It's Heroes Con this weekend and there's still packing to do so we decided to start the fun early and kick off the week with another round of OULF*! Listen as we break each other's hearts discussing the Vertigo books of the Karen Berger Era, comic strips, and black and white comics! All that and more!

*Overrated, Underrated, Least Favorite, and Favorite

It's GIRL POWER as we praise Supergirl: Survive by Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan and Rod Reis; The Exorcism at 1600 Penn by Hannah Rose May, Vanesa R. Del Rey, and Jordie Bellaire; Revolution 9 by Mark London, Carlos Reno, and Jão Canola; Astro Quantum by Andrea Mutti & Arturo Fabra and Valerio Alloro; and Junk Punch by Paul Tobin, Carlos Javier Olivares, Francesca Vivaldi, and Colleen Coover (which also makes up our Mad Cave-O-Rama)! Plus, Rick Remender's and Daniel Acuña's Escape; Doomquest by Ryan North, Francesco Mobili, and Frank D'Armata; DanDaDanand Rai Rai Rai; Five Gears in Reverse; and lots more!

It finally happened: the talented and witty Kyle Starks pulls up a chair and joins us for a chat discussing titles such as Rick and Morty, I Hate This Place, Wrestle Heist, Peacemaker Tries Hard!, Barfly, End of Life, Sexcastle, Where Monsters Lie and others from his catalog, creating with incredible artists, working with publishers, pro wrestling, family life, and so much more! Plus, we find some time to talk about Blood & Thunder, Star Trek: Red Shirts, and Exquisite Corpses!

It's a pick your O-Rama kinda episode where we speak on fanzines like Blitz from RAID Press and Comics! The Magazine; Image titles including Odin by Marguerite Bennett & James Tynion IV, Letizia Cadonici, and Jordie Bellaire; Of The Earth by Chris Condon & Andrew Ehrich, Charlie Adlard, and Pip Martin; If Destruction Be Our Lot... by Matthew & Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Andy MacDonald, and Francesco Segala; and Geiger by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson; Vince takes us through some Ultimate highs and lows; and Jason brings the graphic novel goodness with Tim Bird's Adrift on a Painted Sea; Olivia Sullivan's Oracles; and The Undertaker by Xavier Dorison and Ralph Meyer; plus Absolute Green Arrow and lots more!

We're throwing things at you from a whole bunch of publishers this week with the Energon Universe Special 2026; Michael DeForge's All the Cameras in My Room; Batman and Barbara Gordon: Breakout; Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen; Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit; The Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Classic Newspaper Comics; They're All Terrible; Jeff Lemire and JSA and The Fury of Firestorm; Katia Vecchio's Memories of Giselle; and so much more!

Vince and DAP toss Jason into the TARDIS and set the dial to the early 80s and Epic Comics, speaking on the highs and lows and the various phases of the Marvel imprint. Plus, Sacrificers, Daredevil, Eat Your Young, and more! Shoutout to https://totally-epic.kwakk.info for refreshing my memory.

It's a back to basics kinda night where we chat about some new comics and tag team on Batman/Wonder Woman: Truth #1 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Cheung, and Jay David Ramos; Exquisite Corpses #12 by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, and Jordie Bellaire; the followup to last month's crossover, this time from Marvel with Spider-Man/Superman; and Swamp Thing #88 (or Swamp Thing: 1989 #1 if you prefer). Plus, Everybody Loves Cherry; Andrew Maclean's Head Lopper; Garbage Pail Kids: Trashin' Through Time; Corpse Knight; Nightwing; and lots more!

Recording this before NCBD makes it the perfect time for another round of OUFL! When it comes to Jack Kirby's contributions, MAD Magazine's Usual Gang of Idiots, and comic book events find out what we find overrated and underrated and what's our favorite and least favorite. Plus, some Silver Age Suicide Squad, Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin, Rikke Villadsen's The Sea, Crazy for You by Paul Theroux and Steve Lafler, and more!

Jason's road trip brings him home and we bring you more Narco by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, and Dave Stewart; Patrick Kindlon and EPHK's Tigress Island; Uri Tupka and the Gods by Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart; a Fanta-O-Rama featuring Tommi Musturi's Simply Samuel and Black River by Josh Simmons; Savage Sword of Conan; DAP gushes over Grim by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, and Rico Renzi; and lots more! [Thanks to the weather, there is some clipping.]

Our pal and TV's Mario joins Vince and DAP for an unintentional First Issue Frenzy featuring The Fury of Firestorm by Jeff Lemire, Rafael De Latorre, and Marcelo Maiolo; Bizarro: Year None by Eric Carrasco & Kevin Smith, Nick Pitarra, and Michael Garland; Imperial Guardians by Dan Abnett, Marcelo Ferreira, Jay Leisten, and Rachelle Rosenberg; Dave Chisholm's Is Ted OK?; and The Muppets Noir by Roger Langridge and Dearbhla Kelly! Plus, Josh Bayer's Utzy and Dusty: Crystal Pool from Domino Books; Collecting The Simpsons: The Merchandise & Legacy of Our Favorite Nuclear Family; Norikazu Kawashima's The Girl Who Raised the Dead; and more!