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COMIC BOOKS! Join Kevin and Will Hines — two brothers, lifelong comics fans and kind of comedians — as they discuss the comics they have loved their whole lives! What we lack in accuracy we make up for in enthusiasm!
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Gabbin' 'Bout Giffen: Ambush Bug (1985 mini-series) from 2023-12-13T08:00
We begin our examination of acclaimed comics writer/artist Keith Giffen. Perhaps most famous as a co-creator of the 1980s run of Justice League (the "B players" era), Giffen also either created ...
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Spider-Man 2 Video Game Discussion from 2023-11-29T08:00
THWIP! We go deep -- too deep? -- on the new Spider-Man 2 video game. The Milksops were big fans of the first one. In fact, they each bought Playstations in 2018 just so they could play it! They...
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Loose Screws Ep: Astro City's "Dark Age," The Marvels and Monarch from 2023-11-22T08:00
A special bonus ep, kind of, which is JUST the "loose screws" segment. This was recorded for next week's ep (in which re review the Spider-Man 2 video game), but we decided it was TOO long and h...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF 271 from 2023-11-15T20:00
FF 271 (which came out in the summer of 1984) is a hodge-podge of cool little stories. We've got a glimpse of the Fantastic Four in "family mode" as they celebrate Reed's unnamed (but 40th) birt...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence- - FF 269-270 from 2023-11-08T08:00
What do you do with a problem like Terminus? Well, you treat him like a mini Galactus, because that's kinda what he is. The FF head out to the Southwest US where Terminus, a big alien in planet-...
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Hall of Milksops - JLA Earth 2 from 2023-11-01T14:40
We close out our coverage of the terrific Grant Morrison JLA run with this adventure that was released as its own graphic novel: JLA Earth 2. Done by Morrison and Frank Quitely -- who would lat...
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Hall of Milksops - JLA World War III (34, 36-41) from 2023-10-25T07:00
Hall of Milksops - JLA Shaggy Man (25, 26) + JLA/JSA (28-31) from 2023-10-18T07:00
We're back on the Grant Morrison JLA run which means we are back to COMPLICATED RECAPS. This time we have a relatively simple 2 issue story of the JLA vs a corrupt general and his Ultramarines! ...
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Episode 250: A Slapdash Affair from 2023-10-04T07:00
The Milksops realize that it's episode 250 and they should do something special. So we take a break from JLA and do these things: read promotional blurbs suggested by our listeners, force Kevin ...
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Hall of Milksops - JLA 16,17,22,23 - Prometheus, Sandman from 2023-09-27T10:00
Two relatively "simple" stories are up next for the Grant Morrison JLA run. First we get new supervillain Prometheus -- a sort of anti-batman, whose criminal parents were gunned down by police -...
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Hall of Milksops - JLA #10-15 - "Rock of Ages" from 2023-09-20T07:00:40
Plot complexity level: you have been MORRISSONED. The issues remain extremely fun but the story becomes very hard to summarize. Unless you keep it simple like this: Lex Luthor finds a magic crys...
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Hall of Milksops 2 - JLA #5-9, Secret Files #1 from 2023-09-13T07:00:30
We're gonna rock down to... electric Superman?!!! Yes, Electric Superman has entered the chat. So has Tomorrow Girl, a few angels from Actual Heaven, Connor Hawke (son of original Green Arrow) ...
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Hall of Milksops - JLA #1-4 from 2023-09-06T07:00:31
Sometimes when you read superhero comics you want Actual Superheros doing Actual Superhero things. That's what you get in Grant Morrisson's 1990s JLA run. Extraordinarily powered beings battling...
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Cosmic Rays + Correspondence 14 - FF 268 from 2023-08-23T07:00:17
Dr. Doom is on the loose! Wait, no, actually it's just his mask. But still! It's a fearsome powerful mask! We also talk about Spider-Man: Blue (which Will just read). In our mailbag, we do anoth...
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Cosmic Rays + Correspondence 14 - FF 267 from 2023-08-16T07:00:08
The Milksops review a tragic event in the lives of the FF. How did we feel about it when this issue came out? How about now? Is She-Hulk gonna get to do anything? We also get a collection of the...
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Cosmic Rays + Correspondence 13 - FF 265 from 2023-08-09T07:00:17
The Milksops discuss the issue where it's announced that She-Hulk has replaced The Thing in the FF! A momentous occasion, that is barely explained in this issue. Instead, we spend much of the is...
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Catwoman #20-24: Wild Ride from 2023-08-02T07:00:18
Our final Catwoman arc is a happy one. Selina and Holly heal their hearts by hitting the road and taking a tour of the DC universe. We visit: Wildcat, Captain Cold, Starman (kinda), Hawkman and ...
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Catwoman #17-19: No Easy Way Down from 2023-07-26T07:00:15
We cover "No Easy Way Down," an emotional and creative high point for this series. After the traumatic events of "Relentless" three three issues show us Selina, Holly and Slam all dealing with t...
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Catwoman #12-16: Relentless from 2023-07-19T07:00:54
We go over a dark, moving arc in the Brubaker Catwoman run: "Relentless." Selina learns that she can't buy redemption. We learn that the Black Mask is a creative psychopath. But Slam gets a happ...
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Catwoman #6-9: Disguises from 2023-07-05T07:00:02
The Milksops actually talk about Catwoman comics as they get into the second arc of the regular monthly Brubaker-penned series. It's called "Disguises" and it's about Selina protecting Holly, af...
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Across The Spiderverse discussion / RIP John Romita Sr. from 2023-06-28T07:00:07
The Milksops discuss two Spider-Man related events: 1) the passing of John Romita Sr., one of the best and most important Marvel artists in the company's history, (he took over drawing Spidey af...
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Catwoman #1-4: Anodyne from 2023-06-21T07:00:45
We go over the first arc in the Ed Brubaker Catwoman series. Guess what: it's good! We've got: Darwyn Cooke art, film noir aesthetics, questions of good versus evil, a for-real supervillain, a l...
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One-Shot: Comic Shop Shelf Appeal with Casey Bruce from 2023-06-14T07:00:14
In this "one shot" episode (a name I just made up where we examine a topic separate from our current season) we take a break from Catwoman to discuss the topic of "shelf appeal." This means roug...
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Selina's Big Score from 2023-06-07T07:00:38
We cover one of the all-time great comic book stories: Selina's Big Score. Written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke, this story is a masterpiece of crime fiction, active storytelling, redefining a clas...
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Trail of The Catwoman from 2023-05-31T07:00:12
We begin our coverage of the Ed Brubaker / Darwyn Cooke era of Catwoman comics. We start with Trail of the Catwoman - written by Brubaker, drawn by Cooke.. Originally published in 2001 as a back...
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Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Discussion from 2023-05-24T18:18:36
The Milksops discuss the third installment in the MCU Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Kevin liked it more than Will, but Will admits that maybe he's just going through MCU fatigue, and he's n...
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Mini Ep: Marvel Assistant Editor's Month from 2023-05-17T07:00:36
The Milksops review "Marvel Comics Assistant Editor's Month," one of the first crossover events Marvel ever did. Here's what happened: For comics dated January 1984, readers were told that the a...
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Mini Ep: Brian's Quiz - Mount Rushmore of Comics from 2023-05-10T07:00:40
Milksop Brother Three Brian is back with a quiz of comics-related questions for his older brothers. "What's your favorite comic" type of questions, but these go way beyond that. We thought this ...
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Cosmic Rays + Correspondence 12 - FF 263-264 from 2023-05-03T07:00:54
It's your Friendly Neightborhood... Mole Man?!?!?! Yes, kind of! The Thing and The Human Torch team up with Mole Man to defeat a Walt Disney-esque captain of industry who has gone completely nut...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondance 11 - FF 261 + 262 from 2023-04-26T07:00:12
REED RICHARDS MUST DIE! Harsh, right? Or at least rude. Then again, Reed did save Galactus, who has a nasty habit of eating planets. So we have ourselves a legal conundrum as a council of aliens...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondance 10 - FF 258-260 from 2023-04-19T15:46:54
We've got three fairly Doom-tastic issues of the FF to go over. We get a day in the life of Doom running the show over in Latveria, and then a two-issue battle of Sue, Johnny and Ben vs. Terrax ...
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Zot #23-25 - The Ghost In The Machine from 2023-04-05T07:00:16
The Milksops Three continue their coverage of Zot!, the late 1980s indie comic that featured a Golden Age style optimistic hero wrestling with the emotional challenges of "our" Earth. In this ep...
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Zot #11-12 from 2023-03-29T07:00:22
The Milksops Three (Will, Kevin and Brian) discuss the "black and white" era of Zot! comics. We discuss how much this comic levels up in terms of quality, ambition and emotion, in both art and s...
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Zot #10 1/2 and Matt Feazell from 2023-03-23T07:00:31
A special mini-episode to honor the special mini issues of Zot that came out, which were drawn by stick figure genius Matt Feazell. The Milksops were all big fans of these. They inspired a young...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence #9 - FF #255-257 from 2023-03-15T03:35:14
The FF finish their Negative Zone saga! We've got aliens that look like salamanders, Reed rebuilding his own consciousness, and a plan to save the end of the world that worked because the Avenge...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence #8 - FF #252-254 from 2023-03-08T08:00:11
The FF are in the Negative Zone. The Negative Zone is an alternate universe which is different from our universe in that it is.... well, it's not that different. But it means Reed, Sue, Ben and ...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence #7 - FF #250-251 from 2023-03-01T08:00:26
FF #250 has the FF vs Gladiator, plus the X-Men (kind of) and the Skrulls, in a double-sized fight-tastic story. Then #251 sets up what is going to be a run of stories set in the Negative Zone. ...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence #6 - FF #247-249 from 2023-02-22T08:00:38
The character that we refer to many times as "Guardian" is actually "Gladiator."
Three more John Byrne FF issues! We've got "This Land Is Mine" which makes the argument that Latveria migh...
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Marvel Firsts - Daredevil from 2023-02-15T08:00:58
Kevin makes a really good case that this first appearance of Daredevil is one of the strongest first issues we've read. This is in contrast to the sort-of "second tier" status Daredevil will hav...
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Marvel Firsts - Avengers from 2023-02-08T08:00:46
Milksops Assemble! We go over Avengers #1. It's crazy and also good in the way a lot of early Marvel stuff is both crazy and good. Kirby's art is great. The inventiveness is BIG. The leaps is lo...
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Marvel Firsts - X-Men from 2023-02-01T08:00:03
We cover the first appearance of a group of heroes that would change Marvel, superheroes and all of comics forever: The X-Men. And we find the issue: really rushed! Like, no backgrounds, crazy p...
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Marvel Firsts - Iron Man and Dr. Strange from 2023-01-25T15:10:30
We cover the first appearances of Iron Man and Dr. Strange. We find Iron Man has a pretty solid story. Extremely problematic depictions of the Vietnamese? Yep. But the character of Tony Stark is...
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Marvel Firsts - Ant-Man and Thor from 2023-01-18T08:00:57
We continue our examination of Marvel First Issues with the Ant-Man and Thor. We talk way more about Ant-Man than we expected to. But Ant-Man has a way of surpassing people's expectations. Who w...
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Marvel Firsts - Amazing Fantasy #15, FF #1 and Hulk #1 from 2023-01-11T08:00:21
We start a new season analyzing the number 1 issues of all the original Marvel Comics series. Today we start with the big three: Spider-Man, FF and Hulk. Known informally (to us) as "the good on...
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Marvel By The Month - 1963 by Alan Moore from 2023-01-04T08:00:28
The Milksops were guests on the terrific comics podcast Marvel By The Month to discuss the Alan Moore penned series 1963. This is that episode presented here in our feed for the convenience of o...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #244-245 from 2022-12-28T08:00:03
On the FF side of things, we start with the fate of Galactus and Frankie Raye, and we end with the beginning of a Dr. Doom story ("Too Many Dooms!"). Both fine issues. But in the middle we have ...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #241-243 from 2022-12-21T23:53:46
We have some Galactastic issues of FF! John Byrne continues his tour of the big Kirby stories with a visit from Galactus! First we have to deal with some magic armor that has allowed a Roman sol...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #238-240 from 2022-12-14T08:00:06
On the FF side of things, we learn about Frankie Raye's hidden powers, see the return of H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot, and watch the Inhumans move their city to the moon. Very solid issues sandwiched ...
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Squadron Supreme #10-12 from 2022-12-07T08:00:13
We finish our analysis of 1985's Squadron Supreme series and come to the same conclusion we had at the very beginning: it's good but reading it now isn't as fun as reading it then probably was. ...
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Squadron Supreme #7-9 from 2022-11-30T08:00:32
CORRECTION: Yep, Will is still saying 'Madame Ape' instead of 'Ape X' -- please enjoy his wrongness! Three more issues down, and the Milksops opinion of the Squadron has... remained mostly the s...
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Squadron Supreme #4-6 from 2022-11-23T08:00:39
CORRECTION: Will keeps saying 'Madame Ape' which is very wrong -- he should have said 'Ape X.' Three more Squadron Supreme issues, and it's growing on the 'sops. There's a brainwashing machine i...
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Squadron Supreme #1-3 from 2022-11-16T08:00:21
The Milksops begin their coverage of Mark Gruenwald's most famous work, the 12-issue "Squadron Supreme" mini-series from 1985. It's the OTHER comic where a bunch of heroes who are not in the nor...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence 2 - FF #235-237 from 2022-11-09T08:00:02
On the Byrne FF side of things, we've got two great issues and one very solidly okay one. In the "great" column we have the FF battling Ego The Living Planet in issue 235 -- one of Kevin's favor...
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #232-234 from 2022-11-02T07:00:31
It's a new era of mailbags episodes! Starting now, we are covering issues of the John Byrne Fantastic Four run on the eps where we also read some mail. In this first FF/mail ep, we talk about wh...
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Love and Rockets - Heartbreak Soup from 2022-10-26T07:00:39
We continue our examination of Love and Rockets comics with a focus on Gilbert Hernandez's first big Palomar story "Heartbreak Soup." We discuss the hugeness of the world, the variety of influen...
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Love and Rockets - The Death of Speedy from 2022-10-19T07:00:39
The Milksops go over one of Will Hines' all-time favorite comics: Love and Rockets. Done (mostly) by two Mexican-American brothers, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets mixes sci-fi, so...
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Guest: J.M. DeMatteis - Spellbound Comics from 2022-10-12T07:00:34
Comics (and prose and TV) writer J.M. Dematteis returns to plug his new independently funded comics line: Spellbound Comics. JM is teaming up with 4 terrific artsts (Shawn McManus, David Baldeon...
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Mutants and Mailbags #29 - X-Men #198-200 from 2022-10-05T07:00:06
Two huge milestones: Magneto is taking over the X-Men, and the Milksops are stepping away from the Uncanny X-Men. Claremont and John Romita Jr. are on a roll -- these issues are fun and exciting...
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Mutants and Mailbags #28 - X-Men #195-197 from 2022-09-28T07:00:12
Three X-Men comics that actually feature the X-Men! Whoops, except the first one which is almost all Power Pack. But the Milksops love Power Pack, so they're happy. Then we've got a murder myste...
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Mutants and Mailbags #27 - X-Men #192-194 from 2022-09-21T07:01
Whoa, we are coming up on 100+ issues of the Uncanny X-Men reviewed on this podcast! Pretty good for two idiots who'd skipped this stuff the first time it came out. We go over some fun stories i...
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Mutants and Mailbags #26 - X-Men #189-191 from 2022-09-07T07:00:14
First the Milksops review a three issue span where the X-Men and New Mutants team up against the magic villain Kulan Gath, who has thrown Manhattan back into Conan the Barbarian-esque time (NOT ...
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Sandman Netflix Show Review from 2022-08-31T11:59:14
The Milksops review the new Netflix' series The Sandman. We already did 10 eps on the comics so you know we're fans, so was the show good enough for us? Short answer: kind of! We respect the sho...
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Crash Course: She-Hulk from 2022-08-17T07:00:39
In preparation for the Disney Plus show, the Milksops review She-Hulk in the comics! We go over the Savage era, the Byrne treatment, the Sensational phase (Byrne II), the Slott epoch and the Sou...
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Mutants and Mailbags #25: Wolverine (1982) #1-4 from 2022-08-10T07:00:51
The Milksops go over the 1982 four-issue mini series Wolverine, written by Chris Claremont and drawn by Frank Miller. This was part of Wolverine's ascendence to becoming one of the most popular ...
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Mutants and Mailbags #24: God Loves, Man Kills from 2022-08-03T07:00:47
NO MAILBAG THIS EPISODE. For the "mutants" portion of our ep, the Milksops review the graphic novel "God Loves, Man Kills" in which the X-Men ally with arch-enemy Magneto to battle an anti-mutan...
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Talkin' Bout Busiek: Astro City #1 and #1/2 from 2022-07-20T07:00:31
We saved (one of) the best for last: Astro City. This is Kurt's masterpiece. Along with artist Brent Anderson and cover artist/collaborator Alex Ross, Kurt created an entire superhero universe f...
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Talkin' Bout Busiek: Secret Identity from 2022-07-13T07:00:32
We continue our look into Kurt Busiek with a deepish dive on one of his most beloved works: 2004's "Secret Identity." What if someone woke up in OUR world had Superman's powers? Meaning there ar...
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Talkin' Bout Busiek: Avengers #19-22 from 2022-07-06T07:00:50
The Milksops continue our Talking 'Bout Busiek season with a look at his stellar run on The Avengers. Specifically we dig into issues 19-22, Ultron Unleashed! Thor has words with Ultron, Justice...
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Talkin' Bout Busiek: Untold Tales of Spider-Man from 2022-06-29T17:05:26
Continuing our dive into Kurt Busiek, we look at his critically acclaimed series Untold Tales of Spider-Man. It's a masterpiece of going back to basics with the webhead, finding new stories from...
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Talkin' Bout Busiek: Thunderbolts #1 from 2022-06-22T07:00:14
A team of villains who sometimes maybe kinda want to be heroes? One of the great series in recent decades. The Milksops get into Thunderbolts #1 with it tremendous twist ending that caught every...
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Talkin' Bout Busiek: Marvels #1-4 from 2022-06-15T07:00:02
The Milksops begin their celebration / examination of legendary comics writer Kurt Busiek by doing a medium-depth dive on his breakout 1993 mini-series Marvels. With the stunningly realistic pai...
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Crash Course: Ms. Marvel from 2022-06-08T07:00:09
To prepare for the new Disney+ show starring Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan incarnation), the Milksops do a crash course on her comic books! Despite just having debuted in Feburary 2014 (besides a fast...
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Review: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness from 2022-05-25T07:01
The Milksops break from their tendency to talk about 80s and 90s comics to focus on the latest MCU release: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Their take: it's good? We get into what Kev...
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Mutants and Mailbgs #23 - X-Men #185-188 from 2022-05-18T07:00:32
Two issues of bliss, two issues of blah -- that's how the Milksops see these issues. We get a fun look at Rogue and Storm's friendly in 185, followed by the double-sized Barry Windsor-Smith penc...
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Mutants and Mailbags #22 - X-Men #181-184 from 2022-05-11T07:00:12
A terrific run of Claremont issues. We have the charming "Young Dragons in Love" where we see Japan bring out its standing anti-Monster forces to stop a lovesick dragon from destroying Tokyo. Ro...
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Mutants and Mailbags #21 - X-Men #177-180 from 2022-05-04T07:00:35
In this X-issues we see a lot of cool stuff but also Professor X playing basketball in X-themed athletic wear, which is..... I can't decide what that is. Great? Silly? Fun? In other events, we s...
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Mutants and Mailbags #21 - X-Men #174-176 and Annual 7 from 2022-04-27T07:01
Three pretty great X-Men issues where we the mutants deal with getting used to Rogue, meeting Scott's Jean Grey-clone(?) fiance and Wolverine investigating why he was left at the altar! Also Wil...
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Mutants and Mailbags #20 - X-Men Annual 6, #171-173 from 2022-04-20T07:00
The mutants return to fight the villain they are most known for fighting: Count Dracula! Wha....? Okay, so it's not a standard X-villain, but this is a better story than the count's previous X-a...
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Born Again: 6-7 (Daredevil #232-233) from 2022-04-13T07:00
The big finish of the Born Again saga. We've got: crazed super-soldier who always thinks he's in Vietnam, corrupt generals and police commissioners and police, Matt Murdock cooking amazing burge...
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Born Again: 4-5 (Daredevil #230-231) from 2022-04-06T07:00
The Born Again saga begins jumping from character to character faster and faster, but Miller's taut prose and Mazzuchelli's deft art keep everything feeling smooth. Matt is healing, Ben Urich is...
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Crash Course: Moon Knight from 2022-03-30T07:00
Because of the new Moon Knight television show, the Milksops do a crash course in to the comics portrayal of Moon Knight, a character neither of them know that well! After an admittedly fast and...
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Born Again 2-3 (Daredevil #228-229) from 2022-03-23T08:00
Despite some very big limitations and shortcomings, Born Again stands out as an incredible achievement of monthly comic book creation. Each issue is tense, interesting, has surprising developmen...
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Mutants and Mailbags #19 - X-Men 167-170 from 2022-03-16T07:00
Professor Xavier is a jerk, says Kitty Pryde and X-Nation agrees, or at least the Milksops agree. We are into the beautiful Paul Smith epoch of the Claremont era of the X-books and things are co...
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Born Again #1 (Daredevil #227) from 2022-03-09T08:00
The Milksops can't stop obsessing over Frank Miller, so we're going from Dark Knight Returns to Frank's awesome return to Marvel's Daredevil: the Born Again stories. Along with artist David Mazz...
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Mutants and Mailbags #18 - X-Men 163-166 from 2022-03-02T08:00
Brood, Brood and more Brood. The X-Men find themselves in an impossible situation when they realize that a hostile alien force has planted eggs inside of their bodies, and the only way to stop t...
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The Dark Knight Returns #4 from 2022-02-23T08:00
The final issue of the Dark Knight Returns brings a showdown that maybe only Frank Miller was asking for: Batman takes down Superman. We see a very Batman-centered view of Superman: a sellout, a...
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The Dark Knight Returns #3 from 2022-02-16T08:00
Batman doesn't kill. But should he? Frank MIller's portrayal of the Joker puts this question to the test after the Clown Prince of Crime begins a murder spree in already-collapsing Gotham. Also ...
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Mutants and Mailbags #17 - X-Men #159-162 from 2022-02-09T08:00
The X-Men stories are getting so complicated it's tough to summarize correctly. But basically we've got: a quick fight against Dracula (no big), a demon who pulls Illyana into limbo for 6 or 7 y...
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The Dark Knight Returns #2 from 2022-02-02T08:00
Issue 2 of this seminal series is the only one that features a wholly original villain: the hyper-violent, extra-brutal leader of the Mutant Gang. Batman gets a new Robin: the extremely fun and ...
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Mutants and Mailbags #16 - X-Men #155-158 from 2022-01-26T08:00
The Starjammers are back and things get confusing! It's something to do with a missing possibly kidnapped Princess Lilandra, and a coup among the Shi'ar, and also some villains called The Brood,...
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The Dark Knight Returns #1 from 2022-01-19T08:00
The Milksops begin their in-depth look at THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, the 1986 Batman story by Frank Miller (and Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley) that changed the character and all of superhero comics...
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Mutants and Mailbags #15 - X-Men #151-154 from 2022-01-12T08:00
Hilarious Correction Department: it's Emma FROST not Emma STONE. Anyway: A rival school for mutants drafts Kitty Pryde, and Storm switches bodies with Emma Frost. Plus a cute fairy tale that cha...
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Emergency Episode: Spider-Man No Way Home from 2021-12-17T22:00:37
The Milksops convene for a emergency episode to discuss their feelings on the new Spider-Man movie "No Way Home." Big spoilers starting at about 10 minutes in -- we warn you. Among topics discus...
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Mutants and Mailbag #14 - X-Men #147-150, Annual 5 from 2021-12-14T08:00
Magneto is back and badder than ever! Wait, no, maybe he's good! No, he's bad! Anyway: he's fun. The post-Byrne era continues. Claremont likes off-panel big events and big emotional reactions, e...
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Ben Rodgers - Eightball #11 from 2021-12-08T08:00
We take a break from the superheroes with this one. Actor/writer Ben Rodgers (Lower Decks, Workaholics) joins the Milksops to discuss the indie comic classic Eightball, specifically issue #11. E...
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Mutants and Mailbag #13 - X-men #143-147 from 2021-12-01T08:00
Five more Claremont X-Men issues. We say goodbye to John Byrne with a cracker of Kitty Pryde story, followed by a Man-Thing story (the most awkwardly named Marvel character ever), followed by Co...
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Mutants and Mailbag #13 - X-men #143-146 from 2021-12-01T08:00
Four more Claremont X-Men issues. We say goodbye to John Byrne with a cracker of Kitty Pryde story, followed by a Man-Thing story (the most awkwardly named Marvel character ever), followed by Co...
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Brett White: X-Factor #84 from 2021-11-17T08:00
We're joined by Brett White, a writer for Decider.com, former employee of Wizard magazine and deeply devoted life-long X-fan. Brett gets into his passionate defense of X-Factor #84 and X-Force i...
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Mutants and Mailbag #12 - X-Men 141-142 from 2021-11-10T08:00
The hits keep on coming! The Milksops have reached another X-Men milestone: the two-issue story "Days of Future Past." This is where we see an adult Kathryn Pryde in the future journey back to o...
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Chris Gethard: Strange and Doom - The Triumph and The Torment from 2021-11-03T07:00
Chris Gethard (Beautiful/Anonymous, Planet Scum, Half My Life special on Amazon Prime) returns to discuss a gem of a graphic novel from 1989: Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom - The Triumph and The Torme...
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Mutants and Mailbag #11 - X-Men 138-140, Annual 4 from 2021-10-27T07:00
It's a bit of a valley in the X-Men saga, as we take a breath after the Death of Phoenix and before Days of Future Past. We get a funeral, a recap of... the entire X-men comics run, Kitty Pryde ...
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J.M. DeMatteis Interview from 2021-10-20T07:00
One of the Milksops' dream guests, J.M. DeMatteis graces the podcast this epsiode! J.M.'s credits in comics are vast: he had several long runs on Spider-Man (including the legendary series "Krav...
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Mutants and Mailbag #10 - X-Men #133-137 from 2021-10-13T07:00
The Death of Phoenix. Truly one of the milestone stories in modern superhero comics, and it still hits hard, even for the Milksops who are reading the full arc for the first time this year!
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Chris Claremont Interview from 2021-10-06T07:00
The Milksops interview Chris Claremont, author of Marvel's X-Books for something like 17 years, and then some. We get into how he got hired by Stan Lee in the early 1970s, what Marvel was like a...
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Mutants and Mailbag #9 - X-men #129-132 from 2021-09-29T07:00
Enter: The Hellfire Club. Also enter: "radiation" heroes as stand-ups, mutants as improvisers; the abundance of alleys in Marvel's NYC; the debut of Kitty Pryde; and one of the most famous Wolve...
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Alex Segura: Amazing Spider-Man #350 from 2021-09-22T07:00
Alex Segura, who's written and edited in various capacities for Archie, DC and many others (in addition to writing terrific crime novels) joins us to analyze Amazing Spider-Man #350, in which Er...
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Mutants and Mailbag #8 - X-Men #125-128 from 2021-09-15T07:00
The Milksops arrive at the Proteus saga, and notice that the already-great X-Men series is levelling up in quality. Multiple storylines intersect with a powerful villain to create tension, actio...
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Mutants and Mailbag #7 - X-men #122-124, Annual #3 from 2021-08-11T07:00
A catch-up issue where everyone catches their breath, then Arcade throws everyone into a giant pinball machine, and then oh yeah some guy named Arkon from another dimension or something shows up...
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Mutants and Mailbag #6 - X-men #118-121 from 2021-08-04T07:00
The X-Men go up against the most powerful enemy: the insanely well-funded secret Canadian super-hero program. Enter ALPHA FLIGHT!
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Superior Spider-Man: #17-31 from 2021-07-28T07:00
A big episode for a big event: the wrap-up of Superior Spider-Man. One of the all-time great Spidey comics comes to a thundering, epic, emotionally devastating close. The Milksops first wrap up ...
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Mutant and Mailbag #5 - X-Men #114-117 from 2021-07-21T07:00
The X-Men (most of them) make it to the Savage Land. The Milksops talk about the trope of hidden lands with dinosaurs in them, people who look like they've read Lord of the Rings but haven't, an...
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Superior Spider-Man #11-16 from 2021-07-14T07:00
Over these issues, Spidey-Otto evolved into full super villain mode. He gets a lair, henchmen and even a giant robot. The Milksops discuss this, as well as some MCU talk and Will's plan to play ...
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Mutants and Mailbag #4 - X-Men #109-113 from 2021-07-07T07:00
John Byrne is on-board and the X-Men stories are getting wilder, weirder and even more fun. We've got circus sideshows, robot nannies and Colossus saying "Lenin's Ghost" a whole lot more. Plus t...
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Superior Spider-Man #7-10 from 2021-06-30T07:00
Things go from bad to worse for Ghost Peter as Spidey-Otto discovers his existence. We get into the many ways that Dan Slott keeps this story emotionally interesting, with surprising plot twists...
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Mutant and Mailbag #3 - X-men #104-108 from 2021-06-23T07:00
Barely 12 issues into their run and the X-men battle with approximiately 100 newish characters and save the universe. We get into: Claremont and Cockrum putting themselves in the issue, the joy ...
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Superior Spider-Man #4-6 from 2021-06-16T07:00
More tales of Spidey-Otto! The milksops get into seeing which ways Otto is a more efficient Spidey and the many ways in which he is worse. Some hot takes from Kevin on how modern comics kills pe...
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Mutants and Mailbag #2 - X-Men #98-103 from 2021-06-09T07:00
We're not far into Chris Claremont's X-Men run and things are happening FAST: Storm and Jean Grey are best friends, the X-Men have gone on vacation for the second time in a year, the Sentinels a...
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Superior Spider-Man: #1-#3 from 2021-06-02T07:00
The new normal: Otto Octavious is Spider-Man. What could have been a single issue is being played out into a multi-year regular series! We start to see the ramifications of Otto as a man determi...
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Mutants and Mailbag #1 - X-Men GS#1-#97 from 2021-05-26T07:00
The Milksops introduce a new episode format: Mutants and Mailbag. For half the episode the cover the early Chris Claremont run of Marvel's X-Men (which they are embarrassed to admit they have ne...
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Superior Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man #698-#700 from 2021-05-19T07:00
The Milksops get into one of the most-requested series from our fans: 2012's Superior Spider-Man, in which Spidey and Doctor Octopus switch bodies! In this episode we go over the three issues of...
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Scott Aukerman: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6 from 2021-04-28T07:00
The Milksops get their first returning guest: podcast novice Scott Aukerman, creator and host of Comedy Bang-Bang as well as the writer / actor / producer of many other comedy projects. This tim...
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Mailbag #2 from 2021-04-21T07:00
While the Milksops have been talking to all these guests, the mail has piled up so we catch up! We cover: superheroes in cabinet positions, the question of whether flying takes effort, and how W...
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Jordan White: Amazing Spider-Man #334-339 from 2021-04-14T07:00
We are joined by Jordan White, who is Marvel Comics Senior Editor that oversees the "X books." Damn, pretty cool, right? Jordan talks about Amazing Spider-Man #334-339, which is the "Return of t...
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Chris Gethard: Mighty Thor #364-366 from 2021-04-07T07:00
We are so legitiamately thrilled to announced our guest for this episode: Chris Gethard. In addition to being an author, comedian, creator of the hit podcast Beautiful/Anonymous and host of the ...
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Matt Kindt: Concrete #1-3 from 2021-03-31T07:00
Multi-genre master Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT, Red Handed, Beserker, Bang and a million more) comes on to wax nostalgic about the late 1980s indie favorite Concrete. We hear what Kindt loves about th...
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Jesse Falcon: X-Men #128 from 2021-03-24T07:00
Longtime Marvel (and ToyBiz and Disney) Toy Designer Jesse Falcon joins us. Jesse is both a comics professional and a comedian friend of the Milksops as they all performed together at the UCB Th...
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Jeff Smith: Batman #232 from 2021-03-17T07:00
Jeff Smith, the creator of the insanely great series Bone, joins the Milksops to geek out about Batman #232 by Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams. And we do mean geek out. We get an awesome panel-by-p...
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Mailbag Episode from 2021-03-12T08:00
The Milksops take a break from their season of guests (already? sure) to catch up on email. Turns out our Secret Wars episodes really got you listeners working at the 'ol email machines. We go o...
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Tom Brevoort: FF #177-179 from 2021-03-10T08:00
We begin our Season of Guests with a bang: Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort (editor of Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Civil War, Winter Soldier) joins us to talk about why he love...
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Marvel's Secret Wars #11 and #12: Wrap It Up Quick! from 2021-02-24T08:00
The Secret Wars comes to an abrupt end, but not before Doom becomes a god, then not, then inbewteen, then... nothing. Also the heros all die and then don't. Except Szaji who really did? And Spid...
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Marvel's Secret Wars #9 and #10: Your hero, Doctor Doom from 2021-02-17T08:00
These issues showcase the super-villain Doctor Doom, and he emerges as the main character of this story. Will loves Secret Wars and respect Jim Shooter's work on it, and Kevin brings him down to...
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Marvel's Secret Wars #7 and #8: Spidey's Costume from 2021-02-10T08:00
A lot of stuff happens in these two issues but maybe the most significant is the arrival of Spider-Man's black costume, which eventually becomes the super-villain Venom. But no one making Secret...
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Marvel's Secret Wars #5 and #6: Recapping the Recaps from 2021-02-03T08:00
More fun issues, though there is a lot of recapping, even for Secret Wars. In one issue we have both Doom and Professor X checking in with everyone, and maybe Reed Richards too? It's hard to kee...
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Marvel's Secret Wars #3 and #4: A Mountain of A Problem from 2021-01-27T08:00
The Milksops talk about one of their favorite moments of the Secret Wars story: the Hulk holds up a mountain. Will is suprised how much he's enjoying this re-read. Kevin is not surprised. We get...
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Marvel's Secret Wars #1 and #2: Doom Flies Off from 2021-01-20T08:00
Secret Wars is a fun-first, subtle dialogue far far last type of story, and for the Milksops (and the tens of thousands who bought these issues) it works. Other fun things: the heroes are impres...
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Marvel's Secret Wars: Preview from 2021-01-13T08:00
The Milksops talk about the original Marvel Superhero's Secret Wars. Commercially successful, critically tolerated, and fascinating! We ponder what the arrogant / influential editor-in-chief Jim...
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Black Hammer #2 - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place from 2020-12-16T08:00
We continue going over Kevin's recommendations as we go over the very cool series Black Hammer, specifically issue #2. A group of superhumans are stuck in a small town, which is... not a small t...
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Bang #2 - It's Like You're In A Book from 2020-12-09T08:00
We go over the action movie homage Bang #02, written by Matt Kindt. It stars an action hero that is part Die Hard, part Doc Savage and all fun. It's also a mind trip, as the characters seem to e...
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Immortal Hulk #5 - Best Hulk Ever? from 2020-12-02T08:00
We begin a short series of Will reading some comics Kevin tells him to. We start with the commercially successful and critically acclaimed IMMORTAL HULK. The mystery, the philosophy, the charact...
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Sandman Wrap-Up from 2020-11-18T08:00
Milksops Will and Kevin wrap up their season of discussing Sandman comics. Somehow Will talks for 45 minutes and they're not even going over another issue. Plus email!
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Sandman #69 - Killing Family... Bad? from 2020-11-11T08:00
Dream learns that murdering his own son might have been uncool, like way uncool, to the degree that the 3 Fates who for reasons we forget hate Dream, show up and rip his world apart. The Milksop...
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Sandman #55 - The Thing About Burying Someone from 2020-11-04T08:00
Stories within stories within stories! The Milksops continue their look at Sandman with a deepish dive into issue #55, called "Cerements" in which (inhale).. a journeyman from a city of burial e...
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Sandman #54 - A Good Prez from 2020-10-28T07:00
Casey Bruce from Danger Room Comics of Olympia, Washington joins the Milksops to do a deep dive on the truly strange Sandman Story "The Golden Boy," which focuses on the 1970s teen president "Pr...
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Sandman #43 - A 15,000 Year Old Guy Walks Into A Wall from 2020-10-21T07:00
"Do You Control Transportation?" may not seem like a good way to start a conversation in a travel agent's office but then again, what are travel agents? The Milksops discuss chapter three of the...
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Sandman #34 - Horrifying Rituals and Small Talk from 2020-10-14T07:00
The Milksops get into the hot button issues of: gender identity, sexual consent and also cutting people's faces off and nailing them to a wall in this, the third chapter of the incredible Sandma...
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Sandman #21-#22 - To Hell And Back But Also Stay There from 2020-10-07T07:00
We meet Lord Morpheous' family who are strange in two ways only: they are super-powerful beings in charge of aspects of reality, and all their names start with D. We also take a trip to hell! An...
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Sandman #17 - So Where Do You Get Your Ideas? from 2020-09-30T07:00
WARNING: the issue we discuss has sexual assault in its story. Kevin and Will review a gruesome tale of horror and revenge in the Sandman issue "Callopie." An evil writer is out of ideas so he d...
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Sandman #13: Chaucer and Shakespeare Walk Into A Bar from 2020-09-23T07:00
The milksops (Kevin and Will) go over the debut of Hob Gadling, the man who will never die! What's YOUR favorite invention of the last 500 years: chimneys or handkerchiefs?
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Sandman #8: Dream's Big Sister Death from 2020-09-16T07:00
We begin a new season in which Kevin and Will examine the Vertigo series Sandman! Will is so excited we don't get to the issue itself for 30 minutes! Then we discuss this seminal issue, in which...
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Batman Year One Issue #4 | Costume Optional from 2020-09-02T07:00
Kevin and Will finish their discussion of Batman Year One, and guess what? They still love it. Kevin pitches more ways to get Batman out of this story. Will tries to figure out when he stopped l...
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Batman Year One Issue #3 | Batman Saves the Cat from 2020-08-26T07:00
Commissioner Gordon watches as Gotham Police nearly kill his not-yet-friend Batman. Topics we discuss include: how fast could you pick a lock in gloves? Did Year One create the "Save The Cat" tr...
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Batman Year One Issue #2 | 80% Less Batman from 2020-08-19T07:00
Kevin and Will continue looking at one of the greatest superhero comics of all time: Batman Year One. There's two hot takes in this episode. 1) They both think this comic is great. 2) Kevin thin...
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Justice League Europe #6 | French Class from 2020-08-12T07:00
The JLE meet their toughest enemy yet: a strict French teacher. Also the hilariously not-that-powerful Injustice League are in the same class! And with that, we close up our discussion of the Gi...
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Justice League Europe #4 | Big Hair Day from 2020-08-05T07:00
The JLE beat their foe, and in a very un-Justice League moment -- they do it by actually using their powers in a fight?! Also Kevin and Will discuss how JLE characters all have an intimidating a...
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Justice League Europe #3 | Off the Dome from 2020-07-29T07:00
Who does the city of Paris love more than the JLE? Everyone, but especially the Global Guardians (who? oh, right them). Will and Kevin admire the balance of humor and action again. They also try...
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Justice League Europe #2 | Split Up! from 2020-07-22T07:00
The new chapter of the league splits into pairs to track down who is trying to destroy their credibility. We learn almost nothing about that, but DO get to see everyone's powers and personalitie...
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Justice League Europe #1 | The Spin-Off from 2020-07-15T07:00
Justice League International was such a hit that it spawned a spin-off: Justice League Europe. Kevin talks about how this title is better than the original and Will ogles Captain Atom's tiny wai...
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Batman: Year One Issue #1 | Tze Chun of TKO Presents from 2020-07-08T07:00
Special guest episode! We talk to Tze Chun, a writer and the co-founder of comics company TKO Presents, about the stellar classic BATMAN: YEAR ONE. A masterpiece of Frank Miller's hard-boiled de...
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Justice League International #12 | Maxwell Lord’s Backstory: How Evil Is He? from 2020-07-01T07:00
The first year of JLI ends with Maxwell Lord smashing a computer apart while the Justice League fights... no one? Merton leaves mid issue and Will and Kevin can’t decide why we supposed to like ...
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Justice League International #11 | The Trouble With Max from 2020-06-24T07:00
The league starts to uncover the mysterious background of Maxwell Lord, the good guy who seems like a bad guy until we discover... he isn't! Maybe? I lose track. Also we discuss and propse catch...
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Justice League International #10 | Enter G'nort! from 2020-06-17T07:00
Within the forgettable Millenium event there is born a character both idiotic and unforgettable. G’nort arrives! And the JLI creative team gets to write Superman, Hawkman, Hawkwoman and more Gre...
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Justice League International #9 | Rocket Red Traitor? from 2020-06-10T07:00
Rocket Red, who has been a member of the JLI for one whole issue -- is a TRAITOR! Only a crossover as forgettable as "Millenium" could produce a betrayal of such low stakes! Still, the issue is ...
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Justice League International #8 | Moving Day from 2020-05-27T07:00
The first almost all-fun-character, no-action JLI issue as the league moves into several embassies around the globe. We've got the first "bwa-ha-ha" laugh, which would become iconic for this ser...
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Justice League International #7 | International At Last from 2020-05-20T07:00
The Justice League becomes Justice League International! First Dr. Fate gets rid of the most powerful villain of the series in one panel. Also, Kevin and Will discuss how it's weird that it's in...
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Justice League International #6 | The Grey Man from 2020-05-13T07:00
The Justice League team attempts to fight the mystical Gray Man with the help (or hinderance) of the Creeper. Captain Marvel fights J'onn Jonzz, Black Canary reluctantly gets saved, and a casual...
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Justice League International #5 | One Punch from 2020-05-06T07:00
The mysterious Grey Man is finally revealed! He's a dude who is a bad guy. Also The Creeper shows up. And Batman and Guy Gardner have their most iconic moment they will ever have.
Justice League International #4 | Mr. Gold from 2020-04-29T07:00
Booster Gold joins the Justice League. He earns his place by fighting some adults who dress up as playing cards the same way most people get jobs. Plus Maxwell Lord annoys Batman and Blue Beetle...
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Justice League International - #3 | Windy Ninja from 2020-04-22T14:36:38
More nukes, more commies, plus two Star Trek Jokes. JLI is already in fine form, very early in its series run. Kevin and Will love that Mister Miracle was willing to sacrifice his life for the c...
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Justice League International #2 | The Commies! from 2020-04-15T07:00
It's not a 1980s superhero book without the THREAT OF NUCELAR WAR looming closely overhead. Will and Kevin get into the issue where the Justice League start messing around with nukes.
Justice League International #1 | The C-Team! from 2020-04-08T07:00
Issue one features the new Justice League in all of its not-that-much-glory. We've got: alt-right Green Lanterns! An "Oh Gosh" Captain Marvel! A serious-as-heck Batman. And a cigar-chomping ente...
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Justice League International | Introduction from 2020-04-01T07:00
We begin our look at the 1980s hit JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL. Originally simply JUSTICE LEAGUE, this was an incarnation of DC's super team that featured lots of ... not exactly A-list superhe...
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Bonus Episode | Last Knight on Earth #1 with Jerah Milligan from 2020-03-11T07:00
We take a break from the Incredible Hulk to take a deep dive on BATMAN.
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The Incredible Hulk | Ditko Tales to Astonish from 2020-03-04T08:00
Finally: Banner changes into Hulk when he gets angry! Or at least stressed. We go over the first two Ditko Hulk stories under the "Tales to Astonish" banner. And that's the end of our coverage o...
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The Incredible Hulk #6 | The Metal Master! from 2020-02-26T08:00
The Metal Master is a villain so powerful, so fascinating -- that we're pretty sure he's never heard from again after this issue. But we have art from Steve Ditko! Actual feelings expressed by D...
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The Incredible Hulk #5 | A Muscle-Bound Creep from 2020-02-19T08:00
This issue includes: secret underground civilization, sub-human worker race, the fountain of youth, spider-leg-cars, gladiator battles, and a sub-nuclear weapon -- and that's only up until page ...
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The Incredible Hulk #4 | Smart Hulk / A Mongol in Shorts from 2020-02-12T08:00
Lots more of the Hulk flying-not-flying, Rick being a scientific genius, a new set of rules for Banner turning into the Hulk, lotsa gamma rays, a few rampages, a few torn-up houses and a space g...
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The Incredible Hulk #3 | A Completely Bonkers Story from 2020-02-05T08:00
Truly one of the most bonkers stories Will and Kevin have ever read. Hulk flies, but doesn't, gets mind controlled, gets trapped in space for the third time in three issues, rampages several tim...
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The Incredible Hulk #2 | Toad Men! Toad Men? Toad Men! from 2020-01-29T08:00
We follow up last issue's sci-fi commnuist spy plot with... TOAD MEN! An alien race arrives with insane magnetic power to take over the Earth, that is... until the Hulk.... beats them up!
The Incredible Hulk #1 | It's About Ding Dong Time! from 2020-01-22T08:00
Kevin and Will go over The Incredible Hulk issue #1. We've got G-bomb tests, cranky generals, rebellious teenagers, dangerous commies, a human gargoyle and.... The Hulk! 22 pages, five chapters,...
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The Incredible Hulk | Introduction from 2020-01-15T08:00
Your introduction to all things Hulk! Kevin and Will give an overview of how the Hulk comic book was created, canceled, brought back, and then seen to become one of Marvel Comics most popular ch...
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Season Three Trailer | The Incredible Hulk from 2020-01-08T08:00
Kevin and WIll announce they'll be discussing the first six issues of The Incredible Hulk, starting next episode!
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Bonus Episode | Watchmen: Issue #1 from 2019-11-27T08:00
Kevin and Will go over the first issue of legendary comic book series Watchmen. This is unrelated to the rest of this season, and just because the new HBO television series gives us an excuse to...
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The Fantastic Four: A Wrap-Up on The Kirby Era from 2019-11-20T08:00
We look back on the Kirby era. These 102 issues have been at different times: perfection, wildly brilliant, recklessly inventive, silly, downright dumb, out of date, ahead of its time -- but nev...
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Jack Kirby's Final Issues | The Fantastic Four #97-102 from 2019-11-13T08:00
We finish the Jack Kirby era. An undersean man/alien, a plot to foil the moon landing, the Puppet Master/Mad Thinker's instantly failure of a plan, and the last issue by Jack Kirby. Plus Kevin b...
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Gangster Planet | The Fantastic Four #91-96 from 2019-11-06T08:00
We are reaching the end of Jack Kirby's FF issues, and the stories are maybe getting crazier? But still good. We've got a gangster planet that has alien gladiators, a witch babysitter for newly-...
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Baby Fantastic | The Fantastic Four #84-90 from 2019-10-30T07:00
Two story arcs: Doom hypnotizes FF but also plays piano for them, and then Sue rents what looks like a totally evil house and in fact is one. Plus some email in which Kevin and Will get schooled...
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Wonder Gloves | The Fantastic Four #78-83 from 2019-10-23T07:00
Jack Kirby is picking up steam again! Although we're into a run where a high percentage of fights end the second people have a conversation. A moral lesson? Or hurried storytelling? YOU BE THE J...
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Galactus Has Shorts | The Fantastic Four #68-77 from 2019-10-09T07:00
Jack Kirby is starting his (slight) dip in story quality. Fewer new characters. Plots stretched over a couple of issues with little development. But on the bright side: Galactus shows up and he'...
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The Human Torch | Mailbag from 2019-10-02T07:00
A catch-up episode! Kevin and Will take a deep dive on the Human Torch! They catch up on email! They challenge each other to a Fantastichat! More Fantastic Four issues next episode!
Doom on a Surfboard | The Fantastic Four #54-67 from 2019-09-26T07:00
Past the peak, we move into some issues that we deem as "not bad!" Meaning, they don't change the very landscape of the Marvel Universe, but they are darn good Jack Kirby stories. We also see Dr...
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This Man, This Monster | The Fantastic Four #51-53 from 2019-09-18T07:00
Continuing this stellar run of Jack Kirby masterpieces, we review what may be the single greatest issue of FF ever - "This Man, This Monster" as well as the introduction of a little-known Marvel...
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The Galactus Saga | The Fantastic Four #48-50 from 2019-09-11T07:00
This is it! The big one! Perhaps the most famous Fantastic Four story from the Kirby Era: The Galactus Saga. The long-winded, big-helmet-wearing, pantsless God-like villain known as Galactus sho...
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The Man Who Has Every Issue of The Fantastic Four from 2019-09-04T07:00
We take a break from our already-insane (not) regular structure to interview our friend RAMSEY ESS, who has collected EVERY SINGLE ISSUE of the Fantastic Four. That's... crazy. He's a huge fan o...
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The Inhumans | The Fantastic Four #44-47 from 2019-08-28T07:00
We are now going over some of the greatest FF issues of all time! This episode, we see the debut of The Inhumans: Gorgon, Medusa, Crystal, Karnak, Triton, Black Bolt and Lockjaw. You want STRONG...
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The Thing | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #35-43 from 2019-08-21T07:00
Will and Kevin discuss one of the all-time great Marvel Comics characters: Ben Grimm, The Ever-Lovin' Thing! They also get into their admittedly insane plan for structuring this season, and some...
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The Frightful Four | Recap: The Fantastic Four #35-43 from 2019-08-14T07:00
Will and Kevin examine the first capital G GREAT long run of FF stories in this batch. Artist/co-writer Jack Kirby is getting into a groove as the action is non-stop, the characters have evolved...
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The Invisible Girl | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #25-34 from 2019-08-07T07:00
Kevin and Will analyze the "getting good" run, including a deep dive on the much-underdeveloped character of the group: Sue Storm aka The Invisible Girl. Jack and Stan seemed determined to releg...
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Getting Good | Recap: The Fantastic Four #25-34 from 2019-07-31T16:10:42
This is where the Fantastic Four starts to get good. We've got an awesome Hulk vs. Thing fight, the evolution of Dr. Doom, the increased powers of Sue Storm -- and a feeling that Stan and Jack a...
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Spider-Man: Far From Home | Mailbag from 2019-07-24T07:00
A catch-up episode! Kevin and Will take a break from the Fantastic Four briefly to discuss the new Spider-Man movie "Far From Home." And they also read a bunch of listener email! More Fantastic ...
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Dr. Doom | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #9-24 from 2019-07-17T07:00
Kevin and Will analyze the bad issues. You can still see the elements that will make this series great. Ben's character is settling into place. The artwork remains strong (although the inking ge...
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The Bad Stories | Recap: The Fantastic Four #9-24 from 2019-07-10T07:00
We go through a bad stretch: issues 9 through 24. Villains with ultimate power dispatched by... ignoring them! And also... calling their parents? Time travel only when you need it! Sue tries on ...
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Mr. Fantastic | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #1-8 from 2019-07-03T07:00
Kevin and Will go segment crazy as they analyze the characters, themes and significance of the first eight issues of The Fantastic Four. Plus a deep dive on the team's brilliant, bossy, maybe em...
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The Messy Exciting Beginning | Recap: The Fantastic Four #1-8 from 2019-06-26T07:00
Kevin and Will recap the first eight issues of the Fantastic Four. The Origin! The Skrulls! Doctor Doom! And Sub-Mariner! These are great!
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The Fantastic Four: An Introduction from 2019-06-19T07:00
Hosts Will and Kevin talk about the original run of The Fantastic Four! This was the comics series that launched all of Marvel Comics. We get into the partnership of artist/writer Jack Kirby and...
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Season Two Trailer | The Fantastic Four from 2019-06-05T07:00
Season two of Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics is coming soon. Subscribe now!
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Review: Spider-Man Video Game (2018) from 2019-01-01T08:00
A special episode! After swearing they would never play the PS4 Spider-Man game, both Kevin and Will bought PS4 systems and games and got completely obsessed with it! They loved every bit of it, an...
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Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) from 2018-12-20T20:40:03
We re-activate this podcast to discuss the awesome new movie: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Your co-hosts Kevin and Will LOVED it, but of course we also have enough thoughts that we talk for ...
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Eulogy: Stan Lee (1922 - 2018) from 2018-11-13T19:02:45
Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, as well as the architect of the Marvel Universe, passed away this weekend. Kevin and Will give a eulogy. They talk about Stan’s personality, his salesmanship...
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Season One Finale from 2018-10-31T07:00
This is the end of Season One of the podcast! Thanks to everyone who listened! We go over what we learned, and then read a whole bunch of emails we got in the last few weeks! Thank you all from ...
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The Goblin Unmasked! | The Amazing Spider-Man #39 & #40 from 2018-10-24T07:00
A look at what the Spidey-world looks like without Steve Ditko: your co-hosts Kevin and Will look at the first two issues with a new artist/co-plotter. And what it looks like: people are friendl...
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Steve Ditko’s Last Issue | The Amazing Spider-Man #38 from 2018-10-17T07:00
Spider-Man’s original artist and co-writer Steve Ditko departs the series not with a bang but with a whimper. “Just A Guy Named Joe” has a pretty good start (in the opinion of your podcast co-ho...
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Once Upon a Time...There Was a Robot | The Amazing Spider-Man #37 from 2018-10-10T07:00
In his second to last issue, artist Steve Ditko turns in a good story! There’s subplots and great drawing and two weird-looking robots and the introduction of one of the greatest villains in the...
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The Looter | The Amazing Spider-Man #36 from 2018-10-03T07:00
He got his powers from a meteor. He’s obsessed with meteors. This is the story of…. THE LOOTER! (?) Continuing this run of “guy who punches hard” villains, it’s clear that artist Steve Ditko is ...
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The Molten Man Does Not Regret Anything! | The Amazing Spider-Man #35 from 2018-09-26T07:00
In what Will deems the “worst issue so far of the Ditko run” we see the Molten Man return and Stan Lee turn in his strangest bunch of dialogue yet! BUT the issue does venture into “so bad it’s r...
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Kraven the Hunter Returns! | The Amazing Spider-Man #34 from 2018-09-19T07:00
Kraven is back to hunt the ultimate prey: Spider-Man! Betty Brant has a trippy Spidey-themed dream! And Gwen Stacy is falling for Peter! All great stuff! So… why is this issue kinda… eh?
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Best Non-Ditko Spidey Stories: Part 2 from 2018-09-12T07:00
Once again, Kevin and Will talk about some of their favorite non-Ditko stories! This episode, we go into the 1982 classic “Nothing Can Stop The Juggernaut” and the 2008 modern classic “Unscheduled ...
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Master Planner Saga Part 3 | The Amazing Spider-Man #33 from 2018-09-05T07:00
“The Final Chapter” -- part 3 of the stunning Master Planner trilogy and co-hosts Kevin and Will are so excited they don’t quite know what to do with themselves. They read the first five pages o...
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Master Planner Saga Part 2 | The Amazing Spider-Man #32 from 2018-08-29T07:00
Part 2 of the artist Steve Ditko’s climactic Spider-Man triology - “Man on a Rampage.” All the setup of last issue comes bursting forth in an issue-long explosion of anger and fighting from Spid...
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Master Planner Saga Part 1 | The Amazing Spider-Man #31 from 2018-08-22T07:00
This is it: One of the best stories in the history of Marvel Comics -- maybe ALL comics. It’s a three part story we call “The Master Planner Saga” and it starts here with issue 31 - “If This Be ...
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The Claws of the Cat | The Amazing Spider-Man #30 from 2018-08-15T07:00
A decent issue with a huge continuity error: the gang of uniformed thieves that show up periodically are ACTUALLY a foreshadowing of next issue! DO YOU FIND THIS FASCINATING? Co hosts Will and Kevi...
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The Scorpion Returns w/ Mark David Christenson & Kait Thompson | The Amazing Spider-Man #29 from 2018-08-08T17:33:58
Kevin and Will welcome guests Kait Thompson and Mark David Christenson, the co-hosts of “Aw Crap, A Hellboy Podcast!” We get into: how Ditko makes a great action story out of a not-that-great vi...
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Doctor Strange and Spidey | The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 from 2018-08-01T18:33:28
Spidey teams up with Doctor Strange, who happens to be the other big co-creation of Spidey artist Steve Ditko. There’s very little Peter Parker as the two Ditko superheroes battle a pleasantly very...
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The Menace of the Molten Man! | The Amazing Spider-Man #28 from 2018-07-25T07:00
Sure there’s a golden man who can punch like a wrecking ball but also: PETER PARKER GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL! Kevin and Will get into this momentous event. We also talk about how Ditko’s plotting s...
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Bring Back My Goblin To Me! | The Amazing Spider-Man #27 from 2018-07-18T07:00
We are well into the era where artist Steve Ditko had stopped talking to writer/editor Stan Lee, and it’s making for stories with very unique structures! For example, in this issue -- the battle...
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The Man In The Crime-Master's Mask | The Amazing Spider-Man #26 from 2018-07-11T07:00
Spidey fights not ONE but TWO villains with secret identities: The Green Goblin and also -- THE CRIME MASTER! It’s yet another guy who’s plan is to unite all the crime syndicates in NYC! Will th...
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Eulogy: Steve Ditko (1927 - 2018) from 2018-07-08T00:45:24
Steve Ditko passed away this week at the age of 90. We recorded this episode the morning after the news broke. As listeners know, he is the artist and co-creator of Spider-Man. Hosts Kevin and W...
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Emergency Episode: Instant Classics! Vol. 1 from 2018-07-04T07:00
We interrupt our flow of doing the Ditko issues to talk about two brand-new issues of Spider-Man, because they are so good! Instant Classics. One is Dan Slott’s final issue -- Amazing Spider-Man...
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The Spider-Slayers | The Amazing Spider-Man #25 from 2018-06-27T07:00
First appearance of the Spider-Slayer robot, back when it was just the Spider-capturing robot! Also, Kevin and Will realize every teenager on Peter Parker’s block is a nephew/niece with no paren...
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Best Non-Ditko Spidey Stories: Part 1 from 2018-06-20T07:00
Kevin and Will break from the format of the podcast to talk about Spidey stories from after the original Steve Ditko era! They talk about two in this episode: The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man an...
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Spider-Man Goes Mad! w/ Joe Quinones and Jordan Gibson (Penciller/Colorist: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man) | The Amazing Spider-Man #24 from 2018-06-13T07:00
The current penciller (Joe Quinones) and colorist (Jordan Gibson) for “Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man” join Kevin and Will to talk about the psychological drama that is issue 24 -- Spi...
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The Goblin and the Gangsters w/ Chip Zdarsky (Writer: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man) | The Amazing Spider-Man #23 from 2018-06-06T07:00
Kevin and Will are joined by Chip Zdarsky, current writer for the Marvel Comic “Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man.” We talk about his recent story in which 2018 Spider-Man time-travels to… t...
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The Clown and His Masters of Menace | The Amazing Spider-Man #22 from 2018-05-30T07:00
Step right up and see… the silliest heroes yet! A group of circus performers kick out the one member of their group with actual powers (The hypnotist Ringmaster) and try to get Spidey with their...
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Spider-Man and the Human Torch Vs. the Beetle | The Amazing Spider-Man #21 from 2018-05-23T07:00
Spider-Man and the Human Torch have two problems: their emotionally fragile girlfriends, and a guy with an armored flying suit who calls himself the Beetle. Guess which one is portrayed more rea...
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Spider-Man Vs. the Scorpion | The Amazing Spider-Man #20 from 2018-05-16T07:00
Co-hosts Kevin and Will discuss the debut of the probably-not-that-great-villain The Scorpion! He can punch! He can also...well, he can punch pretty hard. Plus a boatload of reader mail!
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Spidey Strikes Back! | The Amazing Spider-Man #19 from 2018-05-09T07:00
After a whole issue of doubt, Spider-Man is back into action! For the first time in the comic’s run we have a whole issue where Spider-Man is joyously being Spider-Man, and it is FUN! Your hosts...
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The End of Spider-Man! | The Amazing Spider-Man #18 from 2018-05-02T07:00
One of the best issues of the original run, according to your co-hosts Will and Kevin! There is no villain for this issue as Peter deals with the fallout of his decision to quit being Spider-Man...
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The Return of the Green Goblin | The Amazing Spider-Man #17 from 2018-04-25T07:00
The Green Goblin is back and he’s meaner and smarter. Pete’s love life is once again falling apart as he can’t convince working girl Betty that popular rich girl Liz means nothing to him. Everyo...
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Spidey Battles Daredevil; The Eerie Menace of the Ringmaster | The Amazing Spider-Man #16 from 2018-04-18T07:00
Co-hosts Kevin and Will Hines ask: If you’ve got a top hat that can hypnotize anyone -- why not open a circus? Well, that’s the apparent decision by this issue’s villain; The Ringmaster! Previou...
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Analyzing the Spider-Man Movies from 2018-04-11T07:00
We take a break from analyzing the old comics to discuss: Spider-Man movies! Kevin and Will talk about their lifelong dream to see a good Spider-Man movie, and what it felt like to see it realiz...
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The Sinister Six! | The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 from 2018-04-04T07:00
For the first-ever Spider-Man annual, there’s a special event: six of Spidey’s worst baddies team up to try and defeat him together…. By fighting him ONE AT A TIME! Also, most of Marvel’s other ...
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Kraven the Hunter! | The Amazing Spider-Man #15 from 2018-03-28T07:00
He’s a hunter and you know that because he is wearing a vest made out of a LION. He’s KRAVEN the HUNTER, and he debuts in this issue, Amazing Spider-Man 15. Kevin and Will -- er, no surprise -- ...
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Spider-Man Vs. the Green Goblin w/ Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast) | The Amazing Spider-Man #14 from 2018-03-21T07:00
Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Are You Talking REM Re: Me?) is our guest to talk about this issue of Spidey which features the debut of The Green Goblin! It is also inspired a Marvel comic ...
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The Menace of Mysterio | The Amazing Spider-Man #13 from 2018-03-14T07:00
The probably-quickly-named villain MYSTERIO is the bag guy of issue 13, and hosts Kevin and Will … no mystery here … like him a lot! He has a whole bag of tricks designed to scare Spidey which e...
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Unmasked by Doctor Octopus! | The Amazing Spider-Man #12 from 2018-03-07T08:00
Maybe our favorite issue yet! Action, drama, humor and as always amazing Steve Ditko art! Doc Ock unmasks Spidey! He really does it, but there’s a TWIST that helps Spidey protect his identity. P...
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The Return of Doctor Octopus | The Amazing Spider-Man #11 from 2018-02-28T08:00
It’s the return of premier Spidey villain Doctor Octopus, and this issue sizzles! We’ve got melodrama in Peter’s growing love affair with Betty Brant! A new troubled character who threatens to d...
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The Enforcers! | The Amazing Spider-Man #10 from 2018-02-21T19:19:35
The best worst villains in the Spider-Man universe: it’s the Enforcers! Ox! Montana! And the even more insanely-named Fancy Dan! Artist Steve Ditko really seems to be following a “make ‘em fun-to-d...
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The Man Called Electro | The Amazing Spider-Man #9 from 2018-02-14T08:00
One of the coolest powers yet most desperate costumes ever, Electro is the villain for this issue. He’s got lightning bolts on his wrists, ankles and face, and he’s called Electro. Now, what do ...
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The Terrible Threat of the Living Brain; Spider-Man Tackles the Human Torch w/ Alex Fernie | The Amazing Spider-Man #8 from 2018-02-07T08:00
Alex Fernie (UCB, Bajillion Dollar Properties, Do You Want To See A Dead Body?) is our first ever guest as we go over Issue 8, the oddly subtitled “Tribute To Teenagers” issue. A tribute in that...
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The Return of The Vulture | The Amazing Spider-Man #7 from 2018-01-31T08:00
Our first return villain and it’s our favorite winged septuagenarian (assuming) The Vulture! Peter Parker’s brilliant “Anti magnetic inverter” (?) no longer stops bird-brain, so how will Spider-Man...
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Face-To-Face with The Lizard | The Amazing Spider-Man #6 from 2018-01-24T08:00
This issue introduces what will be another classic Spidey villain: The Lizard! Spider-Man travels to the swamps of Florida to battle this tragic scientist-turned-lizard-man! And JJJ is along for...
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Marked For Destruction By Dr. Doom | The Amazing Spider-Man #5 from 2018-01-17T08:00
Spidey meets Marvel’s most notorious villain --- the very unsubtly named Doctor Doom! An exciting idea that leads to a just okay story! But even a sub-par Doom story has all that great/ridiculou...
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Nothing Can Stop The Sandman | The Amazing Spider-Man #4 from 2018-01-10T08:00
Another major villain debuts: The Sandman! A man gets the power to separate himself into millions of tiny sentient beings and he uses it to…. Get big bags of money! Come on, Spidey still special...
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Spider-Man Vs. Doctor Octopus | The Amazing Spider-Man #3 from 2018-01-03T08:00
The debut of Doctor Octopus, one of the greatest Spidey villains of all time! Fittingly, this is the first truly great issue of Spider-Man! Great characters, moody beautiful art, terrific action...
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Duel To The Death With The Vulture; The Uncanny Threat Of The Terrible Tinkerer | The Amazing Spider-Man #2 from 2017-12-20T08:00
We meet the first classic Spider-Man villain: The Vulture. Like all great Ditko villains, he seems created just for the cool visuals. He looks distinct and cool (or at least intriguingly odd), h...
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Spider-Man Vs. The Chameleon | The Amazing Spider-Man #1 from 2017-12-13T08:00
For his second appearance, Spider-Man gets his own comic that contains two -- really THREE -- stories! He meets J. Jonah Jameson, the perpetually angry newspaper publisher who uses his media emp...
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Introducing Spider-Man | Amazing Fantasy #15 from 2017-12-06T08:00
Amazing Adult Fantasy was an anthology comics series that featured stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy stories. They were short, dark, weird and often had twist endings. Think Twilight Zone, but five...
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Season One Trailer | Spider-Man from 2017-11-22T08:00
In this podcast, we will discuss all 41 of the original Spider-Man comics done by the original creative team of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko! But before we do, we wanted to give a background on both...
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