Casual Wednesdays

At last! MJ & Jones dust off their editions of JLA/Avengers #1-4 for a series of read-through episodes that pay tribute to the career of the great George Pérez. This week: JLA/Avengers #2, wherein an apartment is invaded, the Batcave gets a visitor, and a Destroyer of Worlds seemingly meets his match.

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At last! MJ & Jones dust off their editions of JLA/Avengers #1-4 for a series of read-through episodes that pay tribute to the career of the great George Pérez. This week: JLA/Avengers #1, wherein a vigilante gets his keister kicked, a fabled dragon awakes, and a hammer is thrown.

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This week MJ & Jones crack the May 2022 comic book solicitations and have a spoiler-free chat about 'The Batman'.

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Time Stamps:

Reading: 3:16
May 2022 Solicits: 8:40

• Image Comics: 9:03
• Dark Horse Comics: 15:03
• DC: 16:23
• Marvel: 24:45
• BOOM! Studios: 35:50
• Lightning Round: 38:31

Listener Question/'The Batman' Talk: 41:33
Outro: 50:32

Matt Reeves' The Batman is finally out in theaters, and MJ & Jones have feelings. Spoilers ahead for the CASUAL WEDNESDAYS post-mortem of Warner Bros' latest, and possibly greatest, iteration of the Dark Knight Detective.  

This week MJ & Jones talk about the imminent 'Human Target' hiatus, the upcoming creator rosters for 'Batman' and 'Ant-Man', 'Thor: Love and Thunder' spoilers, and share their favorite seasoned superheroes. 

Time Stamps:

News: 5:08

• 'Human Target' Hiatus: 5:40
• 'Ant-Man' Anniversary: 9:28
• 'Batman' Creator Shakeup: 11:21

Listener Question: 18:25
Outro: 26:32

This week MJ & Jones try to navigate the decimation of the ComiXology comics service, praise the Hero Initiative's upcoming 'JLA/Avengers' reprint, and attempt to parse the new trailer for 'Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness'.

Time Stamps:

News: 

• ComiXology: 5:38
• 'JLA/Avengers: 9:34
• 'Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness': 15:40

Listener Question: 30:47
Outro: 37:24

Finally, yeesh! MJ & Jones are here with recommendations for all the great (or, at least, all right) releases in the APRIL 2022 comic book solicitations! Also this week: We answer a listener question about which Batman '89-esque adaptation-to-comics project we'd love to see next!

Time Stamps: 

April 2022 Solicits: 8:00

• Image  Comics: 8:25
• DC: 12:23
• Marvel: 22:31
  • Epic Collections! 32:58
• BOOM! Studios: 34:57
• Lightning Round: 36:22

Listener Question: 43:11
Outro: 51:22

We’re back! After an extended hiatus away from our microphones, MJ & Jones are here with a shorter format and a whole bunch of comic book hullabaloo, which includes: Two new CAPTAIN AMERICA series, a new DREAMING spin-off written by James Tynion IV (!!!) and the much-hyped DEATH OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE, which will either be moderately interesting or… not that at all!

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Time Stamps:

News: 5:34
Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 16:38
Listener Question: 22:02
Outro: 29:01

Face front, Web-Heads! MJ & Jones are here with their thoughts on Spider-Man: No Way Home, 50% non-spoilers, 50% spoilers, for your listening enjoyment/catharsis/rage listening. Let the opinions thwip!

SPOILERS BEGIN: 18:05

It’s finally here! MJ & Jones are back with recommendations for all the great (or, at least, all right) comic book/graphic novel/manga releases in the FEBRUARY 2022 comic book solicitations! Also this week: our Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues, our favorite (and least favorite) superhero runs, and a light WIZARD MAGAZINE read-thru, because our listeners are patient and lovely and dammit, they deserve it! 

Time Stamps:

February 2022 Solicits: 3:48

• Image Comics: 3:48
• Dark Horse Comics: 12:17
• DC: 13:55
• Marvel: 23:15
• BOOM! Studios: 34:50
• Lightning Round: 40:15

Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 48:26
Listener Question: 54:58
'Wizard' #63 Flip-Thru: 1:03:36
Outro: 1:18:29