Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

Comic Talk! Off the Rack! Let's Talk Shop! Prestige Sponsor Nasser Rodriguez joins us for a multi-topic episode including our reviews of the first issues of Midnight X-Men, Midnight Fantastic Four and Midnight Spider-Man, a trip back to the comic racks of October 1986, a retailer focus on Nasser's Graphic Novel bookstore and info for the Comic Arts - San Antonio convention happening November 14th! (1:50:55)

For this month's Previews Talk, we welcome longtime listener Aaron Ganz to the discussion as we give our recommendations for Comic Coming Attractions for December! Listen in for our selections on a new X-Files title from Dynamite, Alias by Bendis & Gaydos, IDW's Star Trek: Zero Point, Vampire on Aisle 6, the Complete Zap Comix, and others from Mad Cave, Titan, Image, Rebellion and more! (1:18:02)

New features announcement for the CGS App! Pants fills us in on his New York Comic Con trip! And then we give our thoughts and reactions to comic and toy news from this year's NYCC including new collection formats from Marvel, Stephen Wacker's speech to retailers, Timothy Zahn writing for Star Trek, new titles from Skybound, IDW and DC and much more! (1:00:48)

In celebration of Episode 2099, we travel back to the early nineties to read and discuss the world of Marvel 2099! Spider-Man! Ravage! Punisher! And Doom! As well as quick thoughts on other 2099 titles. Plus! CGS App updates, reactions to the recent Marvel Unlimited news, a trip through Erik Larsen's Amazing Spider-Man run, and our reactions to the finale of Lanterns, "Dirt and Stars"! (1:54:19)

We're joined this episode by Susan E. Kirtley and Nhora Lucía Serrano, the authors of Women in Comics: Iconic Characters and Influential Creators from the 1890s to Today. Susan and Nhora share with us their personal history with comics, thoughts on comics in academia, their collaboration on the recently released book, the important roles women have played in comics history, and much more! (1:10:46)

The Speakers of Geek are back from Baltimore Comic Con 2026 with a few stories, listener and creator shoutouts, and thoughts on the shopping. We then talk with writer Clayton Rozman for the upcoming Yellow Moon: A Western Horror Kickstarter. And then we wrap up with our thoughts and reactions on Lanterns episode 7, "The Jordan Boys' Legacy". (1:39:13)

We're joined this episode by David Hedgecock, Publisher of Fun Time Go!, to talk comics, publishing, back issue finds, Miss Mina and the Midnight Guardians, and more! We start off with info for this weekend's Baltimore Comic Con and then cover topics such as Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. with art by Corky Lehmkuhl, the recent Batman Day comic, Batman: Bad Seeds and a discussion on crossovers, David's insights into recent trends including blind bags and compact editions and so much more. We then wrap up with TV Talk on Lanterns episode 6, "Bad Optics"! (2:03:22)

This month's Previews Talk episode is bursting with topics including more 60 Years of Star Trek talk, Pants' trip to Retro Con, and Comic Coming Attractions for November with recommendations from Image, Bad Idea, Mad Cave, Marvel, DC and more. We then get a visit from Shawn Pryor to learn about his upcoming Fast Break graphic novel. And then we end with TV Talk, giving our reactions to Lanterns episode 5, "Lights Out"! (1:58:07)

It's a double dose of TV Talk as we cover Lanterns episode 4, "the Weenie", along with new thoughts and new speculations. And then we celebrate 60 years of Star Trek with a casual discussion on the TV shows, comics, novels, toys, and more. (1:21:00)

Patrick A. Reed, pop culture historian, curator, journalist, and DJ, joins us to talk about Spider-Man Total Universe, a comprehensive, issue by issue, story-by-story hardcover celebration of 60 years of Spider-Man comics. We learn about Patrick's comicbook origin, Spider-Man as a cultural icon, the research and design work for the hardcover, talk about our own personal Spider-Man reading eras, and so much more. (1:18:13)