In this week's episode, Joey, Aaron, John, Bob, and Steve go to the movies to fly and fight alongside Captain America: Brave New World, fall in love with My Bloody Valentine, and discover what's in THE GORGE! We've also got plenty of comic books, giant bugs, djinns, Night Agents, and more!

Books: Standstill #6-7, Question: All Along the Watchtower #2-3, One World Under Doom #1, Amazing Spider-Man #62-67, Racc Pack 2: The Prince and the Pawper OGN, Bug Wars #1, The Moon is Following Us #6, Silverlake, Shubeik Lubeik OGN

Other Stuff: Captain America: Brave New World, The Night Agent Season 2, The Recruit, THE GORGE, My Bloody Valentine (1981), My Bloody Valentine (2009), The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/3Ff9z84k

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

Aaron returns from across the pond after giving the stormtroopers of Washington D.C. the finger to discuss fish and chips, anime, and ride a Kill Train with Bob and Steve. Meanwhile, Bob and Steve go deep in the weeds with Poison Ivy, Juvenile, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and more! Finally, Bob brings a 25-year-old movie quiz to the table. Will Aaron and Steve do well or embarrass themselves? Give the podcast a listen and find out!

Books: Kill Train #1, Juvenile #1-3, Absolute Batman #1-3, Living Hell #3, Green Hornet/Miss Fury #2, Scarlet Witch, Poison Ivy #30

Other Stuff: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Episodes #1-5 (Disney+ series), Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2, New Gods: Nehza Reborn

DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/yzpryczS

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

The Thing (Bob Reyer), Johnny Storm (Joey Braccino), Mr. Fantastic (John Burkle), and Susan Storm (Steve Seigh) are here to make your week FANTASTIC with hype for Marvel's new Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer, WRASSLIN' at the Royal Rumble, a trip down memory lane with the Winter Soldier, and more!

Books: The Beautiful, Ridiculous City: A Graphic Novel, Blood Train #1, DC's Lex & the City #1, New Gods #1-2, Justice League Unlimited #2-3, Ice Cream Man #43, The Seasons #1, Absolute Superman #1

Other Stuff: The Fantastic Four: First Steps teaser trailer thoughts, Nosferatu (2024), Nosferatu (1922), Cracula (1931), Dracula's Daughter (1938), Return of the Vampire (1943), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (movie), Your Monster (movie), The Bourne Identity (movie)

DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/yzpryczS

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

Everybody is sick on this week's podcast, but what even is a Wednesday without your friends at Talking Comics? In this week's show, we attend a Doom Bot dinner party, take Hudson Thames to task, join the Tin Can Society, have our blood drained by Nosferatu, see Slowdive live at Massey Hall, talk Maccers, ponder the fate of the Scarlet Witch, and much more!

Books: The Tin Can Society #1-5, Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale #2, Ripperland #1, Lawful #7, Wonder Woman #17, Macbeth: A Tale of Horror OGN, Scarlet Witch #8, Fantastic Four #28, TVA #2, Metamopho #2

Other Stuff: Nosferatu (movie), Star Trek: Section 31 (movie), Quannnic & Slowdive (concert), and more!

DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/TGfeEjW8

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

Well... here we are, folks. As we roll into the End of Days, Bob, Joey, John, and Steve gather 'round the old campfire to discuss a visit to the Bovine Sex Shop, John's "old man" injury, ignoring the dumpster fire in the White House, and of course, comics. We also ask the age-old question: What's so special about Red Hulk?

Books: Daredevil (Charles Soule), Minor Arcana #4-5, Wonder Woman #14-16, Saga #71, World's Finest #35, FML#1-3, Nemesis: Rogues Gallery #1-5, I Hate Fairyland #19, G.I. Joe #3

Other Stuff: Electric Magma (Band), Sex Cat (Band), Puddy (Band), Skeleton Crew (TV series), Daredevil (Netflix re-watch), Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (video game), Falcon and Winter Soldier (re-watch)

DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/TGfeEjW8

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

The TC Crew gets a +1 to sass this week as Aaron returns to the podcast! Oh, look! He's brought the Festivus pole! That's right, Aaron is airing his grievences, and no one gets out unscathed. Join us as we dig into some comics, discuss the brilliance of The Substance, Diamond's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, vampire cults, and more!

Books: Stand Still #4-5, The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1, Justice League: The Atom Project #1, Green Hornet/Miss Fury #1, Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale #1, Living Hell #2, Welcome to the Maynard #2, Poor People Go to Hell (Webtoon), Secrets of Berwood (Webtoon), Osaro (Webtoon), You're My Nicotine (Webtoon)

Other Stuff: The Substance (movie), Marvel Rivals (video game), Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers (non-fiction book)

DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/kf6B4jrW

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

DJ Night Poops is in the house, and Bob Reyer and Chris Ceary are ready to hit the dancefloor! We're starting to get the hang of this 2025 thing as we visit Ash's Cabin, join Poison Ivy's cult, and visit a Cryptid Museum!

Books: Ash's Cabin, Liar City (novel), Vast Cerulean Sea (Webtoon), Flower Knight (Webtoon), My Best Friend is an Eldrige Horror (Webtoon), Batgirl #3, Birds of Prey #17, Poison Ivy #29, Metamorpho #1

Other Stuff: Silent Hill 2, Alan Wake: The Lake House DLC, Stellar Blade, Hawkeye (TV series), Becky (movie), Wrath of Becky (movie), Legally Blonde (movie), See No Evil (movie), A Real Pain (movie), The Wild Robot (movie)

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

Happy New Year, Everybody! We're back from our holiday break to put 2024 out to pasture and slap the New Year's baby's ass, and you're all invited to the hazing! This week, Bob, Joey, John, and Steve recap their Winter Break reading achievements, get hyped for James Gunn's Superman, and sit sidecar with Jason Momoa as he prepares to play Lobo in the DCU! My (Main) Man!

Books: The One Hand #1-5, The Six Fingers #1-5, Macbeth: A Tale of Horror OGN, Lunar New Year Love Story OGN, Rough Pages (novel), The Last Centralian OGN, Showtime at the Apollo OGN, Audrey Hepburn (graphic bio), FML #2, Fantastic Four #27, TVA #1, Empowered Vol. 12, The Gulf OGN, Iron Man #1-3

Other Stuff: Elantris (novel), What If... Season 3, (TV series), Silo (TV series), Daredevil Season 2 (TV series), Carry-On (Netflix movie), Boy Kills World (movie)

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

Closing out our Best of podcasts for 2024 is none other than the man, the myth, Aaron Amos! Aaron shares his favorite comics, podcasts, television series, writers, and artists of the year in this episode! Plus, we thank our listeners and sum up what's been a wild year for all of us here at Talking Comics. Thank you to everyone who tunes in, supports us, and shares their love of comics with everyone! Cheers! Please have a safe, healthy, and happy New Year!

Books: Wildcats, Static: Shadows of Dakota, Green Lantern: War Journal, Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Invincible Iron Man, World's Finest, Sirens of the City, Scarlet Witch, The One Hand / Six Fingers, Hard Style Juice, The Magic Order 5, Superman, Last Vestiges of the Krakoan Era, Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer OGN, A Boy Named Rose OGN

Other Stuff: Monkey Man, Boy Kills World, Deadpool & WOlverine, Bottoms, The Beekeeper, Madame Web, Godzilla Minus One, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Only Murders in the Building, Superman and Lois, Monarch, Agatha All Along, Heartstopper, Doctor Who, Blue Eye Samurai, Batman: Caped Crusader, Ninja Kamui, How to Die Alone

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, Chris Ceary, and John Burkle, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].

Happy Holidays, everyone! Who wants to open a gift early? Do you love fun and adventure? What about a corgi with superpowers? We've got all that and more as Ben Kahn joins Steve to discuss their upcoming graphic novel Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars from Oni Press! It's a magical time for a magical time of the year! Come and stand under the mistletoe!

IMPORTANT: Please consider donating to our GoFundMe for Bob Reyer. Details are in the campaign post. Thank you for your generosity and consideration: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bob-reyer-a-hero-in-need?attribution_id=sl:4ad67348-52ea-427b-a50f-0441686ea721&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, John Burkle, and Chris Ceary, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast, and you can email us at [email protected].