Alpha Flight (Episode Intro)
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 [...]
Suicide Squad (Episode Intro)
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 [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 112: Suicide Squad
“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. [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 110: Alpha Flight
“Oh Canada!” On this episode we talk about the one and only Canadian super team Alpha Flight written and drawn by John Byrne. This is a very 1980s comic - that can be a good thing and a bad thing. In this [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 109: The Crow
“Pain...so much pain.” On this episode we talk about The Crow written and drawn by James O'Barr. First off...content warning. This comic deals with extreme violence, self harm, and sexual assault. This might not be for everyone. The Crow is [...]
Tank Girl (Episode Intro)
Have you ever wondered what anarchy would look like if it were in comic book form? Well the answer is: it looks like Tank Girl [...]
The Rocketeer (Episode Intro)
The early 80s saw a rise in a particular style of nostalgia: 1930s retro adventure chic. And it was all the rage. Indiana Jones is probably the most notable of this trend [...]
Creature Commandos (Episode Intro)
Throughout the 1930s Universal became synonymous with the monster movie, and the creatures they featured became the standard monster roster [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 106: Tank Girl
“Tank Girl simply is.” Today on the program we discuss the anarchic insanity that is Tank Girl. A punk rock fever dream created by artist Jamie Hewlett and writer Alan Martin in 1988, it was a frenetic cacophony of a comic [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 105: Ambush Bug
“...a noble piece of work in the ongoing evaluation of the comics medium.” Today on the program we discuss the radical parody/satire that is Ambush Bug! The 1985 crazy meta masterpiece (?) from the legendary Keith Giffen and Robert Loren [...]
