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Welcome to The Collected Edition! Today is: July 7, 2025
Comic Books
"Mantlo and Golden threw their hearts into this assignment and made it far better than it has any right to be. " Today on the program, we talk about The Micronauts...the Marvel toy adaptation from the 1970s written by Bill [...]
“It is a hell of a lot of fun.” On today's episode we talk about the nonsensical, psychadelic, batshit insane comic that is Shade the Changing Man. Created and drawn by the legendary Steve Ditko with scripting by Michael Fleisher, [...]
"I have found that to be a fan of something is to let fandom go." One of the more controversial crossover event comics ever released. It has a bad reputation among fans in general and Captain America fans in particular. [...]
“A gritty...but not grim...street-level aspect to the character.” Today on the program Selina's Big Score a Catwoman comic (sort of). It is a noir crime drama, a gumshoe detective story, a heist caper, but mostly it's Darwyn Cooke just being [...]
“It’s about as goofy as it gets written at a time when comics were not afraid just to be silly.” Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year! Today on the program we discuss what can best be described [...]
“It sometimes feels that to escape the Past it would take some kind of superhuman effort of some kind of magic” On this episode, we discuss The Scarlet Witch by James Robinson. This is a beautiful book with a rotating [...]
“Consider, if you will, the Phoenix, how it shines.” On this episode, we discuss the epic that is The Dark Phoenix Saga. There are certain works that we call "seminal" "iconic" or "classic" but none truly live up to those [...]
“Happy Halloween!” On this episode we talk about we talk about a horror crossover that launched and entire sub-genre: Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla. The Archie gang meets zombies. It is an unlikely horror comic that [...]
“Heroes? Villians? Or something more complex?” On this episode we discuss The Suicide Squad: Trial By Fire by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell - the seminal run that pretty much defined the Suicide Squad right up till this very day. [...]
“...a much richer texture than the typical comic aimed at children.” On this episode we talk about The Smurfs. Yes, the Smurfs. The original comics from the 196s written and drawn by the Belgian author Peyo. Specifically we will be [...]
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