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May 21, 201535: Slap-in-the-Mouth GuaranteeIn the first installment of a new recurring series, we recommend great, currently running reads that we've never discussed on the show....more1h 5minPlay
April 28, 201534: Reading OrdersComiXology co-founders David Steinberger and John D. Roberts join us for an annual check-in, discussing library expansion, the changes post-Amazon acquisition, and the possibility of new UI/UX features in the future....more44minPlay
April 21, 201533: Heart and SoulIn our first-annual STAPLE Special, we dive into some of our mutual comfort foods: autobiographical and otherwise-great indie comics. Intercut throughout are interviews with an all-star, all-woman super-team lineup of comics creators....more1h 15minPlay
March 28, 201532: Every Flavor is Chocolate!In the Epilogue to our comprehensive, decades-spanning, senses-altering Crossover Event(s), we each name the five events from each publisher we would "save" if forced to choose. Stay tuned for a shocking conclusion in the conclusion that will change the way you judge us...FOREVER....more37minPlay
March 20, 201531: This Hero Must Die!The Crossover Crisis War(s) experience is consummated with a dive from AvX and its Consequences (without ruining it for you) through the recently-concluded AXIS. Part 8 of 8...more1h 41minPlay
March 13, 201530: Beyond Continuity PornDo our hosts come to blows over heroes coming to blows in Civil War?! Who will leave this battle "WWH Champion"? Have one or both of us been Skrulls the whole time? Find out as we take race across the Rainbow Bridge and out of dark-gritty-dark-darkness, toward The Heroic Age! Crossovers Crossover Epic Event: Part 7 of 8...more1h 26minPlay
March 09, 201529: Doctor Strange Explains It AllIn the aftermath of the 90's and Marvel's bankruptcy, a classic is sequelized, Earth becomes a penal colony for the rest of the galaxy, and writer Bendis kicks off the modern era of line-wide, endlessly connecting crossovers. Crossovers Crossover Epic Event: Part 5 of 8...more1h 24minPlay
February 28, 201528: Chain Mail and a Bomber JacketThe trilogy of Infinity Something crossovers (Gauntlet, War, and Crusade) and the rest of the Events of the 1990's employ "crossover tactics" seen in Marvel crossovers through the present. Say "hello" and at once (in many ways) "good riddance" to the 90's! Crossovers Crossover Epic Part 5 of ????...more1h 13minPlay
February 20, 201527: The Experience Has Been Consummated!In an episode where we cover both parts of Secret Wars, you'll be amazed at which Marvel crossover we declare the most influential and important to Marvel history in the years leading up to Infinity Gauntlet. Crossovers Crossover Epic Part 4 of ????...more1h 13minPlay
February 13, 201526: Heroes Punching Each OtherIn the first of more parts than we planned, we lay the foundation and start into Marvel Comics crossovers, looking at what a crossover really is (and isn't, and is/isn't perceived to be), including how Marvel invented them (no, seriously)....more1h 3minPlay