146: Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery
This week we read one of the first collaborations by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. Flex Mentallo, the Man of Muscle Mystery, investigates the sinister dealings of his former comrade. This fast-pa…
01:12:41 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
145: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
This week we review our first book from writer Ram V and artist Filipe Andrade, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, published by Boom Studios. The avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to live a mortal l…
01:09:20 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
144: Thanos Wins (2016)
Our first trade of the year will be the Trade Waiter gift Daniel received two episodes ago. Thanos Wins is the last trade of the Thanos run from the 2016 run when Donny Cates comes aboard. The first …
01:40:41 |
Fri 06 Jan 2023
143: One-Star Squadron
Happy New Year! Our last trade of the year will be the Trade Waiter gift Nathan received last episode. One-Star Squadron is a hero book unlike any other exploring characters we have never seen. It en…
01:29:55 |
Sat 31 Dec 2022
142: Naughty List
For our Christmas episode this year, we read the 2022 book Naughty List written by well-known tv writer Nick Santora and art by Lee Ferguson. A gritty and realistic version of the Santa Claus story a…
01:08:11 |
Sat 24 Dec 2022
141: The Punisher: Very Special Holidays
Making up for missing the holiday episode last year, we decided to double up this year on Christmas books. This week we review the holiday special featuring the jolliest Marvel character, The Punishe…
01:05:34 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
140: The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman
For Nathan's birthday episode he had us read a rebirth mini-series, The Brave and The Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman. A recent iteration of the classic DC anthology series that consist of many differe…
01:20:45 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
139: Kick-Ass (2008)
This week we reviewed Kick-Ass by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. We have seen the film adaptations but have never read the source material. This was a great change of pace from the back-to-back ligh…
01:17:58 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
138: Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
In excitement for the Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special, we read the only run of this team that Daniel knew about written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with pencils by Paul Pelletier. This wa…
01:35:24 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
137: FF: Fantastic Four (2011)
For the first annual thanksgiving episode we read about Marvel's first family, the Fantastic Four. Our first book of many from writer Jonathan Hickman with artwork by Steve Epting and Barry Kitson. …
01:20:58 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
136: Black Panther (2016)
In anticipation for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, we read the first comic written by Ta-Nehisi Coates with art by Brian Stelfreeze. This was a very intricately written story that is a great additio…
01:20:23 |
Sun 13 Nov 2022
135: My Friend Dahmer
After watching the successful Netflix show we were reminded that there was actually a comic book about Jeffrey Dahmer. Written and illustrated by his old classmate Derf Backderf is an inside look on …
01:43:27 |
Sat 05 Nov 2022
134: KISS: Zombies
On the last week of our horror book month, we read the comic that piqued our interest the most. KISS Zombies is exactly what you think it is and more. A very accurate depiction of how KISS would hand…
01:33:08 |
Mon 31 Oct 2022
133: Infidel
On the last week of October Horror book we read Infidel with returning guest Serena. Another book by Pornsak Pichetshote with art by Aaron Campbell, which is a haunted house story for the 21st centur…
01:37:12 |
Tue 25 Oct 2022
132: Night of the Ghoul
Continuing our month of reading horror comics, we read Night of the Ghoul by acclaimed Batman writer Scott Snyder and one of our favorites Francesco Francavilla. This was a great self-contained sing…
01:05:03 |
Tue 18 Oct 2022
131: Werewolf by Night (MAX)
To kick off our October of just reviewing horror comics, we reviewed Werewolf by Night in anticipation for the upcoming Disney+ movie. Coming from the Marvel MAX imprint it’s a violent and gory tale …
01:08:28 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
130: Justice Society of America (2007)
This week we dive into the team that will be making an appearance in the upcoming Black Adam film, the JSA. With our buddy Brandon we try to figure out who the fuck all these people are in a story by…
01:17:42 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
129: Doctor Aphra (2016)
In excitement for a Star Wars thing, we read a Star Wars thing. There's not really any Andor comics but there's plenty of Star Wars comics we've been curious about. We read a book about a character t…
01:21:57 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
128: The Good Asian
The next book of this year's Eisner winners, we reviewed The Good Asian by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi. This book won for Best Limited Series, and it was well earned. We had high expec…
01:11:34 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
127: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
After years of seeing her around comic shops, we decided to read about another character we knew nothing about. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson was a definitive run on …
01:11:11 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
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