Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta push to cape crusader in a more brutal direction in their Absolute Batman series. Where does this grim dark Batman rank in Josh and Trav’s favorite Batman archetypes?

Alright Bat-fam! This isn’t the first Batman book the boys have talked about, but it is the the first of back-to-back Bat books the boys are doing this January. And this one has a lot of Robin! So settle in to hear what Josh and Trav think about this Waid take on the dynamic duo.

Another year and a few dozen comic reads under Josh and Travis’s belt. Join the boys as they look back at their favorite reads, artists, heroes, and villains from their 2025 comic stack!

Josh’s Picks Fun crayon prints X-Files analogue 3d The Complete Calvin and Hobbes New Edge Sword and Sorcery Goonies Lego Set Travis Picks Stranger Things Sneakers Sight and Sound Magazine Book Stand Pulp Magazine History Jaws Bath Bomb

The boys and Andrea peel back the plastic on the very scintillating comic Gun Honey volume 1. What will the gang thing of the late night “red shoe” read?

Jordan Thomas’s crime noir falls in the middle of noir November. Chris Matthew’s art soaks the story with noir flavor, but will Travis and Josh dig that flavor. Tune in and find out.

After years of fawning over Brubaker and Phillips noir books, the boys read the current bookends to their long running “Criminal” noir crime series.

Spooky season is reaching its climax with this EC Comics horror anthology. What will the comic exposure think about these snack-size horror stories? Will it satisfy their spook-tooth or leave them hungry for more?

Andrea, the Queen of Halloween, dips her spooky scepter into the art and storytelling of Mike Mignola. What will she, Josh, and Travis think of Mignola’s dark fable anthology?

Andrea, the Halloween Queen, graces the pod with her royal presence to kick off the “spooky book” season with the Tyler Boss and Adriano Turtulici book “You’ll Do Bad Things”. This writer-based horror book may have some very chilling panels!