Category Archives: Episodes

Episode 112 – Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story

Today’s episode was supposed to be about The Sandman: The Doll’s House. But we felt that we just couldn’t ignore the protests taking place around the United States and across the world over the needless, senseless deaths of George Floyd … Continue reading

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Episode 111 – The Immortal Hulk Vol. 1: Or Is He Both?

Over the years, the Hulk has been a rampaging behemoth, a Vegas enforcer, and a gladiator-turned-warlord on a far-flung alien planet. And the Green Goliath gets another incarnation in The Immortal Hulk Vol. 1: Or Is He Both?, by Al … Continue reading

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Episode 110 – The Concrete Episode

Paul Chadwick’s Concrete has the trappings of a superhero story—a quiet, somewhat nebbishy man finds his brain transplanted into a giant stone body that allows him to do great things. But like a number of other similar titles from the … Continue reading

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Episode 109 – Kurt Busiek’s Astro City: Life in the Big City

Comic book worlds don’t come any more vividly imagined or painstakingly detailed than Astro City. The metropolis that gives this anthology series its title isn’t all that different from the one outside your window—you know, except for all the high-flying … Continue reading

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Episode 108 – Superior Foes of Spider-Man Vol. 1: Getting the Band Back Together

It’s hard out here for a C-list supervillain. You’ve got the basic lack of respect, your super-powered parole officer … and then there’s the constant bickering and backstabbing that threaten to tear your crew apart faster than your not-so-friendly neighborhood … Continue reading

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Episode 107 – Superman and Batman: World’s Funnest

It’s April Fools’ Day, and while most of us aren’t in the mood for pranks given the current state of affairs, we could all use something a little light and fun. And what’s more fun than … Mister Mxyzptlk and … Continue reading

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Episode 106 – Starman: Night and Day

Just as Jack Knight was one of DC Comics’ more interesting second-generation superheroes, the book that chronicled his saga from 1994 through 2001 was one of the more literary-minded and ambitious mainstream superhero comics of its time. And that ambition … Continue reading

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Episode 105 – March Book 1

In this episode, we take a break from talking about fictional superheroes to discuss a real-life superhero with a look at March, Book 1, the first in a three-part series of autobiographical graphic novels examining the life and career of … Continue reading

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Episode 104 – House of X and Powers of X Part 2

In this episode, we conclude our two-part look at the two 2019 miniseries that reset the status quo for the X-Men: House of X and Powers of X, by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva, published by Marvel Comics! … Continue reading

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Episode 103 – House of X and Powers of X Part 1

In this episode, after a brief delay, we tackle one of the biggest superhero comics events of 2019: the game-changing series House of X and Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva, published by Marvel Comics! … Continue reading

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