Battle Of The Atom: Cool As Ice
This one is about Iceman and, as promised, we make an insufferable amount of ice puns. Ranked This Episode: Iceman Vol 2 Astonishing X-Men #62-65 Bizarre Adventure #27
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SuperChat is Back With Superman’s Family and His New Friend… Lex Luthor?
A new day dawns, and Superman is facing all new challenges. Mainly, a little voice in his ear trying to lead him down a darker path. Lex Luthor has decided to ally himself with Superman — but his help might be worse than his hindrance. Was this team-up doomed to failure from the start? We…
New X-Men In Our Exclusive Preview Of Bishop: War College #2
Bishop is no stranger to time and space shenanigans. The dude has been around. Still, everyone once and a while he sees something that surprises even him. In Bishop: War College #2 by J. Holtham and Sean Damien Hill, Bish wakes in a world where the X-Men are Black. There’s a lot we could talk…
Hijinks, Feelings and New Costumes in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1
Escapade, who can switch bodies with anyone (temporarily), has moved to Krakoa (maybe just temporarily). Cerebella, who now has a body (maybe permanently!), feels bored and sad. How about they do a caper together? The New Mutants return with a new creative team in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 by writer Charlie Jane Anders, artist…
Battle Broods, Beasts, and Omni-Mutants in X-Chat #8!
A few important events have happened since we last met! Welcome to X-Chat #8! In X-Men #18, the Brood invade and have captured Corsair, but King Broo is nowhere to be found, from Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee and Clayton Cowles! The Beast Protocol begins in Wolverine #30 from Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp,…
BatChat With Matt & Will: What’s With All the Bandages?
We’re back with the second part pf our 75th episode and the second chapter of Batman Eternal. And this one is… not as exciting. There’s a whole lot of Hush this time. Like, a whole lot. Plus the supernatural stuff takes over a lot, and most of the cool crime stuff is forgotten. As is…
Black Panther #15 And The Value Of Joy
I remember reading Black Panther, the penultimate issue of the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, featuring just about every Black Marvel hero, from mutant to avenger and everyone in between, coming together to save Wakanda. It was pure fantasy fulfillment, and I felt joy. I remember reading X-Men, following Synch’s story of self-realization in and redirection…
Picard Season 3 Episode 3 Puts on a New Face
The deadly cat and mouse game between the Titan and the Shrike continues in the nebula, while Raffi and Worf uncover a conspiracy that could destroy the Federation. Picard learns how much one’s life could change in a mere “Seventeen Seconds”; Picard Season 3 episode 3 written by Jane Maggs & Cindy Appel, directed by…
A Great, Big Convoy of Terror in Phantom Road #1
Writer Jeff Lemire, artist Gabriel Walta, colorist Jordie Bellaire and letterer Steve Wands head out on the back roads and find only horror in Phantom Road #1, published by Image Comics. I grew up on trucks. My dad owned a small trucking company, and I frequently would ride along when I wasn’t in school. As…
WMQ&A Episode 247: Like a Good Neighbor, Jude Doyle Is There
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 247: Like a Good Neighbor, Jude Doyle Is There Writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series The Neighbors. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You…
Battle Of The Atom: The Power Of Solar
The rules? They no longer apply to us. We’ve decided to stretch the premise of the podcast past the logical conclusion and into a world where frankly, nothing is ever the same. Looks folks, it’s coming up on six years, we’re deep into our having fun with it era. Ranked This Episode: Incredible Hulk #148…
Ice Gets the Last Word in Human Target #12
Christopher Chance has spent his life in defiance of death, and those who would be afraid of it. Now, death has come for him at last, and it’s time for the Human Target to finally find out if people were right to be afraid all along. The Human Target #12 is written by Tom King,…
Iceman Wants To Kill All The Brood In Our Exclusive Preview Of X-Men #20
Charles Xavier’s original five X-Men have a long history of advocating for, or executing, a genocide. We’re talking sentient races here. Jean and the D’Bari obviously, Cyclops and the Skrulls, Archangel and the whole human race at one point. Honestly it makes Beast’s unpleasantness on Terra Verde seem almost quaint. Not wanting to be left…
A Competent Woman’s Stuck with This Guy in Our Exclusive Preview of Spy Superb #3
The inept spy is a Cold War classic celebrated in media from Get Smart to Austin Powers. Who doesn’t love the idea that total nuclear annihilation could be prevented by some clueless schmo in a suit and his hypercompetent Gal Friday? Writer-artist Matt Kindt explores this dynamic in Spy Superb, a three-issue Dark Horse series,…
BatChat With Matt & Will: Penguin in a Onesie
So, Will has been asking for it since about episode 3, and this week, it begins. For our 75th episode, we are covering the year long, weekly series Batman Eternal. But because it’s so long, this isn’t a normal episode. The series was collected in three trades, so we’re covering it as three stories in…