Casual Wednesdays

Holy Flashback! Robin is just all over the place these days, it seems, so MJ & Jones thought it would be fun to crack ROBIN: YEAR ONE! How does Dick Grayson’s definitive origin story stack up today? Also this week: DC’s new SHAZAM, Spider-Man’s latest Goblin, and Frank Miller’s all-new YA book??

Time Stamps:

News: 2:54
'Robin: Year One' Flip-Thru: 13:44
Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 58:14
Best/Worst MCU Picks: 1:02:19
Outro: 1:16:15

On the docket for the January 2022 solicits: the Kurt Busiek era of Image Comics begins and Chip Zdarsky's Batman does, too; She-Hulk makes her gregarious green return, and we are living in the Ben Reilly-ssaince!

Time Stamps:

January 2022 Solicits: 3:42

• Image Comics: 5:17
• Dark Horse Comics: 11:30
• DC: 14:10
• Marvel: 23:54
• IDW Publishing: 38:41
• BOOM! Studios: 39:39
• Lightning Round: 40:26

Listener Question: 47:14
Outro: 53:08

It’s back! ELSEWEEK finally returns, just in time for Halloween, and this time MJ & Jarrod are cracking the macabre, operatic, and downright weirdo Elseworlds masterpiece, 'Batman & Dracula: Red Rain'! 

It's an absolutely packed 200th episode spectacular: MJ & Jones discuss DC Fandome and the trailers for THE FLASH, BLACK ADAM, SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE and, obviously, that THE BATMAN trailer! Also on the docket: our fifth annual Halloween Recommendation Episode!

Time Stamps: 

DC Fandome Recap: 4:39
Halloween Recommendations: 29:08
Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 50:45
Listener Question: 57:12
Outro: 1:04:00

The DC Comics January 2022 solicitations are around the corner, and there’s so much to talk about: Mark Waid is teaming with Dan Mora, Nightwing's got a new costume (sorta), and Tini Howard is a full-fledged CATWOMAN writer now! All this plus: a new origin for Marvel Studios' FANTASTIC FOUR and... could Spider-Man be a killer?

Time Stamps:

News: 3:36

• Nightwing's Duds: 4:13
• Tini Howard's 'Catwoman': 7:13
• Mark Waid & Dan Mora at DC: 11:36

Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 15:12
Listener Question: 21:12
Back Matter: 27:13
Outro: 33:32

Holy Hannah, it’s time for another solicits episode! On the docket this week: the long-awaited Batgirls series, Chip Zdarsky’s next move in his much-longer-than-we-anticipated Daredevil run and—stop the presses—The Amazing Spider-Man has FIVE issues out this month! FIVE! All this plus trailer talk for the much-anticipated Netflix adaptation of The Sandman! 

Time Stamps:

December 2021 Solicits: 6:53

• Image Comics: 7:51
• Dark Horse Comics: 13:10
• DC: 17:14
• Marvel: 27:24
• BOOM! Studios: 47:37
• Lightning Round: 49:55

'The Sandman' Trailer Talk: 1:03:46
Outro: 1:10:13

It’s another five-week month, which means MJ & Jones are scrambling for content—er, have made space for an all-new Junk Drawer Episode! On the docket: What did Brian Michael Bendis really mean by that Batman tweet? Is IDW jumping to Penguin/Random House another nail in the coffin for Diamond Distribution? How good is STARGIRL? All this and, at long last, a brand-new WIZARD flip-through!

Time Stamps:

News: 4:40
'Wizard' #76 Flip-Thru: 22:20
Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 47:52
Listener Question: 54:36
Outro: 1:04:03

On the docket for this week: HAWKEYE trailer talk, new SWAMP THING comics and a little SWAMP THING discourse, Taylor & Redondo’s upcoming big swing for NIGHTWING, and maybe Mark Waid is writing SUPERMAN again?  (Yes, please!)

Time Stamps:

News: 3:44
'Hawkeye' Trailer Talk: 22:56
Top 5 Most Anticipated Comics: 39:44
Listener Question: 44:53
Outro: 57:10

The November 2021 comic book solicitations are here! On the docket: DC's gone more Bat-crazy than usual, 'Black Panther' #1 gets a resolicitation (fingers crossed!), Chip Zdarsky is busier than ever, AHOY triples down on Mark Russell, and oh so much more. Plus: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' gets a trailer (for better or worse), and MJ & Jones are here with their speculator caps on!

Time Stamps: 

November 2021 Solicits: 4:09

• Image Comics: 4:09
• Dark Horse Comics: 10:25
• DC: 13:19
• Marvel: 30:00
• BOOM! Studios: 43:52
• Lightning Round: 45:15

Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 54:28
'Spidey: No Way Home' Trailer Talk: 59:43
Outro: 1:14:29

Stop the presses! It’s been a wild news month for the comics industry, and it’s everything MJ & Jones can do to keep up! Time for another News Round-Up Episode! On the docket: Tini Howard is Marvel exclusive no more, Brian Michael Bendis moves Jinxworld to Dark Horse, and Batman’s leaving Gotham in December! All this and ETERNALS trailer talk, too!

Time Stamps:

News: 3:46
Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 23:56
Listener Question: 29:18
'Eternals' Trailer Talk:  41:11
Outro: 56:01