Comic Playground

With Adonnis out after undergoing surgery Joe returned to the fold and the guys got into the big nerd news of the week which was the trailer dropping for the July release of Spiderman: Far From Home. Joe gives his review and thoughts on Avengers: Endgame and we hit on potential plot hole we're seeing now after having seen it multiple times. Then we get set and prepped for the big Phoenix Fan Fusion convention coming up Memorial Day weekend and discuss things we have planned for it. And finally we reset what was a great Free Comic Book Day in Glendale, AZ this past weekend.

If you have NOT seen Avengers: Endgame fear not. The first half of this week's CP episode is simply dedicated to our initial thoughts and reviews of the film and it is SPOILER FREE. Then after a warning we go into full spoiler mode and discuss our favorite moments, the culmination of this phase of the MCU and where we think this could pick up after the events of Endgame.

With the HUGE release this week of Avengers: Endgame the guys all get in the final thoughts on what the movie will bring to the Marvel Universe and the ending of this chapter and the characters involved in it. We look to the future of where our favorite Super Heroes will land, and with this being the END for the Avengers (for now) this week's Mark 5 is all about our favorite ending and finales. And lastly we react to episode 2 of season 8 of The Game Of Thrones.

With last week's announcement by Disney of a launch date for their streaming service Disney +, the guys get into what content they want to see on the platform as well as what properties Disney could potentially house there. Also last week saw the dropping of the FIRST trailer for Star Wars IX: Rise Of Skywalker so we gave our initial impressions of that. But the BIG news of this weeks episode is the debute of HBO's Game Of Thrones Season 8. And with Corban having never seen a single episode we played a new game with him called Game Of Thrones Character, Famous Athlete or Famous Scientist.

With the release of Shazam topping the box office Playground gives their thoughts and review of the movie. They try and gleen any possible nuggets from the latest Avengers: End Game trailer. Corban gives a brief history of both Hellboy and a Joker origins explanation. Everyone shares excitement over the new trailer from DC for the upcoming Joaquin Phoenix 'The Joker' movie. And nearly but not quite forgotten...a top/Mark 5 of BEST Clowns regardless of genre.

With Corban BACK in the fold and Joe OUT the guys find out what had Corban on the sidelines last week and then get into preparation for this week's box office release of DC's SHAZAM with a brief history of the character. The Mark 5 list is best Underdogs which somehow Corban managed to mess up. And lastly the guys talk about where they feel the DC Universe is headed and how things are being perceived thus far.

In celebration of March Madness the guys constructed their own 32 "team" tournament bracket of beloved characters from the cinematic & comic/super-hero landscape and then debated the merits (or lack of) each entrant to determine a very UN-scientific champion!

We get ALL of the guys best “What If” ideas... Well... Almost all of them.

Last week’s audio issue with the Chickmunks. Donny gets angry at comedy and Norm Macdonald fires back. What ifs of what ifs... Great fans make the best comic book stories and the best podcasts (hopefully)! Frank wins again, Joe barely finishes a sentence. The guys talk cereal and we find out Zack is Grape Nuts. Frank tries another game. Corban goes the wrong way on the Batpoll.

Donny’s outta the bag! It’s Christmastime in Corban’s mind. Adonnis changes the game again. The guys react to The Dark Phoenix trailer and it gets pretty weird pretty quickly. The Hellboy you say! This Geek in History on Helium. Wonder Woman, just for Marissa.