Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam reveal the winners of the first annual Acme Awards and give their commentary on each category!

Then they discuss potential DC subscription drops like Aquaman and Flash and apologize to people that are stuck out in the cold on Avengers Children's Crusade.

Finally, they share their favorite Acmecast moments of the year!

Happy New Year!

Avengers Assemble pt. 5, as promised, before the end of 2011! Enjoy and have a happy holiday!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam drop some eaves on the Eve of Christmas Eve, discuss some categories that had to be omitted from the official 1st Annual Acme Awards, and dish up a heaping helping of comics at the table to help you enjoy the long weekend!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam share some holiday joy through sequential narrative, but Fantastic Four #600 artist Ming Doyle on the spot and discuss the sordid past of their relationship with the work of Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness!

EDITOR'S NOTE: I'm legitimately proud of this episode of Acmecast. Not because of some feat of editing wizardry or the caliber of our guest, but because we let our passion fly as retailers and comic fans in a big, honest way despite what anyone else will have to say. I think it embodies what we were going for when we started Acmecast over a year ago better than anything else we've done thus far. Enjoy.

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam run through the Gold Sponsor offerings for Free Comic Book Day 2012, mourn the loss of Brian Michael Bendis from the Avengers books at some point in 2012, and get fired up about the controversy surrounding Dark Horse's date & date digital announcement! All that, plus Comics at the Table and a look ahead to next week on Acmecast #55!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam are joined in the studio by Acmecast #22 guest Brian Ewing to weigh in on the look of the Lizard in the Amazing Spider-man movie, debate the pros and cons of Peter David's Fan/Pro Convention Bill of Rights, the merits of Locke & Key, and the best gift you can give Stan the Man this holiday season as he celebrates his 89th birthday!

Frank sits down one-on-one with Who Is Jake Ellis and Grifter writer Nathan Edmondson at NC Comic Con to go over the origins of Olympus and the future of the Activity.

And the gang milks everything they can from a meager week of new releases, discussing Daredevil #6, FF #12, Star Trek #3, Uncanny X-Men #2, Avengers Origins Thor #1, Spaceman #2 and the wonderful original graphic novel Rust from Archaia!

Just in time to keep you company during your Black Friday shopping!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam are joined by a live studio audience for the first time in over 13 months as they kick off their second year! The gang catches up on two weeks worth of industry news, Frank speaks with Ray artist Jamal Igle at NC Comic Con, everyone flips out over Fantastic Four #600, and they field questions from the crowd! 

The gang takes a rest and returns to the archives for the penultimate installment of the Avengers Assemble epic, covering New Avengers vol. 2 "The Sentry" up through Mighty Avengers vol. 1 "The Ultron Initiative"!

Jermaine, Stephen and Frank have a great conversation with Nightwing, Deathstroke and Gates of Gotham writer Kyle Higgins (and surprise guest Alec Siegel) about why Nightwing is the better Batman, how to direct a better Watchmen and how to lay out the building blocks of Gotham City!

Since a convention just wrapped, they also do their own version of Man vs. Food from the Triangle area and tear through the comics at the table!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam completely ignore the one year anniversary of Acmecast because there's just too much going on! Writer/artist Brian "Smitty" Smith joins the gang in the studio for the introduction and then Eisner Award winning writer Ed Brubaker calls in to discuss the world-quaking events of Fear Itself #7.1!

They also do one of their wider ranging editions of Comics at the Table, jumping from DC to Marvel to independent releases, floppies and original graphic novels and everything in between!