel, Federico Blee, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia

This week we talk about the prequel to the return of Marvel's first family, in Marvel 2-In-One (Vol 1, Issues 1-12 + Annual 1) by Chip Zdarsky, Ramon Perez, Jim Cheung, Valerio Schiti and Declan Shalvey. We talk about Big Blue-eyes and his hot head friend and their journey into mysterious alternate dimensions, as they try to find the stretchy fella and that vanishing woman who have gone missing since the events of Secret Wars (2015). We talk about Victor Von Doom and his new identity and how this book brings an underlining motif of one's need to reidentify in the wake of once becoming a God. All of this and so much more in this episode of Who Watches the Watchers!? Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: https://www.instagram.com/comicbookraiders/

Fecha de Grabación: Domingo 25 de abril de 2021Algunas de las noticias y temas comentados:El tercer hermano Summers. ¿Quién es, de dónde salió y cuales son los poderes de este misterioso mutante nivel omega en los X-Men?Se rumora una cuarta película de Captain America tras los sucesos de The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, con Malcolm Spellman, showrunner de la serie, como uno de sus escritores.Se dice que Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) sería el responsable de escribir y dirigir la adaptación de Starlight, de Mark Millar y Goran Parlov.Respondemos bastantes preguntas de los auditores.¡...Y muchísimo más!Comentario de cómics:Stillwater, cómic escrito por Chip Zdarsky y dibujado por Ramón K. Pérez con color de Mike Spicer. (Image Comics/Skybound)The Old Guard: Force Multiplied, cómic escrito por Greg Rucka y dibujado por Leandro Fernández, con color de Daniela Miwa. (Image Comics)The Old Guard: Tales Through Time, cómic escrito por Greg Rucka y otros, y dibujado por Leandro Fernández y otros, con color de Daniela Miwa. (Image Comics)Empyre, crossover entre Avengers y Fantastic Four escrito por Al Ewing y Dan Slott, y dibujado por Valerio Schiti con color de Marte Gracia. (Marvel Comics)Pueden escuchar el Podcast en este reproductor.Descarga Directa MP3 (Usar botón derecho del mouse y opción "guardar enlace como"). Peso: 93.9 MB; Calidad: 128 Kbps.El episodio tiene una duración de 01:42:25.Recuerden que ya está otra vez activa nuestra campaña en Patreon. Cada episodio del podcast se publica ahí al menos 24 horas antes que a través de los canales habituales, y cada mes grabamos un especial temático que es exclusivo de esta plataforma. Puedes sumarte a nuestros patreoncinadores™ con aportaciones desde 1 dólar al mes, y no existe un mínimo de tiempo para mantener su suscripción.También puedes encontrar nuestro podcast en los siguientes agregadores y servicios especializados:Comicverso en SpotifyComicverso en iVooxComicverso en Apple PodcastsComicverso en Google PodcastsComicverso en Amazon MusicComicverso en Archive.orgComicverso en I Heart RadioComicverso en Overcast.fmComicverso en Pocket CastsComicverso en RadioPublicComicverso en CastBox.fm¿Usas alguna app o servicio que no tiene a Comicverso? En la barra lateral está el feed del podcast, mismo que puedes agregar al servicio de tu preferencia.Nos interesa conocer opiniones y críticas para seguir mejorando. Si te gusta nuestro trabajo, por favor ayúdanos compartiendo el enlace a esta entrada, cuéntale a tus amigos sobre nuestro Podcast, y recomiéndalo a quien creas que pueda interesarle. Hasta pronto.Deja tus comentarios o escríbenos directamente a comicverso@gmail.com

July 2021 Solicitations Comic Reviews: Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point 1 by Donald Mustard, Christos Gage, Reilly Brown, Nelson DeCastro, John Kalisz Superman: Red and Blue 2 by Steven Seagle, Chuck Brown, Stephanie Phillips, Dan Panosian, Jason Howard, Denys Cowan, Duncan Rouleau, Marley Zarcone, John Stanisci, Chris Sotomayor Mighty Valkyries 1 by Jason Aaron, Torunn Gronbekk, Mattia De Iulis, Erica D'Urso, Marcio Menyz Way of X 1 by Simon Spurrier, Jonathan Hickman, Bob Quinn, Javier Tartaglia Women of Marvel 1 by Sophie Campbell, Mariko Tamaki, Natasha Alterici, Anne Toole, Nadia Shammas, Elsa Sjunneson, Zoraida Cordova, Eleonora Carlini, June Brigman, Joanna Estep, Kei Zama, Marika Cresta, Naomi Franquiz, Skylar Patridge, Maria Frohlich, Nina Vakueva, Peach Momoko, Roy Richardson, Rachelle Rosenberg, Ruth Redmond, Rachael Stott, Brittany Peer, Irma Kniivila, Triona Farrell Carnage: Black, White and Blood 2 by Donny Cates, Chip Zdarsky, Ram V, Kyle Hotz, Javier Fernandez, Marco Checchetto, Rachelle Rosenberg, Juan Fernandez Old Guard: Tales Through Time 1 by Greg Rucka, Andrew Wheeler, Leandro Fernandez, Jacopo Camagni, Daniele Miwa Many Deaths of Laila Starr 1 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade, Ines Amaro Girls of Dimension 13 1 by Graham Nolan, Bret Blevins, Gregory Wright Godzilla: Monsters and Protectors 1 by Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening The Rise by George C. Romero, Diego Yapur Unfinished Business OGN by Paul Levitz, Simon Fraser, Cary Caldwell Guerilla Green OGN by Cookie Kalkair, Ophelie Damble 99 Cent Theatre: Sci-Fi Revue 2020 by Rob Pilkington, Val Halvorson, Kayla Kinoo, J.J. Lopez, Dave Law, Kit Mills, Steve Canon The OUTsider 1 by Marko Stojanovic, Vassilis Gogtzilas Evolution Utero 1 by David Whalen Nuclear Power 1 by Erica Harrell, Desiree Proctor, Lynne Yoshii Additional Reviews: Mortal Kombat, Doctor Aphra Omnibus, Falcon/Winter Soldier finale News: Disney launches new line of graphic novels starting with Parent Trap, Last Annihilation event, Olivia Colman joining the MCU, Spider-Verse 2 directors, new Bunn book from Vault, Emilia Clarke joins Secret Invasion, Alex Ross and NFTs, Harrow County returns, Red Sonja Black White and Red, Knuckles and Tails in Sonic 2, Pixar casting a young transgender actor for upcoming movie, Round Robin tourney update, How I Met Your Father, Emilia Clarke co-writing new series at Image with Marguerite Bennett, Sony signs long-term deal with Disney+, Dark Horse gets Masters of the Universe license, Russell Crowe playing Zeus, Captain America 4 with Sam Wilson Trailers: Shang-Chi Comics Countdown: Ultramega 2 by James Harren, Dave Stewart Usagi Yojimbo 19 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Snow Angels 3 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Friday 3 by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente Radiant Black 3 by Kyle Higgins, Marcello Costa Stray Dogs 3 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner HaHa 4 by W. Maxwell Prince, Patrick Horvath Way of X 1 by Simon Spurrier, Jonathan Hickman, Bob Quinn, Javier Tartaglia Nightwing 79 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas SWORD 4 by Al Ewing, Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia

On this week's comic book review podcast: HAHA #1 Image Comics Written by W. Maxwell Prince Art & Cover by Vanesa Del Rey King In Black: Thunderbolts #1 Marvel Written by Matthew Rosenberg Art by Juan Ferreyra Future State: Teen Titans #1 DC Comics Written by Tim Sheridan Art by Rafa Sandoval Future State: Green Lantern #1 DC Comics Written by Geoffrey Thorne, Ryan Cady, Ernie Altbacker Art by Tom Raney, Sam Basai, Clayton Henry Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman #1 DC Comics Written by Margaritte Bennett Art by Marguerite Sauvage Future State: Robin Eternal #1 DC Comics Written by Meghan Fitzmartin Art by Eddy Barrows Future State: Justice League #1 DC Comics Written by Joshua Williamson, Ram V Art by Rorson Rocha, Marcio Takara Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1 DC Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Leila del Duca Future State: Dark Detective #1 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg Art by Dan Mora, Carmine di Giandomenico Home Sick Pilots #2 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Caspar Wijngaard King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1 Marvel Written by Seanan McGuire Art by Flaviano Sweet Tooth: The Return #3 DC Comics By Jeff Lemire A Man Among Ye #4 Image Comics Written by Stephanie Phillips Art by Craig Cermak The Immortal Hulk #42 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Alex Lins and Adam Gorham American Vampire 1976 #4 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Seven Secrets #6 BOOM! Studios Written by Tom Taylor Art by Danielle Di Nicuolo S.W.O.R.D. #2 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Valerio Schiti Bloodshot #10 Valiant Comics Written by Tim Seeley Art by Brett Booth and Pedro Andreo 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 episode is sponsored by Shape & Foster. Visit www.shapeandfoster.com for your free 14-day trial. Full Episode Transcript Alex:                 What's 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 have come out this week. Pete:                Shut up. Justin:              We sure do. We got lots. Alex:                 With one that Pete is terrified by. Pete:                Oh my God, we're starting with this? Alex:                 We're starting with this, Pete. We're going right into it with HAHA, all caps, #1 from Image Comics, written by W. Maxwell Prince, art and cover by Vanesa Del Rey. Now, the reason I put it right here at the front of The Stack is this is by W. Maxwell Prince who also wrote Ice Cream Man, our number one book of 2020. This is his follow-up book. He talked about it live on the show when we had him on as a guest. I feel like there's a fair amount of hype regardless in the real world about this, let alone here on our little old podcast. Pete:                We're old. Alex:                 This is a different sort of anthology. This is not about the Ice Cream Man, this is about clowns. This is still an anthology telling deathwatch stories, I believe, about these different characters, and obviously it goes very dark. But what did you think about not just this book, but how it holds up compared to Ice Cream Man? Justin:              I think definitely it's great. If you're a fan of Ice Cream Man, I think you will like this book as well. It's nice to see a story that is a little bit totally different. I feel like Ice Cream Man has sort of a supernatural dread to it and this has just more of an existential dread to it, which is just a subtle shift in flavor, the difference between a pistachio with chocolate chip and a pistachio without chocolate chip. But the art is different, which I appreciate, and I really liked the first story. Alex:                 Pete, how did you feel about this? Were you're too scared to read it? Pete:                It was very scary, I had to make sure I read it during the day with plenty of light. Justin:              You had to empty that bladder out first so you didn't pee your pants. Pete:                Yeah, this was insane. This is really just … What was nice is you kind think you understand it and then it kind of takes a couple more turns. So it was creatively impressive, but just the fact of like this is the person who did Ice Cream Man, the tone underneath it was very troubling, and scary and intense. There is a lot of creepy stuff going on all the time. Yeah, the art was glorious. The storytelling was impressive, but I am very scared to see what's going to happen if this is the beginning. Alex:                 I like this quite a bit. I thought this was really good like you guys are saying. For those who didn't pick it up, I felt, whether purposeful or not, this felt like a very specific response to Joker to me because this is about- Pete:                Oh, interesting. Alex:                 … a clown who is down and out and pushed to his limits, and then what does he do next? Justin:              The movie Joker? Alex:                 The movie Joker, yes. Pushed to his limits, what does he do next? It goes in very different directions obviously than the movie goes, but it does go to this very dark place. It doesn't back off from the realism of it. But like Pete was touching on Vanesa Del Rey's art, goes through these really different art styles that are very gritty and realistic, some that are cartoony. Alex:                 So there's a real breadth to the art there that I thought was really nice. And it does feel different from Ice Cream Man like Justin was saying, which I thought was nice to see as well. Even if you haven't read that book, even if you had no interest, even if you were scared of clowns, this is really good. Alex:                 I mean, I will say, I know I've mentioned to the lead-up to this book that my wife was a clown so I was going to throw this by her, but this is a different type of clown. It's just like more of a party clown type thing going on. Pete:                I'm glad we're- Justin:              Well, I guess we'll see. Pete:                … talking about this, because something that I touched upon last episode, I don't know if the live show or The Stack or whatever, I'm worried- Alex:                 We know, as we do too many podcasts. Go ahead, Pete. Pete:                … I'm worried about your children, because your wife is a clown, you are an evil genius. What are your children going to turn into? You know what I mean? I am very worried that I'm growing up in a world where it's going to be the birth of some kind of like joker type character. You know what I mean? Justin:              I'm worried you're raising some sort of insane clown posse. Is that possible? Alex:                 Yeah. The other day, and this is really weird, my son said, “Hey, do you want some Faygo?” and I was like, “I don't know what that means, but yes, please.” Justin:              Nice. I feel like they've got a big weekend planned later this little summer. I want to give a shout out to the movie Quick Change, which I feel like may have been an inspiration for this comic, a Bill Murray movie from like 1990 or something like that. Alex:                 Regardless, very good book. Definitely pick it up. Next up, King in Black: Thunderbolts #1 from Marvel written by Matthew Rosenberg, art by Juan Ferreyra. As you- Pete:                Bergie Alex:                 … As what? Pete:                Bergie. Justin:              Bergie Alex:                 You just love shouting things in the middle when I'm talking, Pete. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 If you haven't been picking it up, this is taking place during the King in Black event where Knull, the God of the Symbiotes, has taken over New York City. Here, Kingpin gathers a group of villains to try to take down Knull or at the very least start the process of taking down Knull. In classic Matthew Rosenberg fashion, things don't go very well. There's a bunch of sad sack, horrible villains. But a lot of people die in this book. This feels like Marvel's answer to Suicide Squad, the best way. Justin:              100%. The movie. Alex:                 I had a lot of fun reading this. Justin:              Agreed. This was great. I was really into the star character in her standalone series from last year, so it's great to see her on this team. And just great story, loved everything that happened. Great panel where you get to see Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones kicking ass in the middle and they're like, “Yeah, let's get away from this.” Pete:                Yeah. I feel like this is a great kind of story, but also the art is really fantastic in a lot of different ways. It's cool to see Kingpin out of a suit. He's rocking like a starter jacket and a polo shirt, but casually still running things like Kingpin. Yeah. There's a lot of fun being had in this book that is completely insane and over the top, but yeah, this is a fun issue. Alex:                 Yeah, I've been a little 50/50 about some of the tie-ins. The Venom stuff feels necessary, the King in Black stuff feels necessary, but a lot of stuff with this event feels very side to the event to me. This is side to the event, but I had a blast reading it anyway, and I think that makes it worth checking out. Next up, let's go into our Future State block. We did this last week for the first week of Future State. Justin:              Yes. Pete:                Oh, boy. Alex:                 We read and talked about not all the books, but some of our favorites. But once again this week we read all of the books in DC's Future State, which shows us a possible future of the DC Universe. I'd love to go to you guys. Given that we read, I'll just read the titles and then we could read the creative teams later. Alex:                 We read Teen Titans, Green Lantern, Kara Zor-El, Superwoman, Robin Eternal, Justice League, Superman, Wonder Woman, Dark Detective. Those are the ones that came out this week. What jumped out at you? What did you particularly like that you thought was the standout this week or standouts? Justin:              It occurs to me reading a lot of these books that this event feels so much like the 2099 line that Marvel did many, many years ago- Alex:                 Good call. Yeah. Justin:              … especially the Dark Detective book and Robin Eternal in this batch. And I liked both of these books. Robin Eternal brings in Spoiler and some of the … Was it Robin Incorporated? Was that the name of it or? I forget the team of all the Robins, there was a book for a while. Alex:                 We Are Robin. Justin:              We Are Robin, That's what it is. Alex:                 Yes. Just to mention the creative teams- Pete:                We Are Robin. Alex:                 … behind those since we're talking is, Robin Eternal is written by Meghan Fitzmartin, art by Eddie Barrows. Dark Detective is written by Mariko Tamaki and Matthew Rosenberg once again, art by- Pete:                Are they- Alex:                 … Dan Mora from Once & Future, one of our favorites here, and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Go ahead, Justin. Sorry about that. Justin:              And no, great. And Dark Detective I feel like is almost a direct analog to Spider-Man 2099 #1, which is a great book. I really enjoyed this. And then the backup that you were just mentioning, the team behind it, I think is Matt Rosenberg with a Grifter story which I also enjoyed. Pete:                … Yeah. I mean, I'm not mad at this event. Like this has been some very interesting reading. I've been reading DC for most of my life and some of the stuff in here is really great. The superwoman art was just- Justin:              It was really good. Pete:                … unbelievable, the character design. It was just nice to be reading a DC book and being like, “Wow, is this really a DC book?” The colors and the stuff was just so cool. Alex:                 Yeah, just too while you're calling it out, Kara Zor-El, Superwoman is by Marguerite Bennett and art by Marguerite Sauvage, who I believe was the team behind the DC Bombshells line as well. So there's definitely a sense of that going on. But go ahead, Pete. Pete:                And yeah, I just think that even the Future State: Green Lantern, we still got … I was hoping it wouldn't be the actual Green Lantern, it'd be the Green Lantern that we really like. But there's still a lot of creative stuff happening. And maybe I don't know everything, but I was really … The Teen Titans book, Beast Boy is also part of Cyborg. And Robin is rocking what looked like a Taskmaster belt. But like it- Alex:                 Deathstroke. Pete:                … Yeah. But it looked- Alex:                 Same character basically. Pete:                … Well, Slade Wilson, but the belt has the T that looks exactly like Taskmaster's belt. But that kind of stuff aside- Justin:              Terminator. Pete:                … I was like, “Oh my God, this is a ton of books that we have to read that Robin just dumped in our laps to make us read. But I ended up being very happy- Justin:              Make us read. Pete:                … that we had to do this. And also, I'm still really loving this new Wonder Woman. Justin:              Yeah. Well, Alex, you haven't said anything yet. Why don't you go? Alex:                 No, that's fine. I mean, I agree with a lot of those picks that I think are really good. Mariko Tamaki, like you said, her Dark Detective was awesome. This book is about Bruce Wade is left for dead, of course he's not quite dead. So who does it become next? The Matthew Rosenberg Grifter story, again, a really fun story there. Alex:                 I agree with you about Robin Eternal. I was surprised about that one, how much that I like that. It's a really good Tim Drake spoiler story, and I was definitely reading that being like, “Oh, Justin likes this one.” But the one that stood out to me that I was really surprised about was Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1, written by Dan Watters, art by Leila Del Duca. Alex:                 Like Pete said, I think like Wonder Woman, clearly this new Wonder Woman has been the standout here of this event. She's definitely the one that everybody hooked into. They're developing it for the CW as a Wonder Girl show. But she's great, she's fun, Jon Kent is fun. The tone of this is just … Alex:                 This Wonder Woman is … I believe they haven't been totally upfront about everything that's going on, but she seems to be from some sort of South American god, Pantheon, but also the Olympian Pantheon. Like Zeus is her dad, but somebody else is her mom. So she's dealing with the Sun God there who ends up having a race with … Is it Solaris? Justin:              Solaris. Pete:                Yes, Solaris. Alex:                 Solaris. Pete:                In that conversation, Superman versus Solaris really. Alex:                 So fun where just Superman and Wonder Woman are on the ground being like, “Well, this is messing up the entire earth because of the tides and everything that's going on, while these two Sun Gods are having a race around the earth.” Just the whole tone of it was so surprisingly light and enjoyable. I had a blast reading this book. Pete:                Also, I- Alex:                 Justin, you were pointing at me, which one did you think I was going to call out? Justin:              I thought you were going to call out Justice league #1, which is I really liked that. Pete:                … That's exactly what I thought he was going to say. I also was … Yeah, I really liked Justice League and Justice League Dark. I also liked the kind of last stage reveal. Alex:                 That was great. So that was Joshua Williamson writing the Justice League story, Ram V writing- Pete:                The third. Alex:                 … the Justice League Dark story. Robson Rocha on the first story, Marcio Takara on the second story. And yeah, I liked the Justice League story, I thought that was a lot of fun. That was all about like the fallout of the Justice League messing up and being rear-ended, what have you. Pete:                Also had the right Green Lantern on that one. Justin:              Yeah, we get our N.K. Jemisin Green Lantern. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Which is awesome. But the Justice League Dark story was fantastic in that backup there. So then- Justin:              Yeah, I like both of these stories. They do a great job of really giving us context for the first Justice League story and then just moving quickly through the story in a fun way by getting this idea out that they're not supposed to talk to each other, they're supposed to maintain their secret identities. But they're all breaking those rules, really great. Justin:              As opposed to some of the ones that I thought were harder to read were the Teen Titans one and the Green Lantern one because I was like, “What is happening?” There was very little context given up at the top. And they felt like dumping us into story that I didn't quite know it was happening. Alex:                 … I think this is an interesting week two thing in particular with the Green Lantern one. Teen Titans is like the … There seems to be a disparity in terms of time period with some of these, where some the earth is a paradise, some the earth is ruined. It's not quite clear how they connect to each other. Pete:                Which one are we living in? Alex:                 A little bit of both, calm A, calm B. Pete:                Okay, cool. Justin:              There you go. Alex:                 Teen Titans is by Tim Sheridan, Rafa Sandoval. Green Lantern is by Geoffrey Thorne, Ryan Cady, Ernie Altbacker, art by Tom Raney, Sami Basri and Clayton Henry. We get three stories in the Green Lantern one. That was definitely one where I felt like we're just dropped in the middle with a John Stewart story. You don't know exactly what's going on. They're fighting a new villain. Alex:                 The second one, it felt like it started to become a little clear as we followed. Jessica Cruz is fighting some Yellow Lanterns, some of the Sinestro Corps. And it becomes clear that the rings have failed. At some point, the Green Lantern rings stopped working. And it becomes even clearer in the third story, which was my favorite of that book, which follows Guy Gardner. He's on a random alien planet as his ring fails and he can't leave the planet, so he kind of makes the best of it. That story I thought was a lot of fun, personally. Justin:              Yeah, indeed that one was very fun. Alex:                 But there you go, good stuff from the Future State. Surprisingly like we've been talking about, a strong event going into week two. Justin:              Really enjoying. Alex:                 Next up, let's talk about one of Justin's favorite books I imagine this week, Home Sick Pilots #2 from Image Comics, written by Dan Watters and art by Caspar Wijingaard. In the first issue of this book, we met a punk band, maybe something like that. One of them got possessed by a haunted house, but- Justin:              That happens in punk band. Yeah. Alex:                 … the other folks got killed by that haunted house. And at the end of the book, we found out the one that was possessed by the haunted house was traveling around, finding relics that had been taken out of the house, and that's where we pick up this issue. This title is awesome. I love it. Justin:              It's so good. It's comes from such a strong point of view, like such confidence writing this story, which is like a little wild. Like, you're getting into all this like band and music stuff, at the same time a very specific type of ghost story or horror story. And the way this issue plays out is super fun, super unique, sad at points, and it's setting up some real tension for the characters going forward. Pete:                Also I'm glad it really explains why people hang a horseshoe above the door. We really get the kind of where that all got started and why people do that. This is all true stuff. Justin:              But what if the horses come back for their shoes? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 It reminds me a little bit, I don't know if this is exactly correct, but it reminds me a little bit of- Pete:                You buy them Jordans, that's what you do. Alex:                 … like Scott Pilgrim meets Locke & Key, because- Justin:              Okay. Alex:                 … Yeah. Well, because you got the … This is a spoiler, but we find out by the end of the issue our main character has to track down six relics for the haunted house. Pete:                Ah, don't spoil it. Alex:                 Well, hold on. But six relics for the haunted house. We get some teaser of some very creepy things that are going on there. We get some big fights. But there's this whole mythology being built out here that is fascinating to read it. It really feels like something completely fresh and new at a very excited way. Justin:              Yeah, the shot of the horseshoe ghost once it's returned to the house was very Gabriel Rodriguez I thought, in a great way. Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Great stuff. Definitely pick up this book. This is a good one to get on the ground floor of. Next up, King in Black: Gwenom, I think- Justin:              Gwenom. Alex:                 … vs. Carnage #1 from Marvel, written by Seanan McGuire, art by Flaviano. This is again tying it to the King in Black event. Here we're getting our alternate universe. Gwen Stacy is going into the fray as you could probably guess from the title, she ends up fighting Carnage by the end, but not the Carnage you know. What did you think about this tie-in? Justin:              I like it a lot. I've been a huge fan of the Spider-Gwen and now Gwenom and all the different iterations. It's a pretty wild story at this point that she is a Gwen Stacy who held Peter Parker when he died in her arms and became Spider-Girl, Spider-Woman. And then in this, in her earth, there's a little bit of gender swapping with a lot of characters and just slightly alternate takes with everybody. Then she had a venom from her earth, she's now in our earth and dealing with a lot of other Venoms in this issue, including a surprising person who becomes Carnage by the end. I liked it. Alex:                 Pete. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, they make comics for different people, and the important part is that everybody gets to enjoy what they like and that's awesome Justin:              What don't you like about this? Not enough Venoms? You need more Symbiotes here? Pete:                No, just Gwenom is cool for people, not one of my favorite characters. And hey, awesome for other people, just not my cup of tea. And I respect people want to make comics that they want to read, and then you get to pick what you want to pick. Alex:                 You sound so sad right now, Pete. I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. I do like Spider-Gwen or Ghost-Spider or whatever you're calling her. I think she's good. This is a good tie in. It feels natural to bring her into this, given her status quo. And I think in particularly the art by Flaviano is really good- Pete:                Art is great. Alex:                 … and very consistent with the Gwen Stacy Ghost-Spider book, if you read that. Next up, Sweet Tooth: The Return #3 from DC Comics by Jeff Lemire. This gets you the story of whatever is going on with this new Gus who might be the old Gus, we're not quite clear, who is being tracked out of this post apocalypse that's living under the earth. This book is so wild to read, particularly in reference and bouncing off of what's happening to Sweet Tooth. It's fascinating. Justin, I know you were a little conflicted, I think, about the second issue. How did you feel about the third one? Justin:              I mean, I still like the book. It's funny. It feels like just a sped up version of the original series in a way. And I do think we're going to get probably next issue the reveal that this Gus is a clone of the original Gus and it's sort of like someone trying to re-engineer a religious event for all these people and return to the earth, and all of that. And so I think that's a cool story, but it definitely feels like we're digging up fossils that we were there for when they were buried- Pete:                No way. Justin:              … if that makes sense. Pete:                This was an awesome, awesome issue. Earl is my new favorite thing. This was- Alex:                 This is a large elephant man who kills people. Pete:                … Yeah. And Earl was just such a bad-ass and such a fun addition to this book. I mean the fuck me Earl is loose just before his head gets ripped off, that's just great. That's just great comics. That's just fun stuff. Yeah. Kind of a creepy reveal of the kind of like two versions of him. But I think this is a very interesting kind of book as it does kind of speed through this, which I … It says three to six, like they don't have time for this. I appreciate the fact that it's fast forward a little bit. Justin:              Of course, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm saying that's just what it feels like. Pete:                Yeah, so … Alex:                 That's definitely a cool quote for the cover, “I don't have time for this shit.” Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 I really liked this a lot, it's just it's a weird read. To your point, Justin, I'm curious too. I'm more curious to reflect on it when it's done and how it works in relationship to the first Sweet Tooth more than anything else. Next up, A Man Among Ye #4 from Image Comics, written by Stephanie Phillips, art by Craig Cermak. This is ending this title, I believe, for now. It focuses on a bunch of female pirates who are teaming together. We finally get that team in this issue as they try to rescue one of their boyfriends, I guess, that's the best way of putting it. Pete, you've been a big fan of the series. Pete:                Yeah, this is really great. And I think this ends really well. It's a little heartbreaking what kind of happens. But I've been really impressed with the action, I love the storytelling and I think this is a really kind of cool way of everybody kind of coming together here at the end so we can kind of get more ventures hopefully. But I thought this was a great kind of a fun pirate story with some cool twists in it to kind of update it. And I appreciate a lot of the rage in what was happening. Alex:                 Justin, what about you? Justin:              Some comics are for Pete, and some comics are for Justin and some comics are for Alex. And this one, this was fine. I think I said last time like I'm not a crazy fan of this. Reading this issue, it feels very much like an old black and white Disney movie in it's sort of storytelling and style. Once I was like, “Ah, I think that's what the vibe is here,” I enjoyed it more, but it's all right. Alex:                 Yeah, I would have honestly wanted a little more from it. I want to kind of want to see where it goes, and maybe now that this team is all together where it goes to the second arc, excited about that. But art by Craig Cermak was good. I think the writing was solid. I had a fun time reading this. Next step, The Immortal Hulk #42 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Alex Lins and Adam Gotham. Gotham, perhaps. Justin:              Oh, interesting. And on a Marvel book. Alex:                 That's weird. Justin:              I think it's Gotham. Alex:                 Gotham. Justin:              Oh, Gorham actually. Alex:                 Gorham? Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 All right. Interesting. Anyway- Pete:                Actually, it's Jones, I think is what it is. Yeah, it's Gorham. Alex:                 In this issue, we're getting split focus between Henry Gyrich is taking over Gamma Flight- Justin:              I think it's Gyrich. Alex:                 … Gyrich? Justin:              Definitely. Alex:                 Have I been pronouncing it wrong my entire life? Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Jesus Christ. Justin:              It's pronounced [inaudible 00:25:37]. Pete:                I don't want that attention. Alex:                 Anyway, some guy is taking Gamma Flight to task. Meanwhile, the leader is trying to figure out why he can't get the whole taking over the world, the Immortal Hulk thing to work for him. He figures out some stuff by the end, so does Gamma Flight. Lots of stuff going on here and lots of movement to this issue. What did you guys think? Justin:              This book is great. It's continues to be great. This feels very much like a sort of middle type issue, so it's not the like big moves happening. I do like the reveal that our newspaper reporter, who's been an ongoing character in this run, has been affected by the gamma rays. That's a big turn and reveal. And I love, love the reveal at the end. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, it continues to be gross and creepy in all the right ways. Yeah. I mean, we got the leader trying kind of figure things out a little bit in this issue, and then some other storylines going on. Yeah, just the monster stuff is so insane and this stuff. I'm interested to see where this is going. It continues to be a really solid book. Alex:                 Yeah, I love this as well. My one caveat that I was weirdly struck with this issue, I wish, I know that they can because they've got to release a whole book every month, I wish that they would have waited for Joe Bennett to do all of it. Because Joe Bennett's art is so phenomenal and his designs are so disgusting in exactly the right way, that whenever he does an issue, it's heads and tails above everything else. And we've gotten some phenomenal stuff as well. I think the art in this was good. Alex Lins, Adam Gorham, you say. Justin:              I know, I think you've got to give it up for Gorham. Alex:                 Yeah, both really good things across the board. But man, there's something slightly missing in terms of the fucked upednes of Joe Bennett's art in this issue that I would have wanted a little bit more. Justin:              But I also think this issue wasn't about that, this was sort of dealing with some of the other characters. If we're going to take a break from the crazy body stuff, I'm fine having another artist jump on. But I got to get up for Al Ewing for really plumbing all the depths of the Hulk villains to hit all the weirdest marks, and we do it again here. Alex:                 Yes, I agree with you on that cliffhanger. Let's move on to talk about American Vampire 1976 #4 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Pete:                Albuquerque. Alex:                 In this issue we're ramping things up in a big way as our heroes, I guess, question mark, sort of try to start to figure out how they can stop the apocalypse, things get worse before they get better. What did you guys think about this issue? Pete:                This was a really amazing, fun issue. Love the crazy team up. A really intense last page. The art is really unbelievable. This was really clicking for me. I really enjoyed this issue. Justin:              If you walk in a room where the chairs are too big, get out of there, because someone's coming home and sitting- Pete:                Yeah, that's a good note. Justin:              … in those big ass chairs. Alex:                 I broke into a house one time and there was a chair that was too big, and there was a chair that was too small, but then there was one chair that was just right, that's the one that I sat in and then I broke it. Pete:                And then the bears came home and murdered you like your name was Archie? Alex:                 Yeah, that was a lot of things all at the same time, Pete. Justin:              Interestingly you were in a house that bears own. Alex:                 I got totally bear-zoned, if you know what I mean. Justin:              Yeah, you got bowned. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 Yeah, great book. Really awesome every issue. Let's move on and talk about Seven Secrets … Yes, what? Justin:              No, I do. I really like this book. Scott Snyder has such a mastery of these characters, and I think it's building up to something really exciting. Alex:                 Yeah. I guess the main thing is just like, it is wild to be in a thing that started with something so relatively simple as, “There's different type of vampires,” and now it's like, “Every monster,” but I love it, it's fun to read. Seven Secrets #6 from Boom! Studios, written by Tom Taylor, art by Daniele Di Nicuolo. We have wondered the entire series what these secrets are, they just kind of talked about what the secrets are. Finally, we get an inkling of what is going on- Pete:                A little taste of the secret. Alex:                 … with them as our heroes get attacked by the Keepers, the Villains, manage to escape at the last second. And we open up the mythology of the book in a really big and very weird way. I thought this issue was not only great as the series has been, but very necessary in terms of the run, because there's only so long you can keep these secrets- Pete:                Yeah, exactly. Alex:                 … secret from the reader before it starts to get annoying and they start to really pull back the veil here. Justin:              Yeah. It's great to hear your secrets. Go ahead. Pete:                I was really impressed because I was like, “Man, it's the sixth issue when we're finally getting a little taste of the secrets,” I was like, “There's no way to build up.” But the fact that it is such a huge kind of thing that happens when they open up one of the cases, I was like, “Okay, great. This is worth it. This is totally insane. The action is over the top.” It's really interesting how something can start at one place and kind of end up here. It's really impressive, the writing and the storytelling. It's great. Justin:              Yeah. I feel like Tom Taylor set out at the beginning of this book and was like, “I'm going to write a comic that is truly an anime, that is very much in the style of an anime series or anime movie,” and that's what this is. This feels very much like it's- Pete:                In all the right ways. Justin:              … Taylor-made to be an anime. Alex:                 I get it. Justin:              Taylor-made to be an anime. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about S.W.O.R.D. #2 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Valerio Schiti. This is also tying into the King in Black event, though it's not necessarily labeled as such, I believe, on the cover. I believe this following how it's affecting the X-Men side of the world and things get real bad by the end here with this weird defacto team of folks. What did you think? Pete? Pete:                Sure. Alex:                 Justin? Justin:              Yes. This was a weirder … Like we were talking about with the King in Black stuff, this definitely feels like it's a fair distance away from the main storyline. But it's a fun, random team of X-Men. And it's nice to read a book with Al Ewing sort of dabbling around in the X-Men world. I like the places ends. I like to see these characters random. Magneto sort of feels like older Magneto. Sebastian Shaw. We haven't seen these characters in a while, so I enjoyed seeing them in this book. Alex:                 Pete. Justin:              Yeah, Ewing is doing amazing stuff on Hulk and so cool. Alex:                 This is wild. This is like straight out of the nineties X-Men book. It's very different from a lot of the other X-Men stuff, and it is tangential. I mean, it's all of them living on the S.W.O.R.D. Space Station and try to figure out like basically reasons why they should not go fight Knull, the King in Black, is essentially what happens to this issue. Alex:                 But it is one of those books where I'm reading, I'm like, “Oh yeah, I remember that character from the nineties. Okay, that's cool.” But like you said, a good cliffhanger at the end that definitely makes me excited to read #3. And last but not least, Bloodshot #10 from Valiant Comics rate by Tim Seeley, art by Brett Booth- Pete:                Don't you feel it. Alex:                 … and Pedro Andreo. This is a book that straight up feels like it's trying to capitalize off the massive success of the Bloodshot movie that never happened. But regardless, Tim Seeley is doing his best here to put out a fun over the top, insane, cinematic Bloodshot book. Justin:              Yeah, and I think he is succeeding. I like a lot of the movies in this book. I mean, aren't we all strung out Bloodshot who comes back in the middle of the issue and tries to pick a fight, but he doesn't have enough protein? That's what we're all living in right now. And I like the line, “Come on you Jared Leto-looking motherfucker.” Pete:                Yeah, that's great. Justin:              Very funny. Alex:                 That's just Tim Seeley. Justin:              Tim Seeley does a great job of combining great action with some fun minds. Alex:                 It's wild how much happens in this book, it feels like three entire arcs of a Bloodshot comic happening within 20 something pages which is an insane pace to read. But it's fun, I enjoyed it. I don't know. Pete:                Yeah, I mean- Justin:              Eat your protein. Pete:                … Tim Seeley is a great writer. He adds humor to all the right things. Bloodshot to me is not one of my favorite characters, the movie didn't help that at all. I thought this was kind of a more interesting take, but it was very fast-paced, but it had some great lines in it. Justin:              Let me ask you, Pete, what don't you like about him? That he's like Deadpool, a character you like, or the Punisher, another character you like? Pete:                I don't know what it is, man. All right? I don't know. Justin:              You don't like nanites? They're just tiny robots. Pete:                Yeah. Don't trust them. Alex:                 He kills people and eats meat, what is there that you don't like about that, Pete? Pete:                Okay. On paper, it seems like I should love this guy. I get it guys. Justin:              Tim Seeley, one of your favs. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Justin:              Touchy-feely Tim Seeley. Alex:                 His name is Bloodshot. Blood and shot are two of your top 10 words. Pete:                It's okay guys, I get what you're saying. Justin:              Whenever we used to go out to bars, you'd be like, “I'll have a blood shot,” and we would all drink blood with you because that's what you demanded. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 And then you would shout, “Dracule.” All right, folks. I think that's it for The Stack. If you'd like to support us, patriotic.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00PM- Pete:                We sure do. 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On this week's review Stack, we're talking: Bill & Ted Are Doomed #1, Dark Nights Death Metal: Trinity Crisis #1, Empyre Aftermath: Avengers #1, Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four #1, Stealth #5, Something is Killing the Children #10, Superman #25, Ultraman: The Rise of Ultraman #1, Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #5, Web of Venom: Wraith #1, G.I. Joe #8, Reaver #11 and Blackwood: The Mourning After #4. 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 Transcript: Alex:                 What's up y'all, welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of comics that come out today. A little bit of a slower week after Labor Day. [crosstalk 00:00:23] chill. Justin:              Never. Alex:                 Never? Justin:              Never. Every week when comics come out… Come on, we just had a… We walked through the great desert of comic drought and here we are back, every week's exciting. There's a lot of fun stuff. Alex:                 I will tell you that in my mind, this is less comics than usual, but just because we did probably 36 comics last week and are doing a little less this week, so there you go. Justin:              I think that may be what it is. We're doing just a slightly less number of them. Alex:                 Yes. We talked for, I don't know, like an hour last week. That was a very long episode of The Stack. But hey, let's see what we get here. Two hours for this one. Justin:              Yeah. Let's extend it. Let's offer our thoughts on everything. Alex:                 And one little business note. Pete is off because he has poison ivy. Now let's get into it. First off, Bill and Ted are Doomed #1 from Dark Horse Comics written by Evan Dorkin and art by Roger Langridge. This is the official prequel to the film Bill and Ted Face the Music. I think it suffered a little bit by switching around of the release schedule of Bill and Ted 3, unfortunately it's coming out afterwards. I talked about this on the live show a little bit. I would just be excited about anything that Evan Dorkin and Roger Langridge are doing together because they're so good. And in my mind, this doesn't disappoint. But how'd you feel? Justin:              Yeah, it was fun. I haven't seen the new Bill and Ted movie. I'm not a die hard Bill and Ted guy. I've seen the first two, but I got to say this played almost like Bill and Ted in an Archie comic, in a fun way. It felt just like a fun, almost episodic, touchstone on all the different characters that are in the universe. Yeah, I'm excited to see where it goes next. Alex:                 It feels like the two dudes who created this are such bit dudes, so they're a perfect field for it. And you get verbal bits, you get little graphic bits from Roger Langridge in the background of things. It definitely, if you haven't seen the third movie, it plays off a lot of the storylines there and sets up those things. So I would highly recommend watching the movie first and then go and read this, because it's not that it ruins bits necessarily for the movie, but it certainly sets up a lot of the plot points there. But this is fun in its own, right. It's Bill and Ted going on a world tour, dealing with the bummer that is their not paying off on the promise of their big concert at the end of Bogus Journey. It's fun stuff. I really enjoyed this issue a lot, particularly for it being like… You could phone in a prequel for a comic like this, but there clearly is a lot of love that went out here. Justin:              Yeah, exactly. And like I said, it does that smart thing that a lot of tie-in books do, where it takes one thing about the characters and it just plays on it, as opposed to getting deep into the mythology of a certain thing or just trying to do something new. It's like, here, let's just touch all these things and then push them down the field a little bit, and it does a good job of that. Alex:                 Next up Dark Nights Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1 from DC Comics written by Scott Snyder and art by Francis Manapul. Now I will say this plays like just another spinoff of Dark Nights Death Metal. This is an essential chapter of the book, I feel like? Justin:              100%. Alex:                 Which is crazy, but you get Francis Manapul art, you get Scott Snyder doing wild writing. It's great. I mean, we had Scott on the live show two weeks ago or a week and a half ago at this point, and he talked quite a bit about the Dark Nights event. It's just fun to see all of those wild ideas at play here. I liked this issue quite a bit, like I've been liking this series, I think. Justin:              I do too. And this is a good distillation of all the characters, as opposed to the main book, which is really grinding the plot forward and having to touch on so many things. This takes the pace down a little bit, I think, and really lets each character give you a little bit of status quo with them. And after hearing from Scott, it was really cool to see all the different, especially the Trinity characters, and the rest of the characters, to see them and look at them through his eyes. Alex:                 Yeah. I'm curious to see how it plays out in the next issue because there's a big cliffhanger at the end here that feels what he is trying to do with the main series. This is an essential issue, but also with the main series, he's just throwing you into the middle of things. Things have already happened. Between the month that the comics have been released or two weeks or three weeks or whatever, other things have gone on and same thing as here, but here we're getting a glimpse of it and everything is great. Let's move from the middle of an event to the end of an event. I want to talk about these together. We got the very alliterative Empyre Aftermath Avengers #1 from Marvel written by Al Ewing, art by Valerio Schiti, Empyre Fallout Fantastic Four #1 from Marvel written by Dan Slott and art by Sean Izaakse, or Izaakse, I guess. Alex:                 We were a little mixed, I think, about the Empyre event. This had the Kree-Skrull armada fighting the Cotati, some plant people, bunch of other stuff going on. But here as the title says, it's not as clean as Avengers and Fantastic Four, it's a little mixed together. But the Avengers issue is dealing a lot with Emperor Hulkling, the Fantastic Four issue is dealing a little more firmly with Fantastic Four, as well as some other things and both of them and big teases for the future of the Marvel universe. Given how mixed I was about the Empyre event, I was surprised how much I liked both of these issues. Justin:              Yeah, I think these books did a good job of giving us the context that we felt we were lacking with the main event. I feel like with the main event, we were like… The storytelling felt like, “Oh, this is exciting, this is building up to something big.” And then it just was actually sort of a smaller event than we thought. It was a hang out event. Not a lot of characters died and not a lot of status quo stuff was changed. It was like, there's this issue, and now we've resolved this issue. And these give us like, “Well, here's what is different,” a little bit. Justin:              And honestly, it's not a ton. But there are great scenes in here. I love this stuff in the Al Ewing written book, Empire Aftermath, where we get the Brand versus versus Captain Marvel stuff. That stuff was really cool. Just seeing the Avengers hanging out and talking. There's a great scene between Captain America and Tony Stark. “I wish we trained them. Registered them. Just kidding. Let's not go there.” That was fun. There were some good moments in here. Alex:                 The other thing that I really liked about that book in particular is framing Hulkling as a different type of king in the Marvel universe, because we've got Black Panther, we've got Doctor Doom, we've got all of these characters who are very regal and serious and are very “We do what we need to do.” “We do what is best for Wakanda.” “I do what is best for Latveria.” And they frame it as Hulkling is at the beginning of this journey, so he may get to that point. Certainly a lot of people warn him that you're going to get to a point where these choices are going to be impossible, and if you want to be emperor, you need to choose the people that you're representing. Alex:                 But right now he is an emperor that doesn't necessarily hold back when things need to be done, but he is trying to be more benevolent for that. And that to me, that is a fascinating character to follow going forward, particularly the idea that Wiccan is going to be with him, and it's the sort of thing, I don't know if there's plans for this. I honestly have just not paid much attention to what's coming forward in comics. But if there was a Emperor Hulkling comic, that would be a great character thing to follow. Just the idea of how do you rule two races that have hated each other for millennia and try to do it the right way with your husband by your side? That's great. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. And being able to… They're the characters that emerged from this as the most interesting. I like the tags at the end of both of these books, but they are the ones… I would definitely like to see them on a day to day basis, what they're up to, because otherwise most of the characters in this book are characters we know and already like and they're just being themselves. Thor and She-Hulk are officially dating, which I thought was a fun revelation here. Alex:                 Also, I think this was in this one, I'm kind of mixing them up now, but I love the line after the unofficial Kree-Skrull wedding where the rabbi says, “This is the first outer space same-sex Jewish wedding that I've ever officiated.” But just fun. Just fun stuff. Good times. And the Fantastic Four issue I thought it was very good as well, and also in terms of delineating itself from the Avengers issue, focusing on the history of the blue area of the moon, which has been very key to Marvel universe continuity, working in the unknown that weird Nick Fury robot dude who took over for the Watcher and coming up with a new status quo for him as well. Just a good stuff. It's very clearly following off of Dan Slott's run on Fantastic Four, and it feels of a piece of that, but his run has been good. His run has been funny. He has a good handle of the characters, so this feels fun as well. Justin:              Yeah. Agreed. What I also want to just real quick want to say, it was nice that each separate issue, they came out the same week, and really reflected the different writers who have shepherded this project, their tones a little bit differently, and they were able to have their own wrap up. Because Dan Slott I feel was so Fantastic Four focused and got to have the humor of a Spider-Man hanging out and Wolverine talking shop and all that. That was a very Dan Slott thing to do. Alex:                 Yeah. So good stuff. Even if you were on the fence about Empyre, maybe pick up these two issues so you can have a sense of the new status quo in the Marvel universe. Let's move on to another one. Stealth #5 from Image Comics, written by Mike Costa and art by Nate Bellegarde. Man, I love this book. We've been talking about every issue of this book. This is about a old dark horse, Darkhawk, excuse me, esque superhero, who is suffering from dementia. His son is investigating mysteries that are tied with it. There is an old villain of his who is tied to his origin who is coming after him. This is the issue before the end, so it definitely feels like, even though some big things happened, there's a little bit of a pause there, but particularly with the villain, with Dead Hand, it's so well written and he's so calculated and terrifying at the same time. It's very impressive to read. Justin:              Yeah, I was going to say this comic… We've raved about it so much. Its main characters are so well done. And then they take the time and this issue to really establish… The most fun character in this issue is the villain and we get a little bit of origin snuck into the back half of the book, but it was just another great book. Great action. Really well drawn. Everyone's on the same plane. I don't know what's going to happen in this last issue. Alex:                 I'm very excited to go and get to the end of it. Let's move on to another one that's been great the entire run, Something is Killing the Children #10 from Boom! Studios, written by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. This is continuing the storyline of a bunch of invisible monsters killing some children. It's fascinating to me that so little and so much happens in every issue of this book. I don't know if you get that feeling as well. Justin:              100%. I get the exact same feeling of like… I'm always like, “Ooh…” This is such a tonal book. It's something that you read where you're just like… You want the taste of it. It's not about a million things happening because the dread they create each issue and those moments of horror and every day… I'm always reminded reading this of the issue where the cop is like, “Hey, I have a bunch of beer in my bag if you want to grab one.” When they're in the impromptu morgue they made in the high school gym, a couple of issues back. And every issue just has those great little details, and then also just a bunch of horrifying action. And this issue has maybe more action than we've seen for a couple. Alex:                 I have a question for you. When there is a monster comes out and kills one of the children, in your head are you like, “That's the thing that's killing the children.” Justin:              No, because I'm constantly, “Is that the thing killing the children?” Because I don't believe… There's something… The mystery they've created here leaves a little bit of like, “Maybe that's not what's killing the children.” Alex:                 Another great issue of this book, and Werther Dell'Edera's art is so gorgeous. I also love the layouts of this book. I mean, this might be part of getting it digitally, but the fact that they have these huge spreads that are multi panels long, it just feels and reads different from every other comic that I'm reading today. Real good stuff. Moving on to Superman #25 from DC Comics written by Brian Michael Bendis and art by Ivan Reis. This is introducing another new villain for Superman, or maybe ally, we'll see what happens, but it is a race of aliens that we've never met before who are aware of the destruction of Krypton, become concerned about Superman, and then proceed to follow him throughout history. Alex:                 So we get a parallel, for this anniversary issue, of Superman's entire history through this alien's perspective as well as through Superman's perspective and his relationship with Lana Lang, which we're reestablishing here. I like this issue. I'm cautiously optimistic after big guy with weird lip that I'm forgetting of the name, [Roeger Thargar 00:15:49] or whatever, the other villain that he introduced. There's a lot of returning to the destruction of Krypton and mining that, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Justin:              Reading this issue, maybe you want to take a mental check in on Bendis's run in general. What do you think? Because this felt a hard reset and sort of like, “Ah, I don't know, let's start over,” in some ways. And I this issue. It made me really think Superman is going to get with Lana Lang, oddly. In a sort of stressful way of. Alex:                 That would be fucked up if that would happen. Justin:              Agreed. But what do you think this means for Bendis's run in general, or what do you think of Bendis's run in general, reading this? Alex:                 I appreciate the fact that he's added a lot of new characters to the Superman continuity. That's certainly something that's needed, but this is the absolute worst way of saying this. A lot of reading his run feels like a chore. Like, “I got to read this because he's going to be adding this new thing that people are going to pick up on later on and it's going to affect the rest of DC continuity so I got to know what's going on.” I don't know, it doesn't feel exactly the right fit for Bendis at the same time. Justin:              I agree. It feels homeworky, where a lot of it is just so much of laying the groundwork, when it's just like, “What is the story you're telling?” So much of the stuff that came before him, I love so much with Superman, the real Superman family living in Smallville and it was a real family unit, and I was like, “I see what the story is here. It's a family unit rallying around their father/husband who is Superman and what he has to do.” And everyone got to do their own thing. In this it feels like Lois and Superman are always in different places, very busy. John Kent is with the Legionnaires now. It feels like everyone's working so hard and I don't know what's happening. Alex:                 There seems to be a loss of the core values of Superman in a certain way. And I think it's funny, because that's something that he is trying to hit constantly and trying to work around and trying to reemphasize. And he does get around to it sometimes in his run, like the fight with the Injustice League in Metropolis, which I honestly do not remember whether that was in Superman or Action Comics, was very good and very tense and very dangerous, but then it was interrupted by Leviathan coming in to be like, “Let's stop this fighting.” It feels watching a chess game in a certain way, to get to your point about laying the groundwork. Justin:              And that's everyone's favorite activity, is just tucking in and watching some fucking chess. Alex:                 Yeah. Bobby what's his name. Justin:              Yes. Searching for Bobby chess fish. Alex:                 Moving on to another setup thing though, Ultraman, The Rise of Ultraman #1 for Marvel Comics, written by Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom, art by Francesco Manna, Michael Cho, Gurihiru, Ed McGuinness, and Espen Grundetjern. This is the classic Ultraman hero. We get a front story and a bunch of backup stories. I'll tell you what, I wasn't totally sold on the lead story because I felt it actually did kind of a Bendis thing of deconstructing and decompressing the origin of Ultraman, and by the end of the issue, I was like, “Great, that was the thing that I was curious to see you get to at the beginning of this issue, because I don't know any of these characters or what's going on.” But I really liked the back matter a lot. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. It was weird. This story had that confidence of “You know what we're doing here. Look at these characters, they're hanging out, they're screwing around.” And then it sort of ended with “Oh, I don't actually know these characters. I don't know what's happening.” And then I'm like, “Oh, I see. Maybe there's an Ultraman happening here.” But the back matter really set it up, set up the whole thing. The Ultra Q I think was the name of the one that really set up what the deal was and how the Kaiju organization came together. And then they had the fun interspersion of the funnies version of Ultraman. Alex:                 Yeah, I like that stuff quite a bit. It's certainly a big package in terms of there's a lot of stuff going on in the comic, so I think it's worth picking up potentially for that. Particularly if you're a fan of Ultraman. I don't have a connection to the franchise or anything, so I was a little lost to the lead story, but I'm definitely curious to pick up the second issue and see how that continues because clearly Marvel has put a lot of faith of this. This is a big priority for them. So I'm curious to see where it goes, particularly because it gets to the point you want it to get to at the end of that first issue. Alex:                 Let's move on to another one, I'm very curious to talk to you about this one, Ice Cream Man Presents: Quarantine Comix Special #1 from Image Comics written by W Maxwell Prince, art by Martin Morazzo, but also by Declan Shalvey and Chris O'Halloran, Deniz Camp, and Artyom Poplin, with Aditya Bidikar, A Ewing, Al Ewing I guess, and PJ Holden, Christopher Cantwell, and Eoin Marron with Chris O'Halloran. So this is a collection of, as the title says, short comics that the Ice Cream Man team published while in quarantine. There are, I believe, four tales of their own, and then four guests tales that go along with it. What'd you think about this book in total and then any particular stories you want to call out? Justin:              I mean, this felt like such a good ice cream. Obviously we love… We talk about this book nonstop. It's something that is just a scary comic book that does so much with its stories to create dread, but also there are moments of humor and really make a point. And this felt like a great book that really digested what we're going through right now and recontextualized our own everyday horror and put it in these different storylines in a way that I thought was great, really great. Alex:                 Yeah. I really like this a lot too. The thing that I was most curious about reading this book is how other people would handle the idea of Ice Cream Man. And of course the lead stories, they capture it perfectly, they're great. They feel exactly Ice Cream Man because it's the team that's doing it. But the one for me that worked perfectly that I could not believe it was the main team not doing it, that was the one by Deniz Camp and Artyom Poplin with Aditya Bidikar. That was the one, if you haven't read it this is obviously spoilers, but it's basically a girl who is looking out through window at the outside world as it's falling apart, whether it's through coronavirus or something worse, like zombie plague, it's not entirely clear. And in the background it certainly seems like her family is falling apart and breaking apart. Alex:                 And at the same time, she's drawing little pictures on the windows to add things into the landscape and what's going on. And of course, things become more horrible, the drawings take on a life of their own. To me, that was like… This is an Ice Cream Man story. This is exactly what it feels like, particularly in the early days of quarantine, to look outside of the window and see those empty streets. Perfect. Justin:              Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Being able to really artistically bring that into the comic book form, I thought this whole book just gives that off in a way that I haven't seen anyone do that. How'd you feel about the Animal Crossing? Alex:                 It was all right. I thought that was okay. I haven't really played Animal Crossing necessarily, but it was like… It's a funny story, but it was too jokey for Ice Cream Man for me, if that tracks? Justin:              Yeah, totally. Alex:                 But yeah, this is a great package. And to your point about the quarantine stuff, I've kind of rankled against anything that talks about quarantine, TV shows that are like, “It's set during quarantine. We filmed it during quarantine. Everybody filmed it on their Zoom cameras,” makes me annoyed and I could care less because I'm living that right now. But this is something that worked for me. Justin:              And I think the real smart thing they did is really interpret it as opposed to presented it, and that's what I love about it. I got to give a shout out to the first story, because it's got my man Shakespeare in it. Alex:                 There you go. Love Shake CW. Justin:              Shakes CW. That's how I think. Scholars refer to him in that way. Alex:                 Back in time. Yeah, great stuff though. Definitely pick that up. Next up Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #5, excuse me, from DC Comics, written by Kami Garcia, art by Mico Suayan and Jason Badower. We've also talked about almost every issue of this one. This is a more realistic take on Joker and Harley. Joker is a serial killer, Harley is the psychiatrist working with the Gotham PD trying to track him down. This issue, Joker is in her house and she confronts him. This is very well written, but to me, the art is definitely the standout, and it's just gorgeous to look at across the board. Justin:              Agreed. The use of color in this is so smart. The different passages we get in black and white with Joker affectation, and then the other sections that come through. But vivid detail in the black and white. And then later we get the sort of the more comic booky feeling normal coloring passages. It's great. And the way they are positioning Joker and Harley here is something that I haven't really seen in a while, and it was great to see joker with a straightforward origin. There's not a ton of like, “He's a ghost from the future,” or whatever. It was nice to see that. Alex:                 Good book. Definitely pick it up. For adults only. Next up, Web of Venom: Wraith #1 from Marvel written by Donny Cates, art by Guiu Villanova. This is another issue teeing up the big King In Black event that's coming very, very soon. Here we get Wraith, who is in Donny Cates's Guardians of the Galaxy run, dealing with his own symbiote, [Arjun 00:27:03]. Big stuff happens here. This is as tense and big and crazy as usual as we have come to expect from Donnie Cates's Venom run. Good stuff. Justin:              This book doesn't… I'm not super familiar with Wraith, but it didn't have any business being this good and interesting and exciting. It's great. It had the vibe of a great Western story, but bringing in all the symbiote continuity, I guess is the way… It's amazing, just in general, that Venom has become this universe spanning continuity. Alex:                 I don't want to make this one person versus another, but I was struck reading this book, which is something that Donny Cates has already done, where Brian Michael Bendis was like, “Where did the symbiotes come from? The planet Klyntar. That's where they're from.” And the fact that Donny was like, “Yeah, yeah, but also they're the prison for this god Knull. It's not actually their planet or where they come from. It's this other thing,” is in my mind… It's funny that it's a responsible retcon of a retcon, if you know what I mean. Justin:              It's funny to be calling out Bendis so hard in this episode of The Stack, [crosstalk 00:28:23], who we like. Alex:                 Don't come for us, man. Justin:              Don't come for us, man. I also want to call out in this book, the art feels like… The pacing of it, the ramping up and coming down. This feels something that could have been a standalone, Western short story, just with this great Marvel universe stuff laid over top of it. Alex:                 Yeah, it's very good. All of these Web of Venom event things have been very good. Let's move on to another surprisingly good comic, GI Joe #8 from IDW written by Paul Allor and art by Emma Vieceli. I got to say, I went from not caring about GI Joe at all to this being top of my stack every month. This book is great. Justin:              We keep talking about it. Pete's not even here and here we are talking about GI Joe comics, because the depth of the world building they're doing here is just so good. Alex:                 I think my main impression of GI Joe is the 80s cartoon where you have Cobra Commander and it's all very silly and everybody's like, “My name is Ice Cube and shoot ices.” That's pretty much all it is. Justin:              Most of the communication is just the them shouting their names, and their names are also what they do. It's a very Pokemon thing for them to do. Alex:                 And the fact that not only is this team taking the idea of GI Joe seriously, but actually plumbing into their character deaths and making these often excruciating to read character studies about the choices that people need to make in the middle of war, is bonkers. This issue, we get a character who is… Well, the whole setup is Cobra has taken over the world, GI Joe is the underground fighting back, and here we get one of the characters, I'm honestly forgetting which stupid name she has, but she is the Canadian ambassador. She's behind enemy lines. She's starting to fall in love with one of the people from Cobra- Justin:              Are you talking about Bombstrike? Alex:                 Yes. There we go. And the choices that she needs to make across the board where it's like… It's hard to watch. It's hard to read on both sides, when she makes the right choices, when she makes the wrong choices, but that comes down to the writing. The art is good. I really am shocked how great this book is. Justin:              Yeah, and continues to impress. It's not just a flash in the pan one story was good. Continues to be great across the board. Alex:                 Mainly it feels like, and I don't say this to deride the writer or anything, but this feels like if Tom King decided to write GI Joe, what would happen. Justin:              That's good. That's a compliment. Alex:                 Next up, Reaver #11 from Image Comics written by Justin Jordan and art by Niko Henrichon. This follows our fantasy world extreme characters attacking some dudes on a boat. I got to tell you, we've talked about a bunch of issues in this book. It feels like Justin Jordan has finally figured out which characters work, which characters pop, and is just focusing on them, and that in my mind is such a smart decision. Justin:              It's really funny in the page, the author page or the artist page, after the cover, we see all the characters who are initially wandering through the wilderness, and I was like, “Oh yeah, remember all those people?” And now it's just gotten down to these few characters that are just kicking ass. Alex:                 And it's great. I mean, it works. I'm glad they pivoted the book to that. If you have an enormous dude who is impossible to kill and is a crazy murderous barbarian, and a tiny girl with a ghost face and sharp teeth who likes to bite people, focus on them. That's all good. Get rid of the other characters and it's all fine. Justin:              Bring out the bitey girl. Alex:                 But it's good. In terms of being extreme fantasy, I think this is a fun issue. Justin:              Agreed. Alex:                 Last one to talk about, another Evan Dorkin book from Dark Horse Comics Blackwood: The Mourning After #4, art by Veronica and Andy Fish. I'll admit, I haven't really read Blackwood or The Mourning After, but I like this issue quite a bit. This is bunch of people from seemingly a magical school or a magical library who are fighting against somebody. There's some evil masks. The character designs are great. The magic is great. Even knowing nothing about this, I think part of it is that Evan Dorkin is good at plot, Veronica and Andy Fish are great at art, so the issue works even if you don't know anything about it. Justin:              The way that the masked person kills people in this is unbelievable. It's horrifying. Every time I was just like, “Huh.” You see their corpse, it's great. Alex:                 It's kind of amazing reading these two Evan Dorkin Dark Horse books back to back, which I did, Bill and Ted are Doomed and The Morning After #4, because you have one that's like, “Fun times, Bill and Ted, woo.” And the other one's, people's flesh being ripped off their bones. Good stuff. Just very talented guy. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. And to be able to work in those two different tones is very cool. Alex:                 There you go. All right, that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our podcast, patreon.com/comicbookclub. 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On this week's Stack podcast, check out reviews for: Seven Secrets #1, Dark Nights Death Metal #3, Something is Killing the Children #9, Empyre #5, The Flash #759, Adventureman #3, Marauders #11, Judge Dredd: False Witness #2, Wonder Woman #760, Big Girls #1, The Immortal Hulk #36, Stealth #4, The Amazing Spider-Man #46, Transformers: Galaxies #8 and Excellence #9. SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. TRANSCRIPT: Alex:         What's up, you all? Welcome to The Stack, I'm Alex. Justin:       I'm Justin. Pete:         I'm Pete. Alex:         And on The Stack, we're talking about a bunch of books that have come out this very week. Kicking it off with a big new book from BOOM! Studios, Seven Secrets #1, written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo. Pete, I want to go to you first, because I was very surprised to hear, I think this was your favorite book of the week. Is that right? Pete:         It really was. Justin:       Yes. Pete:         It is. It's a great book, I love the art. It's a very interesting idea, that there are seven secrets and they are highly guarded secrets. And people kind of like dedicate their lives to them. There's this kind of like societies built around, protecting the secrets. I think it's just a very creative idea, and fun, amazing art. A lot of action right out of the box. So, yeah, I think this is a great book. I'm very excited for more. Justin:       Yeah, I agree. This is really fun. It reminded me a lot of the Iron Fist run, that I want to say, Matt Fraction did which dealt with the… Alex:         I think it was Fraction and (Ed) Brubaker, right? Justin:       Yes, yes, that is accurate. Which got into all the different sort of fighting squads in doing battle throughout all of time. It has that same sort of dynamic art style, and feels like it's very numerical, you're chasing very specific things. So, I really like this. Alex:         Yeah, I thought this is great as well. I mean Tom Taylor is such, such a reliable writer and Daniele Di Nicuolo almost has like this Proto, Manga style in a way, where feels more detailed than that in terms of the fight, but the propulsive nature of the action suggests that a little bit. There's also a really good emotional underpinning, that I won't spoil for any or somebody who's planning on reading of the book. My only little quibbled with it… Pete:         Hey, watch yourself. Alex:         All that… It reminded me a little bit in pacing of Wynd from BOOM! Studios, another book we really liked a lot. But both of them felt like… Just to take like a very broad view, back in the day, you had these ‘done in one issue', right? People still do aim for done in one issue, then you had (Brian Michael) Bendis came along with Ultimate Spider-Man and this whole decompression, and aiming for the trade thing. Both Wynd and Seven Secrets which I both like a lot, seem almost different in a way where it's not decompression for the trade, so much as here are the first 20 pages of the story. Where they ended places, where it's like not even the of a chapter, exactly, so much is it almost feels in the middle of a chapter. and I need to read the second issue to understand more of what's going on. I don't know if you guys got that same feeling for that. Justin:       No, I hear you. Especially in Wynd. Pete:         That's a very weird thing to say, but, okay. Justin:       No, but I get it from a storytelling perspective, it's like we've talked about writing for the trade for almost the entire run of our podcast, and this is taking it to the next level. It's like literally writing the trade, and then chopping it up with like a butcher's knife, and here's the first issue. Alex:         Yeah, which is, it's a good first issue, and I highly recommend picking it up. But it just, it needs more, for me. Pete:         I don't… Yeah, I disagree. I think the ending was a fucking crazy ending and it's a kind of fun place to leave it off until next time. Alex:         It's good. It's a good book. Definitely pick it up. That's why we wanted to lead with it. Next up, Dark Nights: Death Metal #3 from DC Comics written by Scott Snyder and art by Greg Capullo. Talk about wild. This is a wild ride to through the DC Universe. The heroes of the DC Universe are being completely beaten down by the Batman Who Laughs, who now is the Dark Knight, I think he's called. Justin:       The Darkest Knight. Alex:         Yeah, there we go… Because he has Doctor Manhattan powers. They're trying to stave off the death of the Multiverse as usual, as you do. And so, they've invaded Apocalypse to go and rescue Superman in this issue. Some other things happen. How'd did you feel about this? Pete:         Now this is just a fun comic. Like by the title it's like, Dark Nights: Death Metal. Like let's take this, what we know and love, and just turn it to 11. You got para Robins; you've got like insane crazy ideas. Everything is fun and over the top about this. You've got Superman with like knuckle-dusters on. I mean this is just crazy fun that like you know, just makes the young kid inside of you excited about what you're seeing on the page. [00:05:00] Justin:       The way you even structure your review, Pete, reminds me of Stefon on SNL, which is actually sort of a good description of this book. But it's like you want to go to the craziest night club in the DC Universe. [laughter] Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       You've got Batman a dinosaurs, you've got a dwarf riding another Batman. And that's literally what this is, it's like a million ideas jammed up in a blender and spread out over a crisis style storyline line. And I like it as well. It's like they took a hammer to the Elseworld's annual crossover from like the late ‘90s, smashed up all those bits, jammed them together, and we're like, “This is an event we're actually going to spend some time in.” And this issue, especially, I thought was super fun. All the Superman stuff was great. The Mister Miracle escape, all that. I… Pete:         Yeah. The use of Mister Miracle is amazing. The dark side of Batman was crazy. Like seeing Wonder Woman with like a metal ass chainsaw. It was just so badass. Justin:       I could do with a few less Batman, let me just say that. Alex:         Yes, it is… We're reaching critical mass with Batman, and I think they would kind of realized that to the point where Harley Quinn is like, “Man, he's really good with branding”, and just calling that out. And I think like that's the sort of cheeky self-awareness that makes this work, because it's Scott Snyder realizing how ludicrously over the top it is. Everything that's going on and leaning into that, versus saying, “No, no, no. This is serious stuff here. Okay, there's a lot of Batman.” It doesn't feel… The stakes are high, but it doesn't feel serious at any point, and I think that's good. Like that gets into you. One of my favorite characters from Scott Snyder's run, we get Jarro the pint-sized Starro [overlap talk] who think Batman is his dad. Pete:         Come on. Alex:         It's great. It's super fun, and cute. Justin:       It's so funny. Alex:         That's enjoyable. I do want to ask you guys… Pete:         The all hands in moment was fun. Alex:         Super fun. I did feel like this issue was a little more expository than I would've liked. There was a lot of standing around and be like, “Okay, real quick, here's what we need to do, and here's what's going on. This is complicated. I'm just going to bring you up to speed”, in between the fun moments. But there was a hint that there's something else going on with both Batman and Superman, where they turn to each other in the middle, after they freed Superman. And I think it's Superman says, “Does Diana know about you?” And Batman says, “No. Does she know about you?” So, what do you think's going on with them? What is the deal? Justin:       I don't know, that moment it stressed me out little bit because it… To me, not to be the Pete in the situation… Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       But it made me feel like it's going to be like, “Did you tell her that this is all a simulation that's happening?”  “No, I didn't tell her. Did you?” It felt like a ‘too cool for school secret' that I don't want to disrupt the flow just when I'm really getting into the flow of the book. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. Alex:         Yeah. I could see something like that. I mean my big thought is that Batman is already dead. That he died, that's why he's running around with the Black Lantern Ring. That's why he was able to escape the omega beams, that hit him from the Dark Side Batman. I don't know what Superman's secret is, but to me that feels like the most reasonable thing that could happen to him, and that would be sad for Diana because they essentially have already lost. Pete:         Well, but like this is, it sort of exists in the dark Multiverse. So, it's the flip flop of everything. So, maybe that's the win, the fact that they're already dead or there's something, where it's going to be something with emotional resonance, like them being dead, but that is actually the victory they find or the loophole they escape through. Alex:         I mean, I think you kind of just said this, but what if the whole thing is in the Dark Multiverse? What if they're not in the Real Multiverse at all but this is just where the heroes have lost already, and this the flip side of the story to show them the way that things could've have gone horribly wrong. Justin:       Yeah, I mean that to me… Because all this hype about like this is the real continuity. I'm like, “I don't need that.” This is just as good a story if it takes place in a Dark Multiverse, but I think what emerges from that I guess is what the lesson is. It's are we going to get this Superman in the world or some version of these characters. Alex:         Good fun stuff. Moving on, Something is Killing the Children #9 from BOOM! Studios written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera. If you happen to read this book Something is Killing the Children, it's a bunch of monsters. They like to eat children. And there's one woman who may or may not be able to stop them. In this issue, she trying to appeal to a young boy who has previously been attacked by the monsters to try and act as bait for them. Man, this book is so good. So, well drawn, so well written. This is almost the opposite of what I was saying with Seven Secrets where it's like not a lot happens every issue but it feels so weighted every single time. [00:10:06] Justin:       Yeah, there's just a creeping dread all the time, and we get little dribs and drabs of backstory each time. It's really interesting, and also really horrifying, the stuff that happens. The adults feel like they're crippled and stuck in place the entire time. There's a whole section about like, “I'm just handing out beers, because I don't know what else to do.” While the kids are either being murdered or trying to act against these monsters. And the sort of reveal, at the end, is interesting and maybe spins the story in a different direction. Pete:         Yeah, I mean this is a very interesting comic. Each issue has been a fun surprise of like, what's kind of in store. In this one, we kind of get her back story, the main hunter's backstory and it's very cool the way it's told. I really love the paneling and the art of this book. It's just very unique and cool. And I think this is one of my favorites in this stack. It's really great every time we get to read this. Alex:         I agree. Let's move back to Marvel for Empyre#5 story by Dan Slott and Al Ewing, written by Al Ewing, art by Valerio Schiti. And when I say move back to Marvel, this is the first time we're talking about Marvel in The Stack. I thought here's another on… [chuckle] So, this is the second to the last issue of Empyre, Marvel's big events, which is plants versus zombies. In this, the Cotati, a plant race, has been attacking Earth. They want to take over the Earth and the entire universe. The Kree and Skrull are trying to stop them. But in the middle of all of that whole Hulkling has been leading the Kree and the Skrull army, except not really. There's actually somebody masquerading as him, Wiccan who secretly married him. Figured that out the last issue. That's where they pick up this issue, with both that, and the fact, that She-Hulk, who has been taken over by one of these plant creatures, and is supposedly dead is attacking the Thing. So, lots of stuff going on here. As we round up this event, how are you feeling about it? Pete:         Well this issue, I'm like, “All right now, things are happening.” Like things are really cooking now. I feel like I'm just starting to get into this event. But this was a great issue; a lot happened. It's sad though we didn't address the She-Hulk stuff yet, but I feel like this had a great amount of kind of like story mixed with action and the weight of everything happening. I really like this issue. Justin:       I like this issue too. It really is… I'm so surprised it's ending already. It does feel like it's just ramping up. It feels so short to go right into the final movement right here. I really like that they folded in the wedding between Hulkling and Wiccan, as sort of a main story point. Like that feels really good. But I feel like I need two more issues to really elevate the stakes. And if the She-Hulk death is like the whole thing here, it's like… I don't know, it feels a little disjointed. Alex:         It's… Pete:         I… Oh, I'm sorry… Alex:         All I was going to say is, this struck me over the past couple of issues but it really started to hit me with this one. And I know this isn't a TV show, so it's the wrong term, but there's not enough sets in this book. Like it takes place… Pete:         Ha… Weird. Alex:         It takes place on the alien ship mostly, where they really haven't left the throne room that Hulkling is in. And then there's a couple of glimpses of other places that they go to that mostly seem motivated by what's happening in the spin offs side stories. So, we get a bunch of stuff at Wakanda, but it's more like here's an overview of what's happening in other places, and then Tony Stark and Reed Richards are just hanging out in Avengers Mountain and putting together a suit. So, like you guys are saying every issue of this is good and fun. Dan Slott and Al Ewing know what they're doing. Valero Schiti's art is very good superhero art, but there's not a lot going on, which is surprising. Pete:         Yeah… So first of, I want to say I'm sorry Wakanda is not enough for you. Secondly, I love… Alex:         Hey, what can you, Wakanda do about that? Pete:         Ahhhhhh… Justin:       Oh, boy. Alex:         Giddy-up… [chuckles] Pete:         Anyways… I really love The Thing stuff in here like this. Like when you're talking about a classic fight and this whole thing about giving up. I thought that was a perfect kind of monologue for The Thing to have. I really thought it was a cool bad ass moment. Alex:         Yeah, I agree The Thing stuff is good, the character stuff is good, like I was saying it's well written, it's well drawn. I just want a little more out of a big cosmic event. Justin:       Yeah, of course, the small moments are great and you would expect that out of these writers, but like when you think about the great epic crossovers like Infinity Gauntlet, every issue a massive event happened, and you really felt the movement of the book. [00:15:00] And to your point Alex, there aren't a lot of sets; the movement has been very small. And you want those big sweeping moments like remember that… I want to say fifth issue of Infinity Gauntlet, when all of the beings of the universe showed up and it was like, “holy shit”. It felt huge, and this feels small. Alex:         Maybe part of it is the name. They've been selling it as this big event. They've been building up for a while. They called it Empyre, and so far, the Cotati haven't done anything. Like they're trying to take over Earth, but we don't get to actually see them really taking over Earth. Not to armchair write this but I want to see them take over Earth in issue one, and then expand outward from that like what happens next how what happens when they start to actually take over the universe make this a big thing and it just I don't know it feels small. Next up, Dryad #4 from Oni Press, written by Curtis Wiebe and illustrated by Justin Osterling. We launched this in a live show, but we are setting up an interview with the creative team. So, check for that in your local Comic Book Club feed. But this book is great and wild, every issue. We talked about it as the heir to Saga very purposely. I think, in the promotional materials, they call it the Saga Continues for the next issues. But if you haven't been reading, it started off as a fantasy story. It's about two parents, take their kids, hide out in a fantasy style town. Turns out, it's not really a fantasy world; it's actually a tech world with some fantasy looking creatures. Magic has disappeared, except the dad actually has magic. And last issue, they got picked up by a mercenary team, and taken back to the city that they've fled from, that's where they had this issue. Things go terribly wrong for there. I just don't know what this book is, from issue to issue, and I love it. I love it. [chuckle] Justin:       Yeah, it's mixing up a lot of stuff in a good way though it's moving through it very specifically in a smart way. I'm totally on board with it. The Saga comparison is great. I that we've made that… I think it also reminds me of Ascender and Descender as well; the image book. Because it is blending that science and magic worlds. Pete:         Yeah, I just think it's very interesting the way each issue is so different. This one is very action packed and a lot of crazy stuff going on. So, it's very cool when you pick up a book and you think you're like you have an understanding of it and it still surprises you. Justin:       Yep. Alex:         Good stuff. Let's move on to The Flash #759, from DC Comics, written by Joshua Williamson art by Rafa Sandoval and Scott Kolins. This kicking off finish line, which is technically Joshua Williamson's, I believe, last arc on The Flash. Something he teased way back when he was on our live show. So, this is something he's been building to for a really long time. Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom, has taken over Barry Allen's body, stranded him in the Speed Force, and meanwhile, he's trying to turn all of his friends against him. I know you guys aren't really into the speedsters. I, of course, enjoyed this issue because I love the speedsters. Love Bart Allen, like seeing him interacting with Barry and everybody else. What'd you guys feel about this one? Pete:         Well, I felt like we had, the art's unbelievable. And then, we had like an evil Flash messing with a younger big haired Flash, and then all old timey Flash was like, “Leave them damn kids alone.” Alex:         Oh, it was great, what a great cliff-hanger. Justin:       Yep, what a great summary of the book. Almost like a live reading of it. [chuckles] Alex as such a fan of the speedsters, does this make you like do wind sprints or does this make you sort of speed up in your own life. Alex:         I never stop moving when I read this book. Pete:         Wow. Alex:         Like I'm just, I'm going, going, going, the entire time. Justin:       Always on your treadmill that doesn't travel through time. Your very terrestrial… Alex:         My comic treadmill. [overlap talk] Justin:       Ah, that's good stuff. Pete:         Oh, boy. Justin:       I like this. I love Impulse, one of my favorite characters in the original comic, way back in the day. So, it's great to see him here and sort of getting a little bit of an emotional moment, which I think is something that's been missing from the character of Bart Allen for a while. It's sad to see Barry Allen being such a jerk. Alex:         Yep. There you go… Next up, Adventureman #3 from Image Comics written by Matt Fraction, pencils and colors by Terry Dodson, inks by Rachel Dodson. This about a woman who discovers that the old timey pulp hero, she loves and obsessed with, was actually real. She becomes the heir to his power and his mysteries and everything else. In this issue, she's dealing with that in some very weird ways. [00:20:01] As it turns out, she's just getting real buff and larger. And getting information that is powered by the pulp stories that powered Adventureman. This is great. I love seeing Matt Fraction just having fun and also clearly just leaning into letting the Dodson's do their stuff. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. This is what, I mean if you're going to say… The art is worth picking this up alone. I mean this is definitely… Alex:         If I was going say that Pete? Pete:         If anybody was going to say it. I'm just saying… Justin:       If any one of the three of us were to hypothetically say that… [chuckle] Let's call it a catch phrase. Pete:         Yeah. I feel like… This story is good, but really, it's just fantastic art, and it's so weird the way we're kind jumping between worlds and stuff. But I'm very interested in the story. I think it moves really well. We're kind of finding things out with the main character, which is cool. But yeah, it's interesting. I'm curious to see how this kind of unfolds. Justin:       The main character grows 15 inches in her time. What would happen with you guys if one of you or both of you grew 15 inches Alex:         Whew. I would probably scratch against the ceiling, first of all, in this basement where I'm taping right now. Justin:       [chuckle] That's right, because you're already six two, right? Alex:         Yeah, I'm very tall, as you guys know. [chuckes] Justin:       Yeah. Pete:         Yep. Justin:       Maybe you have grown this much. We don't even know. Alex:         That'll probably hurt a lot, right? Justin, you probably know this, but when my kids grow, they go crazy, like literally, insane. Justin:       Yeah… When children grow, they scream the entire time, right? Alex:         Yup, pretty much. Justin:       That's what happening with my kids… Pete, if you grew, you'd be mad, though, because you like to be Wolverine sized. Pete:         Yeah, I like to be short. But I would say if I would've have grown 15 inches maybe like during high school, that would've been glorious. Really could've changed my volleyball career. Alex:         Too many inches… Too many inches, I don't like it. Justin:       Also, I'd like a longer definition of volleyball career, eventually, but that's cool… It's cool for now. I like this comic a lot. I think we've given sort of the crown of cleanest comic to a TV or movie adaptation to Kieron Gillen's Once and Future. I think we can share that crown with this book. It feels like very much writing it for the eventual TV show or movie that this would become. Alex:         Yeah, and Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick have that TV production arm, Neutral Milk Hotel or whatever it's called… Justin:       [chuckle] Whoa… Hipster slam… Pete:         Hipster slam… Alex:         Yuhhh… Got you guys, know I love you. I think you're amazing. We're happy over your house, once. It was very nice. Marauders #11 from Marvel Comics, written by Gerry Duggan and art by Stefano Caselli. Pete:         The Duggs! Alex:         This is… Man, this cover, so nervous with this cover. You know I love the Kate Pryde, man. I was really nervous, man, Pete:         Yeah, man. Alex:         I was really freaking out, it was tweaking here. Justin:       It's game over man. Alex:         Game over, Red. So, Kate Pryde was killed off a couple of issues back, by Sebastian Shaw on a boat. She wasn't coming back. She wasn't allowed to Krakoa. They couldn't reincarnate her in a new body. That's what this issue is dealing with. I'll spoil it right here… Three, two, one… Kate Pryde comes back! They figure out how to get her back. It turns out that she wasn't able to phase through their eggs, and all that Emma needs to do is pull her through. I'll tell you what, I love that Gerry Duggan is pushing the ‘frenemy-ship' or whatever you want to call it between Emma Frost and Kate Pryde. So much fun, I'm glad she's back. I know there's more mysteries to figure out but this a good book. I enjoyed it. Pete:         I got some questions. Alex:         Yeah, what up, Pete? Pete:         So, we get kind of, she has like a Viking funeral, do they purposely kind of make her look like Michael Jackson… In the boat? Or is that just me… Justin:       Let me ask you, Pete… Pete:         Like it was a weird choice, for she has like the kind of red jacket, and then the quarters over eyes or half dollars… Alex:         Oh yeah, like how Michael Jackson always had half dollars over his eyes? Pete:         No, but I mean it looks like a Michael Jackson outfit. Justin:       Like Captain Eel? Pete:         Yeah, I'm just… Maybe it's just me… Alex:         Okay. Pete:         But anyways… Justin:       Let me argue… Maybe say, Pete… I feel like maybe you're looking… If you guys have an X-Men book, you're maybe looking for something to… I believe it's called nit-pick? Pete:         Oh, interesting. Justin:       Or Pete-pick? Pete:         You know, I don't… Yeah, I mean, so we see a funeral, and then it's like me really like, “No, no… “ It was just the we didn't figure out the eggs part, right? Which, “Okay, cool, cool”  but then there was this weird moment where it was like, “Yeah, it took 18 eggs.”… “Oh, so she's 18 now?” Like that was a weird pervy moment. Alex:         Hold on. First of all, A) definitely misinterpreting that. But I did want to ask about that moment just because it's Nightcrawler calls out that they tried to resurrection her 18 times. I did a quick search for that because it seemed to me that was like some sort of religious thing that I wasn't picking up on. I couldn't find anything on it. I don't know if you guys know if there's anything from non-Judaism? I want to say Christianity or Catholicism… But something that is about 18 resurrections? Is there anything about that? Pete:         No. Not that I know… That's just why I thought it was something about her age or something because she's always been younger. Alex:         No, it's not about the age. It's definitely about like the 18 resurrections. So, I don't know if it means that there's like 18 Kate Pryde bodies out there that Nightcrawler's going to find, or if that is a specific reference to something. It was definitely a weird moment, but it was not a creepy age moment. Pete:         Okay, well it's definitely a weird moment that stuck out to me. Justin:       I would say we're not the most theological podcast hosts, when it comes to doing a deep dive on a religious reference. Alex:         Sure… Pizza priest though. Justin:       Pizza priest… No, pizza, pizza priest. Alex:         Yehey, pizza priest. Pete:         Yeah… Have a pizza priest. I'm not a regular priest. Justin:       Nice… I don't know the reference. I did like this book. I liked the position Kate Pryde had in the X-Men world where she was sort of ‘outsided' and not allowed. It's a good mystery. I don't know if that's over now, or what the deal is going forward. But I think this book is a fun sort of side book to the X-Men universe right now. Alex:         Yeah, I agree. Stefano Caselli's art is always good. Let's move on to Judge Dredd: False Witness #2 from IDW, story by Brandon Easton, art by Zei Kama, excuse me, Kei Zama. I think we have some pretty nice things to say about this book last time, which is why I thought it would be interesting to revisit. This is somebody on the outskirts, who lives in the wastelands outside of Mega-City One, comes into the city finds out that him and other people like him are being harvested. And that's where we pick up this issue. He continues to run very parallel to the storyline with Judge Dredd. But I like this book. I think, I'm surprised how much I like this book because I'm not the usual Judge Dredd fan. But I think it's doing a good job of channeling social commentary storytelling character along the way, even though you do have these two characters that really have not met yet at all. Justin:       I feel like a lot a book we'll talk about in a little bit, Transformers book, and a lot of like books that have been around for a long time that maybe need a little reinvention. I think there's been a lot of smart takes, and this feels like right in that line where it's like, “Let's look at these characters from a different angle and find a new story here.” I don't know what… so I like this. It remind me of a show called Exosquad… You guys ever watch Exosquad back in the day? Alex:         No… I've heard the name. Justin:       Pete, no? Pete:         Nothing. Yeah, I don't know what you're talking… Justin:       Cartoon… Very cool. Pete:         What's it about? Help me out. Justin:       It's a lot like, sort of pilots of these mech-suits. They have cool haircut. There's a lot of good relationships in it. It's fun. Pete:         Cool. Justin:       It's in the world in the sort of the style of Starcom, you ever watch that? Pete:         No. No. Justin:       I guess maybe I grew up in a different Multiverse. [chuckles] Alex:         Yeah. Pete:         Yeah. I guess so. Alex:         This does feel like stuff that is right across to play for you, Pete. I'm surprised you don't know it. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. I mean you can't watch every cartoon, I guess. Justin:       That's true. Pete:         Yeah, I would like to try, I would like to try, yeah. I just want this to kind of get going. I thought this was really cool comic I do like this, but I wanted the main characters to kind of come together a little bit it. It seemed a little too side story, but I really think it's very cool. Art's great. Alex:         Let's move on to something that was a huge surprise for me in a very pleasant way. Wonder Woman #760 from DC Comics, written by Mariko Tamaki, art by Mikel Janin. So, Wonder Woman is, at least initially, going up against Maxwell Lord, thinks Maxwell Lord is brain washing a bunch of people in the city. By the end, things seem to be going at a very different direction. Mariko Tamaki is… On such a roll. Justin:       Yeah. Alex:         Just with writing, with her storytelling, with every that's going on. This is one of the better Wonder Woman arcs I think I've read in a very long time. [00:30:04] I love that it's not mining the Greek Gods stuff anymore, or anything like that. But it still feels very emotionally grounded. And man, Mikel Janin's art is gorgeous. Pete:         So good. Justin:       Yeah, the art is so good in this. How about that cute rabbit… I mean damn. Alex:         Yes. Justin:       Yeah, Melanie the Rabbit, I believe is the name. Alex:         Yeah… I also want to call out the cover, which is one of the best covers I've seen in a really long time. Pete:         Yeah, I just Wonder Woman, like kind of talking shit to robots. I loved it. Justin:       Well what I liked about this and a lot of Mariko Tamaki's work is, rather than… I feel there's such a trend in trying to scoop up every aspect of the characters and trying to like mash it up and be like, “This is what it all means.” and I think that's just, it's so much work when this is just a great story that is like scoping up some aspects, and being like, “Here are the things about Wonder Woman I want to talk about,” and then telling that story. And I think this is great. If you're a fan of Alias, the (Brian Michael) Bendis book from back in the day, the Jessica Jones character…  I think feel like there's a connection point there, especially with the Purple Man stuff, in this book. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. You got the creepy mind control guy. But yeah, I really think the art is great. We get the pair of demons, there's a lot of fun stuff going on. But yeah, the writing is the real hero. This is very interesting. I'm excited to see where this goes. Alex:         Let's roll out to a new book from Image Comics, Big Girls #1, story and art by Jason Howard. This is about a world where some children are growing to gigantic size, men grow into monsters, women usually grow into gigantic helpful people… There's one… [chuckles] Justin:       That's such a true statement. Alex:         Yeah. A gigantic helpful woman who is trying to hold back the monsters. And that's basically what you get in the first issue, as well as some moral quandaries. I overall like this, but had some concerns about it. Curious to hear what you guys think though. Pete:         Yeah, there was a kind of a real fucked up moment in the book. Justin:       Yes. Pete:         That I was like, “Yeah, I don't know if you can come back from that.” But it's a fun premise. It's cool. The art's great. I'm excited to see where this goes but it's an interesting enough story that I'm definitely going to pick up the next issue. Justin:       Yeah, I agree that. It felt like, of all the comics we read and cite, it's so hard to have a premise that feels super fresh, and then executing it in a way that invites you in with the characters. And I think this book does a good job of that and it's a fun surprising idea, and it's such a visual idea that I think is well done. And the emotional hit that… I guess we're not spoiling… It was sort of harsh. Pete:         Yeah… It was very harsh Justin:       Especially, the way the story was told where that harsh moment happened, and then the reason why it happened came after, which I think was smart from a storytelling perspective, but a little more difficult to read. Pete:         Yeah. It was tough on the reader. Alex:         I'm curious to see where they go with this one, because my big concern about it was, I love the idea that men grow up to be monsters, women are the only people who could protect us… Like there's so much metaphor that you can mine there, and I think it hasn't quite gotten there yet and it also muddies the ground a lot with the reveal at the end of the issue, which again, I won't spoil here. So, it's going to be interesting to see what Jason Howard has to say with this comic, and how he says it. Particularly, because he is a man saying something about misogyny, so I don't know. There's a lot of opportunity with this book, and I'm very excited to see where it goes. Jason Howards aren't always very good, but again, I'm a little concerned/nervous about what direction it might head in. Justin:       I really thought earlier on, that you're going to say, “Oh, it's like men are from Mars and women, they're from Venus.” [chuckles] Alex:         Yeah. Have you thought about that?… Have you thought about it? Immortal Hulk #36 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing and art by Joe Bennett. Man, this book is fucked up bad. Oh my god. Justin:       Yeah. Alex:         It's fucked up… Hulk is now, Dumb Hulk, and Rick is evil, and turned into to a horrible monster. Absorbing Man is getting ripped into pieces. Horrible things are happening all the time. Pete:         I can't take this anymore… I'm tapping out. I want my Hulk back. I can't… This was cool for a little while, guys. But it's getting weird now. [chuckles] It's getting really weird now, guys. Justin:       I still love this book. I'm very excited for the story line coming with a leader; I feel like we're leading up to. [00:35:03] Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       But… Alex:         Well, I think the leader is inside of Rick, right? Justin:       Yeah, but it's like… Well the trap hasn't been fully sprung; I feel like. Alex:         Okay. Justin:       But I also think another title for this book would be, Everybody's Clay Face…? Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       In a lot of ways… And to Pete's point, how does Hulk come back from this and go back to being just a regular old dude? Pete:         I just… Yeah… I can't anymore. Alex:         I feel like they're already doing it though, right? Like there was no way they were going to keep Hulk out of crossovers and showing up in other books. I wish they had. I wish they could've kept it in this own pocket thing. But they've already had him show up, and be like, “Yeah, I'm the Asshole Hulk, let me help you.” [chuckles] It just doesn't quite work at all. But to your point, Justin… Like particularly, Joe Bennett's art is… Shade. The splash page towards the beginning that reveals the twisted monstrous Rick… Pete:         No… no… Alex:         Is nightmarish like literally out of a nightmare and it's… amazing. It's great stuff. Justin:       Yeah. Pete:         It's too much. Alex:         Stealth #4 from Image Comics. Pete:         They've gone too far. Alex:         [chuckle] Stealth #4 from Image Comics written by Mike Costa and art by Nate Bellegarde… I don't know why I can't pronounce that name. So, this is starting to wrap up. This story about a man who has this powerful like Dark Hawk-esk armor, the stealth armor. He is suffering for dementia. It may be because of the armor, maybe not. His son is trying to track him down and save him/help him/slash stop him Meanwhile, there's a two-faced… Half-faced, I guess, gangster… Pete:         Half a face. Alex:         Half a face, who's trying to kill him. This book is so good. And particularly, Nate Bellegarde's pacing… Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       Yeah. Alex:         That's between like amazing action and hilarious moments. Particularly in this issue, that are wonderful. Justin:       And just, there's a couple of panels… This guy gets shot, sort of halfway, maybe in the two thirds away through the book. And it's just… It's so surprisingly done that it really sticks with you. A lot of the angles that that he chooses to draw the characters from are so good. It's just a great book. Pete:         Yeah, it's really awesome. There's some real cool fight sequence stuff like this one guy gets his leg kicked in, that was really brutal. But also, what's tough for me is to see a sweet white Lincoln get destroyed. And that was that was tough. That was tough to watch. But this is a great book. Fun design on the villain, it keeps getting more and more interesting, and yeah, I'm very, very much enjoying this book. Alex:         Great stuff… Amazing Spider-Man #46 from Marvel written by Nick Spencer, and art by Marcelo Ferreira. It's continuing with the Sins Rising storyline where the Sin-Eater is back. Turns out the Sin-Eater is maybe not exactly what you think he is, and he is attacking villains. And in this issue, maybe be making them better, maybe making them worse, not entirely clear. Justin, you were very excited about this issue talk about it a little bit. Justin:       I can't believe the turn that Nick Spencer's taken this book on. After doing such a light hearted Spider-Man, and then now the Sin-Eater story, the set-up issues, and then getting here, it's like so much more topical, so much more like satirical. And it's just, these panels where Sin-Eater kills this villain and then we get this moment where the crowd starts clapping… It was devastating, and it felt like it just, it activated all of my stress about our world in a way. And Pete, to you, I don't know what you think about this. But it feels like an indictment of the Punisher, and that whole… His whole world… Pete:         Yeah, yeah. I mean they're like basically booing people who clap at violence. You know what I mean? But it's also tough because it's like there's violence in comics, and there's real life. But this is supposedly real life and they're saying that like people would enjoy killing in real life, which I don't think, if you like the Punisher that's not what you're saying in life. I mean there might be people out there like that. But I think it's nice to have a person like the Punisher fighting a good fight, instead of like going through things in normal way. It's a creative outlet for things and your anger, or this is saying people are too dark… [00:40:01] People are too fucked up, the world is too fucked up. And this is very depressing. I'm very surprised that you like this issue. This is my least favorite. You got Spider-Man kind of shaken to his core being like, “I can't believe everybody clapped. What kind of world this is? I don't feel like the quippy self, happy go lucky Spider-Man.” And it's kind of like the darkness of the world is affecting Spider-Man here. Justin:       I love that though. I think that is what… It feels like Nick Spencer is channeling the world around him, and being like, “This world feels darker than I ever thought it was.” And Spider-Man doesn't have a place in that world, in this world. And he's showing that in the story, and using this Sin-Eater as a way of talking about that, I think, is just so smart. I really love this story. Alex:         It's definitely very surprising and going in different directions. Let's move on and talk about Transformers Galaxies #8 from IDW, written by Sam Maggs, art by Beth McGuire-Smith and Umi Miyao. This is something that I think we were very surprised about the last issue. This is about a young Transformer on a ship that is escaping from Cybertron, turns out things are not exactly what they seem. This issue where he… He? She? I don't know, bro?… Yep… Pete:         It's a robot. Alex:         A robot has met up with Arcee and Greenlight to the Transformers, who revealed the truth about what's going on. And course, everybody is being brainwashed, they're trying to… they're the baddies, and yeah, that's kind what it follows. Another really good issue of this title just because it grounds the emotion of the Transformers which I am very impressed by. Justin:       Yeah, I agree. I love this. This feels like a Twilight Zone or a Black Mirror version of a Transformers story. It's tense. It's sort of stressful. It gets into like philosophy, religion, and it's just really well done. Pete:         Yeah, it's very interesting. It's cool, this kind of series, characters kind of find this information struggle within stuff. I think this as, it's hard because I keep wanting there to be more Transformers that I know, you know what I mean? They talk about Cybertron, and all that kind of stuff, and Primus… But like I keep wanting to see like a different Transformers that I know from the ‘80s, and from the cartoons, and stuff like that… But the fact that they're telling this kind of more original story is very cool. Justin:       You want them to turn into cars. Pete:         No, I just want like Laserbeak to be in the background, spying on them or you know something else. Justin:       Would you say there's more than meets the eye here? Pete:         Oh yeah, there is more. Justin:       One more question… Alex:         The thing I… Justin:       Oh, go ahead… You go ahead… Alex:         No, no, please I want to I hear your question. Justin:       No, it's just definitely unrelated [chuckle]. Alex:         My question is also unrelated, so you go ahead. Justin:       Okay, great. Well then, let me ask you… Pete, as a pizza priest, are you marrying slices back together or how does that work? Are you a priest, two slices of pizza? Or are you bringing the good word of pizza to the people? Pete:         I'm doing both. I am bringing slices together. I'm am also, trying to make sure that people know about the good pizza, are partaking in some good pizza. Alex:         Do you ever take two slices of pizza, and hold one on each hand, and say, “I now pronounce you”, and then slapped them together and say, “Calzone!” [chuckles] Pete:         No no, I wouldn't do that. That's sacrilege. Alex:         Got you… Back to the Transformer book, the main thing that I was thinking about the entire issue, do Transformers kiss? And when they kiss does it sound terrible? Like because they're two like… Justin:       Metal on metal. Alex:         Yeah, like two cars smashing into each other. Pete:         Yeah, but it doesn't sound bad to them. Alex:         Right, but would it sound bad to us humans? Pete:         Yes. Yeah, sure. Justin:       Like when cars kiss, we call it an accident. [chuckle] Pete:         Yeah, it's loud. Alex:         That's true. Last book we're talking about Excellence #9 from Image Comics created and written by Brandon Thomas, created in art by Khary Randolph. I know we have talked about every issue of this book. But every issue of this book is absolutely insane. Pete:         Phenomenal. Alex:         Oh my god, so good. Justin:       So, good. Alex:         This issue we have our main character who's been trying to start a magic revolution. Travels to a library to gather information, and finds out he is way out of his depth.  He is doing this way to soon, but now it is too late because he has already started the revolution. God, I love how direct every issue is in terms of the story it's telling. [00:45:03] And also, of course, Khary Randolph's art is out of control. Justin:       Yeah. Pete:         It's bananas. The character designs are fantastic. It's got like an old-school hip hop vibe to it. It's glorious. The panel work is… This is just such a fun book. Justin:       Yeah. This book… We talk about it so much, please check this book out it is… I'm trying to think of… Because the art isn't like reminiscent of a particular other style, it just encapsulates so much of just great comic book art from very still, emotional panels to super dynamic action panels. It's just a real textbook book on great comic book art, as on the writing and art side. Alex:         There's a thing that happens… I will now spoil something that happens in the issue, but as he comes into the library, he sees a bunch of grannies who were looking at him, and he's like, “That's weird they never looked at me before.” When he messes up, they all pop up and they're like, “Oh, that's it. You fucked up. We're taking you down son.” And there's a panel where there's just all three of them floating in the air about to attack him that I think I shouted, “Oh, shit!”, out loud when I was reading it. [chuckle] It's great. The action in this book is great. It's so tense. It's so creative. Definitely picking up. And that's it for The Stack. If you like to support us, Patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come, hangout, and chat about comic books with us… iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher or the app of your choice, to subscribe and listen to the show. ComicBookClubLive.com for this podcast or at Comic Book Live on Twitter. Come chat with us. And that's it. We'll see you next time at the Virtual Comic Book Shop. Pete:         I now pronounce you, pepperoni and mushrooms. [chuckles] It's a good combo. [00:47:02] The post The Stack: Seven Secrets, Dark Nights Death Metal And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.