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Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking A Red Mass for Mars and I’m joined by Sara Century! We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers!

Previously: Past episodes of Hickmania

Hickmania on Youtube

Topics today include:

A Red Mass for Mars is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Ryan Bodenheim

Colors: Hickman

Letters: Rus Wooten

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews / essays:

https://www.tor.com/2013/01/02/the-strange-poetics-of-jonathan-hickman/

https://www.cbr.com/hickman-bodenheim-hold-a-red-mass-for-mars/

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars

May 2022 – The Red Wing

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects

July 2022 – Secret

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M

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Marvel comics of 1995: Dave, Zack and Charlotte talk the remainder of the Spider-Man Clone Saga!

On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited):

Spider-Man #55

Amazing Spider-Man #397

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #221

Web of Spider-Man #122

Spider-Man #56

Amazing Spider-Man #400

Amazing Spider-Man #403

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #226

Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha #1

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #229

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1995 Pt. 6

X-Men #40 – Legion Quest Part 2

Uncanny X-Men #321 – Legion Quest Part 3

X-Men #41 – Legion Quest Part 4

Cable #20

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking “Alter Ego”, an ongoing Kickstarter with writer Nate Cosby. We talk about his process writing comics as an Editor, the freedom of working on all ages comics, what it took to get Marvel to publish works like Thor: The Mighty Avenger, and his love of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Alter Ego Is:

Writer: Nate Cosby

Artists: Jacob Edgar

Colourist: Kike J. Diaz

Letterer: Rus Wooton

Publisher: Linney Incorporated

About the Artist:

Nate Cosby has written Cowboy and Alter Ego, and has edited Thor: The Mighty Avenger, World War Hulk and Spider-Man loves Mary-Jane.

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Marvel comics of 1995: Dave, Zack and Charlotte talk the start of the Mark Waid and Ron Garney run on Captain America before digging into a fasttracked recap of Avengers The Crossing, the oddball 90’s event that gave us Teenage Tony Stark!

On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited):

Avengers Timeslide #1

Iron Man 325

Avengers 395

Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1995 Pt. 5

Spider-Man #55

Amazing Spider-Man #397

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #221

Web of Spider-Man #122

Spider-Man #56

Amazing Spider-Man #400

Amazing Spider-Man #403

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #226

Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha #1

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #229

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You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

The Complete Marvel reading order

mymarvelousyear.com

Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed

If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners!

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What happens in the debuts of X-Men Red #1 and Marauders #1?

+ Is the Destiny of X off to a good start?

+ How is X Lives / X Deaths of Wolverine spilling over into X-Force?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

X-Men Red #1

Marauders #1

X-Force #27

X-Force Annual #1

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Zack and Charlotte continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics!

Comics covered in this episode:

Ultimate Comics X #1-5

Up Next for Episode Twenty-Four (05/01/22):

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #7 – #15

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mymarvelousyear.com

https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/

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Dave, Charlotte and Zack talk about the first episode of the MCU’s Moon Knight!

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1995 Pt. 4

Avengers Timeslide #1

Iron Man 325

Avengers 395

Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man

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You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

mymarvelousyear.com

https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/

Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed

If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners!

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What happens in Immortal X-Men #1

+ What is Sinister’s new secret?

+ What does Kieron Gillen bring to the X-Men Universe?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

Immortal X-Men #1

The X-Cellent #2

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking “How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp” with writer Anthony Del Col. We talk about the process of crafting journalistic stories for Insider magazine, backlash to political stories, his work at Marvel and his favorite Assassins Creed games.

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp Is:

Writer: Anthony Del Col

Artist: Fahmida Azim

Publisher: Insider

About the Artist:

Anthony Del Col has written Luke Cage: Everyman, Assassins Creed: Assassins, Kill Shakespeare, Son of Hitler, and writes for Insider.

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Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com.

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To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald

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Marvel comics of 1995: Dave, Zack and Charlotte talk Wolverine vs Sabretooth, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale on a Wolverine and Gambit miniseries, and more Generation X.

On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited):

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1995 Pt. 4

Avengers Timeslide #1

Iron Man 325

Avengers 395

Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man

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You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

The Complete Marvel reading order

mymarvelousyear.com

Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed

If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners!

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