By Comic Book Time Machine
Celebrating comics, from a couple days ago to a century ago!
“Spider-Verse” is a Marvel event that began during the fall of 2014. In this event, every Spider-Man from the entire Marvel Multiverse will be featured during the course of the story. “Spider-Verse” officially kicked off with The Amazing Spider-Man #9 in...
“Spider-Verse” is a Marvel event that began during the fall of 2014. In this event, every Spider-Man from the entire Marvel Multiverse will be featured during the course of the story. In order to prepare for this huge spider-centric event, one of...
Daniel examines Star Wars Dark Horse volume 2 issues #13 and #14 making up the “Five Days of Sith” story arc. Daniel breaks down the tale of an Imperial Ensign who served Darth Vader on a revenge mission throughout the...
“Time Runs Out” is a Marvel event that started in September 2014. This event stars the Avengers, and is the next big part of the story that Jonathan Hickman has been telling in both “Avengers” and “New Avengers” since he...
Was Human Fly good this time around? Why is John Carter so terrifying? Is Star Wars on a downward spiral? And what about the Marvel Movie Special? In this episode… Introduction (0:00-7:30) Part 1 — Star Wars #5 (7:30-18:50) Part 2 — Godzilla:...
Daniel finishes Manhunter’s first solo arc in Ostrander and Yale’s Manhunter #4, “Through the Mask.” Dumas and Manhunter battle for what may be the final time and Mark learns a massive secret about Olivia Vancroft. Daniel mulls over his thoughts...
All three of the hosts are together for this episode to discuss the first comic they ever remember getting. Write us to let us know what your first comic was : [email protected] The issues that will...
On January 20, 2015, Marvel Executive Editor Tom Breevort and Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso made a huge announcement about the future of the Marvel Universe. You may have already heard by now, but (SPOILERS) the entire Marvel Multiverse is about...
Both Marvel and DC Comics are planning a multiverse-spanning event in 2015. At Marvel the event is called Secret Wars (starting May 2015) and at DC the event is called Convergence (starting April 2015). In this episode, Daniel and...
Marvel’s new Star Wars comic has started, and we read it! Luke, Han, Leia, Chewie, R2-D2, and C-3PO are together again for the first time! This is our shortest trip back in time! Was it worth it? Find out here!
“Futures End” is an event currently running in DC Comics. Set five years in the future, “Futures End” shows a potential future version of the New 52 universe which can only be avoided if an evil foe is stopped in...
Grant Morrison’s “The Multiversity” has been in the works for a long time. Was it worth the wait? Does it make any sense? What is this book trying to say? Most important: do we like it? Join Daniel, Matt, and...
Ben talks about a comic series that hits three of his comic book reading loves: 1. The Ultraverse! 2. Steve Gerber! 3. Swamp Monsters! This episode, covering the first three issues of Malibu’s Ultraverse series SLUDGEm is part of a...
Daniel and Matt talk with Abel Charrow; creator, writer and artist for the comic Teedy Roosevelt which reframed President Theodore Roosevelt as a time-traveler. The three discuss the story’s origin and evolution, Kickstarter and Abel’s comic book connection with one...
Daniel discusses his thoughts on Mark Shaw in 2014. He breaks down and gives his opinions on Arrow Season Three “Corto Maltese” and asks if this is his Mark Shaw. And he looks at Wonder Woman 23.1/Cheetah 1 to see...
The Long Halloween has been called one of the greatest Batman comics of all time. Ben, Matt, and Daniel take a peek just in time for Halloween.
Daniel delves into the original Star-Lord stories from the 1970’s and beyond discussing Jason Peter Quill’s origins, weapons, relationships and how he compares to the Star-Lord of today.
When John Carter: Warlord of Mars Annual #1 showed up in my reading, I thought since Annuals were special events, why not do something special for my coverage? But what? I had an idea — the biggest possible idea —...
It’s Star Wars and Godzilla and John Carter and the Human Fly from October, 1977! Plus a bonus: The Island of Dr. Moreau, a one shot movie adaptation! And some of it is really good! And some of it is...
In this episode, Daniel dives into Ostrander and Yale’s Manhunter #3, “The Gentlemen of Japan” and mispronounces a ton of words while summarizing a story that is as much about Eliot Shaw as it is Mark Shaw. This issue gives Daniel an...
Ben needed to test some new audio equipment, so he got on Skype with Matt…and when Comic Book Time Travelers get on Skype, they have to talk about comics! So the audio quality isn’t perfect, but the conversation they had...
Batman. He’s awesome, of course. And he’s had some awesome stories. Here, we talk about our favorites! The World’s Greatest Super-Heroes (includes Batman War on Crime) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Batman: Year One Batman: Hush Batman: The Killing Joke,...
Daniel travels back to September 4, 2014, to look back at The Death of Wolverine #1. Daniel discusses the comic’s price, composition, and plot. Daniel asks the big questions like is Wolverine going to stay dead and should time travelers pick up...
Grant Morrison’s The Multiversity has been in the works for a long time. Was it worth the wait? Does it make any sense? What is this book trying to say? Most important: do we like it? Join Daniel, Matt, and...
Jump in the Time Machine to cover date September 1977! Here’s what I found: Jack Kirby’s final 2001: A Space Odyssey issue gets released along with a special first issue of a new series! John Carter fights a creature from beyond...
Daniel summarizes Ostrander and Yale’s Manhunter #2, “Dumas Kills” which gives time travellers an opportunity to discuss Radio Shack, the American South and the human condition.
“Spider-Verse” is a Marvel event starting during the fall of 2014. In this event, every Spider-Man from the entire Marvel multiverse will be featured during the course of the story. In order to prepare for this huge spider-centric event, one of the...
What If? and Elseworlds . . . stunning sagas of alternate realities that can’t, couldn’t, or shouldn’t exist! Ben explores one of those alternate realities by going back in time and opening the pages of What If? #19, which asks...
Jump in the Time Machine to cover date August 1977! Star Wars gets its second chapter, Mister Machine is born as a superhero in 2001’s penultimate issue, John Carter continues his swashbuckling ways, and the king of all monsters comes...
Our exploration of Marvel’s Star Wars finally begins! Taking the time machine to cover date July, 1977, we are given the beginning of a new era in science fantasy with Star Wars’ first issue, and another sci-fi title gets cancelled with...
X-Men issues 141 and 142 are considered one of the greatest X-Men stories of all time! So in this episode, we use the comic book time machine to head back to 1980 to pick up those two issues of comics!...
Daniel jumps the Comic Book Time Machine to 1975, avoiding all time paradoxes, and grabs an issue of First Issue Special #5 featuring the origin of Manhunter Mark Shaw as written and penciled by Jack Kirby. Daniel discusses the story,...
In 1968, Stanley Kubrick changed the face of science fiction cinema. In 1976, Jack Kirby adapted it into a comic book? Yes, and it is SO Kirby. In this episode we are going back in time to read some of...
It’s the first episode of the Comic Book Time Machine! For this episode, we explore what some of our favorite comic book series are and/or were. This episode introduces us as hosts and some of our tastes for and history...