The Secret Origins of Mint Condition: Comics, Movies, TV, Sports, Gaming and more
Welcome to the Secret Origins of Mint Condition. Join your hosts James, Joe , and Chris as they delve into the topics of comics, pop culture, sports, gaming and more.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 285
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
218. Star Trek Edition: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Show notes provided by Jack Adrien
How does a rejuvenated science fiction franchise follow arguably the best installment in its long-standing television and movie series? Well, if it’s the decades-lo…
217. Third Anniversary Episode: Looking Back on the Fanzine Outlooks with Guest Jim Chadwick
We have made it through another year of podcasting and to celebrate we dive into something that has been talked about few times on this show. Almost 50 years ago a fanzine was created by a group of f…
216. Book Club Edition: Nightwing: Leaping into the Light and Batman/Superman World's Finest Vol. 1
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" Richie Garofalo (not Michael Corleone) referring to James, Chirs and Joe after they wax poetic about Nightwing …
215. Back of the Store Chat Edition: Comic Con and D23 News
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
It's time for another "back of the store chat", and James and Joe have a full slate of pop culture topics to discuss, dissect, and disseminate. Curated from Comic-…
214. Geoff Johns Ghost Machine: Geiger and Junk Yard Joe
Join Joe and Keith as they dive into the two books that started the Unnamed Universe and kicked off the Ghost Machine label created and overseen by comics creator Geoff Johns.
213. Back of the Store Chat: The Movies that Made Us
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
"Elementary, my dear Watson" The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939
"May the force be with you." Star Wars 1977
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." Jaws 1975
Mo…
212. The Return of the Sports Edition(recorded 7/26/24): MLB and NHL
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
It's been some time since Chris and Joe have reported in with their usual "not so brief" sports shorts, but the guys have made it back to desk and are ready to drop…
211. Back of the Chat Edition (recorded 7/18/24): DC Absolute Power, Captain America Trailer and more
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
As we approach the "dog days of summer" where the heat and humidity turn the tarred streets of NYC into taffy, we can find some solace from the elements in the bac…
210. Looking Back on the Fox X-Men Universe
Show notes provided by Arco Esposito
Hey remember in 2008 when Marvel FINALLY had a hit comic movie with Iron Man and we were all happy they finally figured out how to translate the comics to the sc…
209. Thinking Outside of the Longbox: Starman Vol. 1
Show Notes Provided by Keith Tarnowski
“For my father, for my city…I have to…try to be a hero” – Jack Knight
Join hosts Keith and Joe for a “Thinking Outside the Long Box with Keith” episode where …
208. Doctor Who Season 14 Wrap Up
In this week's episode jump aboard the "Remember Tardis" as James, John, Adrienne and Guy brave the perils of the Time Vortex to recap the newest season of Doctor Who. They give their overall impress…
207. Looking Back on G.I. Joe The Movie
Show notes provided by Jack Adrien
From its humble beginnings selling textile remnants, three brothers founded Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island, in late 1923. Some six decades later, a…
206. Comic Book Artist Drew Moss: Thundrcats, Character design, Artistic influences and more
In this week’s episode of the podcast, we are excited to welcome comic book artist Drew Moss to the show. Drew has worked for IDW, Image, Marvel, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite comics and more. Doing ar…
205. Back of the Store Catch Up (6/13/24) X-Men 97, NHL, Star Trek and More
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
It's summer on Long Island and the heat and the humidity have taken hold! But can even a dew point of over 70 degrees keep the Mint faithful from visiting 664 Port …
204. Our favorite Modern Comicbook Artists
Show notes by Joe Peluso
Before you listen to our latest episode of The Secret Origins of Mint Condition you might want to do some yoga, meditate, smell some flowers, or download that "white noise" …
202. Michael Jan Friedman Empty Space and Empty Space: Betrayal
Show notes provided by Jack Adrien
For more than thirty-five years, author Michael Jan Friedman has built a successful career as a writer of more than 80 fiction and non-fiction franchise novelizati…
201. Back of the Store Edition: New Superman suit, New Fantastic Four Movie and more
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
As summer approaches, and Joe can't get the darn AC to work efficiently, it's once again time to throw the back door to Mint wide open!
Naturally a cool breeze wo…
200. Star Trek The Motion Picture: Final Judgment
We made it to episode 200. Thank you to everyone who has listened and followed us to help us get to this point.
A year and a half in the making we find ourselves finally back at StarFleet headquarte…
199. Back of the Store Chat (recorded on 5/2/24)
Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
Spring has sprung, and the back door to Mint Condition Comics and Baseball Cards is wide open! Wafting in on the balmy breeze with the tree and grass pollen, are ou…