19. The One Where Keith Tarnowski Shows Up

In this week's episode, we are joined by special guest Keith Tarnowski. He reveals his “Secret Mint Origin," how he got into to comics and how he met Joe. He also talks about working at the store and his love of The Flash, but mainly Wally West. We also have just a great discussion about comics in general, and below are links to some of the books we talk about in this episode.

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Mark Waid Flash Vol. 2 which contains the story “The Return of Barry Allen”.

https://www.comixology.com/Flash-by-Mark-Waid-Book-Two/digital-

comic/509422?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1

https://www.comixology.com/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Vol-1-Power-Responsibility/digital-

comic/14693?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZG

Vy

Planetary Vol. 1

https://www.comixology.com/Planetary-Vol-1-All-Over-the-World-and-Other-Stories/digital-

comic/50543?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy

Y The Last Man

https://www.comixology.com/Y-The-Last-Man-Book-One/digital-

comic/136471?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZ

GVy

Starman Vol. 1

https://www.comixology.com/Starman-Sins-of-the-Father/digital-

comic/619701?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy



:15 James kicks off the show introducing our guest, Keith Tarnowski, and we launch right into his history with pop culture. This leads us to a discussion about his first comic book: Crisis on Infinite Earths, issue 8, “The Final Fate of the Flash,” starting a love affair with all things Flash, but mainly Wally West. This leads to him collecting others DC books, and eventually coming to Marvel comics through Spider-Man.

7:44 Keith talks about how his uncle had a comic book store and how he discovered other comic book stores. This also begins a talk about some of his favorite comic books, including “The Return of Barry Allen," Flash Vol.2, James Robinson’s Star Man, and Planetary. This

launches a discussion about other great comics including: Authority, Y The Last Man, the upcoming Sandman Netflix series, and more.

21:00 We ask Keith about his secret origin with Mint Condition. Keith shares the story of how he met

Joe, bonded over comics, and eventually worked at the store. He also talks about the friends he made at the store. This launches us into a discussion about deep bench DC characters, the Swamp Thing TV show, and the commercials on streaming services.

33:14 We answer the question: "what book would you recommend to someone who is not into comics?" This gets us talking about Ultimate Spider-Man, The Sandman, The Justice League Satellite era, and how exposition should be used in storytelling.

47:00 We wrap up with what Keith is currently reading.