Comic Conclusion

This week! We talk about the mightiest Avenger, Thor! Plus we cover a whole grip of Asgardians as well as review Thor: Ragnarok at the end of the episode!

 

Reading List

Journey into Mystery #83 1962 (First Thor)

Journey into Mystery #85 (First Heimdall)

Journey into Mystery #86 (First Loki & Odin)

Journey into Mystery #92 (first Frigga)

Journey into Mystery #102 (first Hela & Sif)

Journey into Mystery #103 (first Amora)

Journey into Mystery #119 (first Warriors Three)

Tales of Asgard #1 1968

Thor #126 1966 (Journey into Mystery becomes Thor vol 1)

Thor #182 – 259 John Buscema run

Thor #274 (Ragnarok)

Thor #275 (first Sigyn)

Thor #337 Walt Simonson era (first Beta Ray Bill)

Thor Annual #11 the history of Mjolnir

Thor #391 (first Eric Masterson)

This week! We talk about the sorta-kinda-vampire-but-not-really, Morbius! Also, you know, televsion and movies. 

Reading List: 

Amazing Spider-man #101 (which I own)

Adventure into Fear #20 - 31 (first solo story)

Marvel Team Up #3 and #4

Marvel Comics Presents #144

TRADE EDITIONS/Mini Series:

Morbius: The Living Vampire (1992)

Vampire Tales Vol 1 – 3 collecting all 11 issues of the Vampire Tales Magazine

Rise of the Midnight Sons crossover (32 issues across the following titles: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, Ghost Rider vol 2, & Nightstalkers, Darkhold, Silver Sable & the Wild Pack and Spirits of Vengeance – 1992 – 1995)

Legion of Monsters: Morbius (2007)

Midnight Sons Unlimited Series (1993 – 1995)

Marvel Max - Dead of Night Featuring: Werewolf by Night

This week: The long awaited Iron Man show! Plus, Eva breaks down Blade Runner 2049.

Reading List:

Tales of Suspense #39 (First Appearance, March 1963)

Iron Man #1 (May 1968)

Demon in a Bottle (Iron Man Vol 1 #120-128)

Iron Man: The Iron Age Vol 1 # 1-2 (Rare 1998 Mini-series)

Further Reading Material:

Armor Wars (Iron Man Vol 1 #225-232)

Armor Wars II (Iron Man Vol 1 #258-266)

Doomquest (Iron Man Vol 1 #149-150)

Iron Monger (Iron Man Vol 1 #190-200)

Extremis (Iron Man Vol 4 #1-6)

Deliverance (Iron Man Vol 1 #182)

The Beginning of the End (Iron Man Vol 1 #17-23)

Dragon Seed Saga (Iron Man Vol 1 #270-276)

This week! We dive into another complex character treated poorly: Psylocke! Also, we discuss writing fallbacks and other comic things.

Reading List:

● Captain Britain vol 1 #8 first actual appearance

● New Mutans Annual #2 first American appearance

● Marvel Daredevils UK #3 backstory and 1 st purple hair

● Captain Britain vol 2 #13 takes over as Captain Britain

● Uncanny X-Men 251 Ninja Psylocke

● Uncanny X-Men #256, #257 #258 Lady Mandrin saga

● X-Men vol 2 #20 Revanche first appearace

● X-Men vol 2 #31 & #32 death of Revanche

This week! Eva and Ben dive into the most damned character in all of the Marvel universe: Ghost Rider!

Reading List:

Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation #1-6

This story can also be found in trade under the title “Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation”

Further Reading Material

The Ghost Rider #1-7 (1967)

Marvel Spotlight #5-12 (1972)

Ghost Rider Vol. 1 (1973, 81 Issues)

Ghost Rider: Vengeance Unbound (1990, 94 Issues)

Ghost Rider: Vicious Cycle (2006, 35 Issues)

Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992, 23 Issues)

Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears (2007, 6 Issues)

Ghost Riders: Heaven’s on Fire (2009, 6 Issues)

This week! We look at one of the most popular Spider-Man characters of all time, Carnage! Join us as we cover the story Maximum Carnage, do some media review, and have a little catch-up session (since we haven't been in the studio for like six weeks).

Reading List

Part 1: Spider-Man Unlimited#1

Part 2: Web of Spider-Man#101

Part 3: The Amazing Spider-Man#378

Part 4: Spider-Man#35

Part 5: The Spectacular Spider-Man#201

Part 6: Web of Spider-Man #102

Part 7: The Amazing Spider-Man #379

Part 8: Spider-Man #36

Part 9: Spectacular Spider-Man #202

Part 10: Web of Spider-Man #103

Part 11: The Amazing Spider-Man #380

Part 12: Spider-Man #37

Part 13: The Spectacular Spider-Man #203

Part 14: Spider-Man Unlimited #2

This story can also be found in trade under the title “Maximum Carnage”

Other reading material: Carnage: Mind Bomb, Carnage: It’s a Wonderful Life

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David Michelinie Interview

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This week, we sit down and talk through one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time: Terminator 2.

This week: We do a breakdown of The Crow, a really intense story about death and loss. Also, more Wonder Woman and Spider-Man Homecoming.

 

Reading List: Any Tradeback of James O'Barr's The Crow.

This week: We discuss a new publication from one of our favorite writers, Ed Brubaker, Velvet. Other topics include Wonder Woman, Spider Man, Han Solo and the Crow.

Reading List: Velvet issues #1-5 (Also in trade as Velvet: Before the Living End).

This week: Eva and Ben go over some recent media, including Logan, Wonder Woman, and Black Panther. Also, more of Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Reading List: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. 

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