Fandom is a fickle thing. Being a fan of a particular franchise or character can bring immense joy and happiness to your life. It can give you a lifetime of entertainment and an opportunity to connect with others who [...]
"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 [...]
Created by John Byrne for Uncanny X-Men 120-121, Alpha Flight served as a foil for the mutant team, and as a connecting device between Wolverine and Canada’s Department H [...]
In 1986 John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne plotted/scripted/drew a DC crossover event called Legends, following Crisis On Infinite Earths. A bunch of stuff happens [...]
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