Welcome to Behind The Panels, the comic book show that’s comic to you live from Good Games Hurstville. In this issue, there’s more gravy than grave about us as we dip into Bill and Ted, Southern Cross, Postal, The Walking Dead and more in What We’ve Been Reading and Watching. THEN we recast the Marvel Universe in a baffling new …

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Back in episode 6 Richard and I set out some of our Podcast resolutions for 2015. One of mine was to seek out other podcasters and hopefully get them on the show to talk about how they do what they do. The guys from Behind the Panels were kind enough to be my guinea pigs. (Richard took off his Pillowfort …

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In this issue, Chris Pratt is nominated for Best Shirtless Performance by MTV. The bar has been set high for our next live show. ALSO Warner Bros. CEO says DC films are ‘edgier’ than Marvel. We guess that’s why we keep getting cut by them. THEN it’s Saga in What We’ve Been Reading. Oh, and some new books from …

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In this issue, Superman tempts children with his hot chocolate, and that’s not the only Sex Criminals on television. ALSO a brand new team-up series for DC, the Aurealis Award nominations and some kind of geek related challenge. THEN It’s The Black Hood, Suiciders, Spider-Gwen, Agent Carter and more in What We’ve Been Reading and Watching. PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: SUPERMAN: EARTH …

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In this issue, X-Men: Age of Apocalypse gets its Nightcrawler, Jim Starlin’s Dredstar comes to TV and Dynamite focuses on female creators and characters. THEN it’s Silk, The Multiversity, Ei8ht, The Flash, Gotham and more in what we’ve been reading and watching. ALSO It’s another geek-related team-building challenge, PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: SPIDER-VERSE, a …

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Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 129, the comic book show that’s coming to you live from Good Games Hurstville. In this issue, Spider-Man joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sony and Marvel have finally combined forces to break the Internet. THEN it’s Darth Vader, Empty, Divinity and The Walking Dead in What We’ve Been Reading and Watching. PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: WATSON …

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In this issue, DC announces it’s post-Convergence line-up with dozens of new titles. At last: we can buy books for Bat-Mite, Prez and Mystic U. THEN we go Postal, welcome the return of Saga, and watch the Black Vortex epic unfold in What We’ve Been Reading. ALSO it’s the Man Without Fear in our patented trailer …

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In this issue, David Tennant joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That sound you hear is the Internet breaking under the strain. ALSO we all sit around and watch The Thing without pants in one of our trailer commentaries for Fantastic Four. THEN it’s Effigy, Multiversity, The Dying and the Dead, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis and …

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In this issue, Marvel announces they are ending all their universes. It seems like a pretty extreme way to get rid of Spider Island, but who are we to judge? THEN it’s Melbourne Comics Quarterly, Burning Fields, Millennium, Reyn and more in What We’ve Been Reading. PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: AWKWOOD by Jase Harper (Milk …

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This week, Time Warner has announced a superhero themed casino opening in a Chinese resort. Because if there’s one thing Batman loves, it’s gambling addiction. ALSO it’s reportedly trouble aboard the Fantastic Four set. Insiders are already calling the Josh Trank reboot “a movie”. THEN it’s Star Wars, Peggy Carter and more in What We’ve Been …

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