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EPISODE 329 - We continue our coverage of the original run of TMNT comics! This week, we go over issue #4! We learn more about what's going on inside the alien organization TCRI!

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EPISODE 328 - We continue our coverage of the original run of TMNT comics! This week, we go over the Raphael one-shot, which came out between issues 3 and 4. This features the debut of Casey Jones!

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EPISODE 327 - We go over issue 3 of the original run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. Our guest is Elliott Kalan! Elliott is the co-host of the terrific podcast The Flophouse, as well as being…

We're on to issue #2 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! After issue one is a surprise hit, the creators scramble to come up with a second issue. We get a not-quite-as-good but still-pretty-good story! …

EPISODE 325 - We start our season on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with an in-depth look at the original issue #1. Famously created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, this issue was meant as a one-shot…

Episode 324 - We end our Gamma Sops season with an issue that does not have the Hulk in it! Clay Quartermain is testifying before Congress, and Betty is dealing with carrying Bruce's baby! Todd MacFa…

EPISODE 323 - THREE MILKSOPS EDITION. A Hines family reunion has put Kevin and Will in the same room with brother Brian, and so we take a slight sidestep from the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run to …

This is it! The sorta-kinda final issue from Peter David / Todd McFarlane's run on Hulk!

Though Todd only does breakdowns.

And he does do layouts next issue, which is the epilogue of the story.

Anywa…

It's not the last Todd McFarlane issue, though we're close to the end of his run on Hulk. Nor is it the most ICONIC issue -- that's probably the Hulk/Wolverine fight. But this might be the BEST issue…

EPISODE 320 - Betty Banner is back in the story, briefly, as Hulk fights the Leader's robots... as does Bruce Banner! Plus we get some nifty flashbacks of the Hulkbusters with great visual from Mr. T…

We were saddened to hear that Peter David, writer of the very Hulk run we are covering, passed away this past Saturday, May 24, 2025. 

Kevin and Will devote this episode to David's stellar career. Ke…

EPISODE 318 - It's Hulk versus the Leader! Sort of! Really, it's Hulk versus Half-Life, who was sent BY the Leader.  Didn't Hulk beat him pretty easily before? Yeah, but now Half-Life has ARMOR! Desp…

EPISODE 317 - Hulk Versus the Man-Bull! Or maybe it's "Savage Man-Bull" or maybe just "Savage!" At any rate, the Hulk fights another mirror image of himself in a way, and he alternatively feels compa…

Episode 316 - We go over issue 340, which is the iconic Hulk Vs. Wolverine battle with the even more iconic cover by Todd McFarlane. Wolverine's claws out, reflecting Hulk's angry face. We feel with …

EPISODE 315 - We continue our coverage of the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run on The Incredible Hulk. This issue, the theme is fathers and more specifically abusive fathers. The "enemy" such as it i…

EPISODE 314 - We discuss issue 338! Hulk faces a demon? alien? ghost? called Mercy! She's not called that, but we call her that. 

In Loose Screws, we talk about Kevin's son watching Star Wars for the…

EPISODE 313 - We look at Incredible Hulk 337, where we finish up the crossover with X-Factor (X-Terminators?). We start with Hulk trapped in a block of ice and end up with the explosion of the Gamma …

EPISODE 312 - We do a quick survey of Hulk 335 (non-Todd McFarlane art, but a nice creepy possession story) and then dig more deeply into Hulk 336, where he crosses paths with X-Factor! I mean the X-…

EPISODE 311 - The Incredible Hulk battles Half-Life, a brand new villain! Is he gamma-created? You know it!

We are continuing are examination of the run by writer Peter David and artist Todd McFarlan…

EPISODE 310 - We are three issues into the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run on Incredible Hulk! Todd is still relatively contained, but Peter is starting to really assert himself as a writer. The Gre…