Category Archives: Episodes

Episode 213: The Boys Vol. 1 – The Name of the Game

This episode contains explicit language and talk of sexual assault. On this episode, we take a butcher’s at the book that begat the critically acclaimed streaming series The Boys—specifically, The Name of the Game, collecting the first six issues of … Continue reading

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Episode 212: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Who Is Scorpio?

We’re back with a look at everyone’s favorite gruff, eyepatch-wearing super-spy (non-Samuel L. Jackson division) as seen in 1968’s Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, 2, 3 and 5, published by Marvel Comics! Writer and artist Jim Steranko injects a … Continue reading

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Episode 211: Here

Richard McGuire’s 2014 graphic novel Here takes place in one location—the corner of a living room in a house in what is probably Perth Amboy, New Jersey—over the course of billions of years, from 300,000,500,000 B.C. to the far-off year … Continue reading

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Episode 210: Uncanny X-Men – The Brood Saga

On this episode, we use the popularity of the first season of X-Men 97 as an excuse to tackle a story we’ve long had our eyes on: The Brood Saga from Uncanny X-Men #162-167 by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and … Continue reading

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Episode 209: Flung Out of Space

Mild parental advisory warning: The b-word is used once or twice. On this episode, the recent launch of the series “Ripley” on Netflix gives us a reason to discuss Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia … Continue reading

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Episode 208: Return of The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Content warning (death by suicide) Our reexamination of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns continues! How good IS this story, really? Will things go differently than they did in our fourth episode way back in 2016, allowing this universally … Continue reading

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Episode 207: Return of The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

Explicit (a few swears scattered throughout) and content warning (brief mentions of death by suicide and attempted sexual assault) This isn’t a podcast—it’s an operating table, and we’re the surgeons! This time, we revisit one of our most controversial episodes … Continue reading

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Episode 205: Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1 – The Assassin’s Road

On this episode, we take a long-overdue look at one of the most influential manga of the last 50 years: Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima! Specifically, selected stories from Vol. 1: The Assassin’s Road, as … Continue reading

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Episode 204: Hulk vs. Thing – The Last Round?

Our two-part look at Hulk/Thing fights wraps up with a look at one of the twosome’s more recent titanic tussles in Fantastic Four Vol. 6, issues 12 and 13, by Dan Slott and Sean Izaakse, published by Marvel Comics! But … Continue reading

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Episode 203: Hulk vs. Thing, Rounds 1 and 2

In this episode, IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME as we kick off a two-part look at one of Marvel Comics’ most storied traditions: epic slugfests between the Hulk and the Thing! Specifically, the first two face-offs between these fearsome foes in Fantastic … Continue reading

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