HBO's Watchmen Episode One, Howard Chaykin and Star Wars, Martin Scorsese and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, So Beautiful and So Dangerous by Angus McKie from Heavy Metal, Street Angel: Superhero for a Day by Jim Rugg from Image Comics, The Mask: I Pledge Allegiance to the Mask from Dark Horse, The Search for Smilin' Ed by Kim Deitch from Fantagraphics, Superman Smashes the Klan #1 from DC, Ophiuchus from Image, plus a whole mess more!

Nancy by Olivia Jaimes, Bury the Lede from BOOM!, Strangers in Paradise XXV and Five Years by Terry Moore, The Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry from Drawn and Quarterly, Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire from Gallery 13, Judge Dredd: Dark Justice and Dark Justice: Dominion from 2000AD, Gods and Gears #1 from Alterna Comics, Ruby Falls #1 from Dark Horse/Berger Books, Herakles from Lion Forge, plus a whole mess more!

We rundown our adventures at the New York Comic Con 2019 PLUS an hour-long commentary on Tod Phillips' JOKER!

We count the moments to New York Comic Con 2019 and talk about a whole mess of stuff in the process!

Book of the Month: Lobo by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant Volume 1

Phenomenal Phil Hester pops in to discuss Family Tree, his new Image ongoing with writer Jeff Lemire, Aftershock, Caliber, Shipwreck with Warren Ellis, Swamp Thing, Green Arrow, Ande Parks, Image, piracy, the comic industry, Dynamite! and Black Terror, growing up comics, collecting original art, the black-and-white explosion, Charlton, The Irredeemable Ant Man, and a whole lot more!

The Ups and Downs of Comic Fandom

Gotham City Monsters #1, Young Justice #8, Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1, Jason Aaron's Avengers, Black Star by Josh Bayer from Tinto Press, Jason Aaron's Conan, Batman by Tom King and company, Army@Love: The Hot Zone Club, by Rick Veitch and Gary Ersline from Vertigo, Blade Runner 2099 from Titan Comics, Immortal Hulk, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8, Something Is Killing the Children #1 from BOOM!, plus a whole mess more!

Marvel Comics #1000, Spawn #300 featuring Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, Jason Shawn Alexander, J. Scott Campbell and more, Mountainhead #1 by John Lees, Ryan Lee, and Doug Garbark from IDW, I Am a Hero Omnibus volumes 8-10 by Kengo Hanazawa from Dark Horse, Battlepug #1 by Mike Norton and Shawn Pryor, The Fire Within by Shawn Pryor and George Kambadais, Ghost Spider #1 by Seanan McGuire and Takeshi Miyazawa, Invisible Kingdom, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Elektra: Assassin by Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gaspar Saladino, and Jim Novak!