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Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam are joined by comics, television and video game writer Christos Gage to discuss the BIG changes taking place in Avengers Academy #20 this week! Then they mull over cover color coordination in a brief aside! Finally they make the longest-ever 30 Rock reference as Stephen talks about Spaceman #1 by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso during Comics at the Table!

Jermaine, Stephen and Frank do it live (or at least minimal editing) as they speak with Matt Fraction about the conclusion of the hero-shattering Fear Itself storyline, his creator-owned book Casanova and what he plans to do with his time now that he's no longer balancing the Marvel U on his back!

Then the guys sit down with New York Comic Con guest and Acme pal Sara Oakley to discuss her time at the second largest show in the country. And finally they go through any Marvel books that haven't already talked about (and EVERY DC) in Comic at the Table!

Happy birthday, Dave!

Jermaine, Stephen and Frank ride a Transformers high through the entire episode as they discuss Barnes & Noble's descision to pull DC collections from their shelves, crunch the numbers of the industry sales figures for September and geek out over a trailer in a way they haven't since the last century and the Phantom Menace! Then they dig into a big stack of Marvel and DC with plenty of indie graphic novels and benefit books mixed in for flavor!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam share their reading plans for an other wise light week, Jermaine is joined by John and Ryan for part three of the Avengers Assemble series, and Stephen puts the pressure on as Jermaine tries to review all 13 DC #2's in 30 seconds or less!

Jermaine, Stephen and Adam crawl to the finish line as they each struggle over a couple of different #1's in the final week of the DC New 52!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam recover from a long day at work with big cups of frozen yogurt and PODCASTING! Jermaine is speechless as the gang interviews Huntress and Legion of Super Heroes writer Paul Levitz and the usual levels of controversy arise at the table over books like Ghostbusters, Brilliant and New Avengers!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam weigh in on the third round of new #1's from the DCnU , including the controversies surrounding Catwoman and Red Hood & the Outlaws!

Jermaine, Stephen and Frank explore the blurry edges of DC's content ratings policy, reflect on the many new names and faces they've had the pleasure of making an acquaintance with over the last several weeks and review a whole heap of great comics at their table!

Jermaine, Stephen and Adam crawl out of a comic-indused daze with their DC New 52 Week 2 releases in hand to bring you their opinions on every single one of 'em!

Jermaine, Stephen, Frank and Adam get J.H. Williams III on the line to discuss the origins of the character Cameron Chase, the re-packaging of Promethea into Absolute Editions and the process of the new Batwoman #1!

Then they talk about how well the new Ultimate Comics Spider-man #1 holds up, how good it is to have Optic Nerve back on the shelf wish issue #12 and how the group was almost torn apart by Fear itself #6!