Cold Storage - A Comics Podcast

It’s raining men! That’s right! Men is the theme of the 3 Swamp Thing Issues we are reviewing today! Issue 3 features Patchwork Man or as we call him, “Patch Workman”, issue 4 features the Wolfman and issue 7 has Batman. 🥶

#swampthing #lenwein #berniewrightson #feelthebern #patchworkman

Comics aren’t just for kids anymore! That’s the idea behind this 1987 reboot of the Shazam story. Enter the world of the grim and gritty streets of 1980s San Francisco where Billy Batson gets his powers and has to deal with real world issues. Thanks a lot Roy

#shazam #tinfoilage #roythomas #tommandrake 🥶

You thought Endgame was big? This is arguably the biggest comic book event ever made (or that ever will be made)! It’s insane that this book even exists but in 2003, comic book fans were given an amazing gift that is JLA/Avengers! Stay tuned for our review!

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#avengers #justiceleague #kurtbusiek #georgeperez #endgame #crossover

Feeling bad about the new Hellboy movie? Have we got a treat for you!? This week we talk about Savage Dragon Issues 34 and 35 - Better known as the time Hellboy met Savage Dragon.

This book has it all! Listen as we fumble our way through a review

#hellboy #savagedragon #comicbooks

Will eisner’s The Spirit Magazine 1 - 1976

Hey Cold Storagers!

This week we review "This Man... This Monster!" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby The story appears in Fantastic Four #51.

There is a lot to love about this Kirby Lee joint. Some of the greatest full page art Jack ever did. Peter David uses this story as an example of how to handle plot in a single comic in his book on writing comics.

Bonus, Cally buys the crappy reprint editions part 2

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In this issue, we review “Wrath of the Spectre” from 1988 which was a series that reprinted the Spectre stories from the 1970s contained in Adventure Comics 331 to 340. They were written by Michael Fleisher with by Jim Aparo.

“The Wrath of the Spectre” also contained 3 stories, written by Fleisher, that were never illustrated or released back in the 70s. Aparo came back to do the art and the stories were included with the reprint collection.

Give a listen to hear our thoughts and make sure and leave a review!

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Joining Spencer and Cally again this week is the gentle giant, Ryan, our old pal from “Tales from the Parents’ Basement.”

This week we review the heartbreaking story and eventual prequel to Grant Morrison’s “Batman and Son” storyline.

Batman: Son of the Demon is a 1987 graphic novel by writer Mike W. Barr and artist Jerry Bingham, published by DC Comics. It was originally released in both hardcover and softcover formats. It tells the story of Batman falling in love with Talia and almost achieving happiness and the heartbreaking conclusion which has had a major impact on the current Batman series

We are honored to have our special guest Ryan on the show today to help us review Thor: The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill! (1983)

This classic storyline, written and drawn by Walt Simonson, introduced us to the alien Beta Ray Bill who was the first one, outside of Asgard, to pick up Mjolnir. This storyline spanned Thor issues 337-340.

Pro Tip: For The love of God, please don’t buy the modern re-colorized version of this story that Cally bought.

In 1986, John Byrne was recruited from Marvel Comics to reinvent Superman for a brand-new audience. Along with inker Dick Giordano, Byrne reimagined the look of Superman, Lois Lane, Krypton and Lex Luthor.

The relationships between Superman and Lois, Superman and Batman, and Superman and Luthor were reexamined and tweaked for modern readers. Old villains such as Bizarro returned and new ones, such as Magpie, were introduced.

It was the dawn of a new age for the Man of Steel that endures today.