Category Archives: Episodes

Episode 191 – Spider-Man No More!

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

We kick off Spidey Super Stories, a series dedicated to everyone’s favorite web-slinger, Spider-Man, with a look at “Spider-Man No More!” from Amazing Spider-Man #50, along with two early clashes with the Kingpin in #51-52 and #69, by Stan Lee … Continue reading →

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Episode 190 – The Sandman: The Kindly Ones Part 2

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, we wrap up our two-parter on The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones, with a look at issues 64-69, published by Vertigo/DC Comics! Lyta Hall and the Furies descend on The Dreaming, intent on destroying the dream … Continue reading →

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Episode 189 – The Sandman: The Kindly Ones Part 1

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, our series-within-a-series on The Sandman begins winding down as we kick off a two-parter on Vol. 9, The Kindly Ones, discussing issues 57-63, published by Vertigo/DC Comics! When her young son Daniel is abducted, Lyta Hall embarks … Continue reading →

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Episode 188 – The Flash of Two Worlds

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

On this episode, we look ahead to the June 16 release of The Flash with a little story that established the concept of the multiverse as a canonical part of superhero comics: “The Flash of Two Worlds” from The Flash … Continue reading →

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Episode 187 – American Born Chinese

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

On this episode, just in time for the May 24 debut of American Born Chinese on Disney+, we take a look at, well, American Born Chinese, written and drawn by Gene Luen Yang, published by First Second! This award-winning graphic … Continue reading →

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Episode 186 – The Death of Captain Marvel

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

It’s one of the few superhero deaths that has managed to stick over the intervening decades. And it ties up Adam Warlock’s Magus Saga with a tidy bow. On this episode, we revisit Marvel Comics’ first-ever “graphic novel,” Jim Starlin’s … Continue reading →

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Episode 185 – The Strange Death of Adam Warlock Part 2

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

On this episode, we wrap up our two-parter on Marvel’s cosmic messiah, Adam Warlock, with a look at two stories that close the loop on Jim Starlin’s classic Magus Saga: Avengers Annual #7 and Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2, published by … Continue reading →

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Episode 184 – The Strange Death of Adam Warlock Part 1

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

Content warning: Suicide/self-murder On this episode, we kick off a two-part look at the definitive Adam Warlock story, The Magus Saga, aka The Strange Death of Adam Warlock, as featured in Strange Tales issues 178-181 and Warlock issues 9-11, written … Continue reading →

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Episode 183 – It’s an Ambush Bug, Not a Feature!

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

With April Fool’s Day just around the corner, the time seems right for a long-overdue look at DC Comics’ Ambush Bug, who was breaking the fourth wall and spreading mayhem almost a decade before Marvel Comics’ Deadpool. Specifically, we take … Continue reading →

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Episode 182 – The Authority: Relentless

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, we look at the source material for one of the upcoming DC movies recently announced by James Gunn: The Authority Vol. 1: Relentless, collecting The Authority #1-8 by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary, published by … Continue reading →

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