It's only taken us 50 regular episodes, but we've finally found a comic book movie directed by a woman! The movie in question is, of course, Rachel Talalay's 1995 cult classic, Tank Girl. But will newcomers Seb and Joe love it as much as James has spent the last two decades doing?

And if you want to skip to a specific part of the episode, here are the relevant timecodes! 00:00 - Intro / Explain a Concept 10:30 - News 48:00 - Movie Discussion 102:35 - Comics Recommendations 107:30 - The Pitch

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In the first of a new occasional series of bonus episodes, Seb is joined by special guest David Hartrick to discuss one of their favourite ever long-form comics stories: the early '90s Death and Return of Superman epic! Warning: there will be Super-mullets.

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Joe rounds up the latest comic movie and TV news - and that Jeff Goldblum picture - before giving his reaction to a cheery set of Logan-inspired comics recommendations in the shape of Old Man Logan and The Punisher: The End.

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The 2017 releases continue apace as Joe and James are joined by returning guest Michael Leader to talk through the final chapter of Hugh Jackman's seventeen-year-long journey as Wolverine, in James Mangold's Logan. It might be emotional, folks. As ever with new releases, there's no news roundup this week, and we do a bit of spoiler-free chat before delving into specifics after the first hour.

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After a combination of early-records and new release episodes, we're left with an absolute wealth of news to catch up on this week - plus, we've got two eps' worth of comics recommendations to get through. So strap yourselves in as Joe brings you another MEGASODE, giving his thoughts on the Mask of the Phantasm and Lego Batman Movie inspired recs, as well as bringing you the latest on whether or not Matt Reeves is actually directing The Batman or not.

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We have a very special guest on this week's show, as Emmy Hunt (aged 3) gives us her opinion on The Lego Batman Movie. Hopefully it goes down better with you lot than her father's opinion on Mask of the Phantasm did. In addition to discussing (in spoilerific fashion) the first comic book movie release of 2017, meanwhile, we also take some time out of the news section to give our early thoughts on Legion - as, in an increasingly rare occurrence, we actually all watched the first episode of something in the week that it aired! We won't see the likes of these days again.

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It's an animated Batman movie in February 2017... but no, we're not talking about The Lego Batman Movie (that's coming next time out), but 1993's Mask of the Phantasm. Does this foray into animation come out better than Planet Hulk did? Is it, in fact, the definitive screen take on Batman? In a rare twist, Batman: TAS fan Joe is actually the expert on the source material this time around - but can he explain to Seb and James a cartoon concept that as comics fans, they just don't understand?

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Joe runs through the latest comic book movie and TV news before taking a look at the Superman II-inspired recommendations from the 60s, 80s and 00s: The Death of Superman, The Price and Last Son.

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Another topical one, as the White House finds itself invaded by a fascistic dictator, and... oh, man, it's just not even funny any more, is it? God knows what it'll be like when we get onto V For Vendetta. Anyway, this is Superman II, the 1980 Richard Lester classic, you all know it by now - and while we've focused on the original theatrical release, we do also talk about the 2006 Richard Donner Cut, too.

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Joe looks at the incredibly topical Captain America Comics #1 from 1941, as one of two recommendations based on The First Avenger. He's also got the first volume of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's 2005 run to look at, but let's face it, in January 2017 it's all about the Nazi-punching. Oh, and yes: we do know that it was Joe Simon as well as Jack Kirby who did the original Cap stuff, just in case anyone wanted to write in and complain about Joe's mistake.

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