Ram V, Al Ewing and Bryan Hitch begin the tale of Venom anew in Venom #1 Vishal Gullapalli: Knock knock, let the devil in! Al Ewing and Ram V’s Venom has finally kicked off and lemme tell you this is the book I’ve been most excited for since I first heard about it. Zachary Jenkins:…
It’s a crisp autumn night in the Midwest. My mom drops me off far enough away so my friends don’t have to see me climb out of a Honda Odyssey in my Underoath hoodie. I wasn’t just worried about my image, I wanted to be able to go to the hardcore shows in the shack…
We’re heading to Russia comrades! Join us as we talk all about Omega Red stories.Ranked this Episode: X-Men #4-7 (Omega Red) Wolverine Origins #37-40 (Romulus) Uncanny X-Force #25-35 (Final Execution)
In Matthew Rosenburg & Tyler Boss’s upcoming Image title “What’s The Furthest Place From Here?” a group of teens each pick an album to represent themselves, to give themselves meaning, long after they are gone. Now, they can’t actually listen to the albums but that’s beside the point. With the book coming out next week…
If Hellions is about anything, it is about consequences. It’s a book about bad people who have done bad things wondering what they do next. Zeb Well’s and Stephen Segovia’s mutants don’t fit in with the rest of the world. Luckily there is one enemy who we can all unite against, The Right. Hellions #17…
Undone By Blood is an anthology Western from Aftershock Comics by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson and Sami Kivelä. It features a period story of the American West, juxtaposed with the pulp novel tales of cowboy Solomon Eaton. The second volume comes out November 10th. We sat down with writers Lonnie & Zac to discuss the…
We have a rip roaring time hanging with Hollywood big-shot Jordan Blum while we talk about Doug Ramsey and the Hellions. Ranked this episode: New Mutants #53-54 (Scavenger Hunt) New Warriors #31 (Who Mourns The Hellions?) New Mutants #6-8 (Necrosha)
1899, Yukon Territory. A frozen frontier, bloodied and bruised by the last great Gold Rush. But in the lawless wastes to the north, something whispers in the hindbrains of men, drawing them to a blighted valley, where giant spidertracks mark the snow and impossible guns roar in the night. To Brokehoof, where gold and blood…
Happy Halloween, we talk about some sufficiently spooky stories. Then someone gets distracted and talks about weird Marvel continuity for too long. It’s a great event. Ranked This Episode: Inferno (Secret Wars) Nova #22 Generation X #22
We enter the world of Mutant X, and by that we mean we get distracted by other weird Marvel stuff of the turn of the century.Ranked this episode: X-Factor #145-149 Mutant X #1-3 Mutant X: Origins #1
Steve Foxe is a writer and editor working in both comics and children’s books. His new title Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility just recently dropped from Scholastics Graphix and he sat down with us to discuss. Zachary Jenkins: You have a history writing books for children, which I think a lot of people who are…
Al Ewing is pretty good at this space stuff. Fitting then that he introduces the X-Men’s long time ally, the Shi’ar, to Arakko. There speaks the voice of Sol, the goddess, Storm. Sadly, Storm is busy with what she is always busy with, doing a duel with fools who think they can step to her….
Ka-Zar and his family bite off more than they can chew as the mystery deepens regarding the Polyscion in Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #2, written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Germán García, colored by Matheus Lopes and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Chris Eddleman: What’s that? It’s another installment of our eco-mystery? I’m pretty…
Everyone loves Vulcan. He’s the third Summers brother, and no one has ever disliked how clunkily he was put into the story and then used as a big deal in space for a while. Anyway, our buddy Vishal is here to set us straight! Ranked This Episode: Rise & Fall of the Shi’Ar Empire Emperor…
Super Metroid is a perfect video game but that thrives on a single feeling, isolation. You are Samus Aran, a bounty hunter on a mission behind enemy lines on the planet Zebes. The closest thing to a friendly face you see is a singular corpse sitting, rotting; a warning to turn back before you face…