Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

Hell...o, living comics enthusiasts! This week, our wicked hosts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at the last of four launch titles when Image Comics opened for business in 1992: superstar artist Todd McFarlane's Spawn #1! After some author information, it's right into dissecting the issue, and the origin story for this rather...familiar character. Then, they talk about some of Todd's controversial public statements before closing out with a look at Todd the Toy Master, and a brief history of playtime! Plus: listener mail! You won't want to miss it!

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Hell...o, living comics enthusiasts! This week, our wicked hosts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at the last of four launch titles when Image Comics opened for business in 1992: superstar artist Todd McFarlane's Spawn #1! After some author information, it's right into dissecting the issue, and the origin story for this rather...familiar character. Then, they talk about some of Todd's controversial public statements before closing out with a look at Todd the Toy Master, and a brief history of playtime! Plus: listener mail! You won't want to miss it!

[email protected]

facebook.com/cosmictmillhistory

@cosmictmill

weirdsciencedccomics.com

chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com

Welcome to the final "classic" Cosmic Treadmill, and what an episode to end on... Sugar & Spike.

Please enjoy an hour of baby talk... some of which actually comes from babies!

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You can get a hold of us at [email protected]

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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 85 (August 21,2016)

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For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com

For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com - Currently featuring pictoral evidence of EVERY (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the enigmatic Monitor!

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Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill

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Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's most convenient! New episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill drop every Sunday morning. Weird Comics History releases sporadically on Tuesdays. Re-uploads of "classic" episodes hit every Thursday morning (at least until we run out of 'em!)

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TAGS: DC Comics, cosmic treadmill, Sheldon Moldoff, Sugar & Spike, humor comics, comics history

Greetings, comics enthusiasts! Our erstwhile heroes Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into an unusal iteration of a unorthodox superhero team, when they read J.M DeMatteis and Alan Kupperberg's The New Defenders #126 from 1983! After the requisite author bios, they detail the history of the Defenders to 1983, then dissect the issue in their inimitable way. Then, more about the Defenders (including something about a Netflix show) and a list of radio, television and movie adaptations of comics that eventually informed the source material! It's going to be balls-to-the-wall, bickering action, so don't miss it!

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Thanks to Joe Crawford for the suggestion!

It's just another day in the lives of some diner patrons... or so they thought.  Join Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) as they pop in on this greasy spoon for a cuppa joe... only to find themselves trapped there with a decidedly more disturbing Doctor Destiny!

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll probably cry some more!  24 Hours never went so fast!

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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #86 (August 28, 2016)

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You can get a hold of us at [email protected]

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For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com

For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com - Currently featuring pictoral evidence of EVERY (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the enigmatic Monitor!

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Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill

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Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's most convenient! New episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill drop every Sunday morning. Weird Comics History releases sporadically on Tuesdays. Re-uploads of "classic" episodes (like this one!) hit every Thursday morning (at least until we run out of 'em!)

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TAGS: Sandman, 1989, Vertigo, pre-Vertigo, DC Comics, Neil Gaiman

It's just another day in the lives of some diner patrons... or so they thought.  Join Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) as they pop in on this greasy spoon for a cuppa joe... only to find themselves trapped there with a decidedly more disturbing Doctor Destiny!

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll probably cry some more!  24 Hours never went so fast!

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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #86 (August 28, 2016)

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You can get a hold of us at [email protected]

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For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com

For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com - Currently featuring pictoral evidence of EVERY (to our knowledge) pre-Crisis appearance of the enigmatic Monitor!

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Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill

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Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's most convenient! New episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill drop every Sunday morning. Weird Comics History releases sporadically on Tuesdays. Re-uploads of "classic" episodes (like this one!) hit every Thursday morning (at least until we run out of 'em!)

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TAGS: Sandman, 1989, Vertigo, pre-Vertigo, DC Comics, Neil Gaiman

Where is my Pet-er Park-er

Well, gentle listener... if you have a calendar handy, you'll know that we're currently in the final week of a month that has FIVE Wednesdays!  That puts us in the sticky-wicket known as a "fifth week".  Not much on the racks this week unless you've got your eye on an overpriced (and likely underwhelming) Annual... or perhaps you're one of the "lucky ones", and your favorite titles are running late and are scheduled this week!  Either way, if you're a fan of the "big two", it's slim pickins on the "New Release Wall".

During this re-purposed episode we'll tell you all about why such a phenomenon exists, and chat about all the ways in which the big two tried to do damage control over through the years... and have a heckuva good time doing it!  Join us, won't you?

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Originally aired in lieu of a Young Animal Spotlight during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast Episode #126 (June 4, 2017).

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You can get a hold of us at [email protected]

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For our weekly writings check out www.weirdsciencedccomics.com

For Chris' daily writings check out www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com

For our half-hearted blog/image depository check out www.weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com

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Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CosmicTMillHistory and on Twitter @CosmicTMill

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Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play... wherever's most convenient! New episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill drop every Sunday morning. Weird Comics History releases sporadically on Tuesdays. Re-uploads of "classic" episodes hit every Thursday morning (at least until we run out of 'em!)

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TAGS: Weird Comics History, Fifth Week