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Episode #529! This week we are back with more Cool Stuff! First up, DL spotlights the Image comics series Ice Cream Man. Items brought to the table include the Sundae Edition vol. 1, issue #32 with it's M.C. Escher homage variant cover and decompressed car wreck issue #39. Scott brings two books to the table. First is X-Men Mutant Empire by Christopher Golden then is the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie adaption by Campbell Black. Check it out!    

Episode #528! Movie episode! This week we each talk about some recently watched films. First up Scott talks about Godzilla movies and action serials from the '30's and '40's. He also brings Doctor Who Day of the Daleks to the show. After that, DL talks about new releases Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Mad Max prequel Furiosa. Check it out!

Episode #527! Scott spent his free time watching a few movies this week. He tells us about two non-ape Charlton Heston classics with Soylent Green and The Omega Man. He also talks about '68's Danger: Diabolik. Ed Piskor was murdered by internet trolls. On this episode DL embraces hip hop culture and dives into Piskor's crowning achievement Hip Hop Family Tree. Check it out!

Episode #526! War for the Planet of the Apes! We continue our trek through the Planet of the Apes film franchise. Although this is movie number 9 overall, it is number 3 in the current cycle of movies. These movies feature modern storytelling with special effects that get progressively better with each film. War for the Planet of the Apes moves the story even further into the future where disease is taking an even greater toll on the remaining human population. Check it out!

Episode #525! This week we talk movies. Continuing with our goal to watch all the Planet of the Apes movies, we watch and discuss Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. After that Scott tells us about the tennis film 7 Days In Hell. Our third film we bring to the podcast is Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Check it out!

Episode #524! Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Human Centipede! We continue our trek through the Planet of the Apes franchise. In Rise of the Planet of the Apes we witness the events that lead to the end of mankind and the rise of the apes. Also this episode The Human Centipede! Check it out! 

Episode #523! In the 70's and 80's John Carpenter made many of our favorite movies. He wrote, directed and scored several thrillers that are still talked about to this day. This week we focus on one of his lesser talked about titles 1980's The Fog. After watching the film, we sit down to discuss it. Give it a listen!   

Episode #522! Peanuts By The Decade, Ferrari and Dracula! This week we bounce back after last weeks downer of an episode. Scott brings a movie and a box set to this episode. First up Scott talks about a favorite comic strip. Peanuts By The Decade is a box set housing the three volume The Big Book of Peanuts which includes all the daily strips from the '50's, '60's and '70's. Scott also tells us about Ferrari starring Adam Driver. And to close down this episode DL talks about the Topps collected edition of Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula with Mike Mignola art. Check it out!

Episode #521! RIP Ed Piskor. Ed Piskor was a talented comic book creator and host of the popular YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe. This week we talk about his untimely death (murder by the hands of internet scumbags). We also spotlight the impressive body of work he left behind.    

Episode #520! Night Train to Munich, Lore & Legends and a Batman Treasury! This week Scott tells us about the thriller Night Train to Munich. A Nazi spy and a British agent both try to capture a Czech inventor during the beginning of WWII. In the early 1970's writer Denny O'Neil and artist Neal Adams breathed new life into Batman after his 60's comedic period. Collected in the new Batman Treasury facsimile edition is his first adventures with new villain Ra's Al-Ghul. Also this episode we look at Lore & Legends. This impressed book showcases plenty of the art, products and extras of Dungeons and Dragons fifth edition. Check it out!