Jacked Kirby
Join Jack Kirby fans Mike D & Tommy Lombardozzi as they invite weekly guests to discuss and explore the work and contributions of the comic book industry's greatest creator, with lots of laughs along the way!
All hail the King of Comics!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 91 minutes
- Episodes
- 301
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Episode 240- “TOXL!”
This week we get right in there with Jack Kirby’s entry for DC’s Weird Mystery Tales issue 2, ‘Toxl, The World Killer!’. We’ve discussed this story on the podcast many years ago, but this time we’re …
01:13:56 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Episode 239- “Street Code” with Dean Haspiel!
Our buddy and award-winning comic book creator Dean Haspiel joins us this week to discuss Jack Kirby’s autobiographical story ‘Street Code’… while also telling us about his most recent work/Kickstart…
01:58:16 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Episode 238- “The Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants!” with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Award-winning New Orleans author MAURICE CARLOS RUFFIN returns to the show to discuss Marvel Comics’ Uncanny X-Men issue 4 (March ‘64) and how it relates to his new book The American Daughters (hitti…
02:04:47 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Episode 237- “Spidey Vs. Torch!”
BRIAN RUPPERT of the podcast Reviewing History joins us this week to discuss a Jack Kirby-pencilled story from Amazing Spider-Man issue 8 (Marvel Comics, October 1963); Spidey & the Human Torch butt …
02:37:19 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Episode 236- “Captain Victory, Issue 1”
This week, Darrell Greer of the popular Instagram page @read.your.comics, joins us for a deep dive into the first issue of Jack Kirby’s early-‘80s Pacific Comics title Captain Victory And The Galacti…
01:32:52 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
Episode 235- “The Midnight Monster!”
This week, we dive into Marvel’s April 1962 issue of Journey Into Mystery, issue 79, featuring the story ‘The Midnight Monster’… which might be a precursor for the Incredible Hulk! We discuss the si…
01:27:47 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Episode 234- “Sky Masters!”
Rand Hoppe and Tom Kraft of the Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center join us this week to discuss their latest project/fundraiser, Sky Masters of the Space Force – The Complete Sundays Strips in Col…
01:25:41 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Episode 233- “Revenge Of Kirby Q&A!”
We’re doing our first Kirby Question & Answer of the new year! We asked listeners and followers to send us Kirby-centric Qs… and we did our best to A! They sparked some interesting conversation as we…
01:42:10 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Episode 232- “Our First Of ‘24!”
Happy New Year! The boys are back after a little holiday hiatus to have a topic-less discussion about all things life! (Well… comics, the holidays, gifts, and plans for the show in 2024. That’s life …
01:15:06 |
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Episode 231- “Jeff Smith Returns!”
Episode 231- “Jeff Smith Returns!” Back on the show and back from the dead, comic book living legend JEFF SMITH returns to us for an epic conversation about “awesome bullshit” like his recent healt…
01:30:36 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Episode 230- “With Pat Olliffe!”
Episode 230- “With Pat Olliffe!” This week we’re joined by veteran comic book artist PAT OLLIFFE! We’re so glad to finally have Pat on the show, talking about his career in comics, the new Secret W…
01:10:25 |
Thu 14 Dec 2023
Episode 229- “Our Holiday Special: Revisited!”
We got a little busy this week with holiday things and other commitments, so we’re going to be re-airing a past holiday episode of Jacked Kirby from December 2018! Tommy and Mike D. focus on two Ch…
01:22:30 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
Episode 228- “Private Strong!”
The boys discuss the two-issue Radio (later Archie) Comics series The Double Life Of Private Strong, created by Joe Simon in 1959. What did Kirby bring to the character? What did we think about these…
01:31:27 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Episode 227- “The Glory Boat!”
Just in time for Thanksgiving, it’s The Gravy Boat! Uh, we mean, THE GLORY BOAT! Our friend John Cocozza, the proprietor of New Jersey’s Ross Brewing, joins us to discuss this 1971 New Gods arch that…
02:19:15 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Episode 226- “With Dan Panosian!”
Comic book creator DAN PANOSIAN joins us this week to talk comics, his career, art, Jack Kirby, and more! A 30+ year veteran of the industry, Dan has a unique perspective on all facets of making comi…
01:06:25 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Episode 225- “Andy MacDonald Returns!”
Comic artist Andy McDonald (Marvel, DC, and more!) is back on the show with us, and this time we’re discussing the role original art plays in the livelihood of working comic artists, as well as Jack…
01:48:24 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
Episode 224- “With Sean Howe!”
This week, we’re joined by writer SEAN HOWE, who’s 2012 book ‘Marvel Comics: The Untold Story' has become a valuable reference in the current… and ongoing… Marvel Comics Stan Lee/Jack Kirby debate. S…
01:20:15 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Episode 223- “The Haunted Roller Coaster!” With The Geekz
For our last Jacktober episode of the month, we’re joined by our friends Alil Kunica and Steve Carleton, co-hosts of The Geekz Podcast, to discuss a haunted roller coaster story from Tales Of Suspens…
01:51:47 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Episode 222- “Lone Shark!”
Tommy & Mike D. jump into the deep end of the spooky season with another Jacktober show; this time, “Lone Shark!” By Simon & Kirby, featured in Harvey’s Black Magic issue 33 from 1954. Fears of water…
01:18:22 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Episode 221- “Alarming Tales!”
Episode 221- “Alarming Tales!” For our second Jacktober episode of 2023, we discuss Simon and Kirby’s Harvey Comic ALARMING TALES issue 1 (1957)! Sci-fi, psychedelia, psychological horror, and a ta…
01:28:34 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
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